The A Game Podcast: Real Estate Investing For Entrepreneurs

Join Nick Lamagna on The A Game Podcast with our guest Clifford Walker aka The Cowboy Closer!  He a former truck driver turned entrepreneur and business owner who went from self doubter to self starter FIGHTING out of South Dallas Texas.  While he was looking for a way to monetize the entrepreneur bug he jumped into real estate investing.

After coming up short as a solo artist for his first six months he sought out mentorship and started finally finding success and has since taken down multiple exit strategies including flips, rentals and creative finance deals, earning his alias The Cowboy Closer!

He is now a full time Real Estate Investor, and an author who penned The book Roadmap to Success: How I Went from Truck Driver to Real Estate Investor.  He also runs the Books, Bourbon, and Business Podcast and realizes in true Country boy fashion, It's about helping yourself so you can help others and started his own Non-profit called Cowboys for the Community.  He is on a mission to push YOU to develop and grow mentally and financially!  Check out the full episode!

Topics for this episode include:

✅ What to look for in a good real estate rental property

✅ What is the best way to get discounts on real estate today?

✅ How to choose the right area to wholesale real estate

✅ Safe and cheap way to find your first real estate investment deal

✅ How to not feel alone when you start investing + More

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Join Nick Lamagna on The A Game Podcast with our guest Jenn and Joe Delle Fave who are the founders of The Creative Finance Playbook!  These real estate investing power houses come from a background of teaching and running car dealerships living in upstate NY who took a shot on themselves after a collapsed lung during the lockdown that led to a major business decision overcoming major obstacles and uncertainty to close their first deal and never look back!

They are now full-time real estate investors, mentors, entrepreneurs and podcast hosts, now FIGHTING out of south Florida.  They work from home and play from wherever they feel like it often seen on their incredible social media pages doing deals by the pool.  After the bank cut them off from traditional mortgages they evolved into masters of creative finance doing Subject to, wraps, rent to own And mixes of many of these and now teach through their community and share success stories and information through their podcast of the same name known as The Creative Finance Playbook. They show investors just like YOU how to buy real estate without using traditional bank financing, relying on your credit, or needing tons of cash.

Topics for this episode include:

✅ Top 10 questions to ask motivated sellers 

✅ How to assess a property condition on virtual real estate deals

✅ Top ways to structure a lease option or rent to own transaction

✅ What strategy to use with subject to houses that need renovation

✅  How important is to have closing attorney when doing creative finance deals + More

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Join Nick Lamagna on The A Game Podcast with our guest RJ Pepino a former D1 tennis player turned full time real estate investor and entrepreneur!  He is a business owner and educator who has done it all from fix and flips to wholesaling houses, he has created a net worth of millions of dollars acquiring rental properties using good debt and leverage.  He specializes in the BRRRR strategy paired with relationships he has structured with private money lenders over the years.

RJ runs multiple businesses in Ohio and is the author of "Game, Set, Match" and a force to be recognized on social media with a massive following of almost 100k people.  He is dropping constant knowledge, lessons and opportunities for all who watch and listen.  You often helps investors find success through his CREAM education platform and community helping people get out of the real estate rat race and own assets

Topics for this episode include:

✅ How to find cash flow in today's real estate market

✅ What types of real estate deals should you not buy

✅ How did this investor find private money lenders

✅ This investor found great property managers

✅ How can being an athlete help you be better in business + More

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Join Nick Lamagna on The A Game Podcast with our guest Matt Theriault a former record exec and marine turned full time real estate investor! He was a music executive making 7 figures when the industry changed drastically leaving him on the sidelines bagging for bucks at a grocery store when a conversation about true wealth for the average American changed his path forever.

