Real Life Real Equity Podcast

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Episode 75 Our Guests always add VALUE Mar 10, 2020

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Real Life Real Equity Podcast, is about the transparency of entrepreneurship. It isn't always sexy. It is just downright ugly and dirty at times. We don't present fancy cars but we talk about REAL life as an entrepreneur. Over time we have had some amazing guests. They have not only shared their stories, and sage wisdom but they always provide ACTION steps and tools that you can implement right now in your business and life. This episode highlights our last several guests. We encourage you to stay tuned as we have new guests and content coming to you REAL soon.

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Episode 74 1031 Exchange with Special Guests Michael Brady and Alex Shandrovsky Feb 25, 2020

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We are back with our Vendor Series and this week we have two great guests to share with us the ins and outs of 1031 Exchange.

A §1031 Exchange is a valuable tax strategy for those selling and buying real estate for investment. Whenever a business or investment property is sold and there is a gain, generally the person selling the property has to pay taxes on the gain at the time of sale. IRC §1031 provides an exception and allows payment of the tax on the gain to be deferred if the seller reinvests the proceeds in a like-kind property as part of a qualifying §1031 Exchange.

By exchanging one property for another, the property owner can defer federal and state* capital gains taxes, leaving greater net profits for reinvestment. In addition to improving cash flow, §1031 Exchanges also allow investors to shift an investment from one geographic region to another, trade older properties for newer ones, leverage existing equity, and diversify, improve and/or increase a real estate portfolio.

Tune in NOW from our 1031 Exchange Experts as they break it down!!

Episode 73 It's Tax Season, Are you Prepared to File...Tax Expert Allen Woodward Esq Jan 28, 2020

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Allen A. Woodward, Esq. has been a tax consultant for over a decade. His experience includes working with small to mid-sized companies as well as international conglomerates with multi-billion-dollar average annual gross receipts. Allen has worked for the leading research and development tax firm Alliant Group LP of Houston, where he was recognized as a top-performing associate in 2015, and for Big 4 accounting firm: KPMG LLP, as a member of the Accounting Methods and Credits Services Tax Practice. Currently, Allen works for Engineered Tax Services as a tax consultant. Allen has represented the interests of companies such as Toyota, Konami, Consolidated Edison, and Allergan Pharmaceuticals; and identified tens of
millions of dollars in tax incentives and benefits.
Aside from his credentials as an Attorney, Allen earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Management and Entrepreneurship from Hampton University, an MBA from Dowling College, and held leadership positions in Fortune 100 Companies such as The Disney Company and Target Corporation. Prior to joining Alliant Group LP, Attorney Woodward served as a Judicial Law Clerk at the United States District Court for the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Episode 72 US Olympian, Real Estate Investor, and Podcaster Hans Struzyna Jan 21, 2020

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Our amazing guest for this week is a US Olympian. He is a Realtor Partner with the Wall Street Journal Top 100 nationally ranked team, The Gunderman Group. He focuses on advocacy, risk management and exceeding client’s personal definitions of success. By staying true to those core values, he has been part of the top team in the East Bay area and sells over $180M per year (with over $1.5B sold in total) with an average price point of $1.2M. He became so fascinated with real estate investing that he completed his first flip during his first year in the business, and his wife also invests in out-of-state multifamily properties.

Most recently Hans created a podcast called "Another Way to Play," so he could share the value of creating your own path and building a life of freedom. He believes that if you trade hours for dollars, you will never achieve true freedom in your life. He brings inspirational and practical content to listeners at their own personal crossroads by interviewing entrepreneurs, thought leaders and industry experts to learn how they achieved freedom in their lives.

"In my 30 years on this planet, I've learned a few lessons that I apply to everything I do. The first is that all goals must be written down and visible on a daily basis. The second is that there’s no such thing as overnight success and consistent work is the only path to success. Finally, everything is the way it is because someone made it that way. So to understand people is to understand the world." -Hans Struzyna

Episode 71 The Man behind an eCommerce Business, Johann Nogueira Jan 14, 2020

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Our featured guest has spent his entire career solving problems and fixing businesses. He discovered the power of systematization and leverage in his early 20’s, where he built an eCommerce business. This knowledge allowed him to grow not only his business but his clients as well.

