The A Game Podcast: Real Estate Investing For Entrepreneurs

Adam Whitney joins The A Game Podcast with Nick Lamagna for a no-fluff conversation about consistency, discipline and why the "boring" fundamentals - not the shiny new strategy - are what actually build lasting wealth in real estate.

Adam is a retired United States Marine, owner and CEO of Blackjack Real Estate, and a leader within Seven Figure Flipping, the mastermind community he now runs alongside Bill Allen. He does hundreds of deals a year and has spent two decades building a real estate business that started while he was still active duty, with limited time, limited resources and no shortage of excuses available to him if he'd wanted one.

One of the biggest themes in this conversation is something almost every investor eventually has to face:

Why do the people chasing the newest strategy usually end up busy but broke, while the people who stick to the fundamentals for years quietly build real wealth?

Adam's answer isn't a hidden trick or a new acronym. It's picking one thing, mastering it for twelve straight months minimum, and refusing to confuse being interested in real estate with being committed to it. He and Nick dig into why so many "new" strategies marketed in the space today have actually existed for decades under different names, and why the investors who last are the ones who never stopped doing the boring stuff well.

In this episode, Adam and Nick talk about:

• Transitioning from active-duty Marine to full-time real estate investor and eventually retiring from the military

• Why chasing shiny objects almost always leads to being busy instead of profitable

• The difference between being real estate "interested" versus real estate "committed"

• What it actually takes to buy a deal, and why most people skip the fundamentals to look for an edge

• Reading local market data: supply, demand, price bands and absorption rate instead of national headlines

• Why affordability, not interest rates, is the real story in today's housing market

• How Adam's team is solving the affordability problem through manufactured home "scrape and replace" deals

• Why manufactured homes carry an outdated stigma that's rapidly disappearing

• The real math behind manufactured home flips compared to ground-up construction

• Overcoming fear and social anxiety, and why regret hurts worse than embarrassment ever will

• Adam's health transformation, dropping from 205 to 178 pounds while running a company

• Why belief and mindset matter more than tactics when someone is just getting started

• What Seven Figure Flipping actually offers members, from capital partners to daily operator support

• The Seven Figure Foundation and why service, not just money, is part of the mission

• Teenage Tycoon, the youth program teaching kids real financial literacy through real deals

Adam's biggest lesson for anyone trying to build something real: stop looking for the guarantee. Nobody gets one except the one guarantee we all share. Pick a direction, follow people who've actually done what you want to do, and be willing to sit in the work long enough - months and years, not days - to actually see it pay off.

ADAM WHITNEY

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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/adam.rei.98

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-whitney-a5821837b/

Threads: https://www.threads.com/@officialadamwhitney

SEVEN FIGURE FLIPPING

Website: https://www.7figureflipping.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/7figureflipping/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/7figureflipping

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/7-figure-flipping/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@7FigureFlipping

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@7figureflipping

Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/5NB48mbxrmhdpC1EyD5E3R

BLACKJACK REAL ESTATE

Website: https://blackjackre.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blackjack_real_estate/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BlackjackEstate

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/blackjack-real-estate/

YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/Blackjackre/

Twitter: https://x.com/blackjackre

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Stan Beck joins The A Game Podcast with Nick Lamagna for a raw, wide-ranging conversation about risk-taking, reinvention, fatherhood and what it actually takes to build something that lasts - on the mats and in business.

Stan is a 4th-degree Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt under Renzo Gracie and the owner of Renzo Gracie Salt Lake City. A first-generation American raised in Queens, NY to parents who survived the Holocaust as hidden children in France, Stan has spent his career refusing to follow the conventional path - dropping out of college, flipping real estate, building and losing a business during the 2008 crash, surviving a brutal stretch trading stocks, and opening multiple martial arts academies from Florida to Utah.

One of the biggest themes in this conversation is something almost every entrepreneur, investor or high performer eventually runs into:

What separates the people who actually pull the trigger on an opportunity from the people who just talk about it?

Stan talks openly about the two times in his life when things fell apart financially, and why he never let fear make the final decision. His answer wasn't some hidden trick - it was deciding what the actual worst-case scenario looked like, accepting he could survive it, and moving forward anyway. He also opens up about the parts of his own upbringing he consciously chose to keep and the parts he worked hard to break so his kids wouldn't inherit them.

