Groundbreakers
By Domingo Valadez
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Episodes: 105
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Groundbreakers is where real estate investors and operators share how they started, scaled, and built freedom through real estate. Hosted by Domingo Valadez, these conversations go beyond the numbers to uncover the decisions, setbacks, and mindset shifts that shaped their journeys. Whether you’re chasing your first deal or your next big leap, these stories will inspire you to take action and create your own path.
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From Goldman to Healthcare Real Estate: Why Medical Office Is the Most Durable Asset Class Available to Investors Today
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Jun 03, 2026 |
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How Pacific Workplaces Is Turning Flexible Office Into a 25% IRR Real Estate Strategy
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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From Wholesaling to Build-to-Rent: Scaling a Modern Real Estate Investment Firm
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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Engineering Discipline in Real Estate: Nuclear Risk Thinking Meets Multifamily Investing
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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From Medical School to $40M Raised: Trust, Syndication, and Scaling Real Estate
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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Unlocking Venture Secondaries: Access, Alignment, and the New Private Market
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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Rebuilding America: Disaster Housing, Modular Innovation, and the Future of Real Estate
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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The Modular Development Playbook with Greg Guido & DJ Van Keuren of Evergreen Property Partners
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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Building Faster and Smarter with Modular Housing with Greg Talcott of Rastegar Capital
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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Why Most Real Estate Developments Fail Before They’re Built with Chris Lawrence CEO of OFL Group
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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How Jinil Patel Raised Millions Without a Big Brand
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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How Real Estate GPs Are Actually Using AI with Jake Heller
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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Why Brand Is the New Bottleneck in Capital Raising
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Dec 30, 2025 |
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How Hayato Hori Is Building Multifamily in Supply Constrained Markets
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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How Modular Construction and AI Could Redefine Development with Nolan Ausan of Rovo Industries Group
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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How Emanuel Stafilidis Built a 200 Home Portfolio Using Seller Financing
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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How a Father-Son Duo Scaled a Real Estate Business Together
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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Why Shannon Robnett is Betting Big on Industrial and Triple Net Deals
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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How a Toledo Firefighter Built a 300-unit Multifamily Portfolio
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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Why Co-Living Is the Most Underpriced Asset in Real Estate
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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Danny Flores on Scaling Prime Capital, Breaking Into New Markets, and Lessons from 18 Full-Cycle Multifamily Deals
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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Charles Rosano on Building 30–40% Return Co-Living Properties, AI-Driven Operations, and Solving the Affordable Housing Crisis at Scale
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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Senior Living, Social Impact, and Scaling as a First-Time Syndicator with Vibha Salgamay
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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Building Onarock Investments: How Jake Whitney is Turning a Passion for Real Estate into a $100M Portfolio
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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Creative Financing, Cold Calling, and Building a $127M Portfolio with Matthew Teifke of TR3 Capital
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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From 6th Grade Science Teacher to Real Estate Syndicator: How Katie Claxton Closed 2 Multifamily Deals in 90 Days
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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How Brennor Downs & Mitchell Rice Are Scaling a Section 8-Focused Fund with a Mission-Driven, Cash-Flow-First Approach
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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How Michael Mendoza Is Using Modular Construction and Opportunity Zones to Rebuild Communities and Deliver Faster, Smarter Housing
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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Blending Hospitality, Tech, and Wellness: How René Bello is Redefining Real Estate with Atelier’s AI-Enabled, Short-Term Rental Condos
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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Steven Johnson on Why He Stopped Being a Landlord and Started Buying Mortgage Notes Instead to Build Passive Wealth at Scale
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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How Troy Evans is Building a Luxury Short Term Rental Fund by Blending Hospitality, Impact, and Investor Perks
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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How Chad Freeman Built a 200-Pad Mobile Home Portfolio While Flying Full-Time and Helping Other Pilots Build Wealth
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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How John Casmon Scaled to $145M in Multifamily by Turning Rejection Into Investor Trust
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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How Radhika Rastogi Scaled to Nearly $15M AUM in Senior Living While Balancing a W-2, Motherhood, and Building Relik Capital Group
