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Matt Farah reviews the new Ferrari 12Cilindri; Zack Klapman reports back from driving on the newly-improved Streets of Willow track; the Acura NSX is going up for sale, and Patreon questions include: Will Cadillac CT5-V Blackwings hold value?Thoughts on future Porsche EV "shifting"?What makes a "super car"?We make a car named after a planet?MFK: 2013 editionCar choice based on gas station purchasesShinola watches?Best 2-seat weekend car for the Midwest?Worst sales experience ever?What cars over-deliver?Should I get a used 911 T or something better?Does Toyota have the biggest spread in performance?And so much more! Recorded December 15, 2025 Aura FramesFor a limited time, visit AuraFrames.com and get $45 off Aura's best-selling Carver Mat frames - named #1 by Wirecutter - by using promo codeTIRE at checkout. That's A-U-R-A Frames.com promo code TIRE. Brooklyn BeddingGo to brooklynbedding.comand use my promo code TIRE at checkout to get 30% off sitewide. This offer is not available anywhere else. Car GurusBuy or sell your next car today with CarGurus at cargurus.com. Go to cargurus dot com to make sure your big deal is the best deal. Hello FreshGo to HelloFresh.com/smokingtire10fm now to Get 10 Free Meals + a Free breakfast for Life! One per box with active subscription. Free meals applied as discount on first box, new subscribers only, varies by plan. TrueWerkGet 15% off your first order at TRUEWERK.com with code tire New merch! Grab a shirt or hoodie and support us! https://thesmokingtireshop.com/ Use Off The Record! and ALWAYS fight your tickets! For a 10% discount on your first case go to https://www.offtherecord.com/TST Want your question answered? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcasts, or exclusive podcasts? Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesmokingtirepodcast Instagram:https://www.Instagram.com/thesmokingtirehttps://www.Instagram.com/therealzackklapman Want your question answered? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcasts, or exclusive podcasts? Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesmokingtirepodcast Use Off The Record! and ALWAYS fight your tickets! Enter code TST10 for a 10% discount on your first case on the Off The Record app, or go to http://www.offtherecord.com/TST. Watch our car reviews: https://www.youtube.com/thesmokingtire Tweet at us!https://www.Twitter.com/thesmokingtirehttps://www.Twitter.com/zackklapman Instagram:https://www.Instagram.com/thesmokingtirehttps://www.Instagram.com/therealzackklapman
EP303Inside a Stunning Private Nissan GT-R Collection | R32, R33, R34, Veilside RX-7 & More w/ Jake Johnson | Hard Parking PodcastIn this episode Jhae Pfenning steps inside Jake Johnson's incredible private collection in the Phoenix area. Jake walks us through his journey from a green 1991 Foxbody Mustang GT (that he still owns!) to building one of the cleanest Nissan Skyline GT-R lineups in the country: an R32, black R33, legendary blue GReddy R33 demo car, ultra-rare yellow R34 V-Spec, and a 2021.5 GT-R NISMO Special Edition in Stealth Gray.We also dive into his triple Cobra R Mustang set, Shelby GT350R Heritage, restored 300ZX, '94 Supra, Veilside Fortune RX-7 project straight out of Tokyo Drift, and even his ex-press 2005 Acura NSX. Jake shares stories of street racing in the San Fernando Valley, buying cars sight-unseen from Japan, and the full-restoration rabbit hole that keeps every car in concours-level condition. PLUS – Jake gives a shout-out to the massive Code R GT-R event happening right now at The Warehouse in Phoenix (Nov 22–29) with daily events and Larry Chen appearing on the 29th. Chapters01:39 – Code R GT-R event at The Warehouse (Nov 22-29) + Larry Chen appearance02:35 – How Jake got into cars (Tom Nelson, street racing, green Foxbody Mustang)05:03 – First car: 1991 green Mustang GT (still owns it!)08:52 – The 300ZX that smoked him & the Stillen GTZ look11:17 – How the GT-R obsession actually started17:52 – The Cobra R trilogy ('93, '95, 2000R)21:09 – Buying Skylines sight-unseen from Japan22:31 – The legendary GReddy blue R33 demo car26:57 – The ultra-rare Stealth Gray 2021.5 GT-R NISMO Special Edition28:13 – Buying tips for imported Skylines (rust, clusters, documentation)36:41 – Yellow R34 V-Spec rarity explained40:52 – Veilside Fortune RX-7 project (Tokyo Drift vibes)43:50 – How Jake finally scored his 2005 Acura NSX press carMain Show Sponsors:Right Honda: https://righthonda.com/Right Toyota: https://www.righttoyota.com/Arcus Foundry: https://arcusfoundry.comAutocannon Official Gear: https://shop.autocannon.com/Contact Hard Parking with Jhae Pfenning: email: Info@HardParking.com Website: www.Hardparking.comPatreon: www.patreon.com/hardparkingpodcast/Instagram: instagram.com/hardparkingpod/YouTube: https://youtube.com/@HardParking
Episode 300 – Johnny Lange: 17,000-Mile NSX Road Trip from Key West to the Arctic CircleJhae welcomes longtime friend Johnny Lange (@NSXPlore) back to the Hard Parking , first time in-studioJohnny is mid-epic solo road trip: 17,000+ miles in his white 1st-gen NSX, camping almost every night, from Key West, FL to the Arctic Circle via the Dalton Highway, through NSXPO in Tacoma, and now looping the Lower 48 visiting friends.Chapters:01:36 – Johnny Lange Enters the Studio (First Time!) 05:37 – Who Is Johnny Lange? Nomadic NSX Life & Trip Origins 09:01 – 17,000-Mile Route: Key West → Arctic Circle → NSXPO 18:06 – “No Coincidences”: Viral Alaska Fame & Serendipitous Meetups 32:32 – Dalton Highway Survival, Damage, & Close Calls 47:42 – Guerrilla Camping, Food on the Fly, & Hiking Highlights 01:13:28 – What NSX Ownership Means + Wrap-UpOther Johnny Lange articles:Some lunatic drove his NSX to the arctic circle and backhttps://www.autoblog.com/news/some-lunatic-drove-his-acura-nsx-to-the-artic-circle-and-back North Carolina man has driven his Acura NSX from Key West all the way to the Arctic Circlehttps://supercarblondie.com/north-carolina-man-acura-nsx-key-west-arctic-circle/ Meet The Man Who Just Drove His NSX From Key West To The Arctic Circlehttps://www.theautopian.com/meet-the-man-who-just-drove-his-nsx-from-key-west-to-the-arctic-circle/ Main Show Sponsors:Right Honda: https://righthonda.com/Right Toyota: https://www.righttoyota.com/Arcus Foundry: https://arcusfoundry.comAutocannon Official Gear: https://shop.autocannon.com/Contact Hard Parking with Jhae Pfenning: email: Info@HardParking.com Website: www.Hardparking.comPatreon: www.patreon.com/hardparkingpodcast/Instagram: instagram.com/hardparkingpod/YouTube: https://youtube.com/@HardParking
EP296 In this episode of the Hard Parking Podcast, host Jhae Pfenning welcomes back Jonathon Rivers of Drive Culture, fresh off the NSXPO 2025 banquet in Tacoma, Washington. As a 15-year veteran at American Honda and a passionate YouTuber, Jonathon shares insights on the grind of building a YouTube channel, from battling monetization woes to navigating copyright claims and the importance of audience engagement over subscriber counts. The duo dives into the thrilling NSXPO experience, discussing the scenic group drive through Washington's tight, twisty roads, a near-miss with a dead deer, and the challenges of leading a convoy of Acura NSXs. Jonathon reflects on the auto industry's evolving landscape—electric, hybrid, and hydrogen powertrains—and the complexities of product planning amidst tariffs and consumer shifts. With heartfelt thanks to Acura's support for NSXPO, this episode is a must-listen for car enthusiasts, YouTube creators, and anyone curious about the behind-the-scenes of automotive events and content creation.You can find Jonathon Rivers at: @Drive_Culture Main Show Sponsors:Right Honda: https://righthonda.com/Right Toyota: https://www.righttoyota.com/Arcus Foundry: https://arcusfoundry.comAutocannon Official Gear: https://shop.autocannon.com/Contact Hard Parking with Jhae Pfenning: email: Info@HardParking.com Website: www.Hardparking.comPatreon: www.patreon.com/hardparkingpodcast/Instagram: instagram.com/hardparkingpod/YouTube: https://youtube.com/@HardParking
