The A Game Podcast: Real Estate Investing For Entrepreneurs

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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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

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In this episode of The A Game Podcast, Nick Lamagna sits down with Brandon Mccaghren (aka "B Mac") - double black belt under Eddie Bravo of 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu and Carlos Machado, head instructor at 10th Planet Decatur, elite grappling commentator for EBI, CJJ, UFC Fight Pass, and co-founder and commissioner of the Professional Grappling Federation (PGF) - for a conversation packed with mindset gold, business wisdom, and Jiu Jitsu philosophy.

Brandon opens up about the blunt conversation with his wife that got him on the mats in the first place, the eight years he spent as a youth minister before finding martial arts, and how a "corny little redneck" from Lawrence County, Alabama became one of the most recognizable teachers and voices in grappling. He shares why he refuses to build his identity around any one title, how his background as a musician shaped the way he teaches and improvises on the mat, and why first principles thinking - not memorizing moves - is what actually creates mastery.

Brandon also gets into the real story behind PGF, the league he's building with co-founder Keelan, Five Finger Death Punch's Zoltan Bathory, and Gracie family member Heather to become the first true team-and-season sports model Jiu Jitsu has ever had, and why he believes it's the key to finally giving grapplers a sustainable career path.

In this episode you'll discover: ✅Why taking feedback without tying it to your identity is the real key to growth ✅The first principles approach to teaching that makes complex moves simple ✅How his background as a musician shaped his creativity and improvisation on the mat ✅The "document don't create" philosophy that built his personal brand ✅Inside the Professional Grappling Federation and the plan to scale to 32 teams

This isn't just a story about Jiu Jitsu. It's about mentorship, reinvention, first principles thinking, and building something built to outlast you.

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What does it really take to overcome rejection, self-doubt, mental health struggles, and still perform at the highest level?

In this episode of The A Game Podcast, Nick Lamagna sits down with Elec Simon - world-renowned percussionist, former STOMP performer, professional event MC, motivational speaker, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu competitor, and entrepreneur - for one of the most emotional and inspiring conversations we've ever recorded.

Elec opens up about growing up watching his mother struggle financially, the audition that got him cut from STOMP just days before opening night, the suicidal thoughts he battled during his darkest moments, and the phone call two years later that brought him back for good. He shares how faith, family, and gratitude pulled him through, why he now speaks in schools nationwide on anti-bullying, and how jiu-jitsu became an outlet for his anger and anxiety.

Elec also gets candid about the entrepreneurship hustle culture - why "get rich quick" mastermind influencers are misleading people, why there's no shame in working a W-2 while building your dream, and what real mentorship from people like Mark Evans, Bobby Castro, and Lewis Howes actually looks like. In this episode you'll discover: ✅How Elec went from busking in NYC subways to becoming a full-time STOMP performer

✅How he manages anxiety, mental health struggles, and self-doubt while performing for thousands

✅Why authenticity matters more than fame when building your circle of mentors

✅The truth about fake "gurus" and predatory masterminds in the coaching industry

✅How Brazilian Jiu Jitsu became a tool for emotional healing

✅Balancing a 9-5 with a thriving entertainment career

This isn't just a story about success. It's about resilience, perseverance, gratitude, faith, discipline, and discovering purpose through life's hardest moments.

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What does it really take to get approved for six and seven figures in business credit - and what happens when life throws you off a cliff, literally?

In this episode of The A Game Podcast, host Nick Lamagna sits down with Merrill Chandler, founder of Get Fundable Solutions and one of the only non-FICO employees with direct insider access to how FICO's underwriting algorithms actually work. Merrill survived a horrifying motorcycle accident - driving off a 70-foot cliff - and lived to tell how the exact business credit strategies he teaches his clients are what saved his business, his finances, and ultimately his life during recovery.

This isn't your typical "improve your credit score" conversation. Merrill breaks down why your credit score is nearly irrelevant to loan approval, what lenders and banks are really looking for in 2026, and the 150 "borrower behaviors" FICO's decisioning platform actually measures before a human ever looks at your file. If you're a real estate investor, entrepreneur, or small business owner trying to unlock unsecured business lines of credit, this episode is a masterclass in business credit strategy, fundability, and financial resilience.

