In this episode of the On The Rise Podcast, host Jeremy Dyer sits down with Michael Uadiale, a CPA who helps entrepreneurs and families build lasting financial freedom that can be passed on for generations. Michael shares his own painful introduction to the US tax system after immigrating from Nigeria — and how that experience shaped his conviction that too many business owners are giving away money the government never asked for. He breaks down why taxes are not a punishment but a set of government incentives, what red and green flags to look for in a tax advisor, why meeting with your CPA once a year is a losing strategy, and what it means to turn 13 to 18 years of your productive work life over to the IRS through simple inaction. A practical and eye-opening episode for any entrepreneur who wants to stop being reactive and start building real tax strategy.

00:00 Introduction 00:52 Michael Uadiale's Background and Immigration Story 02:15 The $80,000 Tax Bill That Started a Mission 03:48 Too Many Business Owners Are Overpaying Taxes 05:56 Why Jeremy's Early CPA Said "You Make a Lot, You Pay a Lot" 07:49 Taxes Are a Roadmap — Not a Punishment 09:30 How COVID Proved the Government Uses Tax Law to Shape Behavior 11:00 Why Real Estate Has Such Strong Tax Benefits 13:17 How to Find the Right Tax Advisor for You 14:00 Red Flag — All You Hear Is No 16:30 Specialist vs. Generalist — Why It Matters 18:55 The Customer Avatar — Finding Your Tax Advisor Match 20:44 Why Meeting Once a Year Is a Losing Strategy 23:25 Looking Through the Windshield, Not the Rearview Mirror 24:58 The 13 to 18 Year Tax Jail Explained 26:27 The First Step to Getting Right With Your Taxes in 2026 27:01 How to Connect With Michael Uadiale

In this episode of the On The Rise Podcast's Faith-Driven Leaders Series, host Nick Stromwall sits down with Elzie Flenard III — known as Elzie the Entrepreneur — a faith-driven business coach, speaker, and host of the Journey to Mastery podcast. Elzie shares the journey of how God spent years nudging him toward a more explicitly faith-forward business identity, why he resisted it, and what finally happened when he surrendered to it. He also unpacks his Joy Meter framework for making business decisions, how he coaches faith-driven entrepreneurs to create space to hear from God, and why the partnership between the marketplace and the church may be one of the greatest untapped opportunities for kingdom impact today. A warm, honest, and deeply practical conversation for any leader wrestling with how faith and business fit together.

In this episode of the On The Rise Podcast, host Jeremy Dyer sits down with Ben Reinberg, a prominent commercial real estate investor and founder of Alliance CGC, to talk about why hard assets remain the most reliable path to generational wealth — especially in a market cycle defined by trillions of dollars in maturing loans and ongoing economic uncertainty. Ben breaks down why hoarding cash is the wrong response to market volatility, what makes medical office one of the most recession-resilient asset classes available, and why the ability to hold is the single most important variable in any real estate investment. He also shares what separates capital raisers who consistently win, how to evaluate an operator beyond the pitch deck, and what investors sitting on the sidelines in 2026 should be doing right now.

In this episode of the On The Rise Podcast's Faith-Driven Leaders Series, host Nick Stromwall sits down with his friend Cameron Clark — a former digital marketing entrepreneur and agency director who, after losing his job due to debilitating chronic migraines in 2019, found himself in an unexpected and transformative season as a stay-at-home dad. Cameron shares with remarkable honesty what it felt like to watch his professional identity disappear, how comparison and isolation nearly swallowed him whole, and how a single perspective shift — maybe you're being planted, not buried — began a multi-year journey toward a contentedness he never expected. He also shares a powerful framework for how faith-driven leaders can experience the presence of God in the middle of their darkest seasons, and practical advice on how to find and approach a mentor. A deeply personal and quietly profound conversation.