Click here to share your favorite car, car story or any automotive trivia!Join automotive enthusiasts Christian and Doug as they dive deep into the car culture journey of Matt from Top Coat Garage. From his first Honda Civic hatchback inspired by Gran Turismo's legendary Spoon Sports builds to running a high-end custom paint and restoration shop, Matt reveals the technical secrets behind show-quality automotive finishes.Discover the fascinating world of automotive paint technology, from metallic flakes and prismatic color-changing coats to candy paint layering techniques. Matt shares his 20+ year collection philosophy, his ongoing hunt for the perfect Acura NSX dream car, and how he transformed collision repair skills into a thriving custom automotive business.Whether you're a Honda enthusiast, restoration hobbyist, or simply love hearing passionate car stories, this episode delivers technical expertise, business insights, and pure automotive nostalgia. Learn about paint booth operations, spray gun selection, and why some paint jobs can "swim in depth" while others fall flat.Don't miss Matt's favorite episode featuring another car guy who cars about paint, Tom Wolfe - CEO of Ziebart International https://buzzsprout.com/2316026/episodes/17498085-from-rust-proof-roots-to-global-vehicle-protection-tom-wolfe-s-ziebart-storyPerfect for car guys, automotive professionals, classic car collectors, and anyone fascinated by the intersection of automotive craftsmanship and Japanese car culture. Plus: behind-the-scenes shop tour invitation and exclusive paint technique revelations you won't find anywhere else. *** Your Favorite Automotive Podcast - Now Arriving Weekly!!! *** Listen on your favorite platform and visit https://carsloved.com for full episodes, our automotive blog, Guest Road Trip Playlist and our new CAR-ousel of Memories photo archive. Don't Forget to Rate & Review to keep the engines of automotive storytelling—and personal restoration—running strong.
Abbas goes off about going to California for the Monterey car week and driving the oldest and newest Acura NSX. **May wanna check it out on Youtube for the photos and videos** SEE ME ON THE ROAD
In the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week's episode, we discuss Tesla's upcoming FSD update, Ford's Universal EV platform, the new Acura NSX, and more. The show is live every Friday at 4 p.m. ET on Electrek's YouTube channel. As a reminder, we'll have an accompanying post, like this one, on the site with an embedded link to the live stream. Head to the YouTube channel to get your questions and comments in. After the show ends at around 5 p.m. ET, the video will be archived on YouTube and the audio on all your favorite podcast apps: Apple Podcasts Spotify Overcast Pocket Casts Castro RSS We now have a Patreon if you want to help us avoid more ads and invest more in our content. We have some awesome gifts for our Patreons and more coming. Here are a few of the articles that we will discuss during the podcast: Elon Musk went from promising Tesla unsupervised self-driving to ‘less nag' Elon Musk confirms he killed Tesla Dojo, but his reason raises eyebrows Ford's Universal EV Platform event left key unanswered questions, but the optimism was palpable BYD is coming with a ridiculous 3,000 hp electric supercar Acura unveils new RSX: reborn as a sleek electric SUV Meet the Lucid Gravity X: The electric SUV turned all-terrain beast Rivian is working on a steer-by-wire system – and rear wheel steering (updated) Here's the live stream for today's episode starting at 4:00 p.m. ET (or the video after 5 p.m. ET: https://www.youtube.com/live/MfDUzC4F1nU
We have officially rebranded the podcast and kick things off at Sunday Grit, our monthly cars and coffee. Josh, the owner of Analog & Grit joins us along with Wheeley Dan and mainstay Dylan. We tell you all you need to know about what we do at Analog & Grit. Dan sells his M3 on Cars & Bids and graduates to a Porsche 911. Dylan shares what is currently for sale on A&G marketplace; an Acura NSX. Find out who the subject matter expert is on all things VW Vanagons.
What is going on everyone and welcome back to TT! This week, I am very happy to welcome Jhae Pfenning of the Hard Parking Podcast.This has been a long time coming and we were incredibly happy to finally collaborate. We discuss his love and affinity for the Acura NSX, the beginnings of the Hard Parking podcast, what to expect from Japan's big 3, how Dan LeBatard helped inspire what is the current construct of the show and so much more.Huge ups to Jhae for coming on and being so gracious with his time. Please make sure to give him a follow on IG @jhaepfenning and subscribe to his show on apple, spotify or whichever is your preferred streaming platform.Enthusiasts never die!
EP274 Born and raised here in Arizona, Nick Kingsley at the age of 25 already belongs to a small fraternity of car fabricators and fitment experts around the country. His latest project was installing a Liberty Walk widebody on an first gen Acura NSX for Fitment Industries. Nick has also worked alongside Akira Nakai on the very popular RWB Porsche builds. Nick recently announced that he will do car repair and fabrication for one more year only. While the specifics of that declaration is not in this episode, Nick steps through his life and how he got to this point of being that 25 year old that is flown across the country for custom work. Find out why being behind the wheel of 1-2 million dollar dream cars at times is not enough to counter the demons of his personal life. This is Nick's journey, this is Nick's story. Follow Nick on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/k1ngsl3y_See Nick featured on Fitment Industries YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaJ-RoLFYmIMain Show Sponsors:Right Honda: https://righthonda.com/ Right Toyota: https://www.righttoyota.com/Arcus Foundry: https://arcusfoundry.com/ Autocannon Official Gear: https://shop.autocannon.com/ Contact Hard Parking with Jhae Pfenning: email: HardParkingPodcast@gmail.com Website: www.Hardparking.comPatreon: www.patreon.com/hardparkingpodcast/ Instagram: instagram.com/hardparkingpod/ YouTube: https://youtube.com/@HardParking
The Acura NSX didn't just change the game—it rewrote the rules. "Shadows of the NSX" is a tribute to the Japanese supercar that forced Ferrari to evolve. With precision engineering, reliability, and a dash of Senna's genius, the NSX became the quiet force behind Maranello's modern revival. This pop-rock anthem celebrates the car that made legends take notice and proves that true greatness doesn't always roar the loudest—it just wins.
