The A Game Podcast: Real Estate Investing For Entrepreneurs

On this episode of The A Game Podcast: Real Estate Investing for Entrepreneurs, Nick Lamagna sits down with Din Thomas — UFC pioneer, elite coach, commentator, storyteller, comedian, actor, and one of the most unique minds in the fight game by building skills not excuses.

Din is the definition of reinvention. From early MMA days and building a life through grit and constant pivots, to coaching world-class athletes (including champions like Amanda Nunes) and becoming a standout voice in combat sports media, Din breaks down what it really takes to succeed when the path isn't clear and he is proof that legends aren't born, they're molded—in backyards and barber shops with VHS tapes and a whole lot of grit.

He went from a former barber to cell phone activator to fighter and is a martyr for amateur mma in Florida even getting put in a cage for having people fight in one before it was a sanctioned thing! He made a bold decision to bet on himself leaving the well known ATT gym in Florida and went solo to follow his own vision for athletes he can mold and has made quite a name for himself as he went from the fighter to the coach and the business man now coaching up and comers and champions.

You can find him everywhere including behind the mic on UFC BJJ events, Karate Combat events, behind the desk at UFC events and on Dana White's Looking for a fight with Matt Serra. Please welcome a true MMA original, the fighter, the philosopher, the master of reinvention

This conversation is packed with practical takeaways for entrepreneurs, investors, athletes, and anyone chasing personal growth:

✅ How mental toughness is built (not inherited) — and how to develop grit through "small bites" and patience

✅ Why decision-making is the ultimate success skill in business, investing, and fighting

✅ The real secret behind top performers: saying "yes" fast, then adapting and pivoting when needed

✅ How to handle feedback and criticism without ego — and use it as fuel to grow

✅ Why social media can be a competitive disadvantage — and how Din protects his focus

✅ Communication, performance, and confidence: how Din used skills like acting/improv to level up in life and career

✅ Betting on yourself: leaving comfort, creating space, and letting the next opportunity find you

Whether you're building wealth through real estate investing, scaling a business, trying to get your mindset right, or you're a UFC/MMA/Jiu-Jitsu fan who loves the behind-the-scenes journey of champions — this episode delivers.

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WWE superstar Daria Berenato aka Sonya Deville joins Nick Lamagna on The A Game Podcast for a high-performance conversation that hits real estate, entrepreneurship, MMA, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, wrestling, and UFC mindset all in one episode.

From being a scrappy multi-sport kid from South Jersey to stepping into combat sports when women weren't welcomed on the mats, Daria shares how "being different" became her superpower—and how that same mentality helped her build a life beyond the ring. You'll hear the real story behind her journey from MMA + BJJ to being selected Top 13 out of 11,000 on WWE Tough Enough, and what it takes to perform under pressure, stay disciplined, and keep showing up when motivation disappears.

But this isn't just a wrestling interview—Daria gets into the money too. She breaks down her real estate investing journey (rentals, appreciation, short-term rentals, buy/renovate/rent), the lessons she learned the hard way on her first flip, and why so many athletes and entertainers are turning to real estate for financial freedom and "life after the spotlight." The theme is simple: whether you're building a portfolio, training for a fight, or reinventing your brand… it's all the same fundamentals—goals, community, resilience, and the ability to pivot.

Catch her featured in multiple new movies out now and of course her fantastic podcast Unwrapped with Daria and Toni

If you're into real estate investing, business growth, personal development, UFC/BJJ culture, or WWE wrestling stories, this one is loaded with actionable mindset takeaways—and a reminder that success is often just "failing forward" faster than everyone else.

In this episode, you'll learn:

✅ The mindset Daria used to go from MMA/BJJ to WWE stardom

✅ How elite performers set small, measurable goals that stack into big wins

✅ The importance of community (on the mats, in business, and in real estate)

✅ Real estate lessons from rentals, short-term strategy, and flip gone sideways

✅ How to handle career reinvention, and burnout without losing momentum

✅ Why the most successful people don't avoid failure—they recover faster

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Join Nick Lamagna on The A Game Podcast with his guest Kenny Kim, The Jitsu Millionaire and host of the hit show Mat Made!

On this episode of The A Game Podcast: Real Estate Investing for Entrepreneurs, Nick Lamagna sits down with Kenny Kim—4th degree Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt, academy owner of The Kenny Kim Academy, affiliate leader, content creator, and author of "The Jiu Jitsu Millionaire: How to Build a Profitable Academy & a Life You Love." His new book is available everywhere get your copy today, link in shownotes.

Kenny's story is the definition of discipline, resilience, and systems. From a turbulent youth and real-life turning points to building one of the most respected Jiu-Jitsu academies in the Atlanta/Marietta, Georgia area, Kenny breaks down the mindset and mechanics that create long-term success—on the mats and in business. He is here to talk about his new book available everywhere now!

