Brandon is an entrepreneur, real estate investor, Founder, and CEO of The Real Estate CPA, a company that aims to build an innovative, people-first firm that inspires change while creating raving fans through the services it offers. Known in his circles as "The Tax Jedi," Brandon came from the corporate world before he started his virtual CPA firm. Their main goal is to provide clients with sound advice on tax strategies and issues, filling tax returns, advocating for you in front of the IRS and state governments, and providing monthly accounting and financial reports, among others. Ellis and Brandon discuss the strategies he both teaches and uses to help investors keep more of their money and have more to invest. Come with notepad in hand!!

Neal Bawa is a technologist who is universally known in the real estate circles as the Mad Scientist of Multifamily. Besides being one of the most in-demand speakers in commercial real estate, Neal is a data guru, a process freak, and an outsourcing expert. Neal treats his $1 billion-dollar multifamily portfolio as an ongoing experiment in efficiency and optimization. The Mad Scientist lives by two mantras. His first mantra is that, “We can only manage what we can measure”. His second mantra is that, “Data beats gut feel by a million miles“. These mantras and a dozen other disruptive beliefs drive profit for his 700+ investors. Today's convo focuses on where interest rates are going and the direct impact of pricing on multifamily assets across the U.S.

Yael Tamar, CEO & Co-Founder of SolidBlock, the real estate company that successfully tokenized the very first real estate deal on the blockchain breaks down for us the future of real estate, defy, tokenization, and blockchain technology. We discuss the implications and opportunities that are available and coming for both active and passive investors! Listen in...

Jason Friedman is the host of the popular YouTube channel, A Chain of Blocks, a channel dedicated to increasing community knowledge on Blockchain, Crypto, Distributed Ledger Technology, and a host of other similar topics through simple explanations of Complex ideas and concepts. On this episode, we talked about a number of topics that revolved around the blockchain and cryptocurrency. Jason also gave us his thoughts on Warren Buffet's latest statement about him not buying all the bitcoin in the world if he had $25.

Renji shares how he plans to lead his company from not only the #1 used office VR app on the oculus platform but how his company plans to build the #1 economy in all of the metaverse. This is a must listen! Renji Bijoy is founder of Immersed, a startup company that empowers users around the world to immerse themselves into a portable, distraction-free workspace. Established in 2017, Immersed combines the power of virtual reality with the power of your desktop or laptop to produce a fully immersive virtual workspace. Immersed is one of two companies that got accepted into the TechStars 2017 class and has since partnered with Facebook in building virtual reality offices. A passionate entrepreneur, Renji is part of Forbes 30 Under 30 for 2021 and has a both a Computer Science and Mathematics degree as well as Master’s degree from Georgia Tech (Computer Science) under his belt. He has raised a total of $12M to date and was previously a Techstars portfolio founder and lead software architect at GreatBigStory.com.

Hunter Thompson, host of the cash flow connections podcast and managing principal of Asym Capital, joins us today for a current economic update on where he believes the market is heading and WHAT we should be doing as investors. He shares his top economic indicators that he is tracking and you likely want to be paying attention to as well.

Greg is a serial entrepreneur, real estate developer, coach and mentor. He has bought, developed and sold over $250 million in real estate, built and renovated hundreds of custom homes and commercial buildings, developed residential and mixed use subdivisions and started 12 different companies from the ground up. Greg currently coaches and mentors some of the top entrepreneurs, real estate investors and real estate developers around the world helping them start, grow and scale their business, raise more capital and do bigger deals. Greg's current clients have over $2 billion in AUM and deals in process. Greg is an expert on the topics of entrepreneurship, leadership and real estate and is regularly interviewed on some of the top real estate investing and business podcasts today. Greg served in the United States Navy right out of high school and has always been a leader in the community as well as supporting, advising and serving on the boards of several churches, ministries and non-profit organizations.

As cap rates compress across the real estate industry, real estate investor and entrepreneur, Sam Wilson, says he has struck gold in RV park investing. I have to admit, the numbers are quite impressive when you look at the landscape of new RV purchases year over year as well as the amount of young and working families moving into RV ownership. Sam share the value-add plans he and his company seek to implement when taking over RV parks and what he thinks is the future of this space. Check out this episode!

Tribevest CEO, Travis Smith, is making group investing accessible to millions through his platform, Tribevest.com. This platform makes it easy for investors to form their own tribe to diversify across one or multiple projects in a seamless manner. Travis explains in this interview how he believes "group investing" will become the future of real estate investing and how his company will lead the charge in this new era. This episode is relevant for both passive investors looking to diversify across multiple deals without having to have more money OR active investors seeking ways to help investors meet their minimum thresholds.

Russell Gray, Co-Host of the Real Estate Guys Radio Show, breaks down how the U.S. dollar became the worlds reserve currency but why he believes a huge change is coming. Ellis and Russell also talk about why all indicators point to a coming recession and what that means for real estate investors.

Jack Krupey has been investing in both real estate and distressed debt since 2001. He leveraged the 2008 financial crisis as part of a private equity fund that yielded impressive returns off of distressed and restructured debt. In 2014, he entered into a partnership with a large private equity fund and led the asset management arm of the firm that made over 3 billion dollars in purchases of non-performing and re-performing mortgage debt between 2015 and 2019. Jack founded JK Asset Management and has moved to Puerto Rico since. In this interview, we talked about his journey and how he ended up in Puerto Rico. We also talked about what he sees people doing, moving to Puerto Rico to either utilize their Tax laws or position themselves for an exit. He also shared his outlook on real estate for 2020, which asset classes people should be focusing on, and his takeaways heading to 2022.