Alex and Maurice Merrick, creator and host of the always-fascinating Horsepower Heritage podcast, talk at BaT HQ about disappearing Mazdas, the most dangerous Super Beetle, a Series Land Rover addiction, automotive first right of refusal, vintage motorcycle personalities, and Napoleonic steam-powered artillery tractors before moving on to a new take on everyone's favorite game with a focus on Chevrolets from the 1960s.Follow along! Links for the listings discussed in this episode:0:48 Horsepower Heritage website1:34 Czinger Vehicles: Accelerating the Future HH podcast episode2:18 BaT Alumni Gathering, July 8 at the Iola Car Show event coverage3:13 BaT Alumni Gathering at The Motoring Club in Los Angeles event coverage11:31 Alex's 1991 Acura NSX 5-Speed BaT listing20:49 Vintage Bikes with Paul D'Orleans HH podcast episode20:56 The Vintagent website21:39 Speed Is Expensive: The Story of Vincent Motorcycles (with David Lancaster) HH podcast episode22:55 Richard Worsham of Janus Motorcycles HH podcast episode29:33 The Donald Healey Story HH podcast episode30:38 Pur Sang with John Bothwell HH podcast episode30:42 Patrick Long HH podcast episode32:15 Racing's Darkest Day: LeMans, 1955 HH podcast episode33:17 The Brilliance of Bentley (with Peter Grimsdale) Part 1, Part 2 HH podcast episodes36:20 Horsepower Heritage on YouTube and Instagram39:26 Corvair Yenko Stingers BaT search42:04 1962 Chevrolet Corvette 327/360 Fuelie 4-Speed BaT listing44:34 1965 Chevrolet El Camino L79 4-Speed BaT listing50:09 1962 Chevrolet Corvair Monza Wagon 4-Speed BaT listing54:24 Bullet Motorsports BaT Local Partner55:56 1967 Chevrolet Camaro RS/SS 4-Speed BaT listing57:55 Dan Gurney: The All-American Racer (with Kip Cyprus and Justin Gurney) HH podcast episode59:44 1964 Chevrolet Corvette Coupe 327 Fuelie 4-Speed w/ Big Tank HH podcast episodeGot suggestions for our next guest from the BaT community or an idea for a game episode? Let us know at podcast@bringatrailer.com!
Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3079: Mr. 1500 reflects on the surprising reality of fulfilling a lifelong dream, owning an Acura NSX, only to realize that the joy of possession fades faster than expected. The mental burden of maintaining an expensive car, combined with a shift toward financial flexibility and simplicity, led to the decision to sell. Letting go brought more peace than regret, reinforcing the idea that true happiness isn't found in material things. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.1500days.com/why-we-sold-our-fancy-car-the-acura-nsx/ Quotes to ponder: "The pursuit is often more fun than the ownership of it." "In the end, the most important reason is that it just didn't bring us happiness anymore." "There is beauty in simplicity. An internal combustion engine is a Rube Goldberg machine compared to an electric motor." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3079: Mr. 1500 reflects on the surprising reality of fulfilling a lifelong dream, owning an Acura NSX, only to realize that the joy of possession fades faster than expected. The mental burden of maintaining an expensive car, combined with a shift toward financial flexibility and simplicity, led to the decision to sell. Letting go brought more peace than regret, reinforcing the idea that true happiness isn't found in material things. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.1500days.com/why-we-sold-our-fancy-car-the-acura-nsx/ Quotes to ponder: "The pursuit is often more fun than the ownership of it." "In the end, the most important reason is that it just didn't bring us happiness anymore." "There is beauty in simplicity. An internal combustion engine is a Rube Goldberg machine compared to an electric motor." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3079: Mr. 1500 reflects on the surprising reality of fulfilling a lifelong dream, owning an Acura NSX, only to realize that the joy of possession fades faster than expected. The mental burden of maintaining an expensive car, combined with a shift toward financial flexibility and simplicity, led to the decision to sell. Letting go brought more peace than regret, reinforcing the idea that true happiness isn't found in material things. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.1500days.com/why-we-sold-our-fancy-car-the-acura-nsx/ Quotes to ponder: "The pursuit is often more fun than the ownership of it." "In the end, the most important reason is that it just didn't bring us happiness anymore." "There is beauty in simplicity. An internal combustion engine is a Rube Goldberg machine compared to an electric motor." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
EP263*IF YOU ARE LISTENING TO THIS AUDIO PORTION ON YOUTUBE, SWITCH OVER TO THE VIDEOJohn Vasos first two appearances below:➡️ EP116: https://youtu.be/YPji5Yu8UCQ?si=ni0Ny4jMFoG-q846➡️ EP219: https://youtu.be/inBQ0Z_Xjy4?si=6HgN2Dw2l1uy8TE5This John Vasos conversation was recorded in April of 2024. Guest Jake Cole was added for this episode to revisit his role on bringing John Vasos essentially to Hard Parking. On February 11, 2025, John Vasos lost his battle with Mesothelioma at the age of 68 after losing his long battle with Mesothelioma. This is his 3rd time on Hard Parking but this episode was never meant to be a podcast, but instead a recorded collection of valuable Acura NSX information from the heart and mind of one of America's Mount Rushmore of Acura NSX minds. Many thanks to content contributors of this video:Mary E BushPeter CunninghamJake ColeMatt ColeLeon SchmidtBryan HunterDr. Ajay SharmakeN SaXChris WillsonEmma MikolicJohn is survived by his son, daughter, and brother.Contact Hard Parking with Jhae Pfenning:email: HardParkingPodcast@gmail.comWebsite: www.Hardparkingpod.comPatreon: www.patreon.com/hardparkingpodcast/Instagram: instagram.com/hardparkingpod/YouTube: https://youtube.com/@HardParking
Everyone knows the 90's sports car icons...the Acura NSX, the BMW M3, and the Toyota Supra. How about the lesser known hero sports cars? In this episode, the boys shine a light on some of these truly magical sports cars that can actually still be had at a reasonable price.
Click here to send a text to Christian and Doug with your contact infoWe had a great interview last night with Matt Pratt from Top Coat Garage (https://www.instagram.com/topcoatgarage/) and learned a ton about the car painting process. Matt also loves Honda's and had a good story we wanted to share about an ultra-rare NSX he had to pass on, but there will be another in his future.#carsloved #everycartellsastory #everycarhasaculture #carsloved #podcast #carcast #acuransxtypes #acuransx #hondaPlease Follow, Like, and Subscribe to be the first to hear our latest content and past episodes - https://linktr.ee/carsloved
Alle gigantiske spillserier har en begynnelse, og idag tar vi for oss røttene til Need for Speed. Det første spillet i serien het Road & Track Presents: The Need for Speed. Som passasjer har vi plukket opp Erlend Fiddan som inngående kan fortelle om både baner, biler og forskjeller på ulike versjoner. Les mer om episoden/spillet hos spillhistorie.no Støtt oss gjerne på Patreon. Følg oss gjerne på Bluesky, Twitter og Facebook. Vi har også en side på Podchaser. (00:00) Intro (00:45) Velkommen til cd SPILL (06:29) Dagens spill: The Need for Speed (13:27) Hva går spillet ut på? (22:06) Gjennomgang av ulike biler (22:18) Acura NSX (24:11) Toyota Supra Turbo (24:54) Mazda RX-7 (25:33) Porsche 911 Carrera (26:04) Dodge Viper RT/10 (26:39) Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1 (27:24) Ferrari 512TR (28:01) Lamborghini Diablo VT (29:27) Litt om utviklerne (31:25) Litt mer om bilene (37:26) Tech Specs (40:10) Banene (40:34) Alpine (40:49) City (41:19) Coastal (43:09) Autumn Valley Speedway (43:38) Rusty Springs Raceway (43:56) Vertigo Ridge (44:35) Burnt Sienna (44:56) Transtropolis (45:25) Lost Vegas (47:18) Politiet (49:32) Litt om fysikken (51:52) Highlights reel (52:52) Ulike utgaver (58:48) Et kikk i databladet GiGA (01:18:58) Musikken (01:21:18) Oppfølgere (01:27:31) Kommentarer fra sosiale medier (01:33:09) Har det holdt seg? (01:36:45) Hvordan får man tak i spillet? (01:38:23) Finnes det noe tilsvarende idag? (01:41:51) Et tips fra Sigve (01:43:54) Et tips fra Mamen (01:44:41) Et tips fra Erlend (01:46:07) Neste episode
EP251 Andre Mullins is a 21 year military veteran, fellow Acura NSX owner, and gamer, among other things. In this episode, he and Jhae talk about cars, the military, and Jaguar's new ad campaign. Contact Hard Parking with Jhae Pfenning: email: HardParkingPodcast@gmail.com Shop: www.Hardparkingpod.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/hardparkingpodcast/ Instagram: instagram.com/jhaepfenning/ YouTube: https://youtube.com/@hardparking
Tina Patel is a TV reporter for KCAL 9 and CBS 2 here in Los Angeles. In the news business there is no typical day when you're on assignment in different locations every day. At this year's Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach media day, we got an opportunity to chat with Tina after she had ridden in the IndyCar 2-Seater and the Acura NSX pace car. She tells us what it was like, what impressed her the most, and how fun it was. She also takes us back to how she got started in the news industry and what the best part of her job is. Did this experience make her want to become a race car driver? Listen in and find out. Enjoy! NOTE: This is the fourth in a series of interviews of women for www.raceshool.com and our “Women in Motorsports” month of September. This has now become an annual tradition. We'll hear from women with various roles in the motorsports industry from team owners, drivers and more. Check back weekly to find out who's next!
