🚀 In this episode, Chris Jansen sits down with real estate veteran Patrick Southern to unpack over 20 years of experience, 3,000+ transactions, and the strategies behind building long-term success. From managing a 700+ property REIT portfolio to mastering daily discipline and smart deal evaluation, Patrick shares powerful insights on real estate investing, development, and creating sustainable wealth.

🎧 Hosted by: Chris Jansen

👤 Guest:🏡 Patrick Southern – Real Estate Broker & Founder of Properties by Southern

Patrick Southern is the founder of Properties by Southern, with over 20 years of experience and more than 3,000 closed transactions. He is the only agent in Hudson County to have represented Dixon Advisory USA in repositioning and selling a REIT portfolio as individual retail assets, overseeing the sale of millions of dollars in real estate.

💡 What You’ll Learn:

✔️ What a REIT is and how large real estate portfolios are managed and sold

✔️ The daily habits and discipline required for long-term success

✔️ How to evaluate real estate deals in today’s market

✔️ The importance of defining your investment “buy box”

✔️ Key strategies for real estate development and unit optimization

🎵 Whether you're an investor, agent, or homebuyer, this episode offers valuable insights!

💼 Connect with Patrick Southern:

🌐 Website → https://propertiesbysouthern.com/

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🚀 In this episode of the Cash Flow Authority Podcast, host Chris Jansen sits down with Los Angeles-based real estate investor Rick Albert to break down how he scaled from his first house hack to owning 17 rental units across multiple states. Rick shares practical insights on leveraging HELOCs, navigating out-of-state investing, avoiding “war zone” properties, and using strategies like BRRRR and 1031 exchanges to grow a portfolio. Whether you're just starting or scaling, this episode is packed with real-world lessons.

🎧 Hosted by: Chris Jansen

👤 Guest:🏡 Rick Albert – Real Estate Investor & Broker

Rick Albert is a Los Angeles-based real estate investor and 2x house hacker, featured as a case study in the BiggerPockets book The House Hacking Strategy. He owns 17 rental units across out-of-state markets and serves as a full-time Broker Associate, helping clients buy, sell, and invest. Rick is also the host of The Key to the City of Angels podcast, where he shares insights on Southern California real estate, investing strategies, and market trends.

💡 What You’ll Learn:

✔️ How Rick scaled from house hacking to a 17-unit portfolio

✔️ The power of HELOCs and leveraging equity to grow faster

✔️ BRRRR strategy insights and pitfalls to avoid

✔️ How to identify risky “war zone” properties before investing

✔️ Smart ways to use 1031 exchanges to build long-term wealth

🎵 Whether you're an investor, agent, or homebuyer, this episode offers valuable insights!

💼 Connect with Rick Albert:

🌎 Website → https://rickalbertonline.com/

📘 Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/RickBAlbert/

📷 Instagram →https://www.instagram.com/rickbalbert/?hl=en

🔗 LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickbalbert/

🎧 Follow Chris Jansen:

🌐 Website → https://theflowauthority.com/

📘 Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/flowauthority

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🚀 In this powerful episode, Chris Jansen sits down with wealth advisor Dimitry Farberov to unpack the fundamentals of building long-term wealth. From avoiding costly financial mistakes to understanding diversification, tax planning, and estate strategies, Dimitry shares insights from over 18 years of advising high-net-worth clients. Whether you're deep into real estate or just starting your investment journey, this episode will challenge your thinking and help you make smarter financial decisions.

🎧 Hosted by: Chris Jansen

👤 Guest:🏡 Dimitry Farberov – Principal & Senior Wealth Advisor

Dimitry Farberov is a Principal and Senior Wealth Advisor at Compound Planning, a tech-enabled Registered Investment Advisor serving high-net-worth clients. With over 18 years of experience in wealth management, he advises entrepreneurs, professionals, retirees, and families on investment strategy, tax-efficient planning, estate considerations, and long-term wealth preservation. Prior to Compound, Dimitry held advisory roles at Miracle Mile Advisors, IDB Capital, RSM Wealth Management, and Comerica Wealth Management.

💡 What You’ll Learn:

✔️ Why most investors lose years trying to do everything on their own

✔️ The truth about diversification (and when NOT to diversify)

✔️ How to balance real estate with traditional investments

✔️ The biggest tax planning mistakes investors make

✔️ Why estate planning should start earlier than you think

🎵 Whether you're an investor, agent, or homebuyer, this episode offers valuable insights!

💼 Connect with Dimitry Farberov:

🌐 Website → https://x.com/DimitryFarberov

🔗 LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/dfarberov/

🎧 Follow Chris Jansen:

🌐 Website → https://theflowauthority.com/

📘 Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/flowauthority

📷 Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/theflowauthority/
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🚀 In this episode of the Cashflow Authority Podcast, host Chris Jansen sits down with real estate investor Jason Ottilo to discuss his journey from a long career in healthcare to building a large multifamily real estate portfolio. Jason shares how networking, strategic underwriting, and creative investment thinking helped him transition into real estate investing and participate in over 500 multifamily units. They explore raising capital, managing risk, educating investors about alternative investments, and building long-term wealth through income-producing real estate.

