The Morning Spotlight with Mike Ham: Recent Episodes
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Whether it is a high profile member of the real estate industry, a professional athlete, an entrepreneur, a musician, or anyone else The Coolest Guy in Title Insurance, Mike Ham, brings on the show, they all have a story and it's about time you heard it! You never know who is going to step into the spotlight!
John Strisower, CEO of Kilows joins the show to discuss the future of electric vehicles and how he and his team are changing the game.
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Mark Diamond has over 30 years experience in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. Before joining Antisense Therapeutics Limited as MD and CEO in 2001, Mr. Diamond was employed in the US as Director, Project Planning/Business Development at Faulding Pharmaceuticals. Prior to this he held the positions of Senior Manager, Business Development and In-licensing within Faulding’s European operation based in the UK and International Business Development Manager with Faulding in Australia.
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Jerome Myers (a/k/a “J”) is a developer of people and places. He is the founder and Chief Inspiration Officer of DreamCatchers and The Myers Development Group.
Through these entities he gets to live out his childhood dreams of helping people manifest the things they imagine and create social proof that dreams should be real.
Since leaving corporate America after building a 20MM division, J has become one of the most sought after thought leaders in the multifamily development space. His company, The Myers Development Group, built a multi-million-dollar portfolio following the principles of Myers Methods.
This success has led to him being featured on top podcasts such as Best Real Estate Investing Advice Ever with Joe Fairless, Apartment Investing with Michael Blank, Multifamily Investor Nation with Dan Hanford, Target Market Insights with John Casmon, and at least two dozen others.
Although he’s often told that he makes investing look easy, the people closest to him know the road wasn’t without challenges. So, he created Myers Methods, a real estate education company, to dispel many of the myths related to the industry and educate investors on his 4-step process to owning and operating apartments.
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Emily Reynolds Bergh has garnered more than ten years of marketing and public relations experience through owning her own business, R Public Relations Firm, and also through her previous experience running her award-winning website Defining Delicious and working for the Jason Dady Restaurant Group in San Antonio, Bread & Butter Public Relations in Austin, and Bay Bird Inc in San Diego.
While helping businesses and brands flourish is Emily’s passion — with degrees in Psychology and Philosophy and a Master’s in Social Work — empowering her clients and her employees is what drives her. Emily can proudly say that each client she signs is one she admires and knows is helping the world become a better place.
Emily’s priority in life is enjoying time with her husband Colter and their five children (no, that was not a typo) whom she calls “her peaches,” while simultaneously exploring the country seeking the next client for R Public Relations. As the helm of R PR, Emily’s philosophy on life and lifestyle are one and the same: words have power, make them move mountains!
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Matt Picheny is a real estate investor, Tony award winner, and author of the #1 best-selling book, Backstage Guide to Real Estate. He is focused on developing passive income streams that enable investors to write their own story and choose how they want to spend their time.
Matt has over 15 years of experience revitalizing and elevating communities through real estate investment and has invested in over 8,000 apartments nationwide. He is a licensed real estate agent and has earned both Commercial Real Estate & Real Estate Finance certificates from Boston University. Matt is a member of the Forbes Real Estate Council, the Fast Company Executive Board, and is an advisor to a PropTech company.
A PMI certified Project Management Professional, Matt is a digital marketing veteran whose 18-year career in the advertising world included working for some of the world’s largest advertising agencies, producing award-winning projects for Fortune 500 clients including Verizon, IBM, and Coca-Cola.
Matt and his wife have two Tony Awards® as co-Producers of the Broadway shows Moulin Rouge! and American Utopia. They have invested in many other theatrical productions including the iconic musicals Hamilton and Wicked.
A native of Orlando Florida, and a former actor, Matt still believes in happily ever after. He lives with his wife and their two daughters in Brooklyn, New York and in his downtime enjoys long walks on the beach, Broadway, Rock and Roll, and amazing barbecue.
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"Trip" Riley represents clients who are facing complex civil litigation filed by a single plaintiff, as well as class actions, arising from commercial and consumer financing, consumer-facing services and product sales, and business-to-business transactions and competition. He prides himself on understanding his clients' unique businesses and partners with them to help achieve results in line with their goals in the often highly-charged setting of civil litigation. However, when a difficult dispute cannot otherwise be resolved, Trip and his team are prepared to go to trial. Trip is admitted to practice law before the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, District of New Jersey and Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, as well as the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit Court of Appeals and U.S. Supreme Court.
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Pablo Gonzalez is the inventor of the Relationship Flywheel™️, host of the B2B Community Builder and Not Your Average Investor Shows, and Co-Founder of BeTheStage.live- a marketing agency that turns clients into community and community into your greatest business development asset.
He’s obsessed with human connection, and he’s used his expertise to grow non-profits, sell $60M+ construction projects, rescue fledgling start-ups, set record breaking quarters for $100M+ companies, and be named a Latino Leader of the Future and a Top 20 Under 40 various publications.
More than anything, he’s dying to be your friend.
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About JWB Real Estate Capital:
Our business fundamentals are built on making a difference in the lives of every individual we encounter. With these fundamentals at the forefront of every business decision, JWB focuses on the things that have the most significant impact on our clients, staff, vendors and residents.
In the last decade, JWB has built close relationships and changed the lives of clients across the country and worldwide. Through these relationships coupled with feedback from our beloved clients, JWB sets the industry standard by redefining world-class customer service. Our clients have full transparency with access to real time data, insightful metrics, and dedicated account managers that allows them to rest at ease with their real estate investments from across the country.
JWB’s 80+ teammates serve as industry experts in the real estate fields of acquisitions, construction, management, and client relations. When a client purchases a turnkey rental property with JWB, they have expectations of performance coupled with a limited stress investment. The JWB team’s motto is to “under promise and over deliver” on those client expectations. With over a decade behind us, JWB has produced consistent, reliable and predictable returns for our clients. As a business which stems from humble beginnings, JWB truly feels blessed and appreciative that the growth of our business is built primarily on repeat and referral business.
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There is a sleeping giant in every human. Awakening those giants within and turning them into legends, by helping individuals grab just what’s out of their grasp, is Brian’s purpose in this life. Brian is a heart surgeon without a blade. He does not start outside with what you need to do, he starts inside with who you are. In a world that is disconnected, Brian is revolutionizing how individuals, leaders, and entrepreneurs deeply connect with their authentic selves to achieve the best version of themselves. As a human behavior and performance coach, speaker, and business strategist Brian teaches disruptive strategies on how to create sustainable growth and lasting change personally and professionally. His life philosophies on “how to embrace pain to avoid suffering,” “people before profits,” and “who before what” has helped individuals and companies discover and activate their limitless potential. You can literally feel Brian and his team's authenticity and will be moved by their vision to impact a billion lives by 2045. Brian’s passion for positive leadership extends beyond his business career and into the nonprofit sector. His driving principle, “if and how I can help” led him to be a founding member of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul’s professional advisory board, the Vinnies. Brian’s philanthropic work includes positions on various other advisory boards and committees like the American Cancer Society, Adelante Healthcare, TGEN, United Blood Services, the YMCA, Scottsdale Leadership, and Valley Leadership. He is also the founder of the Phoenix Children’s Hospital Patient and Family Alumni Leadership (PALs) group, which is dedicated to giving patients and families the best experience possible during their treatment. Brian’s injury care at the Phoenix Children’s Hospital was absolutely crucial to his successful recovery, and he is honored to continue to be a part of the hospital’s family. In 2013 Brian took his initiatives a step further by co-creating the mobile app, Simply Sayin' to help children understand confusing medical terms involved in their care. With more than 75,000 downloads in over 100 countries since launch, Brian’s work delivered upon the “if and how I can help'' principle with a lasting legacy for the patients behind him. https://brianbogert.com/ http://nolimitsprelude.com/ Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com For title insurance inquiries contact Mike at michael.ham@ctt.com Buy Mike a Coffee!
Tony Blankenship is a former chef, spiritual seeker, and punk rocker. All the great insights in his latest book Self-Help Sucks, come from his own challenge of confronting and losing in his own struggle with addictive behavior. Using the principles and actions of the twelve-step program, Tony lays out his experience and some opinions that ultimately lead to the promise of contentment and fulfillment. Tony lives in Santa Fe, NM. He is married with one daughter, a stepson, two dogs, two cats, two goldfish and a beta. When he is not writing he is an avid cyclist and amateur road bike racer. Tony passionately believes that if anyone follows the advice outlined in this book, they will address any of their destructive or addictive behavior.
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Vicky Llerena has served as host, presenter, panelist, and workshop speaker for entrepreneurial organizations teaching the methods of social media branding and online lead generation. Before starting in real estate she ran a digital marketing agency & now serve as Real Estate Business Development for Cardinal Financial. She funds residential and commercial deals. Her articles have been featured in NJBiz, Huffington Post, CEO Blog Nation, and many more media outlets.
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Mr. Brdar has over 25 years of experience in the power systems and energy industries and has held a variety of leadership positions during his career. From 2012 through April 2018, Mr. Brdar served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Ideal Power Inc. From 2006 through 2011, he was President and CEO of FuelCell Energy Inc., a Nasdaq-listed company with a market cap of over $250 million. During his tenure, the company's revenues increased 235%, to $100 million, manufacturing production increased by over 200% and over $100 million was raised from institutional and strategic investors. Prior to joining Ideal Power Inc., Mr. Brdar served as the Chief Operating Officer of Petra Solar, a privately held, venture funded solar and smart grid company, where he held full P&L responsibility and led a cross-functional management team across several international markets. From 1997 to 2000, Mr. Brdar held management positions, including Gas Turbine Product Manager, for GE's Power Systems Division, a world leader in power generation systems and products. Additionally, Mr. Brdar has extensive research and development experience at the U.S. Department of Energy through various roles at the National Energy Technology Laboratory in Morgantown, WV and Pittsburgh, PA. Mr. Brdar has a BS in Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh.
https://www.idealpower.com/
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About Rhino Julie:
I was nice, hardworking and miserable. It wasn't until I claimed command over my body once and for all that I was able to claim command over my life. I own 3 gyms in Las Vegas, NV and I am on a mission to help nice, hardworking people live the life they deserve by claiming command over their body once and for all so they can have the energy and confidence to reach their potential. Claiming command over your body doesn't have to mean sacrifice and losing your sanity through strict dieting or hardcore programs. Claiming command over your body can be fun, rewarding and last forever. I specialize in helping entrepreneurs and professionals live their happy AND shed unhelpful weight forever.
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Born in Burlingame, California, Ed Parcaut moved multiple times between California and Colorado during his childhood. Therefore, he is a die hard Bronco Fan. After his father’s death, Ed wound up in Turlock, California. During high school he would work on his grandfather’s dairy. Which helped him learn many trades and realized this would not be the path for him.
He enlisted in the Navy as a Hospital Corpsman to see the world and got to see San Diego, CA. After 18 months in the Navy, it came time to choose a specialty. He ended up studying physical therapy and Emergency Medicine. During the rest of service, he went to college getting a bachelor’s degree in marketing and a master’s in international business and marketing.
After getting out of the Navy, he gave the tech world a try before realizing it was not for him. He turned to work for his neighbor’s mortgage company, which is what stuck. Ed’s love for numbers and helping people have kept him in the mortgage field ever since.
He is also the host of a local talk radio show, Real Estate Jerky, and 2 podcasts, Inner Edison and Helping the Brave.
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Melanie McDaniel, Founder of Freestyle Capital Group, is a lifestyle design enthusiast and location independent traveler. Melanie was raised in a blue-collar home in suburbia, America. She was taught, like many American kids, to go to school, get good grades, go to college, then get a job, preferably one with a pension, work for 20-40 years and retire in her 60s–she also had a serious case of wanderlust for as long as she could remember, a frustrating conflict. Often losing sleep dreaming about the curiosities she had of the world, Melanie’s soul was yearning to travel, discover, and be out in the world. It is no wonder that Melanie ended up with a lifestyle that allows her to travel and live abroad for months at a time, it was who she was all along. To learn more about her journey, watch the video. Melanie spends most of her time building relationships with strategic partners who are the best operators in the business in their investment specialty. She attends conferences, training, and networking events to stay abreast of who’s who in the business, to learn what changes are happening in the industry, and to continue to grow her professional network. She spends a significant amount of time conducting due diligence on sponsors, projects, market economics, and she negotiates, structures, and presents only the best opportunities to her investor-partners. Melanie found her purpose, which is to inspire others to join the lifestyle design movement and to help them find their path to financial freedom and grow their wealth through real estate. She continues living her dream lifestyle of travel and time freedom while still on her own journey to financial freedom. freestylecapitalgroup.com Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com For title insurance inquiries contact Mike at michael.ham@ctt.com Buy Mike a Coffee!
Martha Krejci is a high-vibin’ mama, wife, life coach, business-growth strategist and social media marketing powerhouse who has taken the internet by storm. Featured in Oprah Magazine, Fast Company, Cosmopolitan, Shape and Huffington Post among other places, Martha’s intuitive marketing expertise has helped her make her first million in less than a year using a strategy she teaches openly through courses, group coaching and other tried-and-true resources. From finding your passion to building a business that works, she teaches it all — and it’s all ready and waiting for you.
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Co-Managing Partner of Riker Danzig in Morristown, NJ, Mike O’Donnell provides a range of commercial litigation services to clients, particularly title insurance companies and financial institutions. His work includes title disputes, mortgage fraud claims, lender liability claims, loan work-out, commercial foreclosure and evictions, judgment collection, fraud and fraudulent transfer claims, defense against RESPA, TILA and other consumer protection laws and class action defense for the banking and title insurance industries. Mike believes in working with his clients to set end goals at the inception of any matter and striving to get there in the most efficient manner without ever sacrificing flexibility needed for changing circumstances.
Mike has represented every major title insurer including Chicago Title Insurance Co., First American Title Insurance Co., Fidelity National Title Insurance Co., Old Republic National Title Insurance Co., Stewart Title Guaranty Company, Westcor Land Title Insurance Co., North American Title Insurance Company, WFG Title Insurance Company and Connecticut Attorneys Title Insurance Co., as well as their insureds. He has served as coverage counsel for title underwriters on numerous wide-ranging real estate frauds, some of which losses exceeded $45 million. Finally, he represents title agencies in similar matters.
As to lending clients, Mike has represented most of the major financial institutions such as Wells Fargo, Bank of America, and JP Morgan Chase, as well as smaller regional banks including Investors Bank, Carver Federal Savings Bank, Lakeland Bank and Manasquan Savings Bank. He also represents Simon Property Group in commercial litigation and rent disputes in New Jersey and New York.
Mike has tried to verdict a wide range of commercial cases from lender liability claims, boundary-line disputes, to a 31-day dispute among the members of a family-owned real estate business valued at over $50 million. He has also litigated numerous class actions from the overcharging of recordation fees to funds availability practices.
When he is not practicing law, Mike is active in the community. He currently is a member of the Board of Directors of Zufall Community Health Centers. He served as Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Colonial Symphony in Morristown, as well as teaching CCD and Pre-Cana classes in his parish. Mike is also Past Chair of the District XB Ethics Committee. Mike is a Life Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. He is a member of the American Bar Association (TIPS Title Insurance Committee), Title Counsel Section of American Land Title Association, the Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey, New Jersey State Bar (Banking, Real Estate and Federal Bar Sections) and Morris County Bar Association (Financial Services Committee). Finally, Mike had the honor of serving five years in the United States Marine Corps.
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There’s really no other songwriter whose work touches the soul like James Taylor’s does. There’s an authenticity, a human connection that’s undeniable. As a six-time grammy award winner and Rock and Roll inductee, he has sold more than 100 million albums since the release of his debut album in 1968. Today, more than five decades later at the age of 73, James Taylor is still on the road filling concert stadiums and touching the hearts of adoring fans worldwide. His song “That’s Why I’m Here” is a dedication to his fans who “are like summer coming back every year.”
Rebecca Gold is one of those millions of super fans who credits him with turning her life around. As a “latchkey” teen in the 1970s, she was lured into a cult until the music and lyrics of James Taylor spoke to her soul and she felt understood. Her story is not unique. James Taylor has inspired, consoled and has been a friend to so many others who have stories of how his music has been a source of healing throughout their lives.
In 2015, Rebecca created a Facebook page, Life With James Taylor, to connect with other fans and share stories. During the long months at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, she began collecting some of her favorite anecdotes from fans around the world and created That's Why We're Here: Stories from Passionate James Taylor Fans to share these heartfelt stories.
From seeking solace and healing through songs dealing with death and grief to riding the waves of illness and recovery to experiencing the sheer joy of seeing James Taylor in concert (for the first time or the fiftieth), these stories are full of hope, love, friendship, and connection. It is a tribute and a thank you to James Taylor, as well as an affirmation of our common humanity.
Rebecca Gold is an author and the founder of Yogic Writing™, a practice that utilizes the philosophies and disciplines of yoga, meditation and journaling to help writers of all levels to heal, reveal and leave a legacy through writing life stories. She is currently writing her next book, “From Your Mat to Your Memoir: Creating a Yogic Writing Practice to Find and Write Your Life Stories.”
For more information please visit https://lifewithjamestaylor.com/. Order your copy here.
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Water scarcity is an increasing global problem threatening the health and welfare of large populations. The importance of using our limited water resources efficiently is moving into the spotlight in this decade. The need and urgency of water conservation and sustainability practices is urgent, and technology start-up AquaSeca, an emerging leader in intelligent water management, has announced its first offering – AquaWatch. When installed in a facility – this innovative technology reduces damage from unexpected water events, mitigates operational risks, enables water hygiene monitoring, and most importantly supports water sustainability programs. Designed specifically for complex plumbing in commercial properties, the data-driven platform is focused on the vision of efficient use of water resources across all industries.
AquaSeca considers its customers as partners in improved water use and sustainability practices. The technical support team assists from installation to usage data to custom analysis and reporting. “Energy efficiency has been a facilities driver for the past two decades. However, water efficiency, while in its infancy, is absolutely critical in smart building management and sustainable operations as well. We are dedicated to bringing the best resources to our customers with AquaWatch and its future capability expansions,” commented AquaSeca CEO, Nancy Hartsoch.
