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Growing Empires: Where Capital, Strategy, and Structure Meet
True wealth isn’t found in a deal; it’s engineered through the architecture of the investment.
Hosted by Real Estate Entrepanuer, Jennifer DeJesus, Growing Empires is the definitive resource for high-net-worth individuals who prioritize passive wealth and long-term performance. We strip away the surface-level "hustle" to provide the investor intel needed to navigate today’s complex markets.
At the intersection of Capital, Strategy, and Structure, we explore:
—Capital: Sophisticated allocation, private equity, and institutional capital strategies for the wealthy.
—Strategy: Real-deal case studies, vertical integration, and the "boots on the ground" execution that manufactures alpha.
—Structure: Alternative investments, tax-efficient frameworks, and the organizational logic that turns a portfolio into a legacy.
Whether you are looking for a deep dive into asset optimization or a behind-the-scenes look at how elite investors evaluate risk, this show delivers the practical, real-world perspectives required to build and protect an empire.
Stop collecting properties. Start engineering wealth. Subscribe to Growing Empires.
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2104 - Growing Empires Teaser: The Client Who Accidentally Built My Property Management Business
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May 21, 2026 |
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2103 - Growing Empires New Feed Teaser: The Deal That Changed Everything
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May 14, 2026 |
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2102 - Growing Empires Update: Why We Launched a New Podcast Feed
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May 07, 2026 |
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2101 - Growing Empires, renovated: A more transparent look at real estate investing
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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2036: Best of Series: Interview with Robert Musso
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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2035: Best of Series: Interview with Hadar Orkibi
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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2034: Best of Series: Interview with Darren Light
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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2033: Best of Series: Interview with Alex Tam
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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2032: Best of Series: Cost Segregation
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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2031: Best of Series: Life-Changing Real Estate Lessons
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Dec 25, 2025 |
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2030: Best of Series: Strategies to Improve Your Cash Flow—EIC Zoom Excerpts (Part 2)
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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2029: Best of Series: Strategies to Improve Your Cash Flow—EIC Zoom Excerpts (Part 1)
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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2028: Best of Series: Special Guest Interview Joshua Kim on SBA Loans (Part 2)
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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2027: Best of Series: Special Guest Interview Joshua Kim on SBA Loans (Part 1)
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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2026: Best of Series: Creating a Network of Business Partners
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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2025: Best of Series: Interview with Nate Hare - Self Directed IRA (Part 4)
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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2024: Best of Series: Interview with Nate Hare - Self Directed IRA (Part 3)
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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2023: Best of Series: Interview with Nate Hare - Self Directed IRA (Part 2)
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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2022: Best of Series: Interview with Nate Hare - Self Directed IRA (Part 1)
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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2021: Best of Series: Fraud in the Real Estate and Title Business with Bill Himmelreich (Part 2)
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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2020: Best of Series: Fraud in the Real Estate and Title Business with Bill Himmelreich (Part 1)
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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2019: Best of Series: Buying Estates and Foreclosures with Guest Rick Hecker (part 2)
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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2018: Best of Series: Buying Estates and Foreclosures with Guest Rick Hecker
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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2017: Best of Series: The Reality of Managing Your Own Investment Properties—What's Your Time Worth?