Ep242 Friend and fellow NSX owner Chase Heath drops by the studio. Chase was in town for the Southwest Speed festival. The fellas discuss Chase's line of business, a trip to a video game manufacturer and cars in general. Contact Hard Parking with Jhae Pfenning: email: HardParkingPodcast@gmail.com Website: www.Hardparkingpod.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/hardparkingpodcast/ Instagram: instagram.com/jhaepfenning/ YouTube: https://youtube.com/@hardparking
As business owners, we often feel imposter syndrome or worry about our status. Have you ever wanted to elevate your image and be more relevant? In this episode of the #DoorGrowShow, property management growth expert Jason Hull sits down with Michael Sartain, CEO of Men of Action Mentoring to talk about how to make high-status friends and attend VIP events. You'll Learn [03:27] How to Utilize Networking [19:03] Becoming High-Status Using Social Media [26:54] How to be Relevant [38:58] Social Media is Fake [53:21] Authenticity vs Effective Content Tweetables “You need to be the person who always solves problems for other people and ask for nothing in return.” “You're building a brand. Status is status.” “A lot of our beliefs that we're holding on to that are holding us back.” “You make millions of dollars from solving other people's problems, not by doing what you love.” Resources DoorGrow and Scale Mastermind DoorGrow Academy DoorGrow on YouTube DoorGrowClub DoorGrowLive TalkRoute Referral Link Transcript [00:00:00] Michael: Your ability to grow is based on your perceived status, your perceived trustworthiness, your perceived know how. Not your actual know how. [00:00:11] Jason: Welcome DoorGrow property managers to the DoorGrow show. If you are a property management entrepreneur that wants to add doors, make a difference, increase revenue, help others, impact lives, and you are interested in growing a business and life, and you're open to doing things a bit differently, then you are a DoorGrow property manager. [00:00:30] DoorGrow property managers love the opportunities, daily variety, unique challenges, and freedom that property management brings. Many in real estate think you're crazy for doing it. You think they're crazy for not because you realize that property management is the ultimate high trust gateway to real estate deals, relationships, and residual income. At DoorGrow, we are on a mission to transform property management business owners and their businesses. We want to transform the industry, eliminate the BS, build awareness, change perception, expand the market, and help the best property management entrepreneurs win. I'm your host, property management growth expert, Jason Hull, the founder and CEO of DoorGrow. [00:01:10] Now let's get into the show. [00:01:13] So I have an awesome guest today. I actually joined his program just for kicks. This is Michael Sartain. Michael, welcome to the DoorGrow show. [00:01:22] Michael: Hey, what's going on, man? Hey, I gotta be honest with you. Two years ago, I didn't know what doors meant and then I started hanging out with Justin Waller and he's like, "yeah, man, I have 300 doors." [00:01:29] I was like, "bro, what are you talking about?" [00:01:31] And then he's like, now he's got 400 doors. And I was like, "oh, it's like all these different properties." And then my buddy Myron he's got 17 homes that he owns up in Connecticut. He told me about, and I didn't understand how this whole thing worked. And then the property management side of it, like "my company, we're like, we're buying properties because we want to use the depreciation. And we need someone to keep, you know, these places rented, blah, blah, blah." And then the property management, I don't know that much about it. So that's why I was really excited to come on here and check this out. [00:01:57] Jason: Cool. Well, yeah. And I didn't know very much about like maintaining a presence. [00:02:03] Looking cool, like actually looking cool on social media instead of just trying to look cool. And and so I've learned some good things by being in your program. So let's get into a little bit of background about you for those that are like, who's this Michael guy? And maybe how you kind of got into entrepreneurism and I think that'd be relevant to anybody listening. [00:02:25] Michael: So I'm originally from East Dallas. I grew up on the good side of the tracks and went to high school on the bad side of the tracks. And graduated from my high school, barely like did anything. It was not a very good experience. And I got into UT Austin because I was in top 10 percent of my class. [00:02:39] Went there four years, studied astronomy and business and then got out of there. And then I ended up managing a nightclub for a while, for a couple of years because MCI Worldcom and Enron had gone out of business. So if you know, UT Austin, Enron was like a huge supply of jobs once you graduated you know, as a Longhorn. [00:02:56] Once they go out of business, none of us can find jobs. I ended up working at a strip club for like several years as a DJ. And this is the first point in my life where I'm like, "okay, there's something going on here. There's things that I've been taught growing up, but there's something different now." Of course, I want to preface this. [00:03:10] By no means am I saying that people who go to a strip club or people who work in a strip club are indicative of the median of society. They clearly aren't, clearly are not. What I am saying though is that you can see the extremes in society when you go to places like that and from those extremes, you can see overt reactions. [00:03:27] One of the things that I do in my course is I teach how people can network, get invited where the cool kids sit like that phenomenon of where the cool guys are and the not cool guys, the hot club versus the not club that the club people don't want to go to, or the party everyone's trying to get into. [00:03:42] What is it that causes that phenomenon of popularity and status? There has to be something that can explain it. And so what I've been trying to do for the last 15 years is use evolutionary studies in order to figure out a way in order to do that. And so a lot of times when you do that, you know, you can see subcommunication between a man and a woman and you don't really know what's going on. [00:04:02] They have the internal focus of what's going on, but when you see it in like a nightclub or a festival or someplace like that, you see very overt communication. And from that, you can learn a lot of cool stuff. It's like watching, you know, crows you know, pick at a carcass versus watching a giant white tiger go kill a gazelle. [00:04:18] Like that is overt examples of predation that you can see and be like, okay, this is how biology works. This is how natural selection works, et cetera. And I know for your audience, you're like, "where the fuck's he going with all this?" Yeah. The reason why, just to explain. I got fascinated. I did seven years in the military after 9 -11. [00:04:33] I joined and I flew a KC 135 as an instructor navigator. And then I was I did counterintelligence for about the last two years I was there. And then, so, in that time period, I learned how a very structured business could work and like how accountability works. Accountability and leadership, I learned very much during that time period. [00:04:49] But at that same time period, I was also going out a lot and I was like very interested to me in like, what is it that caused certain men to be phenomenally good with women and get a lot of people to show up to an event and then what caused other men to just not get it. And I always, I also noticed that there was a very small group of men that got it. [00:05:05] And then a very large group of men that didn't understand this concept whatsoever. So I became fascinated with that idea of 2011. I ended up retiring from the military and I ended up moving to Las Vegas and this is the first time when I started going out to some of these nightclubs and these venues here in Las Vegas. [00:05:19] And I meet a lot of real estate agents. I meet a lot of accountants. I meet plastic surgeons, doctors. And it was very clear to me like that some of them got it and some of them didn't get it. I threw a real estate event recently where we took a blue heron home. And then we had a charity event for animals. [00:05:33] And while we're there, I invited every single female influencer in the city to show up. Well, these, some of these girls were interested in getting into real estate, but I just want you to imagine it was just like a regular real estate event that you have, except you're doing it for animal rescue. [00:05:47] So now all these people who are in real estate, mortgage brokers, et cetera, property managers like yourself, they would show up to this beautiful three story house. It was catered. It was beautiful. And then every pretty girl in the city in Las Vegas who wasn't working that night showed up to this thing. [00:06:01] So now you're drinking champagne. There's three times as many girls as guys. Some of you guys are listening to this and you're like, "okay, now I understand. I'm starting to understand what he does." You're able to create these incredible environments and in doing so, just imagine, everyone... I try to teach networking through events. [00:06:17] That's basically how I try to teach networking through