The Cashflow Hustle: Recent Episodes
Justin Grimes
The Cashflow Hustle provides actionable content focused on discovering, creating and growing multiple income streams with the intent of achieving financial independence and freeedom for you to LIVE the life of abundance that is RIGHTFULLY YOURS. The podcast provides listeners with massive value through guidance, tips and stories from active entrepreneurs and thought leaders in the real estate, business (online and offline) and financial services sectors. Our guests have been there and done that - why not learn from their experience?
Show topics include: escaping the rat race, entrepreneurship, residential real estate investing, tax strategies, asset protection, online business execution, wealth creation strategies, investment strategies, estate planning, credit, commercial real estate investing, insurance, syndications and much more.
The path to financial freedom is a journey. The Cashflow Hustle community provides an arena for that journey to be traveled more efficiently.
Rob Beardsley has acquired $40,000,000 of value-add multifamily real estate as founder and principal of Lone Star Capital Group, a NYC based private equity firm. He has underwritten more than 750 deals and has published over 40 articles about underwriting, capital structure, acquisition strategies, and capital markets.
Nichole Stohler is founder and host of The Richer Geek Podcast, where she lives out her mission of educating and empowering high-income professionals to find creative ways of building wealth and financial freedom. Nichole has been in technology sales for 22 years, and absolutely loves how fast-paced, dynamic, and diverse the industry can be. As much as she’s enjoyed her career, however, Nichole realized she needed a “plan B.”
So she created one. While working full-time, Nichole and her husband built an 8-figure real estate portfolio of multi-family, single-family, and hotel properties.
With her own “plan B” in place, Nichole believes that it’s not only possible, but it’s essential that others in high-income roles find ways to make their money work for them, so they can finally achieve the wealth and financial freedom they deserve.
Nichole and Mike are also hotel syndicators helping investors passively invest in real estate projects.
"Best-Selling Author of a dozen books on personal finance, investment and retirement strategies, Damion is on a mission to free 1 million people from financial bondage.
He hosts the Financial Underdogs podcast, ripping conventional wisdom apart for the Main Street investor looking for truth about money and investing.
Not only has he started 50+ companies, he even founded his own martial art, Yokido®.
Damion developed the ultimate investor retirement tool called the eQRP®. His strategy gives individuals total control of their retirement money to invest in real assets like real estate, gold, and crypto.
Damion has been a professional investor for more than 20 years starting with the purchase of his first rental house he charged on his VISA. That move snowballed into 150 rental houses in less than 5 years. In 2008 he lost the whole $20 million business only to bounce back and recreate his wealth in less than 5 years."
MARK EVANS might be the most enthusiastic person you’ll ever meet. His love of sales, life, and the game of business is infectious. He believes that at its very core, sales doesn’t have to be manipulative or sleazy. He helps companies and individuals reach the seven-figure sales mark and beyond.
Matthew works as an analyst at Boardwalk Wealth a private equity company based in Dallas, Texas which specializes in acquiring large multi-family apartments in the US.
Matthew is responsible for market research, due diligence, acquisitions, and investor relations. He participates in identifying, analyzing and advising in all phases of the acquisition process.
Matthew is currently based in Chiang Mai, Thailand and he and his wife are expecting their first child in January 2020.
Nick Raithel is the creator of the 7-Hour Book. This proven system allows any investor looking to create cash flow, to get their own professionally-published book while spending only 7 hours of their time on it.
Chad Romzek, Creator & Owner of Kick Ash Basket®, is a creative, energetic and passionate entrepreneur specializing in solving problems with simple solutions. His background is in mechanical engineering, project management and operations leadership. He worked at two Fortune 500 companies and a greenfield startup business before embarking on a side hustle in the BBQ Grilling Industry. Chad and his wife Tracy started the Kick Ash Basket® business from their garage in Neenah, Wisconsin back in 2014 and are now supplying grill accessories all over the United States and all over this beautiful blue planet! In 2017, Chad walked away from his Corporate America six figure income because it just didn’t make sense to keep going back to the cubicle. Now, Chad and Tracy are Kicking Ash & Making Flames with over 7 figures of annual sales and are starting to build wealth and freedom in the multi-family investing arena. Chad’s life goal is to inspire people all over the world to Shake That Ash & Light That Fire!
