I'm thrilled to share with you some exciting insights from our latest podcast episode. We had the pleasure of hosting Doctor Mike, a part-time urologist, who shared his inspiring journey from being a full-time doctor to working in a more optional capacity. The Doctor's Dilemma: Doctor Mike opened up about the burnout many doctors face due to administrative headaches, bureaucracy, and the pressure to maintain a certain lifestyle. He shared his personal experience of feeling caught in the rat race...
Oct 05, 2023•44 min•Season 1Ep. 241
I'm thrilled to share with you the latest episode of our podcast, where we dive deep into the world of deal making, acquisitions, and entrepreneurship. Our guest, Nate, a seasoned professional from the beautiful city of Chicago, joins us to share his insights and experiences. Here's a sneak peek into our conversation: The Art of Listening: Nate shares his unique approach to networking, emphasizing the importance of listening before speaking. A valuable lesson for all of us! Career Transitions: W...
Sep 14, 2023•45 min•Season 1Ep. 240
I recently had an enlightening conversation with Dave, a seasoned real estate investor from Saint Petersburg, Florida, on my podcast. We delved into the world of 1031 exchanges, a strategy that has transformed Dave's life and could potentially do the same for you. Dave's journey began with a simple desire to maximize family time. He and his wife ventured into real estate, only to stumble upon the tax implications of selling properties. That's when they discovered the 1031 exchange, a strategy th...
Aug 28, 2023•43 min•Season 1Ep. 239
Are you interested in real estate investing but find it too expensive and complicated? Then you need to check out the latest episode of The Deal Scout podcast, where I interview Julio Ceras, the CEO and founder of Brix Fractional Real Estate Technologies Corporation. Julio shares his personal journey as a mathematician and how he founded his company to make real estate investing accessible to everyone, regardless of their financial status. Julio explains the concept of fractionalizing real estat...
Jun 14, 2023•58 min
On this episode of "The Deal Scout," I had the pleasure of interviewing Rebecca, a deal maker from Toronto who helps deal makers by providing technology to help them close their capital raises. Rebecca and her team have built a platform that allows people to set up an online store and raise capital digitally. They have transacted close to 2 billion dollars through the system from investors all over the world. Rebecca and her co-founder started with legal background and navigated through differen...
Jun 02, 2023•50 min
Co Founder & CEO, Jason Franklin is a native Texan who enjoyed a long and successful career in Big Box Retail which culminated in operating the national headquarters location of one of the nation's largest boating supply companies. After leaving retail, Jason elected to open a small business in the Houston area and enjoyed 14 years of growth and success in that endeavor. Jason has since run several profitable businesses and engaged in over 275 public speaking engagements. Most recently, Jaso...
May 30, 2023•34 min
Brent Bowers, is an investor and coach with a focus on buying and selling vacant land. As an Army Officer with over 8 years of service, Brent was spending a great deal of time away from his family, and he knew he needed to make some changes in order to be more present with his wife and children. In a short period of time, Brent was able to expand his business, hire a team, and (most importantly) spend quality time with his family while still working hard and helping others. While Brent invests i...
May 03, 2023•42 min
Jason Griggs is licensed Real Estate Agent and Team Leader of The Griggs Team at Simply Vegas in Henderson, Nevada. Jason has sold over $20+ million dollars in real estate in his career. Jason is a personal investor himself and holds over 20 properties in Henderson, NV & other parts of the US. Jason Griggs has also become the biggest Short Term Rental investor in the Las Vegas / Henderson Nevada area and currently runs 11+ successful Airbnb and vacation homes. He has been named the Top 20 Re...
Apr 04, 2023•48 min
Thomas "AI Nerd" Helfrich is the Pioneering Founder's Secret Marketing Weapon. As CEO of InstantlyRelevant.com, he builds trust and relevance for passionate founders, ambitious entrepreneurs, and pioneering startups by actually giving a shit about them, their brands, and their customers. https://www.instantlyrelevant.com/ Next Steps Share your thoughts with a review - https://www.thedealscout.com/reviews/ Let's connect on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-reilly-64150722a/ Subscribe a...
Mar 31, 2023•45 min
Eric Estevez graduated from the University of Miami with a degree in International Finance and Marketing and was a 14-year leadership veteran for two Fortune 50 companies (Target and Walmart). While there, he started exploring entrepreneurial opportunities. He wrote a children's book, flipped mobile apps, and then started investing in real estate, which led him to leave his corporate job and start a mortgage lending branch with his father. Within 4 years he built a team that produced $100 Millio...
