GUEST BIO 1. Sell their home 2. Mortgage cash-out refinance 3. Home equity cash out or Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC) but there is a fourth way that’s not often talked about and that’s leveraging your equity through home equity contracts. Matthew is the CEO and Founder of QuantmRE, a company that solves a real problem for homeowners by helping them access a portion of their home equity without taking on more debt. Matthew has a proven track record in real estate innovation through his experi...
Mar 15, 2021•1 hr 1 min
GUEST BIO Emanuele Pani was born and raised in Sardinia Italy and came to America at 15 to fulfill his American dream. He is a real estate expert and entrepreneur with experience in investments, real estate sales and acquisitions, and professional Airbnb hosting and management. He’s the Co-host of STR Secrets a podcast that focuses exclusively on the Short-term rental industry as well as being one of the partners in Domu Private Investments, a rapidly growing investment group that focuses on inv...
Mar 08, 2021•1 hr 30 min
GUEST BIO Scott Meyers is the principal of Kingdom Storage Holdings. He has acquired, sold, developed, converted over 30 facilities totaling over 12,000 units and over 2 million sq.ft of storage. He is also the Founder and President of: SelfStorageInvesting.com (Self-Storage Profits, Inc.), a leading self-storage education company that offers courses, live events, and mentoring/coaching. His company was started in 2006, for the purpose of acquiring, developing, and operating self-storage facilit...
Mar 01, 2021•47 min
GUEST BIO Tim Stout is the team leader of TSAA out of Newnan, Georgia. Tim Stout and Associates was a #1 Sales Group at Keller Williams Atl Realty last 2016 and 2017 and the overall Top sales team in all of Coweta County last 2017 and 2018. Tim instilled a FIVE STAR service to his team that is rooted from his own work ethic. It all stems from his hard discipline as a professional MMA fighter. With 12 wins under his belt, Tim knows the importance of having the right team in your corner (no pun in...
Feb 22, 2021•38 min
As a 🏘 real estate investor and owner of a 🧑🏾💻digital marketing agency I value both physical real estate and digital real estate just as much...and maybe even a little more...but here’s the good news....the reason I am launching this new segment for my 🎙podcast is because I believe the two can co-exist and rather should. But let’s define what a digital asset is first...in our world it’s 1️⃣ A podcast 2️⃣ Digital Content (audio, video) 3️⃣ Social media platforms 4️⃣ websites 5️⃣ Forums (Fac...
Feb 20, 2021•19 min•Season 1Ep. 1
GUEST BIO This week we are joined by the newly appointed President of NuView himself! Jason DeBono brings with him his immense experience of 15 years. Starting from his roots with NuView (as an intern!) to leading a two-man operations team. He then diligently worked his way to Director, to Vice President and to finally reaching the summit at the start of this year. Jason now manages over $1.4 billion of self-directed custodian assets under him. Self-directed IRAs are nothing new. But in the past...
Feb 15, 2021•54 min
GUEST BIO Sarry founded Financial Asset Protection 5 years ago. Since then he has dedicated all his energy towards protecting valuable business assets from various risks. He then broadened his scope by also combining a strong healthcare background working directly with notable large health insurance companies like Blue Cross, Blue Shield, Humana, and Cigna Healthspring. It was around that time when he first encountered the groundbreaking whole life policy called “Bank on Yourself.” A thorough as...
Feb 08, 2021•45 min
GUEST BIO Avery Carl walks us through her journey of getting started in short term rental investing in mature Vacation Markets. As the CEO of and founder of Short Term Stop, Avery made her first rental property purchase at 26 on a $37,000 salary. While she owns over 30+ short term rentals, she also niches in helping investors acquire and sell short term rentals as a real estate agent. She is one of the Wall Street Journal’s Top 100 Agents and has sold 150 million short term rental properties in ...
Feb 01, 2021•46 min
GUEST BIO We are joined in the lab by the CEO of Ardor SEO and the coolest guy in Search Engine Optimization, Kris Reid. In this day and age where people turn to the internet to buy everything, it pays to be on top of search engine results and actually get people to take action by buying your product. This former Software Engineer achieved this feat back in 2008 where he got people to visit his website and play his online computer game. By learning the rules of SEO and developing a simple system...
