The A Game Podcast: Real Estate Investing For Entrepreneurs

Solomon Floyd is the managing director and a board member of the CTX Global Real Estate Fund and a successful entrepreneur focused on identifying and serving markets with the most potential for returns and social-economic change. He is the CEO and founder of Reunion Investments LLC, a full-service real estate investment company that specializes in economic development in tertiary and military communities. Solomon also takes an active role in partnering with the VA for housing homeless veterans in the Dallas- Fort Worth area, while enabling clients and investors to add revenue to their portfolios. Enjoy this episode of today's guest! Links and Resources from this Episode Connect with Nick Lamagna nick@nicknicknick.com https://nicknicknick.com/ (123) 456-7890 Connect with Solomon Floyd https://www.reunioninvestmentsllc.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/solomon-floyd-a9689ba8 https://www.facebook.com/solomon.floyd.1 Show Notes Solomon's background - 3:00 Investing in a market - 4:20 How you can find the best market - 5:41 Rate of return for investors - 10:02 Markets that he is investing in - 12:29 The tertiary markets - 15:27 What kind of markets are you looking for? - 16:19 Educating investors on what to do in the market - 20:23 Solomon and his team working in many cities - 25:18 Pay for help - 27:56 Solomon's recommendation for investors - 32:37 Fewer risks in some markets - 37:17 When he bought his first property - 40:28 Living in military housing - 41:21 One of the best things of Solomon's life - 43:22 Initial perception or fear that Solomon had when he created his business - 45:25 Commercial and military franchises - 47:23 Learning about tertiary markets to invest in them - 56:09 Get in touch with Solomon - 57:04 Review, Subscribe and Share If you like what you hear please leave a review by clicking here Make sure you're subscribed to the podcast so you get the latest episodes. Apple Podcasts Stitcher Spotify

Nick's guest on the A-Game podcast today is Alex Stuart, a black belt and Instructor at Gracie Torrens in Torrance, California. He does private sessions and also teaches classes for all levels, ages, and backgrounds. He's an extraordinary teacher, served in the armed forces, and has a podcast called the Armbar Podcast. He is full of knowledge and stories, so stay tuned and listen! Links and Resources from this Episode Connect with Nick Lamagna nick@nicknicknick.com https://nicknicknick.com/ Connect with Alex Stuart https://www.gracieuniversity.com/ https://www.instagram.com/superman_alex54/ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-armbar-podcast/id1354291886 Show Notes Humility - 4:57 Ask yourself: "Where is your top?" - 6:00 The positions in Jiu-Jitsu - 7:41 Jiu-Jitsu can help you gain more confidence - 9:12 When he was a blue belt - 12:09 His explanation for Jiu-Jitsu - 13:22 Know how to talk to your students - 14:50 What do you do in a street fight? - 17:40 Teaching a lesson - 21:05 Perseverance is key - 25:47 Stop asking yourself: "What if…?" - 30:04 Be thankful with what you have and what you do not have - 31:50 You always have to look at intention - 36:36 What's Jiu-Jitsu? - 37:13 Jiu-Jitsu and Life are one for Alex - 39:59 Learning to have patience - 42:06 Everything is an art - 43:15 If you do not trust yourself, who do you trust? - 47:37 Everybody deserves greatness - 50:42 Review, Subscribe and Share If you like what you hear please leave a review by clicking here Make sure you're subscribed to the podcast so you get the latest episodes. Apple Podcasts Stitcher Spotify

