Investing in single family homes can be extremely profitable. However, there are many warnings to consider before jumping into this sector. In this episode, Kevin Bupp tells the thrilling story of how he owned 122 single family homes and shares tons of actionable advice for others thinking about this sector.

Kevin Bupp is a Florida-based Real Estate Investor, top iTunes podcast host and serial entrepreneur with over $40 million of real estate transactions. His extensive investment experience spans the gamut of apartment buildings, single-family homes, office buildings, raw land, condos, and his favorite and by far the most profitable, Mobile Home Parks. With over 16 years of experience, Kevin now educates investors to locate, acquire, and create “higher than average” returns from this widely-misunderstood niche of Mobile Home Park Investing. He shares his expertise through the Mobile Home Academy and as the host of The Investing for Cashflow Podcast which has become one of the hottest podcasts on iTunes, often in the top 100!

Reed Goossens is a serial real estate entrepreneur and founder of RSN Property Group. As a native Australian, Reed moved to the US to pursue his investing career.

A qualified structural engineer and project manager, Reed has been involved with construction and real estate since 2007. Reed’s expertise includes project management, property development and key stakeholder management. Reed has been involved in the development and acquisition of over $500 million worth of real estate and infrastructure across four continents; Australia, North America, Europe and South East Asia. After gaining valuable experience working in the engineering and construction industry, Reed decided to pursue his passion for real estate development and investing by starting RSN Property Group.

Let's face it. Entrepreneurship isn't always glamorous. But the temporary pain is so worth it for the long-term rewards of working for yourself. Jim's story will inspire you that you can make it through absolutely anything, as long as you never give up!

Jim Palmer is a marketing and business building expert and in-demand coach. He is the founder of the Dream Business Academy and Dream Business Coaching and Mastermind Program. He is the host of Dream Business Coach TV, the hit weekly Web TV show watched by thousands of entrepreneurs and small business owners, and he is also the host of Dream Business Radio, a weekly podcast based on Jim's unique brand of Smart Marketing and Business Building Strategies.

Jim is a cancer survivor, has been married for over 37 years and has four grown children. Recently, Jim and his wife Stephanie JUST SAID YES to their dream of living on a boat. Join their adventure, which is chronicled on Our Floating Home.

Frank Cottle is CEO of Alliance Virtual Offices and Chairman of the Alliance Business Centers Network. He is a recognized expert on flexible working, the virtual office movement and 'third place' working. Prior to creating the Alliance brand, Frank successfully operated his own portfolio of business centers in multiple locations across North America. 

Frank has spent almost the past 30 years delivering business services that are finely tuned to the workplace needs of startups, entrepreneurs and growing SMBs. Over the years he has worked with tens of thousands of business owners and, coupled with a unique global management perspective, has become the go-to authority on flexible and remote work. 

Many of us go through a crisis in our personal lives that overflows into our work lives. We have to know how to handle these difficult seasons and not let the difficult seasons define our entire lives. Joe's story is full of hope and inspiration, despite going through something very hard.

Joe Apfelbaum is the CEO and co-founder of Ajax Union, a digital marketing agency based in Brooklyn. He is a public speaker, certified Google Trainer, and published business author. Joe enjoys speaking and writing about a broad range of business topics in his seminars, webinars and articles. Joe is the host of the popular podcast CEO Mojo and has been featured on popular podcasts including Hal Elrod and New Customer Machine.  He is also the producer of GrowTime.tv. Joe is a member of the Board of Directors of the Entrepreneurs Organization in Brooklyn, a group with over 11,000 CEO’s and a contributing member of the INC Business Owners Council, a community of the fastest growing companies in the United States. Joe is proud of all his accomplishments, but most of all he is proud of his successful foodie wife and beautiful amazing kids.

Is it possible that being good at your job isn't always enough? In this episode, Stephanie tells a different kind of "How to Lose Money" story...

Based in Dallas, Stephanie Chung and Associates offer sales training, executive coaching, and small business mentorship services nationwide. Among her products is the “High Ticket Selling Made Simple” course, designed to help small business owners sell more and make more. As a former sales executive in the aviation and private jet industry, Stephanie has mastered the art of high ticket selling and has mentored, coached and developed some of the highest paid, most elite, sales professionals in the country.

Serving business leaders, entrepreneurs, and sales professionals, Stephanie Chung uses her proven executive coaching and sales training expertise to get the job done. Chung is an executive coach, trainer and advisor backed by more than 25 years of team management, business development, and sales leadership experience. Chung is also a public speaker, a contributor on ABC, CBS, NBC and author of “Profit Like a Girl: A Woman’s Guide to Kicking Butt in Sales and Leadership” and “Embrace the Suck: How to Grow and Succeed in Business”.

