In celebration of 100 episodes of the Mulletcast, I went back to the people who started it all - mom & dad! In part one of this very special two-part series, I chat with mom.

By day Jane Balmer is the Director of the Rossmoor Adult Community Association. Rossmoor is an award-winning Adult Community that covers 418 acres just off Exit 8A of the New Jersey Turnpike, in the heart of Central Jersey. This stunning, gated New England-style community boasts more than 2,300 Manors, 3,000 residents, an 18-hole championship golf course, a well-appointed fitness center, and a spacious clubhouse.

The rest of the time, Jane's an award-winning parent and grandparent affectionately (and as I'm sure she'd admit appropriately) known as Gabby to her 6 grandkids. Most importantly, 'ol Jane's firmly in my corner even if she may not quite understand why I do all of this podcasting. Thanks Gabs, love you!

This is the first of the MulletCast Covid Clips (or corona nips?)...whatever you want to call them, these are some quick conversations designed to highlight helpful pointers that can be implemented during the current crisis, share stories about creative ways businesses are fighting for survival, or just to provide a little break from the new norm.

In this first clip, I catch up with Vincent Pungello of Pungello CPA, who offers some helpful advice for business owners dealing with the sudden downturn and discusses what he's learned and how he plans to move forward with his on business when the pandemic breaks. Visit www.pungellocpa.com & follow @pungellocpa

Straight outta Freehold comes another boss, Chef Matt Collins, the founder of Chef Collins Events, a business which has also lead to an alias of Chef Collin Sevents, depending on how you read his chefcollinsevents.com domain name. To avoid further confusion, let's stick with Chef Matt. Matt has been cooking since he was a child. As a student of the Culinary Arts program at Freehold High School he excelled and ran the cafe at 16 years old.

After graduating from The Culinary Institute of America, he took his career to NYC, becoming a Sous Chef at 21 years old working for The Smith, Keens Steakhouse, Rouge Tomate, Wolfgang Puck, Freemans, Dream Hotels and Smith & Wollensky. He continued his education with a stint in Europe at Chateau de Lignon and Institute Paul Bocuse, leading to becoming the Chef de Cuisine at Kilo Food & Wine in Hell’s Kitchen running a hyper seasonal menu from Union Square Farmers Market and earning #21 on Wine & Spirits Top 50 NYC List in 2018.

After a decade of working in New York City, Chef Matt decided to take what he learned back to “his hometown” and launched Chef Collins Events six months ago. Unfortunately, Matt's events are on temporary hiatus, but you can support his business by buying a t-shirt at www.chefcollinsevents.com/shirts You can also catch Chef Matt's instructional videos @chefcollinsevents

In what seems like a lifetime ago, John Moses & I caught up with Option 1 Realty Group's Damon Redmond at the Triple Play Realtor convention to check up on the status of the real estate market in Newark, NJ, wholesaling properties and to discuss where Damon saw the market going. Man did we get a curve ball!

Damon got his start in real estate in the mortgage industry as a loan consultant, first with PHH Mortgage, then CENDANT. In order to get more experience in the market, Damon started buying and selling residential real estate in South Jersey and eventually got his real estate license in 2003 and started to sell real estate full time. After taking a beating on an investment property with unknown lien issues, Damon obtained his title producer's license in the state of NJ.

Today Damon is an REO, Tax foreclosures, short sale anddistressed property expert with Option 1 Realty Group and hangs his title license with Atlantic Title and Settlement Services. Find out more about Damon at option1realtygroup.com atlantictitle.net & www.damonredmond.com Follow Damon @damon_redmond

Steve Momorella is a founder and owner of TEKGROUP International, Inc., an award-winning Internet software and services company that develops solutions for the Public Relations and Corporate Communications industries. The company currently includes locations in Fort Lauderdale, Ann Arbor, & Charlottesville. Founded in 1998, TEKGROUP focuses on software and services that help clients save time and money while providing a platform to help increase coverage in the mainstream and social media. The company offers software products, programming, project management, online newsroom software, e-commerce and auction software, website design, hosting, maintenance, and consulting. Clients include AAA, Accenture, CIGNA, Curves, Detroit Lions, Ford Motor Company, McAfee, Marshalls, Prudential Financial, Scripps Networks, Starbucks, T.J.Maxx, Vail Resorts, Walgreen's and the Public Relations Society of America.

Steve's also my college roommate, so we dig into the early days of W&L, life in our dorm room a/k/a Club 105, Steve's standing baseball records, and his somewhat unlikely current side gig shaping the next Ronnie Lott's/Darrell Green's/& Deion Sanders' of the world.

Follow Steve on twitter @momorella & @onlinenewsroom and join him live at noon for the 24 hour long Covid Crisis Webinar at www.bit.ly/covidcrisiswebinar designed to help young, new, & inexperienced PR/marketing professionals suddenly thrust into conducting business during a pandemic. Learn more about TEKGROUP at www.tekgroup.com & Steve at www.stevemomorella.com

Patrick Fasano has over forty years of real estate development experience. It all started in 1974 while he was working at his first restaurant job in New Brunswick. With the savings he earned, Patrick began buying boarded up houses and renovating them. He even rented these single and multi-family homes to the staff that worked alongside him in the restaurant. The owners of the restaurant eventually invested in Mr. Fasano to begin his first business, Reliable Properties.