Brett Swarts is the Founder of Capital Gains Tax Solutions, a national Deferred Sales Trust (DST) Trustee firm that provides one-to-one business owner & investor guidance throughout a client’s entire Deferred Sales Trust process. The team has over 13 years of Deferred Sales Trust experience, 20 years of investment real estate experience, and have participated in over 350 Million of Deferred Sales Trust, Multifamily Brokerage, Delaware Statutory Trust, 1031 exchanges, and commercial real estate transactions. In this episode, Brett and I talked about a variety of topics. He shared with us how he got into DST, how long DST has been around, and how it would be beneficial to the industry if there were more tax firms that did DST. He also shared real life stories on how the use of DST has helped some of his clients. There are so many takeaways from this episode which is why you shouldn't miss it!

Dan is a capital raiser, equity, owner, LP investor, and is currently an Advisory Partner at BV Capital. He has equity ownership in 10+ commercial real estate properties and passive investments in over 2600+ units, 1500+ multifamily doors, and a handful of industrial, infrastructure, and residential properties. In this episode, Dan and I discussed where he sees the future of self-directed investing, how easy it is to turn something into a self-directed asset, and where we're at in terms of the real estate market. He also shared stories about how he has helped people, what he's been focused on as an investor, and what he sees changing in 2022.

Joseph Biasi is a Senior Consultant at CoStar, the world leader in commercial real estate information. The company has the most comprehensive database of real estate data throughout the US, UK, and Canada. In this episode, Ellis, together with co-host Keith Meyer, talked to Joe about his projections for 2022 among other things. We also touched on where he sees cap rates going given his prediction that interest rates are going up at least 5x, how much room for growth he sees in terms of rent in some of the major cities, and where we are in terms of absorption rate. We also asked him where he sees the "work from home" culture going in the next 12 to 24 months, the data points to track in 2022 if you are an investor, how his team collects data and how they make sure it's accurate, as well as the metrics he will focus on more for 2022. It's a jampacked episode you can't afford to miss!

Jim is the Founder of Left Field Investors whose mission is to build a community of like-minded individuals interested in creating financial freedom through passively investing in real assets that generate real cash flow. He helps people learn how to accumulate real assets, use tax efficient strategies and protect their assets while growing their wealth. In this episode, Jim and Ellis talks about how the name Left field came about, why they prefer real estate syndication, and how their investment strategy has evolved as the industry grew. We also talked about the common trends they see in their community as well as the what the future holds not just for Left Field Investors but for real estate as a whole. A former financial advisor, Jim has invested in over 45 passive syndications that include apartments, mobile homes, self-storage, private lending and notes, ATM’s, commercial and industrial triple net leases, assisted living facilities and international coffee farms and cacao producers.

Adam is the foremost authority on real estate crowdfunding and has published five books; his latest 'The Secret World of Real Estate and Crowdfunding' reveals the power behind crowdfunding and shows how it has become a major force in real estate finance. In this episode, Adam and Ellis discuss what the future holds for real estate crowdfunding. Since the passing of the 2012 jobs act, this industry has grown to over $15 billion of money raised in 2020 alone! We also discuss why Adam thinks 506c offerings (vs 506b) is the only path forward, how institutional money and retail money can collaborate, what Adam thinks about investment minimums, and much more! Adam Gower is a seasoned real estate professional with over 30 years of finance and investment experience who today builds digital marketing systems for real estate professionals who want to find more investors so they can raise more money and he has taught over 4,000 individuals how to build wealth, preserve capital, and earn passive income from investing in real estate.

This bonus episode puts you side by side two of Symphony Capital Group's managing partners as they discuss their outlook on the future of real estate and how this impacts their upcoming investment decisions. Keith Meyer is a purposeful commercial real estate operator and investor who has participated in a diverse set of investment vehicles within the industry. Keith’s family and network of investors have owned and significantly increased the worth of several large manufactured housing communities over the past 25 years. Keith leads the deal sourcing and acquisitions side of SCG, working directly with brokers and co-sponsors to acquire properties which meet his team’s distinct criteria. Keith focuses on developing win-win partnerships which are well-defined from inception, and highly productive upon implementation.

Chris Lesak is the Founder of Blackhawk Equity, a real estate investment firm based in Texas. Chris has been in the real estate business his entire adult life. He is a licensed real estate Broker in Texas and has been licensed in Texas since 2003. Chris also has managed real estate for himself and third parties for more than 20 years and owns Apex Asset Management.

Christian Bishop is the Director of Twitch Properties (Amazon) and real estate investor. Ellis and Christian cover the influence of gaming over virtual real estate, it's impact and trajectory of growth, as well as the investment opportunities it is already creating. For example, Christian owns three avatar game characters that produce hundreds of dollars of passive income for him each day in the metaverse. Ellis and Christian also talk about the Las Vegas real estate market, how to expand your network to stay ahead of the curve, and so much more.

In 2016, Adam turned his attention and interest away from the real estate investment industry and towards the inevitable rise of cryptocurrencies, decentralized finance and their underlying technologies. The rapidly changing economic and investment landscapes in 2020 prompted Adam to found Cloud Fire Capital and CFC Bitcoin Fund, in an effort to provide traditional accredited retail investors with a safe, secure and actively managed option to gain real exposure to the digital asset investment space. Adam and Ellis discuss a barbell approach to investing, leveraging the use of Bitcoin and real estate in your portfolio, the uses of blockchain in real estate, and how Adam personally has diversified his portfolio between Bitcoin and real estate.