What if the only thing standing between you and your dream life is a lie you keep telling yourself? When Courtney Johnson got laid off, she finally stopped building personal brands for everyone else and went all-in on her own—landing a book deal with Penguin Random House and 500K+ followers in record time.

What You'll Learn:

• Why opportunities go to the loudest, not the most qualified—and how to leverage that truth
• The childhood programming keeping you from posting consistently (and how to override it)
• The "pottery class principle" that separates content creators who win from those who quit
• Why paying for your peers accelerates success faster than any strategy

"If you're going to complain about something, go create it yourself. The market rewards creators." — Courtney Johnson

Ready to stop lying to yourself about what's possible? Press play and discover the gap between where you are and where you want to be.

What if you could buy a hotel without spending a penny of your own money? That's exactly what one investor in Gideon's community did—and in this solo episode, Gideon breaks down the exact strategies that make deals like this possible.

• The four questions that unlock seller motivation and turn "no" into creative deal structures
• Why asking for seller financing upfront kills your credibility—and how to position it as a benefit instead
• Master lease agreements: the "most beautiful and least utilized" method for building massive equity with minimal capital
• How Gideon stacked three financing methods on one hotel deal to slash his cash requirement

"You're not trying to solve the problem of just getting to close—you're trying to solve the seller's problem post-close."

Whether you're eyeing your first commercial deal or looking to stretch your capital further, this episode hands you the playbook. Listen now and start structuring deals that actually pencil.

What if the path to 250 rental units didn't require outside investors, fancy strategies, or lucky breaks—just years of living on $20 a day while driving Uber at night? Luke Carl built a real estate empire the hard way, and he's brutally honest about every punch to the face along the way.

• The "dumb luck" transition: Luke didn't strategically target short-term rentals—he simply couldn't afford Nashville anymore and pivoted to the next town over where overnight rentals were the norm
• Why NOW is the buying window: Interest rates are dropping but property prices haven't caught up yet, creating a rare moment of increased purchasing power before values rise
• The 14-unit cleaner threshold: To keep quality housekeepers loyal and full-time, you need approximately 14 properties feeding one crew—anything less and you're competing with Instacart
• Tax loophole for W-2 earners: Short-term rentals allow material participation + bonus depreciation even with a day job—impossible in any other asset class

"We were literally living on $20 a day for several years to throw money in the pot for the next down payment."- Luke Carl

Discover how Luke scaled to 250 units while keeping operations lean with just three team members—and why he says the best time to buy beach houses is right now.

Check out Luke on his socials and website:

Instagram: @lukecashflowcarl

Website: https://theshorttermshop.com/

Hotel investor Gideon Spencer sat down with Terry Knight to share the raw story behind his boutique hotel empire—including the four-month period when his wife became bedridden, his mom got cancer, and his dad faced heart failure. They dove deep into how that crisis forced Gideon to abandon his tech career and go straight for commercial real estate with zero experience.

In this conversation with Terry, Gideon reveals:

• The "Mentor Flywheel" strategy that let to the first hotel partnership without any real estate background
• How Gideon negotiated my first deal from $8.5M down to $6M by understanding seller motivations
• The exact automation systems running 150+ hotel units at 95% efficiency
• Why Baby Boomers retiring creates a 2-year window for acquiring hotels at massive discounts
• The counterintuitive approach to evaluating hotels with zero financial records

"You don't have to know anything. You literally just need to sell a vision to somebody who knows that thing." - Gideon Spencer

Terry Knight hosts a top entrepreneurship podcast featuring 8- and 9-figure earners sharing their wealth-building strategies. Listen to the full conversation about pivoting from tech to hotels, automating operations, and why selling massive visions is easier than small ones.

Hotel investor Gideon Spencer joins Bronson Hill on the Mailbox Money Show for a rare, behind-the-scenes look at what really happens when you go all-in on commercial real estate—while your entire life is falling apart.

Most real-estate conversations glamorize the deal. But for Gideon, buying his first boutique hotel wasn’t a business play—it was survival. With his wife bedridden, both parents fighting for their lives, and no safety net, he was forced to compress years of growth into months. What followed was a total identity shift, a crash course in high-leverage rooms, and the mindset transformation that turned an overwhelmed operator into a boutique-hotel owner in record time.

Gideon and Bronson dismantle the myths around “passive” real estate and reveal the mindset frameworks that create real wealth—not just bigger assets.

• The High-Concentration Strategy: Why small curated rooms outperform massive conferences—and how they 10x your deal flow

• The Mortality Moment: How nearly losing his entire family forced Gideon into commercial real estate overnight

• The Boutique Hotel Advantage: Why this asset class is the next major wave after self-storage and multifamily

• The Identity Reconstruction Process: How Gideon uses “I Am” statements to delete self-limiting beliefs instantly

• The Zero-to-Hotel Path: How he bought a hotel without knowing a single hotel owner beforehand

“Buying a $20M hotel only sounds crazy until you hang out with people who think that’s normal.” — Gideon Spencer

What if your biggest barrier to wealth isn't knowledge or capital—it's your own self-worth? Bronson Hill walked away from his $200k/year medical sales career to become a general partner in $250 million worth of real estate after discovering the shocking pattern among 2,500 millionaires he's personally interviewed.