What followed were many successful development projects across the US. Fast forward to 1998 when Pat acquired his first building in Asbury Park on Bangs Avenue. The first floor of this building he donated to the gay & lesbian community, and the 2nd floor was converted into apartments to provide housing for his contracting employees as they began rehabbing more buildings throughout the beachfront city. Over the past 15+ years Mr. Fasano has focused on developments in Asbury Park. In the past decade he built over two hundred condominium units for sale with a market value of over $50 million. Additionally he built a number of commercial spaces and restaurants such as Brando’s, The Asbury Lanes, The Wonder Bar, Plaza Tapatia, The Bond Street Complex, and Passion as well as 12 storefronts on Cookman & Mattison Avenue.

We were fortunate enough to catch up with Pat for a live podcast and walking tour of his latest passion location, Atlantic City. Pat literally shouted his love for this City from the streets as we toured his development on the New York Avenue portion of the Orange Loop, home to Bourre, a New Orleans style restaurant, the home of a shipping container style hotel with 40 rooms, and a CBD dispensary along with 12 apartment units that were currently under construction.

Pat has a contagious passion for his projects, which is evident in this quick interview. Perhaps most interesting in this episode is Pat's response to the question about the approval process in Atlantic City with respect to his extensive plan on New York Ave. Be on the look out for Part 2 as we look to sit down with Pat in the studio for a more extensive conversation soon!

Aaron Levine is the Founder & CEO of LG Insurance Agency, a boutique, full-service insurance agency located in Long Branch, New Jersey. LG prides themselves on being advocates for protecting one’s self, family, business and future, through the recommendation of insurance and financial products.

Aaron previously appeared on the #MulletCast episode 47, and he popped in on our live podcast day at the Iron Room in Atlantic City. Aaron may have safely escaped AC's blackjack tables, but he stepped into a hornet's nest of luxury insurance questions from guest co-host, comedian & Backup Plan show creator, John Moses. Don't worry, Aaron can handle the comedy curveballs!

Enjoy this episode for a check in on the state of real estate and luxury insurance heading into 2020 and ofcourse a few laughs about assets like art, wine capers, and more! Visit www.alevinegroup.com/about for more information about Aaron & LG Insurance Agency and follow @theaaronlevine & @luxurygroupins

Jerry Barker is a Real Estate Broker Associate for Weichert Realtors and the Branch Manager for The Asbury Group's new Atlantic City Office on Pacific Ave, which is directly in front of the new Revel Casino. Jerry is a boots on the ground realtor who has his finger on the pulse of what is going on in Atlantic City.

Jerry previously toured Atlantic City properties and neighborhoods with the cast of the Backup Plan show, so we caught up with Jerry at the Iron Room during the Triple Play Realtor's Convention for an update on what's going on in the burgeoning Atlantic City estate scene. Jerry’s joined by Silvette Rivera on this episode &. Co-host John Moses fields a call from Reverend Bob Levy live on the air!

Learn more about Jerry here: https://www.weichert.com/search/agents/AgentProfile.aspx?site=wdc&agent=D1863 and connect with his office at 609-398-2400.

We first caught up with Mark Callazzo on episode 8 of the MulletCast when he discussed some of the early progress of his development on Tennessee Avenue in Atlantic City. During this episode, the progress was evident as we visited the new location of the Iron Room restaurant, and a tour bus of attendees of the Realtor's Triple Play Convention pulled up to tour Mark's properties on a portion of what has become known as the Orange Loop.

Mark is the definition of an entrepreneur. He founded and led multiple real estate companies over the past three decades that still thrive today and serve as a model for other similar companies. Mark currently serves as the Co-President of Alpha Funding Partners, Managing Partner of Lucern Captial Partners, owner of The Iron Room restaurant, and co-owner of other ventures including MADE Chocolate and Tennessee Avenue Beer Hall.

Mark's philanthropy is unparalleled as he shares his success - donating time and money - to various charities through the years including The Schultz-Hill Foundation, The Community Food Bank of New Jersey, Southern Branch, and the Atlantic City Arts Foundation.

Learn more about Mark's companies at www.alphafunding.com www.lucerncapital.com & www.visitorangeloop.com

Comedian John Moses jumps in as guest host of this episode.

The Iron Room under the direction of Executive Chef Kevin Cronin has redefined the Atlantic City dining scene since 2013. We originally sat down with Kevin on MulletCast Episode 33 at the original Iron Room location, a restaurant and speakeasy that offered globally inspired new American cuisine that focused on using sustainable, fresh local ingredients that embraced the season.

We recently caught up with Chef Kevin at the Iron Room's new home on the Orange Loop at 131 South Tennessee Avenue as his new kitchen was literally being airlifted from the front of the restaurant to it's home in the back by crane. After a New Year's launch, the Iron Room is officially open for Coffee, Breakfast & Lunch 7 days a week from 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM, and Wine, Cheese & Charcuterie are available Friday - Sunday. Small, progressive plates and brunch are on tap, and the Iron Room's sister restaurant and bar, Rhythm & Spirits, will soon offer Chef Kevin’s award-winning bar food.

Check this episode to get the latest on Kevin & the Iron Room, Atlantic City development on the Orange Loop, and ofcourse Griffey, Jr. rookie flashbacks! Comedian John Moses & Ming Chen get in on the action in this one!

Visit www.ironroomac.com/teenaveac and follow @ironroomac & @zeromine