small events at your house or large events, you know, like a CES conference. I try to teach networking through those mechanisms. And then I try to show how evolution created humans throughout history. Dr. David Buss writes in his book the evolution of desire throughout history. [00:06:34] The men who have worked in groups and in tandem with one another always had access to more resources and always had access to more women. And so that's the reason why, you know, I teach these concepts. And so what happens is that blue Heron thing that we did, the guy who ran it, he's at the forefront and he goes, "I want to just thank you guys for coming out here and helping me, blah, blah, blah." [00:06:52] He had endeared so much goodwill with every mortgage broker, real estate agent. It was really crazy. All these other real estate agents wanted to train under him. People started sending him business. His business blew up. Another example I give, that's Jeremy Green's name. I have another example of my buddy, Mark Pearlberg, who's one of those also in my program. [00:07:09] Mark is an accountant. Mark started to see the way that I would use zoom calls and on the zoom calls, Mark would go on and show. How he understood accounting backwards and forwards better than everyone else who was listening, he showed himself to be a subject matter expert in the zoom calls. He was hosting in doing so, just imagine Jason, like, you know, I don't believe accounting is your specialty, but if you listen to accountant at first, it's interesting, but after like an hour and a half, you get to the realization, like, "this is interesting, but I don't want to do this." [00:07:37] And then at about the two hour mark, you're like, "This is interesting. I don't want to do this. How much do I have to pay you to do this?" And so because what we did and he started hosting a podcast and because he started hosting these zoom calls with other professionals, now he tells me, he's like, "I actually had to slow down the podcast because I can't handle all the business that I have. [00:07:55] There's not enough of me. In order for me to be able to do this." And he works from home. He just, an incredible lifestyle that he's created. So when we go back to what we're saying before, you know, I learned initially, "okay, what are the mechanisms that cause people to be cool or not cool, to be popular, not popular, to be low status or high status?" [00:08:13] I learned that when I was working in Austin, you know, nightclub, I learned that when I was in the U S military, like what good leadership and bad leadership was. And then I learned it in the last 13 years here living in Las Vegas. And I took all those lessons and I, from the last say, 25 years, and I put them into a course called the men of action course and try to concisely take this 25 years of knowledge and put it into one space so that everyone can learn how to do these kinds of things. [00:08:35] Now, here's where it might be confusing for some of your audience, the mechanisms that men use in order to show status with women in order to date them and the mechanisms that men and women use in order to pitch an idea or to sell a product are the same mechanisms. They are the same. This is difficult. A lot of people don't grasp this. if you guys ever want to see a great example of this, great book you should all read is Oren Klaff's book called pitch anything. Listen to some of the words he uses. Jason, you remember eliminate neediness. [00:09:06] Do you remember that? Eliminate neediness. Where does that come from? Where does that come from? It didn't come from self help. Eliminate neediness is a dating concept. Okay? Avoid beta behavior. Do you remember? Oren Klaff says this in his book. He goes, "avoid beta behavior." Where does that come from, Jason? [00:09:21] That is a dating concept. So where do these things come from? At the highest level Jordan Belfort, he calls it goal oriented communication. So goal oriented communication is, "will you go on a date with me?" Goal oriented communication is, "Ken, will you invest in my project?" Goal oriented communication is, "will you come work for me?" [00:09:36] Goal oriented communication. I'm doing this because this is like the apex of community of goal oriented communication. All these places meet at the apex, and that is the understanding of basically Dale Carnegie's how to win friends and influence people, get people to talk about themselves. You can find common interests, figure out ways to break rapport, all these different things. [00:09:53] And like what I teach my clients, Jason, the number one thing I teach my clients when it comes to high stats networking is you need to be the person who always solves problems for other people and ask for nothing in return. A great example is, do you remember Harvey Keitel in the movie Pulp Fiction? [00:10:08] You remember he's the wolf? Do you remember Pulp Fiction? I haven't seen Pulp Fiction. Okay, so tonight you're going to watch Pulp Fiction. Every single other person watching this has watched Pulp Fiction. [00:10:17] Jason: I know, everybody else has watched it but me, so. [00:10:19] Michael: There's a point, there's a point where they have to clean up a dead body and they have to call this guy named the wolf and he just, he fixes things. [00:10:25] He's a cleaner. The wolf shows up in his Acura NSX, it's Harvey Keitel and he just fixes things. He goes, "are you going to listen to me or do you want to go to jail?" And he does, he just fixes everything. That's what I become. I'm the guy who fixes things for other people. I have a bunch of friends. I help them find people for their sales team. Most of my friends have met their boyfriends or girlfriends through me. I help people find their employees. I'm the hub. I'm the hub of the social wheel. And that's what I teach you to do in my course. If you cannot replace your social circle, your girlfriend, or your job in 15 minutes, you don't have enough abundance and I need to teach you how to have more abundance. [00:10:56] And so how do you do that? There's just certain mechanisms that people who have an abundance mentality and understand networking have, and when they use those techniques, then they can have anything they want. They get into any door. So another example, Jason is like the guy who goes to the Tai Lopez conference or the Taylor Welch conference or goes to see Cole Gordon or goes to see Wes Watson or goes to see whoever. [00:11:17] The guy who is like, "Hey man, thank you for your time." The one who like goes and pays Patrick bed David for his counseling. And then there's the guy who Patrick Bet David who goes to see Patrick David for his counseling. And then Patrick David was like, "Hey man, can I come visit you and hang out? Come meet my wife. Let me take you out to dinner." Does that make sense? There's a mechanism you'll see, like with a lot of people have asked me this before. Why is it that, you know, other people are like paying to listen to Justin Waller speak, but like Justin Waller and I are like close friends? [00:11:42] Why is it that other people like buy Rollo's book, but Rollo is one of my best friends? Why is it like all these other people call me and I'm not trying to say this to brag, but the reason why I'm trying to say this is there's a status line that you get to where you're a customer, and then you're his friend. [00:11:56] How do you cross that status line? This is such a key for those of you who are like, trying to get into sales or trying to understand networking. It's just like, I'm paying this guy, like how much, like I'm paying Tony Robbins. I'm a customer. I'm customer. Now Tony's like sending me messages on my birthday. [00:12:09] What is that status line? Some people's like, "well, you just need to have more money." And I'm telling you that is not what the case is. That's definitely not what the case is. [00:12:15] Jason: Who would want to connect with people that they're only connecting with you because of money? I mean, that'd be a really shitty reason to be connecting with somebody. [00:12:22] Michael: In the beginning, you will. But after a while you learn, whenever I go up and talk to my favorite influencer, let's say I paid for his coaching program is my voice cracking or my eyes getting big is my vocal tonality changing because I see this person as high status. [00:12:38] Am I dressing too fancy to try to show off? Am I doing too much or am I just like just the normal dude? I am. Oren Klaff, one of my favorite YouTube content creators. I don't know if you are not Oren Klaff. I'm sorry, Orion Terriban. All right. His name is Psych Hacks. Well, I had him on my show a couple of days ago. [00:12:54] He kind of converges behavioral economics with evolutionary psychology. And he basically talks about the sexual marketplace as far as economics is concerned. Okay. Really great person. Have him on my show. Ask him a bunch of stuff during the show. One of the things I talk about is like, "Hey, Orion, I know that you do some sales stuff, some coaching stuff. If you want my help, I'll help you how to, you know, put out a low ticket offer, high ticket offer, how you can like buy back your time." he's like, "yeah, you know, I can't scale myself that much." I was like, "okay, so you're going to read buy back your time by Dan Martell." [00:13:21] And then I gave him a bunch of books, you know, that would probably help