The Iron Deep Podcast

If there’s anyone who knows how to architect a deal like the back of their hand, it’s Eddie Speed. For almost 4 decades now, Eddie has purchased more than 40,000 notes. The NoteSchool executive team has also bought 3.5 billion dollars in notes.  Since the 80s, Eddie has dedicated his professional life to seller financing and non-performing note industry. He has also introduced innovative strategies and ideas that have impacted how the industry operates to this day. If you want to learn from one of the leaders and innovators in the note business, this episode is for you!

Ali Boone is a former aerospace engineer turned lifestyle entrepreneur and real estate investor. She started her real estate investing journey by investing in five properties in just 18 months. After leaving her corporate job, Ali pursued financial freedom through her company Hipster Investments. In its first 5 years, Hipster Investments was able to facilitate over $18 million in real estate transactions. Thanks to her straightforward and practical real estate advice, Ali has been featured in the Business Insider, US News, Fox Business, Motley Fool, and the BiggerPockets Blog. If you’d like to learn about risk tolerance and protecting your mindset from one of the brilliant women in real estate, this episode is for you!

Brandon Barnes is a successful real estate investor and the owner of REI Live! Atlanta. Brandon decided to become a real estate investor after he was fired from his job as a supervisor. He also decided to master wholesaling. Brandon’s team now runs his business seamlessly without his daily involvement. Brandon is also passionate about coaching. Through his Send More Offers Coaching Program, Brandon teaches his students how to take action and make money through real estate. If you want to succeed in wholesaling and real estate even with your back against the wall, this episode is for you!

Lauren Hardy is a successful virtual wholesaler who has been in the business for almost a decade now. An investor with a “People First” approach, Lauren has developed various techniques that has allowed her to run her wholesaling business from California while investing in other states.  Lauren has been able to successfully dominate highly competitive markets by being flexible, staying on top of market changes, and moving to other market territories when needed. If you’re considering virtual wholesaling, you’ll be learning from one of the best in the field so make sure to tune in!

Dwan Bent-Twyford, America’s Most Sought-After Real Estate Investor™ started as a broke, single mom who had been fired from Denny’s. Today, she is now the head of “Investors Edge University,” a company that specializes in training new and seasoned investors.  Dwan has done over 2,000 flips and willingly shares her vast knowledge of real estate investing through live workshops, member sites, weekly webinars, and seminars. Dwan is also hailed as the “Queen of Short Sales and Foreclosures.” She has also written three bestsellers. If you’re a woman who would like to make your mark in the fiercely competitive real estate world, this episode is for you!

Avery Carl is one of Wall Street Journal’s Top 100 Agents this 2020. Avery and her team focuses primarily on short-term and vacation rentals. An investor with a current portfolio of over 30 properties, Avery specializes in connecting investors with short-term rentals that provide the highest potential ROI.   There’s no denying Avery has truly come a long way since buying her first property at age 26. Avery is now the CEO and founder of the Short Term Shop, a real estate firm that helps investors acquire short-term rental properties in recession resistant markets.   If you’d like to get some insight on how you can leave the corporate rat race and achieve financial freedom, this episode is for you!

Gustavo “Gus” Munoz is a former Microsoft Engineer turned real estate agent and Inside Sales guru. Since 2015, he has been running one of the largest Inside Sales teams in North America, making as much as 50,000 outbound calls daily.  Gus is very passionate about helping business owners succeed through online marketing, sales scripts, online lead conversion, and many more. To date, Gus runs a massively successful business earning over 7-figures annually.  If you’re looking for real estate techniques and wisdom from one of the most successful in the industry, this episode is for you!

David Richter has closed over 850 deals including wholesaling, BRRR, rentals, owner finance, lease options, and just about any exit strategy you can think of. While he was able to successfully scale his real estate business (from 5 deals to over 25 deal monthly), he realized that money has been coming out as much as it was coming in.   From there, David decided to help real estate companies avoid going out of business to building cash reserves through his profit advising company Simple CFO Solutions, LLC. David’s goal in life is to transform the real estate investing industry and bring them true financial freedom and clarity.   If you want to know how to build your cash reserves and keep more of your profit, this episode is for you!  