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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2016: Best of Series: How to Make the Right Improvements
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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2015: Best of Series: Q&A with Jennifer de Jesus
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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2014: Best of Series: Finding and Keeping the Best Tenants
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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2013: Best of Series: Analyzing Your Portfolio Each Year
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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2012: Best of Series: Q&A with Jennifer de Jesus
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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2011: Best of Series: What Makes a Great Property Manager
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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2010: Best of Series: Special Guest Jefferson Lilly on Mobile Home Park Investing (Part 2)
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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2009: Best of Series: Special Guest Jefferson Lilly on Mobile Home Park Investing (Part 1)
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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2008: Best of Series: Special Guest Interview with Attorney Zachary Zawarski (Part 2)
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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2007: Best of Series: Special Guest Interview with Attorney Zachary Zawarski (Part 1)
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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2006: Best of Series: Special Guest Interview with Ryan Daubert—Insurance for Investments (Part 2)
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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2005: Best of Series: Special Guest Interview with Ryan Daubert—Insurance for Investments (Part 1)
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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2004: Best of Series: Special Guest Interview with Gary Mascitis—Creative Financing (Part 2)
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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2003: Best of Series: Special Guest Interview with Gary Mascitis—Creative Financing (Part 1)
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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2002: Best of Series: Special Guest Interview with Cindi Platt-Elliot—1031 Corp (Part 2)
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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2001: Best of Series: Special Guest Interview with Cindi Platt-Elliot—1031 Corp (Part 1)
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May 29, 2025 |
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1910: Interview with Robert Musso
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May 15, 2025 |
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1909: Interview with Hadar Orkibi
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May 01, 2025 |
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1908: Interview with Christina Kovacs
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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1907: Interview with Aaron Ford
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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1906: Interview with Darren Light
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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1905: Interview with Jaideep Balekar
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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1904: Interview with Justin Wawrzyniak
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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1903: Interview with Yosef Lee
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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1902: Interview with Alex Tam
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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1901: Interview with Lauren Ziminski
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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1808: Interview with Mike Henninger
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Dec 26, 2024 |
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1809: Season 19 Trailer - Masterminds At Work
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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1807: Interview with Rob Beardsley
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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1806: Interview with Nate Hare - Self Directed IRA (Part 4)
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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1805: Interview with Nate Hare - Self Directed IRA (Part 3)
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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1804: Interview with Nate Hare - Self Directed IRA (Part 2)
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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1803: Interview with Nate Hare - Self Directed IRA (Part 1)
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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1802: Special Interview with Christian Beyer (Part 2)
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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1801 - Special Interview with Christian Beyer (Part 1)
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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1712: Raising Capital - Invest with me!
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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1711: Q+A with Jennifer de Jesus
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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1710 - Part 2: Special Guest Damion Lupo
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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1709 - Part 1: Special Guest Damion Lupo
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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1708 - Part 2: Special Guest Aaron Letzeiser
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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1707 - Part 1: Special Guest Aaron Letzeiser
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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1706: Emerging Trends for 2024
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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1705: Cost Segregation
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May 23, 2024 |
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1704: Special Guest Dax Ferguson
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May 09, 2024 |
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1703: Special Guest Steven Andrews (Part II)
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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1702: Special Guest Steven Andrews (Part I)
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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1701: Special Guest Ed Mathews
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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1609: Introduction to Season 17
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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1608: Special Guest Nic DeAngelo
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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1607: Special Guest Shannon Robnett
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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1606: Special Guest Gary Mascitis
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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1605: Special Guest Beth Januzzi Underhill
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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1604: Special Guest Justino Arroyo
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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1603: Special Guest Michael Guthrie
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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1602: Special Guest Nick Sicilian
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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1601: Special Guest Trevor Calton
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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1509: Season 16 Trailer
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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1508: Special Guest TJ Kosen
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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1507: Special Guest Lupei Chou
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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1506: Special Guest Maria Zondervan
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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1505: Special Guest Dustin Heiner
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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1504: Special Guest Dustin Heiner
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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1503: Special Guest Noel Parnell
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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1502: Special Guest Paul Thompson (Part 2)
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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1501: Special Guest Paul Thompson (Part 1)
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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1408: Trailer for Season 15
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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1407: Q&A on Title
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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1406: Fraud in the Real Estate and Title Business with Bill Himmelreich (Part 2)
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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1405: Fraud in the Real Estate and Title Business with Bill Himmelreich (Part 1)
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May 25, 2023 |
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1404 : Tax sales and Wholesale purchases w/ Rick Hecker
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May 11, 2023 |
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1403 : Foreclosures part 2 w/ Rick Hecker
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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1402: Buying Estates and Foreclosures with Guest Rick Hecker
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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1401: Understanding the title insurance process w/ Steel Abstract
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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1308: Season 14 Trailer
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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1307: Q&A "Ask Jennifer"
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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1306: How to avoid being a bad landlord
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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1305: The Reality of Managing Your Investment Properties- What's Your Time Worth?