He not only invests but is an author, educator and the host of one of the longest running real estate podcasts today.  He has had success with multiple strategies including flipping up to 15 homes a month and adding many single family rentals to his portfolio and stacking doors with multi units as well as many creative finance deals.  He has a proven track record establishing systems and processes allowing him to raise millions in private funds and documenting the process along the way to now pass on to investors just like you!  You can connect with him on his coaching platform EPIC Real Estate and find his new book Escape: Crushing conventional Wisdom with Real Estate Investing on his website with many free goodies!

Topics for this episode include:

✅  Why this investor stopped being a real estate agent

✅  Are we about to hit an over supply of real estate?

✅  How to get sellers to agree to seller financing

✅  What if you Invest in a house when the market is down?

✅  The dangers of raising private money for real estate + More

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Join Nick Lamagna on The A Game Podcast with our guest for a third round with James Krause!  James has an incredible background as a fighter and a coach and had one of the largest rosters of active UFC fighters at one time.  His stable of past and present fighters that have learned under him will carry on for years and James was and is still known as a guy who takes on massive risks on short notice.  Over the years he has stepped in one day's notice to take on some of the top fighters In the world and is even still to this day jumping in on last minute challenges on the grappling circuit.

James has had to do a complete reinvention of his identity and focus after a major life and business shift and took his passion for real estate investing and finance to an all new level. How you do anything is how you do anything and James handles his investing as serious and aggressive as his fighting career acquiring over 50 doors in a very short time. He has mastered the art of creative finance, subject to deals, commercial real estate and building a portfolio of rental properties utilizing the BRRRR strategy. He now coaches investors to get wins with their finances the same way he trained fighters to get wins in the cage.  James has reinvented his identity and found peace to thrive in the new chapter of his life and he details the journey in this fresh interview as we talk to James Krause the real estate investor and business consultant.

Topics for this episode include:

✅ How to find great deals on the market

✅ How handle professional wins and losses

✅ How this investor found creative finance deals through realtors

✅ How to adapt and change who you identify as

✅ The biggest advantage you have in business + More

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Join Nick Lamagna on The A Game Podcast with our guest Esteban Nicholas Andrade!  Esteban is a full time real estate investor and marketing expert who came over from Colombia with zero English and self confidence and used that pressure to create diamonds and millions of dollars.  He was bit by the entrepreneur bug when working for Chrysler and learned his people and English skills while driving for Uber and sending money back to his family in Colombia.

Esteban became fluent in business and real estate quickly producing over 1 million dollars in his first 18 months!  He is now a skilled real estate investor and marketer who runs multiple companies including Hesel Media where he helps real estate investors and wholesalers find off market properties and scale to 10 deals per month.  He is The co-founder of Remote Latinos connecting businesses with hiring and training top Remote Talent in Latin America.  He somehow still finds time to host Rei Preneurs podcast!  He is an expert in marketing and conversion and is on a mission to help 2000 investors grow their business through his systems and processes of lead generation.  He has a groundbreaking new program he Is launching to connect rockstars with rockstars!

Topics for this episode include:

✅ What are some top says to get real estate leads today?

✅ What kind of self talk do successful people practice?

✅ Tips for a higher sales conversion in your business

✅ The 3 phases to build an extraordinary company

✅ How to connect with latino virtual assistants  + More

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Join Nick Lamagna on The A Game Podcast with our guest Alex Ottewell! Alex is a massively successful real estate investor that for decades was known as the king Of Trailers and made multiple six figures monthly.  This former boat mechanic was a familiar face at the real estate auctions for over a decade.  Over the years he achieved success in flipping and went on to create vertical businesses to complement his real estate including a cold calling company.

Alex made a bold move and completely scrapped his flipping business and dove head first into a game of higher risk and reward in the oil and gas industry. He is now the Chief Executive Officer at One World Petroleum. Alex has always been a dynamic personality and no BS, straight shooter.  His big personality has always made him polarizing and someone who people gravitate towards and respect.  It is no surprise he is now already making international waves in the industry even as the new kid on the block as he is on his way to creating his goal of a billion dollar company in oil and gas! You will not want to miss his journey!