The AquaWatch water management system is a living platform; as additional capabilities are added over time, customer systems can be remotely upgraded to benefit from future capabilities and enhancements without a change in system hardware.
About AquaSeca
AquaSeca is a young company dedicated to data-driven solutions for smart building management and efficient use of our limited water resources. It’s first offering – AquaWatch - provides the foundational base for an ongoing platform of increasing capabilities for its customers. The company is headquartered in California, with development operations in both California and Washington.
The AquaSeca whole building solution provides the broadest water damage protection coverage inside and outside your facility.
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Sabrina Osso is Founder and CEO of OSSO SAFE…Feel Safe Where You Live, Work, and Play. She is a speaker, a Tedx Speaker, and consultant on promoting safety and preventing violence in the workplace, schools, and in places of residence. With her products and services, clients can save lives and bottom lines. Her personal and professional experience with the subject allows her to bring a unique and holistic approach for employees, landlords, tenants, students, and teachers.
She was honored and grateful to have been one of the featured TEDx Talk Speakers at New Jersey City University’s TEDx TALK Event on April 5th, 2018. Her presentation was very well received and is now broadcast.
Sabrina has long dealt with violence on a personal level. She knows how difficult it is to live in such a chaotic environment. Sabrina and Osso Safe want to make a positive impact in people’s lives, whether they’ve been directly affected by violence or not.
It is Osso Safe’s strong belief that the eradication of home violence must not be in the hands of the victims, but instead, the responsibility of the institutions of society, namely schools, workplaces, the real estate industry, the sports industry, lawmakers/politicians, hospitals and in our everyday conversations.
Sabrina and her company were featured in the July/August 2013 issue of the Meadowlands Chamber of Commerce magazine, Meadowlands USA. Sabrina has done numerous speaking engagements throughout NY/NJ, including several radio interviews with Golden Life Living with Charise Colbert, Ordaining Reality with Dr. Joseph Donlan, Discover A New Future with Faith Saunders, The Billionaire Lifestyle Podcast with Emmitt Muckles, Healthy Relationship Talk Radio with Daaiyah Cixx, Erupt Online Podcast from Nigeria with Akinjobi Sodiq, and Viewpoints Talk Radio with Donell Edwards . She was invited by Director and Media Consultant, Desiree Kinney, to speak on the subject of Preventing Home Violence at the American Cancer Society in NYC.
She graduated from Montclair State College with a B.S. in Computer Science. Sabrina regularly takes Continuing Education Courses at Rutgers University to keep abreast of issues associated with home violence and its effects in schools and workplaces, violence against women, impacts on children, and a multitude of other courses relating to the topic. She is also a professional dancer/actress who uses her performance talents to educate on the subject.
Some of her clients include Better Homes and Gardens-Rand Realty, the Haverstraw Community Center, the Children’s Aid and Family Services, and the Metropolitan Mobile Home Community. Sabrina has been hired as a speaker for numerous venues and OSSO SAFE Workshops and Seminars have also been presented at various civic and community organizations.
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In the field of medicine Vikram is an award winning cardiologist, international speaker, and functional medicine specialist. He has helped thousands of individuals overcome their heart and health challenges and eventually pioneering a pro-active cardiology paradigm that has led to the launch of the Vitology institute.
Through his real estate company, Viking Capital, Vikram has a total of over $370 Million of assets acquired and is growing, while raising over $100 Million of private capital. His vision is to get to the elusive $1 Billion of acquisitions in the next 3 years.
He has been honored by Forbes Business Council and has been named Top 50 Outstanding Asian Americans in Business.
Having studied high performance, motivational psychology, business, and behavioral metrics, Vikram is now mentoring, teaching, and coaching others on how to uncover their inner legend. He has launched Viking University, which teaches the fundamentals on how to start, grow, and scale a real estate syndication business from scratch.
Vikram also shows people how to live their lives with true vitality through Vitology Institute, which allows others to optimize their human potential through functional medicine and bio-hacking. He also guides an small elite but extraordinary group of physicians with his coaching program Limitless MD in business and high performance.
Vikram and his amazing wife Ramona strongly support providing education to impoverished girls in developing countries with the charity Girl Rising.
Recently invited to speak at CNN Center and share the stage with Dr. Oz, Dr. Drew and Evander Holyfield, Vikram discussed the principle of the 5 Freedoms which created a major pivot in his life.
What drives Vikram is to viscerally pierce through a person’s limiting anchors and elevate them to a world class performer in any field or profession.
He loves to give back by teaching others how they can truly live an epic life on their own terms, whether it’s through building wealth, forging a bulletproof mindset, or establishing an invigorating life.
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From pro-snowboarder to money mogul, Chris Naugle has dedicated his life to being America’s #1 Money Mentor. With a core belief that success is built not by the resources you have, but by how resourceful you can be.
His success and national acclaim have come in large part to what he’s learned first-hand from seeking a better way to wealth creation and preservation than he learned growing up.
Chris has built and owned 19 companies, with his businesses being featured in Forbes, ABC, House Hunters, and his very own HGTV pilot in 2018. He is currently founder of The Money School™, and Money Mentor for The Money Multiplier.
His success also includes managing tens of millions of dollars in assets in the financial services and advisory industry and in real estate transactions.
As an innovator and visionary in wealth-building and real estate, he empowers entrepreneurs, business owners, and real estate investors with the knowledge of how money works.
Chris is also a nationally recognized speaker, author, and podcast host. He has spoken to and taught over ten thousand Americans delivering the financial knowledge that fuels lasting freedom.
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How do you go from pro soccer player to VP of one of the largest mortgage companies in America – more importantly what did he learn along the way, the answer is A LOT!
Once an Olympic USA Soccer Player, Brian quickly learned how to get “cut” and literally… get cut. Fitness and mindset became masteries for Brian very early as his career was affected by the 2007 market crash just years after his soccer team days came to an end, right when he was raising toddlers with his wife Nicole.
Brian has mastered the art of a growth mindset, the art of winning, and the art of staying fit. He believes in integration and health over all things. Brian is an executive at loanDepot, a proud father, an influencer, a top rated podcaster and, just simply, a fabulous soccer dad. He throws the suit down and coaches his daughters league with joy several times a week. It’s Brian’s mission with his new book, “Conversations with Covey”, to highlight some of the most incredible stories he’s gotten to share on his podcast, the Brian Covey Show.
Its all about balance!
Ever since Brian was a child he has had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. “To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one’s potential.”
Growing up in Memphis, TN his love for the sport of soccer led him to travel the world, compete at the highest levels & experience so much that has shaped him into the husband, dad & leader he is today.
Today, Brian is a VP in the mortgage industry with loanDepot, one of the top 5 lenders in the country. He is still very passionate about being part of a championship team and equipping his team with the tools to excel, leadership development & leading change in the mortgage industry.
https://www.briancovey.com/
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M.C. Laubscher is a Husband, Dad, Podcaster & Cashflow Coach.
As a cashflow investor & serial entrepreneur, M.C.’s passion is to assist investors & business owners to create, recover, warehouse & multiply cashflow through advance strategies.
Having figured out how to escape the rat race and replace his income through cashflow investing, he shares how highly paid professionals and business owners can replace their incomes through cashflow investing strategies to escape the matrix.
M.C. is a member of the Forbes Finance Council and has shared his strategies on Forbes Magazine, Entrepreneur Magazine, Grant Cardone TV, and Biggerpockets.
M.C. is the creator & host of the top-rated business and investing podcasts, Cashflow Ninja & Cashflow Investing Secrets and Chief Cashflow Coach at Cashflow Ninja LLC.
The Cashflow Ninja Podcast has been downloaded over 4.5 million times in over 180 countries and has been featured as one of the top 48 podcasts for entrepreneurs by Entrepreneur Magazine & is regularly featured as one of the top 100 podcasts by Apple Podcasts.
M.C. is also the President & Chief Executive Officer at Producers Wealth, a virtual wealth creation firm that assist investors, and business owners to set up and implement Infinite Banking.
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Handi Capable Fitness (HCF), was born from the inspiration of founder James Norris and his trainer, Joe. Joe realized that the journey James was on—from enthusiastic, but not-so physically fit to hosting the annual HCF Walk—had the potential to encourage others to take on the same challenge. James created an Instagram account to share both his successes and failures with other Handi Capable athletes. After just the first few video posts of James working out, the positive feedback was overwhelming. There was clearly a need for an organization like HCF.
HCF is a platform designed to help folks achieve their goals—whatever they may be. We want others to experience the huge satisfaction that comes from overcoming challenges of all forms. When that’s a physical challenge, that means actively willing your body to be stronger, better and capable of pushing harder.
From James:
I was born three months premature. I weighed 2.5 pounds and measured 11.75” from head to toe; that’s shorter than a Velveeta box. I stayed in the hospital for three months, and my Mom would tell me years later she would wear the same perfume everyday so I would know she was there. About a month after being released, I was rushed to the hospital to undergo an emergency hernia surgery. During the procedure, the tube that was to deliver my oxygen was not taped to my mouth; I moved during surgery and was deprived of oxygen for five minutes. At the time, it was unclear if I was going to survive. By the grace of God, I did.
Before my second birthday, I was diagnosed with cerebral palsy (CP). There are many different types and severities of CP; my type affects my legs and left arm, leaving me with poor balance and limited use of my arm. As a child, I had many surgeries on my back, ankles, hips, and hamstrings, each with the goal of loosening the muscles to increase range of motion and flexibility. This, of course, was followed by years of physical therapy . . . and let me tell you, I HATED IT! That being said, my parents, teachers, and physical therapist didn’t let me off the hook that easy, and thanks to them, I was able to use braces and a walker.
I’d always been a huge sports fan, so my parents got me involved in Challenger baseball and basketball. I immediately fell in love. Every Friday night, I became either Mo Vaughn or Michael Jordan.
My whole fitness journey has inspired me to learn more so I can help other adaptive athletes (which I call handi-capable athletes) achieve their goals. HCF has become a platform for me to do this as effectively as I possibly can. Through HCF, I now communicate with folks from Boston, from all corners of the US, and from all around the world. I’ve participated in and assisted others through Spartan Races, lost more than 50 pounds, climbed 40-foot rock walls, and am in the gym 1-2 times a day. I push my own physical limits to show myself and the HCF community that with the right mindset, the right community, and the right motivations, there is literally nothing that can hold us back.
Handi Capable Fitness exists to help, inspire, and highlight others who are faced with challenges. No challenge should stop someone from doing amazing things.
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Mike Deaton is a successful real estate investor, experienced Supply Chain executive, coach and entrepreneur. He has over 30 years experience running international Supply Chain organizations in Fortune 50 companies and has successfully transitioned into business entrepreneurship, owning and operating 3 successful companies with his wife Ligia.
Mike’s experience in leadership, operations and coaching gives him a unique perspective and the sharpened skillsets necessary for finding, analyzing, and executing on superior investments. Understanding macro-level market forces; building outstanding, high-performance teams; and translating those resources into sharp execution yield superior results.
Mike believes the true joy in life comes from giving back and as such, he finds purpose in providing as much value to others as he can. He loves nature and finds ways to spend as much time outdoors – hiking, trail running and simply appreciating the beauty of life as he can.
Ligia spent the early years of her career contributing in multinational companies of various sizes, where she learned the importance of building strong networks with a diversity of people and having a keen attention to detail. Since she and her husband began their own business in 2017, her interest in creating wealth through real estate investments has continued to grow. She now sees multifamily investment opportunities as one of the best ways to deliver substantial, recession-resistant returns.
Ligia is a proud Romanian-American who enjoys hiking in the Colorado mountains, being outdoors and spending time with her husband. And when not outdoors, her primary focus is to educate and leave a legacy of generational wealth for her beautiful and growing family.
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Jeremy Goodrich owns Shine Insurance Agency with McKenzie. He’s a teacher at heart and he simplifies insurance by giving step by step guidance along the way.
Before Shine, he was an elementary school teacher, helping countless kids fall in love with art, math, science, and writing. Former students remember learning to play hockey in gym class, opening epic businesses in a virtual world called The Businesses Project, and learning to use a sewing machine.
After 13 years of teaching, he decided it was time to change the way people feel about insurance. Jeremy carried the heart of an educator over and he's been making insurance simple for first time home buyers and real estate investors even since.
Most days Jeremy can be found helping real estate investors by shooting them ball parks, reviewing their policies, and making insurance work for their bottom line. He's also the host of a Multifamily real estate podcast, and the host of Youtube's #1 most watched independent insurance agency channel.
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Andrew Myers began in sales and marketing at 16 years old selling toys door to door and eventually stumbled into the world of selling cars at staffed event sales all over the country. Both jobs required a keen understanding of short, succinct, powerful sales language that worked more often than not! In 2008, he explored a passion for making videos and successfully started a nationally recognized custom video studio with his brother in the heart of Seattle that was focused on the Automotive Industry and creating strong sales-optimized videos. What’s Next Media was later purchased by an automotive advertising company.
His second venture was systematically built to address all the problems he encountered in the large agency setting and doubled down to be an even more video-centric organization. He focused on using a series of video ads in concert with each other to digitally mimic the naturally more conversational sales process, rather than just producing “one-off” offer announcement type ads. The new idea helps small business owners build a system for their brand’s prospects where they are consistently seeing the right ad, served at the right time, with the right messaging to influence and engage anywhere in the purchase journey.
While training clients and their staff, Andrew began teaching across the country the skills needed for business people to create their own ad content he uses in-house to populate the ads his agency creates. Providing quality training and removing this large barrier for both salespeople and organizations to create or obtain quality video content was key to finding success.
Combining his extensive knowledge of selling people, not products and a videographer's storytelling ability he has compiled an extensive library of tips, tricks and examples to help anyone with a cell phone make “videos that don’t suck” that influence prospects and provide a more engaging experience.
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Branden Ushio is a long term podcaster, technology consultant, and a creative problem solver. He helps podcasters with big dreams turn them into reality by creating a customized strategic plan. He runs podcasting events both in person and online, such as the Share Your Pod Summit.
Mike and Branden discuss fandom, what it means, and how it has impacted his life. They also discuss a wide variety of podcasting topics and Branden even gives Mike a demo on various microphones that would be suitable for any podcaster!
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Esther Reizes-Lowenbein is a commercial real estate realtor, investor and investment manager. In just 3.5 years, Esther has transacted over $300M+ of commercial real estate, raised about $40M in private equity and began heavily investing in CRE, already amassing a large portfolio of properties across the industrial, office, retail and multifamily assets. She considers herself a serial networker and has a knack at connecting buyers, sellers, and investors. She works diligently to provide optimal service to her clients and investors. In addition to raising private equity, Esther manages investments, coordinates public relations and ensures projects move along at the appropriate pace.
Esther holds a Master's degree in communications/SLP from Adelphi University. Additionally, she has experience running several family businesses. Together with her husband, they run a non-profit assisting underprivileged individuals with their needs. She also takes great pride in her wonderful children. estherreizes.com Coffee sponsor: Linda Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com For title insurance inquiries contact Mike at michael.ham@ctt.com Buy Mike a Coffee!
As both a residential and commercial real estate investor, Dave Seymour has become one of the most recognizable experts in his field.
His unabridged passion for business and real estate put him on the radar of A&E television network as well as multiple news organizations including CBS, ABC, CNBC, FOX News, and CNN. New York Times reported that Dave Seymour’s series ‘Flipping Boston’ posted the highest ratings ever for the A&E network at the time of airing.
Dave has been sought after as a ‘tell it like it is’ mentor and motivator in the real estate world with a track record of unmatched success everywhere he reaches.
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Adam Lathan is the Co-Founder and Chef at The Gumbo Bros. Adam started cooking at a young age and creating the perfect pot of gumbo soon became his obsession. Having learned the "proper" gumbo technique from his great-grandmother Nanny, Adam is still pursuing the perfect gumbo and works tirelessly to ensure his customers have their culinary minds blown.
Adam’s cooking has gone on to receive high praise from customers and press alike, having been positively reviewed and featured in: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Today Show, New York Magazine, Grubstreet, Eater, and many other publications. Adam has been selected to cook at the Food Network’s New York Food and Wine Festival for 3 consecutive years and has been a guest speaker at the New York Restaurant Show in 2017 and 2019.
Adam is a native of Mobile, Alabama, is a graduate of Louisiana State University, the International Culinary Center (formerly the French Culinary Institute), and a member of the James Beard Foundation.
When he isn’t cooking, Adam is likely cheering for or talking about his beloved New Orleans Saints.
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Wayne Kurtz has 26 years of senior level experience in financial services industry including operations management, marketing/sales, fiscal planning, M&A, P&L management. He has been recognized for articulating vision and direction, turning around poorly performing divisions, guiding joint ventures, and establishing strategic alliances and advisor/consultant to capital raising for entrepreneurial ventures.
He is CEO of the O1 Challenge, LLC and CEO of Green Trail Investments, LLC and partner of Carr & Associates Family Advisors. The last two years while in London he was Chief Commercial Officer with an agriculture investment company (project based in Brazil). Wayne’s responsibilities includedexecuting long-term strategic/tactical plans, leadership,and strategic partnerships, to achieve company specific goals.
Prior to the time in London, Wayne was President & CEO of Karlsberg International Insurance Corporation based in Belize. Wayne’s responsibilities included execution of long term strategic/tactical plans along with overall management and operations of the company. Typical clients were family offices and UHNW individuals. Also, his experience included a Senior Vice President role of Fortune 500 company – Aon Hewitt – Executive Benefits division, responsible for the Northeast region and working with the management team and board of directors of global Fortune 1000 clients. Prior to that, his experiences included general securities principal and the director of client development and management for a national benefits consulting firm and senior director of the tax and financial services practice for a “Big Four” accounting firm – Arthur Andersen, LLP.
He owns several tax consulting practices in Ohio and PA and advises family office clients in the Bahamas and California.
