The Grow Wealth Experience

In this episode of The Grow Wealth Experience podcast, host Aysha Turgut dives into the niche world of industrial real estate investing, specifically focusing on small bay warehouses. Joined by expert guest Greg Wilson, CPA, the discussion covers the benefits, challenges, and market demand for small bay warehouses, also known as flex spaces. Greg shares his extensive experience in financial management and real estate, offering valuable insights into this growing asset class. Whether you're an investor or just curious about this unique investment opportunity, this episode is packed with valuable information. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/aysha-turgut/support

In this episode of the Grow Wealth Experience podcast, we speak with Nick Difabio, a self-made publishing millionaire who transformed his life through Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP). Nick shares his journey from working a grueling 12-hour job to making over a million dollars in royalties from self-publishing. He discusses the importance of quality content, effective marketing strategies, and how to leverage AI in the publishing process. Nick also provides insights into selecting profitable niches, handling negative reviews, and his successful exit strategy. Chapters: (00:00) Introduction (00:25) Nick Difabio's Background (02:00) Transition to Self-Publishing (03:34) Achieving Success Milestones (04:26) Importance of Quality Content (05:51) Selecting Niches (07:05) Trending Books (08:07) Use of AI in Publishing (10:29) Importance of Keywords (12:24) Marketing Strategies (15:12) Handling Negative Reviews (16:34) Exit Strategy (18:52) Common Mistakes in Self-Publishing (20:42) Publishing Profits Academy (23:45) Final Advice --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/aysha-turgut/support

In today's episode, Steve Milo, the founder and CEO of Vtrips, joins us to explore the dynamic world of vacation rentals. Steve shares his incredible journey from e-commerce to managing nearly 7000 properties across the United States. Tune in for invaluable tips for aspiring vacation rental investors. to learn about the evolution of the vacation rental market, and the importance of leveraging technology, --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/aysha-turgut/support

In our latest episode, we sit down with Hugh Zaretsky, a highly successful real estate investor, serial entrepreneur and sought after global educator. Hugh shares his journey from IT executive to a real estate inspired by the wake-up call of 9/11. We discuss his latest book, "The Launch Button," which became an Amazon bestseller during its first week of publication. Tune in to learn about the impact of black swan events—unpredictable events that have a massive impact on financial markets and economies, the importance of knowing your "why", and other practical entrepreneurial advice. Hugh's insights are invaluable for inspiring entrepreneurs or anyone looking to achieve financial independence. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/aysha-turgut/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/aysha-turgut/support

Are you considering silver as a part of your investment portfolio? Join us on this episode as we dive deep into silver investing with the renowned expert David Morgan. David shares invaluable insights on why silver is a compelling investment choice, its practical uses, and strategies for new and seasoned investors alike. Take advantage of his top rules for silver investing and market predictions. Subscribe to our channel for more expert advice and financial insights. ✅ Chapters: 0:00 - Introduction 0:30 - Overview of Precious Metal Investing 2:00 - Introduction to David Morgan 2:45 - Why Invest in Silver 5:00 - Factors Driving Silver Prices 7:00 - Industrial Uses of Silver 9:00 - Silver vs Gold: Risk and Reward 12:00 - Best Ways to Invest in Silver 15:00 - Practical Advice on Silver Storage 18:00 - The Role of Blockchain in Silver Investing 20:00 - Final Thoughts and Q&A --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/aysha-turgut/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/aysha-turgut/support

Join us on the Grow Wealth Experience podcast as we welcome the illustrious Dr. Forbes Riley, known as the "Queen of Pitch" and a trailblazer in the infomercial and home shopping TV world with over $2.5 billion in product sales. Forbes shares her journey from a challenging childhood to becoming a powerhouse in entrepreneurship and sales, offering invaluable insights on overcoming self-doubt, the art of pitching, personal branding, and the importance of mentors. Tune in for an episode filled with actionable advice and inspiring stories that will empower you to achieve your business and financial dreams. Chapters: (00:00) Introduction (01:15) Forbes Riley's Background (06:30) Overcoming Challenges and Self-Doubt (12:45) The Power of Pitching (19:20) Personal Branding and Its Importance (25:35) Forbes Riley's Current Projects and Films (32:50) Future Dreams and Fitness Goals (39:10) The Role of Mentors in Forbes's Life (45:55) Final Thoughts and Advice (51:30) Conclusion --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/aysha-turgut/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/aysha-turgut/support