Tim is the visionary who focuses on serving customers while working closely to grow and strengthen relationships with private investors. He has built his company on integrity and works hard to ensure every customer who completes a transaction is fully satisfied.
Working in real estate, Tim has learned how to create a passive income that allows him to live the lifestyle of his choice. His goal is to educate and empower others to become financially free through their own investments. Legacy Wealth Network
Joel and Natalie Rivera are freedom junkies and prolific content creators who have launched over a dozen businesses. After almost losing it all due to a sudden illness after traveling overseas, they converted their coaching and training programs into online courses. Today, they’ve created over 200 hours of content and more than 75 online courses, taken by more than 125,000 students from 192 countries.
Yuri is a corporate HR Strategy/Organizational Design Consultant and expert on the Employee Experience (EX), board member, startup advisor, official member of the Forbes Coaches Council and contributor to Forbes, Entrepreneur, Business.com, Influencive and others. Yuri's consulting, advising and coaching portfolio includes speaking engagements, workshops and advisory work on personal + professional development focused on Employee Experience (EX), HR Transformation / Change Management, Customer Experience (CX), PR/Media and business strategy, impacting thousands of Fortune 500 and startup executives.
Bernard Reisz CPA, empowers individuals to optimize their finances, using proactive and innovative strategies. He provides an integrated approach to tax and financial planning for real estate pros, focusing on their unique profiles and opportunities.
Bernard is the founder of 401kCheckbook.com, which gives investors direct control of their tax-sheltered funds for real estate equity and debt opportunities using Checkbook Control IRAs, Solo 401(k)s, and Checkbook Life Insurance. He is also the founder of AgentFinancial.com, which provides tax, entity, and financial services to real estate professionals, including real estate agents, investors, syndicators and mortgage brokers.
Mark Roderick is one of the leading Crowdfunding and Fintech
lawyers in the United States. Expanding on his in-depth
knowledge of capital-raising and securities law,
Mark represents many portals and other players in the
Crowdfunding field. He writes a widely read blog,
crowdfundattny.com, which provides readers with a wealth of
legal and practical information for portals, issuers, and investors.
He also speaks at Crowdfunding events across the country, and
represents industry participants across the country and around
the world.
From humble beginnings on a small Canadian farm near Montréal, Rock Thomas has become a self-made millionaire, running several successful businesses and six award-winning RE/MAX franchises.
After achieving epic financial success, showered with accolades and awards, Rock embarked on a quest for personal growth, traveling the world and studying with acclaimed teachers like Tony Robbins & Deepak Chopra.
He absorbed success systems, life and business strategies, and countless life-changing experiences. After assimilating all he’d learned and talking with people from all walks of life who were seeking more too, he founded Rock Thomas International to bring the best-of-the-best to the world. His programs blend his extensive knowledge about personal development with cutting-edge success formulas designed to produce whole-life wealth.
Armed with only $3,000, gut-wrenching fear, and absolutely no real estate experience… Mark bought his first few parcels of raw land in 2001.
Today Mark is the author of Dirt Rich, the ultimate guide to helping you build a passive income. and owner of Frontier Properties, a very reputable and successful land investing company, and has been buying and selling land full time since 2001. By focusing on working smart, not hard, he has completed over 5,000 land deals with an average ROI of over 300% on cash flips, and over 1,000% on the deals he sells with financing terms.
Prior to his land investing success, Mark had a high-stress, soulless corporate job, and felt trapped in a state of solo-economic-dependency (i.e. his income stopped as soon as he stopped working).
Escaping solo-economic dependency changed Mark’s life in so many positive ways that he decided to teach, coach and mentor others to help them achieve their financial goals.
Even though Mark invests a lot of his time helping others, he stays actively involved in running his land investing business and is dedicated to teaching the most current and relevant “real world” land investing methods to his students.