Gary Beasley is a seasoned entrepreneur, executive, and investor across multiple industries. He is also the co-founder and CEO of Roofstock, an innovative and technology-enabled transaction and marketplace platform designed to lower transaction costs and improve liquidity in the single family rental sector. Gary has also grown small companies, led large organizations, and served as co-CEO and CFO of two large IPOs, Starwood Waypoint Residential Trust and ZipRealty respectively. In this episode, he talked about his real estate journey, the reason he started Roofstock, and what he wants to be known for. If you are into single family rentals and would like to learn from one of the best in the space, this episode is for you! 

Today’s guest is a successful real estate mentor, coach, and podcaster. Mike Simmons is also a partner in 7 Figure Flipping, one of the nation’s largest real estate mastermind groups. He is also the host and producer of one of the top real estate podcasts in the world, “Just Start Real Estate.”    As if not enough, Mike is also the author of the book “Level Jumping: How I Grew My Business to Over $1 Million in Profits in 12 Months.” A few years prior, Mike achieved said impressive feat—he grew his real estate investing business to over a million in such a short amount of time!   If you would like to know how you can scale your business big-time, tuning in to this episode is a huge step in the right direction!

Trevor Oldman is a young, brilliant, and hardworking entrepreneur who went from making $7.03 an hour to running Podcasting You, a six-figure podcasting booking agency out of his dorm room.  Before running his successful podcast, the ingenious 23-year-old wrote a young adult romance and started two companies. Today, Trevor is on a mission to teach young entrepreneurs that age should not be a hindrance to your success.

Jim Sheils has been a full-time real estate investor for over twenty years and his ventures have done over 1,000 acquisitions and rehabs. Getting his start in the Bakersfield CA, he left there in 2005 for Northeast Florida to follow the long-term growth patterns predicted for the area.

Dan Guerin is a husband, father of four, and a former Infantryman in the US Army where he received a purple heart. He is also a successful and highly motivated real estate entrepreneur. While only been in the business for over three years, he’s already considered an influential leader in his market.    Dan started in the fix and flip arena where he flipped numerous properties. After working on a few buy and hold properties, he decided to grow his team and explore the wholesaling model. To date, he has a full team that’s dedicated to wholesaling and rentals.    Now, Dan and his team are the go-to source for off market properties in Dayton, Northern Kentucky, and Cincinnati. If you’d like to learn a few real estate tips, tricks, and resources that can help you succeed in the real estate business, this episode is for you!

Travis Smith is the CEO and founder of Tribevest. While starting a career at Morgan Stanley, he realized that the most direct path to financial freedom and wealth is in the private markets. Nowadays, Travis invests in single-family rentals, multifamilies, and commercial real estate. Obsessed to level the playing field, Travis worked on creating investor groups. This obsession prompted him to build Tribevest, an online platform where people can assemble, align, form, and operate their own investor groups. In this episode, discover what Tribevest is all about, how you can get involved, and how the platform works. 

Stacy Bahrenfuss is the CEO and founder of the Catalyst Group. She is also the creator of the Limitless Realtor Circle, a professional training program made especially for realtors. Stacy started her real estate company when she was 19. From there, Stacey was also able to successfully scale her business beyond the 7-figure mark. In an industry that’s traditionally male-led, Stacy has paved the way for other female leaders in the industry, leveraging her intuition and years of experience in results coaching, personal development, and meditation. Excited to help transform the industry that meant a lot to her, she’s giving back by empowering realtors to break from the status quo and approach business in a way that raises the industry standards and fulfils them personally. If you want to learn from someone whose wisdom is profound and whose experience is vast, this is one episode you shouldn’t miss!

Austin and Jake Deraaff are atypical twin brothers based out of New York. After trying college for 24 months, they knew the conventional route was not for them. From there, they decided to drop out of school. Eventually, they found an online course that showed them how to make money in real estate with no money down. After being told by almost everyone they could NOT do it, the two bold and driven brothers took a leap of faith and committed. Seven long months after, they finally closed their first wholesale deal! That one deal dramatically changed their lives for the better and gave them even more courage to take massive action in the real estate space. To date, the brothers have flipped and wholesaled 60 plus homes! If you need some courage and inspiration to take that leap, today’s episode is exactly what you need to hear!

Jason Criddle is a successful investor, sales, leader, empire builder, and best-selling author. He has also been running the Smartr brands since the Smartr App Company was founded in 2015. Jason and his team focuses on providing exclusive services to entrepreneurs and small and large businesses. Jason is a millennial business leader with a passion for helping business-minded individuals and entrepreneurs succeed. He also focuses on the spiritual and metaphysical aspects to awaken the greatness within each and everyone. Jason has seen thousands of business plans, has worked with hundreds of founders and startups, and has the know-how and expertise to get brands to market. If you’re looking for ways to be smarter with your business, money, and life, consider listening to this episode a must!