In this episode, Stan and Nick talk about:

• Growing up first-generation American with Holocaust-survivor parents in Queens

• Why listening to his father talk business (without being allowed to ask questions) shaped how he raises his own kids

• Dropping out of college and buying his first property in Williamsburg, Brooklyn at 30 years old

• Doubling his money on a concrete-floor loft with zero kitchen

• Becoming a realtor, moving to Florida, and building a hurricane window-film protection business

• Losing everything when the real estate market collapsed

• A painful, expensive lesson from trading stocks and why he never went back

• Training in the "blue basement" era of the Renzo Gracie Academy in NYC alongside Matt Serra, John Danaher, Ricardo Almeida and Chris Weidman

• Earning his black belt and opening academies in Florida, then Salt Lake City

• Knowing when a student or business partner is ready to run their own academy

• Why he handed off his Florida academy instead of holding on too tight

• Breaking generational patterns as a father and building emotional intelligence

• Why he tells his kids about his own weaknesses instead of hiding them

• The loyalty philosophy he learned from Renzo Gracie and why it only works one way first

• Why "hope" gets you through hard times better than forced enthusiasm

Stan's biggest lesson for anyone trying to build something of their own: find someone who's already succeeded at what you want to do, copy their blueprint exactly until you get their results, and only then start making it your own. And when fear shows up, don't let it decide for you - decide for yourself what you can live with, and go.

STAN BECK

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RENZO GRACIE SALT LAKE CITY

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Joe Lo Truglio joins The A Game Podcast with Nick Lamagna for a powerful conversation about success, patience, persistence, creativity, rejection, collaboration and what it really takes to build a career that lasts.

Joe is an actor, writer, producer and director best known for playing Charles Boyle on Brooklyn Nine-Nine, as well as unforgettable roles in Superbad, Paul, Reno 911!, The State, Wet Hot American Summer, Role Models, Wanderlust, I Love You, Man, Pitch Perfect and many more. He is also featured in the new comedy Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass, directed by David Wain and written by David Wain and Ken Marino.

This special throwback episode is being re-released to celebrate Joe and the longtime creative team behind The State continuing to work together decades later.

One of the biggest themes in this conversation is something almost every entrepreneur, investor, creator or ambitious person struggles with:

What happens when success takes longer than you expected?

Joe talks openly about the moments when he questioned whether he should continue acting at all, considered completely different careers, and wondered whether the business was still worth it. His answer wasn't some magical motivation hack. It was realizing that if you truly love the work, you have to give yourself enough time to become who you are capable of becoming.

Joe also explains why impatience can convince you that you are on the wrong path when you may simply be too early. He discusses learning to trust his own timeline, continue taking action through disappointment, and remember that neither failure nor success lasts forever.

In this episode, Joe and Nick talk about:

• Why most people underestimate how long meaningful success can take
• The difference between persistence and continuing down a path you no longer love
• How Joe handled years of rejection and uncertainty in Hollywood
• Why you need to give yourself enough time to discover what makes you different
• The importance of recognizing small victories instead of dismissing them
• Why surrounding yourself with people who are better than you raises your own level
• How collaboration helped shape The State, Reno 911! and Brooklyn Nine-Nine
• Why ego can destroy creative teams
• How to use jealousy and comparison as fuel instead of allowing them to become resentment
• Why social media is a terrible place to look for validation
• How Joe learned to trust criticism from people he respects instead of strangers online
• Why there really is "enough for everybody"
• The exact moment Joe finally felt like he had made it in Hollywood
• How becoming a husband and father changed his definition of success
• Why the best projects often come from working with people you genuinely like
• The importance of staying creative and continuing to make things even during difficult periods

Joe also shares one of the most valuable lessons from his decades-long career: surround yourself with people who are better than you and be willing to learn from them instead of feeling threatened by them. He credits collaboration and removing ego from the process as major reasons some of his most rewarding projects worked so well.

And for anyone who feels behind, Joe has a simple message for his younger self: chill out, trust that your time will come, and don't ignore the small victories you already have.

JOE LO TRUGLIO

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joelotruglio/

X / Twitter: https://x.com/JoeLoTruglio

Joe's Instagram handle remains @joelotruglio, and his official social profiles highlight Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Superbad, The State, Wet Hot American Summer and Reno 911!.

WATCH GAIL DAUGHTRY AND THE CELEBRITY SEX PASS

Official Movie Website: https://gaildaughtry.com/

Sony Pictures Classics: https://www.sonyclassics.com/film/gaildaughtryandthecelebritysexpass/

Movie Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gaildaughtrymovie/

Official Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEbaLieo_Kw

Apple TV: https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/gail-daughtry-and-the-celebrity-sex-pass/umc.cmc.5jtvrhek4aqep1qffhy7dwsl5

Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass is directed by David Wain, written by David Wain and Ken Marino, and stars Zoey Deutch, Jon Hamm, John Slattery, Ken Marino, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Ben Wang, Joe Lo Truglio and Sabrina Impacciatore. It is now available digitally.

