How to Lose Money

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87: How to Lose Money by Pursuing Too Many Opportunities with Sunny Burns Oct 16, 2017

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Sunny Burns is 27 and a full-time engineer working for the DoD. He is happily married with two kids. Sunny and his wife bought their first investment property in 2015 off the MLS, a Quadplex, 20 min from NYC, this allowed his family to live for free and allowed his wife the freedom to retire from her teaching job and stay home with their child.

They bought it for $430,000 - less than two years later it appraised for $630,000. They then used a cash-out refi and HELOC on that first property to buy a second investment property, a Triplex - also 20 min from NYC. Together the two properties appraise for $1m, and will gross over $100k in annual rents. Other than real estate, Sunny also sells pacifiers on Amazon Prime and writes a blog.

86: How to Lose Money by Making a Fast Decision with Jason Yarusi Oct 09, 2017

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During 2012, Jason starting Alphabet City Brewing Company – a New York City based brewery that distributes to over 500 restaurants and bars in New York annually. In that same year – Jason helped opened Jack's Sushi and Sliders, a New York City lynchpin in the Gramercy neighborhood for fast affordable bites. In 2013 Jason moved to New Jersey to take over the strategic operations of the family business of House Lifting and Building Moving – W.A. Building Movers. Jason's family has been in the construction industry for over five generations.

In 2014 Jason bought his first investment property in a beach town effected by Hurricane Sandy and focused the team's focus in the direction of growing a real estate portfolio.

85: How to Lose Money by Investing in Single Family Homes with Joseph Gozlan Oct 02, 2017

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Joseph is a multifamily investment specialist and founder of EBG Acquisitions. Leading group acquisitions of over $10MM in real estate and providing asset management services to a portfolio of 156 units and growing. Joseph has over 17 years of experience in the software industry, 12 of which working for publicly traded companies such as GameStop and JCPenney which enhanced his business acumen, analytical skills and "big picture" perspective, all skills that he leverages in his real estate business.

84: How to Lose Money by Listening to Your Parents with Akbar Sheikh Sep 25, 2017

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Akbar Sheikh started his journey as a homeless youth in San Francisco before hitting rock bottom and deciding to take control of his own destiny and built a successful business that now helps other businesses scale to 7 figures. Now he helps other companies do the same, but more importantly he has taken his health, spiritual wellness, finances, and life goals under his control. He had to better his mindset and person in order to achieve the dreams he wanted and his story is full of lessons for any creative entrepreneur.

83: How to Lose Money by Getting Threatened by the Government with Victor Menasce Sep 21, 2017

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A lot of people are scared of the government. However, as Victor shares, we don't have to live in fear if we are doing the right thing and being proactive.

Victor Menasce spent the first 25 years of his career in the high tech industry. He started his career at Bell Northern Research and Nortel where I designed chips that were used to control the telephone network. For approximately a decade, 54% of the phone calls in North America were routed by a chip that Victor designed.

He eventually learned to raise capital in technology companies and authored of the book "Magnetic Capital". Today he's building multi-million dollar apartment buildings as a real estate developer.

82: How to Lose Money by Ignoring Your Own Rules with Laurens Bensdorp Sep 18, 2017

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This is a lesson that everyone in business needs to learn. Often we know the right thing to do, but we don't do it. In this episode, we tackle how to overcome this dilemma.

Laurens Bensdorp is the founder and CEO of Trading Mastery School and author of the book The 30 minute stock trader. After reaching the pinnacle of success in two different industries, Mr. Bensdorp poured himself into mastering securities trading, and over the last 14 years has amassed a trading record that places him in the top 5% of all traders while simultaneously developing a clientele of students who have learned to replicate his success.

81: How to Lose Money by Starting a Business in Africa with Chi Odogwu Sep 14, 2017

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Are you thinking about doing business internationally? Chi Odogwu offers some great advice in this episode.

After obtaining a bachelors and masters degree in Finance, Chi spent the early part of his career working as a business development manager for a startup consultancy. He later transitioned to a Big 4 accounting firm. He launched his first drop ship e-commerce website. Through a process of trial and error and by learning on the job, Chi obtained hands-on experience in e-commerce and received mentorship from some of the stars of e-commerce in the United States. He subsequently launched The Bulletproof Entrepreneur podcast where he interviews successful young entrepreneurs across the globe. The show has been rated #2 on the iTunes New & Noteworthy list for roughly 15 weeks after its launch and is currently the #1 Business Podcast In Africa.

80: What to Consider Before Entering a Business Partnership with Jason Treu Sep 11, 2017

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Jason Treu is an executive coach. He helps individuals and teams maximize their performance and fulfill their leadership potential. He is the author of the best seller, Social Wealth, the how-to-guide on building professional relationships.

He is the creator of the ultimate team building game, cards against mundanity, that he debuted at TEDxWilmington in August. He also has a podcast, Executive Breakthroughs, where he interviews trailblazing executives and entrepreneurs to share their insights, breakdowns, and breakthroughs.

79: How to Lose Money by Generating Too Many Leads with Ian Walsh Sep 07, 2017

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Too many leads? For an entrepreneur or anyone in business, it seems like this a problem people want to have!

Ian Walsh has been a full time real estate investor since 2009. He entered the industry by building WeSellHomes2Fix which was primarily a real estate wholesaling company. From there he built a property management company which was sold in 2015 to TCS Management. During his time in the Philadelphia investment market he partnered with Hard Money Bankers and has since underwritten all of the loans in the Eastern Pennsylvania and South Jersey markets which is his primary function to date. Hard Money Bankers is the leading hard money lending company in the Eastern Pennsylvania , South Jersey, Maryland, DC and Northern Virginia markets.

78: How to Lose $3 Million in One Day with Gene Hammett Aug 24, 2017

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This episode may shock you!

Gene Hammett turns everyday entrepreneurs into FORCES of nature in their market. He sorts through the complexities of business strategies to help you "be THE choice, not just a choice."

Gene has been a business leader for 20+ years. He started and ran multiple million dollar companies. He succeeded, failed, reinvented himself, and succeeded again. He can pass along to you the key lessons he's learned in the process so you can have a business that is both successful and fulfilling.

On his podcast, Leaders in the Trenches, Gene has interviewed hundreds of world thought leaders and best-selling New York Times authors. Gene has been featured in Forbes, Success Magazine, Business Insider, and INC Magazine. Gene is also a regular contributor to Entrepreneur Magazine.

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