Join host Aysha Turgut as she sits down with Rob Ryan, an NFL coaching powerhouse, on the latest episode of The Grow Wealth Experience podcast. From being born into a family of football greats to his current role with the Las Vegas Raiders, get an insiders look into his storied successful career and the lessons learned along the way. But it's his off-field battle against child trafficking, alongside his wife Kristen, that takes center stage. Learn how this powerhouse couple is leveraging the influence of sports to make a significant impact in the lives of children, and how you can help. Tune in for an inspiring conversation that transcends football and tackles success strategies in life and business, leadership, and making a difference in the world. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/aysha-turgut/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/aysha-turgut/support

Today, we are going to introduce you to strategies to finance real estate creatively with our next expert guest Bill Ham. Bill is the Chief Operating Officer of Broadwell Property Group, a Multifamily Investment Firm based in Atlanta, Georgia. He has many years of experience in owning, managing, and operating large and small Apartments throughout the Southeast United States. In addition, he is one of the most sought-after speakers, coaches, and mentors in the Multifamily Industry. He has been featured on some of the top Real Estate Podcasts in the country, and is a frequent speaker at global private mastermind retreats. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/aysha-turgut/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/aysha-turgut/support

Today, we talk about one of the most well-known and successful investors and businessman of all time, Warren Buffett. His net-worth is $120 Billion and he is the 7th richest person in the world.  Dr. Warren Finkle, our expert guest, shares personal insights on Warren Buffett, and explores the reasons behind his extraordinary success. Dr. Finkle's National Award-Winning book on Warren Buffet is titled Warren Buffett: Investor and Entrepreneur  and was published by Columbia University Press earlier this year. It has been translated into 13 languages.  The book focuses on Buffett's roots as an entrepreneur and investor.   Todd A. Finkle, Ph.D. is the Pigott Professor of Entrepreneurship at Gonzaga University. He has taught for 34 years at 4 different universities, publishing more than 270 articles, books, presentations, and grants. He has also invested for the past 40 years.

We are back with our next expert guest Gina Carr on the topic of AI in business. Gina is a serial entrepreneur, as well as an AI and marketing expert. As the CEO of Stark Raving Entrepreneurs, she works with business leaders to leverage AI-powered marketing for more impact, influence, and income. Gina has an MBA from the Harvard Business School. Gina has created several businesses, including an award-winning real estate company and a chain of community magazines. She is the CEO of TEDxDupreePark. A native Atlantan, Gina now lives in Orlando with her fiancé, Terry Brock. Gina is a passionate. advocate for animals, freedom, and plant-based living!

In November of 2022, the world was introduced to ChatGPT setting the stage for transforming how we do business using AI. To discuss leveraging the power of AI for business growth, we've invited technology trends expert Terry Brock to the show today. Terry is more than just a technology trends expert. He's a speaker, virtual presenter, interviewer, published author, and coach. Terry earned an MBA in marketing and works with organizations to design relationship marketing strategies that are measurable and implementable. A master at his craft, Terry earned the Certified Speaking Professional designation from the National Speakers Association and was inducted into the Speaker Hall of Fame (a designation awarded to less than 1% of speakers in the world). He is here today to share his insights and to offer practical tips on you can start to incorporate AI into your daily business practice. Today we are going to talk about leveraging the power of Artificial Intelligence into your business and marketing efforts.

