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Shawn Griffith has leveraged an impressive career spanning manufacturing and IT to forge a new path in Real Estate Investing. Co-founding TWT Multifamily with Teri, Shawn's expertise now drives the acquisition and management of multifamily properties. His knack for problem-solving, honed in diverse roles from Texas Instruments to Southwest Airlines, translates seamlessly into the real estate realm. Shawn's experience in integrating disparate systems and his love for puzzles have been instrumental in navigating the complexities of real estate deals and property management. A transition from a software engineer to a business analyst, especially at Southwest, refined Shawn’s skills in team training and knowledge transfer. This background is invaluable in investor relations and capital raising, where clear communication and understanding diverse stakeholder needs are paramount.

DJ McClure serves as the Vice President of Sales & Business Development at National Flood Experts (NFE). He is instrumental in driving NFE’s strategic growth by establishing partnerships, providing consultancy services to clients, and supporting the National Account Executives team. DJ collaborates with NFE’s engineering experts to deliver tailored cost-saving solutions for flood zone properties across a variety of vertical commercial real estate markets. NFE’s accomplishments include consecutive appearances on the Inc. 5000 list of America’s fastest-growing private companies in 2021 and 2022, as well as recognition on the Tampa Bay Business Journal’s Fast 50 list in 2022. With a strong commitment to innovative flood insurance solutions, NFE has saved clients over $15 million in insurance premiums and added nearly $300 million in property value since 2014. Backed by a team of experienced licensed professionals with over 60 years of combined expertise, NFE is dedicated to providing clients nationwide with education, guidance, and the best possible solutions.

Kris Reid is a growth expert, connecting investors with deals. If you've got a new deal looking for funding, Kris can help get your deal in front of active investors to get you funding FAST!

The Story of Cloudastructure: After the theft of a laptop from the office, Televoke CEO and founder Rick Bentley went to the landlord to get the surveillance footage, only to discover the cleaning lady had unplugged the surveillance cameras for the vacuum - no footage, and a thief got away scot free. Dubbing the moment “The Vacuum Effect”, Bentley had a vision for his next endeavor: moving surveillance footage to the cloud, so it would never be lost. Bentley and a team of engineers would go on to hip pocket research for more than a decade, during which time he sold Televoke to Uber for $50 million. But technology wouldn’t catch up to Rick’s vision until 2016, when large-scale computer vision became possible. Bentley realized with AI processing in the cloud, surveillance wouldn’t be just safely stored in the cloud: it could be analyzed there in mere seconds. A landlord wouldn’t be looking up who stole the laptop after the crime. He’d be getting an alert to the crime while the theft was in progress, and potentially, be able stop it. Rick promptly quit his job as an Advisor to Google, and went to work on Cloudastructure in earnest. In early 2021, he would go on to raise $35 million through crowdfunding and hire a sales team to take the Cloudastructure’s AI surveillance to market. To find a market fit, Rick and his team returned to the story of the stolen laptop: his vision had begun with surveillance cameras in a building. By hiring a sales team with decades of experience in property management, he could customize Cloudastructure’s technology to fit that market’s specific needs, and provide vital technology and service. The hire of Whitney Fraser and her team in multifamily proved that theory true. Whitney landed the first enterprise multifamily deal in 2022. And sure enough, they had a customization need: they wanted the footage monitored by remote guards. Cloudastructure’s engineers went on to build the first integrated Remote Guarding software in the industry, completing it in a record 11 months, and go on to win 8 Homeland Security Astor Awards for the feat and just this past month, they won the Proptech Breakthrough Award for Residential Data Management Platform of the Year 2023. Today, Cloudastructure is a vibrant part of Multifamily proptech, providing both AI Surveillance and Remote Guarding software and services to some of the biggest names in Multifamily Property Management.