In this episode of the On The Rise Podcast, host Jeremy Dyer sits down with Brett Swarts, founder and CEO of Capital Gains Tax Solutions, to unpack one of the most powerful and least understood wealth preservation strategies available to entrepreneurs, investors, and high net worth individuals — the Deferred Sales Trust. Brett breaks down the critical differences between the traditional 1031 exchange, the Delaware Statutory Trust, and the Deferred Sales Trust, explains why the 1031 exchange puts buyers at a negotiating disadvantage, and shares real client stories of people who preserved millions in capital gains by having a plan before their liquidity event. He also addresses the three most common objections head on — legality, control, and fees — and makes the case that truly passive income, not just passive income, is the ultimate goal. A must-listen episode for anyone approaching a major exit event in real estate, business, Bitcoin, or beyond.

00:00 Introduction 00:52 Brett Swarts' Background — From Bay Area Real Estate to Tax Strategy 05:30 The 1031 Exchange Problem — Blockbuster vs. Netflix 07:00 Breaking Down the Delaware Statutory Trust 09:00 The Lazy 1031 and When It Works 10:30 The Traditional 1031 — Time, Debt, and Asset Constraints 12:00 What Makes the Deferred Sales Trust Different 14:00 The $13 Million Car Wash Exit Case Study 17:05 Don't Trade What's Priceless for What's Profitable 18:15 The Deferred Sales Trust as a Joint Venture Partner 21:30 How to Rescue a Failed 1031 Exchange 23:30 It Sounds Too Good to Be True — Addressing the Objections 26:09 The Trustee Structure and How Control Works 27:39 Fees — What to Expect and Why the ROI Still Works 29:00 What to Do If You Already Missed the Window 31:00 How to Prepare for Your Next Liquidity Event 32:00 How to Connect With Brett Swarts

In this solo episode of the On The Rise Podcast's Faith-Driven Leaders Series, host Nick Stromwall introduces the Triple Win Framework — a simple but powerful way of thinking about what it actually means to win as a faith-driven leader. Most high-performers are great at one of three things: their work, their home, or their community. Rarely all three. Nick makes the case that these are not separate arenas to be balanced, but one integrated life to be lived — with the same values, the same faith, and the same person showing up in every room. He also challenges the lie of compartmentalization and invites listeners to score themselves honestly across all three wins. A clarifying and convicting episode for any leader who is succeeding by some measures but wondering if the full picture adds up.

Scripture Referenced:

• Colossians 3:23 — "Whatever you do, work at it with all of your heart, working for the Lord"
• Deuteronomy 6 — Teaching God's commands in every part of life

00:00 Introduction — The Faith-Driven Leaders Series 01:00 Are You Actually Winning? The Real Question 02:00 The Lie of Compartmentalization 03:00 Colossians 3:23 — Your Work Is Worship 03:45 Win One — Winning at Work as a Faith-Driven Leader 05:00 Win Two — Winning at Home Is the Hardest Fight 06:30 Win Three — The Most Overlooked Win — Community 07:30 Integration, Not Balance — One Person in Every Room 08:00 Deuteronomy 6 — The Biblical Blueprint for the Triple Win 08:30 The Challenge — Score Yourself One to Ten 08:49 Closing and How to Connect With Nick

In this episode of the On The Rise Podcast, host Jeremy Dyer sits down with Wayne Seminoff, a 50-year real estate veteran who has built a career doing something almost nobody else does — buying overlooked, problematic pieces of raw land for pennies on the dollar and converting them into highly valuable buildable lots. Wayne breaks down his seven techniques for transforming junk land into gold, from clearing clouded titles and solving landlocked access issues to building on wetlands and splitting parcels. He shares real examples of buying land for $250 and $1,000 and turning those investments into $400,000 and $1,000,000 outcomes. For any investor curious about a niche, low-competition corner of real estate that most people walk right past, this episode is a fascinating deep dive.