Our guest today is commercial real estate expert David Monroe. He is a Multifamily Investor, Strategic Consultant and CCIM Instructor. David has been the multifamily industry since December 2011 as a broker, consultant, investor, syndicator, and owned a multifamily property management company in 2016. He has been a manager on the GP side of a multifamily syndication, a JV partner on a couple of multifamily deals, and invested passively on deals he has brokered. He teaches CI102 Advanced Market Analysis for the CCIM Institute, which has more than 13,000 members and only 60 Instructors. He joins us today to introduce us to multifamily investing, as well as to real estate market cycles.

Our topic today will explore how to build wealth investing in pre-developed land. Joining us is land investing expert Christopher Meza, the leading authority on pre-developed real estate and commercial land investing. He is a nationally recognized speaker and best-selling author. Chris was the keynote speaker with Steve Forbes (Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Magazine), at the “Success in the New Economy” conference, as well as a guest on The Brian Tracey Show. Christopher has been interviewed on ABC, NBC, CBS, and several FOX affiliates across the country. 

Nick Lowery transcends athletic stereotypes. Nick was inducted into the Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame in 2009 as the most accurate kicker in NFL History, the Chiefs All-Time leading Scorer, and with the most field goals in NFL History when he retired from the NFL. In addtion, he is an Ivy League scholar, 3-time Presidential aide, Author, Poet, Teacher, and Philanthropist. Nick has been featured in or on ABC's 20/20, World News Tonight, and Nightline with Ted Koppel, David Letterman twice, MSNBC, The Washington Post and the New York Times. He joins us here to share his stories, insights and strategies to help inspire you to think bigger and push boundaries.

Strategy and plans mean nothing if you are not pushing yourself out of your comfort zone and taking calculated risks to realize your business and financial goals. We can't be afraid to grow if we want to genuinely succeed. Today's guest is Ryan Berman, Founder of Courageous. With more than 20 years in the courageous ideas space, Ryan is a speaker, practitioner and authority on the subject. His methods to unlocking change inside organizations have been featured in Entrepreneur, Fast Company, Inc and Forbes. Ryan has spoken all over the country to C Suite, teams and professional services audiences on the topic and covers the learnings found in his book Return On Courage: A Business Playbook For Change. Ryan also hosts The Courageous Podcast where he talks with thought leaders from around the globe in business, sports and entertainment to uncover what it means to be courageous in today's world. His ultimate goal is to inspire more people to choose courage. He's here today to help you build your risk muscle and take your life to the next level!

Grow and keep more of your money using this wealth building tool based on private banking concepts where you become your own bank and take control of your finances.  This infinite banking system using whole life insurance contracts has been part of the American banking landscape for 200 years but with the growth of branch banking in the 1950's became less widely known.   Joining us  is our expert guest Seth Hicks, Esq, Private Banking & Asset Protection Expert, Host of the Private Banking Strategies podcast, COO and General Counsel at Private Banking Strategies. He has successfully served as a trusted advisor and counselor to multi-million-dollar family-owned businesses, high-net worth individuals, and entrepreneurs alike.  As an expert in business and legal operations, he structures his clients' transactions with wealth preservation and asset protection as a key focus. He is here to introduce you to private banking strategies, discuss its different attributes, and offer wealth building advice to you on our show today. 

Today we have credit expert Eric Counts back on the show to talk about personal credit and how you can wisely use it to advantage to improve your score. Eric is the President and CEO of Credit Nerds, an author, business trainer and nationally featured speaker. His extensive knowledge of credit and credit repair have gained him audiences with the like of Wells Fargo, Regions Bank and Century 21 branches across the country. In addition, he has served as an expert witness to lawmakers in the matters of credit and debt collection. He applies that information to help individuals qualify for larger loans and better terms so you can build your business and your real estate investment portfolio. In an effort to help you amp up your financial potential, Eric shed light on the latest changes in the personal credit landscape, as well as talks about how you can use your credit to work for you and not against you.

