The Titanium Vault hosted by RJ Bates III

Rich Wonders, aka the "Novation King" is a nationwide wholesaler who is a leading industry expert on sales and negotiation. His unique sales process and exit strategy allows for wholesale deals to be listed on the MLS and sold to retail and investor buyers. Rich has trained the teams of many top wholesalers around the country and has a course and community he leads called Rainmaker Acqui...

Welcome to Pardon the Disruption, an entrepreneurship debate podcast featuring RJ Bates III, Steve Trang, Bryan Manley and Leon G. Barnes. Topics discussed are 1. What is the "most unique" partnership or investment opportunity you’ve rejected? 2. How do you feel about renting out by room companies? 3. Is it fair for successful entrepreneurs to accumulate massive wealth while many employe...

Kendall Ficklin II, known better as K2, is a full time 22 year entrepreneur, a husband and a father of 4 beautiful children! Starting his first business at 11 years old and turning nothing into something everyday, K2 has developed a deep love for “the game”, and he loves to play it. Getting into the Real Estate business in 2014 to getting his first deal in 2015 while starting with nothing. Kendall...

Welcome to Pardon the Disruption, an entrepreneurship debate podcast featuring RJ Bates III, Eric Brewer, Chris Jefferson and Leon G. Barnes. Topics discussed are 1. What's the dumbest Real Estate advice you've ever seen online? 2. What are you most grateful for about living in the United States of America? 3. According to a report by Zillow, 117 housing and economist experts expect hous...

Meet Tadi! A single mom who was a waitress turned real estate investor. She started virtually wholesaling real estate during the pandemic when she got laid off her serving job on the Las Vegas Strip. She had bills to pay and mouths to feed and her back was against the wall, so she had to figure it out. Through YouTube University all the great influencers giving out free game, she was able to do si...

Welcome to Pardon the Disruption, an entrepreneurship debate podcast featuring RJ Bates III, Steve Trang, Chris Jefferson and Jimmy Vreeland. Topics discussed are 1. What are some tax hacks Real Estate Investors should know? 2. According to a new report reported on Fortune: "Much of the $1.8 trillion in student debt won’t ever be repaid, nonpartisan research organization says." What are...

Jennifer Coronado, COO of Wiin LLC, a Real estate investing firm in Phoenix, AZ. Jennifer has led a team through wholesaling over $40million worth of real estate. Alongside her fiancee and Co-owner Elijah Rubin, she has coached hundreds of students in the wholesaling Fire Damage niche. In this unique and untapped market of fire damage, she has developed systems and proven techniques for investors...

Welcome to Pardon the Disruption, an entrepreneurship debate podcast featuring RJ Bates III, Steve Trang, Eric Brewer and Jimmy Vreeland. Topics discussed are 1. What is the biggest scam you believe exists in real estate? 2. The Chiefs unveiled their Super Bowl rings, and Mahomes & Kelce helped design them. Would you let your key employees design something important in your business? 3. After...

Scott Berens is a California-raised entrepreneur, father of two and CEO of Balsamo Homes.  He spent his twenties working his way up the corporate ladder, eventually earning the title of top salesman at multiple companies.  After teaming up with his brother in the real estate industry, Scott founded Balsamo Homes in 2020, a tribute to the first home he purchased on Balsamo Ave.  Since then, Balsamo...

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. Are realtor licenses a money grab for associations or for protecting property owners? 2. Does it make sense to start using AI in your business? 3. If, for some reason, you were unable to practice real estate what would be your next mo...

Munif Saza was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh- a small country with about half the population of the United States squeezed into the size of Alabama.  Munif immigrated to Canada, and then the United States when he was young.  He is a formally trained Biomedical Engineer and went to school to become a doctor.  He realized that becoming a medical professional is just another level of the rat race, and pi...

Welcome to Pardon the Disruption, an entrepreneurship debate podcast featuring Steve Trang, Eric Brewer, Chris Jefferson and Leon G. Barnes. In this week RJ Bates III is the special guest host! Topics discussed are 1. Agent outreach or direct-to-seller marketing, which is more effective in 2023? 2. We all know that glue guys and ladies help teams win championships, so what position on your team do...