Wayne has a BS degree in finance and math from Robert Morris University and a Master’s degree in taxation from Duquesne University. He also earned a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) designation from The College of Financial Planning. Wayne is an accomplished global speaker on tax, finance and alternative investments. His Master’s Thesis on “The Tax Aspects of Life Insurance” was a national award winner by the US Tax Fraternity/Deloitte along with publication in several tax journals. Wayne has taught finance and tax courses as adjunct faculty at The University of Pittsburgh and Robert Morris University.
He is a 29-year passionate endurance athlete and founder of The Rhodes Marathon. He is the author “Beyond The Iron”, “Never Have to Say, I Wish I Had – 30 Days to Goal Achievement”, and “Stronger ThanIron” (the story of the Guinness World record Triple Ironman event in Lake Garda, Italy) He is the founder of two non profit foundations, Run for Books Inc. and The O1 Foundation for inter city children and the life benefits of travel and literacy.
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Ellie Laks is the original founder of The Gentle Barn Foundation, a national organization that rescues and rehabilitates unwanted animals and helps to heal people with the same stories of abuse and neglect. She is a powerful speaker, celebrated animal welfare advocate, humane educator and author of My Gentle Barn: Creating a sanctuary where animals heal, and children learn to hope.
She founded The Gentle Barn in 1999 and invented her own “gentle-healing method” that allows old, sick, injured and terrified animals to fully recover using a mixture of Western medicine, holistic healing modalities, holding therapy and lots of love. Ellie is an expert in healing orphaned and sick animals, like puppies with Parvo and calves from veal crates. She has hosted hundreds of thousands of at-risk, inner-city and special needs children, war veterans, seniors, victims of domestic violence, children in foster care and those in recovery from drug, alcohol and gang affiliation.
The Ellen Show, People Magazine, Life Magazine, Animal Planet, The Huffington Post, Turning Point, Women’s World, NBC, CBS, ABC, PBS, and The New York Times are just some of the influential media outlets in which Ellie has been featured. She is also a highly sought-after guest speaker who has presented at animal rights conferences, environmental conferences, eco-feminist summits, self-discovery retreats, corporate functions and universities nationwide that serve to motivate their audiences towards higher awareness, profound compassion, realizing dreams and an enhanced sense of purpose. Ellie is a TEDx speaker, and the keynote speaker at West Coast Eco Feminist Conference, Animal Wisdom World Summit, The Difference Maker series, Phoenix House, Winnipeg’s Vegfest, UCLA, USC, The Los Angeles Green Fest and many more.
To date, Ellie has saved thousands of animals and hosted over 500,000 visitors. The Gentle Barn is currently home to approximately 200 animals and has three locations in Los Angeles, California, Nashville, Tennessee and St Louis, Missouri. It is her goal to be the voice for animals, share their stories and open the hearts of humanity towards all living beings, “Teaching people kindness and compassion to animals, each other and our planet.”
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Caroline Shelly is a LEED AP – a Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design Accredited Professional. She also earned the CID – Certificate of Interior Design – from the state of New Jersey.
Caroline has over 25 years of experience in facility design, and is dedicated to helping corporations by maximizing their work environment.
She is involved with every project, whether it is as the Account Manager or the background support.
Caroline’s dedication to every project helps ensure accuracy in each step of the project to result in a quality design and a lasting relationship with the client. She has the ability to respond to the everyday chaos, is quick to make fair judgments, drives her team by helping to avoid time-consuming distractions, and keeps everyone on point.
Caroline is recognized as a Leading Woman Entrepreneur for 2017 by the Leading Women Entrepreneur & Business Owners organization. Additionally, she is an active member of NJ IFMA, and on the Gala committee for the Cancer Hope Network.
As a part of the business development team, Alexandria Rodriguez is excited to ensure that customers’ needs are being met by bringing them the unique HF Planners, LLC experience. She is excited to connect with our clients.
Alexandria graduated from Felician University. She utilized her skills to gain experience in retail management and commercial furniture. Her past experiences have given her the opportunity to gain in-depth industry knowledge. She aspires to continue to share that knowledge to connect clients with the best design possible. Alexandria’s favorite part about interior design is making the clients’ vision of their space come to life and exceeding their expectations.
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Adrian Davila is a third-generation pit master, barbecue chef and restaurateur at his family’s acclaimed Davila’s BBQ in Seguin, Texas. He continues to honor his family’s legacy and the traditions of Mexican-American cooking, all while exploring his own unique identity. His grandfather, Raul Davila, opened Davila’s in 1959, and passed the secrets of his smoked barbecue to Adrian’s father, Edward. The family is proud of their commitment to creating the best barbecue in Texas. Adrian credits his grandfather and father with teaching him the value of hard work. Most of his youth was spent in the kitchens of the restaurant, learning the special techniques until he could prepare everything on the menu to perfection.
Adrian still practices those skills today, and has since created his own unique recipes for the restaurant as well as its extensive catering business. He has also taken some of those creations on the road to special events across the state in the restaurant’s food truck. He continues to expand his culinary knowledge and skills through research and travel, most recently throughout Europe, with a special stop in the city from which his family once hailed, Avila, Spain. In 2018, he ,finished his first book, Cowboy Barbecue, working alongside noted culinary author Anne Volkwein, and has promoted the book across the country. Adrian has been featured on Cooking Channel’s Man Fire Food, as a judge on the Travel Channel’s American Grilled, as a contestant (and first-place winner) on the Food Network’s BBQ Blitz “Texas Takedown,” as a guest chef on the Food Network’s The Kitchen, as a judge on the Food Network’s BBQ Kids Champion, and on Tastemade. He has recently completed filming in Food Network’s newest show, “BBQ Beatdown,” soon to air.
As the restaurant’s spokesman, he has appeared on The Today Show, Tastemade, KSAT 12’s SA Live, WOAI News 4’s San Antonio Living and KENS-5’s Great Day SA. He and the restaurant have been featured in the San Antonio Express-News, Texas Monthly’s BBQ issue, San Antonio Edible Magazine as well as the Seguin Gazette and Seguin Magazine.
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Before becoming a real estate entrepreneur, KeePon Cashflow’s founder Billy Keels worked in the corporate world. In fact, he was one of the best “corporate soldiers” you’d ever want to meet.
During his corporate career Billy put his leadership and relationship-building skills to good use to help clients get to the root of issues that were holding them back from full success. Billy earned his stripes as a true problem-solver, a skill he carried into his new entrepreneurial life.
What made him popular with employers who sent him across the globe to meet with Fortune 500-level clients is the same thing that makes him popular with investors, buyers and sellers in real estate today… his skills in coming up with real solutions that work in the real world for real people!
Billy says that he was happy enough in his J.O.B., but something was missing. An emptiness and longing for a different life chewed on him, pulling him to what he knew he wanted to do more than anything else. Billy wanted to be an entrepreneur who brought two worlds together. He wanted to give individuals where he lives the chance to invest in properties on U.S. soil.
So he took steps and kept on the path to his goals. KeePon Cashflow is the result of his efforts.
Today Billy is an international real estate entrepreneur, problem-solver, author, coach and mentor. He sees opportunities where others often don’t in real estate.
No “overnight success,” Billy continues to work toward his vision and goals. Topmost on his list? Building a bridge between investors and buyers in Europe with sellers in the U.S.
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In a world loaded with self-described “motivational gurus” who are far, far more interested in your cash than they are in your consciousness, Steve Sims refuses to compromise his principles, which include:
- Telling the truth the only way he knows how: directly, blatantly, fearlessly and with no holds barred.
- Delivering visionary insights that are deeply rooted in pragmatic reality and practical action: because it’s all about results.
- Sharing everything he knows about being successful on a professional and personal level, right down to the last grizzly, intimate, “oh wow, did he really just say that?” detail.
What You See IS What You Get Many speakers who claim to be “onions” – i.e. wrapped in mystical and magical layers of enigmatic meaning – have their metaphors mixed up, because they’re typically nothing but smoke and mirrors; get too close, and it’s all style and no substance.
Steve ain’t no onion.
What you see IS what you get. And what you see and get is a man who you’d probably avoid making eye contact with in an alley — or anywhere else for that matter. After all, a shaved head, Harley Davidson garb and body piercings on a 5’ 11”, 240 lb. frame don’t scream “let’s be friends!”
But that’s the irony of it all, because despite his gruff exterior, Steve is remarkably open, engaging, generous, intuitive, insightful and competent – and he’s leveraged all of this to build a remarkably successful entrepreneurial career.
Steve is the visionary founder of the world’s first luxury concierge that delivers the highest level of personalized travel, transportation, and cutting-edge entertainment services to corporate executives, celebrities, professional athletes, and other discerning individuals interested in living life to its fullest.
Just some of the extraordinary experiences that Steve and his team have made possible for his A-list clientele include:
- Closed a museum in Florence for a private dinner party for 6 at the feet of Michelangelo’s David and had Andrea Bocelli come in and serenade the guests
- Taking a submarine trip to the Titanic
- Becoming James Bond for a weekend in Monte Carlo
- Hanging out and jamming with celebrity recording artists, such as Guns & Roses drummer Matt Sorum and playing guitar with ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons
- Taking private cooking lessons with the world’s finest executive chefs
- Trekking on a luxury safari in the Amazon & Serengeti
- Joining a filmed marine conservation expedition to the Pacific Islands
- Heading out on the legendary Sardine Run in Southern Africa
- Singing live on stage with legendary rock band Journey
- Having Florida Georgia Line sing “Happy Birthday” in a private backstage concert
- Meeting and greeting renowned recording artists and celebrities
- Enjoying a walk-on role on a hit TV show
- …and the list goes on
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“The Coolest Guy in Title Insurance,” Mike Ham is a Sales Executive with Fidelity National Title Group, the nation's largest group of title companies and title insurance underwriters. Throughout his career Mike has been an extremely active networker, forming the "Next Generation of New Jersey" networking group to give young professionals of all industries an opportunity to connect, network, collaborate, and grow together.
Mike started "The Morning Spotlight" in 2020 as a daily LinkedIn video series where he would interview networking partners, clients, friends, and more in an effort to give everyone an opportunity to speak directly to his network. After 3 months and 60 episodes of the video series, The Morning Spotlight transitioned into the more traditional podcast format it is today which primarily focuses on real estate, but has discussed business, mental health, health and fitness, and more! He has interviewed high profile members of the real estate industry, professional athletes and coaches, and others that provide his listeners with great insights on business and life.
This episode is guest hosted by Larry Roberts, a high energy and charismatic podcaster, speaker, Amazon #1 best selling author and top rated international instructor and course creator, Larry Roberts has been in coaching and facilitator roles for more than 25 years.
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On July 14th 2021 The Morning Spotlight turned 1! We were joined by former guests and other Spotlighters at celebrate our community and this great milestone!
Special thank you to everyone who joined us:
Brian Apfel
Rafael Di Furia
Jessica Devlin
Karen Devlin
Jenna Devlin
Deena Baikowitz
Wally Conway
Axel Meierhoefer
Pedro Maciel
Tiffany Callahan
Faith Williamson
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The Morning Spotlight podcast records live from the Beers and Referrals Networking Palooza on August 4th 2021. The event was held at HOPS Craft Beer and Wine Bar in Morristown, NJ.
The lineup:
Greg Markowitz markowitz@brkthrudigital.com
John Edwards johnedwards442@gmail.com
Zach Kramer zkramer@progressivepayment.com
Thomas Clark thomas@cinematrocity.com
Dan Long dan.long@mendhamcapital.com
Brian Sebak brian@sm-cpas.com
Catherine Rabidis crabidis@ft.newyorklife.com
Monica Dema monica@mdinc.co
Dr. David Cunic david@ucsadvisor.com
Marc Mustachio mmustachio@krausmarketing.com
Dan Johnson djohnson@randjsc.com
Etan Tammam etan@midtowncre.com
Kim Dobbs kdobbs@weichert.com
Eric Anderson eanderson.lanna@gmail.com
Dana Reynolds dreynolds@holdergroup.com
Chris Fiduccia cfiduccia@jamesaconnors.com
Kaitlin Shala kaitlin.shala@rate.com
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Dan Burkard left the corporate world in 2019 and moved to Nashville with his partner Michelle Carilli to taste their way through the city and document their journey on their Instagram page @wickedtasty, to give well-deserved local restaurants exposure. With the professional photography and the lively personality they portrayed, the page has grown in popularity to over 10K followers and the couple has embraced the community in the Nashville hospitality scene who helped them along the way. When COVID-19 hit, it left their new community struggling to stay afloat. Dan and Michelle wanted to do everything in their power to be there for the community who helped them build @wickedtasty, and MENU was the way to do that.
MENU is a digital menu platform for restaurants that uses photos to sell food and connect restaurants with their customers. By integrating photos with digital menus, MENU gives customers a better dining experience elevating the way you order food. As opposed to traditional paper menus, QR codes and other touch-free versions, MENU’s interactive platform allows restaurants to customize their offerings in real-time so guests have an easy-to-view and visually appealing way to see what is available at that very time. MENU’s mission is to not only help businesses survive during this tough time, but thrive.
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This is the first ever full episode of The Morning Spotlight where there is no guest! Host Mike Ham talks directly with the Spotlighter community on his 31st birthday! Coffee Sponsor: Linda Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com For title insurance inquiries contact Mike at michael.ham@ctt.com Buy Mike a Coffee!
Oak Leaf was born out of a dream Trevor Andersen had watching his father in the service industry take care of his family, friends, and clients with the utmost integrity, respect and transparency. In today’s digital world there are endless outlets to reach new service providers, and with that comes risk. Oak Leaf's goal is to mitigate all risk by providing a proven process and a seasoned group of talent with diverse expertise to compliment and support your business ambitions. In this episode we highlight Oak Leaf's "First 10," a group of seasoned business experts that will be the support system for Oak Leaf's clients.
Trevor Andersen https://www.linkedin.com/in/trevorandersen/
Pat Fiore https://www.linkedin.com/in/patfiore/
Kerry Barrett https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerrybarrett/
Rob Drolet https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertdrolet/
Marc Pickard https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcpickard/
Michelle Dickinson https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-e-dickinson-mm-7882013/
Sid Vaidya https://www.linkedin.com/in/sidvee/
Michael Minella https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-minnella-chfc%C2%AE-2b5302112/
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Chris Fiduccia is in a risky business by day and a rockstar by night. In other words he is a Commercial Insurance agent by trade and in a band as a hobby. Chris has been in the insurance business since 2012. Over the years he has developed a specialty in real estate (apartments of 20 units and up as well as Condo Associations), larger construction/contractors, and manufacturing business sectors. Since joining James A. Connors Associates, Inc. in 2020, Chris has continued to enhance his experience in serving these important business sectors.
Chris is also an extreme fitness enthusiast. When not engaged in the sale of insurance or rockin' out, he enjoys competitive running events including 10k, half-marathons, obstacle races, cycling, weightlifting, and trail running.
https://www.jamesaconnors.com/team/chris-fiduccia
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Josh Cary spent 40 years in hiding! That’s right. He was hiding every aspect of himself and showing up with a ‘mask’ on in all areas of life trying to gain the approval of everyone else.
At 19, he changed his name and entered into, what would become, a 15-year career as a professional actor and filmmaker. The applause and external accolades didn’t completely heal his feelings of anxiety and insecurities and he found himself more isolated than ever.
Today, Josh is the co-founder of PodMAX a podcast production and media company that provides training and events catered to entrepreneurs who have a meaningful message to share.
Josh is also an accomplished podcast host of two shows with over 300 combined episodes and he’s a business coach to entrepreneurs who are ready, willing, and able to say “F That NOISE!”
Today, Josh Cary is a podcast host and business coach to entrepreneurs who are ready, willing, and able to say “F That NOISE!”
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Mike Bonadies focuses on the ugly side of real estate investing and is interested in the properties that nobody else wants. He is the Co-Owner and Operator of TerraVestra Property Management, which is a South Jersey Property Management company by landlords for landlords. They specialize in C & D assets primarily in rural areas of South Jersey.
They also have a maintenance and construction company that specialize in pre-1940 multifamily construction. They work primarily with landlords, real estate agents, and flippers to complete investor work. This work ranges from repairs to punch list to full on rehabs.
Currently Mike owns 26 doors across Camden and Gloucester counties. He had some incredible, and sometimes hilarious, stories to share about his experiences in real estate investing!
https://www.terravestrapropertymanagement.com/
@terravestrarentals
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Alex Sanfilippo started his first business at the age of twelve; selling used golf balls. From there, he went on to real estate investing and a technology start up which he sold years later. For the past decade, Alex has been an executive in the aerospace industry. During his time in corporate America, he stayed active with his side hustles; which mainly consisted of conference speaking and business coaching.
Many of us waste time and money while growing our brands. Alex is in the same boat even though he was trying to do the opposite. He spent money that he didn’t need to spend and wasted time that he didn’t need to waste. All because he wasn’t sure where, or even how to start or what to do next. As you can tell, he was confused and felt alone on his journey.
Over time, he was able to learn, gain traction and grow his businesses. Alex became a success. (Certainly not overnight.) At this point, Alex became passionate to help others. He didn’t want people to struggle as he did. He began a business coaching agency and was able to help many people. However, it still didn’t feel right. He couldn’t help as many people as he wanted (there is only so many hours in the day) and other people who needed his help the most couldn’t afford it.
Then one day, he had an idea! It was an idea that he knew would help a lot of people succeed.
Alex launched the Creating a Brand Network! He launched this podcast and masterclass community because he wants you to succeed quicker than he did.
Whether you’re just getting started or have an established brand, the Creating a Brand Masterclasses are full of like-minded entrepreneurs. It is a community that is passionate about helping you succeed on your journey.
The heart behind Creating a Brand is to become your primary resource for growing your business. At the same time, they want it to feel like a family/tribe. You’re not alone in what you’re creating, and you should never feel that way. This masterclasses will help you focus on what matters, expanding your reach and create a more profitable brand. Your brand succeeding is our ultimate goal.
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Kathy Samaan Noumi, artist and designer, launched Samaan Design Group, her namesake brand after 10 years of renovating and selling her own homes across multiple U.S. states. What seemed like a windy road culminated in an interior design company which specialized in monochromatic, elegant, and above all else synergistic designs. Her goal is to bring an enlightened atmosphere to every space she creates.