On today's show, we speak to Alan Donenfeld, Founder and CEO of CityVest, an online investment platform providing access to individual investors to invest in institutional real estate private equity funds. Alan has over 40 years of experience investing in and advising on several billion dollars of real estate and business investments.  Most recently Alan was the founder and General Partner of a private investment fund was the President and the founder of a SEC registered / FINRA broker-dealer. In the 1980's, he worked for Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers in their Mergers and Acquisitions Groups. He received his MBA from Duke University and graduated from Tufts University. Alan joins us with a discussion on how to evaluate and invest in real estate private equity funds. 

We have Paul Moore, Founder of and Managing Partner of Wellings Capital, a real estate private equity firm, back on our show to discuss RV Park Investing, another potentially lucrative commercial real estate investment asset class. Also on this episode, Paul talks about his next book on Warren Buffet, value investing and its relationship to real estate. Paul has launched multiple investment and development companies, appeared on HGTV and has completed over 100 commercial and residential investments and exits. He has contributed to Fox Business and The Real Estate Guys Radio and is a regular contributor to BiggerPockets, producing live shows, recorded video, and blog content. Paul also co-hosted a wealth-building podcast called How to Lose Money and he's been featured on over 200 podcasts. Paul is the author of Storing Up Profits – Capitalize on America's Obsession with Stuff by Investing in Self-Storage and The Perfect Investment – Create Enduring Wealth from the Historic Shift to Multifamily Housing.

On today's episode we invited Eric Counts, a personal and business credit expert to discuss the fundamentals of business credit. Eric is the President and CEO of his company, Credit Nerds. His extensive knowledge of credit and credit repair have gained him audiences with the like of Wells Fargo, Regions Bank and Century 21 branches across the country. In addition, he has served as an expert witness for court cases involving credit damage and its effects on consumers. He is also a nationally featured speaker and author of the CreditNerds' Ultimate Guide to Credit. Eric not only shares invaluable information on business credit, but offers insight on your personal credit too, so you can amp up your financial potential.

On today's show we speak to Abigail McCarthy,  Senior Vice President of investment affairs & investor education for Nareit, the national, not-for-profit trade association of the real estate investment trust (REIT) and publicly traded real estate industry.   As an investment affairs and education authority on REITS, Abigail outlines the fundamentals of what this investment type is and how you can. incorporate it into your overall investment strategy in an effort to diversity and spread out your risk across your investments. 

The right mindset is everything. Joining us today is David Meltzer, a sought after business leader and serial entrepreneur whose life mission is to empower OVER 1 BILLION people to be happy! David Meltzer is the Co-Founder of Sports 1 Marketing, a global marketing agency he founded with Hall of Fame Quarterback Warren Moon. David formerly served as CEO of the renowned Leigh Steinberg Sports & Entertainment agency, which was the inspiration for the movie Jerry Maguire. David has been recognized by Variety Magazine as their Sports Humanitarian of the Year and awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor. He is also the Executive Producer of the Apple TV series 2 Minute Drill and Office Hours. David shares his top tips to help you shift your mindset to one of positivity and abundance so you can take your business and life to the next level of success.

Fine wine is an alternative investment class that is increasing in popularity, and has become accessible to all types of investors. On today's show, we are joined by Atul Tiwari, CEO of Cult Wines, America to discuss the merits and risks of this ‘passion' asset. Atul's investment and fine wine background speaks for itself. Before building Cult Wines Americas, he was employee number one at Vanguard Canada where helped pioneer ETF investing in Canada and grew the company from $3 to $30 billion in assets over 7.5 years. Prior to Vanguard, he held progressively senior positions at BMO Financial including senior vice president of BMO Asset Management. In addition to his personal interest in wine, Atul has also managed a 4000-bottle cellar of fine Burgundy for the Toronto Chapter of the Confrerie des Chevaliers du Tastevin over a five-year period.

On todays' show, we speak to probate real estate expert, Bill Gross about what this real estate investment type is and how you can get started in this specific niche as part of your overall investment strategy. Bill Gross, a California native, has been in real estate for over 30 years and has closed THOUSANDS of transactions. He hosts the largest probate real estate live stream "Probate Weekly" on Thursdays at 4PM PT/7PM EST He is here to tell you about everything you need to know about the essentials of probate real estate investing.