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Kerri Kenney-Silver is back on The A Game Podcast in this special throwback episode celebrating the release of Gail Daughtry & the Celebrity Sex Pass, the new comedy from David Wain and Ken Marino, now available digitally. The film stars Zoey Deutch, Jon Hamm, John Slattery, Ken Marino, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Ben Wang, Joe Lo Truglio and Sabrina Impacciatore.

Kerri is one of the original members of MTV's The State and has built an incredible career across comedy, television, film and music, with credits including Reno 911!, The State, Viva Variety, Role Models, Wanderlust, Wet Hot American Summer, Party Down, Miracle Workers and much more. In this conversation, she is funny, vulnerable, thoughtful and incredibly relatable about what it actually feels like to build a career in an industry filled with rejection, uncertainty and constant pressure.

We talk about anxiety, self-doubt and the stories we create in our own heads when things feel uncertain. Kerri shares one of the best mental resets in the episode: recognizing when you are "making a movie in your head" about everything that could go wrong, instead of dealing with what is actually happening in front of you.

We also get into:

• Why gratitude became an important reset button for Kerri
• How she handles rejection and uncertainty in entertainment
• Why successful people still struggle with fear and self-doubt
• The importance of focusing on what is directly in front of you
• Why she does not look at other women as competition
• How finding "your people" can completely change your life
• The incredible bond between the members of The State
• Why she still does not feel like she has "made it"
• Why fear can actually become fuel
• The creation and return of Reno 911!
• What she learned from her father, legendary voice actor Larry Kenney
• Growing up around comedy, character voices and entertainment
• Her music career with Cakelike
• UFC, Dana White and sitting ringside while eight months pregnant
• Why doing what you love matters more than reaching some imaginary finish line

One of the strongest lessons from Kerri is that success does not necessarily eliminate insecurity. Sometimes the people who keep evolving are the ones who learn how to manage that fear without allowing it to control them.

And make sure you support Kerri and the entire crew behind Gail Daughtry & the Celebrity Sex Pass. The movie follows small-town hairdresser Gail Daughtry on an increasingly ridiculous Hollywood adventure after she decides to pursue her own "celebrity pass." It was directed by David Wain and written by Wain and Ken Marino.

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WATCH GAIL DAUGHTRY & THE CELEBRITY SEX PASS

Official Website: https://gaildaughtry.com/

Sony Pictures Classics: https://www.sonyclassics.com/film/gaildaughtryandthecelebritysexpass/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gaildaughtrymovie/

Apple TV: https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/gail-daughtry-and-the-celebrity-sex-pass/umc.cmc.5jtvrhek4aqep1qffhy7dwsl5

The film is currently available digitally.

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Ken Marino is back on The A Game Podcast in this special throwback episode celebrating the release of Gail Daughtry & the Celebrity Sex Pass, the new comedy written by Ken Marino and David Wain and starring Zoey Deutch, Jon Hamm, John Slattery, Ken Marino, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Ben Wang, Joe Lo Truglio and Sabrina Impacciatore. The movie is now available digitally.

Ken is one of the original members of MTV's The State and has built one of the most recognizable careers in comedy through projects including Wet Hot American Summer, Role Models, Wanderlust, Party Down, Children's Hospital, Burning Love, and many more.

In this episode, Ken talks about what it really takes to build a career that lasts for decades, why grit matters more than most people realize, and why surrounding yourself with the right people can completely change your trajectory.

We also get into:

• How Ken discovered acting at a young age and why he never had a Plan B
• The origin of The State and how 11 very different personalities learned to work together
• The hilarious story behind the legendary Louie sketch
• Why rejection never stopped him from continuing to pursue acting
• The work ethic he learned from his father growing up on Long Island
• Why successful people still feel like they have to earn it all over again
• The difference between loving the work and chasing the reward
• Why having friends and peers who are pursuing similar goals can dramatically accelerate your success
• Working with legends including Henry Winkler, Alan Alda, Tony Shalhoub and Don Cheadle
• The unexpected life lesson Steven Tyler taught him about flossing
• Why Ken believes grit is one of the biggest predictors of long-term success
• His advice for anyone trying to build a lasting career in a competitive industry

Ken also talks about the importance of surrounding yourself with people who are passionate, driven and creative — something he credits heavily for the success and longevity of The State.