This conversation is packed with actionable lessons for investors, entrepreneurs, gym owners, coaches, and athletes:

✅ How Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu builds the mental toughness that translates to real estate, leadership, and entrepreneurship

✅ Why systems and processes beat motivation—and how to build them in any business

✅ The #1 mistake businesses make with marketing, branding, and follow-up

✅ Leadership lessons: building culture, earning respect, and avoiding the "friend zone" as the boss

✅ Loyalty, community, and why relationships matter in business networking (BJJ really is the new golf)

✅ Turning passion into profit without losing purpose—plus what it actually takes to run a successful academy

Whether you're chasing your next deal, launching a brand, building a team, or leveling up in BJJ/MMA/UFC culture, this episode connects the dots between high performance, business fundamentals, and the habits that win for decades.

If you got value from this episode, please follow/subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube—and share it with a friend who's serious about leveling up in business, investing, or the fight game.

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Join Nick Lamagna on The A Game Podcast with his guest Jordan Fleming!

On this episode of The A Game Podcast: Real Estate Investing for Entrepreneurs, Nick Lamagna sits down with Jordan Samuel Fleming — real estate investor, SaaS founder, and the co-founder of smrtPhone, the all-in-one cloud phone system and power dialer built for real estate investors and high-volume sales teams.

Jordan's story is anything but typical: a classically trained musician turned tech strategist who went from building systems in the Podio ecosystem to helping thousands of businesses tighten their follow-up, track every touchpoint, and scale from a couple deals a month to consistent high volume without burning out.

You'll hear the real "behind the curtain" conversations that matter to investors right now:

✅ Why most investors stall at 1–2 deals/month (and what the best operators do differently)

✅ The fortune-in-the-follow-up framework: lead buckets, consistent touchpoints, and why your CRM is full of "found money"

✅ How power dialing, call logs, recordings, and team accountability can expose leaks and immediately increase conversions

✅ Real talk on cold calling, texting, and communication compliance — and why doing the basics well still wins

✅ Where AI in real estate is going next (and how voice + automation will reshape acquisitions)

Jordan also shares insights from his new book "Click. Call. Scale." — a practical playbook for building a phone-first sales system that helps real estate investors close more deals through better conversations, better data, and better process. He also hosts the hit podcast That Real Estate Tech Guy.

If you're wholesaling, flipping, buying rentals, running a acquisitions team, or building a real estate business that needs more leads and better conversions, this episode is a must.

Connect with Jordan / smrtPhone + grab the resources mentioned: Links are in the show notes.

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That Real Estate Tech Guy Podcast

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Join Nick Lamagna on The A Game Podcast with his guest Jerry Green

If you've ever wondered how some real estate investors seem to do more deals with less grind, this episode is your blueprint.

In this A Game Podcast episode, Nick Lamagna sits down with Jerry Green – veteran real estate investor out of Dayton, Ohio, owner of Real Estate Solutions Unlimited, Inc. and head sales trainer at REI Sales Academy. After starting in real estate in 1994, coming out of financial hardship and business failure, Jerry has completed 3,000+ real estate transactions across multiple market cycles and built a self-running business that operates on just 2–4 hours of his time per week.

Jerry breaks down exactly how he went from hustling wholesaler to true business owner by building systems, processes, people, and KPIs that turn real estate into a scalable product instead of a never-ending job.

Whether you're a new wholesaler, a seasoned flipper, or an entrepreneur stuck in grind mode, this episode will change how you think about sales, systems, and scaling a real estate investing business.

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Topics for this episode include:

✅ How he went from financial tragedy & A failed contracting biz to 3,000+ deals

✅ The shift from "grind mode" to building a real company, not just a hustle

✅ The Four Pillars that drive growth and achieve goals

✅ Jerry's sales process that reduces pressure and helps sellers self-close

✅ How to use success formulas & daily metrics to increase conversions + More!

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Join Nick Lamagna on The A Game Podcast with his guest Stewart Pelto a Bitcoin investor and educator, entrepreneur and podcast host who came from a background in politics, marketing, tech and cyber security sales which gave him a unique perspective to see what the catalysts in the world are and Bitcoin caught his attention.

Fighting out of Raleigh North Carolina he is now the co-creator of the podcast Sat Chats where he helps the rookie reluctant crypto investors from the pre-coiners to the savers,to the investors to the mom and pop living paycheck to paycheck they help dispel the common misconceptions and get you going in your bitcoin journey with confidence

He is a Bitcoin dad, he is an Icelandic stone lifter and is on a mission to be the Gateway to Bitcoin for everyday people as the Bitcoin beginner welcome center. Don't miss this chat with Stewart Pelto!

Topics for this episode include:

✅ The best long term strategy for buying Bitcoin ✅ The most common mistakes about Bitcoin ✅ What are some of the cool future things for Bitcoin ✅ Why Bitcoin stands out from other crypto + More!

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Join Nick Lamagna on The A Game Podcast with his guest Philip Louden a creative finance master, an entrepreneur, business owner, educator and full time real estate investor FIGHTING out of Kansas City who found some light after stumbling through some dark choices and rough path early in life of struggles and addiction. He picked himself up and eventually moved to Bali doing drop shipping and although he was making money he was lacking fulfillment. He then found real estate investing and has now carved out a name for himself in the creative finance space.