Today’s guest has been in the real estate space for 15 years now. To date, he has closed over 2,500 real estate deals using radio, a very effective marketing channel that’s frequently overlooked. Chris Arnold is also the co-founder of COSA Investments, one of the biggest wholesale companies in the DFW Metroplex. COSA is managed and operated by a US virtual team and this allowed Chris to run his company while living his best life in Tulum, Mexico. Chris is also the founder of Arnold Elite Realty, a cutting-edge boutique brokerage. Passionate about mentoring and coaching other entrepreneurs, he created The Multipliers Mastermind. If you want to access an advertising secret that’s virtually untapped but highly effective and lucrative, this is one episode you can’t afford to miss!

Chris Naugle is hailed as America’s #1 money mentor and with good reason. In just two decades, Chris has built and owned 16 companies, with most of them featured in ABC, Forbes, and House Hunters. Chris is also the founder of The Money School™ and the co-founder of CEO of FlipOut Academy™. He is also the money mentor for the Money Multiplier. As a visionary and innovator in the real estate and wealth-building industry, Chris empowers business owners, real estate entrepreneurs, and real estate investors with his knowledge of how money works. Chris aims to deliver financial knowledge that fuels lasting freedom. If you’re looking for expert tips and techniques on how to manage your money, how to make it grow, and how to make it work for you, this is one interview you can’t afford to miss!

Bill Syrios founded Stewardship Properties in 1989. His mission is simple: he wants to serve people in their housing needs. Realizing that all of us are “just passing through,” Bill wanted Stewardship Properties to exist for something greater other than making money. Stewardship Properties also provides fast and hassle-free cash purchases. A campus pastor for 15 years, Bill built up a rental portfolio around the University of Oregon in Eugene when he first started. Since then, Bill now owns and manages 1,000 properties in 7 states. If you are envisioning something greater for your real estate business and would like to be a good steward of God’s gifts, this episode is for you!

Today’s guest is dubbed the “Cash Flow Expert,” and with good reason. Chris Miles is the leading authority on creating wealth quickly, increasing cash flow, and creating passive income. Chris is also a speaker, author, and radio host. He has been featured on CNN Money, Bankrate, and US News. Chris has a passion for helping entrepreneurs and high-income employees by teaching them how to become financially prosperous by creating passive income and fixing their money leaks. Aside from being a highly gifted teacher and presenter, Chris is also extremely funny and very entertaining. He makes learning about money a very fun experience. If you want to accelerate the process of attaining financial freedom, this episode is for you!

Larry White is the founder of LKW consulting, a firm that specializes in finance, accounting, and strategic planning services. With over 3 decades of experience, Larry is a creative senior financial leader with expertise in improving cash flow, investor relations, mergers and acquisitions, operations, etc. Prior to LKW consulting, Larry also worked as a VP of accounting for the Phoenix Suns (NBA) and Arizona Diamondbacks (MLB). He also served as SVP/CFO for Elizabeth Arden Red Door Spas. Larry is a licensed CPA in both Massachusetts and Arizona. In this episode, Larry shared interesting insights and anecdotes you’ll surely find valuable. If you’re looking for a way to make a fortune, listening to this episode is a huge step in the right direction!

Glenn Stromberg’s real estate career began in 1982. Since then, he has dominated the real estate game, owning and managing several Clayton Home franchises. He also ran a successful fix and flip business. In his 37 years in the mobile home industry, Glenn has owned a mobile park, owned and operated mobile home sales centers, developed mobile home subdivisions, and bought, sold, and leased single family homes. In 2006, Glenn founded Stromberg Investment Group (SIG). His mission is to become one of the best real estate investment companies in the country. To date, SIG now has 350 homes over 4 states. It also deploys a staggering million dollars in investment capital each month! In this episode, Glenn shared some of the strategies that has made him a massive success in the real estate space. He also talked about the niche he’s focusing on and the amazing benefits it offers. If you’re looking to dominate the real estate game, listening to this episode is a huge step in the right direction!

