Ozempic. Mounjaro. Retatrutide. GLP-1s are completely changing the conversation around obesity, addiction, metabolic health, and weight loss. Some people think these drugs are one of the biggest breakthroughs in modern medicine. Others think we’re moving way too fast.

What made this conversation especially interesting for me is I’ve actually used GLP-1s with patients in bedside healthcare for almost 10 years throughout my nursing career, so it was cool being able to approach this from both a healthcare and real-world perspective. In this episode, Sheldon Martin and I break down how these drugs actually work, the diseases they’re changing, side effects, muscle loss, the underground peptide market, and we debunk some of the biggest conspiracies surrounding GLP-1s and peptides. 

I did everything I was supposed to do. Went into nursing, built a solid career, made good money, had job security. But over time I started realizing I was really good at making money and terrible at actually growing it. I was capped, burned out, and knew I was not building the life I actually wanted.

This episode is from my interview on The Millionaire Blueprint with Anna Mendoza and Ashley Cleary, where I break down how I went from ICU shifts to walking away from the bedside and going all in on real estate development. We get into the mindset shift, the early moves I made while still working, and how I started raising capital and scaling into real ground up projects in San Diego.

No fluff, no quit your job tomorrow talk. Just the real story of what it takes to step out of a safe path and start building something bigger. If you have been feeling stuck or know you are capable of more, this one will hit.

In this episode, I sit down with Jay, a physician I actually used to work with, who followed the traditional path, built a high income career, and still found himself burned out and stuck trading time for money. We both saw the same realities inside healthcare, the long hours, the pressure, and the feeling that no matter how much you make, you are still tied to your time.

We break down what led him to make a pivot most people would never consider, stepping away from medicine and getting into car washes. He walks through how he took underperforming assets, turned them into subscription based businesses, and built a portfolio that now out earns his physician income.

We also get into the part nobody talks about, tax strategy, ownership, and how changing how you earn completely changes your outcome. If you are in healthcare or feel stuck on the path you chose, this episode will open your eyes to what is actually possible.

In this episode, I sit down with Brady Mullins from CCG to break down what it really means to be an advisor in real estate, not just a broker closing deals. We talk about building a brokerage from scratch, the mistakes most people make early on, and what actually separates people who build real wealth from those who stay transactional.

We also walk through a real deal start to finish and highlight where the value is actually created. Big theme in this one is relationships and how they directly impact your growth in this business. If you are trying to level up in real estate, this will shift how you think.

Lorenzo Mercado is a pediatric nurse working 24 to 36 hours a week while building toward his long term goal of becoming a hotel owner. Like a lot of people in healthcare, he is not trying to escape overnight. He is playing the long game, using his W2 income to fund his real estate journey while stacking experience along the way.

In this episode, we talk about what that actually looks like. From early mornings in the gym to 12 hour shifts at the hospital, to spending his off days analyzing deals, talking to brokers, and working toward his first hotel acquisition. Lorenzo opens up about losing money on flips, what he learned from those experiences, and why he is more focused than ever on building something real in real estate.

We also get into the mindset behind doing both. Why he is not rushing to leave nursing, how income stability allows him to be patient, and how working in healthcare has shaped the way he thinks about hospitality. If you are juggling a career and trying to build something on the side, this episode will show you what it really takes to stay disciplined, focused, and committed to the long term vision.

Nick Lyon is back on the podcast and a lot has changed. When he first came on the podcast, he was a PACU nurse building a 22 unit portfolio and still figuring it out. Fast forward to today… he now owns a $5M+ portfolio, is taking down $10M development deals, and generating around $10K per month in cash flow. But here’s the part nobody talks about, he’s still working as a nurse.

In this episode, we break down what actually happened over the last 15 months, from chasing small ADU deals that did not pencil, to stepping into large ground up development projects like our Meade Avenue deals. We get into the mindset shift that changed everything, what it feels like to start thinking bigger, and the in between phase where you are no longer broke, but not fully free yet.

We also talk about why he is still working bedside despite the income, what it takes to go from employee to investor, raising capital, and the identity shift that comes with building wealth. If you are a nurse, or anyone feeling stuck in a career you have outgrown, this episode will show you what is possible when you start thinking differently and actually take action.

Everyone sees the exits.
Nobody sees the chaos it took to get there.

This past weekend I drove up to LA to sit down with Jordan Calderon, 27, serial entrepreneur, 3 exits, and over 175M in client revenue generated through StratDev.

This was not some clean linear path.
 We talked about starting with no clue, taking real losses, figuring it out in real time, and what it actually feels like when you are all in with no safety net.

We get into what separates people who actually build something from the ones who just talk about it, what most founders completely misunderstand about marketing, and how AI is about to change the game whether you are ready or not.

In this episode I sit down with fitness entrepreneur Katie Salerni.

In under a year she built a million dollar fitness brand and she’s on track to do nearly $2M this year. She speaks at events, teaches other entrepreneurs how to scale their businesses online, and has built a huge platform helping women build real confidence.

But Katie’s story didn’t start there.

She opens up about surviving childhood sexual abuse and sexual assault, and the moment she decided she wasn’t going to stay silent about it anymore. Instead of letting her past define her, she turned it into a voice, a platform, and a mission to help other women trust themselves again.

We talk about her time in the Navy, how social media became leverage, what actually helped her scale a business this fast, and how she deals with hate and criticism online.

This is a real conversation about resilience, confidence, and what can happen when you stop letting your past control your future.

ADUs have become one of the biggest buzzwords in real estate. Everyone is talking about backyard units and how they can create equity and cash flow.

But the truth is ADUs can make a lot of money for some people and for others they can be a terrible investment.

In this episode I sat down with Xavier Rodriguez, COO of ADU Geeks. Their company has been in the ADU space since the early days and has completed more than 500 ADU projects since 2020.

We talk about how the ADU movement started, when ADUs actually make financial sense, when they don’t, and a lot of the nuances and issues that people don’t talk about when pitching the ADU dream.

Justin Ducharme moved from Canada to the U.S., bought a business most people wouldn’t touch, and scaled it from $5,000 a month to over $100,000 a month. That’s the headline. What you don’t see are the nights wondering if payroll would clear, the moments where success still felt off, and the realization that building someone else’s business wasn’t enough.

Before entrepreneurship, Justin was already winning. High income, status, stability. But he wanted ownership and was willing to risk comfort to get it. We talk burnout despite success, the leap into ownership, the ugly early months no one posts about, and the mindset shifts required to actually scale.