Uncle Charles, a product of the streets, overcame adversities but later educated himself, earning a BBA in Business & Finance from UTSA. After finding success in the mortgage industry and thereafter facing setbacks due to the 2008 mortgage crash, he founded HBHS with partner Michael Llanas in 2012, as a realty brokerage. Since then, they have employed rei creative financing strategies, subject...

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 are 4 tips for first time real estate investors? 2. What are common mistakes investors make during a recession? 3. With the NBA Finals starting today, What characteristics does a company need to be a championship-level team? 4. What...

Andrea Stakes is a dynamic entrepreneur and the visionary founder of a successful virtual staffing company. She has provided job opportunities to over 1,500 talented Filipinos and helped more than 1,000 business owners effectively delegate tasks using virtual assistants. As a half-Filipino and half-American professional, Andrea bridges the gap between American corporations and talented individuals...

Welcome to Pardon the Disruption, an entrepreneurship debate podcast featuring RJ Bates III, Steve Trang, Eric Brewer and Chris Jefferson . Topics discussed are 1. With Carmelo Anthony retiring after 19 years, how would your life look after you retire? 2. What's one Real Estate hack every investor needs to know? 3. With the news coming out about Bill Gates, When someone in your space is doing...

After 4 years of trying and failing at multiple different strategies to break into real estate investing, Matt Porcaro learned about a little known government backed renovation loan that allowed him to purchase and renovate a duplex property for only a small amount of cash out of pocket. Using this strategy, he managed to turn a small $9,500 down payment into $130k in liquid equity and $2k a month...

Welcome to Pardon the Disruption, an entrepreneurship debate podcast featuring RJ Bates III, Steve Trang, Eric Brewer and Chris Jefferson . Topics discussed are 1. Like Ja Morant's situation in Memphis, how would you handle a top talent continuously breaking company policies? 2. What would you tell the 79% of Americans who think now is not a good time to own a home, per Gallup's latest p...

Brent's Story is one for the record books! It’s 2007, and Brent is living large as a real estate entrepreneur, well on his way to fulfilling his “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” dreams: Designer clothes. Flashy cars. Big house. A year later, the housing market crashed…His business goes under. His cars get repossessed. His house and five rental properties get foreclosed and he gets slapped with a $742,000...

Welcome to Pardon the Disruption, an entrepreneurship debate podcast featuring RJ Bates III, Steve Trang, Leon G. Barnes and Chris Jefferson's awful Wi-Fi . Topics discussed are 1. In your company, what is your biggest distraction? 2. What has been your most costly misstep in your real estate career thus far? Is it monetary or personnel? 3. In honor of your mother, what is one value/lesson fr...

Today's guest on The Titanium Vault is Tez Arbertha. He is a 31-year-old real estate investor and mentor from Oklahoma. Tez started out in the new construction industry, but soon realized that he wasn't going to be truly fulfilled without financial freedom. That's when Tez expanded his focus to real estate investing and began wholesaling houses. Through this process, he learned how...

Welcome to Pardon the Disruption, an entrepreneurship debate podcast featuring RJ Bates III, Chris Jefferson and special guest from the creative finance education program Sub To and BiggerPockets author, Pace Morby . Topics discussed are 1. Are you actively acquiring properties to build your portfolio right now? 2. How do you feel about Joe Biden proposing to eliminate tax code 1031? 3. What are y...

This is the podcast everyone has been wanting to see! RJ Bates III, The King Closer, and Eric Cline, The Sales GOAT, discussing their individual sales processes and giving explanations as to why they feel it is most effective. Eric gives a complete breakdown of his 5 step closing process while RJ gives feedback on the differences in his process while they debate on each, individual nuance! Origina...

Welcome to Pardon the Disruption, an entrepreneurship debate podcast featuring RJ Bates III, Steve Trang, Chris Jefferson and Eric Brewer. Topics discussed are 1. Like the NFL Draft, What are some pieces that your organization needs? 2. When is the right time to buy properties via creative finance like sub-to, seller finance and novations if you're currently only wholesaling? 3. Will we see a...

Justin Moy has been in real estate as a career his entire professional life. He started out selling single family homes in Northern California and was able to become a top producer within his second year at the largest firm in the area. Through that experience he realized that there is a difference between being transactionally rich and being wealthy. It was at this point he started to look for wa...