Nick Shivers is the CEO of one of the top real estate teams in the Portland Metro and SW Washington area. He is also the principal broker and is responsible for strategic sales and marketing at Keller Williams Realty. As a brokerage, Nick’s team averages a staggering $100 million annually. Together with Erik Hatch, Nick co-founded the non-profit movement “Sell A Home Save A Child" (SAHSAC). To date, they have raised $1.7 million for Forward Edge International (FEI) for child-focused community development programs in Kenya, Mexico, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Cuba. In this episode, you’ll get to know Nick a bit more—the special niche he’s involved in, what got him into real estate, and how his non profit "Sell A Home Save A Child Works." This is one awesome conversation you don’t want to miss!

Matt Hedstrom has over 2 decades of real estate experience and has created all of his businesses with only one vision: to serve and elevate others. Matt has tried various aspects of real estate including fix and flips, raising capital, and coaching. To date, he owns and manages several businesses between Milwaukee and Chicago. Aside from his passion for real estate and helping other people, Matt is also passionate about mission work and travelling. He does around 5 to 6 trips annually, building houses, schools, and churches the world over. Through his efforts and core values of integrity and honesty, he has helped elevate individuals properties, neighborhoods, and communities. In this episode, Matt shared his real estate journey and the reason he developed the awesome app “Rehab Estimation Pro." He also offered valuable advice and wisdom that can help sustain your business. So much inspiration and gold nuggets in today’s episode, so don’t miss it!

After working in the Silicon Valley tech industry (and for companies like Motorola, Cisco, and Ericsson) for almost two decades, Brian Williams left and started Perspectivity, a company that focuses on helping clients become more powerful presenters, influencers, and speakers. If you’re running a business, there is no denying sales is an integral part of your venture. In a way, you will always find yourself persuading (or selling) your ideas, strategies, products, visions, and goals to people. This will require a certain level of persuasion and influence. And Brian has mastered this art. For many years now, Brian has been helping companies create compelling sales messages, conversations, and presentations and has taught countless people how to sell with integrity, deliver with influence, and close with ease. If you’d like to learn the basics of powerful communication and the crucial role it will play in your business success, consider listening to this episode a must!

Brent Daniels is one of Phoenix’s most successful and highly prolific wholesalers. The multi-million dollar wholesaler is also the genius behind TTP or Talk to People, a straightforward, low cost, and incredibly effective telephone marketing program that helps wholesalers do more, bigger, and more lucrative deals. The concept behind TTP is simple yet so powerful: replace conventional paid advertising like yellow letters, PPC, bandit signs, etc. with being proactive (and talking to people, of course) and taking action each and every day! Brent is also a distinguished coach, having mentored thousands of wholesalers through his “Cold Calling Mastery” training. He has also helped countless others through the Wholesaling Inc. Podcast, YouTube channel, and live events. If the proactive approach is for you, Brent is your man. Ever the go-giver, listen in as he shared some of the tips that has helped him become a legend in the wholesaling world. So much liquid gold in today’s episode, so make sure you tune in!

Erik Hatch has a long list of impressive accomplishments. He’s a realtor, entrepreneur, public speaker, coach, and investor. However, that’s not all. Erik is also a social media expert, TEDxFargo emcee, servant leader, and author. His book, “Play for the Person Next to You: A Guide to Servant Leadership” is a great guide on how to create successful businesses and live a more meaningful and more purposeful life. To date, Erik owns/runs 25 businesses (most notably Hatch Realty, Hatch Coaching, and Abovo) as well as 2 non-profits that have raised nearly 3 million dollars! Considering all that he has accomplished, there is no denying Erik is truly in a league of his own. In this episode, you’ll get a bit of an insight into the mind of this brilliant man. More importantly, you just might learn a thing (or two) about running successful businesses and living a truly purposeful life, so make sure you don’t miss it!

Corey and Carrie Reyment are extremely passionate about two things: homeschooling and travelling with their 3 children. The loving couple and doting parents once dreamt of becoming "tour guides" in the world for their children. To fund said dream, they decided to get into real estate in 2016. While they first considered passive rental income, they realized a year later that wholesaling is way better. And they have not looked back since! Over the years, Corey and Carrie have built a massively successful wholesaling business and have acquired over 100 doors using the BRRRR strategy. In this episode, Corey and Carrie shared how they were able to use wholesaling and real estate investing to fund their dreams of homeschooling and travelling with their 3 children. If you're also considering wholesaling to help make your dreams happen, this episode is for you!