him. And then at the end, I was like, bro, anytime you want to call me and you ask me about any of this stuff, I'll help you. The guy who has the world, you guys look it up. The guy with the world record in the high jump on planet earth is a guy named Darius Clark. He went to Texas A& M. He's the leading scorer in slam ball. Have you ever seen slam ball, Jason? Remember the trampolines and the basketball, they go dunk on each other. Anyways, I bumped into Darius at a slam ball game. We started talking and I'm, and then Darius is like, "Hey man, I want to level up my social media." [00:13:50] And I'm like, "Darius, let me figure out ways that I can help you level up your social media." So it's like one guys are like a professional athlete. Another guy's an accountant. You might be saying like, "why is it you're able to do all these different things?" And the reason why is because these are evolutionary problems. [00:14:04] These are evolutionary challenges that all men we're looking for. There are three things that really differentiate men from women. Three massive things. There's more than three, but these are the three biggest ones. Jason here. Number one, this is the most obvious one. It's upper body strength. Men are about two standard deviations stronger than women as far as upper body strength, meaning the medium grip strength for a man it puts them in the top, you know, 98 percent and top 2 percent of women. Makes sense. [00:14:27] Jason: Yeah. Which also throws off our balance is higher. Yeah. [00:14:31] Michael: Correct. Also. Yeah. It also, there's a reason why some of the reasons why men live shorter lives is because they keep their weight up here around their waist. [00:14:37] Whereas women keep it below their hips. And that's really, it's further away from their heart. There's a couple other things according to that now that's the first thing. The second one is a variety of sexual partners. Men are again, two standard deviations. Yeah. Far more like meaning the median man is interested in more women than the other way around but puts them in the top 2%. [00:14:55] But the third one, and this was a really interesting one and I knew this one, but it was Tai Lopez I was at his house last Wednesday. And he was explaining this, do you know the main thing where women just do not care that much about at all? But men are obsessed with, you know what it is? It's in your title. [00:15:09] No, it's in your title. [00:15:10] Jason: Let's see, friends, high status, what I don't know? [00:15:13] Michael: Status. Women in general do not care as much about status as men do, meaning women don't kill each other over status as men have been doing for the last hundred thousand years. So in fact, Dr. Buss, women care about men having status. [00:15:26] Jason: Women care about men having status. [00:15:28] Michael: Women care about the men that they're with having status, yes. Yeah, okay. Yes. I see. Meaning they care about status as an object to obtain, but not as a something for themselves. Or rather, if you've ever, if you've ever lived on a military base, it's one of the strangest things. [00:15:41] Whoever the base commander's wife is, she's like the leader of the wives. It's so weird. She did nothing. She didn't go to officer school. She didn't do shit, but because she's married to the 06, the base commander, whenever they have engagements, she is... it's so funny. Anybody who's been in the military, you know, this is true. [00:15:58] Whoever the base commander's wife is. She's all of a sudden like the leader of all the events, even though why? Because she's married to the base commander. That's the way it works. So men, women in general in gendered into themselves, don't care as much about status as men do men severely care about status far more than women do. [00:16:16] And so because of the, these concepts, that's why you'll see like with a lot of the stuff I'm saying when it comes to sales, this is for men and women, but when it comes to dating, women do not sit there and have to show their status in order to attract men. But the other way they do. Does that make sense? [00:16:29] Yeah. And that's why it's like an important differentiation to make. And that's one of the other things I teach in my course. Like when you also, when you're selling to men versus women, it's something that you need to understand. You don't necessarily need to sell to women based on status. Like how, "Hey Sherry, how'd you like those big shoulders to show off those muscles to get those guys?" No, they don't. It's that's a status thing shoulder to waist ratio is like a male strength machismo testosterone status thing that women just aren't as interested in, you know, so there's just interesting concepts like that. [00:16:59] This divergence innate differences between men and women and where do we find these differences? We find them in evolutionary studies. [00:17:05] Jason: So I think it's really interesting what you talked about earlier. You mentioned like this gravitation towards basically what works, right. And we see this everywhere. [00:17:14] Like I've been in lots of different programs. I've worked with lots of different mentors, coaches, read lots of different books and I'm noticing more and more I evolve as a human being. I'm noticing more and more parallels between the best ideas. Like I just read a book on kids. It was like how to talk so kids will listen and how to listen so kids will talk. And it's probably one of the best communication books I've ever read. Like anybody could learn from reading this book because to some degree, we're all little kids in bigger. [00:17:44] Michael: Even without kids. [00:17:45] Jason: And also I was like, this is brilliant, like self talk like psychology even in this book. [00:17:51] And I'm like, this could be applied to so many different things. And it talks about empathetic, like being empathetic in your communication. I'm like, this is brilliant. This will work so effectively for sales or for anything. And people think, "oh, it's for kids." Right. And so what works works. [00:18:05] And I read another book, something about relationships by David B. Wolfe. It was a really good book, and this was for grownups, but there were so many parallels between these things. And you had mentioned also with dating and you know, for example, sales really, there's so many parallels between going out and trying to get clients and trying to get dates. [00:18:27] Michael: The higher you go, they're not parallels. They're exactly the same. When you get to the top, they're exactly like what I'm saying is when you get to the top, meaning like Hugh Hefner, like when you're at the top and then you just see, it's just a total presentation and it's nothing but just showing status. [00:18:42] Oh, it's the same thing. It's the same. I bought a Tesla that like Playboy is a brand. Tesla is a brand. You start to see they're doing the same thing to your brain. [00:18:51] Jason: So for the business owners, listening to this, who are not trying to be Hugh Hefner. Right. They're not, and maybe they're married like me and they're not like trying to get women, but they do want to increase their sales. [00:19:03] They do want to increase their status and they want to figure out how to attract more business. What are maybe some of the things that they could do to be more attractive to the real estate investors that they're trying to get as clients? [00:19:18] Michael: Yeah, I will tell you the first thing is you need to be a way more cognizant of how you are perceived socially and for a lot of people, one of the things you have to understand is the more things become digital and the more your image can be spread across social media platforms, the less your actual merit of your business matters and the more the perception of your business matters. [00:19:40] Jason: Yeah. How do they get an accurate view of how they're perceived? [00:19:46] Michael: You could ask other people. I mean, generally the market is going to tell you, right? What is the price of of a commodity? The market's going to end up telling you right. In a free market economy, but it's like when you make social media content, you need to make them the content to market your business in a sexy, fun way that catches people's attention, but it doesn't have to be extremely representative. And I know this is really hard for a lot of people to do because they're like, "no, I'm just going to be myself and make content that feels organic." And I'm just telling you that doesn't work. [00:20:14] I don't care what Gary Vanderchuck told you. That is not the way the world works. Everyone else is stunting. Everyone is using FaceApp and Facetune. All these other people are just showing images and pictures of the best parts of their life. I post on social media all the time. I did not post anything about me feeding my cats this morning. [00:20:30] Like, the people want to see the cool stuff. That's just generally the way it is. So, you're, the way you are perceived on social media again, that's what we, you know, Men of Action, our group, is when you're in a community that gives you accountability and feedback to let you know, hey man, this is not a good post or this is a good post. [00:20:45] When we are on Instagram specifically instagram trades, a currency and that currency is called status. That's all Instagram is. Facebook is not like that. By the way, you