The Titanium Vault hosted by RJ Bates III

Michael McDonald is a real estate investor and entrepreneur from small town Nebraska now living in Las Vegas, NV.  Michael is married and a proud father to 2 amazing kids! Over the last two and a half years he has done over 200 deals and generated $2.5 +Million from Virtually wholesaling and flipping property. His company Launch Homebuyers based out of Nebraska specializes in virtually wholesaling...

Welcome to Pardon the Disruption, an entrepreneurship debate podcast featuring Steve Trang, Chris Jefferson, Leon G. Barnes and Brian Manley. Topics Discussed are: 1. With the WGA strike officially ending with major agreements on the use of AI for copyright and ethical reasons, How should the Real Estate community ethically use AI? 2. What famous celebrity, athlete, musician, etc. would you like t...

What an absolute honor to have Brad Chandler on the podcast for a second time! This time we hardly talk about real estate investing at all though. In this special episode of The Titanium Vault we dive into Brad's new passion of self-love and finding happiness in your life! Introduced to real estate in 9th grade, Brad founded Express Homebuyers in 2002 after an investor bought his neighbor&apo...

Pardon The Disruption hit the road and had it's first ever LIVE and IN PERSON show at the Family Mastermind in Tampa, Florida! After over a year of recording the podcast virtually, we were finally able to debate each other in person! Thank you to Matt Andrews, the founder of the Family Mastermind, for giving us the opportunity to do this and for also being the special guest host! Topics discu...

Learn how to wholesale real estate the painless way. Payneless Wholesaling is the best way for new wholesalers to get their first deal without wasting tons of money on marketing. Nathan Payne grew up in Atlanta, Georgia but currently lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. At 19 years old, Nathan went on a church mission for 2 years in Portland, Oregon where he strived to serve others. After his mission, h...

Welcome to Pardon the Disruption, an entrepreneurship debate podcast featuring RJ Bates III, Steve Trang, Robert Wensley and Jimmy Vreeland. 1. Live Streamer Adin Ross breaks the record for most live streams in under 1 minute for misleading people that he was live streaming with North Korean Dictator Kim Jung-Un. What's the most misleading/shameful thing you've seen in Real Estate? 2. Re...

Scott Morse is the CEO of Lamassu Media, the first enterprise level call center in the Real Estate Investing space. Leader of a 200+ person call center in Colombia, South America that delivers more than 2 MILLION dials a week exclusively for Real Estate Investors. As an industry expert in marketing, sales and data management few people have done more to disrupt the legacy marketing channel of cold...

Welcome to Pardon the Disruption, an entrepreneurship debate podcast featuring Steve Trang, Eric Brewer, Chris Jefferson, Stratton Brown and RJ Bates III. Topics discussed are 1. Like Apple's iPhone event garnering a lot of excitement around its new products, what has been a Real Estate event, or change that got you massively excited? 2. McDonalds recently announced that they are phasing out...

Souad graduated Fairleigh Dickinson University In 2020 with a Bachelor’s of science in Finance and a minor in marketing . Souad began her real estate journey as a wholesaler and realtor which then evolved into a content creator. With over 100k subscribers combined on multiples platforms she has been able to pave the way for young entrepreneurs to find success in real estate. With continued hunger,...

Welcome to Pardon the Disruption, an entrepreneurship debate podcast featuring Leon G. Barnes, Steve Trang, Eric Brewer and RJ Bates III. Topics discussed are 1. With the NFL starting today, which NFL team would you say mirrors your team's business style or values? 2. What area in Real Estate do you feel has untapped potential to grow? 3.  Everyone in the Wholesale space preaches that people...

Kristina Aguilera is a real estate investor in St Louis, Missouri but is also a delegations and integrations expert. That is why she founded the SOP Factory. She is obsessed with helping other people run their business with efficiency and confidence. In this interview, RJ and Kristina talk about their paths of going into massive debt to learn wholesaling real estate, how they had to pivot after th...

Mr. Hustle, Michael Llanas, is one of the biggest givers in the entire real estate investing industry and he is turning up the hustle with Wholesaling LIVE Sub 2.0! RJ Bates III and Michael Llanas will be discussing what to expect from Wholesaling LIVE Sub 2.0 and answering your questions about what is happening in the real estate investing industry currently! Purchase your tickets now for Wholesa...

Welcome to Pardon the Disruption, an entrepreneurship debate podcast featuring Leon G. Barnes, Steve Trang, Eric Brewer and Chris Jefferson. Topics discussed are 1. What are your thoughts on Mortgage lender AmeriFirst Financial filing for bankruptcy? 2. What do you make of adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) growing in popularity again? 3. Just like NFL teams made cuts for the coming season, what wou...

