AJ Osborne Podcast

Welcome back everybody to the AJ Osborne Podcast, this is your host AJ Osborne!    This is a special edition episode of the podcast that I thought would be super fun and insightful for you guys to listen in on. This episode is of my team and I while we were on the ground in real time evaluating a number of potential self storage deals. Some of these we already have under contract and some we don’t… yet ;).    Join myself, Brittany Arnason, Brian Mullalley, Conner Skeen as we dissect our day of looking the deals, looking at and evaluating the overall self storage market, and more.    This episode is short and sweet but it’s packed with value and I’m super excited to be able to share it out with you guys.    Enjoy, take notes and be sure to keep up with all of us on social media where you can follow us in real time as well as we look at these awesome deals!  Thanks everybody! AJ

Welcome back everybody to the AJ Osborne Podcast! I’m your host, AJ Osborne.    Today I have the pleasure of introducing you to Johnny Wolff who is absolutely crushing the real estate investment world by doing some amazing repositioning and changing value of assets.    Johnny is a financial analyst who moved to and is now living and investing in Kansas City, the city that he has identified to be one of the best cash-flowing real estate markets in the US. But what is “the best” real estate market? We cover this in the podcast and the get to the truth of what this really means.    Johnny also shares in this podcast exactly how he changes the cashflow and revenue structure of the investments he’s buying, and what exactly he’s doing to still achieve huge spreads on his real estate investments, even in this crazy real estate market we’re seeing currently. Johnny also shares his thoughts on value, the details about getting started and realizing that you’re not going to generally hit a homerun deal on your very first deal, his thoughts on the current real estate market, keys to real estate investing strategy in the current market, and more.   Real estate is one of the few investments where you can achieve such amazing returns through forced and passive appreciation, realize such amazing tax benefits, and be able to utilize so many different strategies all within the same investment vehicle. As you know, I love real estate and this podcast today is an amazing breath of fresh air on how you can invest in and take advantage of real estate in the current state of the real estate market. This wasn’t a podcast or discussion that provided strategies for real estate investing 3 or 5 years ago, it’s what you can do right now today.    Alright, get to it and get ready to take notes!   Thanks everybody,  AJ   Keep up with Johnny on his website or on his email directly at: livehomeroom.com johnny@livehomeroom.com

Welcome back everybody to the AJ Osborne Podcast! I’m your host, AJ Osborne.    Today we’re talking real estate! One of my favorite things to talk about! And it’s not just me that you get to listen to today, it’s the one and only Chris Craddock.    Chris is one heck of a busy guy but he’s taking the time to hang out with us today and share some great insights into the various aspects of real estate that he’s invested in. We’re talking everything from flips and wholesaling, to agent teams, to insurance businesses, and even mortgage lending… he’s involved with it all.    We dive into how he got started in wholesaling and exactly how he went about building his retail team and wholesaling company. This is something I get asked about frequently so it’s awesome to have Chris on to talk about this very subject and help give you ideas on how you too could get started in wholesaling real estate.    Thanks for listening everybody! AJ   Keep up with Chris on social media and his website:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/craddrock/?hl=en Website: https://www.chriscraddock.com/

Welcome back everybody to the AJ Osborne Podcast! I’m your host, AJ Osborne!    It’s my honor and my pleasure to introduce you to the one and only Codie Sanchez. Codie has a background in finance and also worked as a journalist who covered some of the darkest and heaviest subject matter you could as a journalist - human trafficking. It was after this that she chose to pursue a career in finance. Reason being, she recognized that the placement of capital was what actually brought about change and impact to address world issues. As she says here in this podcast, the power of the pen is mighty, but the power of capital is mighty-er.   Codie got interested in buying businesses soon after by realizing the huge need and desire there is in the market place for business owners looking to offload their companies. Through this, we talk about everything from buying and selling businesses, to debt and how to use it to your advantage, the value of doing hard things, mindset, and a ton more.  https://contrarianthinking.co/ Tune in, take notes, and we’ll see you next time!    Thanks everybody! AJ

Welcome back everybody to the AJ Osborne Podcast! I’m your host, AJ Osborne! Alright, so I feel like I need to prepare you for this incredible guest episode today…. You better be ready for some laughs, some value bombs, and some great company. It’s my absolute pleasure to introduce you to the one and only Dave Seymour, and you better buckle up because this episode was a total hoot! You might recognize the name from A&E’s hit show ‘Flipping Boston’. Dave shares his story about how he got into the real estate investing world after realizing that the ‘trading time for money’ game wasn’t one he wanted to play. He wanted to become an investor and live his life how he wanted when he wanted. We talk a lot about overall real estate as you might guess, but Dave also takes us in-depth behind the veil of his very first deal, to building his portfolio of buy and holds. Dave shares his thoughts on the current state of the real estate market, as this is a huge question on all of our minds. “Where is this journey going and how long is it going to last?” Not only does he share key insights into the market currently, but he also shares some great advice on how to take advantage of opportunities, no matter what the markets are doing. Really at the end of the day, it’s all about recognizing opportunity and acting on it. Get ready for an awesome fun-filled episode that’s packed with tons of value. Thanks everybody, AJ   Keep up with Dave on his website at: https://www.freedomventure.com/