Diane Gardner, Your Tax Coach, is a best-selling author and a Quilly Award recipient. She is also a Certified Tax Coach and an Enrolled Agent. Diane’s expertise lies in the area of tax planning. Her goal is to make sure successful entrepreneurs across the United States are paying the least amount of income tax they can legally pay.
Diane is also a believer in the mastermind and coaching concepts. She leads the “Business Breakthrough Mastermind Group” and offers coaching services to other entrepreneurs.
In this Episode, You’ll Learn About:
- What is a Tax Coach
- How to get into Taxes
- How to become a Tax Coach
- How to lessen and utilize Tax
Kenneth Ameduri is the chief editor and cofounder of financial publication letter CrushTheStreet.com. He was a founder in Future Money Trends and Wealth Research Group, which have gone on to be vital sources of education and wealth for hundreds of thousands of readers. In his 20s, Kenneth has founded multiple businesses that have gone on to be worth millions of dollars. Kenneth was also a founder of FMT Advisory, which successfully manages millions of dollars in client funds. He is an ardent student of Austrian economics and anticipating market trends as he has successfully invested and built companies for more than 15 years. Kenneth spends his time relentlessly analyzing resource, tech and other sectors, uncovering areas in which equity can be captured and a profit can be made. Kenneth is passionate about sharing the lessons of success and failure that have led him to where he is today through his work published weekly at CrushTheStreet.com.
With 14 years of marketing and web technology, I understand what it takes to move the needle to drive major gains in traffic and revenue.
I have personally built a team of highly intelligent industry experts that understand the complexities of campaigns and can communicate clearly with our clients.
Our straightforward approach – grounded in the development and execution of clear KPIs has gained us the trust of high profile clients like Coca-Cola, Salesforce, IBM, Target and other enterprise-level clients for their digital marketing needs.
My team are hardworking but approachable-grounded people who are the backbone of Louder.Online.
From time to time, we may have to work back late to help meet client deadlines but we are also the team that will be celebrating our clients success at the local.
I created a trustworthy hard-working team that our clients rely on daily for business growth.
Danny is an author, entrepreneur, host of a real estate mastermind, national speaker, and volunteer with The First Tee. He has over half a decade of professional experience working as a financial consultant. He advised multi-billion dollar companies and helped them achieve results in areas that include improved revenue performance, increased profit margin, and enhanced technology utilization. His passion for financial freedom started when he was five years old running small businesses to make extra money. In high school, he read real estate books and studied finance to understand the power of owning assets. His commercial real estate knowledge (from books) gave him and Caitlin the courage to buy their first investment property, which was a $1,000,000 building. Within the company, Danny is focused on building relationships, investment analysis, and planning.
Tyler, the Founder and President of The Chesser Companies, is a leading commercial real estate broker, a personal development thought leader, & a multifamily investor, transacting over $50mm in deals since 2013.
He's an award winning pro, recently named the KCREA (Kentucky Commercial Real Estate Alliance) Multifamily Broker of the Year, KREE (Kentucky Real Estate Exchangors) Exchangor of the Year, a “Rising Star” 30 & under globally in commercial real estate by CCIM CIRE (Commercial Investment Real Estate) Magazine & "20 people to know in real estate" by Business First.
Tyler's passion is designing lives of fulfillment through personal growth and real estate investing for his clients, his partners and the people he influences.
Joel Solomon is the author of The Clean Money Revolution: Reinventing Power, Purpose, and Capitalism. He’s the Chairman of Renewal Funds, a $98 million mission venture capital firm. He has invested in over 100 early growth-stage companies in North America, delivering above market returns while catalyzing positive social and environmental change.
Author of the book “Free Houses”, Austin Miller has built a real estate portfolio of 16 units worth over 1.2 million dollars with little to zero of his own money. Over the course of acquiring several properties, he is fittingly labeled as a creative financing real estate investor and willing share his advice to anyone who has the desire to invest in real estate.
Prior to Aspen, Mr. Fraser was a commercial lender at First Business Bank specializing in government backed loan originations (SBA & USDA), for one of the top SBA lenders in the nation. Prior to that he was a commercial credit underwriter for Crossfirst Bank, personally responsible for underwriting over $125MM in business and CRE loans across a variety of industries.