House flipping has become mainstream thanks to shows on HGTV and TLC. However, flipping houses is not always a sure path to wealth, as our guest Tyler Sheff explains! Though we talk about real estate on this episode, we offer actionable tips that any entrepreneur in any industry can benefit from.

Tyler Sheff is the CEO of Cash Flow Guys which is a company focused on helping people escape the rat race by building wealth in long term hold real estate. As an Educator, Coach and Master Facilitator of Robert Kiyosaki’s CashFlow 101 Game; Tyler hosts workshops online and in the Tampa, FL area to teach busy people how to escape the rat race by acquiring assets creatively. Tyler is a huge advocate of financial independence and helps others achieve just that.

As a syndicator and investment realtor, Tyler helps people invest in larger projects that most never thought would be possible. Tyler and his team acquire, stabilize, and then provide clean, safe affordable housing to those in need when it matters most. As the host of the Cash Flow Guys Podcast, Tyler teaches the public how to avoid common pitfalls found in real estate investing and inspires others to take massive action towards their goals.

A survivor of a childhood riddled with domestic violence and alcoholism in the rural foothills of southern Virginia, James R. Nowlin is now the millennial CEO and founder of executive consulting firm, Excel Global Partners (EGP) and the Fund Managing Principal of the EGP Family of Companies. By mastering his habits, routines, and consciousness, James trained his mindset to shift from the poverty consciousness that he learned as a child to an abundance consciousness as an adult–and by doing so, became a multimillionaire. Today, James is not only a survivor, he is a thriver. Under James’ leadership, his firm has led successful engagements in 15 countries and in more than 20 states. His book, The Purposeful Millionaire, is a best-selling guidebook of 52 rules that teaches people about mastering the millionaire mindset and getting the most out of life–doing more, living more, and achieving more!

We know that buying a company with potential can be extremely profitable. However, in today's show, Moran Pober tells us the story of how he bought a company, grew it successfully, but then lost it all. Anyone who owns or helps run a business will profit from this episode!

Moran Pober is the founder of ABD Assets. Moran is a former IDF (Israel Defense Forces) soldier. He has had extensive dealings with many entrepreneurial projects. Founded iTips, top 100 app in 100 stores around the world in the app store including US,CA and UK. He has carried out extensive consulting assignments with many companies and projects in the eCommerce and SAAS world. He's now on the hunt for acquisitions of companies he can help turnaround, merge or help grow towards exit/IPO.

Wendy Sweet claims to be a recovering mortgage broker and has been successfully lending hard money through her company, Carolina Hard Money, for 16 years. Wendy and her partner Bill Fairman, who is also her brother, manage a fund of accredited investors and broker loans for non-accredited investors who are interested in generating passive income. Wendy is a 35-year veteran real estate broker in both Carolinas, a 17-year mortgage veteran, and has 17+ years of experience in flips, landlording and wholesaling. Her goal is to help others build wealth, grow family prosperity, and change communities throughout the Carolinas.

In this episode, an experienced financial planner shares common financial mistakes his clients have made over the years. If you are doing any of these things with your money, you need to stop now!

Martin Bamford achieved Chartered Financial Planner/Certified Financial Planner (CFP) professional status in 2007 and was named a Fellow of the Personal Finance Society in 2014. He is a Chartered Wealth Manager, Accredited Later Life Adviser and Full Member of the Society of Later Life Advisers (SOLLA). Martin is also responsible for investment management research at Informed Choice Financial Planners and he is host of the popular personal finance podcast Informed Choice Radio.

Martin is also the author of several bestselling personal finance books and produced his first feature-length documentary in 2014, about the post-war Baby Boomer generation in retirement.

Stacey Brown Randall has one focus in life: To help others avoid business failure. She knows – she’s been there, done that and bought the t-shirt. Stacey’s online programs, VIP days and live events provide a blueprint to follow to take control of your referrals, your client experience, and your business.

Stacey is a contrarian when it comes to typical referral advice and believes the best way to unleash a referral explosion is to do it WITHOUT asking for referrals (and she has results to prove it). Stacey is a three-time entrepreneur, certified productivity and time efficiency coach, has a background in sales and marketing, and is an aspiring author. Stacey received her Master’s in Organizational Communication and is married with three kids.

By his 35th birthday Mike Michalowicz (pronounced mi-‘kal-o-wits) had founded and sold two multi-million dollar companies. Confident that he had the formula to success, he became an angel investor…and proceeded to lose his entire fortune.