Topics for this episode include:

✅ Why this investor is going all in on oil and gas

✅ Why I am buying existing oil and gas sites instead of new

✅ Have electric cars started the end of the oil and gas industry

✅ How much money do you need to buy a drill site for oil and gas

✅ How to map out a new business plan + More

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Join Nick Lamagna on The A Game Podcast with our guest Dane Bollwinkel.  Dane is an entrepreneur, real estate investor and Crypto expert who started out with aspirations to climb the corporate ladder in the tech industry and ended up struggling to find a position after grad school and decided to bet on himself turning his focus to Real Estate investing

After failing over and over getting down to his last dollars he listened to his gut and didn’t quit and closed a life changing deal making him more money in one transaction than he made his best year in tech and never looked back.

After making millions and acquiring a portfolio of up to 25 doors he has pivoted into Crypto!  He is now helping friends, family and business professionals create passive income and grow wealth with certainty and less risk through cash flowing crypto portfolios. 

Topics for this episode include:

✅ How can you make passive income through cryptocurrency?

✅ What is a simple explanation of the blockchain?

✅ Can you use crypto to pay your monthly expenses?

✅ What to look for in a good business partner

✅ Two alternative ways to make money in cryptocurrency + More

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Join Nick Lamagna on The A Game Podcast with our guest Jon Anik, the best play-by-play commentator in sports you will often find cage side next to Joe Rogan calling fights for the UFC!  Jon earned the love and loyalty of millions of fans through his extreme preparation for the live events, his relatability, vulnerability and humanity he shows in interviews and twice a week alongside his co-host Kenny Florian on the extremely popular Anik and Florian Podcast!

This son of an accountant enjoys golfing, a good run and a good challenge and continually rises to the occasion bringing his A-Game to every opportunity in front of him.  He went from a newspaper journalist, hosting A boxing radio show and working at espn when one fateful night in Tunica, Mississippi everything changed as he attended his first live MMA event and has since earned himself the best seat in the house using his broadcast background and Skills to earn the best seat in the house for the pinnacle of the best sport in the world The Ultimate Fighting Championship!

He has the brain, the voice, the heart and the integrity to do anything he wants in life and business including hopefully one day fulfilling his dream of calling an NFL game. As a fan, podcast host and entrepreneur this was an absolute honor Jon was nice enough to find time in his extremely busy schedule and share his limited time with all of us this week.  Enjoy the conversation!

Topics for this episode include:

✅ What goes into preparing for a UFC event that you DON'T see!

✅ What is fight week like being around fighters getting ready for battle

✅ Jon's mental battles and sacrifice to get where he is today

✅ What it takes to achieve your goals

✅ Is it difficult to detach from emotions when calling friends fights

✅ Favorite live fights and what its like sitting cage side as a fight fan

✅  What the future of MMA could be + More

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Join Nick Lamagna on The A Game Podcast with our guest Rick Howell, a full time real estate investor fighting out of Toledo, Ohio and founder of Howell Properties. He is a former electrician and baseball coach who went from the power plant to the business world and has since turned to a full time real estate investor, Entrepreneur, Podcast host and coach who has literally made Howell properties the family business!

He boasts the key to his success is to keep his business boring as he has systematized his business to limit risk leading to 30+flips a year and over 22 rentals.  He has some of the most unique tricks to monetizing properties that we have never heard from any past guests!  Working with family and finding the right balance from making mistakes and going too hard too fast he has found the right recipe for making money and having a quality of life.  He now also teaches other investors how to implement his system through Level Up REI.

Topics for this episode include:

✅  How to make money on every lead in real estate

✅  When is it time to fire your contractor?

✅  Awesome untalked about way to make money in real estate!

✅  Advice for new investors to not get burned out

✅  How to avoid a bad experience renovating houses

✅  What is a simple way to find great contractors + More

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