Chris Weidman is an American mixed martial artist and actor and the former UFC Middleweight Champion. In today's episode, Nick Lamagna talks with Chris about his background, his experience as a fighter, why everybody calls him "The All-American", and much more! Be sure to stay tuned and enjoy this episode! Links and Resources from this Episode Connect with Nick Lamagna nick@nicknicknick.com https://nicknicknick.com/ (123) 456-7890 Connect with Chris Weidman https://www.espn.com/mma/fighter/_/id/2553993/chris-weidman https://twitter.com/chrisweidman?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Show Notes Fighting for the title, how does it feel? - 3:17 His first fight ever - 4:45 Why he started fighting - 10:08 Being a hard-worker and always wanting to win - 14:42 You need confidence and trust yourself to reach your goals - 17:05 "Nobody is going to beat me." - 17:40 Not having any regrets - 18:48 Everybody changed with me - 23:08 Reaching your most important goal - 24:54 Finding out who you are - 26:56 The Beauty of Martial Arts - 27:49 What happened at the end of one of his practices - 29:29 Coaching and training - 32:47 Running a business with his wife - 36:17 Chris's wife as his right-hand in the business - 38:36 Keep going with real estate - 41:02 Taking risks - 48:06 Balancing professional with family - 49:09 What does he want today - 53:29 Get in touch with Chris - 1:07:37 Review, Subscribe and Share If you like what you hear please leave a review by clicking here Make sure you're subscribed to the podcast so you get the latest episodes. Apple Podcasts Stitcher Spotify

Do you want a non-manipulative way to get prospects to sell that don't require sales "tricks", groveling, discounting or other embarrassing tactics? John Martinez will help you learn a comprehensive, step-by-step sales process that starts with how you position yourself from the beginning and uses a straightforward, direct and non-manipulative approach to helping clients. Listen until the end of this interview, Nick Lamagna and John Martinez have an insightful conversation! Links and Resources from this Episode Connect with Nick Lamagna nick@nicknicknick.com https://nicknicknick.com/ (310) 909-7660 Connect with John Martinez https://midwestrev.com/ https://midwestrev.com/youtube/ https://midwestrev.com/bootcamp/ Show Notes John's background - 1:43 John's Academy and how he teaches sales - 2:59 Being successful - 5:29 What it takes to be successful - 6:52 John's sales training - 7:40 What's the way to grow? - 10:11 The importance of sales training - 13:36 Look at the things you like and do not like - 15:06 Free videos about sales training - 17:16 John's podcast and sales training - 17:48 Balancing his business with his personal life - 19:16 Struggling with marketing - 26:15 Hiring people on the sales side - 33:57 What happens when you do not hire enough people? - 35:44 Every sale is the only sale - 39:13 John's business offers - 40:17 John's next Boot Camp - 40:58 The online training and boot camp - 41:33 What can you learn in the sales program? - 44:13 Mindset is a huge piece in the sales process - 47:47 Boot Camp training - 49:56 Review, Subscribe and Share If you like what you hear please leave a review by clicking here Make sure you're subscribed to the podcast so you get the latest episodes. Apple Podcasts Stitcher Spotify

Attorney, Author & Real Estate Asset Protection Expert, Clint Coons is a founding partner of Anderson Law Group and the current manager of Anderson's Tacoma office. Mr. Coons' book, Asset Protection for Real Estate Investors, has brought him national recognition as an expert in protection and tax planning for real estate investors. He is also noted for his unique ability to take a complicated law or structure and explain it in crystal clear terms. Links and Resources from this Episode Connect with Nick Lamagna nick@nicknicknick.com https://nicknicknick.com/ Connect with Clint Coons https://andersonadvisors.com/clint-coons/ https://andersonadvisors.com/clintbp/ https://www.facebook.com/AndersonBusinessAdvisors https://www.linkedin.com/company/anderson-advisors https://twitter.com/Clint_Coons?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5GX-U6VbvMkhSM1ONBiW8w https://www.amazon.com/Asset-Protection-Real-Estate-Investors/dp/0979786045 Show Notes What does Clint Coons do at Anderson - 2:30 Everybody wants to reduce their taxes - 3:35 Investing in Real Estate - 4:51 What to look at in Real Estate Investing - 8:30 Multifamily Real Estate investing - 11:20 What type of investing are you getting involved with? - 12:14 Anderson Advisor's story - 15:30 Protect yourself and your investors - 18:20 Clint explains what to do while investing in Real Estate and gives some examples - 23:07 Having a Youtube channel in which Clint helps people learn more - 26:12 Everybody wants to reduce their taxes and Clint helps people to do it - 31:12 Your tax return speaks a lot on what you are doing - 33:07 Talking about double taxation - 34:23 The partnership agreement - 38:00 Everything we do begins with a plan - 40:30 Regretting spending money - 41:47 You can pay now or get in trouble and pay double - 44:12 The self-directed IRA industry - 50:40 Finding a better plan for you- 52:16 At the end of the day, what is your motivation? - 53:40 Starting at the home-selling side - 55:10 Determine what your liability is - 58:40 How Clint and his company help you create a plan - 1:01:01 When it comes to planning: start early, not later - 1:03:40 Review, Subscribe and Share If you like what you hear please leave a review by clicking here Make sure you're subscribed to the podcast so you get the latest episodes. Apple Podcasts Stitcher Spotify