Kathy’s design philosophy goes hand in hand with the simple idea that subtlety and elegance can still pack a lot of personality. Her luxe spaces are not just impactful but serenely beautiful.
Samaan Design Group produces work for public, commercial, and residential clients. Whether it's for multi-family, private homes, corporate offices, and everything in between, this design firm can transform any space with professional ease. Our design firm also does interior branding and packages for businesses. We create special moments within businesses so they can outshine the competition at every level brining brand awareness into their physical spaces.
https://samaandesigngroup.com/
@samaan_design_group
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The BizBros, Luis & Luis Camejo, have spent the last four years learning the strategies and techniques from some of the top marketers in the world on how to create content that turns into profit.
Come join them on this wild journey, where they discover the secrets and strategies on how your business can achieve the Frictionless Sale.
They explore frameworks, strategies, tactics and work with other special people to bring their audience and their clients all of the information you need in order to turn your Content into Profit.
Over the last few years, they have helped companies like Orangetheory, Redbull, JWB Property Management, the CSI Companies, Think Different Theory, University of North Florida, Smile Stylist, F45 Fitness, and many more.
Find the correct messaging and consistent content structures are just the beginning of the pursuit of the Frictionless Sale.
They are currently working with long-form content creators (Podcasts & YouTube shows) to turn their content into bite-sized, value-packed, cash-generating assets so they can multiply their message and impact more people.
contentisprofit.com
@bizbrosco
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Suzy Sevier and Michael Barnhart are the Founders of Adventurous Real Estate Investors. They specialize in Return on Impact. Through real estate investing they create immeasurable impacts; in their family, with their friends, in their community, with the families (residents) they serve, in the spaces where they want to be generous.... everywhere and anywhere!
Suzy and Michael are triathletes, outdoor and adventure enthusiasts, and avid travelers.
Their adventure began at a TEDx event — the theme was Reset — and it changed their lives.
Suzy and Michael took the event to heart and used that theme — Reset — as a launching point to regain control of their lives, secure financial freedom, create a long lasting impact, and discover their “why.”
Their “why” is to achieve financial freedom through real estate investing so the two can serve others all over the world. They want to build schools in 3rd world countries. Education is extremely important to them and access to basic education in all societies is critical to individual and economic development and political stability. Suzy and Michael want to create an impact where it is needed most. They want to share this journey with others by offering investment opportunities to their partners, and to give back by mentoring others along the way to help them pursue their life passions.
Join them in their adventure and together they will help you create your impact in your world through real estate investing. This impact itself is different for everyone but they all share the same goal, they want to create those monumental impacts.
https://adventurousrei.com/
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Tiffany Callahan is a marketing and creative strategist, who has worked at companies from Fortune 100 to startups developing integrated marketing campaigns that elevate the customer journey at every touchpoint. She has a background in advertising and graphic design and is now also the producer and host of The Drinks After Work Podcast where she interviews people in the marketing and creative industry, happy hour style.
Mike and Tiff discuss marketing, reels and Instagram, podcasting and more. Tiff is one of Mike's cohost of the Podcast Lunch Hour on Clubhouse, a daily hour-long room ran designed to open up conversations on all things podcasting.
Instagram: @drinksafterwork_podcast
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Michael Gilman has over has over 10 years experience in acquiring and repositioning multifamily assets, and generating exceptional returns on capital. After successfully building his real estate portfolio approaching 100 units across the northeast (self managed through MSA Properties LLC), Michael decided to establish Cross Mountain Capital in order to scale with larger acquisitions by accepting investors and acting as the real estate sponsor for select multi-family opportunities.
Prior to devoting himself full time to Cross Mountain Capital, Michael was Head of Legal and Portfolio Management at Easyknock, where he managed over $250+ million in residential properties and advised on legal matters related to the company and multi-state real estate business and legal issues.
Michael currently is an Of Counsel to Portale Randazzo LLP, where he advises clients on real estate, corporate and securities matters. He started his legal career at investment banks such as Cantor Fitzgerald, Deutsche Bank and Bank of America. He held the Series 7, 24 and 57 licenses while in the securities industry, and is also a licensed real estate broker.
When he isn't working, Michael is spending time with his family or pursuing one of his many hobbies related to the outdoors, including but not limited to skiing, trail running, mountaineering and obstacle course races. Michael is a strong supporter of environmental causes and a member of POW (Protect Our Winters).
Michael holds a B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College and a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School.
https://www.crossmountaincapital.com/
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As a Nashville native with deep-seated roots in the West Tennessee food and beverage culture, Pitmaster Carey Bringle was born into Barbeque, his appreciation for smoke, fire and, of course, flavor is second-to-none. Bringle was raised on iconic West Tennessee barbecue where thick smoke, a spicy rub and a trusty smoker is “the secret sauce.” For the Bringle family, barbecue is more than eating; barbecue is about bonding and bringing people together as a community.
Being mentored in competitive barbecuing by his uncle, Bruce Bringle, who competed in the very first Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest in 1976, made quite an impact on Carey, who at the time was a budding BBQ enthusiast. Today, Bringle has demonstrated his talents in the “Super Bowl of Swine” for more than 26 years. Winning various awards including several top ten finishes, 2nd place on three separate occasions and 3rd place on “Whole Hog” is worth its weight in bragging rights.
On a personal note, at the age of 17, Carey was diagnosed with Osteogenic Sarcoma, an aggressive bone cancer. After months of intensive chemotherapy, Carey lost his right leg. Instead of letting this tragedy set him back, he emerged from that experience with a new perspective and outlook on life. He realized that every day brings new adventures, new experiences, and another chance to enjoy great food, especially barbecue. It was then he vowed to place fun, food, friends and family at the very center of his life.
Today Carey’s zest for life and sense of humor is reflected in his signature “Peg Leg Porker” brand. Peg Leg Porker BBQ opened in 2013 to offer Peg Leg Porker sauces and rubs, a new line of professional-grade home smokers, and Peg Leg Porker Tennessee Straight Bourbon Whiskey. And, of course, Carey still offers his award-winning barbecue at his restaurant located in Nashville’s Gulch neighborhood at 903 Gleaves Street.
Peg Leg Porker has more accolades than most and has been featured on television and in magazines since its doors opened. Peg Leg Porker’s glossy print features include GQ, Bon Appétit Magazine, Southern Living, Texas Monthly and National Geographic. Digital outlets like Eater National have named Peg Leg Porker as one of the nations “16 Hottest BBQ Joints” in the country while Cooking with Paula Dean Magazine named Peg Leg Porker one of the “Top 10 BBQ Joints in the U.S.”
While his press highlights keeps coming in, Carey hasn’t been resting on his success. He continues to push himself to be his best. In 2016, he founded another nationally acclaimed brand, Peg Leg Porker Bourbon, which has already won many medals in the competitive bourbon industry. And just when the masses thought Carey had done it all, he and his wife most recently undertook a huge 3-story renovation and redesign of the Peg Leg Porker brick and mortar building in Nashville, Tennessee, which includes a half a million dollar kitchen in collaboration with Viking brand kitchen appliances, known as the “Peg Leg Porker Loft.” The space is set to house some of the nation’s top-shelf chefs who will offer cooking classes and special invite dinners and host visiting musicians in Music City.
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For Father's Day, Mike thought it would be a good idea to highlight the Original Coolest Guy in TItle Insurance, his dad Gary Ham!
Gary currently serves as Regional Counsel for Fidelity National Title Group and has been in the title insurance industry for nearly 40 years, previously holding the role of State Counsel for FNTG. He has served as counsel for Commonwealth Land Title and Chicago Title in the 1980s and 1990s. He later joined Lawyers Title, where he served as agency manager for both Lawyers Title and Commonwealth Land Title. Gary served as president of the New Jersey Land Title Association (NJLTA) from 2002-2003.
Mike and Gary take it all the way back to his childhood, growing up in Pompton Plains, attending the University of Scranton, working for IBM, then attending law school. There Gary met the love of his life and Mike's Mom, Linda, who he has been married to for almost 37 years.
Gary provided some great perspective on life and working throughout this episode. He highlighted the power of showing up and going with your gut when making decisions.
Happy Father's Day to all of our Spotlighters!!
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Every once in a while, in the ever competitive entertainment industry, a presence enters the scene that turns heads, opens eyes and ears, touches hearts and makes a lasting impact on everyone they encounter: Such is the case with the multifaceted, arts-embracing, Manny Cabo. From Elizabeth New Jersey, to Manhattan, to L.A., to Nashville, with stops in between, Cabo has been leaving his creative mark everywhere he goes. Whether he’s acting, hosting, photographing or singing, his compelling focus and his artistry shines through.
What set Cabo apart on the show even more than his undeniable God-given gift, however, was his ability to encourage, connect and leave a lasting impact on those around him. His fellow contestants thought of him as a mentor and a brotherly figure as he taught them to spread positivity, to live in the moment and to continue the journey after they return home. Cabo’s life beyond “The Voice” has consisted of the same passion, helpfulness and desire to fight for what he loves. As a result, his fan base has also exploded. Though he receives countless e-mails daily, he makes the effort to respond to each and every one. He knows art is his platform to make a difference in the world, and he doesn’t take it lightly. Cabo’s positive disposition on the voice is what ultimately makes him a force to be reckoned with no matter where he goes. As he excels in his career, his main priority remains to those around him. While striving to better himself, he takes everyone he can find along with him. As he walks through crowds slowly, he lives with the mindset, of “Who can I help today?”
Surprisingly, Manny was late to the singing world. He was a drummer, and he had honed his other creative crafts before being the man behind the mic. After directing his first school play in the fifth grade, he realized his passion for directing and the silver screen. Then came photography and acting. Prior to belting out tunes, he even came close to having a career as a professional baseball player, but it wasn’t to be. Though he even once worked as a head trainer for Apple computers, it was clear that art would ultimately be his path. Cabo continues to make a splash in fashion/commercial photography today. His photos have been featured in a plethora of major magazines including Maxim, Muscle Fitness Playboy, Inked, Musician, NYC Resident, Industry among others. As an award-winning photographer, he delivers a fashion/editorial/edgy appearance. He has received honors for Wedding photography, Editorial, Music, Glamour and Fine Art photography.
Cabo’s servant heart extends to doing charity work for a number of good causes, including ones involving military and police officers. He works with the “Last Salute,” “National Night Out,” and “Musicians on Call.” Whether it’s going into schools and speaking against bullying, working with children with autism or singing the national anthem at a children’s hospital, Cabo remains dependable in spreading support.
As he brings a Powerful Pop Rock sound to the stage, he delivers an individuality which has an impossibility of going unnoticed. Manny Cabo continues to utilize his microphone for both unparalleled music and influential words of encouragement, and with that, it is certain that his best years in the entertainment scene are still ahead.
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Savannah Arroyo is a full-time Registered Nurse in Los Angeles, California, helping manage multiple departments at a busy, Magnet recognized hospital. She is also a Real Estate Investor, investing in primarily value-add multifamily syndications. When she first started working as a Registered Nurse, Savannah naturally found herself working in leadership positions. She served on committees, helped lead process improvement initiatives and worked to problem solve critical situations. Shortly after Savannah started working, she went back to school to receive my Masters of Science in Nursing Leadership and Administration. Since then she has led clinical services in a variety of settings. Working as a Registered Nurse has taught her how to thrive in a fast paced, interdisciplinary team of medical professionals. She has had the privilege of working with unforgettable patients, brilliant physicians and caretakers that will forever hold a place in her heart. Savannah was immediately drawn to multifamily syndications due to the many similarities to her career in nursing. Syndicating a real estate investment requires great attention to detail, the ability to problem solve and the highest level of communication. She become energized in situations like these as overcoming challenges brings her so much fulfillment. At Willow Investment Group, they strive to do business with the highest level of real estate professionals. They seek out investment opportunities that provide the most optimal returns for our investors. They are transparent, trustworthy, and totally committed on making your money work for you! thenetworthnurse.com
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If brands were symphonies, Pat Fiore would rank as one of the world’s legendary conductors. Consummate business strategist, trend analyst, marketing consultant, inveterate fixer and passionate brand storyteller, she possesses boundless energy and grit. Pat has spent more than thirty years vigorously promoting Heritage Branding as a foundational premise, solving marketing and branding challenges — the more complicated the better. With a design degree and advanced degrees in marketing, management and communications, she began as a trend forecaster, forming her agency as a consultancy with formative brand launches, like the worldwide introduction of Lycra®, Breathables® and CoolMax®. In the decades that followed, she has attracted an international following of global companies in search of her business acumen, her intuitive grasp of complex technologies, her unusual network of talent and the security of having her on their side nurturing their brands. Fiore’s roster of clients in both the B-to-C and B-to-B arenas reflect her expertise in the flavors and fragrance, food, fashion, beverage, lifestyle, beauty and wellness categories. She infuses compassion in her family, as a mentor she builds teams that match her commitment and as a leader she fosters positive change in her industry and for her clients.
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/patfiore/
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Julie Holly is the founder of Three Keys Investment, helping people find their freedom through multifamily real estate investing so that they can live the life of their dreams! She has invested in single family homes, house-hacked before it had a name, managed properties from 1k miles away and passively invested in multifamily assets. Currently, Julie is passively invested in nearly 300 doors.
Her podcast Ask Me How I Know: Multifamily Stories of Struggles to Success is designed to fuel the mind and soul through weekly interviews with industry leaders as well as mindset episodes.
Julie’s experience as a public school teacher, ability to relate with people and genuine care for their financial well-being allow her to raise capital for the team’s offerings.
Her free time is filled with backcountry mountain biking with family and friends, baking delicious treats to share with others and writing grants for 9B Trails, a local non profit and leading book clubs to stimulate minds and build community.
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Hannah Rose Huntley and James Jericho met one fateful night at Saddle Ranch, a Western Bar on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood. The duo quickly developed their own distinct writing style, and hit the studio with RIAA certified Platinum producer, Jordan Richman. The two then created their first band, The SLVR Tongues, and after being discovered by Nashville based manager, Preston Sullivan of Global Eyes Entertainment, the pair decided to take the opportunity to pursue their music at a new level, and moved to Music City. Home is Where the Neon Is: The two quickly found a haven in the Downtown Nashville scene, performing at the hottest country bars, and soaking up the neon lights of Broadway. With the release of their first EP, "Rough Around the Edges," the group began finding success on streaming platforms, Nashville band circuits, and even on an international tour. Their growth attracted more support from the Nashville music industry, and along with Global Eyes Entertainment, Hannah and James extended their management team to include The Holland Group. As the duo’s sound and image began to reflect the Nashville nights that had come to shape the two as artists, Hannah and James felt the need for a new name that embodied all that they’d grown to become. Enter. Jericho Rose. A natural pairing of two best friends, with clever storytelling lyrics and a dynamic mix up of new country sounds, James Jericho and Hannah “Rose” Huntley are both at their best when singing together in perfect harmony.
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As the Founder and Chief Networking Officer of Fireball Network, Deena helps her clients access hot business and career opportunities. She delivers creative ideas, smart strategies, and action plans. Deena brings her signature fireball energy to every space she’s in. She’s tiny, but you’ll always know she’s there! Her happy place is wherever people connect – virtually and in person. Whether it’s a zoom room, clubhouse room, conference stage, crowded cocktail party, dance floor, or comedy club, Fireball Deena lights up every room and every audience. Deena brings the funny to business: she blends comedy with coaching to help her clients develop their networks and promote their unique brands with less stress, more confidence, quicker results, and lots of laughter. Inspiring, insightful, and entertaining, Deena addresses critical career and business issues, provides sparks of advice with her direct, New York attitude, and creates lessons from her memorable life stories with humor and heart. www.fireballnetwork.com Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com For title insurance inquiries contact Mike at michael.ham@ctt.com
A high energy and charismatic podcaster, speaker, Amazon #1 best selling author and top rated international instructor and course creator, Larry Roberts has been in coaching and facilitator roles for more than 25 years. Whether it's corporate soft skill, technical or sales training, facilitating small business groups or teaching martial arts, Larry thrives on sharing his knowledge and insight in a way that will grab your attention, put you at ease and reassure you. Larry fell in love with podcasting several years ago and has had two of his own shows, including his Readily Random Podcast that features a random selection of savvy and insightful interviews with entrepreneurs, authors, athletes, podcasters and more! Larry’s podcasts can be found on iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts and countless other podcast platforms. The show features interviews with some of the top leaders in their respective fields, with new episodes being made available on Tuesday of each week. readilyrandom.com podcastboost.com Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com For title insurance inquiries contact Mike at michael.ham@ctt.com
Michael Don Ham, WELL AP & Faculty, co-founded Refresh Smart Home, a NY based company, that pioneered the integration of healthy home solutions within the smart home industry. It grew to be the top rated Google Nest service provider in the U.S. and made the CE Pro Top 100. Ham recently co-founded Pure365, a spinoff from the global wellness brand Pure Wellness (pureroom.com) founded in 2003 and awarded the Cornell University Innovation Award as a top hospitality amenity that counts the Ritz Carlton, Marriott, Hilton and Hyatt as some of its hotel partners. Pure365 aims to bring to the residential market an entire ecosystem that integrates high performing air and water quality hardware with user friendly software that will provide real-time situational data, education on matters of health and wellness and automation to optimize one’s built environment.
Ham is equally passionate about regenerative agriculture and is a founding member of the Wild Orchard Tea Company which was created out of the desire to share the world’s purest and highest quality organic teas, backed by an unmatched regenerative and biodynamic cultivation process, with people across the globe to improve human and planetary health. Wild Orchard received the distinction of being voted the top traditional green tea at the 2019 Global Tea Championships.
