Iridesco: A Homer’s Odyssey is an almost fictional story about a flock of feral pigeons in lockdown. Set in Brighton, London and the countryside in between, it follows the lives of Iridesco, Lulu, Dolly and Dove as they embark on a journey that teaches them about the dangers and delights of life as a bird and the relationship between humans, pigeons and homing pigeons.Part adventure story, part rom-com, the series features raucous crows that speak in iambic pentameter, a trip along the Regen ...
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Are you a writer looking for some help and encouragement? Want to improve your writing and advance your career? Or maybe you're just getting started and don't know what you need yet. Author and teacher Kitty Bucholtz and her guests are happy to help you on the sometimes difficult and often lonely road writers travel. Learn to build your business, whether you're traditionally published or self-published, and improve your craft, regardless of where you are as an author. Together, we can write ...
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Against their better judgement, Ben Pollard and Daniel Fisher, two boys from the UK stuck in quarantine, decided to embark on a journey to watch and discuss a Nicolas Cage film every single day for 100 days. Things got weird. But now, having bested their trial and mistakenly signing a life bond to document the career of Hollywood's most enigmatic man, the two return in 2021 for challenges new and daunting. God speed. Follow @UNCAGEDCAST online.
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Rental Property Owner & Real Estate Investor Podcast
Rental Property Owners Association with Brian Hamrick
Exciting, informative. Every Monday, your host Brian Hamrick interviews real world real estate investors and industry professionals to discuss topics, tips, and techniques designed to make you a more confident and successful rental property owner and real estate investor. Guests include buy and hold investors, flippers, wholesalers, property managers, brokers, legal advisors, insurance providers, mortgage brokers—you name it, we’re talking to some of the top names in the business.
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EP453 How to Build a $300 Million Apartment Portfolio with the Kitti Sisters
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My guests today started with $2,000 in their bank account and turned that into a $300 million multifamily apartment portfolio. Palmy and Nancy Kitti are here today to delve into the behind-the-scenes secrets of their wealth building strategy. We discuss how important fundraising is to their success, and discuss a major setback they encountered earl…
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EP452 Real Estate Tax Strategies You’ve Never Heard Before with Shauna The Tax Goddess
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It always amazes me how many real estate investors are still doing their own year-end taxes, or they’re working with a tax preparer who doesn’t specialize in real estate. While hiring an expert to do your taxes can be expensive, it’s much preferable to the alternative, which is not maximizing the powerful tax benefits you receive from investing in …
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EP451 Building Lender Relationships with Bobby Fisher
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As a real estate investor you may have noticed that it has gotten a lot more difficult to acquire financing for your projects. That’s why it’s so important to build your lender relationships. Often, it is these relationships that will help you find creative and workable solutions for sourcing and maintaining your loans. Today, I’m thrilled to speak…
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EP450 Scaling Your Investment Strategies with Apartments
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This apartment investing panel discussion was recorded live at the 2024 Midwest Real Estate Investor Conference sponsored by the RPOA. Thanks for joining us today on this apartment investing panel discussion where we will be exploring the unique challenges and opportunities associated with multifamily and apartment investing. You’ll be hearing from…
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EP449 Why He’s Doubling Down on Buying Office Buildings with Scott Sherman
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There seems to be a lot of fear in the commercial real estate world about the amount of distress in commercial office buildings. In San Francisco, a Market Street tower that was purchased for $62 million in 2016 was recently sold for $6.6 million. That’s a 90% haircut! But where many see distress and ruin, my guest today sees opportunity. Scott She…
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EP448 Why Real Estate Development is the Next Big Thing in Real Estate Investing with Darcy Marler
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Today we’re going to talk about real estate development and how you might benefit from this strategy. Darcy Marler is the author of “Land Development as a Profitable Investment” and he’s here today to share why he believes development is the NEXT BIG THING in real estate investing. Darcy is a seasoned professional with over 22 years of diverse real…
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EP447 Boost Your ROI: Submetering Your Rentals with Kelly Koontz
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One of the biggest expenses in owning rental property is the cost of utilities—electric, gas, water, sewer and trash. The better we understand these costs and how to control them, the greater our profit potential can be. Often, tenants are responsible for paying their own utilities, but many owners pay these costs on behalf of the tenants because o…
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EP446 A Simple Roadmap to Purchasing Investment Properties with Steven Andrews
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My guest today was $75,000 in debt when he first used his credit card to purchase his first rental property. Today, he owns and manages hundreds of properties through his virtual management company. Steven Andrews just released his book “The New American Dream: A Simple Roadmap to Purchasing Investment Properties” and he’s here today to share his k…
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EP445 He Made $100,000 in High School by Wholesaling with Brock Holliman
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My guest today got his start in real estate as a high school student attending foreclosure auctions at the courthouse steps in Memphis, TN. Since then, he’s completed over 1,000 real estate transactions worth over $250 million including wholesales, flips, new builds, custom homes, vacant land and just about anything else you can imagine. Brock Holl…
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EP444 Investing in Mobile Home Communities with Sam Hales
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My guest today believes that mobile home communities are a vital part of the solution to today’s housing affordability crisis. Sam Hales is the Founder of Saratoga Group, which has over $300 million in assets under management. Saratoga Group was founded in 2011 and is exclusively focused on the purchase, revitalization, and operation of mobile home…
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EP443 Double-Digit Returns Through Tax Lien Investing with Angela Duncan
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My guest today has figured out a way to generate double-digit returns through tax lien investing. She’s also had a lot of success with short-term notes and will be sharing her secrets with us today. Angela Duncan has been a force in the personal finance, banking, and real estate business for over 25 years. As an owner of a RE/MAX office, her team d…
