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E191 Chad Griffiths - Harnessing the Drive and Expertise for High Performance Industrial Real Estate Investing Aug 19, 2021

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Chad Griffiths entered the commercial real estate industry in 2004 and has completed over 500 transactions with clients ranging from local companies to large institutional owners. Chad currently sits on the University of Alberta’s Practice of Commercial Real Estate Course Advisory Committee. He has SIOR and CCIM designations, a Diploma in Urban Land Economics from UBC, and an MBA from Thompson Rivers University.
In this episode, Tyler and Chad’s discussion focused on the nuances and complexities of industrial real estate, as well as the drive and mindsets that have enabled Chad to succeed. What you’ll learn:

The high-level differences between the three main industrial subcategories: Warehouses, manufacturing and flex
Why Chad thinks industrial real estate should scare new investors
The economic drivers of the supply and demand of the three subcategories
The attributes and mindsets of high-performing investors and brokers
Chad’s in-depth advice on the three things investors need to know before getting into industrial real estate

And more! This is a great opportunity to learn from a dynamic investor whose net worth is largely invested in industrial real estate.
Connect with Chad:
Website: http://edmontonindustrial.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chadgriffiths/
Email: griffithscre@industrial.com
The following books were mentioned in the show:
Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
Red Notice by Bill Browder
CCIM 101 Course

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E190 Nicholas Boothman - How to Make People Like You Through Face-to-Face Communication Aug 17, 2021

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Nicholas Boothman spent 25 years studying the ways different people connect and communicate. Today, he is called “one of the leading experts in face-to-face communication in the world” by The New York Times. He is recognized as a world-renowned expert in turning first impressions into profitable relationships. Tyler and Nicholas discussed how to effectively build relationships through face-to-face communication and live a life without limits. What you’ll learn:

Why Nicholas purposely positions himself in a state of desperation
The first step to elevating your career
How to properly answer the question of, “Why should I do business with you?”
Practical tips for making great first impressions, and why the first 2, 20 and 90 seconds are crucial to relationship building
The highly effective communication practice used by Warren Buffett
Understanding neuro linguistic programing
Nicholas’ five “vital sparks”

And much more! This world-class discussion makes for one of the most value-packed relationship building episodes on Elevate.
Connect with Nicholas:

Website: http://www.nicholasboothman.com

The following books were mentioned in the show:

How to Make People Like You in 90 Seconds by Nicholas Boothman
Convince Them in 90 Seconds or Less by Nicholas Boothman
The Irresistible Power of StorySpeak: How to Talk Like the Worlds Greatest Communicators by Nicholas Boothman
How to Make Someone Fall in Love With You in 90 Minutes or Less by Nicholas Boothman
Lisa Gardner Books

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This episode of Elevate is brought to you by CF Capital LLC, a national real estate investment firm that focuses on acquiring and operating multifamily assets that provide stable cash flow, capital appreciation, and a margin of safety. CF Capital leverages its expertise in acquisitions and management to provide investors with superior risk-adjusted returns while placing a premium on preserving capital. Learn more at cfcapllc.com

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E189 Brent Bowers - Leveraging the Mindset and Resources for Generating Wealth Through Land Investing Aug 12, 2021

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Brent Bowers is an investor and coach with a focus on buying and selling vacant land. As an Army Officer with over 8 years of service, Brent was spending a great deal of time away from his family, and he knew he needed to make some changes in order to be more present with his wife and children. In a short period of time, Brent was able to expand his business, hire a team, and (most importantly) spend quality time with his family.
In this episode, Tyler and Brent’s discussion focused on what it takes to build wealth through land investing, covering mindset, philosophies, strategies and resources. Highlights include:

Brent’s sacrifices of serving in the military, and how it has served him today
The do’s and don’ts of land investing
The logic behind hiring someone to do due diligence
Brent’s scariest land deal
Brent’s land investing strategy of seller-financing and wholesaling
The mindset required to become successful at land investing
The impact of the Rhinoceros Success philosophy

This and more!
Connect with Brent:
Website: http://www.thelandsharks.com
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX4sxJwiz7ET7AKTXD9SA8A
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brent1/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brentlbowers1
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheLandSharks1

The following books were mentioned in the show:
Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins
Rhinoceros Success by Scott Alexander
The Go Giver by Bob Burg
The Wealthy Gardener by John Soforic
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This episode of Elevate is brought to you by CF Capital LLC, a national real estate investment firm that focuses on acquiring and operating multifamily assets that provide stable cash flow, capital appreciation, and a margin of safety. CF Capital leverages its expertise in acquisitions and management to provide investors with superior risk-adjusted returns while placing a premium on preserving capital. Learn more at cfcapllc.com

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E188 Mindset Mastery - Words from the Wise Aug 10, 2021

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This special edition episode includes a mix of some of our favorite discussions on mindset!
Whether it's a mindset of abundance, growth, resourcefulness, or practical neuroscience, we hope this episode inspires you to make quantum leaps using the most powerful tool in the universe - your mind!