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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1304: The Worst Investment Mistakes You Can Make
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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1303: The 12 Pitfalls of Investing
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Jan 05, 2023 |
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1302: Life Changing Real Estate Lessons
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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1301: Season 13 Opener - Purchase Contract Strategies and Mistakes to Avoid
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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1208: Special Guest Mathew Pezon- Deciding when to sell, refinance, scale - Sneak Peek of Season 13
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Nov 24, 2022 |
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1207: Special Guest Mathew Pezon- Metrics to gauge your asset performance
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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1206: Q&A "Ask Jennifer"
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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1205: Planning your Exit Strategy
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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1204: Strategies to Control Expenses & Planning Exit Strategies-EIC Zoom-Part 2
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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1203: Strategies to Improve Your Cash Flow-EIC Zoom Excerpts-Part 1
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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1202: Special Guest Andrew Schutsky - Redline Equity, LLC
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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1201: Season 12 opener: Improving underperforming assets and planning exit strategy
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Aug 18, 2022 |
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1107: Q&A "Ask Jennifer" session
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Jul 21, 2022 |
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1106: Cash out Refinances, HELOC, HEL, Personal Loan-Differences Between Them
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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1105: Special Guest Interview (Trevor Calton - Part 4)
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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1104: Special Guest Interview (Trevor Calton - Part 3)
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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1103: Special Guest Interview (Trevor Calton - Part 2)
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May 26, 2022 |
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1102: Special Guest Interview (Trevor Calton - Part 1)
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May 12, 2022 |
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1101: Using Equity to build More Equity
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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1008: Q&A and Trailer for Season 11
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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1007: Special Guest Interview (Joe Viery - Part 2)
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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1006: Special Guest Interview (Joe Viery - Part 1)
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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1005: Special Guest Interview (Eric Martel)
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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1004: Special Guest Interview (Adam Von Romer - Part 3)
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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1003: Special Guest Interview (Adam Von Romer - Part 2)
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Feb 03, 2022 |
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1002: Special Guest Interview (Adam Von Romer - Part 1)
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Jan 20, 2022 |
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1001: Season 10 Opener - What This Season is About!
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Jan 06, 2022 |
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907: Value Add vs. Appreciation, Trailer for Season 10 + Happy Holiday Wishes!
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Dec 23, 2021 |
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906: Q&A "Ask Jennifer" Session
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Dec 09, 2021 |
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905: Special Guest Interview Stephanie Walter - ERBE Wealth (Part 2)
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Nov 25, 2021 |
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904: Special Guest Interview Stephanie Walter - ERBE Wealth (Part 1)
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Nov 11, 2021 |
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903: Classes of Properties Explained
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Oct 28, 2021 |
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902: Does the cap rate matter? 1%, 2%, 50%, 70% and BRRRR
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Oct 14, 2021 |
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901: Season 9 Opener: What This Season is About
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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808: Trailer for Season 9 - Method to the Madness- How to Know What Method is Best
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Sep 16, 2021 |
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807: How to Make the Right Improvements
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Sep 13, 2021 |
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806: Q&A with Jennifer de Jesus
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Sep 02, 2021 |
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805: Finding and Keeping the Best Tenants
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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804: Analyzing Your Portfolio Each Year
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Aug 19, 2021 |
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803: Special Guest Interview Joshua Kim on SBA Loans (Part 2)
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Aug 12, 2021 |
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802: Special Guest Interview Joshua Kim on SBA Loans (Part 1)
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Aug 05, 2021 |
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801: Season Eight Opener-Stabilizing Your Portfolio
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Jul 29, 2021 |
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708: Property Management with Special Guest Kristina Travis - Part 2
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Jul 22, 2021 |
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707: Property Management with Special Guest Kristina Travis - Part 1
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Jul 15, 2021 |
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706: Q&A with Jennifer de Jesus
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Jul 08, 2021 |
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705: The Power of Networking
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Jul 01, 2021 |
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704: Creating a Network of Business Partners
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Jun 24, 2021 |
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703: Finding the Agent That Finds the Deals
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Jun 17, 2021 |
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702: What Makes a Great Property Manager
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Jun 10, 2021 |
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701: The Importance of Having the Right Team and Partners
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Jun 03, 2021 |