Mar 02, 2023•47 min
Mike Jarmuz… or Muzz as his friends say… is a Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Lightning Ventures, whose focus is exclusively investing in Bitcoin companies. His goal is to evangelize and help demystify early-stage investing to plebs and whales alike. Mike is also passionate about educating founders and operators on strategies to fund their projects. Muzz believes everyone should invest in technology companies (not just the suits) and that investing in Bitcoin companies is the best thing you c...
Feb 08, 2023•52 min
Christina Wallace is a human Venn diagram with a career at the intersection of business, technology and the arts. An author, podcaster, serial entrepreneur, and erstwhile theater producer, Christina spent a decade building businesses in New York City. She is currently a Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School, an active startup mentor, angel investor, and author of the upcoming book "The Portfolio Life." Christina holds undergraduate degrees in mathematics and theater studies from Emory Unive...
Jan 16, 2023•1 hr 4 min
Natu helped over 200 real estate investors and business buyers raise a collective $200m for their new funds and acquisitions over the last two years. After Natu helped his first client create an investment bank in Canada, he founded Raises.com (a brand valued at hundreds of thousands) which helps people swiftly create complex private equity funds at lower cost, then secure investor funding. Notable Raises.com client (Christopher Goodman, former Wells Fargo investment banker) created a $100m real...
Jan 13, 2023•45 min
Brian K. Grimes, Jr. CFP® is an Ivy League educated real estate entrepreneur and coach. Upon graduation from Columbia University in 2011 he embarked on a career in Financial Planning at AXA Advisors before transitioning to high net worth asset management at Bridgewater Advisors. In 2015, Brian launched his own real estate development company in his home town of Philadelphia, and has since gone on to gut renovate 300+ rental properties across the country using the BRRRR strategy. He is raising hi...
Jan 11, 2023•53 min
Stacey Brown Randall is the multiple award-winning author of Generating Business Referrals Without Asking, host of the Roadmap to Grow Your Business podcast and national speaker. Stacey teaches business owners how to generate referrals naturally… without manipulating, incentivizing or even asking. She has been featured in national publications like Entrepreneur magazine, Investor Business Daily, Forbes, and more. She received her Master’s in Organizational Communication and is married with three...
Jan 03, 2023•1 hr 20 min
Dr. Chau, a Ph.D. and MBA graduate was an immigrant who aspired to live the American Dream. He attempted various enterprises in an effort to obtain financial freedom which he did not achieve as a result of his traditional education. He engaged in the real estate market, but it was with Corporate Housing Arbitrage that he was able to achieve financial freedom and retire in his early 30s. He has since mentored over a hundred students to attain their financial freedom through Cooperate Housing Arbi...
Jan 02, 2023•54 min
Pete Reese is the President of Reelvest Properties, a land development and investment company. With nearly two decades of real estate experience as a broker and investor, Pete has successfully purchased and sold hundreds of pieces of real estate for a profit over the years for himself and on behalf of his clients. He’s on track to earn $4 million in revenue in 2022 with his land flipping and development business. Pete’s always looking for his next deal, including his longtime dream of his own pr...
Dec 31, 2022•1 hr 1 min
About our guests: Jordan Isham, Co-Founder of My Tennessee Home Solution, is responsible for the overall vision, brand, and revenue of the company. He is most passionate about aligning the right people and resources with a set of mutually beneficial goals to experience fulfillment together. For that reason, he prioritizes alignment, purpose, growth, and impact with the team. Hailing from a small town in Vermont, Jordan graduated from West Point and currently serves as an Infantry Officer in the ...
Dec 29, 2022•1 hr 7 min
“In December of 2008, a near-fatal cycling accident threatened to paralyze me for life. I needed a solution, a new way to heal, a way to be free from the limitations of inflammation and pain and get back to my active life. That's how I invented Incrediwear technology. In that sense, Incrediwear is not just wearable technology, it is a lifestyle philosophy.” https://incrediwear.com/ Next Steps Share your thoughts with a review - https://www.thedealscout.com/reviews/ Let's connect on LinkedIn - ht...
Dec 27, 2022•1 hr 7 min
Kurt Davis is a technology executive and investor with over two decades of experience building tech startups throughout Silicon Valley, Europe, and Asia. From 2008-2017, he worked with a startup called Boku where he led global business development, focusing on deals with Apple, Microsoft, Spotify, Sony, and more. This book documents and chronicles Boku’s journey from closing small sales deals to transactions worth billions of dollars in transactions. Speaking to other entrepreneurs, he realized ...