Ham majored in Kinesiology and minored in Nutrition and has always had a passion for healthy living. He has a deep background in regenerative organic agriculture, indoor air quality, water quality and other important aspects of wellness technology for the home. Michael has been invited to speak about healthy home technology at IAQA, TecHome Builder Summits, Housing Innovation Alliance, GreenHome Institute and CES 2021 on effective ways to incorporate wellness into the built environment. pure365.com @wildorchardgreentea Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com For title insurance inquiries contact Mike at michael.ham@ctt.com
"More Than an Athlete" is a phrase many people claim, but only a few actually attain. Tim Wright is on course to achieve championship level business as an Entrepreneur, Investor, and Philanthropist, the same way he became a Super Bowl Champion, with purpose, passion, and persistence. Tim is a visionary and strategic thinker who is in sync with social behavior and societal trends. Being an entrepreneur and enthusiast of the world's most successful business models has afforded him insight and foresight to implement strategies that optimize consumer engagement and market growth. Tim's understanding of consumer psychology and business tactics helps deliver productive and successful outcomes. He has an innate ability to create, manage and achieve the goals he sets out for. His purpose is to utilize those attributes and create generational wealth and resources that will positively impact communities and peoples' lives. www.domeaudioinc.com tim@domeaudioinc.com @timwright81 https://www.picmiicrowdfunding.com Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com For title insurance inquiries contact Mike at michael.ham@ctt.com
Brandon Gidicson joins the show to encourage you, the Spotlighters, to help raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Brandon and Mike discuss why this organization is near and dear to his heart and why he needs our help! Here are the links: Donation & Join Team link: https://pages.lls.org/mwoy/li/li21/bgidicsin Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandon-m-gidicsin/ Cell phone number: 516-459-2775 Virtual Comedy Show Fundraiser (I will be performing along with more seasoned comics): https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/5125289 PS: You can also buy a team t-shirt from the donation link! Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com For title insurance inquiries contact Mike at michael.ham@ctt.com
Nicole Cruz is a business development executive with BuildPro Construction Services and Captiva Development. She majored in Finance and Real Estate at Monmouth University, and held the title of both VP and President of The Real Estate Club at the Kislak Institute. She is passionate about giving back, supporting Mental Health Awareness, and Community Building.
She works daily towards building sustainable client relationships with professionals involved in all fields of Real Estate. Relationships are key in this industry. She is always looking to build new relationships, learn about potential opportunities to work together and grow!
BuildPro Construction Services has offices in Northern New Jersey and Houston Texas, and licensed in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Texas providing an array of construction services, including: general contracting, design/build packages, project consulting, and project management.
Mike and Nicole discuss being a woman in the construction industry, social media, the pros and cons of marketing on social media, mental health, mentorship, and more! nicole@buildprocs.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicole-cruz-1a97a4131/ Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com For title insurance inquiries contact Mike at michael.ham@ctt.com
Chris Vaglio is the CEO of Rock It Growth Agency. He’s a personal branding coach that helps creative business owners build a ROCK STAR brand so they can get noticed, feel confident, and bring in more clients. He was the co-founder and co-owner of Grey Sky Films, a video production agency that he started back in 2000 and grew into a 7 figure company and then successfully exited in 2020. Chris has over 20 + years of experience working with Fortune 100 and 500 companies and marketing & advertising agencies. He’s the host of the ROCK IT LIVE streaming show and podcast and co-host of the Galaxy of Geeks Podcast. He has a Bachelor of Communication from William Paterson University and is the proud father of two beautiful daughters and husband to his amazingly supportive and patient wife. His Boston Terrier, Milo, keeps him smiling and laughing all day long. He’s a certified Star Wars nerd, Whiskey Drinker, and listens to as much hard rock, metal, punk and hardcore music as possible. Top 3 highlights of his career: Started and owned a video production agency for over 20 years and growing it to 7 figures Produced an award winning comedy short film called “The White Spruce” Traveled to Italy, Spain, and Amsterdam to produce videos Fun Fact #1 – He is a huge Star Wars nerd and has a Star Wars sleeve tattoo Fun Fact #2 – He plays guitar in parody Hardcore/Punk Holiday Band called Antler Wound – he has a charity 7” record he released in 2019. Fun Fact #3 - He used to be college radio DJ rockitgrowthagency.com rigacoaching.com Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com For title insurance inquiries contact Mike at michael.ham@ctt.com
Trevor N. Andersen, Managing Partner of TRJ Consulting Services, has over 15 years of expertise transforming businesses through proven methodology, including building value initiatives, recharging processes, driving commercial strategies, and enhancing margins. With strong operational finance leadership, Trevor’s guides both budding entrepreneurs and companies facing challenging competitive environments. As an experienced Operational & Finance thought leader, Trevor has successfully re-booted 5 diverse businesses, secured over $250M in new and expanded contracts, and helped shape 3 successful company startups. He uses this unique skillset to address underproductive processes and foster cross-functional solutions to focus on competitive advantages and new technologies, driving sales & profitability in a positive direction. Trevor is a true solutions specialist focused on business-to-business intersections between finance, operations, and consulting roles for multiple clients. He has a deep background in logistics, CPG, Manufacturing, Marketing, & Professional Services companies. His clients often find that they try to fulfill the role of all functions which leads to the “wandering dog syndrome”. Thus, leading to broken processes, cost overruns, and muted strategies. Facilitating change by driving initiatives that are stalled and/or required to improve a company’s financial health is one part of Trevor’s methodology, which fosters a growth culture. Many of Trevor’s clients are in the process of growing via scale/M&A/innovations and structure/planning will allow for greater liquidity events in the short & long term. Among Trevor’s major accomplishments, he served as a Senior Leader for a $3B Private Equity business guiding the Company’s profitability via large scale multi state RFP wins and Pricing endeavors on contracts, he was a driving force behind the team that generated margin expansion from $6M to $16M in 3 years. Trevor was responsible for the entire finance function for the largest of the 5 business units spanning over 25 locations. During his tenure there he was also responsible for closing $250M in new contracts and existing revenue enhancements. He also led the company in successful site turnarounds in total 5 locations spanning across the US. Trevor also served as CFO for a $65M Private Equity company during a turnaround, hired specifically to restructure the organization from the top down and restore the Company’s margins back to historical highs. Prior to forming his own consultancy, Trevor served in senior roles in the terminal & logistics industry, focusing primarily on business turnarounds & pricing leadership for new services and repositioning of older contracts. Trevor is also on multiple not-for-profit boards, guiding growth and transactional planning. With a firm understanding of current business environments and post-COVID changes, Trevor has recently formed OAK LEAF PARTNERS, a stellar collaborative of seasoned experts in Investment, Branding, Marketing, Media, Finance, Law, Accounting, Communications, Events, and more, focused on helping Athletes, Entrepreneurs, Companies, Innovators, and Investors connect, develop business opportunities, and create exciting new success-driven business models. His wealth of contacts and the collaborative he has formed has an endless contact base in multiple industries with great interest in building bridges, supporting game-changing causes, and creating iconic business successes. https://www.oakleafpartner.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/trevorandersen/ Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com For title insurance inquiries contact Mike at michael.ham@ctt.com
Pedro Maciel is a US Navy Veteran who is currently a Construction Safety professional. He is also an avid podcaster and livestream host. He has been podcasting since 2019 and started livestreaming in 2020. With his new found love of podcasting and community building, Pedro has managed to help new podcasters out by way of Clubhouse and is 1/3 of the Real Talk Podcasting Crew. He is the host of the X-Factor of Safety podcast and Co-host of Real Talk Podcasting. @thexfactorofsafety realtalkpodcasting.com https://thexfactorofsafety.com/ Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com For title insurance inquiries contact Mike at michael.ham@ctt.com
Faith Williamson is a 25 year old student of Heartbreak. As a life long partner of trauma and disguised happiness, she has taken over her life without the bull. From a broken home to a broken journey, she started her life again while taking her Little Big Family along with her. Endless nights of studying and speaking to incredible people, she chose herself. Faith has now become the Little Big Sis that we have all needed to turn our downfalls into our biggest wins, to reclaim the fulfillment most of us search for nearly everyday. Come and take a walk as she turns the lonely into the fruitful with every word. On her podcast, Your Little Big Sis Podcast, she has covered difficult topics such as depression, inner toxicity, trust, pain, and more, often highlighting her own experiences to help bridge the gap between her and her community. Faith is as real and authentic as they come and uses her platform to support others and let them know that they are not alone. Season 2 is launching soon. Instagram: @yourlittlebigsis yourlittlebigsis.com Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com For title insurance inquiries contact Mike at michael.ham@ctt.com
Erik Cabral left corporate America after 20+ years. He jumped head first into real estate investing in order to achieve financial freedom. Educating himself, building networks, and analyzing hundreds of deals he purchased his first multi-family building in less than one year. He’s a partner in the Renault Winery & Resort, which is the 3rd oldest winery in the US, offers private capital to his network of investors for various projects and looks for opportunities to expand and grow his network. Founder Erik is the founder of the media agency, On Air Brands; the innovative networking and podcasting event PodMAX; the real estate investment company Mindado Investment Group; host, co-host, and producer on multiple shows: Entrepreneurs Circle, Capital Hacking, On Air Brands LIVE, Cashflow Ninja, the Hidden Entrepreneur and True MultiFamily. With multiple businesses, partnerships, and podcasts Erik is the quintessential “serial entrepreneur” who spends much of his time helping others grow their businesses, brands, and reputation. Passion Erik loves to share his decades of experience in creative, branding, and marketing strategies as well as helping others leverage the power within the podcasting platform. Erik sits on the board of a 1,000+ member real estate investor group called SJREIA. He is also a proud member of GoBundance, which is a tribe of millionaires seeking to share all successes, struggles, ambitions, and failures without being judged. Erik holds a BFA from the School of Visual Arts in NYC and lives in Central NJ, with his wife and two daughters. podmax.co/masterclass erikcabral.co Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com For title insurance inquiries contact Mike at michael.ham@ctt.com
Bennie Warren Fowler, III, is a six -year veteran of the National Football League. He began his career as an undrafted free agent signed by the Denver Broncos in 2014. Bennie was a member of the 2016 Denver Bronco Super Bowl 50 Championship Team and may be best remembered for having hauled in the final pass of soon to be Hall of Famer Peyton Manning. Currently, Bennie is a member of New Orleans Saints. Bennie earned a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Michigan State University in 2014. At Michigan State, he was a member of the 2014 100th Rose Bowl Championship Team, ending a twenty-six year Big Ten and Rose Bowl appearance drought for the Spartans. As such, Bennie has the distinction of having played in and won both the 100th Rose Bowl and 50thSuper Bowl. Bennie attended high school at the acclaimed Detroit Country Day School where he earned additional athletic notoriety as a member of the 2007 Class B Basketball State Championship Team and as a member of that year's State Champions in Track in Field. Bennie holds an individual State of Michigan High School Championship for long jump in 2008. Bennie has an intense interest in brain-based performance development which stems, in large part, from his purposed goal to prolong his professional football career. As a youth, Bennie’s cognitive and educational development was aided by deliberative practice techniques. He has carried this same methodology forward to strengthen his professional football career. He is a fervent advocate of the neuroscience technique of brain-mapping, which assists him in localizing the immediate recall skills associated with multifaceted play structure in an intense and fast-paced aggressive environment. This mindfulness platform gave rise to his performance coaching business. Bennie has been trained by CTI Co-Active training institute. Through various charitable endeavors Bennie is involved in Autism Speaks and holds an annual youth football camp near his hometown of Detroit, Michigan. https://www.linkedin.com/in/bennie-fowler-a43027173/ Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com For title insurance inquiries contact Mike at michael.ham@ctt.com
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Yonah Weiss is Regional Business Director of Madison SPECS, a division of Madison Commercial Real Estate Services. Renowned for his knowledge in cost segregation, Yonah is a sought after resource throughout the Commercial Real Estate industry. In addition to having saved his clients tens of millions of dollars in taxes, Yonah uses his unique ability to interact and connect with professionals and the layman alike to build strategic partnerships in the marketplace, creating win-win situations for all. Yonah has hosted, or been a guest, on dozens of podcasts discussing the details of the cost segregation process, and the benefits for investors and owners of real estate. He has also authored numerous articles for industry publications and, as an expert in LinkedIn Networking, he has mentored dozens in the practice of using the platform as a springboard to accelerate business opportunities. Yonah graduated in 2002 with a BA from San Diego University and is active as a volunteer in numerous non-profit and charity organizations. https://www.yonahweiss.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/cost-segregation-yonah-weiss/ Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com For title insurance inquiries contact Mike at michael.ham@ctt.com
You may know Réal Andrews from his many roles on television, the latest of which is playing the Hal, father to 19-year-old Jade, on the NBC series, ‘Days of Our Lives.’ He recently won an Emmy for my contribution on the hit series, ‘The Bay.’ Some of his other acting roles include Jason ‘Chance’ Walker: Soldiers of Fortune, LT. Marcus Taggert: ‘General Hospital’ and ‘Port Charles’, and Walker Daniels: ‘As the World Turns’ He is also a cancer survivor, 2 years sober, and has competed in multiple Hawaiian Iron Man competitions. Whole Health Wisdom & Knowledge After completing the Hawaii Ironman on two occasions, he found he had a passion for physical training and creating Champions, through sharing his experiences, workout secrets and developing strategies to help every person he encounters succeed in achieving wellness within the mind, body and spirit. Specializing in a variety of fitness and exercise focuses, he has created quality programming for individuals and groups with the goals of increasing self-esteem, transforming physical fitness and changing lives in a way that no other fitness professional has been able to accomplish. At the heart of it all, he dedicates the most time, energy and the whole of his heart to his family and carves out special time for each of his children. He lives by the motto, “They will become who you are” in everything he does. He realizes that the future lies with what we teach our children and how they view their role models in this world, so he also donates time to working with local non-profit organizations whenever possible. He thrives on taking his message and formula for whole health on the road through speaking engagements and motivational experiences, where he shares his whole health wisdom and knowledge with the world! Along with spreading the word across the country, he has started to write a book detailing the story of his life and the choices that have led him to where he is today, as a Champion for health and a hopeful guide of those who seek whole health and wellness. https://championdevelopment.life/ Instagram: @realandrews Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com For title insurance inquiries contact Mike at michael.ham@ctt.com
Chris Bello is a college graduate that quit his corporate job 3 years in. He wanted to take hold of the reigns of life and write his own story. He is the host of the Entrepreneur Motivation Podcast, a Top 100 Business podcast. He has interviewed guests as large as Dean Graziosi and Dan Lok, but also loves connecting with newer entrepreneurs just starting out on their journey. He started podcasting in October 2017 and the show has been growing steadily. Currently, EMP has more than 50,000 downloads per month and 2,000 downloads per episode. Chris is a Houston real estate expert. He works with clients on their dream homes and/or investment properties. He got his start while wholesaling, dealing primarily with distressed sellers and properties.His primary focus is on Houston real estate. He quickly hit his stride as a real estate agent after getting his feet wet with a local investment company. He believes that action cures all and that anything can be accomplished with a plan and determination. Chris is also a fitness advocate. He promotes having a healthy mindset and body. He is committed to his clean diet and regular fitness exercise. He encourages others to have a healthy lifestyle by sharing his personal fitness regimen. www.chrisbello.com Instagram: @chrisbello_ Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com For title insurance inquiries contact Mike at michael.ham@ctt.com
Kristen M. Olson is an entrepreneur, a creative, an athlete, a podcaster, and a pup mom. She is an experienced and innovative marketing and branding professional with 20+ years’ experience in brand development and management and particular expertise with integrated marketing strategies, strategic territory management and relationship building. Broad based background encompasses strong work ethic and commitment to organizational objectives within highly competitive athletic apparel/CLG/Lifestyle markets. Tactical planner and team builder with ability to attract key players and develop lasting business relationships. Recognized for decisive leadership and proven ability to execute sound decisions while directing product development and launches. Businesses: Founder, KO Alliance, LLC (www.KOAlliance.com) @KOAlliance
Founder, Colorado Rising Stars Lacrosse, LLC (www.crslax.com) @CRSLAX
Founder, Turmeric & Tequila (Podcast) (www.TurmericAndTequila.com) @TurmericTequila Athletics: George Mason University, D1 Lacrosse, 3X Capt. 5X CrossFit Game Athlete, 2nd Place Affiliate Cup Finish 2011 Multitude of lacrosse and CrossFit competitions (fuller list here) Tags: Kristen Olson @Madonnashero Podcast @TurmericTequila , www.TurmericAndTequila.com Biz @KOAlliance , www.KOAlliance.com BIO Turmeric & Tequila Podcast: What: Turmeric & Tequila is a way of being (and now a podcast!), questioning a better way one conversation at a time. Embrace you voice, share your thoughts and break free from ideas of what should be. You can be all things. Embrace the natural brand, disrupt the noise. Reveal the gold that has been there all along. Authentic. Aware. Influential. Innovative. Present. Grateful. Why: Reality is nothing more than applied meaning. OG philosophy. In a digital world, our current world, many of our realities are defined by what we consume digitally. Social media influence is not going anywhere and people are consuming it younger and younger each year- thus the digital impact starts sooner. Rather than fight what is, we are here to disrupt the noise with a platform to highlight powerful voices alongside powerful missions, communities, and companies. We can't stop the social machine, so we are working to highlight great humans questioning a better way and showcase how they do it. Some known, some unknown, all inspired by innovation and evolution to make the world just a little bit of a better place for all. Philosophies: T&T Team is everything AND independence is a top core value. Botox the wrinkles AND highlight the scars. Living on the trending setting tip AND on the couch with my dog. Constant adaptation AND being still. Thankful for the past AND present for the future. Leadership is the greatest responsibility AND so if following your heart. Opportunity cost is real AND so is saying yes to the moment. *Spend time as you feel AND invoice for it as needed. Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com For title insurance inquiries contact Mike at michael.ham@ctt.com
Ryan Alford is a entrepreneur, marketing maverick and influencer. He is a marketing vet with two decades of advertising expertise tucked under his belt. He's had the ability to grow from some of the most talented marketers in the business while working in New York City. His extensive experience includes perviously working with Verizon Wireless for nearly 10 years, helping turn them into one of the most respected companies in the world. He also worked on the original iPhone launch and has built two multi-million dollar companies from the ground up by creating RADICAL MARKETING RESULTS. He is the founder and CEO of Radical, as well as the founder of the GVL Hustle and Comradery Co-Work. He has appeared on Bloomberg, Yahoo!Finance and the CaliforniaHerald. Instagram: @ryanalford ryanalford.com radical.company theradcast.com Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com For title insurance inquiries contact Mike at michael.ham@ctt.com Join the Fat Brother Soap Family! Use code "MIKEH10" at fatbrothersoap.com
In one single day of work, Bee Evans has worn a hard hat, a cheerleading costume, and high heels. Beginning with a career in oil and gas, Bee found early success as the co-owner of her company. As a professional cheerleader for The Phoenix Suns, she'd leave the work boots behind and bring her playful, spirited side onto the court. No stranger to living in different worlds, Bee could seamlessly slide between the two but she wasn't happy. Successful business? Check. Creative pursuit of dance? Check. Two amazing kids? Check. But there was something missing. She was living out the script that someone else had written for her. This disconnect began to nag at her. One day, as the tag on her blazer literally scratched at her neck, she realized that we all live with labels that are often uncomfortable and do not fit who we are or who we wish to be. So began her next chapter: the act of tearing out her own tags and coming to live in alignment with her passions and her work. As a professional speaker, coach and thought leader, Bee helps people break out of the boxes they have been living in, tear out their own tags, and create vision for the life they want. Website https://www.tearoutthetags.com Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tearoutthetags/ Tik Tok tiktok.com/@tearoutthetags?lang=en Apple Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tear-out-the-tags-the-podcast/id1540639849 Clubhouse @tearoutthetags Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com For title insurance inquiries contact Mike at michael.ham@ctt.com
Beechwood Capital was founded in 2003 by a team of seasoned investment banking professionals with over 35 years of experience each. Work directly with "Middle-Market" owners and entrepreneurs interested in financing or selling their businesses: • Assess the best pathway forward and analyze the strategic implications of a transaction • Facilitate the process from strategy to execution • Structure and manage the transaction to maximize value for all key stakeholders They offer the best of both worlds: experience and expertise of much larger investment bank with unyielding senior dedication, typical of a smaller firm. Primary objective is to help maximize the return on a transaction with high levels of customer satisfaction. Agnostic and independent input/advice, offering what is most appropriate for the individual transaction. Richard Conroy: 30+ years in investment and commercial banking and financial consulting. Led and executed numerous complex leveraged transactions. Co founded Beechwood’s predecessor, The Rockland Group, in 2003. Managing Director at Millburn Capital Group and Amper Investment Banking. Previously at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein as head of the NY Leveraged Finance Group. Registered with FINRA as a General Securities Principal (Series 7, 63, 27, 79 and 24 licenses). rconroy@beechwoodcapitaladvisors.com Scott Rothman: 20+ years of banking, capital markets, and consulting experience. Joined Beechwood in March, 2019. Co-founded JFD Securities in 2002 (sold in 2016), a registered broker-dealer, providing option trading strategies and derivative execution to global hedge funds, asset managers, and mutual funds. Previously held management, sales and investment positions in several companies in digital assets and blockchain, fintech, healthcare, gaming, foreign exchange and real estate industries. Holds FINRA Licenses: Series 4, Series 7, Series 24, Series 55 and Series 63. srothman@beechwoodcapitaladvisors.com www.beechwoodcapitaladvisors.com Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com For title insurance inquiries contact Mike at michael.ham@ctt.com Join the Fat Brother Soap Family! Use code "MIKEH10" at fatbrothersoap.com
Kerry Barrett used to have a fear of public speaking. Not a rational fear, like so many have. No, this fear was crippling—to the point where the very thought of it would send her into the proverbial fetal position, paralyzed by anxiety and insecurity. So, how did she end up with a 20+ year career in the news business speaking to an audience of millions every day? She followed her passion. Kerry loves a good story—a passion that was born out of a childhood spent overseas. She was always interested in learning about other people—their cultures, how they lived and their personal stories. This influenced not only her career path in communications, but also her innate ability to recognize interesting stories in others. She pursued a bachelor’s degree in Speech and Communication Studies in Journalism from Clemson University, where she had no choice but to face her public-speaking phobia, head-on. She was not willing to let anxiety and self-doubt stand in the way of following a career that fueled her life’s true passion. Over time, with hard work and a splash of self-confidence, she didn’t just kick that once crippling fear to the curb, she turned it into one of her core strengths. Kerry Barrett spent the next two decades in front of the camera as a broadcast news anchor, reporter and producer for a number of reputable outlets, including NBC, ABC and Fox, to name a few. In those roles, she earned several notable accolades, including a first-place award with the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), an Emmy Award in Breaking News, an RTNDA Regional Edward R. Murrow Award for Overall Excellence and a Utah Broadcasters Association award. In early 2019, she decided to take her passion in a new direction. With that she founded Kerry Barrett Consulting, a full-service public speaking and media training boutique. Today, she helps others bring their stories to life with confidence and personality. https://kerrybarrettconsulting.com/ Instagram: @kerbarrett Twitter: @TheReelKerryB Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com For title insurance inquiries contact Mike at michael.ham@ctt.com
AJ Bishop is the CEO of ajbishop.co and Founder of My Wealth Conscious Coach. She spent over 15 years in the wealth management industry, holding senior level positions such as Managing Director and Senior Vice President at major players, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo Advisors, and MUFG Union Bank.