Johann has significantly increased the bottom lines of over 1,000 clients in more than 40 industries, worldwide. He thrives on challenges and opportunities that are presented to him by focusing on technology and utilizing the systems he has built over the last two decades.

Johann’s clients range from top tier banks to private business owners with one thing in common – all of them have profited significantly from Johann’s expertise. Many clients acknowledge that Johann’s efforts and ideas have led to millions of dollars of profit increase and that he is their secret weapon in their war chest.

Episode 70 LIVE New Years Eve Podcast with your Hosts Jan 07, 2020

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Hello Entrepreneurs. This weeks episode is our live show, where we talk about 2019, our goals for 2020 and beyond. We were very fortunate this year to be able to focus solely on our Entrepreneurial goals, and we wanted to share some measures of our success with you this episode and to talk about a very important aspect of growth, how do you view yourself? In case you missed it, this was the episode from December 31st, as we counted down the New Year with our live episode! Great content, take a listen!

Episode 69 Our Success and Failure, Lets RECAP 2019 Dec 24, 2019

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Alright, we are a week away from the NEW YEAR, and we have so much that we have learned from our success and our failures throughout 2019. We have also had some pretty AMAZING guests, from Dave Dee to G. Edward Griffin to Michael Zuber (One Rental At a Time) to Greg and Heather Self. There are so so many more, and it is hard to pick a favorite. Each one brought something different and unique to the table, but many of them had similar golden nuggets, such as build your brand and build your network. So we give it to you straight in this episode. We talk about current projects that have excelled and well others that went south. Our question for you, can you handle our Truths?

Episode 68 "The Comfort Zone" with your hosts Justin and Keisha Brooks Dec 17, 2019

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This week's new episode we discuss “The Comfort Zone.” While we share with you the 4 main areas of the comfort zone we also share with you our own transparency of where we are within the comfort zone...

The 4 main areas of The Comfort Zone are...

Comfort zone
Fear zone
Learning zone
Growth Zone

The comfort zone model is meant to be put on repeat. Once goals are achieved, as an entrepreneur we make room to grow and level up. We are always lingering in a comfort zone, even once a goal has been achieved. For example, many will set a goal to become healthier as we approach the New Year. In doing so a person must get out of their "comfort zone" to become disciplined and establish daily routines and practices. Once the healthy change is established and the goal is achieved, this is where most people fail by getting comfortable at where they are. Then they fail to set new goals to maintain all the effort and work they put into getting where they are in the present, which is "the comfort zone."

So take the opportunity to learn and grow, and...

Tune in as we break down each area and give you our real-life scenarios and how to get out of your comfort zone for 2020!!

Episode 67 Good Deal VS Bad Deal with your Hosts Dec 10, 2019

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It’s just the two of “Us”. This week we’re going to talk about a Good Deal VS Bad Deal, and not in the way you are thinking. We will talk on how to restructure a deal so that it is beneficial for everyone involved. There are a couple of key components that we want to highlight, and that has an established mission, vision, goals and core values. Most of the time it isn't a bad business deal it is the mission, vision, goals, and core values that didn't line up from the start which caused the deal to go south.

Interviewing your prospect is so important to figure out if you can add value to one another. Going off another person's review or experience isn't enough, because again if your mission, vision, goals, and core values don't align then the deal may not be a good deal. Relationships are important, but every good relationship may not mean a good business deal, separate the two.

Episode 66 International Special Guest Tristan Wright Dec 03, 2019

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All the way from Melbourne Australia our featured guest this week is a business sherpa with a background in leadership coaching and applied business. Unlike many coaches and consultants, Tristan actually built a business – from an ad-hoc startup in his 3 square-meter kitchen to a 7-figure operation with staff and suppliers around the globe.

In doing so, Tristan acquired first-hand experience in everything from product design and procurement, to team management, financial reporting, vendor negotiations, and social-media marketing.

Tristan Wright has survived the personal aspects of entrepreneurship as well. He let the allure of success (and fear of failure) consume every waking minute and learned the hard lessons seldom taught by anyone. He can offer you more than just buzzwords and vague advice. He’ll show you how to grow your business while reducing your workload, and keep you focused and accountable along the way.

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