Welcome back everybody to the AJ Osborne Podcast, I’m your host, AJ Osborne! It’s my pleasure to introduce you to Van Sturgeon. Van was born and raised in the Northside of Chicago helping his parents own and operate an apartment building. The economy was bad, vacancies were high, and the family had to perform all the repairs and maintenance on their own to limit cost and to make ends meet. This built the foundation for what was to come. Van later built a company renovating real estate. This gave Van an inside look and connection to real estate investors who were buying and flipping homes while using his company as their go-to renovator. It didn’t take long for Van to recognize and realize the potential there was in real estate investing, whether that be buying, renovating and holding, or buying and flipping. He’s built an impressive portfolio and now has over 1k doors across the U.S. and Canada. Today Van shares the truth about “finding deals”, the fundamentals of value, and his advice for anyone looking to start investing in real estate. This episode is packed with tons of great information for anyone in the real estate world currently or those that are looking to break into real estate investing. Be sure to take notes, soak it up, and put to work the concepts Van shares with us today. Thanks everybody, AJ   Keep up with Van at his website: https://vansturgeon.com/

Welcome back everybody to the AJ Osborne Podcast! This is your host, AJ Osborne! I’m super excited today to have the pleasure to introduce you all to the one and only Jay Malloy. Jay is a real estate investor and built his foundations of real estate investing through wholesaling. We touch a bit on what exactly Jay does, but more importantly, we talk about the HOW. So often we talk about strategy (especially me!). We build out our step by step pathway to follow, we build our strategy, we think tactically, all to achieve our desired end result. One thing a lot of us fail to truly evaluate and plan for in our preparation, and what we often fail to work on consistently, is OURSELVES. More specifically, our mindsets and our influences and atmospheres. Today’s podcast is an incredibly in depth look into some of the ways that Jay has built success around great and genuine relationships. He shares some simple tools and resources that he’s used in his own life to help build systems for maintaining and building great relationships with the people he’s chosen to surround himself with. We also went on to talk about this idea of your tribe finding you. Which if you’re doing things right, they will. Listen in, learn how to truly reach and accomplish your real potential. Take note and put into practice some of these awesome ideas. Thanks everybody! AJ Keep up with Jay on social media: https://www.instagram.com/dr.leadz/?hl=en

Welcome back everybody to the AJ Osborne Podcast! I’m your host, AJ Osborne! So… if you’ve been online or to your local hardware or lumber store, you might have noticed something - the price of lumber (and materials in general) has skyrocketed. Honestly, saying the cost of lumber has “skyrocketed” even seems like an understatement. This is why I’m having my great friend and our head of acquisitions here at Cedar Creek Wealth, Brain Mullally on the podcast today to talk everything lumber. You see, before Brian joined my team, he wandered the mountainside in a flannel shirt, carrying a large ax, looking to strike it big in the lumber industry. Well… that might be a stretch lol. Brian worked in the lumber industry for years and continues to keep up the relationships he built over the years in the lumber industry. That said, he not only knows a thing or two about lumber and what’s currently going on, but he’s also got a backstage pass to the mills, the suppliers, and everyone in between to get the scoop on these crazy events we’re seeing unfold with lumber prices. Brian shares his years of experience and helps to shed light on why lumber costs have increased so much over the past year or so. We also dive into various economic factors as to why this increase is happening, and how this increased pricing is affecting other industries across the country. There’s a lot to unpack in this episode, so I’ll let you get right to it. Enjoy, spread the word, and maybe invest in a few 2x4’s… Thanks everybody, AJ

Welcome back everybody to the AJ Osborne Podcast! I’m your host, AJ Osborne! I’m extra excited about today’s episode because we get to hang out with one of my favorite real estate friends… the one and only Brittany Arnason! You might know her as investorgirlbritt on social media. She’s become wildly popular on social media with sharing her experiences from BRRR’ing single-family homes. Fun fact - she actually used to sleep in the houses as she was renovating them! Talk about dedication! If you’ve followed me and this podcast for any amount of time, you might have heard mention my philosophy of scaling both vertically AND horizontally. Brittany is in this pivotal space now moving towards scaling horizontally. What does that mean? Brittany is now shifting her focus on commercial real estate investing, specifically (my favorite asset class lol)... SELF STORAGE! This is an amazing time to have Brittany on the podcast as she’s actively making this transition that so many investors ultimately want to make - the shift into commercial real estate. Whether be more zeros, more management, limited experience, or fear of the unknown, it often proves difficult for so many of us to make these leaps from one type of investing to another. Listen in and hear how she started her real estate investing journey, where she’s at now, what’s going through her mind, what her plans are, and what she’s actively doing now to accomplish HUGE goals in the next few months. Speaking of goals, we talk a lot in today’s episode about the process of setting and achieving goals, and ways that you can help shorten the timeframes for you to achieve your ultimate goals. Tune in, take notes, and learn how Brittany is making the move from single-family homes to commercial real estate investing! Thanks everybody, AJ   Keep up with Brittany on social media and her website: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/investorgirlbritt/?hl=en Website: https://brittanyarnason.com

Welcome back everybody to the AJ Osborne Podcast! I’m your host AJ Osborne! One of the biggest stresses that most of us feel consistently throughout our lives is MONEY. Money problems can crush dreams, marriages, physical and mental health, and our lives as we know them. Money is a big deal to a lot of us, but how do we get to that place where money isn’t a problem, but more so an asset, a lever, and a tool for us to achieve everything we’ve dreamed of? This is why I’m excited to have Jim Crider on the podcast today to help shed some light money and what we can do to set ourselves up for success. Jim had originally been working in sales… he couldn’t stand it, didn’t think he was good at it, and ultimately decided he had to move on. This led him to be unemployed for about an 8 month period of time, which brought to light his own financial situation and stresses that he himself began to feel about money. These thoughts and stresses sparked his interest and set him on the path to financial planning. Today we walk through some frameworks that will help you identify what your goals are, aligning your actions with those goals, and step by step how you can start working towards and start living the life you truly want to live. This episode is full of value for anyone looking to get to a place where money, time, life, is completely aligned (which is the vast majority of us!). Take notes, soak it up, and start! Thanks, everybody, AJ   Keep up with Jim on his Intentional Living website at: https://www.intentionallivingfp.com/