The Art of Passive Income

Christopher Larsen is an author, a real estate investor, and the founder and Managing Partner of Next-Level Income. With over 20 years of experience in investing and managing real estate, Chris has been making waves in the industry. He acquired his first single-family rental at the age of 21 all while completing his degree in Biomechanical Engineering and M.B.A. in Finance at Virginia Tech. Since he has expanded into development, private lending, buying distressed debt as well as commercial office, and ultimately syndicating commercial properties.  In 2016, Chris began syndicating deals and has been actively involved in over $500M of real estate acquisitions. In addition to real estate, Chris has invested in equities, oil & gas, and small business lending, as well as being active in Venture South, one of the nation’s Top 10 Angel Investing groups. Today, he dedicates his time to helping others become financially independent through education and investment opportunities.Listen in as they discuss:How Chris got started in real estate investingHow to determine the value of residential real estateHow is a business valued?What is the role of a syndicator and how does syndication worksWho is an accredited investor and what are their functions?Chris also shares with us what separates him as a syndicator from all other syndicators worldwide.TIP OF THE WEEKMark: My tip of the week is going to move a needle in your eyes, nextlevelincome.com, check it out, and learn more. Also, get their book!Scott: I know we love to eat so check out this iPhone app, Cibo Visual Menu Translator. You just point your phone at the menu and it will start to give you pictures of what you're about to eat.Chris: I'm a big fan of Dan Sullivan, and my theme of the year is "Who Not How" by Dan Sullivan's. Who Not How is a really nice concept to figure out how to make the most of your time, how to value your time, and how to find others what they're doing, what they love, and what they're good at.WANT TO LISTEN MORE?Did you like this episode? If so, tune into another one of our exciting episodes with special guest Steve Sims as we discuss the most effective strategies and techniques you need to make the impossible possible.Isn’t it time to create passive income so you can work where you want, when you want and with whomever you want?

Richard Thalheimer who is also known as America’s Gadget Guy is an entrepreneur, author, investor, and the founder and former CEO of The Sharper Image. With his enviable track record of picking retail product winners, and his preternatural ability to decide what people wanted often before they knew it themselves, his company grew close to a billion dollars in revenue, with 200 retail stores, and a famous catalog before he retired and turned full-time to stock market investing.Richard’s private investment vehicle, The Sharper Fund, has built an outstanding five-year record. It has achieved an average annual portfolio return of 110% for the period January 1, 2016, to December 31, 2020, all while growing to almost $400 million in assets under management. His investment firm also funded up another 51% from January 1, 2021, to November 30, 2021. He breaks down all the returns he has achieved while using his winning formula in his new book The Sharper Investor- The Winning Formula That Boosts Your Returns.Listen in as the Land Geeks go around the table and ask Richard questions about:His success story What mindset and advice are needed to facilitate successWhat advice to give someone who is just starting a businessWhat was his mindset when he just got started in his business and how did he manage to maintain it throughout his successHow did he stay focused instead of chasing or developing the shiny object syndromeHow did he overcome inner critics and silence his self-doubts“ Hurry up and try something and see if it works, and if it doesn’t work try something else” ~ Richard ThalheimerRichard also shares with us advice and what to look out for when you want to scale and add another employee to your business.TIP OF THE WEEK Mark: My tip of the week is learn more about the Sharper Investor Fund. Just go to thesharperinvestor.com and check out Richard’s book which looks so cool.Richard: I’m going to squeeze two tips into one. If you go to thesharperinvestor.com, we’ll send you complimentary my 25 pro-rating tips for investing in markets. You get that free just by going to the website and registering. Here’s my tip, this is hard to do. It takes a tremendous amount of emotional fortitude to manage to have confidence in yourself. But if you know your market, don’t be afraid during the downtimes to buy-in. You’ll be discouraged, it’s a down market, you’ll feel totally sick to your stomach, the values have dropped but that is the time to buy because of this one mantra which we all know but we have trouble following it and that is to buy low and sell high. Overcome your emotions and don’t be afraid. If you want to prevent disaster, nibble in. Don’t buy all at once, just average in over a period of weeks and months.WANT TO LISTEN MORE?Did you enjoy this episode? If you did, check out one of our exciting roundtable episodes where we discuss the reasons why you need to be prepared for changes with marketing channels.Are you ready to learn more about land investing? Just click HERE to schedule a call.Isn’t it time to create passive income so you can work where you want when you want, and with whomever you want?