• The "wealth worthiness" concept that separates millionaires from everyone else (86% of millionaires are self-made, not inherited)
• How he raised $15 million while working full-time by stacking 1,000 phone calls in 18 months
• The counterintuitive farming vs. hunting approach that attracts high-net-worth investors
• Why your morning self-talk literally rewires your cellular response to opportunities
• The secret room strategy where lonely millionaires pay to solve each other's problems

"I walk into a room with the confidence and authority of a king—after saying it for six months, it started manifesting in my life." - Bronson Hill

"Once you've done impossible things, you keep creating stuff people said was impossible." - Bronson Hill

Discover the exact mindset shifts and tactical strategies that help ordinary people build extraordinary wealth.

Check out Bronson Hill at his website and socials!

https://bronsonequity.com/

@bronsondavidhill

From negative net worth to $30 million in assets in just five years—Adit Shah worked for FREE for an entire year to break into real estate development. This Navy veteran's unconventional path reveals the exact playbook anyone can follow to achieve financial freedom by age 26.

Key revelations from this episode:

• The "100 Email Strategy" that landed him a mentor when 99 developers said no—and why increasing your surface area of luck is everything
• Why making ZERO dollars your first three years is actually the smartest move (and how playing a 20-year game changes everything)
• The exact steps to take with $0, $10,000, or $50,000 to break into commercial real estate TODAY
• How joining the right community took him from one deal per year to $20 million in acquisitions in 9 months
• The counterintuitive approach to raising $10M+ by focusing on WHO, not HOW

"There's no problem in not making any money in your first one to three years. Chuck the idea of making money and focus on acquiring the most experience in the shortest time possible." - Adit Shah

Listen now to discover the high-leverage mindset shift that separates six-figure earners from millionaire developers.

Check out Adit Shah at his Instagram and Website!

@housebender

https://www.housebender.com/

What does it take to go from living in your parents' basement to building an $80 million real estate empire in just seven years? Ben Kall was plowing snow at 2AM when he had his breaking point—watching the property owner sleep while he froze outside doing the work. That single moment of clarity launched a journey that would transform a broke former D1 football coach into a financial freedom case study.

Key Insights:

• The brutal truth about scaling: Ben and his partner managed a $60 million portfolio with just ONE virtual assistant—pure brute force that nearly broke them before they learned to work through people
• The mentor flywheel unlocked: How asking two simple questions ("What's your goal?" and "What's your biggest challenge?") turned strangers into business partners on million-dollar deals
• Why it's easier to make $1M than $100K: The "two-mile principle" that forces you to find completely different vehicles when your goal is far enough away
• Friends and family to 80 investors: How eight initial investors became 80 through referrals alone—no social media, no ads, just delivering on promises

"I was plowing snow at two in the morning and realized the person I'm working for doesn't even know it's snowing. He's getting paid and I'm out here grinding away from my family again. That's when I decided I needed to become an investor." — Ben Kall

Listen now to discover the exact mindset shifts that took Ben from property manager to portfolio owner, and why his first $1.5 million storage deal changed everything.

Check out Ben on Instagram!

@ben_Kall_

www.LegacyInvestmentGroup.com

www.WaukeeStorage.comwww.MN-Storage.com

Ever wondered how some people fly first class for $6 while you're stuck paying thousands? Jack McColl, the "King of Credit," reveals the underground strategies banks don't want you to know—from stacking $150K in 0% interest business funding without tax returns to booking $21,000 business class trips for 150,000 points. This isn't about credit card debt; it's about weaponizing the financial system to build your empire.

In this episode, you'll discover:

• The Chase "loophole" that lets you roll 0% interest credit across credit cards
• Why using points in your bank portal is costing you 10X the value (and the transfer bonus hack that changes everything)
• How Jack booked a $10,000 Bora Bora overwater villa for 185,000 points instead of a million
• The real reason business owners need 50+ credit cards (and how to manage them without losing your mind)
• Jack's journey from economy backpacker to owning a private plane—and how you can too

"I'm very pro-freedom. If I can help people get access to money so they can scale their business and create the life they want, that's what drives me." - Jack McColl

Hotel investor Gideon Spencer sits down with Brian Luebben on his podcast, Action Academy, for a masterclass on the brutal realities nobody talks about after buying your first business.

Most acquisition advice stops at the deal closing—leaving new owners drowning in operations they never planned for. Brian and hospitality investor Gideon Spencer expose the brutal truth: buying the asset is only 33% of the journey.

In this no-BS breakdown, they reveal the missing phases that separate passive income dreamers from actual wealth builders—plus the four business pillars that determine whether your acquisition prints money or bleeds it.

What You'll Discover:

• The Gap Strategy - Why cloning competitors keeps you average, and how identifying their biggest weakness captures untapped market share instantly
• The $100K Pre-Product Launch - How Brian generated six figures before creating an LLC, bank account, or even finishing his offer (and why this validates everything)
• Profit First Reality Check - The cash flow framework that put a million dollars in Brian's pocket after years of "reinvesting" himself broke
• The One-Three-One Framework - How to train employees to solve problems independently instead of making you the bottleneck

"We did $100,000 in revenue for Action Academy before I had a bank account, a business, an LLC, or even a product." - Brian Luebben