She is a self-made millionaire who comes from humble beginnings as the youngest of three daughters of a strong-willed Brazilian mother. Even though her mother barely completed the 2nd grade, she taught her daughters how powerful a vision could be and how through dedication and hard work anything is possible!
AJ is a true powerhouse and personal transformation is kind of her thing. She enjoys being a source of inspiration for ambitious and driven women in male dominated workplaces. She sees her purpose on this planet as being a stand for women in becoming their personal best. Her authenticity and candor have earned her the title of being called "the modern day Suze Orman meets Oprah!"
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Priscilla Frederick-Loomis is a US born professional athlete representing the country of Antigua and Barbuda, specializing in the High Jump. She received a full athletic scholarship to St. Johns University in Queens NY. She became a Big East Champion, 4X NCAA Competitor, School Record Holder, 4x MVP and placed 7th at the 2012 US Olympic Trials while there. In 2014, she gained dual citizenship for the country of Antigua and Barbuda, her fathers birth place. She is a 2016 Olympian, the first time Antigua has ever had a female Field event participant, 2X Commonwealth games competitor, a 2x Silver medalist at the North American Central American Caribbean Games and Central American Games, National Champion and Record holder, 2X Pan American Games Silver Medalist, 2x World Championships Competitor and 2X Female Athlete of the Year recipient. To date, Priscilla has opened up 2 businesses,"FLAWLESS", Home Cleaning and Organization & "LASH OUT LOUD", eyelash extensions; Won her first Gold International medal in Ireland (& got married the next day!), South Jersey Hall of Fame Inductee; In training for the 2021 Summer Olympic Games; Started her own Non Profit Organization, 'The Priscilla E. Frederick Foundation' to help single parents and communities; Is co-host with her husband of "In Our Prime", a Podcast & Youtube Series discussing being in the prime of life, adulthood and marriage while interviewing guests about their journey through adulthood and finally, is the New Morning Radio Show Host at 98.7 The Coast in South Jersey. Priscilla Frederick-Loomis in a nutshell is an Entrepreneur, Inspirational Speaker, Olympian & Professional Athlete, Radio Host, Content Creator, Health & Wellness Advocate, Wife and Badass Warrior promoting Positive energy, self love and courage to be the best version of yourself. Social Media handles: Instagram- priscilla_frederick Facebook- Priscilla Eve Loomis Tik Tok- priscilla_loomis Youtube- Priscilla Loomis OLY Help send Priscilla to the Tokyo Olympic games: https://www.gofundme.com/f/frederickinrio Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com For title insurance inquiries contact Mike at michael.ham@ctt.com Join the Fat Brother Soap Family! Use code "MIKEH10" at fatbrothersoap.com
Niti Jamdar brings 15 years of experience in strategic leadership, and was until recently an Executive in Product Strategy and Finance for a Fortune 100 company.
Niti, along with his wife Palak, has built a $5M real estate rental portfolio in 3 years, by leveraging the skill-sets of creating systems, processes and teams that they had acquired in their corporate careers.
And now, they coach busy professionals on how to turn $25k into a multi-million dollar rental portfolio. Niti and Palak have now successfully coached over 100 investors.
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Amber is the Owner and Attorney at Fuhriman Law, a law firm she operates in Las Vegas, Nevada. Amber practices Criminal Defense and Immigration Law. She graduated from Law School in Michigan and immediately moved to Vegas to begin her career. In 2013, she passed the Nevada Bar Exam and dove head first into the legal world, representing clients in immigration and criminal courts, including jury trials and appellate arguments in front of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Throughout her educational and professional career, Amber always thought there would be a moment where everything would fall into place, as she calls it, her "I'll be happy when moment." When the moment never came, Amber started to realize her entire identity had been tied up in being an attorney and chasing accomplishments to fill a void that accomplishments could never fill. Amber's road to becoming a coach began in 2016 when she dug into personal development. Since 2016, Amber has pushed the boundaries of her self-imposed physical and mental limitations, living outside her comfort zone as much as possible and learning about how the mind works and how our limiting beliefs affect our success. In 2019, Amber became a Certified Master Practitioner in Neuro-Linguistic Programming and a Certified Practitioner in Timeline Therapy. She is also a Success Mastery Academy Certified Coach. Now, in addition to practicing law, Amber is a Success Architect! She works with "serial accomplishers" like her former self to help them gain clarity what they actually want, define what their best life looks like and helps them get out of their comfort zone to achieve their dreams. Amber believes that pushing yourself out of your comfort zone physically helps challenge your mental limitations of what you can accomplish professionally. She uses her experiences with loss, grief, academic and professional success, and physical challenges including a 24 hour endurance obstacle course race to help her clients get out of their own way and achieve their highest level of success. facebook.com/groups/morethancorporate/ @amberraefuhriman https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/more-than-corporate/id1475272089 Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com For title insurance inquiries contact Mike at michael.ham@ctt.com Join the Fat Brother Soap Family! Use code "MIKEH10" at fatbrothersoap.com
Katie Brinkley is the owner and Social Media Strategist and Coach at Next Step Social Communications, a social media agency based out of Littleton Colorado. She has been helping small businesses, real estate agents, construction companies, and homebuilders with their social media for over 15 years. She specializes in coaching entrepreneurs on how social media can be an incredible tool to help find new leads, build community, grow sales, and bring the social back to their social media.
Mike and Katie discuss Clubhouse, social media strategies, tips and tricks to help grow that brand, and more! https://www.nextstepsocialcommunications.com/ Katie on Instagram: @next.step.social
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Reggie Walker is a retired NFL linebacker. Spending parts of 7 years in the NFL with the Arizona Cardinals, San Diego Chargers, and Denver Broncos, Reggie seemingly had it all but there was much more bubbling under the surface that was desperately trying to get out.
Reggie is a survivor of and advocate against mental, physical, and sexual abuse. His journey through life eventually led him to football which gave him an outlet to be as physical and violent as possible. Reggie had so much anger, so much rage he was lucky to find football. He described having a hard time feeling and was constantly living life to the extreme, describing it like "hanging off the edge of a cliff by your pinky toe."
Eventually, this way of life became exhausting. The lines between his persona in the NFL and the Reggie who was a captain on the field, a leader off the field, and someone who continually provided support for those around him were starting to blur. After his daughter told him she did not feel comfortable around him, he knew it was time to make a change. Through rehab centers and therapy, Reggie eventually brought himself out of the depths to be the man you hear on this episode. Reggie's LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reggie-walker-a40089146/ Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com For title insurance inquiries contact Mike at michael.ham@ctt.com Join the Fat Brother Soap Family! Use code "MIKEH10" at fatbrothersoap.com
Yishai Breslauer is a commercial real estate entrepreneur, podcast host, PropTech leader and a CRE educator who seeks to inspire others who have a dream to build a career in CRE. His passion is to help those who have big dreams, whether they see themselves owners of many multifamily units, becoming real estate developers or CEO’s of commercial real estate companies. Yishai has vast experience in the real estate industry from acquisitions, finance, and development all the way to marketing and sales. Yishai studied at Empire State College and started his career as a teacher and loved every moment of it. After many years of being an educator, he had decided to change careers and pursue a career in real estate. Yishai went all in into the world of real estate and held the position as the Head of Marketing and Sales of North America for Africa Israel. Africa Israel is a major global real estate holding and development company. This experience brought knowledge of real estate development, planning, construction and high skills in marketing and sales. With his journey to go into CRE (commercial real estate), he got the position as the Head of Real Estate Investment Banking for and BDO Consulting Group in Israel. This consulting group is ranked one of the top in the country and Yishai went on to the major league of CRE. He had acquired vast knowledge and skills in acquisitions and real estate finance. As well as connections with major real estate players in the US. Yishai went up the ranks to become the founder and CEO of SIDRE LLC, a commercial real estate development and investment company based in the NY area. Amongst the many things, he is also a PropTech leader, formerly the managing partner of Built Up Ventures – a property tech (PropTech) venture capital fund. Yishai is dedicated to simplify and bring CRE informal education to those passionate to enter this trillion dollar industry. Join Yishai's journey by listening to The Yishai Breslauer - CRE SharkEye Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/yishai-breslauer-cre-sharkeye
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Greg Wirtz regularly represents businesses and individuals in property tax appeals throughout the State of New Jersey. He is a former law clerk to the Honorable Vito L. Bianco of the Tax Court of New Jersey. Over the past decade, Greg has handled tax appeals for virtually all types of property, including office buildings, apartments, condominiums, warehouses, and factories, saving his clients millions of dollars in property taxes. In addition, he has represented Municipal governments with respect to property tax issues. Greg@wirtzpropertytax.com Matthew Ross is a Director in Avison Young’s Valuation Advisory Services practice, specializing in tax advisory services. With nearly 15 years in the commercial real estate valuation and consulting industry, Matthew has developed an expertise in advisory services, tax appeals, expert witness testimony and institutional and REIT valuations. His vast experience is comprised of appraising office buildings, distribution warehouses, controlled and rent stabilized apartment buildings, super-regional malls, neighborhood and community shopping centers and producing HUD Map, Yellow book, Green Acres and Red book/IVS compliant reports. Matthew’s significant assignments include managing large portfolio valuations for clients both nationally and internationally, and individual projects such as The Arc Tunnel Project for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, One and 11 Times Square, 1095 Avenue of the Americas and 200 Park Avenue. Matthew.Ross@avisonyoung.com Robert Heuner has an appraisal and review appraisal background in commercial real estate for 28+ years. He is very experienced with ARGUS AE, Discounted Cash Flow work, and all classes of investment real estate.
He now works within the CRE tech and data sector with groups that have developed new and dynamic valuation, data and risk modeling tools that are changing the way valuations, evaluations, portfolio monitoring and risk modeling assignments are engaged and consumed.
He also functions as the business development lead for an international valuation group. He bids local, regional or national valuation, due diligence and risk modeling assignments and contracts. rheuner@yahoo.com Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com For title insurance inquiries contact Mike at michael.ham@ctt.com Join the Fat Brother Soap Family! Use code "MIKEH10" at fatbrothersoap.com
Marty Ray is an indie artist that will always be an indie artist. He has amassed a fan base of over 1.2 million fans and 200+ million views across all social media platforms. “I’m just a guy that God out here to sing and write songs, some people seem to like em”. He became a viral sensation with his cover of Vanilla Ice's "Ice, Ice, Baby" but his original songs show the true essence of Marty. Personally, Mike's favorites are Bleed, Haunted, and Outlaw.
Marty is also an actor that has co starred in TV shows like: The Detour on TBS, ZOO on CBS, and Preacher on AMC. He has acted in various films as well.
Before he accomplishes anything in music or acting though, he had a podcast. Back when podcast received barely any attention and few people knew what they were, he was podcasting. His podcast, Marty Ray Project Chats, which he co-hosts with songwriter Chris Wallin, is excellent. They have had great guests like Bert Kreischer and Diamond Dallas Page.
He is now writing an article for a publication that highlights indie artists, like himself, on top of everything else. Needless to say, anything in entertainment, he is up for it.
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With his dedication to solving real estate needs for entrepreneurs and national retailers coupled with his ability to thrive under immense pressure, Chris Ressa hasn’t let the challenges impede achieving his goals. He has persistently earned his way and has become an established industry influencer. No wonder he has been recognized by Chain Store Age by landing on the magazine’s 10 Under 40: Rising Stars of Retail Real Estate list. Chris joined DLC Management Corp. in 2007. During this tenure, his relationships, real estate expertise, and leadership have led to numerous successful repositioning of assets. With a track record of consistently beating budgets and increasing NOI, Chris has played a significant role in the overall growth of the organization. Now as Chief Operating Officer, Chris oversees DLC’s $2.5 billion asset portfolio and is responsible for all property-level operations including leasing, property management, construction and marketing on all owned assets. Despite a hectic work schedule, Chris invests a significant amount of his personal time creating thought-provoking content sparking great engagement on social media. His presence on LinkedIn is no less impressive as he has over 28,900 followers, and his retail and real estate related posts are often on the top of the trending board. Chris’s influence in the digital space expands beyond LinkedIn as he also hosts the highly acclaimed Retail Retold podcast.
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This is the final episode of the January 15th PodMax event. Amanda Johnson considers herself a bit of of a nomad - born and raised in the Midwest, lived in 9 cities throughout the United States before moving to Italy and, most recently, landing in Costa Rica. Amanda is the author of Becoming Enough and founder of Awaken Village Press, which has published 7 books in the past 2 years. Prior to that, she spent more than 10 years performing, educating, writing, mentoring and serving as the host of the Being Inspired Radio Show. Her passion for inspiring others and awakening the planet one book or idea at a time, along with her ability to connect with those she interacts with, are unleashed by her wit, charm, and eloquence, making her message (and the messages of those she works with) resonate deeply with others. You can learn more about her work in the world by visiting www.awakenvillagepress.com or follow her on social media @awakenvillagepress
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This is the second episode from the January 15th PodMAX event! As a media-active educator, Wally Conway has been a regularly featured expert on the HGTV series "House Detectives," co-host of the DIY Network series "Finders-Fixers," and is host of "The Home and Garden Show" radio show on WOKV as well as "SOLD in St. Augustine on WSOS.
