The Iron Deep Podcast

Today’s guest is a brilliant aerospace engineer with an exceptional talent for real estate. Ali Boone is also the brains behind Hipster Investments, a company that helps people live the life of their dreams through real estate investing. Hipster Investments works as a matchmaker, connecting investors with the best property investment sellers in and outside the United States. The boutique-style company focuses primarily on lifestyle design by acquiring passive income through real estate. Relentless and sharp, Ali has proven time and again she is an exemplary entrepreneur who has a knack for real estate investing, particularly turnkey rental properties. If you are considering investing in turnkey rental properties, this episode is exactly what you need to hear. It’s full of tips and insights from someone who knows real estate investing like the back of her hand!

Erik Stark is a real estate rockstar. He has purchased hundreds of properties, created masterful marketing pieces, shared the stage with top real estate and professional development educators, helped thousands of people improve their lives and continues to pour his life into people, friendships, disciplines, breakthroughs, and growth. He is also an entrepreneur, educator, marketer, dad, and dedicated husband. So many amazing real estate insights in this episode, so don’t forget to tune in!

He used to have a corporate day job. Now he’s a full-time real estate investor who lives to help others find their way. Paul Thompson is turning his personal story of securing 20 deals in his first 18 months of investing into an inspiration for others. When Paul realised there is no such thing as the perfect time to start investing, he jumped in! Now doing around three deals per month, Paul is helping himself as well as others build wealth with passive cash flow. In this episode, you’ll learn how Paul acquires his deals through various networking strategies. You’ll also discover how you can enhance communications to overcome the variety of challenges you are likely to face selling in today’s digital age.

Tim Bratz is the CEO and founder of CLE Turnkey Real Estate, a real estate investment company that acquires and transforms distressed commercial and apartment buildings into high-performance investment assets for their own portfolio. Working in real estate, Tim has learned how to build a passive business and create a residual income that allows him to live the lifestyle of his choice. He’s here to educate and empower others to become financially free through commercial real estate.

Ryan Enk is a husband and father of 5 kids, the founder and host of Cash Flow Dad Life podcast, active investor, entrepreneur, and real estate coach/mentor. He has bought and sold over 20 million in real estate and has coached many people on how to become financially free with real estate investing. Ryan has a huge passion for creating passive income and teaching others to become financially free in order to do what they really want in life. He is also the author of the book “The 7-Day Real Estate Survival Blueprint.”  

Gary Harper is the owner of Sharper Business Solutions. He spent 16 years as a executive in a Fortune 500 company where he handled the process of evaluating the operating expenses of the company and helped them to reach new levels of efficiencies. Gary began investing in real estate in 2004 and has taken his expertise in business systems and process management and developed a program to help real estate investors position themselves to scale their business to new levels. Gary also works as a Think Realty coach.

Chris Watters is best known for building an independent brokerage utilising the team-centric model in Austin, Texas. Chris is fuelled by a desire to improve the success rate of real estate agents through proven training and innovative consumer-facing programs. He has built his business on helping others push past their self-imposed limitations and adding massive value to the consumer experience. He is a graduate of Texas State University and an avid reader. He resides in his hometown of Austin, with his beautiful wife and best friend Amanda, along with their daughter Eva and rambunctious dog, Ollie.

In this episode, we interviewed Gino Barbaro. Gino is a successful entrepreneur and real estate invest investor and educator. He has been investing in real estate for more than 15 years now and has amassed over 900 apartment units in just 5 years! He is also the co-founder of Jake and Gino LLC, a real estate educational company he runs with his business partner Jake Stenziano. They provide real estate investing coaching and training. He is also the author of the best-selling book “Wheelbarrow Profits.” If you are looking for topnotch real estate tips, insights, and wisdom, this is one episode you shouldn’t miss!

In today’s special episode, we deviated from something we usually do. In other words, rather than hearing Brett interview guests on the show, you’ll hear Brett being interviewed on one of Indiana’s top radio shows Real Talk Radio. In the interview, Brett provided a closer look at his life as an entrepreneur and shared many invaluable tips, insights, and wisdom. He also discussed 6 different things one should focus on to become successful, how he transcended all the challenges he encountered, and how he became the successful wholesaler and real estate investor he is today. If you’re ready to start your entrepreneurial journey and become successful at whatever it is that you want to do, today’s episode is exactly what you need to hear!

