Equity = Freedom

Multifamily realtor expert, Erin Thomas, takes us down the journey of entrepreneurship and what got her to this point. From working with the CEO of Priceline, she started to realize there was more to business for her. As she progressed into real estate, she started as a marketing expert for Lokal... A broker in Cleveland. She quickly gained traction with investors looking to partner with her from her "white glove" approach. After getting licensed, Erin's career quickly gain traction and she quickly realized this was her calling. In the midst of COVID, she takes us through how she pivot and shifted from a buyers agent to a listing agent/investor focused realtor. With an eager outlook and a knack for the hustle, she will be closing 11-14 million in 2022 and is excited for her 2023 year.

Aaron Lively created a multi-million dollar appraisal management company from scratch. Having quite the triumph story, he left home while in high school with nothing but grit and hustle. After obtaining his GED, he went out to get his masters in Education. His entrepreneurial endeavors were sparked by his cars' transmission going out and realizing he was destined for greatness.  Now being licensed in 30 plus states, he is an expert in the appraisal field. We discuss the common pitfalls and misconceptions on appraisals, how agents should price comparable's and everything in between. 

Equity CMG studios has some special guest swing in during their tour: 
Lavar Walker-has had a long successful career in comedy. After winning "Stand up its miller time", he went on to tour with Shaq on his All Star Comedy Jam, Uptown Comic, The Mo'Nique Show and BET's Comicview. He is currently on Hulu on Amy Schumer's "Life & Beth". He even did some work on Bad Boyz for life and got co-sign's from Kevin Hart and Dave Chappelle. 
Marlan Ballard is a Cleveland native who was quickly gained traction with industry heavy weights the Wayans Brothers. He has toured with R&B groups Dru Hill, Silk, The Rude Boys and Shai. He hit the top 10 rising Black Comedians, can be found around Atlanta rocking every comedy venue.

Long time Kent State Friends-Noel Marie: artist extraordinaire takes us through scaling her art business, Fresh by fortune, Ohio Hip Hop award wins, having kids and balancing work, tattooing, doing large scale murals, mental health and healing, NFT's, toxic masculinity, Beta male actions, "low vibration men", 1st generation immigrant, Lebanese culture... This one got deep for the ladies in business very quickly. 
Ronika aka "Radio Ronika": Former Black Squirrel radio co-host turned entrepreneur takes us through the mobile bar business, creating her own idea of mixed drinks to scale up, parenting and trying to balance business, saving the children, "middle of the way" politics, Obama Election in 2008, women's rights, gun rights... there is no topic we didn't touch on this. Either everyone will appreciate it or we will get plenty of hate mail... But this was a very open and candid conversation. We hope our maturity in covering all topics is shared by our listeners. 

As we walk through the journey of life on this episode, we touch on A LOT of topics. From the start of Jay's hustle in the music and promo business...To creating a magazine that mirrored Ozone/King magazine... to the pivot and shift away from websites the world swiftly went through... To thriving application world we live in... Jay R has constantly been an visionary in his space and created his own application for black businesses to find each other. We talk about our young days going to teen clubs, maturing into college men and becoming members of Kappa Alpha Psi... Creating generational wealth... Being a master networker and connecting people together... We even pay homage to many of the great clubs from Spy Bar, to the Mirage... to some of the great NE Ohio DJ's that inspired us (DJ Chicago and Scratch master L) and some of our label work. We talk the good, the bad and the ugly. If you want to get started in the tech space, you'll want to tune into this one! 

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Tune in as we journey down the road of entrepreneurship with our friend Andre. From custom made shoes for Lebron James, Jay Z, Beyonce and other industry celebrities, to real estate flipping and onto restaurant franchising. We take you through the many trials and tribulations from pivot/shifting to big outside the box thinking. We even talk NE Ohio B Ball in the late 90's/early 2000's. Find out his connection to Lil Baby and other industry folks through his sports management company and family.

What is wholesaling? How can someone get into real estate with minimal or no money? How do you go from 0 to 60 units? What's a joint venture and how does it work? We take you through a candid conversation about all things real estate. From starting from scratch, how to leverage an asset, how to spawn into different avenues in real estate, what are assignment fees and everything in between. 

This blockbuster addition featured 2 close friends in the real estate business: Kelly has been featured in the WallStreet Journal, pitched several pilots to HGTV, flipped 250 properties, owns several hundred units and is launching a multi million dollar investment fund targeted towards women and minorities in business. Lindsey has a 100+ million dollar producing mortgage company, has been in the business since 2005 and spawned several other businesses from being "The Mortgage Chef", a bourbon company as well as several other real estate businesses. We run A LOT of mortgage/real estate updates all in one on this episode.

Our focus on these weekly 15 minute sessions is to keep people up to date with the real estate market trends. 

From East 99th to LA... Eazy E, Ruthless records, recording with Biggie AND Tupac, 3-6 Mafia Verzuz, music artist 101, 1 billion dollars in revenue, leasing songs, how to protect your finances.... We covered A LOT on this episodes. From A-Z, how to cover yourself as a musical artist.  

"On the strength of massive hits like “The Crossroads,” “1st of tha Month,” “Thuggish, Ruggish Bone,” and more, the group sold a staggering 50 million albums worldwide, and continued racking up gold and platinum plaques well into the 2000s, long after many of their contemporaries had faded away.

Twenty-five years down the line, Bone Thugs have continued to be one of the most durable franchises in hip-hop, selling out shows and spinning off side projects (like last year’s Bizzy and Krayzie Bone duo album, “New Waves”) while working both independently and with major labels" Cited from Greenville Journal