The following episodes were mentioned in the show: E170 Sean Swarner - Keep Climbing: The Mindset of Summiting Everest with One Lung and Conquering Challenges Against All Odds E87 - Training Your Brain for Unlimited Abundance with Mindset Expert John Assaraf E184 Bryan Flaherty - Value-Adds: Applying the Abundance Mindset to Real Estate Investing and Life E148 - Elevate with Tyler - The Resourcefulness Mindset E139 Dolly Chugh - How to Bring Out Your Growth Mindset, Better Serve Others and Receive More E145 Dawson Church - How to Tap into Peak Mental States E179 Dr. Jud Brewer - How to Optimize Your Habits Through Practical Neuroscience Looking to further elevate your performance? Download our free guide, Raising the Bar - 5 Steps to Elevate Your Habits, by joining Elevate’s Insider Network! You will also be informed of real estate investing news, tips from Tyler, books Tyler’s reading and more. Join today: https://elevatepod.com/insider
This episode of Elevate is brought to you by CF Capital LLC, a national real estate investment firm that focuses on acquiring and operating multifamily assets that provide stable cash flow, capital appreciation, and a margin of safety. CF Capital leverages its expertise in acquisitions and management to provide investors with superior risk-adjusted returns while placing a premium on preserving capital. Learn more at cfcapllc.com
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E187 Atticus LeBlanc - Real Estate for Good: Fostering Innovative Thinking for the Affordable Housing Crisis Aug 05, 2021

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Atticus LeBlanc is the founder and CEO of PadSplit, a mission-driven company that helps solve the affordable housing crisis, one room at a time. Through its innovative shared-housing model, PadSplit aligns incentives between cities, nonprofits, and property owners to spur cost-effective housing creation without public subsidy, all while providing safe and affordable housing for working-class individuals.
Tyler and Atticus discussed Atticus’ innovative solution to address the affordable housing crisis by turning single family houses into shared housing.
Highlights include:
- The two fundamental issues of the affordable housing crisis

- Atticus’ innovative, three-pronged approach of using inefficient spaces to create housing supply

- Leveraging housing as a vehicle for financial independence for low-income workers

- Questioning conventional thinking as it relates to utilities and payments

- The power of hiring people capable of making independent judgement decisions
Atticus gives us a reminder of the impact we can create through real estate.

Connect with Atticus: 
Website: https://www.padsplit.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/atticus-leblanc-3960466/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/padsplit/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PadSplit/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/padsplit
The following books were mentioned in the show:  

Atomic Habits by James Clear
 Lean Startup by Eric Ries East of Eden by John Steinbeck 
City of Thieves by Benioff 
Start With Why by Simon Sinek 
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This episode of Elevate is brought to you by CF Capital LLC, a national real estate investment firm that focuses on acquiring and operating multifamily assets that provide stable cash flow, capital appreciation, and a margin of safety. CF Capital leverages its expertise in acquisitions and management to provide investors with superior risk-adjusted returns while placing a premium on preserving capital. Learn more at cfcapllc.com
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E186 Elevate Exclusive with Tyler - How to Build a World-Class Network Aug 04, 2021

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In this solo episode, Tyler discussed the power of world-class networking, sharing practical tips, wisdom from great philosophers and more! Highlights include:

The importance of building a world-class network
Transactional versus transformational relationships
Tips for improving your networking skills
What Tyler does for every single podcast guest
Tyler’s tip for eating lunch with others
Leveraging masterminds

Networking is crucial to real estate investing. As your network expands, so do your opportunities!
The following book was mentioned in the show:
Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi
Listen to more in the Elevate Exclusive with Tyler series:
E177 - Elevate Exclusive with Tyler Chesser - The Power of Compounding Interest

E166 - Elevate Exclusive with Tyler - How Multidisciplinary Learning Propels the Most Elite Investors’ Performance

E157 - Elevate Exclusive with Tyler - How to Use Fear to Catapult You Towards Your Dreams

E148 - Elevate Exclusive with Tyler - The Resourcefulness Mindset

E137 - Elevate Exclusive with Tyler - Transformational Leadership

E129 - Elevate Exclusive with Tyler - Freeing Yourself Through Discomfort

E118 - Elevate Exclusive with Tyler - Creating Conscious Habits
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This episode of Elevate is brought to you by CF Capital LLC, a national real estate investment firm that focuses on acquiring and operating multifamily assets that provide stable cash flow, capital appreciation, and a margin of safety. CF Capital leverages its expertise in acquisitions and management to provide investors with superior risk-adjusted returns while placing a premium on preserving capital. Learn more at cfcapllc.com
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E185 Nir Eyal - Optimize Your Performance and Life: How to Become Indistractable, Choose Your Attention and Choose Your Life Aug 03, 2021

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Nir Eyal writes, consults, and teaches about the intersection of psychology, technology, and business. Nir previously taught as a Lecturer in Marketing at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford. He is the author of two bestselling books, Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products and Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life.
Tyler and Nir’s discussion focused on the psychology of distraction, time management and how to get done what you set out to do. What you’ll learn:

The origin of the word “distraction" and the difference between traction and distraction
The two triggers that prompt us to get distracted
Why habits are overhyped
Why to-do lists are bad for productivity, and Nir’s alternative metric for success
Nir’s four steps to becoming indistractible
The problem with digital detoxes, and why you should embrace technology rather than blame it for distracting you
Schedule syncing

