In this episode, JP and Ryan discuss investing during a downturn, reallocating money, and Ryan's plan to buy the Cleveland Guardians.

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How do you still get great returns in a recession, and where are the opportunities moving forward? That's what Ryan and JP discuss in this episode.

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Antonio Marquez is the founder and CEO of Comunidad Partners. Comunidad is a Comunidad Partners is a dynamic, vertically integrated real estate investment firm specializing in workforce and affordable housing in culturally diverse communities throughout the United States.

Antonio's story begins with his father - an Immigrant from Mexico who came to the United States with nothing and built the largest wholesaler of hispanic foods in the country. Inspired by his father's entrepreneurial spirit, Antonio set out to create a change through real estate by building communities that helped the underserved. Antonio's passion for serving those without a voice is what has driven him to grow Comunidad to over 17,000 units and over $2 billion under management.

In this episode JP interview's Antonio about his story, how he is thinking about the real estate atmosphere, and how to build a real estate company that is both profitable and provides excellent service for its residence.

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When he was 35, JP pivoted from a career in Television Production at Sony to Real Estate Investing, working for two years out of his childhood bedroom. After 10 years, he achieved financial freedom and now lives the life he dreamed of. JP discusses the importance of celebrating small and big wins, and building your conviction muscle.

As Ryan approaches 35 years old, he asks JP for his perspective on change and reinventing yourself.

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Ian Balina is the founder and CEO of Token Metrics. Ian is best known for turning $20,000 into $5,000,000 by investing in Crypto. After leaving his job at IBM Watson as a software engineer, he founded Token Metrics - an AI-driven crypto research platform which turns data into actionable investment insights, to help you beat the market.

Ian was born in Uganda and has a passion for creating more equitable solutions for the unbanked around the world.

In this episode, JP and Ian discuss DAOs and how they will affect the future of business, how to use crypto to combat corruption in third world economies, and what Ian plans to do with Token Metrics.

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As the economy enters a state of uncertainty, Ryan asks JP his perspective on investing during economic recessions and staying optomistic through uncertainty.

JP shares his opinion on where we're heading and the opportunities that lay on the other side of fear.

As Warren Buffet says, "Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful."

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In this episode, JP interviews Tom Bacon, founder of Civicap. Prior to founding Civicap, Tom Bacon was Co-Founder of Lionstone Investments. Lionstone was founded in 2001 as a privately-owned real estate investment firm specializing in researching, conceptualizing, and executing national investment strategies based upon proprietary analytics and investment themes. Lionstone invested approximately $9.5B, sold approximately $3B of real estate assets and subsequently sold Lionstone to Columbia-Threadneedle in November 2017 with $6B of AUM. Tom served as CEO and lead partner responsible for the firm's national urban investments and US land investment and development strategies and was also a member of the Investment Committee for the entire 17 years. Prior to forming Lion stone, Tom served as a Senior Vice President at Hines. During his 15-year tenure at Hines, he was involved in the acquisition, development, financing, leasing and sale of office, residential and industrial real estate domestically, and established Hines' operations in Latin America. Tom's community activities include serving as the Chairman of Houston Parks Board and Veritas Impact Partners, a nonprofit dedicated to provides services for our Working force in America. Where Tom could easily have left real estate after a massive exit in 2017, he pivoted and has decided to tackle the massive affordability crisis in America. Our industry generally says we cannot afford to create great housing in good neighborhoods for Americas working class, because the numbers don't pencil out. Studies show that where one lives (community and location) can greatly affect their outcome.

Tom questioned this premise and in now building is Class A units in desirable, urban locations while targeting rents $200-$600 lower than adjacent competitors changing people lives for the better. According to a recent Harvard Housing Study: The physical and social characteristics of your neighborhood are the greatest determines of one's health, financial and educational outcomes. Where you live really matters, and Tom is working on making those conditions better for thousands of people around the world.

With the economy slowing down and inflation at all time highs, there are still great opportunities to invest in 2022. In this episode, Ryan and JP disucss the current state of the market, inflation, and investment opportunities in the real estate and ecommerce spaces.

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In this episode, JP and Ryan talk Decentralized Autonomous Organizations and how they might alter the business landscape. A DAO is a new way to structure business through collaboration and tokenization. It differs from traditional corporate structure by not having traditional heirarchies, executives, or leadership. Instead, the entire community comes together and votes on the actions taken by the organization.

How will this work in a traditionally capitalistic society? That's what JP and Ryan explore in today's episode.

NFTs are a new technology that will change the way we do business. In this episode, JP and Ryan break down how NFTs might be used for business in the future and how they are thinking about this emerging technology in their own businesses.