He has done over 200 creative finance deals including wraps, lease options, seller financing and subject-to and is now teaching YOU how to do the same through his tried and tested proven track record through Seller Finance Freedom Academy, where he shares his frameworks to supplement your income with just 10 properties.

He is a pickle ball enthusiast, he is committed to freedom, faith and purposeful life design, and brings some great information and content with tons of value on creative finance for investors new and experienced!

Topics for this episode include:

✅ How wraps turned "dead" or skinny deals into cash-flowing assets ✅ The NEW "BRRRR" with a W strategy that lets you get paid like the bank ✅ How to use DSCR loans, subject-to and seller finance to structure win–win creative finance deals ✅ Finding the perfect buyer to sell all your wrap deals too without worry ✅ How to underwrite wrap deals, structure payments, protect yourself with paperwork, and avoid common mistakes ✅ Building $10K+/month in cashflow WITHOUT being a landlord, managing tenants, or fixin + More!

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Join Nick Lamagna on The A Game Podcast with his guest Alex Neist the founder and CEO of Hostage Tape, with brilliant branding geared toward stop snoring and start sleeping selling over 51 Million strips and counting! A simple behavior change (nasal breathing + mouth tape) turned into a category-defining, multi-million-dollar brand. Alex breaks down the health benefits and the exact branding moves—product seeding, polarizing naming, and the 95/5 awareness rule—that took Hostage Tape from zero to everywhere including Andrew Huberman and The Joe Rogan Experience Podcast.

This is a company helping athletes, entrepreneurs, high performers and the average person have better relationships and better health through better sleep! Alex is a former Professional Arena Football League Quarterback and entrepreneur who founded a seven-figure sports technology company called Vidswap that he eventually sold. While looking for a cure for his own chronic snoring and sleep issues he was inspired to find a solution and created Hostage Tape which has caught on like wildfire with an amazing branding and marketing campaign.

For people who refuse to be held hostage by bad sleep. Wake up Rested, Present, and Unstoppable do NOT miss this podcast!

Topics for this episode include:

✅ The "sleep → energy → execution" loop top performers use

✅ The positive results mouth tape can have on your life and business

✅ Brand building from scratch: moat, memorable name, polarizing story

✅ How organic mentions happen and how he got on The Joe Rogan Podcast

✅ Turning customer problems into viral creative + More!

This is not medical advice, this information is for entertainment purposes only. Please consult a medical professional before using any products as there may be risks depending on the individual.

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Join Nick Lamagna on The A Game Podcast with his guest Will Denis aka "Willy Numbers" the King of Reverse Flipping! He is a full time real estate investor, educator and tell it like it is entrepreneur fighting out of South Florida whose ability to never shy away from a challenge or a fight has helped him reach some of the highest achievements in the business with a successful track record of various different strategies. He has done a variety of different transactions including flips, very large wholesale deals, new construction, development and more!

In a competitive market of investors and educators he continues to stick out with his authenticity and relatability for the average man doing extraordinary things through discipline, hard work and dedication. You can find him on social media doing everything from cold calling to cold plunging running marathons and training Jiu Jitsu and he is now back to talk about his latest strategy he is crushing the game with known as, "Reverse Flipping" You will not want to miss this in your face episode with some great insight on a new real estate investing strategy changing the game for investors.

Topics for this episode include:

✅ How does a reverse flip deal work?

✅ How to flip deals no one wants to touch

✅ The best way to find reverse flip deals to invest in

✅ What makes a good spouse for a driven entrepreneur

✅ Why do many real estate investors fail + More!

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Join Nick Lamagna on The A Game Podcast with his guest Nick Legamaro, who has gone from Nick the NOTE Guy to Nick "The Data Guy!" He is the Chief Growth Officer at Data Aviator — the platform behind USA Lead Machine, which delivers real-time, high-intent leads to real estate investors, agents, wholesalers, and lenders. If you're tired of chasing cold leads, this episode will show you how data can help you close more deals with less effort, find motivated sellers and close more deals, FASTER! He is a long time real estate investor and creative finance master fighting out of Austin, Texas who has built himself up as THE authority in creative finance deals and was even the mind behind some of the biggest subject to and wrap communities you all follow today on social media.

He was so high level that he even sold his company to a federally chartered bank! He has taken his details for dotting the Ts and crossing the I's and is showing people what they DON'T know could cost them legally and financially and these deals and contracts need to be structured the right way.

He is a master in wraps doing over 1200 transactions and has become a miracle worker reviving dead leads and deals that appeal with no profit and finding ways to breathe back financial life into even the most hopeless looking deals

He is a father to two amazing kids, a husband to one of my favorite people, he is an mma fan, pickleball star and he is a good friend. Please welcome Nicky Legs. aka Nick The Note Guy, Nick Legamaro back again to the A Game Podcast!

Topics for this episode include:

✅ Why data is important for any type of business

✅ What defines a good lead in the real estate business

✅ How to increase your chance of finding a good real estate deal

✅ How real time data can give an advantage for your business

✅ How to use data to help you find great customers + More!

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dataaviator.net

Nickthenoteguy.com

USA Note Pro on Facebook

Nick The Note Guy on Youtube

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