And now Ken and David Wain are back together again with Gail Daughtry & the Celebrity Sex Pass, along with their live music project, Middle Aged Dad Jam Band, which combines classic rock, comedy and a rotating lineup of incredible guests.

WATCH GAIL DAUGHTRY & THE CELEBRITY SEX PASS

Official Movie Website:

https://gaildaughtry.com/

Sony Pictures Classics:

https://www.sonyclassics.com/film/gaildaughtryandthecelebritysexpass/

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/gaildaughtrymovie/

Official Trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEbaLieo_Kw

The film was written by Ken Marino & David Wain and directed by David Wain.

FOLLOW KEN MARINO

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/kenmarino/

MIDDLE AGED DAD JAM BAND

Official Website / Tour Dates:

https://davidwain.com/madjb

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/madjamband/

Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/artist/6pXFIK27lab41RSzdaRMX2

Apple Music:

https://music.apple.com/us/artist/middle-aged-dad-jam-band/6778919898

Middle Aged Dad Jam Band features Ken Marino, David Wain and friends playing classic songs from the '60s, '70s and '80s with comedy mixed in between. The rotating list of guests has included names like Weird Al Yankovic, Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn, James Marsden, Will Forte and Joe Lo Truglio.

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Join Nick Lamagna on The A Game Podcast with a BONUS re-release with his guest, David Wain to celebrate the release of his NEW Movie Gail Daughtry and The Celebrity Sex Pass out NOW! He and his NYU classmates co-created and starred in the hit sketch show, MTV's The State. He also is credited with an impressive list of acting, directing, writing and producing in movies such as Wet Hot American Summer, Role Models, Wanderlust and A Futile and Stupid Gesture among many others. Among the list of his television credits include the hilarious Medical Police, Children's Hospital, Party Down and Stella!

Wain has created projects where today's stars got their big break in acting including Bradley Cooper, Elizabeth Banks and worked alongside Paul Rudd, Jennifer Aniston and more as well as his core crew from NYU to this day In many projects. His Instagram and social media shows his many talents in art, music and magic for a true Renaissance Man!

By the end of this episode, you will realize how difficult it can be to be in this entertainment industry. It takes a lot of hard work, patience, and dedication because you will face a lot of rejections. We go deep into the mindset of a creator, we discuss time management, focus and persistence among other great topics in this outstanding interview with the always impressive David Wain. Wain shares his pieces of advice, regrets, updates on his current projects, and more. There's a lot to unpack, you don't want to miss this!

Connect with David:

Website: https://davidwain.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/davidwain?ref_src=twsrc

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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8hExk7QXj1tP-jGxcMU1xg

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@davidwain

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Join Nick Lamagna on The A Game Podcast with returning guest Dan Zitofsky, an author, entrepreneur, retired law enforcement and military veteran, health advocate, and full-time real estate investor with 36 years of experience in the business. Dan has done it all - fix and flips, buy and hold, single family, multifamily, capital raising - and is now one of the most respected voices in seller financing and self-financed notes, having realized that the best seat in real estate investing is being the bank.

Dan shares how he transitioned from house flipping to a passive income model built on self-financed notes and long-term single-family rentals, why he believes most people fail simply because they never take action, and where he sees investors getting seller financing and subject-to deals dangerously wrong right now. He also opens up about his new focus on teaching financial literacy to families, helping them retire early.

In this episode we discuss:

✅ Why single-family rental investing is not dead (and how to still make it profitable)

✅ The right way to structure seller-financed notes as an actual business

✅ Subject-to deals and creative financing: where investors are getting it wrong

✅ Lessons from over 4,000 real estate transactions and 36 years in the business

✅ Using AI as a tool without losing your personal brand and relationships + more

Whether you are a beginner, intermediate, or advanced investor working in residential, commercial, land development, wholesaling, or fix and flip, this episode is packed with hard-won lessons on due diligence, raising private money the right way, and building a real estate business that lasts decades instead of one that burns out in a few years.

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What if you started buying real estate in 2008 - right in the middle of the housing crash - at just 18 years old?

In this episode of The A Game Podcast: Real Estate Investing For Entrepreneurs, Nick Lamagna sits down with Tyler Casey, founder of Pro X Property Management, TMC Construction, and Iron Harbor Capital Partners, to break down how he built a vertically integrated real estate empire managing over 2,100 units across multiple states.