Meet Jessie Dillon, the entrepreneur rewriting the rules of real estate. Hailing from Hopedale, MA, Jessie’s journey is a testament to relentless ambition. From Beauty to Real Estate: In 2021, Jessie transitioned from beauty to real estate, driven by a hunger for financial independence. Her timeline reads like a whirlwind – closing her first duplex in 2022, followed by a lucrative short-term rental deal and a savvy househack. In July 2023, she secured a 13-unit multifamily property and launched a profitable joint venture deal.

Dan Thompson is a financial expert, speaker, author, investor, business owner, and educator. Owner and founder of Wise Money Tools, Eagle Capital Management, and Oakmont Signature Homes. Dan has written several books, and uses videos, social media, and podcasts to teach and educate about the various investment and wealth building concepts and strategies. Dan is committed to providing financial knowledge to help build wealth and income for his clients.

Tim Little is the founder and CEO of ZANA Investments, a Tampa-based real estate investment firm named after his two daughters, Zara and Lana. He's passionate about helping fellow military veterans escape the "landlord trap" and get competitive returns by providing opportunities to invest passively in apartment buildings.

Chase created EZ Turn to help multi-family investors and their residential property managers to better manage the people at their properties including their staff, vendors, and tenants. What is a great title for your episode? : Frictionless Property Management gives Multi Family Investors Peace of Mind Please write a quick bio of you and your company. : EZ Turn provides frictionless EZ to use software for commercial and residential property managers to better manage the people at their property(s) including their staff, vendors, and tenants. After a successful career in the NFL, Chase decided he wanted to pursue his entrepreneurial dreams and founded multiple successful companies. In 2019 Chase was listed on Forbes 30 Under 30 as CEO of his company EZ Turn, a digital platform for commercial and residential property managers to better manage the tenants, vendors, and contractors at their properties.

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Back in 2001 Tom was broke as a joke. A near-death experience while whitewater rafting pushed him to find a new way to break free of his 9-to-5 job.

His first "deal" almost took him under as well, but real estate investing saved him in the end. Both personally and financially.

Hundreds of deals later, he is happy to share the same negotiation, marketing and business techniques that set him free, so you can do the same. Simple, structured, and step-by-step.

Techniques that take you from spinning your wheels to doing profitable deals. Investors of all levels struggle with their businesses. Newbies want to get started, but often keep hitting the wall of confusion and spinning their wheels. Intermediate and advanced investors often find that they made a wrong turn and built a business they aren’t actually happy with, but don't know how to fix and re-engineer it. 

Tom works with real estate investors of all levels to get their business built (or re-built) correctly, so that their personal goals and lifestyle stays at the center of everything they do, giving them more money, more time and more freedom to spend as they please. It is amazing what a few tweaks to the core elements of your business can do for you. Tom teaches investors how to identify and implement those core elements.

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Ben Fraser is the Chief Investment Officer at Aspen Funds, where he combines his analytical nature with a passion for delivering outstanding client service and strong returns through out-of-the-box investments. With a professional background that spans over a decade, Ben has become an expert in the field of investment management and has worked for several reputable financial institutions.

Ben is the co-host of the Invest like a Billionaire podcast, where he joins his father, Robert, co-founder and CFO of Aspen Funds, along with co-founder Jim Maffuccio, to discuss economic trends and best practices for alternative investing.

Prior to joining Aspen, Ben served as a Commercial Lender at First Business Bank, one of the top SBA lenders in the nation. There, he specialized in government-backed loan originations, specifically SBA and USDA loans. Before that, he worked as a Commercial Credit Underwriter for Crossfirst Bank, where he personally underwrote over $125MM in C&I and CRE loans across various industries. 

Ben also has experience working in the asset management industry, having served as a key member of the team at Tortoise Capital Advisors. At Tortoise, he helped grow institutional managed accounts from ~$3BN AUM to ~$7BN AUM.

Ben holds an MBA from Azusa Pacific University and a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the University of Kansas, where he graduated magna cum laude. Ben's commitment to excellence and his ability to deliver strong returns for clients make him an invaluable asset to the Aspen Funds team.

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