Taking The Initiative : Recent Episodes
Shiffy, Zoe, Leah, Lauren & Sharen
We started as a small Real Estate Elective in our high school, where we had the opportunity to meet local real estate investors. We learned many valuable lessons and were inspired by our guest's stories. We decided to take the initiative and take the next step; talking with real estate investors, entrepreneurs, and more NATIONWIDE and share the lessons with other young, driven entrepreneurs just like you!
We had an amazing time interviewing Craig Curlop, even while the tornado sirens were going off! In this episode we learned:
How Craig learned about Real Estate Investing
The difference between trading your time for money and passive Income
What is House Hacking
the steps you need to start house hacking
How young people can afford the downpayment for a house hack
How Student loans helped push Craig to succeed
Comfortability vs Profitability
How Craig keeps motivated
Craigs 2 most expensive lessons
Jonie Wolfswinkel is proof that you can start investing in real estate as a teen!
Her story was so inspirational, and we enjoyed hearing her story firsthand!
During this podcast episode, we discussed the following:
- How Joni and her Fiance started flipping
- Using her fiance's college money for masterminds
- Did Joni ever regret not finishing college
- Joni's 5 business
- The Key to running successful businesses
- How long it took for Joni to be able to take a step back from her business and only focus on the things she wanted to.
- How Joni balances work and family
- What playing sports taught Joni
- What helped Joni have the "do what it takes" mentality
- How Joni works well with her husband
- What changes for their businesses during and after Covid
Interviewing Bob Jordan, the CEO of Southwest, was truly a once-in-a-lifetime experience! We all felt we had just spoken with a TRUE leader when we finished the interview. Bob was kind, honest, and humble. We can't wait to share this experience with all of you!
In this episode we learned the following:
How Bob started in Southwest 35 years ago
Why he stayed
Bob's #1 rule for succeeding in your career
How Southwest Navigated Covid 19 restrictions
How Southwest scaled in the last 35 years
What happened this past winter vacation when all the plans were landed
Did Bob Jordan imagine being CEO when he started
What was Bob Jordan's most significant lesson he learned being the CEO
What Bob Jordan wrote in his Journal at the beginning of the year
This was such a fun episode to record! We are so grateful that Esti took the time to be interviewed even though it was the night before her daughter's Bas Mitzvah!!!
Esti is such a powerhouse and is not afraid to be herself and break all types of stereotypes, you could feel her passion for what she does throughout the episode!
In this episode we discuss:
- How Esti went from a Speech therapist to Commercial Real Estate Professional
- What it means to be someone who raises Equity and connector
- Sometimes it's easier to raise money for a $100 million-dollar project than the small projects.
- Different ways to structure a partnership
- How investors should have strict criteria
- How It's essential to find your niche
- As a religious woman how Esti broke through stereotypes
- Esti's 5-minute rule
- What Esti would have done differently if she had started real estate earlier
- What Esti would say to other women about real estate investing
What a great episode! If you have any teens in your life, this episode is for them!
Dan Sheeks is a teacher, author, and real estate investor who has a passion for teaching teenagers financial freedom.
How Dan started in Real Estate Investing and Finacial Independence
About writing his book "A teenagers Guide to Early Financial Independence
1st to 1 Million."
- What motivated Dan to start teaching Financial Independence
- How Dan started investing in Real Estate
- How teaching/having a community has helped Dan in his real estate investing
- What is the Key Factor to helping teens grow financially independent
- What is the First thing Dan Teaches in his Finacial Independence Class
- What was Dan's most expensive lesson he learned
- What advice Dan would give if someone has been struggling with finances
- Dan's side husstle Suggestions for teens
- And much more!
We had the amazing privilege of speaking with Chirs Tighe! Chris is a retired Naval Officer and a former police officer who, back in 2020, helped create Elevation Construction with his long-time friend Kekoa Lwin. They both saw a need for a reliable, trustworthy, and hard-working General Contractor. Today, Elevation Construction serves investors in the rehabilitation of their multi-family property acquisitions and homeowners who want to turn their homes into the house of their dreams.
We discuss in this episode:
- How Chris learned construction on the job in Afghanistan
- How Chris transitioned from the military to create a construction business
- The key to running a successful business
- How Chris's wife helped him get over the feeling of fear to create his business
- What Chris looks for when choosing a business partner and how he met his business partner Kekoa Lwin
- What was Chris's biggest downfall, and how he uses those experiences as "school tuition."
- What was the difference between his failed businesses and successful business
- What is Chris's strongest Core Value in his business
- How Chris grows his client base
In this episode of Taking The Initiative Podcast, we hear how Casey, on his 30th birthday, with $100 in his pocket, created Fabling Built.
In this episode, we delve into the following:
- How Casey took $100 and created a team of top-performing construction professionals.
- Bringing in the Focus
- How are you investing in your leadership
- The key to changing your habits
- How to successfully fire yourself
- How to get over the fear of taking risks
- The stages of growing a business - 1: hustling, 2: managing, 3:leader
In this episode of Taking The Initiative Podcast, we had the opportunity to have Phil Kornachuk, a high school dropout who became a leader in the special forces, share the secrets of self-leadership. We all know what our best self looks like, but it's so incredibly hard to be that person; today, we delve into:
- How to best lead yourself so you can become the best version of YOU!
- Phil defines what a true leader looks like.
- Why it's important to have a clearly defined Life Mission, and how you know when you achieved your mission.
- Military 101: two pieces of a mission 1) Task (what you are doing) & 2) Purpose (why you are doing it)
- Phil describes how goals should move you toward your mission and who you want to be as a person.
- What are SMART goals.
- the power of small daily habits.
In this episode, we talk with Yonah Weiss, who is a pro at helping real estate investors save A TON of money on taxes. He hosts the Weiss Advice Podcast and calls himself a People Connector.
- We discuss what propelled him to start investing.
- What is Cost Segregation
- How constantly thinking, "how can I add value" drove his success.
- What it means to be a people connector
- Yonah's strategy for creating a personal brand and social media presence, even in across the world
- What's the one piece of advice Yonah would give
In this episode, we cover the following:How Steve started his real estate/entrepreneurship journey
Knowing when it's the right time to sell your business
How being too emotional can be your biggest downfall and why sticking to the numbers is essential.
If you are not feeling fear, then you are not pushing yourself enough
A goal means having a time limit, a number to quantify, and something tangible you want. The story that inspired our Real Estate Class and Podcast