Julian Hayes II is an author, a nutrition consultant, and the founder of The Art of Fitness & Life. He helps business leaders, executives, and performance-driven companies lead better lives by recharging and upgrading their health.Julian strongly believes that one’s aging is optional and with the right approach to a healthy lifestyle, entrepreneurs, executives, and high-achieving professionals can have an extra 60+ years of optimal health, energy, and productivity to impact the world while experiencing life to its fullest. His model provides a precise roadmap and system that accommodates his clientele’s unique biology and demanding lifestyle so they can make aging irrelevant, focus on what they do best, and experience life to its fullest.Listen in as they discuss:Julian’s journey to where he is at nowEpigenetic and its meaningRecommendations for people who want to achieve a fitter and healthier lifestyleSystems that work for a better healthAnd, more!TIP OF THE WEEKMark: My tip of the week is go to theartoffitnessandlife.com. Learn more about what Julian Hayes is doing and how you could improve your life.Scott: Check out this one, this would be good for talking to your computer, recording maybe an email, or a process that you want to document -go to speechtext.ai. It allows you to get a chrome plug-in, it will allow you to do transcriptions right from your browser.Julian: I'm going to say, go to Spotify. It finds you a good playlist, create you a good playlist of whatever type of music you like that gets you in a flow state and gets your emotions in a positive state. The reason I say this is because there's a lot of distractions in the world right now and can really affect our emotional and mental state which can then affect our physical state, so let' use music as a benefit to have something positive on.WANT TO LISTEN MORE?Did you like this episode? If so, tune into another one of our exciting episodes with special guest Bill Allen as we discuss how to delegate tasks in your businesses.Isn’t it time to create passive income so you can work where you want, when you want and with whomever you want?

Joining Mark this week are:  Scott BossmanMike ZainoTate LitchfieldScott ToddListen in as they go around the table and discuss what overpaying is. They further elaborate on capital recovery after purchasing and selling land and advise buyers to do a market analysis before purchasing a property.   TIP OF THE WEEK  Scott Todd: Forget Voxer, go to Volley. It’s the new Voxer. It’s Volleyapp.com. It’s Voxer with video. Voice is one level, eye to eye contact is another level. Think about that. Eye-to-eye contact is a whole different level than voice. When you can see someone’s face, you are able to see their reaction to things and see how they are delivering a message. It is a much better communication style than just listening to somebody talk. You can hear but you cannot see; now you get to hear as well as see the entire experience as opposed to questions or just responses.   WANT TO LISTEN MORE?  Did you enjoy this episode? If you did, check out one of our exciting roundtable episodes where we discuss and share tips on how to gain success in the land investing business.    Are you ready to learn more about land investing? Just click HERE to schedule a call.    Isn’t it time to create passive income so you can work where you want when you want, and with whomever you want?  

Matthew Sullivan is the founder and full-time chief executive officer and director of QuantmRE. QuantmRE is a real estate finance platform that originates and funds Home Equity Agreements. The QuantmRE platform has also been designed to enable a wide range of investors to fund Home Equity Agreements where investors can build, model, manage and trade individual portfolios of fractionalized Home Equity Agreements.Matthew is also the founder of the real estate crowdfunding company Crowdventure, LLC and a manager of two real estate funds. He has  worked alongside Richard Branson and his corporate finance team where he was appointed a director and Trustee of Virgin’s London Air Ambulance service. Matthew went to Westminster School in London, UK, and studied Law at Birmingham University before pursuing a career in finance and stockbroking, specializing in the South East Asian markets. He was an early internet pioneer and has founded companies in the United Kingdom, India, Australia, and the United States in the finance, telecommunications, technology, and real estate sectors.Listen in as they discuss:What is QuantmRE and what problem does it solve?How to protect the investors’ investmentWhat is the biggest problem for an investor  from an equity standpointHow much equity do you need to be a part of this programWhy  invest in residential real estateAnd more!TIP OF THE WEEKMark: My tip of the week is going to disrupt everything, check out quantmre.com, it's a phenomenal website. The site is for marketing purposes, you should go and check it out.Scott: If you're into stuff about changing the way that the address system works in America or the world, check out smartaddress.io. They use more of a bigger block system than every little word, so you actually get a real address or something that looks like a real address.Matthew: I'm a great fan of David Allen and his book called Getting Things Done. All of you who are lying awake at 4 am on a Sunday night thinking about all the things you're going to do for the following week, this is a great book because it's going to help you stop doing that and not clog your brain up. I would recommend this to those who are hardly figuring out how to be more productive. This is just a very straightforward book and has a lot of common sense.WANT TO LISTEN MORE?Did you like this episode? If so, tune into another one of our exciting episodes with special guest Marcus Maloney as we discuss how to find real estate opportunities with massive equity.Isn’t it time to create passive income so you can work where you want, when you want and with whomever you want?