Declare yourself to be indistractable! This is an Important, empowering discussion for real estate investors.
Connect with Nir:
Website: nirandfar.com (Free 80-page workbook)
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nireyal/
Instagram: instagram.com/neyal99
Twitter: twitter.com/nireyal
The following books were mentioned in the show:
Indistractable by Nir Eyal
Hooked by Nir Eyal
Factfulness by a Hans Rosling
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Moby Dick by Herman Melville (Screen Play)
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This episode of Elevate is brought to you by CF Capital LLC, a national real estate investment firm that focuses on acquiring and operating multifamily assets that provide stable cash flow, capital appreciation, and a margin of safety. CF Capital leverages its expertise in acquisitions and management to provide investors with superior risk-adjusted returns while placing a premium on preserving capital. Learn more at cfcapllc.com
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E184 Bryan Flaherty - Value-Adds: Applying the Abundance Mindset to Real Estate Investing and Life Jul 29, 2021

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Bryan Flaherty, CCIM, MBA, is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of CF Capital, a private equity investment firm. Bryan is responsible for overseeing the strategic direction of the firm, the investment strategy for acquisitions and dispositions, asset management, as well as investor and equity relationships. Bryan was selected as one of the “20 People to Know in Real Estate” by Louisville Business First in 2019, is a member of the Kentucky CCIM Chapter, a Candidate for the Certified Commercial Investment Member designation, and the former Chairman of the March of Dimes Commercial REACH Award.
Tyler and Bryan’s discussion focused on the power of the abundance mindset and how it can be applied to real estate investing and other areas of your life. Highlights include:

The business of raising a family and how the philosophies of Bryan’s professional and personal lives intertwine
Intentionality and leaning on accountability partners
How Bryan and Tyler are navigating in the constantly changing multifamily investing market
Why Bryan and Tyler view other real estate firms as colleagues, not competitors
How the abundance mindset has enabled Bryan and Tyler to develop best-in-class relationships with brokers and investors
How Bryan makes effective decisions on a daily basis
Living in a state of gratitude

And more! Bryan and Tyler add tremendous value to Elevate Nation in this episode.
Connect with Bryan:
Bryan’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryan-flaherty-mba-47a6871b

Bryan’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/BryanFlaherty

Bryan’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bryanflaherty414/

Connect with CF Capital:

Join CF Capital’s Insider’s Network: https://www.cfcapllc.com/get-in-touch
CF Capital’s Website: https://www.cfcapllc.com/

CF Capital’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/CFCapitalLLC

CF Capital’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CFCapitalLLC

CF Capital’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cf-capital-llc
The following book was mentioned in the show:
The Art of Impossible by Steven Kotler
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E183 Michael Easter - Claiming Your Life-Changing Transformation Through Discomfort Jul 27, 2021

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Michael Easter is the author of the Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort To Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self. He is the contributing editor at Men’s Health magazine, columnist for Outside magazine, and professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. His work has appeared in more than sixty countries and can also be found in Men’s Journal, New York, Vice, Scientific American, Esquire, and others.
Tyler and Michael’s discussion focused on the practice of rediscovering the uncomfortable elements that we’ve engineered out of our daily life. What you’ll learn:

Michael’s life-changing transformation of living in the arctic and mimicking life in the past
Why you should perform tasks with a high degree of failure
The benefits of nature, the three day effect, and why people find Jackson Pollock’s work so appealing
What people often get wrong about hunter-gatherers
Why we evolved to seek comfort and why it’s not serving us now
Tips on how you can seek out discomfort
The Hawthorne effect

As high-performing real estate investors, we must get comfortable being uncomfortable on a daily basis!

Connect with Michael:

Website: https://eastermichael.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-easter-b208848

Twitter: twitter.com/michael_easter

The following books were mentioned in the show:
The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter

Into Thin Air by John Krakauer
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell

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E182 Holly Williams - Thinking Differently: Uncovering the Mentality and Financial Secrets of the Wealthy Jul 22, 2021

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Holly Williams spent 25 years as an executive in the advertising and market research industries. As the years went on she found herself paying more and of her salary in taxes, and getting less and less in return. In her search for a better way, she discovered that the wealthiest people in America have access to investment opportunities that most of us don’t even know exist. Hidden Investing debunks the myths that most of us are programmed to believe about money and investing.
Tyler and Holly’s discussion focused on how thinking differently can empower you to build wealth through investing, rather than become a victim of circumstance. Highlights include:

The importance of surrounding yourself with abundantly minded people who complement your skills
Why Holly excels at connecting with people
Why leaders don’t want us to be united and/or think critically
Financial advice that Holly would give her younger self
Why the banks are terrified of crypto currency
How getting paid by the government compounds the victim mentality

Crypto currencies, breaking rules for the greater good, and financial nuggets of wisdom make for a value-packed episode!
Connect with Holly:

Holly’s Book: hiddeninvesting.com

Website: https://keepmore.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keepmore

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/youcankeepmore/

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