In this solo episode of the On The Rise Podcast's Faith-Driven Leaders Series, host Nick Stromwall gets personal about fatherhood. Nick shares a vulnerable realization — that his kids were getting his leftovers at the end of the day, not his best. Inspired by John Tyson's book The Intentional Father, he and a small group of dads built a framework for raising their sons with intention — culminating in one of the most memorable days of his life. He also shares three practical shifts that have changed the way he fathers, and makes a compelling case that the systems and intentionality we bring to work need to show up at home just as much. A challenging, honest, and encouraging episode for any parent who loves their kids but suspects they could be more present.

Book Referenced: The Intentional Father by Jon Tyson

Scripture Referenced:

• Proverbs 22 — "Train up a child in the way he should go"
• Psalm 78 — "We will not hide these things from our children"
• Proverbs 3:5-6 — "Trust in the Lord with all your heart"

In this episode of the On The Rise Podcast, host Jeremy Dyer sits down with Eric Runge, a registered investment advisor with 20 years of experience who now specializes in helping family offices integrate Bitcoin into their long-term wealth preservation strategies. Eric breaks down why inflation is far more destructive than most people realize, how government money printing silently transfers wealth from everyday citizens to those closest to the newly created money, and why Bitcoin's stateless, fixed-supply design may represent the most significant monetary innovation since the gold standard. He also addresses the most common objections head-on — from Bitcoin's volatility and intangibility to the fear of government bans and its association with criminal activity. A thought-provoking and genuinely eye-opening episode for any investor curious about the future of money.

0:00 Introduction 00:52 Eric Runge's Background — From Retail Advisory to Family Offices 02:21 How Bitcoin Changed Eric's Understanding of Money 04:47 Why Family Offices Are the Right Fit for Bitcoin 05:48 Inflation as the Silent Killer of Purchasing Power 07:52 Why CPI Understates the Real Rate of Monetary Inflation 09:04 M2 Money Supply and the S&P 500 — The Hidden Correlation 11:51 Money Printing Is Legal Counterfeiting — The Cantillion Effect 14:30 Addressing Critics — Is Bitcoin Actually Tangible? 16:13 Nixon, the Gold Standard, and Why 1971 Changed Everything 17:06 How Bitcoin's Statelessness Breaks the Cycle of Broken Money 19:34 What Happened in 1971 — The Cultural and Economic Fallout 21:00 The Government Ban Question — And Why It Is Fading 22:29 Is It Too Late to Buy Bitcoin? 25:10 Bitcoin as a Store of Value in an Ever-Growing World 27:47 Dispelling the Criminal Currency Myth 29:24 How to Connect With Eric Runge

In this solo episode of the On The Rise Podcast's Faith-Driven Leaders Series, host Nick Stromwall shares a framework that changed the way he approaches his life, his marriage, his parenting, and his business. Inspired by Michael Hyatt's book Living Forward, Nick walks through the practice of designing your life backwards — starting with the end in mind, writing your own eulogy, and then building specific, scheduled commitments that close the gap between the life you are currently living and the life you actually want. He grounds the practice in Scripture and offers a clear, practical starting point for any leader who is productive but drifting. A concise and deeply personal episode that is worth sharing with anyone who is building a successful life but starting to wonder what it is all for.

Book: Living Forward by Michael Hyatt Scripture Referenced: Psalm 90:12 — "Teach us to number our days that we may gain a heart of wisdom"

00:00 Introduction — Designing Your Life Backwards 01:30 The Most Productive, Unintentional Person in the Room 02:10 Michael Hyatt's Living Forward — The Book That Changed Everything 03:00 Most People Plan Their Vacation Better Than Their Life 03:42 The Eulogy Exercise — Starting With the End in Mind 05:00 The Gap Between Your Current Reality and Your Desired Future 05:30 The Life Account Framework — Faith, Marriage, Parenting, Work 06:10 Intentions Without a Schedule Are Just Wishes 06:44 Psalm 90:12 — Life Planning as an Act of Stewardship 07:30 Practical Next Steps — Your First Life Plan 08:03 Financial Freedom Is the Starting Point, Not the Destination 08:45 Closing Challenge — Share This With Someone Who Is Drifting