Today's episode introduces you to everything you need to know about self storage investing, a potentially highly lucrative commercial real estate investment strategy. Our expert guest is Paul Moore, a serial entrepreneur and real estate authority. Paul has launched multiple investment and development companies, appeared on HGTV, and completed over 100 commercial and residential investments and exits. He has contributed to Fox Business and The Real Estate Guys Radio and is a regular contributor to BiggerPockets, producing live shows, recorded video, and blog content. Paul also co-hosted a wealth-building podcast called How to Lose Money and is the author of Storing Up Profits – Capitalize on America's Obsession with Stuff by Investing in Self-Storage (BiggerPockets Publishing 2021), as well as The Perfect Investment – Create Enduring Wealth from the Historic Shift to Multifamily Housing. Paul is the Founder and Managing Partner of Wellings Capital, a real estate private equity firm.

The CPI is at 8.3% and the equity markets are volatile. What should you be doing to protect your wealth against rising inflation? The answer is to remain focused on a long term investment strategy, stay diversified, and expose your money to assets that are going to hedge you against current and future economic and market conditions. On today's show we are going to look at gold and precious metals as an alternative asset for your to consider adopting into your overall investment strategy. Our guest today is Kerry Stevenson. She is a serial entrepreneur, and Founder of the Australian Gold Conference, as well as a long time real estate investor. In addition, she has her own channel on investing and is passionate about helping people understand why they should have a diversified portfolio.

Do you sizzle or fizzle when you get in front of a group of people to speak about yourself and your business? How we present ourselves to the public through our speaking is crucial to our personal and business brand. Being an effective speaker cements your credibility to an audience who is meeting you for the first time, and your credibility is what powers your business. Otherwise you lose your competitive edge and your potential clients go elsewhere. Our very special guest today is a speaking and PR legend, as well as a highly sought after business leader who has been in the business for almost 50 years. Joining us from Las Vegas is Bruce Merrin of Bruce Merrin's Celebrity Speakers Bureau. Bruce's first clients were Michael Landon and Johnny Carson, and the first sports stars he worked with was Jackie Robinson and Mohammad Ali. Since he founded his firm in 1973, he has represented a wide array of inspiring keynote speakers that include celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, as well as politicians. These names include Ronald Reagan, Bill Gates, Dr. Wayne Dyer, and Les Brown just to name a few. He has handled worldwide PR for clients, like BMW, Versace and Rolls Royce. He has also served as the past Vice President of the Broad of Governors of the International Association of Speakers Bureaus. He shares his insights and stories with you to help sharpen your public speaking skills.

Building wealth is not simply about how much you earn but how much you keep. The more you understand taxes and have sound tax strategies in place to preserve your hard earned money, the more you'll have to save and invest to keep growing your wealth. We have invited small business and legal expert Mark Kohler to our show to share some tax strategies to help you take greater control over your business and financial life. Mark Kohler is a CPA and an attorney at the firm Kyler, Kohler, Ostermiller, and Sorensen, and the accounting firm of Kohler and Erye CPA's. In addition, he is a national speaker, radio show host, writer and video personality for Entrpreneur.com, as well as real estate investor. He is also the the author of What your CPA Isn't Telling You as well as The Tax and Legal Playbook.

Virtual real estate in the Metaverse is the talk of the town. Brand after brand from Louis Vuitton and Sotheby's to governments including the Barbados Embassy are investing into the space by buying up virtual land. The demand is so strong that not only has the price per parcel of land doubled in the last six months, but premium properties are fetching top dollars. Just a few months ago, the land next to Snoop Dog's virtual estate sold for $450K! Now, with all the buzz, everyone is asking what exactly is the Metaverse, how can I get involved, what should my strategy be, and should I invest now? We have invited the Co-Founder and CEO of one of the major players in the Mataverse, Hrish Lotlikar of Superworld, as our next guest to help you navigate the hype from reality of this growing virtual market.