Jan 18, 2021•42 min
In this episode I am welcome you to clubhouse. You heard it here first. Connect with me on clubhouse @rubenkanya. An application currently only available to iPhone users in its beta version... is the equivalent of having a conference on your phone with the highest level of quality discussions where you can enter a room, listen to the biggest movers and shakers in the industry, ask them questions or even start your own room. A game changer when it comes to networking. Just remember who you heard ...
Jan 12, 2021•9 min
GUEST BIO We are joined in the lab by Anton Mattli, CEO of Peak Financing. With a background in investment and corporate banking, private equity, and commercial real estate, Anton found himself working in one specific niche - Commercial Real Estate Financing. He and his team at Peak Financing are dedicated to finding the best financing for your multifamily and other commercial real estate properties in the COVID-19 environment. If you are looking for the best financial intermediary at this time ...
Jan 05, 2021•54 min
Experiment nation, huge thanks just wanted to share my New Years revelation and blueprint going into 2021. 1. 🎯 Goal Setting (effectively) 2. 😷 Put on your oxygen mask FIRST 3. 🛫 Tour Guides Vs. Travel Agents 4. 🗣 Social Currency 5. 👥 Mastermind
Jan 03, 2021•20 min
GUEST BIO We are joined in the lab by Eric Martel, a real estate investor, entrepreneur and the founder of MartelTurnkey. Eric gifts the middle class with a guide to achieving financial freedom through real estate with his book “Stop Trading Time for Money”. He is the author of the popular “Break Away From the Rat Race” YouTube channel and podcast and advocates early retirement by building passive income. Eric purchased his first multi-family property when he was 18 years old. When he witnessed ...
Dec 21, 2020•1 hr 4 min
In this episode I reflect on the idea that just like when and if knock on wood one day the doctor tells you you have x amount of days two love you have two options 1) accept it as the truth or 2) seek another professionals advice and not take “no” for an answer. The very same applies when working with a lender. When they say “no”...it means “they don’t know” how they can help but it doesn’t and shouldn’t be no for you. As a matter of fact this should be our attitude in life for anything and ever...
Dec 16, 2020•10 min
GUEST BIO We are joined in the lab by Neal Bawa, Data Scientist, Founder and CEO at Grocapitus Investments. Dubbed as the Mad Scientist of Real Estate, Neal’s success is attributed to his diverse portfolio of syndication and his slightly manic attitude when it comes to opportunities in real estate. He eventually found the opportunity to go into real estate full-time when his technology business sold but not before he changed the face of the business by custom-building 6 campuses in 11 years. Whe...
Dec 07, 2020•56 min
In this episode I recall the importance of applying the compound effect in every single thing that one does. Whether it’s a goal you are trying to reach or a new habit you are trying to build remember if you put your head down for 6 months you can accomplish what one can do in 5 years. Let’s build!
Dec 01, 2020•11 min
GUEST BIO We are joined in the lab by Scott Krone. Scott joins us with a very unique perspective of real estate as he is able to tackle real estate experiments with 3 different sets of lenses, one as an architect, developer and one as a investor. He is the founder of the Coda Management Group which to date has over 55 million in investments under its belt. Scott took the unconventional route in real estate investing as a student in an Architecture graduate program. This background has contribute...
Nov 23, 2020•54 min
In this Reflection In The Lab special - I reflect on all the mentors that are all around us whether in books, courses, YouTube, the list is endless. I discuss how you can foster a one way relationship with them to help you tackle and challenge all the dreams, goals and obstacles you may be facing. Additionally the question you must ask while diving deep into this is the “who”. Ask who along the way to implementing the “what” that your mentor tells you...the feedback loop never ends, no ones ever...
Nov 17, 2020•17 min
GUEST BIO We are joined in the lab by Chris Craddock, a real estate agent-turned-investor and a certified Life Coach hosting the podcast, The Uncommon Real Estate. He is also the CEO of the Redux Group which has recently sold just under $120 million in volume in the past year. His success has largely been attributed to more than a decade of investing in real estate and the tireless pursuit of the best deals for his clients. Chris started making 12 times what he was making in a year flipping hous...
Nov 09, 2020•46 min
In this episode Ruben reflects on a topic he is very passionate about. The same topic he recently shared in his TEDx talk. The importance of becoming a time creator vs. a time consumer. What would that mean in your lab? In your life, in your business? What would it mean for you if you were able to create more than 24 hours in your day? Ruben preaches what he practices, as the Director of Invested Talent — a video marketing agency that helps real estate investors repurpose and multiply their soci...