Joining Mark this week are:Scott BossmanMike ZainoTate LitchfieldScott ToddListen in as they go around the table and discuss the reasons why they use a guarantee in their business on terms deals. They also elaborate on the purpose of a guarantee and how it impacts their customers and business.TIP OF THE WEEKScott Todd: There are a lot of changes within the systems that we are using. LGPASS is constantly changing new theme designs. I see a lot of people using new theme designs. It’s there, we update stuff in the user’s group so my tips are, I got three of them you can combine.  Number one, if you are an LGPASS user and you are not on the LGPASS user’s group in Mighty Networks go join Mark’s Money Network group. I am sure he will provide a link there. Go join the group and then join the user’s group because that’s where we share all the new things that are coming out and we got some good stuff on the horizon for LGPASS. Tip number two, go check out LGPASS. Go check out the new theme design. Mark loves it and he is good with it. Number three, there is a whole new world for Landmodo. Go check it out. There are so many geeky things in there. You can hit your dashboard, you can go see your profile, you can see how many times your ads are being viewed combined, how many times people have clicked to your website off of Landmodo. You can get so many geeky resources off there. WANT TO LISTEN MORE?Did you enjoy this episode? If you did, check out one of our exciting roundtable episodes where we discuss how we adjust our pricing strategies to succeed in the current land market.Are you ready to learn more about land investing? Just click HERE to schedule a call.Isn’t it time to create passive income so you can work where you want when you want, and with whomever you want?

Josh Patrick is a certified financial planner and chartered financial consultant based out of South Burlington, Vermont. He is the Founding Principal at Stage 2 Planning Partners where he specializes in creating business value, private business wealth management, and business succession planning. Josh has over 23 years as a financial advisor and works very closely with blue-collar private business owners. His passion in life is to help these individuals create extraordinary value with their businesses and lives. He has taught over 200 seminars and hundreds of companies over the past 35 years. Listen in as they discuss:Josh’s journey into the financial industryThe reasons why he chose to offer service to a specific demographicThe biggest challenge for private business owners and how they can be resolvedWhat happens when you are operationally free from your businessThe worst advice Josh has seen or heard given in building a businessIdentifying your unique abilityElements that make a business workHow important is culture and value in businessYou cannot be an expert at your job unless you are personally responsible ~ Josh PatrickJosh also discusses with us one of the major mistakes businesses make when recruiting or hiring employees.TIP OF THE WEEKMark: My tip of the week is to learn more about Josh Patrick, what he's doing, and go to stage2planning.com.Josh: We tackled all these issues of our friend (Who's he going to transfer the company to, how's he going to transfer his company, how's he going to have money when he retires, what's he going to do after he retires) in this book, The Sale Ready Company, you can find it on www.salereadycompany.com. You can buy the book for $7.95 and you get eight or nine bonuses which will tell you what exactly you're going to do to implement the stories in the book.WANT TO LISTEN MORE?Did you like this episode? If so, tune into another one of our exciting episodes with special guest Patty Dominguez as we discuss how to position your business uniquely in the business.Isn’t it time to create passive income so you can work where you want, when you want and with whomever you want?