He hosts the "Commercial Real Estate Today" podcast featuring experts in commercial real estate from agents to lenders and developers to renovators. Wally is always in search of the next great guest, it would be awesome if it were YOU!
Wally writes routinely and authored #1 Amazon bestseller "Home Inspection Secrets of the Happy Home Inspector."
Wally is a graduate of the US Naval Academy, retired Navy pilot, licensed contractor, home inspector, energy auditor, media expert and entrepreneur who founded HomePro inspections in 1994, rebranding the commercial division as Monument Commercial Building Inspections in 2017. Wally has personally performed over 5,000 home and building inspections, numerous energy audits and infrared evaluations. HomePro Inspections and Monument combined have performed over 40,000 inspections. Wally serves on the education staff at Florida Realtors, is a GRI instructor and a One Thing Certified Trainer. Credentials earned include LEED AP, LEED Green Rater, HERS rater, AEE Commercial Energy Auditor, RESNET HESP, BPI Building Analyst, and Kansas City Barbecue Society Certified Barbecue Judge.
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This is the first episode from the January 15th PodMax event! Jeff Venn is here to help you achieve your highest human potential. He does not subscribe to the scripts society hands us or the boxes people try to fit us in. He believes we need to create better maps for work, life, relationships, and even religion. Maps that work for you, not against you. He has done this in his own life, taking a forward-thinking, progressive approach to how he builds and runs his businesses, and how he builds and runs his days. Sure, he has accomplished a few thing on the outside. He is the Founder of Create Studios, a digital marketing agency, founder of c o n v e r g e, a community for young entrepreneurs, a former semi-pro surfer, professional musician, and fluent in Spanish. But he is most proud of his successes on the inside. He's escaped the rate race. He's rich in the things that matter mst to him - control over his time, a fulfilling work-life balance, and the opportunity to inspire young entrepreneurs to dream bigger than they ever thought possible. Life is a giant wheel of progress, improvement, and learning.
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Stephanie Saunders started to build a reputation in the creditor owned real estate sector, but made a 180* pivot with her career. She has since paved her own way as one of the best property damage claims experts in the country. By exiting the corporate world, she has found her happiness by helping consumers "on the good side" of property ownership. In 2020 Forbes named her as one of the Top Social Media Influencers of the year, the first person to achieve that honor in her field. She has also formed a non-profit organization, The Suskind Foundation, to offer support to communities that are or have been affected by the natural disaster and economic hardships. Through this initiative the foundation offers grants and mentorship programs to those who seek career guidance. Mike and Stephanie discuss numerous topics including her move from corporate America to her current role, her approach to social media marketing, "breaking LinkedIn," and more! https://www.linkedin.com/in/ucs-stephaniesaunders Instagram: @thestephaniesaunders https://www.stephaniesaunders.com
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Mitzi Perdue knows that every family business has a culture. The question is, does this culture come about by design or by default? The ones that come about by default rarely support keeping the family business in the family across the generations. So, what can a family do to develop and strengthen a culture that will support their deepest goals and values? Mitzi Perdue draws on the experience of her family of origin, the Henderson Estate Company which dates back to 1840 and was the forerunner of the Sheraton Hotels (her father was co-founder of the chain). She also looks to her marital family (she’s the widow of Frank Perdue from Perdue Farms) that began in 1920. In both cases, family members in each generation put enormous effort into creating and maintaining strong, values-based cultures. Her talks stem from her lifelong observations not only of how her two families have kept together over a combined total of 280 years, but she’s also closely observed how other high net worth families, often ones she’s known since childhood, created and continuously strengthen positive cultures. She’s also observed almost countless cases where families that lacked a supportive culture failed spectacularly. Mitzi’s talks contain practical tips for embedding a positive culture. She’s been a part of carrying out all of them, and in some cases, creating them. These are tips that work, they’re practical, and they can make a spectacular difference in whether the family continues across the generations, or becomes one of the 70% that fails to pass on their legacy to the next generation. Mitzi is a businesswoman, author, and a master story teller. She holds degrees from Harvard University and George Washington University, is a past president of the 40,000 member American Agri-Women and was one of the U.S. Delegates to the United Nations Conference on Women in Nairobi. She currently writes for the Academy of Women’s Health, and GEN, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News. Most recently, she’s authored Tough Man, Tender Chicken: Business and Life Lessons from Frank Perdue. The book made #5 on Amazon’s Business Biographies, out of a field of 20,000. She’s also the author of, I Didn’t Bargain for This, her story of growing up as a hotel heiress. A woman of many talents, she also programmed a computer app, B Healthy U, designed to help people track the interactions of lifestyle factors that influence their energy, sleep, hunger, mood, and ability to handle stress. In addition to being a programmer and software developer, Mitzi is also an artist and designer of EveningEggs™ handbags. In addition, Mitzi the author of more than 1800 newspaper and magazine articles on family businesses, food, agriculture, the environment, philanthropy, biotechnology, genetic engineering, and women’s health. She was a syndicated columnist for 22 years, and her weekly environmental columns were distributed first by California’s Capitol News and later, by Scripps Howard News Service, to roughly 420 newspapers. For two years she was a Commissioner on the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science. Mitzi also produced and hosted more than 400 half hour interview shows, Mitzi’s Country Magazine on KXTV, the CBS affiliate in Sacramento, California. In addition, she hosted and produced more than 300 editions of Mitzi’s Country Comments, which was syndicated to 76 stations. Her radio series, Tips from the Farmer to You, was broadcast weekly for two years on the Coast to Coast Radio Network. Mitzi is also a champion in the fight against human trafficking with her organization, Win This Fight! Check out the website and her instagram page! https://www.winthisfight.org/ Instagram: @winthisfight4good Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com
From traveling the world, to being offered to blow up a cow with a rocket launcher, to multifamily real estate investing we have an incredible conversation with Stephen Sykes of Cascade Real Estate Group. With roots in the Midwest, Texas, and the Pacific Northwest, Stephen began investing in real estate in 2005 in Portland and in Omaha in 2015. In his roles as Principal Broker at Cascade Real Estate Group and Partner at Park Avenue Capital, Stephen seeks to leverage his experience in real estate investing and development for the benefit of clients and partners. He has acquired positions in multiple projects across the Midwest and holds real estate broker's licenses in Nebraska, South Dakota, and Iowa. In his role at Park Ave Capital, Stephen focuses on acquiring and operating multifamily projects that create near term and long term wealth for his partners and clients. As managing broker, along with his partners Collin Schwartz and Chris Pomerleau, he runs a real estate investment studio designed for passive investors, real estate entrepreneurs and top producing agents. They structure real estate projects for long term wealth generation. Make sure to reach out to Stephen directly to discuss upcoming partnership opportunities, collaborations for raising funds for larger projects, real estate brokerage, and discussions about the long term tax and wealth creation benefits of multifamily investing. https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephensykes32/ https://parkaveinvesting.com/team/ Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com
Fitz Koehler, M.S.E.S.S. is a TV personality, podcast host, corporate spokesperson, celebrity trainer and journalist, author, and breast cancer survivor. She is one of the most prominent and compelling fitness experts and race announcers in America. As the voice of the Los Angeles Marathon, Philadelphia Marathon, Big Sur Marathon, DC Wonder Woman Run Series, and more, she brings big structure, energy and joy to sport. She's also passionate about guiding others to live better and longer through her company, Fitzness. Fitz has appeared on national media outlets and has worked as a speaker and spokesperson for corporations like Disney and Office Depot. She has also inspired millions of kids to get active through her successful school running/walking program, The Morning Mile. She After finding a cancerous lump in her breast seven weeks after a clean mammogram, she refused to play the victim or allow cancer to steal her extraordinary career or time with family. Her book, My Noisy Cancer Comeback, reveals the juicy and gory details of her 16-month battle, all while zigzagging across the United States. Enduring chemotherapy, radiation, and surgeries in the public eye wasn't easy, but Fitz met the challenge with her "pedal to the metal" attitude. Fitz's Website: www.fitzness.com Fitz's Book: https://fitzness-store.myshopify.com/ Fitz's Instagram: @fitzness Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com
Joining the show from Chicago, Sarry Ibrahim is a financial planner and member of the Bank On Yourself Organization. He helps real estate investors, business owners, and full time employees grow safe and predictable wealth regardless of market conditions using a financial strategy that has been around for over 160 years. Sarry started this journey when he was in grad school completing his MBA. He has worked for companies like Allstate, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna Healthspring, and Humana before founding Financial Asset Protection, a financial services firm that focuses on one sole concept; the Bank on Yourself concept, also known as the Infinite Banking concept.
Sarry and Mike discuss the concept as a whole, how it is relevant to real estate investing, Sarry's hobby of boxing, and more! www.finassetprotection.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarry-ibrahim-mba-ltcp-bank-on-you/ sarry@finassetprotection.com Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com
Arn Cenedella, founder of Spark Investment Group, is a real estate expert with more than four decades of experience, including 35 years as a Realtor navigating the unique real estate landscape in Silicon Valley, CA. During that time, Arn invested in real estate ranging from single family homes and fix-and-flips to land subdivisions and condominium conversions to commercial multifamily properties. Through these experiences, he developed a passion for helping others achieve their own financial freedom through investing in multifamily real estate syndications. Through Spark Investment Group, Arn is putting his decades of real estate expertise to work for his clients, helping them reach their goals and attain the lives they’ve always wanted to live. https://investwithspark.com/ arn@investwithspark.com Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com
In the final installment of our three-part series from the December 4th, 2020 PodMax event, Mike Ham sits down with Kendall Bazan of Fund That Flip. Kendall is a data-driven marketing professional with 10+ years experience, with a focus on fintech and investment management software. She previously worked for a large, multinational enterprise software company and came to Fund That Flip when there were fewer than 20 people on board. She has helped grow the company from originating $50million to over $500million in the past three years, doubling our customer base each year with exponential revenue growth. She is also a new real estate investor herself, after her and her husband both their first rental properties in Columbus, OH in early 2020! web: www.fundthatflip.com blog: learn.fundthatflip.com instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fund_that_flip/ email: kendall@fundthatflip.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kendallkrawchuk/ Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com
On Thursday January 7th 2021 Gov Phil Murphy signed the Economic Recovery act of 2020. We are joined by frequent guest, Chris Murphy, esq. Chris is a partner at Murphy, Schiller and Wilkes, a commercial real estate law firm in Newark, NJ. He is the leader of the firm’s economic incentive advisory practice and has been involved in some of New Jersey’s most high-profile corporate attraction and retention projects. He regularly assists clients in the procurement of public incentives offered through the NJ Economic Development Authority and other state and local government agencies. From the Murphy, Schiller, & Wilkes website: On Thursday, January 7th, Governor Phil Murphy signed into law the Economic Recovery Act of 2020 (“ERA”) – comprehensive legislation which creates multiple new incentive programs for both businesses and developers. Along with tax credits for job creation and redevelopment projects throughout New Jersey, the ERA establishes programs for the rehabilitation of historic properties, the remediation of brownfields sites, and programs related to community-anchored development, and the establishment of grocery stores in food deserts. The programs created under the ERA will expire on March 1, 2027. They will be administered by the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (“NJEDA”) and subject to rules and regulations promulgated by the NJEDA in the coming months. The Programs discussed:
Emerge Program Historic Aspire Program Historic Property Tax Credit Program Brownfields Redevelopment Tax Credit Program Food Desert Relief Program
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The second installment of a 3 part series from the December 4th, 2020 PodMax event, Mike Ham is joined by Dan Sheeks. Dan is a high school Business and Marketing teacher, real estate investor, and personal finance advocate in Denver, Colorado. In his 17 years of teaching high school, he has taught a variety of business subjects, including financial literacy, entrepreneurship, personal finance, and marketing. Dan and his wife have a variety of real estate investments, including multifamily, single-family, Airbnb, and out-of-state BRRRRs. They currently have 14 units in the Denver metro area, Colorado Springs, and Detroit and continue to grow their portfolio. Embedded in his classes is the co-curricular DECA club in which students travel, compete, acquire leadership skills, do community service, and have fun! The DECA chapter at his school takes students on trips to learn about business in places like New York City, Orlando, Anaheim, and Vail, CO. The students look forward to these trips and the learning experiences embedded in each journey. Throughout his career, Dan has worked with nearly a thousand high school students on projects ranging from personal finance to entrepreneurship to marketing proposals to hospitality management. His students have had much success at the State and National levels in these business competitions. Dan’s students are continually doing real-world role plays in class that build confidence, teamwork, self-assurance, professionalism, communication skills, and the ability to think on their feet. His students grow and learn as they prepare for real-world situations, find the ability and confidence to seize opportunities, and give back to their communities by volunteering for great organizations such as MDA and Bags of Fun. They have fun social events such as kickball games, bowling, and visiting haunted houses for Halloween. His lasting impact as a teacher is apparent by the hundreds of former students who stay connected after graduation by guest speaking in his classes, visiting the school, judging at DECA events, volunteering at school activities, and mentoring current students. Dan also volunteers in the MoneyWi$er initiative out of the Colorado Attorney General’s Office with a few other hand-picked experts from around the state. The program strives to advance financial literacy in Colorado secondary education. Dan has also taken his high school students into local middle and elementary schools where his students have taught the importance of personal finance to younger children. Dan is a contributing blog writer for Bigger Pockets and has written several articles for the Bigger Pockets blog regarding a variety of subjects for young investors. In late 2019 Dan launched the SheeksFreaks community with a simple blog website and an Instagram page. The mission was simple: to provide young people with free money advice so they could live their best lives. The SheeksFreaks movement is dedicated to helping young people learn money management skills to achieve early financial independence. The focus is on helping youth use specific methods of saving, earning extra income, and investing. Four passions motivate Dan in these endeavors. They are: working with young people, advocating for personal finance education, the early financial independence movement, and real estate investing. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-sheeks-0ab489106/ Instagram: @sheeksfreaks and @dsheeks YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-zSyE5oX0L_npo00xDCsYw email: sheeksfreaks@gmail.com Website: www.sheeksfreaks.com Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com
Mike Ham sits down with Global Business Celebrity, Jeffrey Hayzlett. Jeff is a primetime television host of C-Suite with Jeffrey Hayzlett and Executive Perspectives on C-Suite TV, and business podcast host of All Business with Jeffrey Hayzlett on C-Suite Radio. He is a global business celebrity, speaker, best-selling author, and Chairman and CEO of C-Suite Network, home of the world's most trusted network of C-Suite leaders. Hayzlett is a well-traveled public speaker, former Fortune 100 CMO, and author of four best-selling books: Think Big, Act Bigger: The Rewards of Being Relentless, Running the Gauntlet, The Mirror Test, and The Hero Factor: How Great Leaders Transform Organizations and Create Winning Cultures. Hayzlett is one of the most compelling figures in business today and an inductee into the National Speakers Association's Speaker Hall of Fame. As a leading business expert, Hayzlett is frequently cited in Forbes, SUCCESS, Mashable, Marketing Week and Chief Executive, among many others. He shares his executive insight and commentary on television networks like Bloomberg, MSNBC, Fox Business, and C-Suite TV. Hayzlett is a former Bloomberg contributing editor and primetime host, and has appeared as a guest celebrity judge on NBC's Celebrity Apprentice with Donald Trump for three seasons. He is a turnaround architect of the highest order, a maverick marketer, and C-Suite executive who delivers scalable campaigns, embraces traditional modes of customer engagement and possesses a remarkable cachet of mentorship, corporate governance, and brand building. https://c-suitenetwork.com/ Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com
The first of a three-part series from the December 4th, 2020 PodMax event, Mike Ham sits down with G. Mark Phillips who runs a digital media company focused on business and lifestyle design. He's the author of five books, including a two-part children series. He's the host of Enhancing the Human Experience Podcast, Big Ideas, and #OnTheMove with Mark Phillips. He's also the owner of Focus & Flow, a product and apparel line that carries a wide assortment of items designed to help people become more conscious creators. Website - https://gmarkphillips.com/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/GMarkPhillips Social Media - everywhere (at) gmarkphillips Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com
Mike Ham sits down with Chris Pomerleau and Collin Schwartz of Park Ave Capital. Based in Omaha, Nebraska, Park Ave Capital is a private investment firm with over $46 million of assets under management. They are privately held and focused on the acquisition of local, alternative investments. Chris and Collin discuss their backgrounds, the types of properties they invest in, how they have adjusted to doing business during a pandemic, and more. Both Chris and Collin have unique backgrounds and they offer great advice for anyone looking to get started in real estate investing. https://parkaveinvesting.com/ Instagram: @parkavecapital Chris Pomerleau: chris@parkaveinvesting.com Collin Schwartz: collin@parkaveinvesting.com Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com
To celebrate the holiday season, we decided to bring back a few familiar guests to discuss foundations they have either founded or help run. We hope the holiday spirit moves our Spotlight listeners into a giving mood to support these great causes! Note: All of these foundations can be found under the "Support Our Friends" tab at www.themorningspotlight.com! Start Day One Foundation - Ricardo Zulueta, Jr. (Founder) The founders of Start Day One, Ricardo & Kristen Zulueta, have been supporting suicide prevention awareness with their apparel brand, which has the mission to inspire and motivate people to live life without regret and accept challenges worth the risk. Ricardo has personally experienced the loss of his oldest brother from suicide, which is why they are genuinely passionate about their mission. According to their philosophy, true prevention is not waiting for someone to reach out or show symptoms of suicidal tendencies. It is more effective to proactively help people stop complaining and taking life for granted in the first place. People don't need help because they are depressed or suicidal. They need help that's WHY they're depressed or suicidal. Depression is not the cause, it is merely the result. https://startdayone.org/ founder@fukittclothing.com Keep on Pushing Foundation - Devon Harris, OLY (Founder) The Keep On Pushing Foundation is a federally recognized 501(c) 3 non-profit organization founded in 2006 by former Jamaican bobsled team captain, Devon Harris. The foundation was started as a result of Devon’s commitment to do whatever it takes to nourish the bodies and minds of the children in his old neighborhood-the Olympic Gardens area of Kingston, and elsewhere around the world, as Devon firmly believes they have the same potential for success as he did. The majority of the children in Olympic Gardens qualify for assistance from the Keep on Pushing Foundation. Our client-base is primarily underemployed or unemployed residents who live in a community which is prone to politically motivated and gang related outbreaks of violence. Generally speaking, students are performing well below the required standard. Some display traits of short attention span, listlessness, aggression, fatigue, irregular attendance and unpunctuality. It was discovered that their under-achievement and poor behavior was as a result of the lack of a proper meal to start the day.