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608: Trailer for Season 7 - Building the Dream Team
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May 27, 2021 |
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607: Special Guest - Jefferson Lilly - Mobile Home Park Investing (Part 2)
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May 20, 2021 |
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606: Special Guest - Jefferson Lilly - Mobile Home Park Investing (Part 1)
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May 13, 2021 |
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605: Q&A with Jennifer de Jesus
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May 06, 2021 |
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604: Special Guests - Dave Rowan & Jeremy Moyer (Part 3)
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Apr 29, 2021 |
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603: Special Guests - Dave Rowan & Jeremy Moyer (Part 2)
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Apr 22, 2021 |
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602: Special Guests - Dave Rowan & Jeremy Moyer (Part 1)
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Apr 15, 2021 |
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601: Season Six Opener - Understanding the J Curve
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Apr 08, 2021 |
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508: Trailer for Season 6 - Case Studies
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Apr 01, 2021 |
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507: How to Spend Your Profits After a Sale - Understanding the Capital Gains Tax
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Mar 25, 2021 |
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506: Q&A with Jennifer DeJesus
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Mar 18, 2021 |
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505: Pricing your Property for Sale
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Mar 11, 2021 |
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504: Marketing Strategies to Sell your Investment Property
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Mar 04, 2021 |
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503: How to Prepare Your Property for Sale
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Feb 25, 2021 |
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502: Squeezing Out Every Penny—How to Make the Most Profit
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Feb 18, 2021 |
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501: Season Five Opener—Reasons to Sell & When to Sell
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Feb 11, 2021 |
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408: Trailer for Season 5 & Q&A with Jennifer de Jesus
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Feb 04, 2021 |
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407: Special Guest Interview with Attorney Zachary Zawarski (Part 2)
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Jan 28, 2021 |
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406: Special Guest Interview with Attorney Zachary Zawarski (Part 1)
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Jan 21, 2021 |
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405: Special Guest Interview with Ryan Daubert—Insurance for Investments (Part 2)
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Jan 14, 2021 |
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404: Special Guest Interview with Ryan Daubert—Insurance for Investments (Part 1)
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Jan 07, 2021 |
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403: Special Guest Interview with Bo Travis—Tax Advice (Part 2)
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Dec 31, 2020 |
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402: Special Guest Interview with Bo Travis—Tax Advice (Part 1)
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Dec 24, 2020 |
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401: Risk Mitigation—What Risk Do You Have?
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Dec 17, 2020 |
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308: Trailer for Season 4
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Dec 10, 2020 |
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307: Special Guest Interview with Gary Mascitis—Creative Financing (Part 2)
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Dec 03, 2020 |
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306: Q&A with Jennifer de Jesus
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Nov 26, 2020 |
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305: Special Guest Interview with Gary Mascitis—Creative Financing (Part 1)
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Nov 19, 2020 |
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304: Special Guest Interview with Sarry Ibrahim—Bank on Yourself
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Nov 12, 2020 |
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303: Special Guest Interview with Cindi Platt-Elliot—1031 Corp (Part 2)
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Nov 05, 2020 |
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302: Special Guest Interview with Cindi Platt-Elliot—1031 Corp (Part 1)
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Oct 29, 2020 |
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301: Winning the Money Game—Case Studies
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Oct 22, 2020 |
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208: Season Two Wrap Up and What’s Coming in Season 3
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Oct 15, 2020 |
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207: Season Two’s Mythbusters Episode
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Oct 08, 2020 |
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206: Q&A with Jennifer de Jesus
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Oct 01, 2020 |
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205: Negotiating Deals in the Lehigh Valley
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Sep 24, 2020 |
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204: Empire Capital Fund—What is a Hedge Fund and Why Would I Invest in One
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Sep 17, 2020 |
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203: Special Guest Interview with Tejas Gosai
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Sep 10, 2020 |
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202: Investing in the Lehigh Valley—Buying for Cash Flow and Appreciation
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Sep 03, 2020 |
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201: Season Two Opener—The History of Lehigh Valley and The Current Real Estate Market
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Aug 27, 2020 |
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108: Season One Wrap Up and What's Coming in Season Two
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Aug 20, 2020 |
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107: Mythbusters: Busting Real Estate Investing Myths with Special Guest, Ronnie Bowser
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Aug 13, 2020 |
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106: Q&A with Jennifer de Jesus
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Aug 06, 2020 |
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105: Passive Income as it Relates to Property Management Services
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Jul 30, 2020 |
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104: How Money Works in Real Estate Investing: 6 Important Terms Explained
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Jul 23, 2020 |
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103: How to Start Building a Real Estate Portfolio
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Jul 16, 2020 |
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102: Real Estate Investing—Passive vs. Active Income
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Jul 09, 2020 |
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101: Introduction to Growing Empires and My Story
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Jul 02, 2020 |