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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From Deadliest Catch to Net-Zero Communities: How Jeff Hayton Built Luxe Living Homes by Prioritizing People, Energy, and Equity Investors
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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How Brock Mogenson Scaled from House Hacking to Managing $50M in Industrial Real Estate — Lessons on Partnerships, Niches, and Building a Vertically Integrated Team
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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Why Georgy Marrero Left an $800K Meta Job to Build a $28M Real Estate Portfolio
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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How Lee Yoder Went from Practicing Physical Therapy to Scaling a $75M Real Estate Portfolio in the Midwest
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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From Managing 450+ SFRs to $150M AUM: How Ben Bowerman Helped Scaled HPP Equity Across Student Housing, Multifamily, and More
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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The 10x ROI Power of Cost Segregation: How Sean Graham Uses This Strategy to Boost Indefinitely Defer Taxes
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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How Andrea Foley Scaled from Flipping Houses to Hotel Conversions and Launched a Car Wash Franchise Along the Way
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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How Joey Schneider Scaled to 28 Units After a Career in Pharma, and Why He’s Focused on Educating Passive Investors Through Trinity Peak Partners & Ironton Capital
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May 26, 2025 |
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How Jaideep Balekar Built a 550+ Unit Portfolio While Working at Deloitte, Vertically Integrated His Ops, and Avoided the Biggest LP Mistakes
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May 18, 2025 |
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Why Ian Noble Sold His 15-Location Dry Cleaner Business, Burned Out as an Owner, and Now Helps Other Entrepreneurs Invest Passively Through Real Estate
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May 12, 2025 |
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Episode 61: How Douglas Escobar Built a Two-Year Runway, Survived Corporate Layoffs, and Scaled to 2,000+ Units with a Fund-to-Fund Strategy
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May 07, 2025 |
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How Cody Wiseman Left a $300K Tech Sales Job, Built a Two-Year Runway, and Scaled to 129 Units Through Hotel-to-Apartment Conversions
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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How Gregory Laskody Closed $3B in CRE, Built MasterCRE to Open the Industry, and Why 2025 Will Reshape Capital Markets
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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How Mathew Owens Rebuilt After Losing Everything in 2008, Flipped 1,000+ Homes, and Raised $150M in Private Capital
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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How Mitchell Rice Raised $7M to Save His First Deal, Closed $500M+ in Transactions, and Now Converts Hotels into Housing
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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How Zach Bagby and Courtney Erickson Built a $5M Real Estate Portfolio While Full Time in Tech
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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Deploying $100M+ Into Mobile Homes, Mental Health Housing & Diverse Operators with Ryo Ishida of Rainbow Capital Partners
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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How Chris Lento Went from House Hacking to Building a $100M Real Estate Portfolio
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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How David Hamer Built a $15M Multifamily Portfolio by Finally Taking Action
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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From Interior Design to $40M in Multifamily—How Chelsea Garber Uses Design to Unlock Value
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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From Corporate Sales to 1,000+ Units: Brooke Ceballos-Piñero’s Playbook for Multifamily & NNN Investing
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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Flipped 100+ Homes—Then He Went Bigger: Todd Dexheimer’s Path to Syndication
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Feb 16, 2025 |
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Turning Legal Nightmares into Real Estate Gold: Rodrigo Camargo, Founder of Tantum
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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Rolling Up Car Washes: How Adeola Oladimeji is Using Private Equity to Build a Cash Flow Empire
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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From Family Business to a $160M Real Estate Portfolio: Joseph Root’s Approach to Chicago Real Estate
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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1,700 Multifamily Units and Counting: How Dr. Rajkumar Venkatramani is Helping Physicians Invest in Real Estate
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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From Medicine to a $40M Multifamily Portfolio: Victor Leite, Founder of 25/8 Capital
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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From House Hacking to 250+ Mobile Home Lots: Jeff Flynn, Founder at Aspen Ridge Capital
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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From Brokerage to $100M in Multifamily: Luis Frias, Founder of Caltex Capital Group
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Jan 02, 2025 |
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Building a $30M Portfolio in Mortgage Notes: Christopher Seveney, CEO at 7e Investments
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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Balancing a Corporate Career and a $40M Real Estate Portfolio: Shawn Dwyer, Founder of Golden Oak REI
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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From Tech Sales to 5,000+ Multifamily Doors: Jeremy Dyer, Managing Partner at Starting Point Capital
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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From Cold Calls to Closing Real Estate Deals: Jarod Alexander’s Journey in Multifamily Investing