Jas Takhar is a Toronto native who has been in the sales and service industry for over 26 years. Soon after indulging in real estate, he founded REC Canada under Royal LePage which he has successfully managed to keep in the top 3 in the country for over 5 years. His company has advised and assisted over 625 buyers, sellers and investors, yearly, across the Greater Toronto Area, resulting in a total of over $2.1B in transactions.Jas's passion for service and sale has led him to become an expert in helping investors build out their real estate portfolios. He shares his knowledge and experiences through his book “Real Estate Intelligence” which teaches anyone how to buy and sell real estate on their own. Jas is not only the host of one of the top business podcasts in North America, “The Jas Takhar Podcast” but he is also the founder of the media company, “From The Ground Up Media” where he helps other real estate agents produce quality content. His hope is to provide inspiring education through his guides, seminars, and content to aid others in removing the friction from their own life in order to help them get from where they are, to where they want to be. Listen in as the Land Geeks go around the room and ask Jas questions about:How he got started in real estateAdvice for anyone who is just getting started in the gameWhat can a person do to increase their confidence when it comes to salesHow to stay motivated when your business or team is not performing to your expectationsJas also shares with us the worst advice he has seen or heard given in his area of expertise of sales and real estate investing.TIP OF THE WEEKMark: Learn more about Jas Takhar at https://jastakhar.ca/. Check out his podcast and all the other information on his website.Jas: Ready, Fire, Aim. Pull the trigger as much as you can and then adjust along the way.Want To Listen More?Did you enjoy this episode? If you did, check out one of our exciting roundtable episodes where we discuss how to market effectively in real estate.Are you ready to learn more about land investing? Just click HERE to schedule a call.Isn’t it time to create passive income so you can work where you want when you want, and with whomever you want?

Randy Gage is a thought-provoking critical thinker who will make you approach your business and your life  in a whole new way. He is the author of 14 books that have  been translated into 25 languages. He is best known for the New York Times bestsellers “Risky Is the New Safe” and "Mad Genius." His latest, "Radical Rebirth" is a guide to killing off the old you and reinventing yourself.Randy has spoken to more than 2 million people across the globe and is a member of both the Speakers Hall of Fame and the Direct Selling Hall of Fame. When he is not prowling the podium or locked in his lonely writer’s garret, you’ll probably find him playing 3rd base for a softball team somewhere.Listen in as they discuss:How Randy helps people to become more prosperous and breakthrough their barriers in lifeThe type of person you need to be to become prosperousThe process one should go through to be reprogrammedThe steps in radical rebirthHow to manifest prosperityRandy also shares with us the worst advice he has seen or heard given in his area of expertise.TIP OF THE WEEKMark: My tip of the week is also, check out randygage.com and all the good is there. Also, while you were speaking, I thought of one of my favorite spiritual authors Jay Christiamershi, and something he would say is, We're always in an internal state of revolution, you should always be internally ready for a complete change. Whenever you say you're going to try to do something or try to form a habit. When our emotions want us to do something, we just do it. Don't put it off, just do it. Make yourself accountable.Randy: RandyGage.com, that's my start-click command site. You can find my blog there. I have my Power Prosperity Podcast that I do every week, all of my books and stuff would be there, so check me out there. Here's the tip of the week, what are you holding on to that you need to release in order to attract what you really want? What are you holding on to that you need to release in order to really accept the abundance you're looking forWANT TO LISTEN MORE?Did you like this episode? If so, tune into another one of our exciting episodes with special guest Marc Andre as we discuss how to make and manage money through blogging.Isn’t it time to create passive income so you can work where you want, when you want and with whomever you want?

Today Mark is joined by: Scott ToddTeria HarrisErik PetersonTate LitchfieldGet insights from the coaches on what tools are “required” and what’s not, why we don’t tell you specifically where to mail and instead give you the tools to find great areas to mail, the order in which you should outsource areas of the business, and more. Plus, they dive into a great conversation about always having a learning mindset, growing at your own pace, and how you can’t be an expert at everything. Last but not least, hear the origin stories of Landmodo.com. TIP OF THE WEEKScott: Check out the new updates in LGPass. Also, check out Landmodo.com 2.0. It's a whole new platform.Isn’t it time to create passive income so you can work where you want, when you want and with whomever you want?