My guest in this episode is David Ounanian. David is a real estate agent and investor in St. Louis, MO. A former full-time corporate software engineer turned full-time entrepreneur after becoming obsessed with escaping a dreaded 9 to 5 and determined to make financial freedom a reality for him and his family of 4. David’s first company, Transform St. Louis LLC, is mission-based aiming to have a significant positive impact on the community, while being self-sustaining generating profits from its “WE BUY HOUSES” tag line service. When David started this business in late 2017, he quickly realized the joke was on him as he needed to transform himself before his company could make an external impact in the community. From losing thousands of dollars on the first flip, to David’s lifelong personal fear of public speaking, there’s been plenty of challenges to overcome.

David has become incredibly persistent and growth minded with all aspects of his life including facing his fears, and has established himself as a motivational speaker at local REIAs and corporate offices. This public speaking platform has allowed him to support the campaign to #eliminatethewaitlist of the 1000 children at Big Brothers Big Sisters waiting for volunteers. Today David and his businesses have donated over $25,000 to local charities and helped recruit over 400 volunteers to become Bigs.

David continues to grow his business doing flips, BRRRRing to build his rental portfolio, and serving his retail and investor clients. His experience has uniquely positioned him as a true investor-friendly agent who coaches his clients on successful investing strategies. Investing in real estate has been life-changing for David, and he is passionate about sharing this message and helping others start their journey of becoming financially free.

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Transform St. Louis

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Create A Strategy

Become The Bank

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My guest in this episode is THRiVE’s founder, Anna Steinberg, that believes that enabling our children to lead their best lives means that schooling has to evolve for the 21st century. The traditional system, with memorization of facts at its center, has lost value in the age of Google. When Anna discovered the freedom of an Acton Academy educational model defined by self-paced learning, the opportunity for students to discover their most precious gifts, and to launch their own businesses, this mother and entrepreneur became determined to make it a reality not only for her children, but for yours too. Anna is opening a private school for 30 students in grades 1-6, in Newtown, PA in September 2020.

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Thrive Action

Ted Benna was working for an insurance firm outside Philadelphia about 40 years ago when he figured out how to use an obscure provision of a 1978 tax law—section “401(k)”—and turn it into an employee retirement account for contributions from both employees and employers. He designed it as a fringe benefit for banks that wanted to save taxes when they transferred bonuses to employees. In the years since, however, it’s grown into much more—it’s now the dominant way that Americans save for retirement, helping them collectively amass trillions.

Today, he’s proud that his invention has helped millions of people prepare for retirement. But the plain-spoken Pennsylvanian now says that the accounts have an “ugly” side—primarily that they have made mutual fund companies and investment managers rich off fees that grew way too high. He’s now on a crusade to design simpler plans with lower fees that put money in the pockets of future retirees, not money managers.

Ted Benna is commonly referred to as the “father of 401(k)” because he created and gained IRS approval of the first 401(k) savings plan.

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401K- Forty Years Later

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My guest in this episode is Mike Bonadies. Mike is a landlord, co-owns a property management company (TerraVestra Property Management), and owns a maintenance company (Side-By-Side MRO LLC) that all specialize in serving South Jersey. Mike is passionate about helping develop and grow South Jersey. Before entering real estate he was a commercialization manager for DeWALT power tools and Sensata Technologies.

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Terra Vestra Rentals

My guest in this episode is Justin Fraser. Justin is an apartment syndicator and asset manager, responsible for managing multiple apartments across the country.

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True Multifamily

My guest in this episode is Pavel Chaploutskiy. Pavel is a multi-faceted entrepreneur, real estate investor, and a home renovation expert. He's a distributor for Jocavi Acoustic Panels and owns several companies one being Popcorn Ceiling Solution.

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Popcorn Ceiling Solution

In this Live Stream, I interviewed friends, partners, people I see as my mentors. The economic crisis we have been preparing for is here, and it came in a form that no one could anticipate. A global pandemic that shut down the entire global economy.

Several hurricanes are about to hit landfall at once, a medical crisis, an economic crisis, and a financial crisis that will evolve into a retirement and pension crisis.

This is an unprecedented moment in history.

You can be a victim of this or you can accept what has happened and what is about to happen and prepare, and position yourself, your family, your business and investments to not only survive with but thrive. This new world will bring opportunities and value creation opportunities that we did not even think could be possible.

We discuss, what is going on, what is coming down the road and what they are doing and what you can do to prosper.

In this Live Stream, I interviewed friends, partners, people I see as my mentors. The economic crisis we have been preparing for is here, and it came in a form that no one could anticipate. A global pandemic that shut down the entire global economy.

Several hurricanes are about to hit landfall at once, a medical crisis, an economic crisis, and a financial crisis that will evolve into a retirement and pension crisis. 

This is an unprecedented moment in history.

You can be a victim of this or you can accept what has happened and what is about to happen and prepare, and position yourself, your family, your business and investments to not only survive with but thrive. This new world will bring opportunities and value creation opportunities that we did not even think could be possible.

We discuss, what is going on, what is coming down the road and what they are doing and what you can do to prosper.

My guest in this episode is Ryan Fischer. Ryan is a self-directed IRA expert with CamaPlan and will share how you can self-direct your retirement accounts and invest in alternative assets.

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CamaPlan

My guest in this episode is Tim Francis. Tim is an award-winning Entrepreneur.  He’s originally from Canada and now lives in downtown Austin, Texas.

He’s been a guest lecturer at NYU in New York City, and has appeared on the Forbes and Inc Magazine websites.

His company, Profit Factory, helps Entrepreneurs become more profitable.  He does this two ways: private consulting and teaching workshops.

In his private consulting, he helps Entrepreneurs to lead more effectively, understand their financials, and make clear decisions “by the numbers.”  To date, he’s personally advised over 100 companies, even saving a handful from bankruptcy.  His biggest win so far?  In just 74 days, Timothy helped an internet company find $472,000 in pre-tax profit.  Not revenue, but $472,000 in profit.  Laughing, Tim reports, “I wish I would have charged a percentage of the upside."

Tim teaches a 3-day workshop called Know Your Numbers, which is for Entrepreneurs who hate Accounting, but want to get their financials under control.  Amidst the panic of the pandemic, he’s also released a free mini-course called Navigate the Cash Crunch, outlining the 3 steps any Entrepreneur needs to take to make it through tough times.  You can get this mini-course for free at NavigateTheCashCrunch.com.

Training - Navigate The Cash Crunch

My guest in this episode is Kevin Nichols. Kevin is the managing partner at Penumbra Solutions. Penumbra Funds invest in hundreds of Senior Life Settlement insurance policies. With a target yield in the low double digits, no market risks, no premium calls, professional management, and funds locked up safely in escrow, this might be the best investment you have never heard of!

Check out the free webinar at www.thepenumbraplan.com passcode "penumbra"

You can learn more from life settlements in episodes 118, 213, 299 401, and 471.

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