In this episode, you'll learn:

✅ Why an 800+ credit score does NOT guarantee loan approval - and what actually does

✅ The 3 stages every lender uses to approve or deny you (and why your score only matters in stage one)

✅ How real-time credit reporting and utilization thresholds secretly affect your approval odds

✅ The "statement close date" trick most borrowers get wrong - even if they pay their balance to zero

✅ Why business credit cards like Capital One Spark can silently hurt your personal credit profile

✅ How to build $100K-$1M+ in unsecured business lines of credit that never touch your personal credit

If you're serious about real estate investing, business funding, credit optimization, entrepreneurship, financial freedom, or scaling your business, this episode delivers practical advice you can immediately put to work. Connect with Merrill Chandler:

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What separates landlords who scale a profitable rental portfolio from the ones who get buried in tenant headaches and cash flow leaks?

In this episode of The A Game Podcast: Real Estate Investing for Entrepreneurs, Nick Lamagna sits down with Ryan Barone, CEO and co-founder of RentRedi, one of the fastest-growing property management software companies in the country. With more than $35 billion in real estate assets managed on the platform, Ryan shares exclusive insights from millions of rental transactions and reveals what the nation's top-performing landlords are doing differently.

Whether you own one rental property or hundreds, this episode is packed with actionable strategies to help you increase profits, reduce vacancies, improve tenant relationships, and streamline your rental business using technology and data.

Ryan explains how today's most successful investors use automation, tenant screening, maintenance tracking, financial reporting, and AI-powered organization to eliminate costly mistakes while creating a better experience for tenants. In this episode you'll learn:

✅ How to screen tenants like top real estate investors and avoid costly mistakes

✅ The biggest cash flow killers that reduce rental property profits

✅ How data and automation can simplify property management and grow your portfolio

✅ The maintenance strategies that save landlords thousands in unexpected repairs

✅ The KPIs every rental property owner should track to maximize returns

Whether you're a new investor, experienced landlord, house hacker, or real estate entrepreneur looking to grow your portfolio, this conversation is loaded with practical advice you can implement immediately.

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What if you could build a real estate empire doing hundreds of deals, run your own capital fund, and still never miss a single moment with your kids - because you designed your entire business around being present, not around being rich?

Join Nick Lamagna on The A Game Podcast: Real Estate Investing For Entrepreneurs for a fired up, high energy conversation with Casey Gregersen, aka "Capital Casey," founder and CEO of Bighorn Capital Fund, former college quarterback, and family-first investor who went from working oil rigs in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico to running a full scale real estate operation across Montana and Wyoming in under five years.

This isn't just another deal-flow episode - it's a real look at what it takes to walk away from a "comfortable" W-2, take the leap into entrepreneurship, and build a business engineered to buy back your time instead of stealing it. Whether you're a beginner trying to land your first rental, a W-2 professional wondering how to get into passive income, or an experienced investor ready to scale into multifamily, capital raising, and creative financing, this episode is loaded with real numbers, real systems, and real talk.

Casey breaks down the real game:

✅ Why he believes chasing the single family to multifamily "progression" still matters, and the one shortcut beginners can take instead

✅ The three exit strategy rule every new flipper needs before touching their first deal

✅ How his "Revive Method" lets him partner with motivated sellers, take over distressed high equity properties, and split the profit instead of taking on all the risk

✅ The exact script he gives new investors to source deals for free by working with wholesalers who can't move their contracts

✅ How he scaled from private money loans secured against his own equity into running a full-blown customizable capital fund with debt, equity, syndication, and oil and gas offerings under one roof

✅ Why some of his best capital partners are still W-2 earners, and how they use their balance sheets to win better bank terms on multifamily deals

✅ What it really means to build a business you can run without sacrificing the people you're building it for + more

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What if a self-taught coder and waiter became one of the most active healthcare venture capitalists in the country - and could teach you everything about reinventing yourself, embracing the incubation period, and finding massive opportunity in the chaos everyone else is running from?

Join Nick Lamagna on The A Game Podcast: Real Estate Investing For Entrepreneurs for one of the most raw, real, and inspiring conversations we've had - Marcus Whitney, co-founder and CEO of Jumpstart Health Investors, 3x IBJJF Masters World Champion, soccer team co-owner, podcast host, hip hop head, and creative rebel who went from broke waiter in Nashville to venture capitalist disrupting the entire healthcare industry.

This isn't just a business episode - it's a masterclass on identity, reinvention, critical thinking, and what it really means to build a life worth living on your own terms, whether you're in the grind, on the mat, or in the middle of figuring out what the next chapter looks like.

