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Episode 139: The Rise of Spartan Construction Management – Aaron Saunders

Aaron Saunders is the President of Spartan Construction Management. In this episode he shares the development of the company conceived as an in-house entity to fulfill Spartan Investment Group’s pressing need for reliable and aligned contractors to a nationwide phenomenon within just three years. WHAT TO LISTEN FOR The transition from being comfortable with a …

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Episode 138: Understanding the Last Ten Feet, Not just the Last Mile – Anne Mari Decoster

In this episode we meet the new President and COO of Kingdom Storage Investors and Self-Storage Investing, Anne Mari Decoster. She’s lived a professional life thinking forward. In her first role out of post secondary school she was part of an analytics team that predicted the economic demise of the Soviet Union during the Cold …

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Episode 137: Navigating an Uncertain Market: One Investor’s Approach – Travis Baucom

Travis Baucom was rocking it. He’d grown a fund to over 400 homes but suddenly realized he needed to pivot. That’s when he made the move into self-storage and has never looked back. In this episode Travis shares some of his strategies, particularly in an uncertain market. WHAT TO LISTEN FOR The approach Travis takes …

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Episode 136: A New Way to Generate Interest through Passive Investment – Travis Smith, Founder Tribevest

About 15 years ago Travis Smith went on a fishing trip with his brothers. They couldn’t actually afford to go on the trip, but they went. They talked about financial freedom and collectively expressed the path each brother was on wasn’t going to get them there. They wanted to invest in real estate, in private …

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Episode 135: Simplifying Self Storage: Leveraging Partnerships for Faster Growth – Sean Graham

The self-storage business model is refreshingly simple compared to the complexities of managing multifamily apartment complexes. As Scott has said (and trademarked) “No tenants, No toilets, No trash.” By offering straight-forward shed rentals the investment potential becomes easy to grasp. But trying to handle every aspect of the business alone, from raising capital to property …

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Episode 134: Putting Out Fires and Making Fire Investments – Tim Lyons

In this episode, Tim Lyons, co-founder of Cityside Capital shares his journey of being actively passive in real estate investing. He does this while working as a New York City firefighter and being a father of three. He’s the New York City firefighter with the massive side hustle. WHAT TO LISTEN FOR Why it’s so …

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Episode 133: Turning Pro Using Outside Consultants to Uncover Blind Spots – Russ Sorrells

For Russ Sorrells, business success comes down to four main areas of focus: being sure you have the right people and looking after them, having a clear purpose and mission, developing the right playbooks to execute the strategies, and performance. People, Purpose, Playbooks, and Performance. The Four P’s that drive success. WHAT TO LISTEN FOR …

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Episode 132: Learning to Lead as You Scale Your Portfolio – Eric Brewer

Success started for Eric Brewer making $7 an hour as a lot porter – parking Mercedes and Toyotas a local new car franchise. Good thing he wore that double breasted suit to the interview. But hard work, listening to his dad, and some good contacts led to more and more opportunities. Eventually he came to …

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Episode 131: Company Success From An Executive’s Perspective – Ken Lange

Get to know how it’s done at the executive level with Ken Lange, as this episode’s C-suite conversation tackles the function and management metrics utilized to keep a company’s operation at its peak. Stay tuned to grasp the knowledge to develop your team’s competency and achieve all your objectives! WHAT TO LISTEN FOR Why values …

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