guys will notice for those of you do any kind of marketing, Facebook is going to work really well for your 38- 40 year old audience and older. [00:21:01] And Instagram is going to work for your audience below 38 to maybe 28 and then maybe to 25 and below 25, it's going to be TikTok. And you'll notice, depending on which audience you're trying to get to, that's where you're going to see the most prevalence on those different platforms. Also, you're also going to see the most politically progressive of those platforms will be TikTok and the most politically conservative all those platforms will be like Twitter or X. So you, these are kind of the things that you have to learn. What you need out there is a perception that people have of your business and you have it as an entrepreneur. So you need to be trustworthy. You need to seem like, you know, more than everyone else, like you're a subject matter expert and you need to seem extremely motivated. [00:21:40] And in doing so as well, when you show images of your business and you personally, you need to show relevancy, competency, access to scarce resources, and social proof. Those are the things that will help. So what I mean by social proof? Other people in the industry following you on Instagram is a great way to almost look like a testimonial or maybe they leave comments. [00:21:59] That's a great way to show social proof, relevancy. Are you trying to use banner ads from 25 years ago? Or you're like, "Well, I'm still using email blasts." Okay. If I'm talking to a guy in real estate and he's telling me about email blasts, I know he's not relevant anymore. If I'm sitting there talking to stuff, if that's all he's talking about, right? [00:22:17] If he's sitting there being like, you know, he doesn't use Instagram, but he's got an SEO guy. I'm like, okay, he's not relevant anymore. He doesn't know. He hasn't changed things. But when I talked to a guy and he's like, "yeah, what I did was I started a podcast and in my podcast, I do 20 minute interviews with different people using restream. And then I have a guy come through and make clips and then I have, and then the best clips I end up promoting those clips on Instagram or using meta. Facebook Ad manager, meta ad manager, and in doing so, then I make the best ones and I turn them into advertisements and I put a CTA at the end." I'm like, okay, that guy's relevant, that guy gets it. [00:22:49] Jason: Then we're relevant here at DoorGrow. [00:22:51] Michael: What you're doing is extremely relevant. [00:22:52] Jason: If they have an AOL email address, they're like, "what's your email?" [00:22:56] Michael: That's exactly, it's not relevant. [00:22:57] "It's aol.Com." [00:22:58] "I have a Facebook, but I don't have an Instagram." You're just not relevant. Like I can tell you're not relevant. When people are like, "well, my audience isn't on Instagram." It's like, it doesn't matter if your audience is on Instagram, you're trying to grow your audience. And by the way, the market will tell you what it wants. And every day, I'm sorry for those of you who don't want to hear this. Every day, each one of these platforms becomes slightly less relevant. Okay? [00:23:19] TikTok is on its uprise right now. Instagram is becoming less relevant because of TikTok, Rumble, YouTube, and Facebook to a certain audience is also already completely irrelevant. You'll see women below a certain age do not have a Facebook, but they do have an Instagram. [00:23:32] So the answer is to have all of them. All of you should have, you should be making 30 to 90 second content, the up and down type of content. Not landscape of profile content. You should be making that and it should be going on Snapchat. It should be going on X. It should be going on YouTube. It should be YouTube shorts, TikToks, and Facebook and Instagram reels. [00:23:50] It should be going at all those different places. You can use HubSpot or some other platform in order to post that content. And the content doesn't just have to be clips that go viral from podcasts. You can do man on the street videos. And here's a big one. All of you can do this. You can do reaction videos. [00:24:04] All of you can do reaction videos. They're so easy to do. And by the way, you don't even have to like, you're just like, "Michael, I don't know how to use OBS and I don't know how to do a reaction video." All you have to do is sit like I'm sitting right now. I'm in my den. You know, obviously I put some soundproofing behind me, but I'm in my den, I got a big ol ring light in front of me, and somebody comes up to me and goes, "Michael, what do you think about the Trump assassination attempt?" [00:24:23] Or "Michael, what do you think about, you know, Kamala Harris or whatever?" And I'm like, and I just turn my camera like this, like I'm talking, "Man, I'll tell you what I'm thinking. I'm thinking, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah." And you just say, and as soon as people watch the video and they're like, "This guy's about to tell me what he's thinking." [00:24:35] Then everyone will watch. And then some of you are listening right now and you're like, "I'm just a property manager. I don't want to talk about politics. Really go watch Ryan Pineda. Go watch Bradley, go watch Codie Sanchez, go watch Tom Bill. You go watch any of these guys who are crushing it in their fields. [00:24:51] They give their opinions on everything. Did you guys hear Alex Hormozi now talks about dating? What? Yeah. You're building a brand. Status is status. Like nobody cares. This is the other thing, Jason, a lot of your clients, and this is something I've talked to you about, and everyone in my program hears me talk about this ad nauseum. [00:25:08] Is the concept of like, I'm afraid that I'm going to post the wrong thing and nobody holds you accountable for anything you have to say, like, I was just looking at a video of Kamala Harris at a P Diddy party, walking around with Montel Jordan. No one seems to care that ever happened. No one cares about Joe Biden talking about, "I don't want to send my kids to school with the monkeys." [00:25:26] Nobody cares about it. No one cares. Like you said, like Donald Trump had sex with a porn star while his wife was pregnant and they brought it up during the debates and no one cares. Literally one of the most popular movies of all time The wolf of wall street is a about a man who did 15 months in prison for securities fraud, punched his wife in the stomach, kidnapped his own kid, did quaaludes and slept with prostitutes, and then afterwards, he is one of the top sales trainers in the world today. But you guys think anyone cares. Caitlyn Jenner runs over someone, kills them, and then four months later is named woman of the year. But you're like, "Michael, I'm a property manager. What if I post the wrong thing?" Here's another thing, Jason, and this is a poor reflection on humanity, but it's absolutely true. [00:26:09] If you get popular enough, they will forgive you for anything. And if you don't believe me right before OJ died, I had a conversation with him and they had offered him millions of dollars to do a fantasy football podcast, and I was like, OJ, what about those people you stabbed 56 times? Nobody cares. So many of you are watching this right now and you're like, you have 400 followers on Instagram and you're like so worried about posting the wrong thing, bro. [00:26:32] You don't have 400 followers on Instagram. You have four followers on Instagram and one of them's your mom. No one cares what you're doing. Most of you on social media are irrelevant and because you're irrelevant on social media, in reality, you're invisible. Listening to this, when you ask me what the advice is, your job is to become visible. [00:26:49] Some of you will be offended by what I say and the rest of you will be successful. You've got to decide which one you want to be. [00:26:54] Jason: So I'm going to play devil's advocate for a second here, right? A lot of property managers, they think "I'm going to go start posting about property management. And maybe I'll get some investors that want to like work with me." [00:27:06] And so they start posting property management with this false assumption that people really care about property management, right? And so the analogy I'll usually share with property managers is I'll say, "how many plumbers are you following on social media?" And they'll say, "none." [00:27:23] "Why?" I said, "they want your business. Why aren't you following them?" And so there's this false reality that these social media marketers will sell to property managers. They're like wasting their time. And some of them spend a lot of money and time with these social media companies, wasting time promoting their property management business on social media, when nobody gives a shit about property management, even their clients don't wake up in the morning and go, "man, I'm thinking about property management." [00:27:50] Jason, what should they be doing instead? [00:27:52] Michael: Yes. Jason you saying that just got me. I want someone who's watching this to do this and then tag me in the video when you do it. Jason, as a property manager, do you ever have nightmare tenants? [00:28:03] Jason: So to be clear for those listening... [00:28:05] Michael: yeah, [00:28:06] Jason: I'm not managing properties. I'm coaching property management business owners, but they