Whether you're an entrepreneur trying to raise capital, a Jiu Jitsu competitor questioning your next move, a real estate investor looking for your edge, or just someone trying to figure out who they are when the title gets stripped away - this conversation will change the way you think about failure, freedom, and what it actually means to bring your A Game.

Marcus went from dropping out of college and showing up to a restaurant in uniform asking for a job on the spot, to building, scaling, and selling multiple companies and running one of the most active early-stage healthcare VC firms in the US. Now he's opening up about the lessons, the losses, and the season of life nobody talks about - the incubation period.

While most people only talk about the climb, Marcus breaks down the real game:

✅ Why standing still is the riskiest move you can make in today's economy - and what entrepreneurship as "full contact economics" really means

✅ How to separate your identity from your achievements so failure never has the power to break you

✅ The difference between the Hustler and the Hacker - and why you need both to create outsized performance in business and in life

✅ What waiting tables taught him about people skills that no MBA program ever could

✅ Why the incubation period isn't failure - it's the most important season of growth most people never give themselves permission to experience

✅ How surrounding yourself with the right people (and cutting back on the wrong ones) is the single biggest lever you can pull for your future

✅ Why hope is the most underrated weapon an entrepreneur has - and how to use it to survive the seasons when nothing seems to be working

✅ What Jiu Jitsu, venture capital, and going back to white belt in Mexico City all have in common + more

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Join Nick Lamagna on The A Game Podcast with his guest Tommy Harr, the phenom real estate investor, social media star and host of Zombie House Flipping: Family Busines on A&E! Celebrating the launch of Tommy Harr's new hit tv show with a re-release of our fantastic conversation! We're beyond proud of Tommy and so happy for the opportunity he has to show people how one of the truly good guys in the business is crushing it with the people he loves.

Tommy went from a D-1 Athlete out of Ohio and climbed his way through the ranks of being a home inspector and Property preservationist. Tommy Transitioned his drive and discipline from soccer to a career In real estate investing and now even a social media STAR with a tremendous following you need to check out if you have not already!

In his 20's Tommy has achieved so much including building a portfolio over 65 rentals worth over 15 million, 25 Short term rentals managed in house, done over 100 wholesale deals and renovated over 150 properties! He has been featured twice on Business Insider in 2022 and he is now building a community where he is teaching others to find the success he has found called The Real Side Real Estate Education. Don't miss this episode with a lot of great straight forward content on getting your first deals, rehabbing, keeping yourself safe in this dynamic market and scaling your business to financial freedom through real estate investing.

Topics for this episode include:

✅ How real estate investors should adjust numbers to stay safe in todays market

✅ Is there too big a budget when flipping houses

✅ Can you cash flow with todays interest rates

✅ How real estate investors should pay your contractors

✅ Quick ways to tell if you have a bad contractor

✅ How to use social media to build your real estate business

✅ Growing your social media in a short amount of time + More!

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In this episode of The A Game Podcast: Real Estate Investing For Entrepreneurs, host Nick Lamagna sits down with John "Beef" Keefe, drummer for the multi-platinum rock band Boys Like Girls, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt under Shawn Williams, coach, entrepreneur, and performer. From touring the world on sold-out stages to overcoming serious injuries and earning a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, John shares the mindset, discipline, and habits that create long term success in any field.

John breaks down the lessons he's learned from over 20 years in the music industry, how Jiu Jitsu transformed his approach to life, business, and relationships, and why consistency beats motivation every time. Whether you're an entrepreneur, athlete, business owner, musician, or someone looking to level up personally and professionally, this conversation is packed with actionable insights.

You'll learn how to stay calm under pressure, develop elite habits, improve leadership skills, manage ego, build strong partnerships, overcome setbacks, and create a life centered around growth and purpose. In this episode, we cover:

✅ How consistency beats motivation - and why the best performers show up even when they don't feel like it

✅ Pressure management - the self-talk, breathing routines, and mental frameworks that help you perform under bright lights (or in front of thousands of fans)

✅ Why musicians make great grapplers - the surprising connection between drumming with four limbs and flowing in jiu-jitsu

✅ Recovering from a broken neck - how Beef went from being told he'd never train again to earning his black belt

✅ The ego trap - why the best coaches (and bandmates) say "I don't know" and why that builds more trust than faking it

✅ Band dynamics as a business - how to maintain 20-year partnerships, navigate hierarchy, and handle conflict without blowing up what you've built

✅ Smelling the roses - how to stay present and grateful when the grind makes it easy to miss the moment

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