🎧 Hosted by: Chris Jansen

👤 Guest:🏡 Jason Ottilo – Real Estate Investor & Co-Founder, Next Legacy Group

Jason Ottilo is a real estate investor and Co-Founder of Next Legacy Group, a firm focused on acquiring and managing income-producing assets for accredited investors. He specializes in multifamily investing and has participated as an investor in 500+ multifamily units, in addition to owning an RV park in Arkansas. His experience centers on strategic underwriting, portfolio diversification, and long-term cash flow growth.

💡 What You’ll Learn:

✔️ How Jason transitioned from corporate executive to real estate investor

✔️ Why multifamily investing can scale faster than single-family rentals

✔️ The importance of networking in real estate investing

✔️ How to evaluate deals and protect investor capital through underwriting

✔️ Strategies for building generational wealth through multifamily properties

🎵 Whether you're an investor, agent, or homebuyer, this episode offers valuable insights!

💼 Connect with Jason Ottilo:

📘 Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/people/Next-Legacy-Group/61577685062612/#

🔗 LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-ottilo-fund-manager

🎧 Follow Chris Jansen:

🌐 Website → https://theflowauthority.com/

📘 Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/flowauthority

📷 Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/theflowauthority/
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🚀 In this episode, Chris Jansen sits down with James Loffredo, founder of Pinnacle Funding Network, to break down the world of private lending, DSCR loans, fix & flip financing, and how investors can strategically scale their portfolios. From transitioning out of a family trucking business to building a nationwide real estate financing firm, James shares industry insights, lending statistics, and practical strategies for both W2 investors and full-time entrepreneurs.

🎧 Hosted by: Chris Jansen

👤 Guest:🏡 James Loffredo – Founder & Principal, Pinnacle Funding Network

James Loffredo is the Founder and Principal of Pinnacle Funding Network, a Dallas-based real estate financing firm providing capital solutions to investors nationwide. He specializes in structuring investor-focused lending products, including DSCR rental loans, bridge financing, fix-and-flip loans, and new construction funding, helping clients scale their real estate portfolios with strategic, flexible financing.

💡 What You’ll Learn:

✔️ What private lending really means (and how it differs from banks)

✔️ How DSCR loans work and how they’re calculated

✔️ A powerful “buy one rental per year” scaling strategy

✔️ Why debt can be your best friend in real estate

✔️ How to build the right lending & investing team

🎵 Whether you're an investor, agent, or homebuyer, this episode offers valuable insights!

💼 Connect with James Loffredo:

📸 Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/mr.loffredo/

🎧 Follow Chris Jansen:

🌐 Website → https://theflowauthority.com/

📘 Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/flowauthority

📷 Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/theflowauthority/
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🚀 In this episode of the Cash Flow Authority Podcast, host Chris Jansen sits down with Charles Anthony Clark to discuss building wealth through real estate, the power of Midwest cash flow markets, and what it truly means to raise your standards in business and life.

They dive into long-term investing strategy, overlooked opportunities, education vs. entrepreneurship, and how investors can create scalable systems — even from out of state.

🎧 Hosted by: Chris Jansen

👤 Guest:🏡 Charles Anthony Clark – Real Estate Professional

Charles Anthony Clark is a real estate professional and Broker Team Leader at Raise the Standard Real Estate with NextHome My Way, where he leads a team of agents and serves clients in residential transactions. In recognition of his community involvement, Charles received the Lloyd Levin Difference Maker Individual Award for volunteering to teach financial literacy to teens.

💡 What You’ll Learn:

✔️ Why Midwest markets offer strong cash flow opportunities

✔️ The mindset shift from hobby investor to business owner

✔️ Appreciation vs. inflation — and how investors should think about both

✔️ How to build the right team as an out-of-state investor

✔️ Why raising your standards impacts your long-term success

🎵 Whether you're an investor, agent, or homebuyer, this episode offers valuable insights!

💼 Connect with Charles Anthony Clark:

📸 Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/raisethestandardre/

🔗 LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlesanthonyclark/

🎧 Follow Chris Jansen:

🌐 Website → https://theflowauthority.com/

📘 Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/flowauthority

📷 Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/theflowauthority/
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🚀 In this kickoff Q&A episode, Chris Jansen introduces the mission behind the Cashflow Authority Podcast and shares his journey into real estate investing. From struggling with stocks during COVID-19 to discovering the power of leverage, cash flow, and investor identity, Chris breaks down the five ideal benefits of real estate and explains how his coaching programs help aspiring investors gain clarity, confidence, and momentum.

🎧 Hosted by: Chris Jansen

💡 What You’ll Learn:

✔️ The mission behind The Flow Authority

✔️ Why Chris transitioned from stocks to real estate

✔️ The 5 Ideal Benefits of Real Estate (Income, Depreciation, Equity, Appreciation, Leverage)

✔️ How to identify your unique investor identity

✔️ How the Cashflow Accelerator coaching program works

🎵 Whether you're an investor, agent, or homebuyer, this episode offers valuable insights!

🎧 Follow Chris Jansen:

🌐 Website → https://theflowauthority.com/

📘 Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/flowauthority

📷 Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/theflowauthority/

⭐ Produced by Icons of Real Estate - https://iconsofrealestate.com/

The Cash Flow Authority is a real estate podcast hosted by civil engineer, real estate investor, and Certified 10X Business Coach Chris Jansen, featuring honest conversations with industry professionals about what is really happening in today’s market, how deals are getting done, and what it takes to build long term cash flow. The show also includes solo episodes with updates from Chris’s own journey and insights from the markets he is active in, including DFW and Milwaukee.