On today's show, we speak to Desi Arnaz, mortgage note investing expert, about what this alternative real estate investment type is and how you can get started as part of your long-term investment strategy. Desi Arnaz, is a professional investor with over 40 years experience in the real estate sector. His experience covers everything from owning his own real estate brokerage to moving into the investing side of the business, including owning rental properties and mortgage note investing. He is the Founder of ACI Legacy Group and Note Investor University. In our discussion, he not only gives you an introduction but offers his best advice as someone who has successfully achieved passive wealth through mortgage note investing.

What separates high performers who can sell anything to anyone from those who are struggling to make even one sale a month? To answer this question we have invited international sales expert Jeff Shore, Founder and President of Jeff Shore Consulting to the show. He will share winning tips and tricks you can adopt into the sales process to rev up your performance and master the game of selling. Jeff has over 30 years experience in sales and has trained sales teams across the globe to dramatically improve their sales results. His successful sales methodology comes from years of sales experience and extensive research in cognitive behavioral theory and buying psychology. He is the author of 9 books including Be Bold and Win the Sale, Follow-up and Win the Sale, Deal with It and Closing 2.0

On today's show, we speak to master of tax lien investing, Dan Eckelman about what this real estate investment type is and how you can incorporate it into your overall investment strategy.  Dan Eckelman is recognized real estate authority, a sought after speaker, and a serial entrepreneur.  Over the last 25 years, Dan has conducted of thousands of training seminars on tax liens, real estate, and other investment strategies.  Speaking to over a million people worldwide across 4 continents, he has shared the stage with world renowned speakers, including Robert Kiyosaki, Kevin O'Leary from Shark Tank, Donald Trump, Suze Orman, as well as political leaders, like the former Prime Minister of the U.K. Tony Blair.  He was the President of the Factoring Institute, and has trained thousands of people there, as well as at the American Cash Flow Institute, and Open University.  Dan not only gives you an overview of tax liens, but shares valuable tips and strategies that has worked for his students worldwide to help you get started.  https://www.podpage.com/the-grow-wealth-experience/

In today's episode, we uncover what self directed IRA's are, and examine how you can start using them to build wealth towards retirement through real estate. Joining us is Matt Sorensen, who is the CEO of Directed IRA and Directed Trust Company, as well as an attorney specializing in self-directed IRA law. He is best know for his book "The Self Directed IRA Handbook" which has sold over 35,000 copies, and is the most used book in the industry. Mat is a VIP contributor for Entrepreneur.com, writing on retirement, tax and legal topics, as well as a self-directed IRA investor himself. He is here today, to give you an introduction and overview of everything you need to know to begin adding real estate into your long term investment strategy.

Joining us today is Jim Britt, a leading peak performance and personal empowerment expert, an internationally recognized business leader, and serial entrepreneur. Jim has addressed over 1.5 million people globally, and has worked closely with some of the world's greatest. Jim was business partners with the late Jim Rohn, one of the earliest pioneers of the motivational speaking industry. In addition, Jim mentored Tony Robbins during his first 5 years of business. Jim shares compelling stories from his amazing life, and shows you ways you can unlock your full potential, and reach the highest level of success you never thought was possible, in all areas of your life.

Our guest today is Richard W J Brown, real estate investor and author of # Proptech: A Guide to How Property Technology is Changing How We Live, Work and Invest. Richard highlights the biggest emerging trends in real estate technology that you should be looking out for and adopting to your advantage so you can optimize your performance as an investor and stay ahead.

To kick off The Grow Wealth Experience podcast, Aysha Turgut interviews one of the greatest sports super agents in American history, Leigh Steinberg, the real life inspiration for the 5-time Academy Awards nominated movie Jerry McGuire. Leigh shares his winning business and negotiation strategies that has led to his unparalleled success over his 41 year career.