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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From Silicon Valley Brokerage to Multifamily Syndications: Arn Cenedella, Founder at Spark Investment Group
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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From Capital Markets to Sustainable Real Estate: Jack Arevalo, Director at AVLV and Founder of STOA Capital
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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From Passive Investor to Syndication Sucess: Ryan Byrne, Founder at Cashflow Capital Club
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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From Local Roots to Queens Multifamily Impact: Jorge Jorge & Daniel Papa, Co-Founders of Leather Street Realty
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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From Corporate Finance to Multifamily Success: Vessi Kapoulian, Managing Partner at DBA Capital Group
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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35 Wholesale Deals in Year One: Jeff Ortiz, Founder of Ortiz Equity Group
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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From Soil Science to Real Estate Private Equity: Jasmine Nazari, COO at Urban Green Investments
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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Unlocking Creative Deals in Real Estate with Max Shah, CEO of ROS Capital
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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Scaling a Multifamily Portfolio with In-House Operations: Justin Elliott, Managing Partner at BLVD Ventures
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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From Wall Street to Multifamily Investing with Adam Dresher of Break of Day Capital
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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From Private Equity to Building Wealth in Real Estate with Chutima Barrios of Rent Roll Capital
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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Building a Family Office for the Average Family: Gurjote Sethi at Hukam Capital
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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From Ministry to Real Estate Mastery: Nick Stromwall, Founder of Oak & Vine Capital
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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Investing in Manufactured Housing with Leo Young of Cornell Communities
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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Passion, Hustle, and Real Estate: How Michael Sambrowsky Built A Class Investments
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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Unlocking Value: Retrofitting and Modular Construction in Real Estate with Aundre Oldacre, Co-Founder & MP at AoRa Development
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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Scaling Up: Transitioning from Single-Family to Multifamily Investments with Anthony Gair from Wooded Oaks Capital Partners
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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Rebuilding After the Storm: Overcoming Adversity in Real Estate with Eric Brody from ANAX
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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Building the Future: PropTech, AI, and Real Estate Trends with Zach Aarons from MetaProp
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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From Failed Startup to Million-Dollar ARR with Tem of Optemization
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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Reflections building in the Built World with Sara Pearce-Probst
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Jun 23, 2024 |
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Investing in Affordable Housing with Peter Neill of GSP REI
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Jun 16, 2024 |
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From Children's Ministry to Real Estate Mogul with Dedee Boring of Boring & Co.
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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Groundbreakers Episode 15: The Story of Goliath Data with Co-Founder Austin Beveridge
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May 18, 2024 |
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Groundbreakers Episode 14: From Frontliners to Real Estate Investors
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May 03, 2024 |
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Episode 13: The Gentle Art of Crushing with Randy Smith, Founder of Impact Equity
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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Groundbreakers: Episode 12 - Interview with Patrick Traynor, Managing Director of Gamma Income
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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Groundbreakers: Episode 11 - Interview with Calvin Lowe, Founder of PEACEquity
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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Groundbreakers: Episode 10 - Interview with McKinsey Lux, CEO of Ride IQ
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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Groundbreakers: Episode 9 - Interview with Chelsea Lamego, CEO of Fundminer
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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Groundbreakers: Episode 8 - Interview with Luke Truitt, CEO of Bridgesplit
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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Groundbreakers: Episode 7 - Interview with Tomas Garcia, CEO of ARX
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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Groundbreakers: Episode 6 - Interview with Tony Plasencia, Co-founder of Underdog Protocol
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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Groundbreakers: Episode 5 - Interview with Zach Gorman, Co-founder of BHR
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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Groundbreakers: Episode 4 - Interview with George Bonanno, CEO of EmpireDAO
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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Groundbreakers: Episode 3 - Interview with Sean O'Dowd
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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Groundbreakers: Episode 2 - Interview with Julian Alvarez, CEO of Wisdolia
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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Groundbreakers: Episode 1 - Interview with Daniel Godbout, CEO of Arrivo
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Oct 16, 2023 |