Tyler shares how he went from flipping cheap bank-owned foreclosures ("Oreos") in small-town Kansas to running a full-service property management, construction, and capital investment business - and why he's now franchising the exact systems that took him from a broke college kid to a multi-state operator.

But before the scale came the grind. Tyler opens up about learning construction on the fly, recruiting friends to teach him what he didn't know, protecting his net worth before ever taking a bigger swing, and why most people - self-managers and professionals alike - get property management completely wrong.

In this episode, you'll learn:

✅ How Tyler bought his first rental at 18 and scaled to 175+ units before most investors even get started

✅ The real story behind "Oreo" (bank REO) properties and negotiating seller-friendly bank financing

✅ How he was doing BRRRR deals before the term even existed

✅ Why most property management fails - and what actually separates good operators from bad ones

✅ His transition from single-family renovations to new construction and multifamily development

✅ How and why he's franchising his property management business model

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Connect with Pro X Property Management:

www.proxproperty.com

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Pro X Property Management on YouTube

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OWN A PRO X FRANCHISE

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What's the real difference between being wealthy and being successful - and why do so many entrepreneurs sacrifice one for the other?

In this episode of The A Game Podcast: Real Estate Investing For Entrepreneurs, host Nick Lamagna sits down with Tom Krol - founder of Coaching Inc., Wholesaling Inc. and PSL Home Buyers, real estate wholesaling pioneer, and one of the most respected coaches and mentors in the real estate investing space. Tom went from losing jobs and confidence in door-to-door sales to closing over 100 real estate deals in his first 18 months, building and selling one of the most downloaded podcasts in real estate history, and now running a mastermind coaching community for real estate coaches, consultants, and course creators generating millions in monthly revenue.

Tom gets vulnerable about the mindset traps that keep entrepreneurs stuck, the "trap door at rock bottom" nobody talks about, and why fear of success quietly sabotages people right before their breakthrough. This is a masterclass in wealth-building psychology, real estate wholesaling, entrepreneurship, and coaching - packed with frameworks you can apply today whether you're just starting out or scaling a seven-figure business. In this episode, you'll learn:

✅ The real difference between wealth (more and better options) and success (closing the gap to your own ideal) - and why chasing the wrong one costs you sleep

✅ Why the "magic number" for a genuinely good quality of life is more attainable than you think

✅ Why your ability to handle pressure is the #1 predictor of entrepreneurial success

✅ The daily "uncomfortable habits" (cold plunges, doing hard things on purpose) that build real resilience

✅Fear of success: the diamond-miner story that explains why entrepreneurs quit right before the breakthrough

✅The importance of mentorship, submission to authority, and finding people who'll tell you the truth

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Tom Krol on Instagram

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Coaching Inc. Podcast on Apple Podcasts

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What if you could make six, seven, or even eight figures on a piece of land - without ever picking up a hammer?

In this episode of The A Game Podcast, Nick Lamagna sits down with Cody Bjugan, founder of VestRight and creator of the LDP (Land with Development Potential) model, to break down the most overlooked niche in real estate investing: land entitlement.

Cody built a $900M+ portfolio by controlling raw land, walking it through the city approval process, and exiting to national homebuilders - often doubling his money without spending a dollar of his own on construction. He shares exactly how the LDP model works, how to source off-market land deals, how to negotiate with landowners, and how to win over difficult city councils and NIMBY neighbors during the entitlement process.

But before the tactics, Cody gets real about the mindset work behind the money - losing 90% of his net worth in the Great Recession, quitting alcohol, redefining his identity outside of wealth, and learning to lead with faith and humility instead of ego. This episode is part real estate masterclass, part personal development deep-dive for entrepreneurs chasing their next level.

In this episode, you'll learn:

✅ What "LDP" (Land with Development Potential) actually means and why it's called the best-kept secret in real estate

✅ How to control land without owning it, and exit through a double closing with a homebuilder

✅ Why the hardest, most restrictive markets often produce the highest returns

✅ How to navigate city planning, zoning boards, and NIMBY opposition without burning bridges

✅ Why chasing money without purpose leads to emptiness - and what to chase instead

Connect with Cody: www.codybjugan.com

Cody Bjugan on Instagram

Cody Bjugan on Facebook

Cody Bjugan on YouTube

Cody Bjugan on LinkedIn

Cody Bjugan on Twitter

Cody Bjugan on TikTok

Connect with VestRight: www.vestright.com

VestRight on Instagram

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