Dec 21, 2022•56 min
Fred Cary, a powerhouse entrepreneur who has founded over ten companies and amassed billions in value. Today, he is focused on helping up-and-coming entrepreneurs get on their paths for success by finding their niches and remaining confident and steadfast along the way. Fred pours all of his business knowledge into teaching the 550,000 new entrepreneurs that decide to start their businesses each month. He has made it his latest mission to provide guidance for those who want to succeed in busines...
Dec 19, 2022•1 hr 2 min
Rick Elmore is an entrepreneur, sales and marketing expert. As the Founder and CEO of Simply Noted, Rick developed a proprietary technology that puts real pen and ink to paper to scale handwritten communication, helping businesses of all industries scale this unique marketing platform to stand out from their competition and build meaningful relationships with clients, customers, and employees. Founded in 2018 and based in Tempe, Arizona, Simply Noted has grown into a thriving company with client...
Dec 12, 2022•47 min
Commercial growth strategist, storyteller, coach, mentor and advisor at data and analytics oriented technology companies. Has lead teams in various stages of growth cycles (PE/VC backed startups, turnarounds, pre-IPO to IPO companies) to exits via IPO (FactSet), acquisition (EDGAR Online), as well as through several equity/capital raises (FirstRain, Capify). http://www.slingstonegroup.com Next Steps Share your thoughts with a review - https://www.thedealscout.com/reviews/ Let's connect on Linked...
Dec 08, 2022•56 min
Doug Cortina, co-founder and strategic advisor, brings a strong background of hands-on business and entrepreneurial experience to NorCal Cannabis. Doug has successfully led the planning, development and execution of three cannabis projects in the Bay Area. Doug has been involved in the real estate development industry in the Bay Area for the past five years. During this time he has structured and administered numerous real estate partnerships and is directly responsible for the acquisition of ov...
Dec 06, 2022•1 hr 6 min
I am a West Point graduate, combat veteran, award-winning author and l know the power of a team. As CEO at JFIII Associates, I now help companies build better teams. I bring 40 years of leading and untangling multiple business projects up to $8 billion worldwide and as many as 53,000 associates where I have a track record of building teams, deploying technology and mitigating risk. These include technology integrations, software, start-ups and heavy logistics moves in the private and public sect...
Nov 29, 2022•43 min
Justin Colby is the CEO and host of The Science of Flipping. He has flipped over 2000 homes and taught thousands his strategies. He is a nationally recognized speaker and author of The Science of Flipping. He owns 3 multi-million dollar companies and is passionate about helping entrepreneurs. https://thescienceofflipping.com Next Steps Share your thoughts with a review - https://www.thedealscout.com/reviews/ Let's connect on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-reilly-64150722a/ Subscrib...
Nov 21, 2022•54 min
Born and raised New Yorker. Started my career as a management consultant and ended up in title insurance. Through the years now own and operate a title company and since have become involved with real estate development opportunities. I believe in people first before the deal and always make sure that I am in performance shape for life and business. https://www.cornerstonelandabstract.com Next Steps Share your thoughts with a review - https://www.thedealscout.com/reviews/ Let's connect on Linked...
Nov 17, 2022•31 min
Don’t pigeonhole Elzie D. Flenard III. Don’t even try. Describe him this way, and he’ll point out that one. Change your perspective, and he’ll lead you down another path … maybe without your even realizing. He’s a creative dude, an entrepreneur, a family man, a business owner. No “box” fits. It doesn’t exist. He’s a man of original thoughts, all products of unique thinking. Above all, Elzie is a storyteller. He unpacks topics from unexpected directions, weaving myriad influences into his music, ...
Nov 14, 2022•49 min
Kevin Amolsch is a successful real estate investor and private money lender. He earned his degree in Finance after serving four years in the US Army. After college, Kevin spent two years working with Wall Street as a Mortgage Bond Analyst before leaving to work in real estate financing for investors full time. He and his companies have closed on over 2,200 transactions as a buyer, seller or private money lender. He currently manages multiple mortgage funds with more than $750 million in closed l...
Nov 10, 2022•50 min
James Hilton is an experienced entrepreneur and developer. He is Founder and CEO Xpressify, a fundraising platform for film & television projects. In 2010, while at Babson, he co-founded InforcePro, an insurance tech platform which was acquired by Covr in June 2017. He is the Co-Founder of Xavinci, digital creative agency, and he specializes in strategy and development. He has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Finance from Babson College. https://xpressify.com Next Steps Shar...
Oct 25, 2022•43 min
