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In this episode, Dutch Mendenhall updates listeners on RAD Diversified, a private real estate company with shareholders. Dutch also talks about the company’s new branch, RADD America, and its focus on farmland and raw land development. Dutch gives several business insights on financial education, making better investment decisions, and making investment opportunities more accessible to non-accredited investors. He is the author of Money Shackles: The Breakout Guide to Alternative Investing. Discussion topics include:

• Expanding into Florida

• The Growth at RAD Diversified

• Buying properties when interest rates are high

• Market controls and market cycles

• Importance of buying raw land and farmland

• Opening investment opportunities for non-accredited investors

• American, grass-fed beef versus lab meat

• Value-add proposition to properties and land

• Differentiating from other farmland companies

• Money Shackles, Dutch Mendenhall’s book

• Investing in money outside of Wall Street

• Having better, higher exchangesFollow Alts- Website & newsletter: https://alts.co- Spotify: - Discord: https://discord.gg/DEkHgzggwC- Twitter: https://twitter.com/altassetsclub- Insta: https://instagram.com/alts_co- Quora:​​https://www.quora.com/profile/Alts-7Time Stamp2:40 - Update on RAD Diversified7:55 - Impact of Interest Rates on Real Estate10:50 - Price of Commodities13:30 - RADD America17:00 - Foreign governments buying land20:40 - Opening investments for non-accredited26:00 - Buying farmland32:00 - Money Shackles book37:30 - Financial education39:40 - Open forum calls44:00 - Self-belief

In this episode, Cormac Kinney discusses the products Diamond Standard developed to commoditize diamonds and the future of diamond investing. Diamond Standard has developed diamond bars and coins using statistical analysis to make trading decisions for diamonds easier, in the way markets currently trade gold. Cormac also talks about diamonds as an investment tool, the potential growth of the market, and the dynamic between natural and synthetic diamonds. Discussion topics include:

• Commoditizing diamonds

• Standardizing diamond bars and coins with statistical analysis

• Becoming a market maker to force price discovery

• Buying and selling diamond bars and coins

• Taking advantage of the diamond market

• How the synthetic diamond market is slipping

• Differences between natural and synthetic diamonds

• The value of a futures contract for investors

• Market demand and supply of diamonds

• Risks in the diamond market

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• Renovations and ground-up construction
• Carving out a market as a boutique shop
• Identifying NYC neighborhoods to invest in
• Buying at a good entry point
• Condensing the timeline on returns for investors
• Investment cycles in major cities
• Diversifying investment returns
• The importance of communication for a small firm

In this episode, Rob Connolly speaks to Alts about Finlete, his startup allowing retail investors to invest in young professional athletes in return for a share of their future professional contracts. Rob talks about the company’s reason for focusing on minor league players, how Finlete’s player contracts work, and the company’s current pre-seed round of funding on finlete.co/invest.

Discussion topics include:

• Investing in Finlete’s pre-seed round at finlete.co/invest

• Poverty-level wages made by minor-league baseball players

• The benefits of selling a portion of their career earnings for aspiring players

• Fernando Tatis, Jr.’s payout from a $350 million contract

• Investing in Finlete’s pre-seed round through Wefunder

• How Finlete identifies the athletes to invest in

• Receiving a positive reception from players

• Setting a goal of 100 players on the platform

• Contract terms for investment returns

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In this episode, Horacio speaks with John Green, Nada's founder, and CEO. John discusses the advantages of accessing home equity through Nada's Homeshares program. John describes how the Homeshares program ties into Cityfunds, Nada's platform for investors looking to "own a piece of a city." John also talks about Nada's future plans for a secondary trading platform to allow investors to trade shares and reward Homeshares users with a Nada debit card.

Discussion topics include:

• Providing home equity to owners through Homeshares

• Exploring the Homeshares and Cityfunds programs at Nada

• Underwriting the risk of providing equity to home owners

• Creating a real estate fund in specific cities through Cityfunds

• The type of homes that make up the Cityfunds portfolios

• Determining the cities to invest in through Cityfunds

• How the 10-year options contract works through Homeshares

• How to invest in Nada’s Cityfunds

• Creating a rewards program for Nada users with a debit card

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Time Stamp:

2:30 Nada Overview

4:50 Homeshares Program

6:30 How Homeshares works

11:30 The Cityfunds Program

15:40 Real Estate as an asset class

18:50 Creating a secondary trading market of shares

22:20 Getting paid with dividends

27:00 Design of Cityfunds

31:00 The process of valuing homes

35:00 The Visa Nada Debit Card

In this episode, Horacio speaks with Adam Littlefield from Investment.com. In this video, Adam talks about how Investment.com is focused on buying homes to turn into premium short-term rentals. Adam describes the characteristics of premium short-term rentals and how Investment.com plans to differentiate itself by offering experiences with its rentals. Adam also talks about future investment opportunities at Investment.com, including future fractional ownership in a major sports team.