Nov 02, 2020•24 min
GUEST BIO We are joined in the lab by Pritesh Damani, an engineer, entrepreneur, real estate investor and CEO-Technical Founder at RealtyCrunch. Pritesh who considers himself an engineer by definition loves to make things and already realized early on that he would retire by the time he was 40. He came from a very modest background, had the right people around him and had the uncanny ability to surround himself with the right people in his circle and identify demand in the marketplace which all ...
Oct 26, 2020•58 min
GUEST BIO We are joined in the lab by Jennifer Seeno Tucker, A full service real estate sales associate that operates mainly throughout Queens, and in Nassau & Suffolk Counties. Specializing in boutique type service of the highest possible quality standards to customers and clients. Jennifer has an advanced background in education, which gives her the advantage in communicating and negotiating property details to buyers. She has been licensed since 2012 and in 2017 through 2018 has received ...
Oct 19, 2020•38 min
GUEST BIO We are joined by Chris Thomas, a short term real estate investor known for his unconventional pull-no-punches style of advice. Chris began with mobile technologies which eventually led to becoming the founder of his own SMS text software company, Glu Mobile Media. In 2018, he took over as head of growth for frequent in San Diego. Today, he is a distinguished real estate investor specializing in short term rentals via AirBNB hosting. Chris influences professionals worldwide and sets the...
Oct 12, 2020•59 min
GUEST BIO We are joined in the lab by Austin Linney, a real estate investor and mindset coach. Austin is a firm believer in the power of the mindset which led to the creation of his podcast called Construct Your Life . In his journey, Austin realized the importance of altering his mindset and lifestyle early on to directly impact and change his life and business. He is making it his mission to tell more people about life success rather than just financial success. Austin’s story started having h...
Oct 05, 2020•1 hr 27 min
GUEST BIO We are joined in the lab by Jorge Abreu, a Multifamily Investor with over a 1,000 doors on the GP and LP side. Jorge got into the real estate investing business when he found out that a lot of the successful people he read up on kicked off their careers in the same venture. He really didn’t feel that going the traditional route of working his way up the corporate ladder as an Electrical Engineer was the best way for him so he decided to take a risk and fast forward to a few years later...
Sep 28, 2020•42 min
GUEST BIO We are joined in the lab by Nicholas Hutchison, the co-founder of BookThinkers LLC. BookThinkers is an online community and educational technology company that enables readers to achieve more and live better. Nick is also the host of Life-Changing Books podcast. Nick is a passionate student of the world who is always interested in learning new things and applying them to his personal and professional life. He believes that readers are leaders, and learners are earners. Nick says that i...
Sep 21, 2020•38 min
GUEST BIO The King of Cost Segregation is here to help us all save on income taxes, something we can never truly escape. Yonah is an active Podcaster, a RE-Investor, and most importantly, he knows how to connect people and help them help one another. Yonah shares some of the details on how he simplifies the process of taxes so that you — along with your accountant can apply the cost segregation study on your existing assets. If you’ve had assets for some time and haven’t done so already it isn’t...
Sep 14, 2020•44 min
GUEST BIO Today, Anselmo Torres joins us in the lab to help us increase our profit margins as multifamily operators through water conservation. In this episode we didn't take a bathroom break at all but we certainly addressed the elephant in the room — toilets. Anselmo shows us how to STOP wasting MONEY on wasted water and inefficient water fixtures. Essentially Anselmo shows us that multiple multifamily operators are flushing money down the drain by not updating to more efficient toilets or sim...
Sep 07, 2020•39 min
GUEST BIO John Okocha joins us in the lab with many experiments of enlightenment that evidently lead him to VP of Acquisitions for Elevate. Born in Dallas, Texas while his parents are originally from Nigeria. As a first generation son to immigrant parents John always had a focus on school first but was always open minded. When he was still in high school his close friend gave him the book "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" and it peaked his interest and the beginning of his real estate experiments began. He s...
Aug 31, 2020•43 min
GUEST BIO Sergio Altomare joins us in the lab to share some solid real estate ROIs. One of the first lines in our interview was “we like to take people’s capital and make it worth a lot more’. Sergio and his wife Corinn Altomare have partnered up under one roof (literally) to help others close in their circle get a greater return on their capital through the real estate model. They both primarily started in the greater Philadelphia market, while having expanded their multifamily investing to mor...
Aug 24, 2020•57 min