CMO/Founder at Empire Flippers and host of Empire Flippers podcast, Justin is the brand ambassador of the company. From content to paid traffic, he keeps the sales staff busy and the lead funnels full. He lives on the road with his wife and is regularly traveling through SE Asia, Europe, and the US. Would love to catch a beer (or two) the next time he’s in your city.
Kris is the Founder and CEO of We Want Storage, self-storage acquisitions and education company. He hunts for storage deals to acquire, and has consulted on over $50 million in storage acquisitions for third party groups. Prior to starting We Want Storage, he was the Acquisitions Director for a private equity fund where he helped raise roughly $5 million in equity and closed $9 million in self-storage deals. Kris is a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill and Kenan-Flagler Business School where he served as a Fund Manager on the business school’s real estate private equity fund, the only student-lead real estate fund in the U.S.
Anton Ivanov is a real estate investor and entrepreneur with a 35 unit rental portfolio spread out across 4 states. His portfolio generates over $10,000 in monthly cash flow.
He is also the founder of DealCheck - the leading real estate analysis software used by over 75,000 investors and agents to quickly analyze and compare investment properties.
Annie Dickerson is a co-founder and managing partner at Goodegg Investments, a company that helps people build passive income through investing in real estate, all without the hassles of being a landlord. To date, Goodegg Investments has co-syndicated over $400 million of real estate assets in multifamily, self storage, and manufactured home parks.
Seth Williams is a land investor and residential landlord, with nearly a decade of experience in the commercial banking industry. He is also the Founder of REtipster.com - a real estate investing blog that offers real-world guidance for real estate investors.
Gene Guarino is President of Residential Assisted Living Academy™ in Phoenix, AZ and has over 30 years experience in real estate investing and business. Today, Gene is focused on just one thing… investing in the mega-trend of senior assisted housing.
Scott Carson is the President of WeCloseNotes.com and host of the Note Closers Show Podcast. He has been an active note and distressed debt investor since 2008. Austin, TX is home. His group has helped thousands of real estate investors with distressed notes - helping them to acquire and maintain "the Cashflow Hustle"
Dave Zook is a successful business owner and an experienced real estate investor active in Multi-family apartments, self-storage and the ATM space.
Dave and his investors own well in excess of $100 million dollars of real estate acquired since 2009.
Justin Recla has over 14 years of experience as a Counterintelligence Special Agent and Army soldier. He’s a subject matter expert in tactical questioning, counter espionage, threat assessments, and investigative techniques. Justin brings his skills from the military sector and delivers them to the boardroom to help business owners and investors protect their two most valuable assets: Time & Money.
Yonah is a powerhouse with property owners' tax savings. As Business Director at Madison SPECS, a national Cost Segregation leader, he has assisted clients in saving tens of millions of dollars on taxes through cost segregation. He has a background in teaching and a passion for real estate and helping others.
Hunter is a full-time real estate investor and founder of Cash Flow Connections, a private equity firm based out of Los Angeles, CA. Since starting CFC, Hunter has helped more than 250 investors allocate capital to over 100 properties. He has personally raised more than $20mm in private capital and controls more than $60mm in commercial real estate.
Craig Cecilio is the CEO and Founder of DiversyFund. Craig’s mission is to disrupt traditional alternative asset investing and empower the average investor by giving them the same wealth building opportunities available to the 1%. Craig’s visionary approach to democratizing alternative asset investing combines the power of crowdfunding with cutting-edge technology through DiversyFund’s online platform.
While visiting a farm investment in Central America in 2016, Chris Rawley, Founder and CEO of Harvest Returns, conceived the idea of building a crowdfunding platform to streamline agriculture investments. He soon founded Harvest Returns to bring that vision to reality. Not only does the platform bring investors passive investments in real assets that better connect them with our food system, but it also gives family farmers a way to raise capital to remain competitive in an industry that's often overlooked.
Barbara Turley is Founder & CEO of The Virtual Hub - one of the fastest growing producers of digital marketing virtual assistants for businesses who need to free up time & eradicate overwhelm by leveraging highly cost-effective offshore teams.
