Kiss My Assets

In this episode, Jamison and Grayson sit down with Oleg Bortman, owner of The Brokery, a real estate firm. Oleg is FULL of passion and energy, and it's inspiring to see how he has migrated from Ukraine to America, and made a name for himself and his company in Arizona, all from nothing. Oleg also touches on the Ukrainian vs. Russia conflict, and how he feels as an immigrant from Ukraine. To hear more about Oleg selling over $350M in real estate this year, listen to this week's episode.

In this episode, Jamison and Grayson sit down with Mike Spangenberg of State Forty Eight clothing apparel. Mike explains what it takes to really start a clothing brand, from selling out of his car to opening storefronts and selling online, as well as B2B.

In this episode, we have the owner of Los Sombreros, Kurt Riske, on. Kurt took the leap from employee to business owner and now owns a few restaurants in the Phoenix area.

Kurt actually started by working at Los Sombreros as an hourly employee and eventually was offered an opportunity to purchase the restaurant and decided to move forward with it, and hasn't looked back since.

To learn more about his journey, the restaurant business, and entrepreneurship, listen to this week's episode with co-hosts Jamison Manwaring and Grayson Loupas.

In this episode, we sit down with Nick Heth, owner of Phoenix Mortgage Brokers, and talk all things business and real estate. Nick Heth has been a mortgage broker and loan originator his whole life, so we were excited to sit down and ask him questions about how entrepreneurs can get home loans.

W-2 employees can pretty seamlessly obtain a mortgage if they have two years of consistent pay stubs- but the entrepreneur's income fluctuates. This is both a blessing and a curse- there's no cap on an entrepreneur's income, but it can be difficult to obtain a mortgage.

Nick also talks about the real estate market as a whole, and where he believes it's going, especially in the hot market of Phoenix, AZ.

Ever wondered what it's like to be able to invest in start-up tech and artificial intelligence companies? Well, Tim Kelley is providing that experience for investors. Jamison and Grayson, sit down with Tim Kelley to talk about Canyon Angels, Tim's angel investing company, as well as what it's like to be an entrepreneur in Phoenix.

Although Phoenix still isn't as connected as it could be, Phoenix is a booming city for an entrepreneur to live in right now. There are a lot of opportunities, especially for start-up companies. Grayson talks about his experience with his failed start-up, and Jamison talks about what it was like to start his current company, Neighborhood Ventures.

Tim Kelley, Chair of Entrepreneurship and co-host Grayson Loupas' professor, is not your typical college professor. While most professors teach from a book, Tim teaches from experience; a lot of it. Starting his entrepreneurial journey, lawn service, at the ripe age of 9 years to funding a $100 million cross-border mortgage venture, Tim is full of stories and experience.

Tim set out to Latin America with his mind set on construction and real estate work. After years of directing a construction department, he decided to pursue a venture that provides mortgages for Americans buying property in Mexico. Co-host Jamison Manwaring actually owns residential property in Puerto Penasco, Mexico, so he understands the difficulty involved in starting a business like that.

In this episode, Jamison and Grayson talk with Brett about all of his crazy travelings, settling down, and business stories from his life and journey to becoming an entrepreneur. From working in a jail overseas to owning a commercial cleaning company, Brett has really done it all.

Brett details his journey traveling across the world, from Hawaii to Asia and many more countries, Brett has a ton of exciting experiences and stories to tell. The three also talk about what it's like to start and own a business and really identify a problem and solution in the marketplace. Brett went from being an administrator to owning his own commercial cleaning/janitorial staffing company.

In this episode of Off The Grid Investing, Jamison and Grayson sit down with Jessica to talk about their new short-term rental management business. Jessica has a background in real estate, as she's been an agent in the valley for years. Finding success as an agent, she tried her luck in property management and so far it has paid off.

She manages about 30 units at Venture on Country Club, one of Neighborhood Venture's properties, and she also manages a short-term rental home as well. When she started this business, she didn't really know much about it; but her philosophy is that you learn by doing. Little did she know that right after committing to managing these short-term units she would find out she has a third baby on the way! Even with two middle schoolers and a baby on the way, she has still found a way to successfully launch her short-term management business.

Jessica also talks about the ins and outs of what managing units are like, how much up-front capital is required, and what she thinks the future of Airbnb will be.

In this episode, Jamison, Grayson, Heather, and Jacob all sit down to discuss current events. All four bring a new perspective to the table, and why they believe all of these events are happening in today's world.

With crypto crashing, and Bitcoin down nearly 50% from all-time highs, we talk about what why the market is acting this way, and where we think it's going from here. With the NASDAQ barely avoiding its worst performing January of all time, even after a crazy earnings call from Tesla, we also discuss what's happening with the stock market, and the issues and tension between Ukraine and Russia.

In this episode, we speak with Bill Saul- an engineer who found real estate early on and has now been working in it for 40+ years, twice as long as co-host Grayson Loupas has been alive, and is now a partner in ApexOne Investment Partners, a commercial real estate fund.

We dive into Bill's background, his struggles growing up, losing his mom to cancer early on, and how that has motivated him as an entrepreneur. Bill reveals how he quit his job as an engineer the day he found out how much money he could make in commercial real estate, and how he's been doing it ever since. Bill is full of wisdom and anybody watching, entrepreneur or not, can learn something from his many years of experience as a human being.