Always Be Building

This episode we went live on Twitter spaces with a round table of guests from the Real Estate Twitter community.

We had on Isaac French, the founder and operator of Live Oak Lake.

John Blatchford the founder of Kunst. 

And Tory Sheffer building 650 unit portfolio of multifamily. 

This episode is a wealth of knowledge. 

Hope you enjoy the show!

Tory's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ToryJSheffer 

Isaac's Twitter: https://twitter.com/isaacfrench_

John's Twitter:  https://twitter.com/JohnJBlatchford

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This episode we have returning guest Doomberg to talk about the recent crazy events happening in the banking world.

We talk about the down fall of Silicon Valley Bank, Silvergate and Signature Bank. 

Doomberg gives his thoughts on what the SEC is trying to do to the crypto industry, and how these events mark the beginning of the end for the on and off ramps into fiat. 

Lastly, we talk about the how the fed raising rates is finally causing things to break!

Hope you enjoy the show! 

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This episode's guest is Joel Dill, the President of Roberts Excavation Corp. Joel spent years in the oil and gas industry and his previous company went on a spree of acquisitions that took the market cap from $400 mill to $4 billion in one year!

This episode we discuss his oil and gas career and the lessons he learned working in the different functions over the years. Joel spent time in engineering, production, operations, facilities, and wore a bunch of different hats. 

Then we dive into a recent acquisition he made of a small business in his town. He bought a building that had a laundry mat included. We talk about how he did the evaluation and what some of the other start-up ideas he's explored.

Lastly, we discuss his new role as the President of a heavy excavation business, and how Joel and his team are planning to grow the company. 

Hope you enjoy the show!

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This episode's guest is Kaes Van't Hof the President and Chief Financial Officer of Diamondback Energy ($FANG). Kaes was gracious enough to take time away from being an officer at a publicly traded company to come on the podcast. 

This episode we discuss the Diamondback story and how they have managed the ups and down of the industry the last 7 years. 

We talk about the challenges of managing inventory and well productivity as the Permian basin matures. 

We dive into how rising service costs effect the business, financial planning/forecasting, and how Kaes manages risk in a volatile oil and gas market. 

Lastly, we discuss being a leader of a publicly traded company, how Kaes defines success and what he is doing to give back to his community. 

Hope you enjoy the show!

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This episode we went live on Twitter Spaces with a panel of experts discussing the recent price movement in natural gas. We had returning guests Tracy Schuchart and Josh Young, and were also joined by Scott Willis from Grizzle. 

I interviewed the panel on the recent rise and rapid fall of natural gas prices. We talk about the factors driving the recent drop in price and what trends we can look for in the future. 

We dive into the LNG market and recent weather trends impacting prices and at the end bring guests up from the audience to ask questions with the panel. 

Was awesome to get this many quality guests up on stage dropping knowledge.

Hope you enjoy the show! 

This episode's guest is Barret Linburg, the founder of Savoy Equity Partners. Barrett's niche is deploying capital into multifamily real estate investments located in qualified opportunity zones. 

When my company (Ainsley Investments) raised our first QOZ fund for our real estate firm, Barrett's content was a resource we used to get educated on QOZ mechanics and benefits. 

This episode we discuss Barrett's career and how he started during the great financial crisis. We move on to discussing his company and how they evaluate multifamily investments. We then talk about opportunity zones and Barrett gives a master class on QOZ, and why it's his preferred tax structure to invest in real estate. 

Hope you enjoy the show!

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This episode’s guest is Konstantin Kisin, the host of the Triggernometry podcast. Konstantin recently did a debate at Oxford and his speech went incredibly viral. In the speech he gives his pragmatic view on climate and how young people should view the issue. 

This episode we discuss the speech and then dive into his thoughts around the climate debate and the ESG movement. We talk about the origins of wokeism and how social media is changing the way that society interacts. We discuss self-censorship and how free speech is under attack. 

Back half of the episode we talk about the war in Ukraine and the politics driving the social discourse. Konstantin then gives his thoughts on Bitcoin and why he still doesn’t believe in the technology. Lastly, we talk about the rise of his podcast and how he defines success. 

Hope you enjoy the show!

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This episode's guest is Joesph Mallozzi, he is a writer and producer across multiple popular sci-fi shows, including the Stargate series in its different iterations. 

This episode we discuss the his career and the current state of the sci-fi genre. We dive into how he gets his inspiration to write, the process that he goes through, and how he keeps it up after hundreds of episodes. 

Lastly, we talk about the business side of legacy media, how it has changed during his career and what the future looks like. 

Hope you enjoy the show!

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This episode's guest is Donna King the founder Energy Point consulting.  Her company is a bootstrapped energy consulting firm that is helps energy producers for back office services. I also had Chris Sorrells on as a guest host. We recorded this one in the OKC studio. 

This episode we talk about the challenges of being a founder.  We discuss what it takes to build a company from the ground up and how Donna is tackling the hard problems like scaling, business development, and managing a large team. 

Hope you enjoy the show! 

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This episode's guest is Nik Bhatia, the Author of Layered Money and the founder of the Bitcoin Layer. 

Nik is also an adjunct professor at USC teaching the first Bitcoin class for business students. 

I read Nik's book layered money two years ago when it came out and it is one of my favorite books on money and Bitcoin.

This episode we go through a brief history of money. We talk about how the use case for Bitcoin is growing and the trends Nik sees with usage on the lighting network. 

The back half of the episode we dive into the current macro environment and get Nik's thoughts on interest rates, inflation, and the Fed. 

Hope you enjoy the show!

Nik's Website: https://thebitcoinlayer.com/

My Company's Newsletter: https://lnkd.in/g7H2XNXc 
 
Twitter: https://twitter.com/max_gagliardi
 
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Always_Building
 
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/talkenergy
 
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