If you’re an ardent listener of the podcast, today’s guest needs no introduction. However, if you’re a first time listener, you’ll be in for a treat as the show’s host, Brett Snodgrass, takes the interviewee seat! In this episode, Simple Wholesaling’s CEO shared many of the insights, techniques, and wisdom that has helped him run and scale a massively successful wholesaling business! Make no mistake about it, just like most people, Brett started out making only a few deals each month. Fast-forward to a few short years and he’s now closing as many as 25 deals monthly! This brings us to the million dollar question: how did he do it? Tune in to this episode and find out! You just might find the missing link that can take your wholesaling business to the next level!

Gavin Timms was a golf professional from England when he first moved to the United States in 2012. Today, he is a successful real estate investor and coach. He is also the owner of GT Property Investment, a virtual wholesale business that operates in multiple US markets including Florida, Georgia, Alabama, and Hawaii. Gavin’s passion for helping others and coaching started with his 10-year career as a golf coach. Together with Joe McCall, he’s now helping and coaching people through real estate programs. Currently, he is launching Prime Home Buyers, another real estate platform. In this episode, Gavin covered the essentials of virtual wholesaling—how to get in the virtual wholesaling arena, how to deal with people when you’re wholesaling virtually, and how to start building your virtual wholesaling business, among others. If virtual wholesaling is something you want to get into, this is one episode you shouldn’t miss!

Caleb Pearson is a passionate and successful wholesaler from Charleston, South Carolina. Brilliant and driven, he is considered as one of the top REMAX agents in South Carolina. He has also been recognized as Mount Pleasant’s Realtor of the Year award in 2015. While many people credit their success to the marketing channels they’re using, Caleb credits a huge part of his success to Zoom Offers Now, a new software he launched that’s designed to help users streamline the offer process. In this show, you’ll now only get an insight into Caleb’s impressive real estate investing journey, you’ll also learn what Zoom Offers Now is all about and how you can benefit from it. If you are raring to win the property investment race, this is episode is for you!

Jaspreet Baveja is a well experienced private money lender and the CEO of JGB LLC. After quitting his healthcare job of almost a decade, he’s been helping others achieve their dream of earning passive income through private lending. Since then, Jaspreet has been living his best life—running a business that gives him the luxury to pursue his passion for travelling (and spending quality time with his family) while still generating a substantial income on his own time AND terms! Today’s great interview covered all the basics of private lending—from the difference between private and hard money lending down to the qualities of people he’ll lend money to. Not only that, he also gave wise and no-nonsense tips on passive investing. With that said, this is definitely one episode you shouldn’t miss!

Jessey Kwong is a real estate investor and the founder of REI Conversion, a company that creates brilliant Wordpress themes specially made for real estate investors. Jessey is also the host of REI conversion podcast, a show that helps listeners learn how to use digital marketing strategies and tools for their real estate business. With his digital marketing, design, and real estate investing background, Jessey hopes to empower other real estate investors using proven digital tools and strategies so they can fast-track their investing and scale their businesses with minimal risk. It’s safe to say Jessey has perfected the art of making websites that suits people's needs and helps them reach their real estate investing goals. If you want to know the power of websites and what they can help you achieve, you can’t miss this episode!

John Pyke is a sales and hiring expert, award-winning speaker, consultant, and coach. He is also the author of the #1 international bestseller “The Talent Genius: How the Top 1% of Realtors Build World Class Teams.” To date, he has assessed, coached, and hired over one million in the real estate industry alone! John uses a time-tested and science-backed process to find and hire talented and top-performing people. What’s even more impressive is his process is up to 90% accurate when it comes to finding top talents and performers. Thanks to his outstanding and exemplary work, John is the first consultant to be awarded the “Moving America Forward" award. If you’d like to find and hire the best people and eliminate the costly guesswork associated with hiring, this episode is for you!

Robert Nickell is both the founder and CEO of Rocket Station, a leading provider of outsourced staffing and process management for the BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) industry. Founded in 2013, Rocket Station has been helping small and medium-sized businesses become more efficient and profitable. Prior to Rocket Station, Robert was a real estate entrepreneur. His experience operating in the real estate industry helped position him to provide support to his fellow real estate entrepreneurs as well as other established firms who are in need of staffing and human resources. In this episode, you’ll learn about Robert’s entrepreneurship journey, the importance of having a system, and the difference between hiring a virtual assistant versus hiring someone locally. Don’t forget to tune in and discover what Robert’s company has to offer. It just might change both your life and your business dramatically!