Today’s guest is a passionate coach and mentor—Chris Arnold. He is also the brains behind the phenomenal Multipliers Mastermind. Chris is also the co-founder of COSA Investments, one of the biggest wholesale companies in the DFW metroplex. COSA is operated and managed by a virtual team in the US, allowing Chris the luxury to run the company while living in Tulum, Mexico. In addition, Chris is also the founder of Arnold Elite Realty, a cutting-edge boutique brokerage. If wholesaling virtually is something you’re considering, you’ll learn plenty of beneficial insights in this episode so make sure you tune in!

Today’s guest is a professional speaker, author, and prolific author—he has written nearly 20 books (including 3 bestsellers) that has a worldwide circulation of over 1 million copies. Bill Beausay is also the former director of Research and Development at the Academy of Sports Psychology. Before he became an international speaker and author, Bill was a full-time professional psychotherapist for 10 years. He is also the creator of the revolutionary Personal Action Training System called MindRev™ Training. His innovative approach has helped many clients build their personal resources and achieve their deepest goals. If you’re looking for an innovative new approach to achieving your life and business goals, this episode is for you!

This is part 2 of our interview with Michael Quarles, the prolific entrepreneur, contractor, real estate broker, and podcast personality. With over 30 plus years of real estate experience under his belt, Michael is no doubt a force to be reckoned with in the real estate world. Hailed as an expert when it comes to negotiating and marketing, he has done countless real estate deals and has helped numerous individuals succeed in the wholesaling and real estate arena. He also helps new and seasoned investors jumpstart their marketing through multiple family businesses like Call Text Technologies, Inc., YellowLetters.com, SellCash HomeBuyers, Buy Sell Fix Flip Academy, and many others. If you are looking for expert help and guidance that will take your business to the next level, this is an episode you can’t afford to miss!

This is the first part of a 2-part series with Michael Quarles. Michael is a massive investor, an entrepreneur, accomplished real estate broker, contractor, and a popular podcast personality. He is the founder of YellowLetters.com, the largest marketing company for real estate investors, and among others. Michael has great experience with fix and flips, assignments, and wholesale deals. He is also an expert in wholetailing. He also designed a systematized business model that his team uses to purchase houses across the country through 1800Sell4Cash. If you want to learn about wholetailing, how to market and navigating the market, and many more, stay tune to this episode.

Today’s guest is a young and very successful real estate entrepreneur from San Diego, California. Alex Martinez got into real estate investing at a very young age. He made his first million when he was just 20 years old. The experienced investor and real estate consultant is skilled in marketing, sales, business development, and negotiations. As a way to give back, he created Real Estate Skills, a website that provides courses, resources, and free training for those who would like to give real estate investing a try. If you’re looking for tips, insights, and wisdom from a topnotch real estate guru, consider listening to this episode a must!

Today’s guest is a loving husband and doting dad from Tampa, Florida. Brandon Middleton has been married to his lovely wife Sam for 8 years now and they have 2 adorable kids. The couple started their entrepreneurial journey as young and hungry entrepreneurs, selling anything and everything—from T-shirts to motorcycles. After reading Rich Dad Poor Dad, Brandon put his tech prowess to good use and developed videos and courses for entrepreneurs who are involved in real estate education. Currently, they are doing wholesaling in Florida and are also busy with their own podcast “Ride or Die.” Today’s episode is filled with amazing wisdom and anecdotes on marriage and entrepreneurship and how couples can make both work, so don’t miss it!

Today’s guest is a wonderful family man and a good friend, Pete Barrow. Pete moved to Indiana to start a real estate business. He runs the top-rated home buying company Parrot Home Buyers with his two sons Isaac and Sam. To date, they have already bought and sold over 100+ houses in the Indianapolis area. In this episode, you’ll discover the likely challenges you’ll encounter in the real estate industry, the effective strategies you can use, and the long-term action plans you can adopt, among many others. You’ll also learn invaluable insights, tips, and inspiration on how to successfully build and manage a family-run business so don’t forget to tune in!