Stratton Brown played college football at Fresno State, was an All Conference Safety and his Senior year he was #17 in the country in total tackles. After college he tried out for the Seattle Seahawks. After getting cut he started attending Real Estate Meetups and created a home inspection business. From there he went on to work for a local top investor then broke off on his own. He now owns a 7 f...

Welcome to Pardon the Disruption, an entrepreneurship debate podcast featuring RJ Bates III, Steve Trang, Eric Brewer and Chris Jefferson. Topics discussed are 1. Should wholesalers have to disclose to a seller that they are wholesaling the property? 2. Do the majority of entrepreneurs have a fear of making 8 and 9 figures? 3. In honor of Mamba Day, How do you incorporate his "Mamba Mentality...

Dean Rogers began his career in the NFL with the San Diego Chargers. Dean soon realized that if he kept playing his health would be at stake. After walking away from the NFL, he has been in the real estate industry since 2013 leading him to building a successful business in California. Since then, Dean has flipped and wholesaled hundreds of houses and has a rental portfolio of eight figures. He is...

Welcome to Pardon the Disruption, an entrepreneurship debate podcast featuring RJ Bates III, Steve Trang, Eric Brewer and Leon G. Barnes. Topics discussed are 1. What do you think of Robert Kiyosaki's comments that "'America Is Broke': The Fed Has Been 'Smoking Fantasy Weed"? 2. What retirement investments would you recommend to someone who saved 1 Million dollars for...

Six years ago I decided to start a podcast with absolutely zero background in podcasting, interviewing people and had absolutely zero following. Today's episode is a celebration of those six years and some of the greatest moments of The Titanium Vault. I am so grateful for every listener, every guest and every moment I have had hosting this podcast! It has truly been one of the best decisions...

Welcome to Pardon the Disruption, an entrepreneurship debate podcast featuring RJ Bates III, Steve Trang, Chris Jefferson and Leon G. Barnes. Topics discussed are 1. What are your thoughts on a former Connecticut real estate developer getting 5 years in prison for an investment fraud scheme? 2. What do you make of Elon Musk's X paying for legal fees over wrongful termination for your conduct...

Robert Wensley is the CEO of InvestorLift, the most powerful dispositions tool for real estate wholesalers in the entire industry.  After finishing at Harvard, Robert had plans to work on Wall Street, but quickly realized he wanted to become an entrepreneur. He knew immediately that he wanted to live the lifestyle of his choosing. Robert got hooked on flipping, but realized it was tough to scale....

Welcome to Pardon the Disruption, an entrepreneurship debate podcast featuring RJ Bates III, Steve Trang, Chris Jefferson and Jimmy Vreeland. Topics discussed are 1. When rates eventually go down, who are the people that will look into buying a new home? 2. In 3 games for Inter Miami Lionel Messi scored 5 goals and assisted once. What would you define as a successful onboarding week if you hired a...

Jerry Norton is a best selling author, speaker, investor, real estate broker and expert on flipping residential real estate. With almost 20 years experience and having completed thousands of transactions, Jerry is the foremost authority on all things “flipping.” Jerry is the founder of Flipping Mastery, and his training, tools, resources, software and coaching have helped thousands of investors br...

Welcome to Pardon the Disruption, an entrepreneurship debate podcast featuring RJ Bates III, Steve Trang, Chris Jefferson and Eric Brewer. Topics discussed are 1. Recently in college football, Pat Fitzgerald was fired from Northwestern over hazing, Jim Harbaugh is facing suspension over recruiting violations, and PJ Fleck was under scrutiny for having a toxic environment at Minnesota. Do we have t...

Elijah Rubin is the Founder of Fire Damage Profits, CEO of Wiin LLC and Co-Creator of Closers Olympics. Elijah Rubin is a Fire Damage Real Estate & Sales Expert, having closed over 1,000 Properties in the last 19 years with over $300 million worth of transactions completed. Elijah is a trailblazer in the exclusive niche of Wholesaling Fire Damage Properties and has founded Fire Damage Profits...

Welcome to Pardon the Disruption, an entrepreneurship debate podcast featuring RJ Bates III, Steve Trang, Chris Jefferson and Leon G. Barnes. Topics discussed are 1. What trait does an entrepreneur need to handle the ups and downs of entrepreneurship? 2. With the Powerball reaching $1,000,000,000, If you received a $1,000,000,000 for your business what would you do with that? 3. What do you make o...