Chris Craddock, is a licensed realtor, nationally certified life coach, and the team leader of the Redux Group. The Northern Virginia native is a doting father of six and has been a successful real estate investor for over a decade now. Chris has a passion for helping others achieve their personal and financial goals and is relentlessly pursuing the best deals for his clients. In this episode, Chris shared his inspiring real estate journey and tackled many beneficial real estate essentials including how to monetize dead leads. So many gold nuggets in today’s episode so don’t miss it!

Glenn and Amber Schworm are passionate about helping people create wealth through real estate investing. For more than a decade now, they’ve been successfully buying and selling properties. They have also flipped over 600 homes (and counting), produced $57 million (and counting) in revenue, and generated monthly cash flow from their rental properties. Through Home Flipping Workshop, they have coached and mentored thousands of people to help them transform their lives and succeed. Glenn and Amber have committed their lives to teaching as many people as possible so they can grow their assets, build long-term passive income, and create immediate cash flow. If you’d also like to achieve those things for yourself, you can’t miss this episode!

Jason Pero was born and raised in Erie, PA. In 2001, he and his wife purchased their first duplex. That’s also when his real estate investing career started. While still working as a medical sales representative, Jason also started building his portfolio of real estate properties. When he left his job in 2012, Jason’s rental property portfolio is already close to 300 units. After leaving his day job, Jason continued building his real estate portfolio and now owns around 900 rental apartments. If you’d like to know how Jason started his real estate venture the defensive way and how he started building his rental portfolio while still working full-time, don’t miss today’s episode. You’ll not only discover some of the techniques Jason swears by, you’ll also learn how to achieve financial freedom just like he did!

Isaac Barrow is a licensed broker and the CFO of Parrot Property Group, a family-owned business that helps clients achieve real estate investment success through reliability and responsiveness. The 5-member team has 80 years of combined experience in real estate investing and construction. To date, Isaac is managing 45 units and handling all the tenant screening and communication, leasing, move-ins, and eviction proceedings. He is also responsible for Parrot Property Group’s sales, marketing, accounting, social media, and acquisitions. If you’re curious and would like to know how a small team can make big things happen, this episode is for you!

Scott Smith is a lawyer and the founder and CEO of Royal Legal Solutions, one of the nation's top asset protection firms that specialises in asset protection for real estate investors, professional legal solutions, estate planning, business restructuring, and retirement investing. Their clients range from first time to established real estate investors who want to protect their assets and would like to utilise the right system for acquiring properties. They also analyze the client’s specific situation and apply strategies that will not only protect their properties to the greatest extend possible but will also save them a significant amount in state fees and taxes. In today’s show, Scott talked about how he got into real estate, what asset protection is, what Royal Legal Solutions does and many more. Join us as Scott deconstructs the lawsuit game and shows you how you can protect yourself and your hard earned wealth!

Zachary Beach is a COO, partner, and coach at Smart Real Estate Coach. He is also the co-host of the Smart Real Estate Coach Podcast and an Amazon bestselling author. He wrote the book “The New Rules of Real Estate Investing,” and co-authored the revised edition of “Real Estate On Your Own Terms.” Zach knew absolutely nothing about real estate when he first started. However, through in-house training, hard work, and implementation, he has closed over 100 deals (and growing!). He also coaches students around the country on buying and selling of properties using a predictable and scalable system. Zach has been in the real estate business for several years now and runs all operations of Smart Real Estate coach. If you’d like to learn some tips, insights, and tricks from one of the best in the industry, don’t forget to tune in!

In their early 20s, Jason Roberts and Rachel Schneider realized working for other people is not a good long-term plan. So they took charge of their own destiny and opened a mortgage company. After closing over 3,000 real estate transactions and turning the business into a multimillion-dollar company, the market crashed. The crash prompted the pair to try a different path and use their real estate knowledge and experience in another way. Using the strategies they have created and honed, they closed over 400 diverse real estate transactions including short sales, wholesales, probates, and pre-foreclosures. The second path they took eventually led them to what they are currently doing—sharing their knowledge and expertise with fellow real estate investors. Among other successful real estate ventures, Jason and Rachel now run REI Blueprint, one of the top coaching programs for real estate investors. If you’d like to hear an inspiring story about resilience, building an empire, and the power of getting expert help, today’s episode is for you!

