Investing like a billionaire attracts billionaire assets as well! For today’s power-packed masterclass episode, our guest Ben Fraser explains to us the current megatrends, where he invests, the common places he’s looking into to buy new and more opportunities, and other types of asset classes they invest in.

He also talks about inflation at a different depth and shares the biggest driver of inflation we have right now. Listen to this episode with Ben and be rewarded with access to the types of classes only billionaires buy into so you can invest like a billionaire as well! Keep on listening and have a bonus knowledge on one of the biggest trends – energy space – and how he managed to expand his business and his investors.

Key Points from This Episode:

• Ben’s family life and what he does at Aspen Funds.
• What does it mean to buy a mortgage note?
• The difference between being a lender vs. being a landlord.
• Ben gives access to the types of classes only billionaires buy into.
• How did Ben expand his business, where did he find his investors, and what are his criteria?
• How does the tax situation go in the world of lien and note investing?
• Ben talks about the other types of asset classes they are investing in.
• The megatrends Ben has identified and the common places he’s looking at.
• How is globalization rewriting the whole supply chain?
• Ben discusses inflation and why it is one of the big trends.
• What is happening in the energy space––one of the biggest trends Ben is paying attention to.
• Why isn’t it realistic to transition into renewable energy in the time period that the politicians want?
• The biggest driver of inflation right now.
• Ben lists specific things that you can invest in.

Tweetables:

“A little bit of a shift in your mindset of normal real estate investing, where we're not buying the asset, we're actually buying the debt.” – Ben Fraser

“We've been investing our own money into other deals because, hey, we wanna take advantage of depreciation, we wanna take advantage of leverage and doing these other strategies.” – Ben Fraser

“The stock market is a rollercoaster. It's in a generally emotional pendulum that reacts to news that is coming out all the time.” – Ben Fraser

“Our prediction on inflation is we think it's gonna occur and continue to be elevated for a period of time. If not, 18 to 24 months. On the low end, we think inflation is here to stay.” – Ben Fraser

“If you're not putting money back into it to produce more, inevitably your supply is gonna continue to come down and it's not something you can just flip a switch on and turn the supply back up.” – Ben Fraser

Links Mentioned

Aspen Funds' Website

Ben Fraser on LinkedIn

About Ben Fraser

Prior to Aspen, Mr. Fraser was a commercial lender at First Business Bank, specializing in government-backed loan originations (SBA & USDA) for one of the top SBA lenders in the nation. Before that, he was a commercial credit underwriter for CrossFirst Bank, personally responsible for underwriting over $125MM in C&I and CRE loans across various industries.

He also worked for Tortoise Capital Advisors, a boutique asset management firm in energy infrastructure investments. He helped grow their institutional managed accounts from ~$3BN AUM to ~$7BN AUM. Ben was responsible for responding to all institutional RFPs from interested institutional investors.

Ben completed his MBA from Azusa Pacific University and his B.S. in Finance from the University of Kansas, graduating magna cum laude.

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