Then he started all over again, driven to find better ways to grow healthy, strong companies. Among other innovative strategies, Mike created the “Profit First Formula”, a way for businesses to ensure profitability from their very next deposit forward.

Mike is now running his third million dollar venture, is a former small business columnist for The Wall Street Journal; is the former MSNBC business make-over expert; is a popular keynote speaker on innovative entrepreneurial topics; and is the author of Profit First, The Pumpkin Plan and The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur, which BusinessWeek deemed “the entrepreneur’s cult classic.”

Mitch Stephen, author of the book series My Life & 1,000 Houses: Failing Forward to Financial Freedom and 200+ Ways to Find Bargain Properties, is a self-taught real estate entrepreneur. Self-employed since 1996, Mitch has purchased well over 1,500 properties in and around his hometown of San Antonio, TX. He is a high school graduate who never stopped learning through books, CDs, seminars and webinars.

Today, Mitch Stephen specializes in owner financing properties to individuals left behind by traditional lending institutions and giving new life to properties that scar neighborhoods. He has perfected a method of achieving cash-flow without having to be a landlord and without having to rehab properties. He’s mastered the art of raising private money and the classic Nothing Down deal. He has pioneered the idea that you don’t have to give discounts to sell your notes. Mitch is a passionate speaker who delivers the message of integrity first and profits second.

Daniel is a self-made multi-millionaire and full-time fact finder. “I credit my success to a strong desire to surround myself with the right people.” After warning family and friends in 2007 about the coming market and mortgage collapse, he started his own YouTube channel, VisionVictory which has received 10 million video views. On March 18, 2008, Daniel called for Dow 8,000, the collapse of Lehman Brothers, AIG, and Washington Mutual. During the mortgage crisis, he helped people buy Put Options on Countrywide Mortgage…these Puts saw a gain of 1,400%.

His connection to insiders in the micro-cap space and drive towards over-delivering to his readers is truly extraordinary and what separates himself from other publishers.
He is the co-founder of the Future Money Trends Letter, FMT Advisory, and Crush The Street.

For the last 30 years Pat Hiban has been heavily involved in the Real Estate industry as a top agent, broker and investor in residential and commercial properties. Throughout his career he has sold over $1 billion in real estate including over 500 homes in a single year and 14 homes in a single day.
 
In 2010 he sold his team business to his long time partner, Mike Sloan, and went on a book tour to promote his book “6 Steps to 7 Figures: A Real Estate Professional’s Guide to Building Wealth and Creating Your Destiny”. With the help of an introduction written personally by Gary Keller the book went on to sell over 20,000 copies and hit #6 on the New York Times Best Seller List. He is also an active investor in several small companies including GoBundance (a mastermind for high achieving men) and Infiniti HR (a payroll, HR and PEO firm). In 2014, Pat launched his podcast “Pat Hiban Interviews Real Estate Rockstars” which has had over 1 million unique downloads. He currently owns and operates Rebus University, an online training platform for Real Estate salespeople. He has 2 college-aged daughters and travels back and forth between 2 homes in Maryland and South Carolina with his wife of 24 years and black lab Piper.

Heather Ann Havenwood, CEO of Havenwood Worldwide, LLC and Chief Sexy Boss, is a serial entrepreneur and is regarded as a top authority on internet marketing, business strategies and marketing. Since marketing her first online business in 1999, bringing together clients and personal coaches, she has played an active role in the online marketing world since before most even had a home computer.

In 2006 she started, developed and grew an online information marketing publishing company from ground zero to over $1 million in sales in less than 12 months. Starting without a list, a product, a name or an offer, Heather Ann molded her client into a successful guru now known as an expert in his field. Heather Ann is the Author of…Sexy Boss: How the Empowerment of Women is Changing the Rule Book for Sex, Money and Success (available on Amazon).

We have all seen the advertisements on television, YouTube, and other places online. The "guru" who claims you can make millions doing this easy job or through that new business. Some of their stuff works, while a lot of it is garbage.

Whitney Nicely is the queen of real estate investing in east Tennessee. She flipped her first house in 2009. Whitney’s real estate portfolio has grown from zero, ziltch, nada to 17 residential houses, 19 apartment units and 7 chunks of vacant land across east Tennessee. She doesn’t plan on stopping until she reaches $100,000 in monthly income from her real estate portfolio. Whitney was tired of going to one boring real estate training session to another so in 2016 she launched an online academy for people who are serious about starting a real estate empire with limited amounts of time and money.