After a corporate career spanning 15 years in the investment banking industry, she started her 'corporate escape' from within by jumping on a management buyout business opportunity. This led her on a journey into entrepreneurship, angel investing and to develop a keen interest in scalable business models, content marketing and all things digital.
Anton Kraly has been a serial entrepreneur for more than a decade, finding success building and selling multiple seven-figure businesses. In 2013, he started Drop Ship Lifestyle to teach people how to create profitable eCommerce businesses by leveraging high-ticket drop shipping. Voted “Best eCommerce Course” by Shopify in 2018, Drop Ship Lifestyle is now the top online eCommerce coaching program and has helped more than 8,000 students in 25 countries to find freedom through entrepreneurship.
Michael Giannulis (Gee-uh-NEW-liss - kind of like “Gee, a new list” because after all, he’s in marketing!) has overcome the odds and loves to share his story to inspire others.
Mike especially thrives on connecting with entrepreneurs to motivate them to “do big things” in the world.
In this Episode, You’ll Learn About:
In 2012 Mike appeared on the ABC television show Extreme Weight Loss, losing 255 pounds. He has overcome a stutter. He has gone from the bottom of the corporate
ladder to the top of the mountain... and he loves helping others do the same.
- The value of taking one week and write all tasks you do - and could outsource
- Various ways to increase revenue
- Company Culture creation and protection
- business lessons Michael learned from starting a goat dairy farm at 19 years old
- tips to scaling your business without breaking your budget
Many people think of entrepreneurship being all about growing million or billion dollar companies from the ground up. But what if I told you there was a smarter way to put your entrepreneurial spirit to good use by buying businesses with the intent of putting systems in place so you don't have to be there and can live the life you want? Listen to how Arron Muller has done just that and now teaches others how to do the same.
Real opportunities don’t come along very often which is why we have the saying “opportunity only knocks once”. If you are lucky, it may knock twice. So, when opportunity knocks, are you willing to open the door? In this episode, I spoke with Ryan Smith, the Managing Partner of Elevation Capital Group. Listen to know about Ryan’s Journey and how acting on an opportunity gave him a lifetime of cashflow.
At some point in your life, you’ve heard the phrase, “Experience is the best teacher.” Cliche as it may sounds, experience truly teaches you better than anything else. If you are thinking of diving into the business of investing or you are in the middle of the journey, you wouldn’t want to miss this episode. In this episode, Michael Collins shares business and investing wisdom from his 30 years of experience in this field.
Are you thinking about buying your first rental property? Make sure you’ve done your due diligence in educating yourself first to avoid rookie mistakes. Lucky for you, you’ve come to the right place! In this episode, Stephanie Wankel shares a lot of information based on her experiences as a landlord to growing and managing her portfolio of single family as well as multi-family home rentals.
Do you want to retire early? Even if you already have a day job, it may not be enough to prepare for your retirement. Investing is your key to building passive cashflow– and real estate could be your market. In this episode, entrepreneur and expert real estate investor, Lane Kawaoka, shares his experience in balancing a full time job and creating passive cashflow through investing in single family homes to multifamily properties.
When things fall apart — and they do — don’t give up and just hit that rest button! In this episode, Ivan shares how he bounced back from having a couple of hundred thousand dollars in debt to raising over 20 million in equity, acquired over 1200 units and managed 1,700 units. Ivan did this by focusing on one thing - CASHFLOW.
In every job or business, it is almost impossible to do everything by yourself. If you’ve been successful as a real estate agent, you may start wondering if you should build a real estate team in order to further scale your business. In today’s episode, Adam Adams shares how he was able to grow his business with the right team. If you are looking for some proven tips and strategies for how to have a have successful real estate career and build your own real estate team, then, you have come to the right place.
After finishing filing your 2017 tax return, thinking about 2018 taxes may sound a little irritating and might be the last thing that you want to do. However, if you want a smoother and less stressful filing process, it is better to prepare as early as NOW. In this episode, tax strategist Brandon Hall shares some tips and strategies to maximize your tax savings. Also, find out the main thing to keep in mind when preparing 2018 taxes. So many things to learn from this episode so you don’t want to miss this one!