In today’s show, we interviewed investor, entrepreneur, and president of BrightPath Notes, Justin Bogard. Together, we dissected a topic not many listeners might be familiar with—note investing. Justin’s real estate journey began in the early 2000s. After getting professional training in real estate investing, he eventually quit his full-time job and started a fix and flip business. His massive success in real estate led him to get specialised training in discounted real estate note investing. Over the years, he was able to network with thousands of other investors and worked with many successful people in the note business. Justin believes discounted real estate notes is one of the best ways to build wealth. So if you’re looking for passive income with less liability, this episode is for you!

Today’s special guest is someone our avid listeners are quite familiar with—Jaren Barnes. If you’re a new listener, Jaren is a huge part of the Simple Wholesaling team. He’s been instrumental in many of the company’s breakthroughs and successes. He even helped start the Simple Wholesaling podcast. We’ll catch up with him today, find out what he’s been up to, and learn new and interesting things about the real estate space while we’re at it. So, enjoy!

Bobby Mountcastle was born in Charleston, SC but spent the majority of his life in Roanoke. He is a graduate of James Madison University. He joined the company in early 2014 and has quickly moved up doing all positions in the job until 2017 when he became COO and played an integral role in expanding operations along the East Coast. Bobby is married and has two 4-year old twin boys and a 7-month-old. He enjoys spending time outside and loves the Blue Ridge and the waterways. For him, the best part of working at Quick Fix Real Estate LLC are the amazing people on his team that helps make everything he does possible.

Jay Conner has been buying and selling houses for 14 years now and has been involved in over $52 million in transactions. For the past 7 years, Jay has completely automated his 7-figure income business to where he works less than 10 hours per week. He is a leading expert in private lending, once raising over $2 million in less than 90 days in private money while cut off from the banks. He is also a contributing author to the bestselling book, “Real Estate: Getting Deals Done in the New Economy.”

Bo Kim is a buy and hold real estate investor from Southern California and has picked up 6 rental properties just 6 months since closing on his first property. He invests in working class neighbourhoods across the markets of Indianapolis, Kansas City, and Little Rock. During the day, Bo works as a senior consultant for a regional CPA and hopes to create passive income to become financially free and also educate others to do the same.

In today’s episode we talked to a successful real estate investor who has learned how to strike the right balance between staying humble and staying hungry. Ryan Dossey is a full-time real estate investor and licensed broker. Aside from making a killing in the real estate space, he also owns a real estate solutions company and a call center. His call centre, Call Porter, is considered by many real estate investors as the leading live answering, skip tracing, and data provision service today. Aside from sharing some of the success tips he swears by, Ryan also shared his future business plans, and how he stays humble despite the massive success he’s enjoying. Full of actionable tips and wise insights, this is one episode you shouldn’t miss!

Today’s episode is a special one. Instead of interviewing a guest, Brett and Brian get candid about some of the things that are important to them—Simple Wholesaling, hiring a VA, and Brett’s move to Fort Wayne, Indiana. They also discussed how Brett’s move to Fort Wayne will affect the business and the importance of hiring a VA especially when scaling a business. In addition, they also talked about the members of the Simple Wholesaling team and the roles each play in the organisation. If you want to know more about Simple Wholesaling and the amazing people behind the company, this is one episode you shouldn’t miss!

Ryan Wright is the CEO of Do Hard Money. Almost 19 years ago, Ryan started investing in real estate. He saw that it was difficult to get funding quickly on these properties, much more from reputable and reliable sources. Having come from a real estate background, he sought to provide a way for others to grow their real estate investing business by offering short-term loans with no money down and no monthly payments. The solution was Do Hard Money, a private hard money company that offers short-term funding for real estate investors. Today’s episode will not only give you a clearer picture of the real estate space, it is also filled with lots of valuable insights, tips, and wisdom so don’t miss it!