Discussion topics include:

• The meaning behind Investment.com

• Adam’s background in real estate and property technology

• Focusing on high-performing short-term rentals

• Providing experiences with premium assets

• Standing out in a crowded market

• Accessing the site through a mobile app

• Providing cash flows for investors

• Becoming a global marketplace

• Prioritizing the mobile app for user experience

  Time Stamp:

  1:30 Importance of the company name

  3:10 Adam’s professional background

  5:10 Investing in premium short-term rentals

  7:00 Defining premium properties

  10:45 The pre-launch phase

  14:00 Getting a return on investments

  16:50 Investing in sports teams and other sectors

  22:00 Educating users about investing

  24:00 Accessing Investment.com through the App

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In this episode, Horacio speak with EF Capital’s Kyle Kuderewski. In this video, Kyle gives a behind-the-scenes look at investing in online businesses through EF Capital. In this episode, listeners can learn about the operators that run the online businesses for EF Capital, how industry expertise is leveraged to make positive returns, and future opportunities for retail investors.

Further discussion topics include:

The differences between Empire Flippers and EF Capital

Providing passive investments through online businesses

Investing in Deals made available through the funding Rounds

Vetting the operators who run the online businesses

Accredited investors and retail investors

Minimum investments per deal and discounts for multiple investments

EF Capital’s relationships with the business operators

Upcoming rebrand for EF Capital to create greater purchasing opportunities

EF Capital Links:

• EFC Deals Overview Q3 2022 (Returns Summary)

• Moneyshow Webinar Recording (Great summary) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw3Wq2QnMaU

• Investor 1 page summary - EF Capital Investor Summary Round 4.pdfVetting Process Blog Post - https://empireflippers.com/efc-vetting-process/

• Presentation - https://empireflippers.com/efcdeck

Time Stamp:

2:30 Overview of Empire Flippers Capital

4:45 Why EF Capital was created

8:00 Investing in Deals in EF Capital Rounds

10:00 Operators running the online businesses

16:00 Crowdfunding options for retail investors

19:00 Cash flows and exit strategies

22:00 Operators as investors in each fund

26:00 Next steps for EF Capital

27:30 Trends in online businesses

30:00 Final thoughts

Litan Yahav, Co-founder and CEO at Vyzer

Horacio spoke with Litan Yahav, the co-founder and CEO at Vyzer. After selling his first startup with co-founder Tomer Salvi, the business partners needed help to keep up with their private investments. Vyzer organizes financial portfolios in one place: automating, monitoring and tracking, offering projections and insights to show net worth and cash flow in the future. Horacio talks to Litan about how Vyzer works, the insights it provides to its users, and how it can help organize the financial lives of private investors.

Discussion topics include:

• Mandatory savings in Israel leading to alternative investments

• Tactical investments to manage strategy

• Finding organizational solutions for accredited investors

• Accessing greater markets for high-net-worth individuals

• Showing users where people like them are investing money

• The challenges of finding good private markets

• Building integrations with private markets and Vyzer

• Focusing on Net Asset Value and Cash Flow

• Crowdsourcing investment decisions and results

• Benchmarking, projections, and taxes on Vyzer

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Horacio spoke with Michael Episcope, the co-CEO at Origin Investments. Michael has helped build Origin Investments from a small real estate investment company, to one of the best-performing companies with more than $1 billion of assets under management. Michael talks about how Origin is navigating the current real estate market, its venture in Qualified Opportunity Zones, and the funds it offers to investors.

Discussion topics include:

• Creating an institutional organization for high net-worth investors

• Growing a business with a great product with digital marketing

• Doing things differently and managing a team to pivot in strategy

• Working within a dynamic real estate market

• Multifamily buildings with high absolute returns and low volatility

• Diversifying by building, buying, and lending to multifamily

• Housing shortage of 4 million units in the United States

• The tax advantages of investing in Qualified Opportunity Zone Funds

• Building in cities and neighborhoods in transition through the Qualified Opportunity Zones

• The Origin Investment Funds: Multifamily Credit Fund, Income Plus Fund, and Growth Fund 4

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Horacio spoke with Adam Jason, an Alternative Asset Manager at the Legacy Group. Legacy’s largest holding is the Green Coffee Company. Green Coffee is the largest coffee producer in Colombia. By 2026, Adam aims to have the company responsible for providing 1% of the global coffee supply. In this episode, we talk about Green Coffee’s growth strategy, distilling alcohol from coffee byproducts, and Green Coffee’s current fund round.

Discussion topics include:

• Being the largest coffee producer in Colombia

• Creating a business for acquisition or IPO

• The fragmentation of coffee producers in Colombia

• The competitive advantage of investing at the middle level

• Lifestyle components involved with hands-on investments

• Working towards producing 1% of the global coffee supply

• Creating alcohol from coffee byproducts

• Transitioning from selling green coffee beans to roasted beans

• Keeping costs low in operations while acquiring more assets

2:00 Origins of Green Coffee Company

5:00 Investing in Colombian Coffee

8:00 Acquiring land

13:20 Investing in alternative assets

16:00 Coffee markets

18:10 Series C Funding Round

20:25 Creating alcohol from coffee byproducts

25:12 Using technology in coffee production

33:30 Monthly expenses

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