Are you looking to scale up your real estate investing business? If so, you don’t want to miss today’s episode. Today’s guest is Todd Dexheimer, the owner of Venture D Properties. Todd walks us through his journey of being an educator turned flipper to multifamily investor. You’ll hear how Todd emphasizes the importance of analysing markets before making deals, how he puts together the financing on large multifamily purchases, and how he builds a solid real estate team.
One way to diversify income is to have a side hustle. Side hustles give you the ability to make money on the side and expand your experience in new ways. What makes it more interesting is that many opportunities allow you to work remotely and at the comfort of your own home. Today’s guest, Nick Loper, is an expert in side hustling. Listen as Nick shares his side hustle journey and get some side hustle business ideas. You don’t want to miss this one!
If you’re starting out in your real estate career, you may want to consider picking a real estate niche as your specialty. Once you know the niche you want to get started with, become an expert, build a network and begin your cashflow journey by taking action. Today’s guest, Allison Kirschbaum, focused on creating cashflow through self storage. Listen intently as Allison shares her journey and learn some strategies on how to acquire private capital.
Do you want to live a good life off passive cashflow from rental property? Investment experts believe now is the time to invest in multi-family real estate. Today’s guest, Joe Fairless, shares his journey on taking the leap from a W2 job to controlling $400,000,000 apartments. Listen and get some tips on buying multifamily properties. PLUS, learn how to get a BONUS PACKAGE valued at over $500 for FREE at the end of this episode.
Your team is the company's backbone. Having a solid business team behind you offers the obvious advantage - it builds success. It also offers entrepreneurial advantages. Once your business team runs efficiently, you’re free to work ON your business instead of IN your business. In this episode, Scott Bower discusses the importance of building a team and how it helped him reach further heights in wealth creation.
Reaching the pinnacles of success rarely happen overnight. It requires years of hard work, determination and the drive to never give up. Do you ever wonder what are the secrets of wealthy people? In this episode, M.C Laubscher shares his insights on the secrets and habits of wealthy people. Listen and find out the mindset shift necessary to become successful.
Putting all of your eggs into one basket can be very dangerous in any aspect. As an entrepreneur, you need to understand the significance and role of diversification. In this episode, Jeremy Roll stresses the importance of creating multiple income streams by investing passively. Learn how to be a low risk passive cashflow investor by investing in more stabilized opportunities. You don’t want to miss this episode especially if you don’t want to go back to the corporate world.
You can be your own boss without starting a business from scratch. Today’s guest, Ace Chapman, doesn’t think you should start a business. He thinks you should buy an existing profitable business and then, improve it to create opportunities for tremendous profit. In this episode, Ace shares how he bought a $70,000 business with only $3,000 in his hands. Learn how to find businesses for sale, how to get them at a good rate, and what he does to improve them as soon as he buys them. You don’t want to miss this one!
One popular way people can make passive income these days is through different forms of real estate investing. In this episode, Stuart Grazier shares his path to achieving financial freedom and how living a life of service can lead to abundant wealth. This is one you don't want to miss!
When you are juggling multiple businesses, finding the right people for your team to lead operations and make decisions locally -- and focusing your energies on larger strategic considerations -- is absolutely critical. In this episode, Dan Handford shares how he manage multiple businesses and why it is important to have the right people, the right processes, and the right mindset.
The power to pivot and be resourceful is a critical element of any fabric that comes with being a successful entrepreneur. And there's no better way to prove that you've got that grit and ability than by having millions in the bank and losing it all (plus more) only to get it all back in 13 months. Listen to how Paul Moore did just that and continues to successfully figure things out and pivot his business as markets change.
Before you begin or continue on your cashflow hustle journey, it is of paramount importance that you understand the power of the mind. It can be your biggest tool in the bag or your worst enemy preventing you from reaching your true potential. On this episode, find out the 7 things that hold MOST people back.
A brief intro to tell you a bit about the host and his passion for creating multiple income streams with the intent of achieving financial independence and financial freedom.