Today’s show is rather special because it’s Simple Wholesaling’s 200th episode! To commemorate this great milestone, we chose to not have a guest over. Instead, we talked about how far the podcast has come, what it was like when we first started, and why we chose to have a podcast to begin with. Also, we uncovered a few plans and events we are working on. So if you’d like to know what we’ve been up to and the exciting things we have in store, don’t forget to tune in. Of course, this 200th episode would be even more special if you’d join us. With that said, we hope you’ll enjoy today’s show as much as we enjoyed doing it!

Heath Silverman is a part-time real estate investor and the CEO of Stessa. With nearly 20 years experience working with investment properties, Heath has managed all aspects of residential and multifamily acquisition, rehab, management, and disposition. After years of frustration around the lack of technology available to the individual investor, Heath was inspired to streamline the entire real estate ownership lifecycle. In 2016, he co-founded Stessa, a software platform that gives real estate investors a powerful new way to effortlessly track and manage their rental properties. Regardless if you’re a real estate newbie or a seasoned one, you’ll most likely benefit from a software platform like Stessa. If you want to find out how you can benefit from it and if it’s the right fit for you, don’t forget to tune in!

Jason Nickel is the founder of Sherpa, a marketing platform that’s designed specifically for text messages and phone blasts. The compliant software is designed to help real estate investors generate more targeted leads and high quality deals. Jason’s team is based in Denver and they are actively investing all along the Front Range from Fort Collins to Pueblo. He created Sherpa for his own investing business when they began to experience a drop in effectiveness in other marketing solutions. His passion for technology, automation, and efficiencies drove him to create Sherpa as the solution. Since implementing the compliant text-messaging software himself, his marketing costs have consistently dropped 80% or more. If you’re looking for a cost-effective channel that can maximise your results and take your marketing game to the next level, don’t miss today’s episode!

Peter Conti is an auto-mechanic turned real estate investor. He is also a self-made millionaire. Peter started small, buying a duplex, a couple of 4-units, and 12- and 24-units. From there, he worked his way up purchasing shopping centers and 300-unit complexes. Peter has mentored thousands of investors all over the world and has supported countless more through his books on multifamily and commercial real estate investing. Peter experienced a fascinating turning point 6 years ago. Despite the massive setback, Peter persevered. He also embarked on an 11-month journey along the Appalachian trail. Today’s episode is not only filled with real estate gold nuggets, it also contains powerful insights and wisdom, so don’t miss it!

Robert Syfert has been involved in all aspects of real estate for over a decade now. From 2007 to 2014, he was an investment advisor and personally handled more than 300 estates. However, his real passion is real estate investing. Within a short time, he was able to successfully grow his portfolio to over 30 rental properties. To date, he has managed over 400 rental units and sold 220 investment properties. After years of dominating the real estate industry, Robert started InvestorPO, the CRM made especially for real estate investors. Through InvestorPO, he provides real estates investors access to the talent, processes, and tools they need to succeed in the highly competitive real estate industry. If you’d like to learn about Robert’s real estate journey and how you can use InvestorPO to your advantage, don’t miss today’s awesome episode!

Omari Heflin is a passionate and successful real estate investor from Indianapolis, Indiana. He is also the co-founder of Legacy Home Buyers, a company that acquires discounted properties in Indianapolis and sells them at deeply discounted prices. After many years of learning, evolving, and hard work, Omari and his business partner Terone Johnson launched Legacy Home Buyers in January of 2019. As of August 2019, the company has been involved in over $4.5 million worth of off-market real estate transactions. Omari is relentless about his goal of helping his community through real estate as well as empowering others and changing people’s lives for the better. If you’re looking for wisdom and motivation so you can get your real estate and wholesaling efforts off to a good start this year, don’t miss this episode!

Scott Lewis is the co-founder and CEO of Spartan Investment Group, LLC (SIG). He has led several successful real estate developments that ranges from single family homes to condo conversions. Scott is also Spartan Investment Group’s strategy and operations director and he oversees the company’s strategic direction and manages the day-to-day activities of the projects. To date, Spartan Investment Group has completed full remodel projects as well as projects in residential raw land developments. Some of their current projects include developments of in-fill lots, luxury condos, self-storage, and row homes. Scott has bachelor’s degrees in Marketing and Chemistry from Michigan State University. He also has a master’s degree in management. Scott also has a Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification. If you want to learn powerful leadership skills and valuable business strategies, you can’t afford to miss today's awesome episode!