In today’s show, we tackled something we have not discussed on the show before—investing in, running, and managing assisted living facilities. Gene Guarino is the president, CEO, and founder of RALAcademy based in Phoenix, Arizona. He has over 30 years of real estate investing and business experience under his belt. Nowadays, his main focus is investing in senior assisted housing. He has also spent the last 25 years training tens of thousands of entrepreneurs and investors so they can take full advantage of this new mega-trend. In this episode, Gene breaks the whole process down in simple terms so don’t miss it!

One of the criteria when we are wholesaling houses is we don't really buy mobile homes. Our guest, Jefferson Lilly is taking advantage of the concept and is now buying mobile home parks. He is absolutely killing it! He went from working in a corporate job to investing in real estate. Jefferson Lilly is a mobile home park investment expert, educator, and industry consultant who has been featured in the New York Times, Bloomberg Magazine, and on the 'Real Money' television show. Prior to co-founding Park Street Partners in 2013, he spent seven years investing his own capital at Lilly & Company where he acquired and continues to operate mobile home parks in the Midwest. Prior to becoming an investor full-time, Jefferson spent 10 years in sales leadership roles with several venture-backed startup companies in Silicon Valley that were acquired by Openwave Systems and VeriSign. If you are interested in investing in mobile home parks, this is one episode you shouldn’t miss!

In today’s episode, we talked to John Matheson, the CEO of Commercial Loan Success - a software and education platform designed to help small business owners and property investors make more informed financing decisions. We dived into the things to think about and prepare when applying for a commercial loan. Using the Commercial Loan Success loan analysis software platform, commercial borrowers and commercial lenders are able to communicate more effectively, and borrowers are able to approach commercial lenders more confidently, already knowing that their transactions are lendable. Through Commercial Loan Success, John hopes to provide the resources and educational materials that small business owners, entrepreneurs, and real estate investors can use to confidently obtain financing and grow their businesses profitably, all without being at the mercy of the predatory lenders. If you want to know more about this platform and have more informed financing decisions, listening to this episode is a must. You’ll surely learn a lot of information and knowledge from John!

In today’s episode, we talked to two inspiring gentlemen who share one amazing vision—bring their clients powerful passive income month after month. Jack Gibson is the president and co-founder of High Return Real Estate while Jeff “Shecky” Schechter is also the co-founder and CEO. Jack ran a thriving multi-million dollar company before he got into real estate. After buying his first investment, it became five, and he has never looked back. Before he knew it, he already had 50 investment properties that are all bringing in steady passive income. Nowadays, he spends much of his time building his real estate portfolio, mentoring other entrepreneurs, and helping other investors create passive income from real estate. Jeff’s love affair with real estate on the other hand began in the 80s when he started flipping homes he once lived in. Well versed in both sales and marketing, he has bought and sold numerous properties and is still an active investor to date. He also runs a private consulting practice where he coaches other entrepreneurs so they will thrive and realise their full potentials. If you want to know how you can generate passive income from your real estate investments, consider listening to this episode a must. You’ll surely learn a lot of insights, wisdom, and lessons from two of the best in the industry!

Brian Trippe is a successful real estate entrepreneur and the president of the Alabama Real Estate Investor Association (AlaREIA). Through AlaREIA, he helps local investors by teaching them effective real estate techniques and strategies. Brian is also a real estate mentor and coach and hosts a local mastermind where he invites the most prominent and successful investors to share their ideas, strategies, and insights. However, the versatile real estate investor (he now owns over 70 rentals and a mobile park and has over 250 wholesale transactions under his belt) didn’t always have things together before discovering real estate. He had to juggle several jobs and make real estate mistakes before he made it big in the real estate world. For him however, the lessons, experiences, and insights have all helped him succeed in the industry. If you are looking for real estate inspiration and motivation, this is one episode you shouldn’t miss!