Scott Hanis is an HR consultant. He is an absolute master at hiring processes, firing processes, and more importantly, retention processes and how to measure what the people in your businesses are doing right, doing wrong and how to address it, when to adjust, and how to be a better leader, a better boss, and a better business person. If you want to learn more about the HR process, stay tuned and listen to Scott! Links and Resources from this Episode Connect with Nick Lamagna nick@nicknicknick.com https://nicknicknick.com/ (123) 456-7890 Connect with Scott Hanis https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-hanis-89373314 http://www.fortitudehrsolutions.com/ Phone Number: 216-409-5198 Show Notes It's not about feelings, it's about data - 3:10 Scott's background - 4:04 People fire themselves - 6:20 Having hard conversations - 8:11 A golden rule that you should follow - 9:30 Performance review systems - 10:11 Key things to focus on - 13:11 Wrong things that Scott sees in a company - 14:48 In every business, you should always try to make money - 16:54 Measuring team performances - 19:22 Hiring somebody - 21:43 The importance of the job description - 24:07 Personality test and other tools for hiring people - 28:43 Not that difficult to hire or fire somebody - 30:00 Some people make business more difficult than what it is - 32:40 Is hiring somebody money out the window? - 36:28 Hiring an assistant - 37:42 What happens if you do something wrong in a company? - 43:21 How you can hire a good person - 44:55 Working as a consultant in hiring and firing processes - 45:30 Loving to help people - 46:38 Always appreciate your employees - 48:03 Review, Subscribe and Share If you like what you hear please leave a review by clicking here Make sure you're subscribed to the podcast so you get the latest episodes. Apple Podcasts Stitcher Spotify

Lee Kearney is one of the most active investors in the country with over 7500 deals closed... and a $100,000,000+ revenue annually business. He has done all kinds of different transactions on the real estate side. At one point, he did 135 deals in a single month. Now, he's turning over to the medical marijuana field where you'll hear about what he's doing there, stay tuned and enjoy! Links and Resources from this Episode Connect with Nick Lamagna nick@nicknicknick.com https://nicknicknick.com/ Connect with Lee Kearney https://realmogul.com/show/ https://www.instagram.com/realleekearney/ https://www.facebook.com/FlipYourIncome/videos/584354548650879/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/leemkearney http://www.advisorseducation.com/about Show Notes Lee's background as a real estate investor - 4:00 Fighting for the use of medical marijuana - 5:20 Running multiple businesses - 5:46 Teaching real strategies that actually work - 5:49 His passion project in real estate - 7:50 Providing solutions for problems - 12:00 Never talking about price - 12:53 Change your mentality and understand how to talk to people - 14:47 How he focuses on making his business better - 17:48 The number one word he uses is: NO - 23:57 Identifying opportunities - 29:13 Having the mentality to be the best - 36:11 Lee's experience training in boxing - 39:02 If you do not like something, change it - 46:43 Every market is a little bit different - 48:53 He likes helping and teaching people - 50:08 Teaching helps grow the level of your business - 52:59 Having a crazy schedule - 55:45 Get in touch with Lee - 56:08 Review, Subscribe and Share If you like what you hear please leave a review by clicking here Make sure you're subscribed to the podcast so you get the latest episodes. Apple Podcasts Stitcher Spotify

