This week I sat down with oil and gas entrepreneur and seasoned real estate investor Max Gagliardi to talk about the ins and outs of investing in short term rentals in Qualified Opportunity Zones (QOZs). 

Max had some great insight into how QOZs work plus some fascinating advice for developing multiple passive income streams utilizing skills developed in the O&G industry. This week's show is a must-listen!

This week I sat down with Marshall Sykes who recently retired after spending 30 years in large scale oilfield project management. Marshall is taking this opportunity to focus full-time on growing his already substantial multifamily real estate holdings. We discuss the challenges and benefits of transitioning to full-time real estate investor, and the big plans he has in the near future! 

Jeremy Adrian and David Little are the owners of Crown Capital Resources, a hard money lender based out of Houston, TX. Together, they have leveraged skillsets developed from managing multi-billion dollar assets in the oil and gas industry to establishing a rapidly growing hard money lending business. 

Brian Pownall is a petroleum engineer with experience in O&G acquisitions and divestitures. We had a great chat about his experience transitioning underwriting skills sharpened in the O&G industry to underwriting multifamily assets and how patience and persistence helped him and his partners take down their first deal in the scorching hot Austin, TX market. 

This is a recast of a great conversation I had with Tim Loser and Jeremy Funk on their Tripping Over the Barrel Podcast. 

Bernard is an expert in integrating and executing investor tax products with a focus on self-directed retirement accounts (QRP, SDIRA, Solo 401k, IRA-LLC, IRA-Trust, etc.) and 1031 exchange. Bernard helps investors get it right the first time for optimal tax results, while avoiding concealed pitfalls. 

Today’s guest, Brent Bowers, is an investor and coach with a focus on buying and selling vacant land. As an Army Officer with over 8 years of service, Brent was spending a great deal of time away from his family, and he knew he needed to make some changes in order to be more present with his wife and children. Brent began investing in real estate as a way to support his family while having more time to spend with them.

Dr. Roderick Capelo is a pediatric orthopedic surgeon and seasoned multifamily investor. Although being a physician seems like a stable profession on the surface, Dr. Capelo gets candid about the challenges physicians face and how devastating the pandemic shut downs could have been to his career and practice had he not had critical income from his investments in real estate. 

This is a replay of a great conversation I had with Ben Samuels on the Coffee and Liquidity Podcast. We talked a little about my story and a lot about how to create steady passive income to help offset the ups and downs of our industry!

Keli owns and operates the Smart Money Academy for young adults where she teaches the principles and values of money to the next generation of youth. On today's show we talk about how Keli teaches from experience after taking two years to dig out from under a massive debt of her own, how to start talking to your kids about money, and how you need to be open about your finances and decisions with your children from an early age.