Alison Gerlach is a seasoned, strategic management consultant, serial entrepreneur, investor, business executive, and lecturer with expertise in, and a passion for, building businesses. Ms. Gerlach has done extensive research in optimizing the business start-­up process and has founded and built businesses in industries that include consumer packaged goods, media, technology, and professional services. Prior to her entrepreneurial endeavors, she was a strategic management consultant with Booz, Allen & Hamilton working with Fortune 100 media and consumer companies.

Today, Ms. Gerlach continues to build and invest in companies in a variety of stages and industries. As a strategic management consultant, she continues to advise select companies, as well as work with multibillion-­‐dollar asset management and alternative investment funds on their investment allocation strategies.

Nancy is the author of over 20 publications including “How to Write Objectives that Work” with sales of over 400,000 copies and “Difficult People Made Easy”, a booklet of practical tips for dealing with difficult people. She started Vinehouse Essential Ltd in 1995, as a management training and consultancy company. A few years ago Nancy developed a recruitment process that now achieves a success rate of over 80% compared with the average of 25 – 30%. Her company, Vinehouse Hiring now specializes in recruitment and hiring for small to medium sized owner run businesses in the English-speaking world including US, Canada, Australia and Japan as well as the UK and is the only company offering a one-year guarantee on all its hires.

Nancy uses the expertise built up in management skills and setting goals to help her clients clearly define exactly what they need in a new employee and to make sure their new hires are successful and drastically reduce the very expensive risk of hiring the wrong people.

Ty Crandall is an internationally known speaker, author, and business credit and financing expert. He is the CEO at Credit Suite where he oversees the biggest business credit coaching operation in the United States. With 16 years of financial experience, Ty is widely recognized as an authority in business credit building, business credit scoring, and business financing. He is the author of two popular books, Perfect Credit and Business Credit Decoded.

Ty is a frequent contributor to radio and news shows, TV programs, and magazines including Entrepreneur, Inc, and Forbes, as well as the host of the popular podcast The Business Credit and Finance Show.

Aaron Hendon brings together a diverse background and history including transformational leadership, entrepreneurial start ups and traditional cold calling sales. Aaron and his real estate team consistently outperform the local market, selling homes for over 5% more than local market averages. Born in New York, Aaron graduated SUNY Purchase with a BFA in 1997. He quickly discovered that his fine art degree made him eligible to work in the food service industry anywhere in the country.

Moving to New Mexico immediately after school, he eventually found his stride, opening a real New York bagel shop in Albuquerque, selling it 9 years later as a business grossing over $1,000,000 annually. Eventually landing in the Northwest in 2000, he now lives on a small island off the coast of Seattle with his brilliant wife, Kael, his two brilliant children, Leela and Jonah and his adoring, if not exactly brilliant, GoldenDoodle, Rozy. He is currently at work on his next book, Real Estate Blind Spots – How Your Brain Wants You to Lose Money, Waste Time, and Stay Stressed When Buying or Selling Your Home.

In this episode, Ali shares his story along with practical tips about making it as an entrepreneur in the marketing agency space. No matter what industry you are in, you will take something applicable away from this episode.

Ali Salman escaped the 9 to 5 in 2012 and started his lead generation agency Rapid Boost Marketing with his co-founder Sam Raheel. Rapid Boost Marketing crossed $2 million in revenue in 2016 and they are aiming to cross $4 million in 2017. They have worked with Coca-Cola, Extreme Pita, Mucho Burrito, KIA, Honda and other Fortune 500 companies. His passion project for last 3 months has been a daily podcast: Escape the 9 to 5 Grind, where he interviews successful entrepreneurs who have escaped the 9 to 5 and stopped living life on autopilot.

Entrepreneur, speaker and writer Pia Silva is a partner and brand strategist at Worstofall Design where they build “Badass Brands without the BS" for 1-3 person service businesses in 1-3 day intensives. She is a Forbes contributor and has spoken at a host of entrepreneurial organizations including Goldman Sach's 10,000 small businesses, The Chamber of Commerce, Squarespace, and WeWork. Her company was named top "10 Design Firms Lead By Young People That Are Changing the Way We Look at the World” by Complex. Her book Badass Your Brand: Impatient Entrepreneur’s Guide to Turning Expertise into Profit launched March 16th, 2017.

Mark has been an active real estate investor since 2004, so he brought a wealth of knowledge with him when he founded Luxmana Investments in 2011.  He started out as a part-time investor–holding a a full-time job in high tech–and his passion for real estate enabled him to escape the rat race of Corporate America. Prior to Luxmana, Mark succeeded in multiple development projects in the trendy Highlands and Berkley areas of Denver, Colorado.  Since then, he's acquired dozens of residential and multifamily income properties totaling millions.