Nick Lamagna digs into the minds and experiences of some of today's brightest entrepreneurs, how to overcome obstacles, and bringing their A-Game. Today, Nick talks with Jiu-Jitsu Black belt, Rob Lauth. They talk about martial art and share inspirational stories about Rob's life. Stay tuned and enjoy! Links and Resources from this Episode Connect with Nick Lamagna nick@nicknicknick.com https://nicknicknick.com/ Connect with Rob Lauth https://twitter.com/kindamedium?lang=en https://twitter.com/serrabjj?lang=en https://www.serrabjjacademy.com/ Rob's Phone Number: 631-813- 3433 Show Notes Rob's background - 4:35 His black belt story - 9:00 The patient's experience - 13:37 What is the end-game? - 16:30 Rob's slogan - 18:03 Finding a problem and creating a business model - 19:26 Doing countless surveys - 21:07 All about Jiu-Jitsu - 24:08 Everything good in his life is because of Jiu-Jitsu - 25:29 Jiu-jitsu as an awesome martial art - 29:05 Rob's next steps - 29:40 Rob talks about the importance of having good health-care - 30:01 Hospitals standard-issue - 31:11 What do you think when it comes to a hospital? - 36:05 Get in touch with Rob by calling him - 37:34 Review, Subscribe and Share If you like what you hear please leave a review by clicking here Make sure you're subscribed to the podcast so you get the latest episodes. Apple Podcasts Stitcher Spotify

Steven Todd Morris is a real estate investor and business coach living in Cleveland, Ohio. He is the CEO of Red Door Renovations LLC & Bulletproof Sales, which is a company that prides itself on adding value and beauty to commercial buildings across the US through the revitalization and renovation process. Links and Resources from this Episode Connect with Nick Lamagna nick@nicknicknick.com https://nicknicknick.com/ Connect with Steven Todd Morris http://reddoorrenosllc.com/ https://www.facebook.com/smorrisREI/ https://www.facebook.com/RedDoorRenosLLC/ https://twitter.com/reddoorrenos https://www.instagram.com/smorris802/?hl=en Show Notes How Nick and Steven met - 2:47 Steven's background and how to get in touch with him - 3:13 His experience as a real estate agent - 5:32 Transitioning to the renting side - 6:02 What is a realtor? - 8:38 Having deals and partnering with great people - 14:00 Steven gives a piece of advice to have a successful business - 15:21 What he learned in the construction section - 18:40 Why people are scared about Multifamily - 25:00 Get in touch with Steven - 25:52 Making deals and money for coaching - 29:01 Commercial real estate - 31:26 His partnerships - 34:48 Doing commercial building - 35:57 Talking about Steven's Airbnb business model - 39:10 The demand of the Airbnb market - 49:49 Review, Subscribe and Share If you like what you hear please leave a review by clicking here Make sure you're subscribed to the podcast so you get the latest episodes. Apple Podcasts Stitcher Spotify

What makes a clothing brand successful and what makes it fail? On today's A Game Podcast, Nick Lamagna attempts to answer this question through his conversation with an entrepreneur, Alex Rodriguez, as they discuss the trajectory of her clothing brand. Links and Resources from this Episode Connect with Nick Lamagna nick@nicknicknick.com https://nicknicknick.com/ Connect with Alex Rodriguez https://klonapparel.com/ https://www.facebook.com/klonapparel https://www.instagram.com/klonapparel/?utm_source=ig_profile_share&igshid=15x9dlyj0xzk0 Show Notes Alex's background - 2:35 Meeting her business partner - 3:33 Making a brad affordable to everybody - 4:55 Finding a way to help yourself and other people - 5:56 Darkness before the sun - 9:16 Living in the moment - 11:27 Keep Moving Forward - 12:30 The experience of being a parent - 20:18 An affordable business - 24:44 Different sizes - 25:50 Making people feel better about themselves - 26:40 The people and the energy - 28:43 Take the first step and ask for help - 34:57 Alex's experiences with coaches - 36:55 Investing in yourself - 37:39 Going to the gym and doing yoga - 42:07 Alex's website - 42:57 The physical stuff helps the mental stuff - 43:48 If you want something you have to go and do it - 44:40 Finding balance in life - 46:39 Review, Subscribe and Share If you like what you hear please leave a review by clicking here Make sure you're subscribed to the podcast so you get the latest episodes. Apple Podcasts Stitcher Spotify