Eddie Lorin has been in the real estate business for 3 decades now and his achievements have been nothing less than impressive. To date, he has acquired numerous office, apartment, and industrial assets nationwide. While a lot of factors have surely contributed to his success, he credits his ability to create thriving communities to his innate capability to see what most people don’t. Eddie is also the co-founder of HAPI foundation, a non-profit organization that provides nutrition, education, and sustainable health and fitness programs to families residing in multi-family communities. His other current venture, Impact Housing REIT also aims to provide not just affordable and quality housing but also fitness, education, nutrition, and health-related programs to families residing in apartment communities. If you are looking for ways to make a difference in the life of others through your real estate ventures, consider today’s episode a must-listen!

Dan Breslin has been in the real estate business for almost 12 years now. He is also one of the most prolific in the industry. In fact, he has 83 deals all lined up for him as of the moment. While he is now one of the most successful people in the real estate industry, his journey actually started out rocky. Fortunately, he came across 2 books that helped him change his life for the better—the Bible and Rich Dad Poor Dad. Earning a $6,000 assignment fee on his first deal however was not a guarantee he won’t get back to his old ways. Thankfully, he picked up the Bible again and from there went on to give his life back to God and decided to follow the right path wholeheartedly. If you are looking for inspiration and motivation to start your real estate journey, this is one episode you shouldn't miss!

Today’s guest is a wise and down-to-earth guy who is passionate about learning and giving back to others. Howard Zonder is also the brains behind the awesome new app many in the land selling business have been raving about—LandSpeed. While he’s had 3 impressive careers prior to discovering land selling, he fell in love with the ease and convenience of the land selling process. After having done everything all by himself as an entrepreneur, he eventually realized the importance of automating and that’s how his LandSpeed app came about. Tune in as he shared how LandSpeed helps him stay organized and gives him the freedom to control the pace and growth of his land selling business easily and conveniently.

Today’s guest was a wholesaler who also toured full-time as a musician before venturing into the tech world. Familiar with the pain points entrepreneurs deal with since he is one himself, he eventually ended up creating an app that can help systemize and automate businesses so everyone’s life is made easier. Dan Schwartz is the genius behind InvestorFuse—an amazing software product that helps entrepreneurs automate follow-ups, stay organized, and track their marketing so they can close more deals. Already serving 500 companies to date, he’s also preparing for the launch of InvestorFuse 2.0, a sleeker and more action-focused version of his highly innovative app.

Brad Grayson is a local Indiana investor who’s been buying rental properties for over 40 years now. He has truly come a long way—from someone who does not know a thing about real estate to someone who knows how to do landlording right. Believing traditional landlording is dead, Brad has developed a simple yet amazing system that gets the job done and helps landlords avoid stress and headaches for good. He’s also been teaching others techniques, strategies, advice, and tips on how to do landlording as a business.  

Edna Keep’s journey from single mom at age 16—living in subsidized housing with a daughter in subsidized daycare—to multi-millionaire real estate entrepreneur and coach inspires others. Her major operations are long-term buy-and-hold rental apartment buildings. Her claim to fame is a $60 million real estate portfolio built with “other people’s money.” A proponent of education and inspiration, Edna offers live training with her “Free Real Estate Coaching Fridays” and “Mindset Monday” live events on Facebook each week.

Sam Craven started Senna House Buyers with a mission to build a business that impacts the lives of its clients and team members in a positive way. He fell in love with real estate after graduating from Texas A&M University with a degree in Engineering. In 2012, Senna House Buyers was started by Sam and Robert Craven to deliver an exceptional experience for their clients. Sam has been featured in internationally syndicated podcasts, radio shows, infomercials, and news articles for their unique people-centered approach to building a real estate investment business.

We are so excited to have Jason Grote with us today. He has been involved in real estate investing for over 12 years now and runs his business along with his family. They are buying houses all over Austin, Texas to wholesale, fix and flip, and buy and hold. They are also involved in new construction.  

Today we are honored to have a very special guest with us on the Simple Wholesaling Podcast, Vickie Perry. Vickie is the executive director of the Central Indiana Real Estate Investors Association or CIREIA. She works along with their board to provide education and networking events for those that invest around Indianapolis. We wanted to have Vickie on because Indianapolis is such a great place for real estate investors and we thought that we could spend some time highlighting what some of those reason are. We also want to discuss what a great resource CIREIA is for investors.