Hope is the life-blood of possibilities. In nourishing the minds and bodies of these “at risk” youths, the Keep on Pushing Foundation is assisting them in getting a good education and therefore giving them hope and the ability to explore and take advantage of opportunities that would otherwise pass them by. https://keeponpushing.org/ devon@keeponpushing.org Project Kind - Monica Dema (Advisory Board Member) From its inception, Jenny DePaul—founder and CEO of Project Kind—set out to help those that are less fortunate. Bringing peanutbutter jelly sandwiches to Newark, NJ, was just the start. Creating Kindness Notes and packing that into each sandwich bag let her new friends know that they are worthy of love and reminded them of it long after the sandwich was eaten. With the help of sponsors and affiliates around the world, Project Kind reaches more people in need than ever—and will not stop. https://www.projectkind123.org/ projectkind123@projectkind123.org Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com
Mike Ham chats with Chris Roberts, Founder and CEO of Sterling Rhino Capital, LLC. Chris has been a full-time entrepreneur and investor since 2007. He owns and operates a Sales and Marketing Company that when acquired had annual sales of $7,200,000 in 2007. In 13 years, Chris and his team grew the business to $24,500,000 by 2019. Chris runs a property management business that controls his own rentals. He is also the minority partner in a Point of Sale software company (High Trek POS). Chris has a proven track record of building successful businesses and each of his rental and or flips have realized higher than average returns. He has renovated, flipped, built or held 12 single-family residences and raw land with funds from private individuals and or with his own personal capital. Chris holds investments or shares in over 2137 units across the county. Chris and the Sterling Rhino team recently closed on a 112-unit value-add property in Georgia and 104-unit property in Virginia. https://www.sterlingrhinocapital.com/ https://www.feedingamerica.org/about-us/partners/why-i-give/chris-story https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgMH1pxti4s-DkH8nVHBBuA/ https://www.facebook.com/InvestorThinkTank Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com
Mike Ham sits down with Dr. Axel Meierhoefer a former Air Force officer in the German and United States Air Forces, a real estate investor, and an entrepreneur. His company, Ideal Wealth Grower, mentors people how to be a successful residential real estate investor. We discuss his career in the Air Force, how he got his start in real estate investing, and how he coaches individuals on his process. We also talk about the mental side of taking the leap into investing and how he helps people get over that hump. Website: https://idealwealthgrower.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/idealwealthgrower/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ideal-wealth-grower/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/IdealGrower Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/idealwealthgrower/?igshid=buhekgjpoadc Mindset Manual: https://idealwealthgrower.com/products/ Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com
Mike Ham sits down with David Wolfe, a co-managing partner of Skoloff & Wolfe, P.C., a nationally-recognized leader in the legal sector of real estate tax litigation and matrimonial law. He leads the Commercial Real Estate Tax division and has secured several billion dollars of assessment reductions for businesses, institutional clients, and high net-worth individuals. He has handled property tax appeals for nearly every type of property—including hotel, multi-family, retail, office, industrial, assisted living and skilled nursing facilities. His insights have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Forbes, and NJBIZ. dwolfe@skoloffwolfe.com https://www.skoloffwolfe.com/ https://www.skoloffwolfe.com/david-b-wolfe.html https://www.skoloffwolfe.com/property-tax-appeal.html https://www.skoloffwolfe.com/insights/ Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com
Mike Ham sends a Happy Thanksgiving to all The Morning Spotlight listeners and gives a special shoutout to all people who have been on the front lines throughout 2020! Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com
Mike Ham sits down with Devinne Bravoco, Co-Founder and Owner at Just Divine Properties, a local residential redevelopment company located in Central NJ that purchases, renovates and sells beautifully designed homes. Devinne takes us through her original career as an event planner in the financial world in Manhattan, starting Just Divine Properties with her fiance, as well as how she mobilized her network to provide meals and PPE for front line hospital workers during the Covid-19 pandemic! Devinne also shares her journey with mental health, key moments throughout her life that have helped shape her, and more. Devinne Bravocco - Just Divine Properties https://www.justdivineproperties.com/ devinne@justdivineproperties.com Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com
Mike Ham discusses Dauphin Americas with two account managers on their Metro Team, Veronica Stampfl and Jaclyn Pullo! We discuss the products and services the company offers, ways they have been providing services to their clients throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, how they are safely hosting in-person networking events, and more! Jaclyn Pullo jaclyn.pullo@dauphin.com Veronica Stampfl veronica.stampfl@dauphin.com Instagram: @DauphinAmericas Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com
Mike Ham discusses PILOT programs with Steve Mlenak of Greenbaum Rowe, Steve Santola of Woodmont Properties, and Maggie Haight of BJH Advisors. The group discusses the benefits of these programs, common criticisms and whether or not they are justified, each panelist's favorite PILOT project they have worked on, and more! Steve Mlenak, esq - Greenbaum Rowe smlenak@greenaumlaw.com Steve Santola, esq - Woodmont Properties stephen.santola@woodmontproperties.com Maggie Haight - BJH Advisors mhaight@bjhadvisors.com Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com
Mike Ham is joined by CEO and Founder of Reneu Energy and the host of the Solar Maverick podcast, Benoy Thanjan. The two discuss renewable energy, the benefits of it, how to secure financing, different types of state and federal grants available, why New Jersey is a great place for solar energy, and more! With over 13 years of experience in solar energy, Benoy provides some incredible insights into all aspects of the industry! Benoy Thanjan - Reneu Energy benoy@reneuenergy.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/bthanjan/ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/solar-maverick-podcast/id1441876259 Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com
Mike Ham is joined by former NFL lineman Kristjan Sokoli. The two discuss Kristjan's childhood growing up in Albania, coming to the United States when he was 9 years old, discovering a love for football, and eventually being drafted by the Seattle Seahawks. Kristjan's 3-year NFL career was cut short due to injury and he is now focusing on a new career and other hobbies, including acting! Kristjan Sokoli sokoliwealth@gmail.com https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=kristjan+and+the+korean Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com
Mike Ham is joined by Trevor Patterson of Newmark Knight Frank, Nicole Cruz of BuildPro Construction Services, Dan Grant of ENV Architects, and Brent Kozlowski of BE Furniture to discuss all facets of the commercial real estate industry. The group discusses the office, multifamily, retail, and industrial markets as well as different nuances of those markets from their unique perspectives within the industry. Trevor Patterson - Newmark Knight Frank tpatterson@ngkf.com Nicole Cruz - BuildPro Construction Services nicole@buildprocs.com Dan Grant - ENV Architects dgrant@env-nj.com Brent Kozlowski - BE Furniture bkozlowski@befurniture.com Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com
Mike Ham sits down with Susan Fiorentino, who is currently compiling a book of stories of children of 9/11 First Responders. Susan's father is a former NYPD Detective who was one of the First Responders on the scene during the September 11th terrorist attacks. Since Susan is self-publishing the book, all of the proceeds will go directly to the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, which Mike and Susan are both a part of. Be sure to use the GoFundMe link below to support her project! Susan Fiorentino susanfiorentino11@gmail.com https://www.gofundme.com/f/children-of-91101-first-responders-book?utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_na+share-sheet&rcid=4cdbaf0d0b264f3dbf461a932d2766be https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanfiorentino/ Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com
Mike Ham sits down with repeat guest, Ricardo Zulueta, Jr., the CEO and Founder of Paid Exposure. The two discuss the world of influencer marketing including, the current trends in the industry, problems facing the industry, how his platform Paid Exposure is helping solve some of these issues, and more! Paid Exposure is a FREE platform that helps connect influencers on different channels to sponsors that are looking to promote their brands. Ricardo Zulueta, Jr. - Paid Exposure paidexposure.com ricardo@paidexposure.com Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com
Mike Ham discusses the sales process with Trevor Andersen of TRJ Consulting. Mike and Trevor compare how they would sell their products and services before the Covid-19 pandemic, how they have adjusted over the last several months and how they expect the sales process will change once the pandemic is over. Trevor Andersen - TRJ Consulting trjconsulting@yahoo.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/trevorandersen/ Business Talk: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzHfhjtFrt6yqCsA3Td-HSQ/featured Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com
Mike Ham discusses networking events, "do's and don'ts," and more with Monica Dema of MD Inc, Mike Strug of the Young Real Estate Professionals of New York, and Sid Vaidya of Switch Events. Everyone on the panel is an accomplished networker and give some great insight for people who are new to networking, looking to improve on networking, or just interested in a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to put together some of these in-person and virtual events. Monica Dema - MD Inc monica@mdinc.co Mike Strug - Young Real Estate Professionals of New York Mikestrug@gmail.com http://www.yrepny.org/ yrepny2001@gmail.com Sid Vaidya - Switch Events & C3 Chat Show Podcast NetworkWithSid.com NetworkWithSidBook.com Sid's LinkTree Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com
Mike Ham chats with Chris Murphy of Murphy, Schiller, & Wilkes on Newark, NJ. We discuss all the city has to offer, what challenges the city is currently facing, what needs to happen to help Newark continue on its upward trajectory and more! Chris Murphy - Murphy, Schiller & Wilkes cmurphy@murphyllp.com Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com
Mike Ham discusses marketing strategies and content with Monica Dema of MD Inc, Greg Markowitz of Local IQ, and Ron Latz of Tetrapeak. This was a great discussion on a wide variety of topics, including building brand awareness, the "do's and don'ts" of creating content yourself, and more! Monica Dema - MD Inc monica@mdinc.co Ron Latz - Tetrapeak ron@tetrapeak.com Greg Markowitz - Local IQ gmarkowitz@localiq.com Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com
Mike Ham sits down with a fellow former TCNJ baseball player, Pete Kennedy. Pete is a digital account manager at The Walt Disney Company, a Board Operator at WFAN in New York, and the host of the Subway Sports Talk podcast. We discuss Pete's career, his views on the future of different media outlets, and have some fun talking MLB, NBA, and the NFL. Pete Kennedy - Subway Sports Talk https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/subway-sports-talk/id1210244053 Instagram: @subwaysportstalk Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com
Mike Ham discusses 1031 exchanges with Ed Kasperavich of Stonecrest Partners, John Lee of IPX1031, and David Labush of Midtown Commercial Realty. The panel takes us through the "ins and outs" of how 1031 exchanges work, DSTs, and the future of 1031s. Ed Kasperavich - Stonecrest Partners ekasperavich@stonecrestpartners.com John Lee - IPX1031 john.lee@ipx1031.com David Labush - Midtown Commercial Realty dave@midtowncre.com Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com
Mike Ham chats with Karen Wheeler, a social media chef and TikToker, about different recipes, how her social media brand has grown, new projects she's been working on, and more! I would highly recommend following Karen's accounts below, as long as you're ok with your mouth watering! Karen Wheeler cookingwithKaren.com Instagram: @wheelsinaustin_ TikTok: @wheelsinaustin_ Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com
Host Mike Ham sits down with Karine Blanc of The Blau & Berg Company, Christina Holder of JLL, and Kazarae Lowe of Akerman to discuss the state of diversity in commercial real estate. We discuss some of their experiences being both women and people of color, how the industry as a whole is structured, and ways that we can all do better! Karine Blanc - The Blau & Berg Company kblanc@blauberg.com Christina Holder - JLL Kazarae Lowe - Akerman kazarae.lowe@akerman.com Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com
Mike Ham discusses the current state of the hospitality industry with Matt Schiller of Murphy Schiller & Wilkes, Trevor Andersen of TRJ Consulting, and Tushar Patel of Harvest Bistro. Most of our conversations revolve around the restaurant industry, but we also discuss plenty of different issues impacting the day-to-day operation of these businesses. Matt Schiller - Murphy Schiller & Wilkes (Newark, NJ) mschiller@murphyllp.com Trevor Andersen - TRJ Consulting trjconsulting@yahoo.com Tushar Patel - Harvest Bistro (Madison, NJ) harvestbistronj@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com
Host Mike Ham talks with Lauren Hammer of Hammer Leadership on the importance of maintaining a healthy work/life balance. Discussion topics include setting boundaries, when and how to say no, and discovering your true authentic self! Since many people are now working from home and the traditional office life could be a thing of the past for many, Lauren offers some great perspectives on how to best handle our "new normal." Lauren Hammer, LCSW, MS - Hammer Leadership hammerleadership.com lauren@hammerleadership.com Follow us on Instagram: @TheMorningSpotlight Email us at: themorningspotlight@gmail.com www.themorningspotlight.com
Mike Ham discusses the current state and future of the office market with Lisa Brinkman of HOK, Brent Kozlowski of BE Furniture, and Steve Graziano of Colliers International. Topics include leasing, space design, developments in technology and more! Is the office dead?? Make sure to listen in to the "Under the Spotlight" closing segment to find out! Lisa Brinkman - HOK lisa.brinkman@hok.com Steve Graziano - Colliers International stephen.graziano@colliers.com Brent Kozlowski - BE Furniture bkozlowski@befurniture.com
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Mike Ham sits down with Hannah Huesman, a Mental Skills Coach with the Philadelphia Phillies. We discuss the role of a mental skills coach, women in baseball, and her Mental Sweat Monday segments! Instagram: @hannahhuesman
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Host Mike Ham discusses multifamily real estate projects with Anthony Scandariato of Red Knight Properties and the co-host of the "Discovering Multifamily" Podcast, Greg Bazzani of Panepinto Properties, and Eddie Ishay of The Ishay Group. Discussion topics include: working with municipalities, new development projects, rent collections, financing deals, and more! Anthony Scandariato - Red Knight Properties a.scandariato@redknightproperties.com redknightproperties.com Gregg Bazzani - Panepinto Properties gbazzani@panprop.com 973-714-2715 panepintodevelopment.com Eddie Ishay - The Ishay Group eddie@theishaygroup.com 917-886-9650 theishaygroup.com
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Host Mike Ham sits down with Devon Harris, a 3-time Olympian and an original member of the first Jamaican bobsled team that competed in the 1988 Olympics. A former military officer, philanthropist, author and motivational speaker, Devon details his life growing up in Jamaica, attending the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in England, his Olympic experience and more! His message of "Keep on Pushing" transcends the world of bobsled racing and can be applied to anyone in any walk of life or situation! keeponpushing.org devonharris.com devon@devonharris.com
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Host Mike Ham has a great discussion about real estate development projects with Yanni Marmarou of B6 Real Estate advisors (ymarmarou@b6realestate.com), Doni Feinberg of Spector Foerst & Associates (doni.landy@spectorfoerst.com), and Charles Epstein of Lennar Multifamily Communities (charles.epstein@livelmc.com).
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Host Mike Ham has a great discussion about mental health awareness and suicide prevention with Ricardo Zulueta, Jr., Founder of Fukitt Clothing and the President and Founder of Start Day One, a non-profit organization for suicide prevention. fukitt.com startdayone.org founder@fukittclothing.com Text StartDayOne to 44321 Instagram: @fukittclothing
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Host Mike Ham sits down with Karly Iacono of Marcus & Millichap (karly.iacono@marcusmillichap.com), Chris Murphy of Murphy, Schiller & Wilkes (cmurphy@murphyllp.com), and Mitch Kay of The Stro Companies (mkay@stro.com) to discuss the New Jersey industrial market. This was a great conversation that touched on a lot of the current events surrounding the industrial market!
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Host Mike Ham chats with Krystal Weisberg (Founder of Fit Like Krys), Dr. Alan Genitempo (Owner of Recovr Acupuncture & Sports Rehab) and Dr. Nick Cifelli (Owner of Cifelli Performance Physical Therapy) about how we should be staying fit while gyms are closed! We talk common injuries, different workout tips, diet, and more! During our "Under the Spotlight" closing segment Krystal, Dr. Alan and Dr. Nick all had some great things to say so make sure to listen to that! Krystal Weisberg - Fit Like Krys fitlikekrys.com Instagram: @fit.like.krys fitlikekrys@gmail.com
Dr. Nick Cifelli - Cifelli Performance Physical Therapy Instagram: @cifellipt cifelliPT@gmail.com cifelliperformancept.com (coming soon) fulldepthperformance.com
Dr. Alan Genitempo - Recovr Acupuncture & Sports Rehab Instagram: @recovracupuncturenj alangenitempo@recovrnj.com recovrnj.com
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Host Mike Ham sits down with Darren Griffith of EisnerAmper (darren.griffith@eisneramper.com), Charlie Wilkes of Murphy, Schiller & Wilkes (cwilkes@murphyllp.com), and Jessica Veliz of Blue Foundry Bank (jveliz@bluefoundrybank.com) to discuss current events surrounding real estate finance. We give a broad breakdown of the industry currently and then dive into specific things that may be impacting specific asset classes, mortgage lenders and landlords, and more! Be sure to keep listening until our closing segment, "Under the Spotlight" where we ask our panel to give us a bold prediction!
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Host Mike Ham sits down with Michelle Mumoli, the CEO of The Mumoli Group at Triplment (michelle.mumoli@triplemint.com) and Jonathan Sherman, esq., a Real Estate Attorney at Fein, Such, Kahn & Shepard (jsherman@feinsuch.com) to discuss the New Jersey residential real estate market. Topics include different markets that are red hot right now, how buyers are navigating this super competitive time, and more! Be sure to keep listening until our closing segment, "Under the Spotlight" where we ask Michelle and Jon to give us a bold prediction for the future of the residential market!
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