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EP442 Megatrends in Real Estate Investing with Kurt Carlton
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Today we’re going to talk about some of the major trends that will affect real estate investing over the next decade. We all know there’s a housing shortage in the U.S., but how does this offer local investors a special advantage? Demographics play an important role, with Gen Z leading a youth movement that has created a visible shift in the market…
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EP441 Financial Freedom by Spending Just One Hour a Day on Real Estate with Sharad Mehta
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My guest today is a real estate investor with over 700 closed deals under his belt. He primarily invests in single-family homes, and his superpower is being able to manage his entire real estate business and property management business by spending only one hour or less per day virtually. Sharad Mehta is the Founder and CEO at Max Properties and RE…
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EP440 Zombie Loans Are Back with Shante Duffy
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After the housing crash in 2008, millions of struggling homeowners asked for loan modifications with their lenders. Many of these homeowners were relieved to find out that their lender was willing to forgive their 2nd mortgage as part of the modification process. That was all well and good, and it saved borrowers hundreds, if not thousands, in mont…
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EP439 What the Next Ten Years in REI Looks Like with Nic DeAngelo
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My guest today has two foundational beliefs – Wall Street is broken and real estate is the cure, and economics tells the future. Nic DeAngelo asset manages a $206 million portfolio and fuses economic foresight and real estate knowledge to drive his strategy of acquiring institutional-grade real estate assets across 20 states. Today Nic is going to …
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EP438 Investing In Boutique Hotels and Resorts with Jeremy Garcia and Alex Jarbo
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We recorded this exciting panel on boutique hotels and resorts at the recent 2024 Midwest Real Estate Investor Conference. As the host of this podcast, Brian Hamrick doesn’t often have the opportunity to discuss his own investments. But today he sits down with two of his partners to share how they’ve been applying the short-term rental model to rec…
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EP437 Mid-Year Economic Update with Dr. Paul Isely
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Everyone is paying close attention to the Federal Reserve and wondering when they will begin lowering interest rates. The lower-than-expected jobs report from two weeks ago certainly got people excited, but inflation is still being stubborn. What is really going on with our economy, and how can we cut through the noise of the popular media and focu…
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EP436 From Homeless to $100M with Dustin Gutkowski
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My guest today was able to overcome incredible challenges to build a $100 million roofing company, and today he shares his inspirational story. Dustin Gutkowski overcame homelessness at the age of 14 and went on to build a business empire with Results Roofing, reaching an astonishing $100 million in just four years. Dustin’s guiding principle, "Imp…
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EP435 Triple Your Rental Income with Student Housing with Ryan Chaw
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My guest today became a millionaire at the age of 28 by cracking the code on student housing. Ryan Chaw figured out how to double and triple his rental income with his co-living and student housing investment model while working a full-time job. Now, after acquiring fifteen properties he has been able to fully replace his pharmacist’s salary with h…
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EP434 From $20 in His Pocket to a $35 Million Portfolio With Jason Engelman
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When it comes to real estate investing, there are two types of investors – those who choose to actively find, fund, and manage their portfolio, and those who prefer to take a more passive role and let other professionals handle the work and time commitment. My guest today has taken on a more active role in buying properties to rehab and rent, while…
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EP433 Foundation Repair Secrets with RK Bob Brown
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My guest today is concerned with the structural integrity of your home and your rental properties. RK Bob Brown is known as “The Dirt Whisperer”, and he’s renowned for his deep understanding of foundations and his ability to address complex issues with ease. Bob is also the author of the book "Foundation Repair Secrets: Learn How to Protect Yoursel…
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Interview with Simon Leigh Jones, owner of English's Seafood Restaurant and Oyster Bar in Brighton
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Simon explains how his father started the business and how he has managed to maintain a successful business in Brighton for over 50 years. He also discusses food and wine, the history of the oyster trade and how the Brighton Lanes have changed over the years. Support the showBy Kitty Fisher
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EP432 Navigating Foreclosures with DJ Olojo
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My guest today is an expert in foreclosures and will be sharing tips on how you can craft a foreclosure strategy when working with owners who find themselves in that distressing situation. DJ Olojo is a real estate investor, realtor, and author of the book “The Foreclosure Fix: 12 Proven Steps to Beat the Bank, Escape Foreclosure, and Turn Your Pro…
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EP431 What Does Multifamily Success Look Like? With Gino Barbaro
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Many of you know my guest today from the incredibly popular Real Estate Podcast the “Jake & Gino Show”. Gino Barbaro has over 2,000 multifamily units and $250 million in assets under management. He’s also a best-selling author of three books, and with his partner Jake, they’ve helped their students close on over 68,000 units & $4 billion in deal vo…
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EP430 Save Money on Your Real Estate Taxes with Cost Segregation and Energy Credits with Erik Oliver
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As real estate investors, we are always looking for ways to save on our yearly IRS tax bill, and cost segregation is one of the most powerful methods available to us. Today we have Erik Oliver from Cost Segregation Authority on the show. Erik will be explaining how you can leverage cost segregation to save on your taxes, as well as energy credits t…
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EP429 Investing in Detroit and Owning a FedEx Route with Ramond Harris and Justin Workman
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The Midwest REI Conference was a huge success and we were able to catch up with our friend Ramond Harris II. You may remember Ramond as the Detroit flipper, wholesaler and rehabber who shared his story in episodes #168, #225 & #334 while we brainstormed ways for him to fix his broken business model and get rid of three trucks that were costing him …
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