Juan Vargas is a family man that has found a way to live the life he wants through real estate investing. He has over 350 rental units and looks to help others achieve their goals of having passive cash flow as he hosts his own podcast called “Commit to Wealth.” He’s a full-time entrepreneur and real estate investor with a focus on multifamily.

Tom Cafarella is a real estate investor from Boston, Massachusetts that co-founded Ocean City Development. He has made a name for himself coaching individuals on how to become real estate investors and has an awesome podcast that you have to check out called “The Real Estate Mogul Podcast.”

Today, we have with us our good friend, David Lecko. He is the CEO for the Deal Machine App that has quickly become one of our favorite new tools, which has basically changed the game completely when it comes to driving for dollars. He is a real estate investor himself and we are happy to have him on today.

Today we have Alex Pardo with us, a real estate investor, coach, adventurer, and sports enthusiast. He is the founder of FlipEmpire and its parent company, Creative RE-solutions. He began working in corporate America and after working stressful 75-hour weeks, he quit and found his calling in real estate investing. To date, Alex has flipped over 500 homes.

Stefan Aarnio is an award-winning real estate entrepreneur and author of Self-Made: Confessions of a Twenty Something Self-Made Millionaire. He’s also the winner of the Rich Dad International Hall Of Fame award. Starting with only $1200, Stefan has built a multi-million dollar real estate business and multiple streams of income. Stefan has accumulated properties at an alarming pace controlling up to 25% of his local niche through his understanding of real estate joint ventures. Stefan's philosophy is simple, find great deals, build a fantastic team, pay everybody, and create partnerships for life.

Neal Bawa is the President and COO of Financial Attunement, a commercial real estate investment company that specializes in acquiring apartment complexes across the US for over 200 investors. Neal is an accomplished single family and multifamily investor. He currently owns single families, duplexes, triplexes and quad-plexes in CA and IL. He is an active and passive investor in multifamily and commercial syndications (over 2,000 units) in 8 different states.

On today’s show we have Rick Allen and TJ Osterman. They are both real estate investors but have formed their own business together where they specialize in mortgage note investing. Their company is called Paperstac and they are going to help all of us real estate wholesalers and investors learn about a number of different areas that might interest us by learning about mortgage notes.

Our guest today is Elizabeth Maora Sickels. About a year and a half ago she decided to leave the corporate world in Michigan after 15 years with no clue what she was going to do. She came to Indy for a one month internship with an investment company, and after a week of it she decided she was going to move here. She bought her first two rental properties just over a year ago and hasn’t looked back. She is now deep into the Airbnb scene here in Indy and ready to grow her business called Elizabeth Maora.

In today's episode, you'll get to know the new Simple Wholesaling co-host Brian Snider. Get to know his backstory—from his first career as a teacher, to how he met his wife, down to his previous role as Simple Wholesaling’s marketing and content director. He also discussed his two new roles—podcast co-host and dispositions manager. In addition, he also tackled the things both roles required. Listen in as Brett puts Brian on the hot seat. It’s an insightful and profound episode you shouldn’t miss!

Today's episode sums up Brett, Jaren, and the team’s journey the past couple of years. Also, they’ve been hinting about a big change happening and they finally revealed what it is—Jaren is officially leaving Simple Wholesaling. In this episode, Brett and Jaren also talked about their transition and what God has done in their lives and the company so far. They also discussed their past experiences, the decisions they’ve made, the lessons they’ve learned, and their future plans.

Today we are very lucky to have The Clayton Morris join us on the podcast. Clayton is a former FOX News anchor who left the #1 cable news show in the world after achieving financial freedom through real estate investing. He now devotes himself to helping others buy their first rental property, build passive income, and achieve financial freedom through his turnkey rental real estate company, Morris Invest.

Today on the show we have Mr. Smiles himself, Vinney Chopra. Vinney is always smiling because he believes in an individual’s ability to shape the world around them through positive thought and selfless actions. He has been a passionate motivational speaker and teacher for over three decades. The story behind Vinney’s success in real estate investing and syndication is testament to the power of enthusiasm, passion, persistence, and positivity.