would say, "yes," they have nightmare tenants. All the time. [00:28:12] Michael: Do you ever have nightmare vendors? Like guys who come like when I say vendor, what I mean is the plumber, the carpenter, the guy who comes... [00:28:18] Jason: Yes, they have problems with vendors constantly, they have nightmare owners. [00:28:21] They're managing properties. [00:28:22] Michael: What about, well, I wouldn't do nightmare owners cause you're trying to get business. I wouldn't talk about nightmare owners. What I would talk about is. I would start off a clip just like this. "I had a nightmare tenant. This guy was destroying," and then it would just show pictures. [00:28:34] "This guy was destroying everything in the place. I swear. He didn't know how to, he couldn't aim and hit the toilet. He has just destroyed the place. And this is what I did to fix it. And here's three tips for you to deal with a nightmare tenant." Viral. Yeah. Viral. Not only are you viral. Everyone's coming to you. [00:28:52] It's like, "man, I don't want a nightmare tenant. I just bought this two bedroom, two bathroom. I don't want a nightmare tenant. I'm going to go do what he does." [00:28:59] Jason: I don't want it to be a meth house eviction. Like, yeah. [00:29:02] Michael: Yes. Yeah. You know what i'm saying? Like that's what I would do. I would go over like what are these and because what you're going to do is what are the biggest fears of the people who are hiring property owners, my nightmare tenant, my tenant who doesn't pay. Like those kind of things, and I would make content. What are the three steps that I did to do with the five tips that a lot of people's in this place don't do right? I would make content like that. And you could do opus there's these ai software apps that'll basically take the clip and then they'll just inject B roll that fits whatever the words you're saying. [00:29:33] You don't have to hardly do any work when you do it and then all of a sudden it's like, "it was a nightmare. This guy's made my place look like a roach house. Roach infested." And then it'll actually pull up an image like a whatever, a stock Shutterstock image of a roach infested home, whatever. [00:29:47] Jason: Now they're using ai. Even I'm seeing a lot of AI images Just flashing. Yeah. Yeah. Or, yeah. Correct. [00:29:51] Michael: It could actually illustrate using artificial intelligence, illustrate the image for you. You could actually do that. So you don't have run into any copyright issues. Right. Or any permission issues. [00:30:00] There's just so many ways to do this. But what are you doing? You're showing relevancy and competency. You know how to use Instagram. You know how to create a clip using artificial intelligence. You have good audio. You have good lighting. You're showing relevancy. You're showing competency. You're showing high intelligence. [00:30:15] You're showing high social status. And then in the comments, you're like "LMAO." Like people are laughing my ass off. "This happened to me." "Oh my God, Jason, same shit." "100 percent true." And now I have social status. I have all these things. Why? Because I made some content that was engaging about something that is incredibly unsexy, which is property management. [00:30:35] That's how you do it. What are those ultimate fears that your prospective clients have? And I would just do nothing but make content about that. I have a friend of mine, FedEx fearless. His name's Bismarck. And this guy, he goes, "these are three reasons why you are ugly." And I'm like, "what?" [00:30:48] And like, he really goes after people. "This is the reason why your girlfriend is cheating on you right now." And everyone just, I'm like, "what?" And I don't want to watch, but I'm like, I need to watch this video. [00:30:57] Jason: What's going on there? Yeah. [00:30:59] Michael: It's so great. It's so great. " No, Michael, you need to be authentic with your social..." no, you don't. You don't need to be authentic. You need to capture people's attention. You need to be attractive. Your primary job is to be attractive on social media. Now what happens is now you got them with the hook, "Here are the top three things that I do to deal with this horrible tenant that I have" And then when they come in the hook now throughout there you give those three, explanations But you also throw in a little piece of advice that shows just a little humble brag that shows "In my 27 years of property management, this is the thing that I've learned." [00:31:30] Okay, little humble brag. And at the end, it goes, "if you want to learn more, comment, the word guide below," or if you're on YouTube, you'd be like, "go down into the description and click the link. And then blah, blah, blah." And it just ends up right down your sales funnel, maybe to a low ticket offer, maybe an ebook that you wrote something like that. [00:31:45] And the next thing, you've 10xed profits. You've 10x revenue. You're selling a course on property management while writing a book on property management, while having a podcast on property management, while being a property manager, all of it at the same time. And then you got to hire a new accountant because you got too many write offs. [00:31:59] Like you don't have enough time to pay your taxes. You got to get too much money. That's it. That's how this works. And that's about what I just explained to you. It's just the difference between getting it and not getting it, being relevant and not being relevant. And so a lot of people, what they're, they listen to me and they always make me out to be the bad guy because cause what I do is I tell people, no one cares about you. And no one likes to hear that. They like to think that the rest of the world cares about property managers. But like you said, no one's following plumbers. Right. But if I was a plumber, I would do the same thing, "man, I walked into this house and this toilet had exploded and just have an image of it." [00:32:30] And it'd be like, "okay, I need to hear what this is." "And then a monster crawled out of the toilet." I'm just kidding. And like, I would just, that's what I would do just to keep people's attention. [00:32:37] Jason: So for those listening, can we qualify you a little bit related to social media, because you've got a good following? [00:32:43] You've got a sizable business because people listening if they don't know who you are, I want them to recognize you're very qualified to talk about this. Not so humble brag about yourself for a second. [00:32:55] Michael: I have a men of action. We have 1600 clients that have gone through there. [00:32:58] 200 video testimonials if you go on the school server. And also we have a free community a free school server. What's about 43-4,500 guys in there. You're welcome to message. One of the things that I've told people is that if I join a group and they tell me not to talk to the other people in the group, I know this is a scam. [00:33:12] You'll notice sometimes with MLMs, you'll see that. I implore you to talk to anyone, any client that's ever gone through my program and they will tell you how incredibly satisfied they were. Also you, Jason, I'm sure you've seen my course is extremely comprehensive. It's about 65 hours long. That doesn't even include the live calls. [00:33:29] And then also there's a book, there's a required book list that you have to read in order to go through the course. [00:33:33] Jason: I'll tell you right now, like an eight figure business for you. [00:33:36] Michael: Just today, we've done eight figures in total, but as of this month, this is the first month we'll recross the mark. [00:33:42] It was what? 833 a month or something like that. We cross that this month. So that's about, yeah. So we're doing about a little bit under eight figures in revenue per year. [00:33:50] Jason: This is more than any property managers probably listened to my show. So just for perspective. Okay. Yeah. Got it. [00:33:57] Michael: Yeah. I mean, because coaching is scalable. [00:34:00] That's the reason why. And like the other thing I want you guys understand is a lot of people got into real estate because they were trying to find a scalable way of making income and they're using you to make their lives scalable. So if you guys read, buy back your time by Dan Martell, they're paying you to buy back their time as real estate owners. [00:34:15] That's what their job is. And essentially you're going to eventually do the same thing. You're going to pay someone to buy back your time from them. So the main difference, and I'm sure many of you entrepreneurs already know this, but. When you start off in the workforce, you are trading your time for money. [00:34:28] You're working at Chick fil A or McDonald's and you're being paying an hourly salary later on. You're trading your money for time. I pay one guy. He comes into my house. He turns on my computer, he turns on my camera, he turns on my lights, he sits me down, and then he just starts yelling at me to talk about certain subjects, and I have no idea, I'm just like, drinking coffee, and I'm like, what up, and he goes, "what do you think about this?" And I'm like, "oh man, let me tell you something, and then they record it," and then it's just a reaction video, and I do nothing. [00:34:53] I pay to get my time back. I have several editors that live in Romania and Nigeria and all these, because I don't want to edit videos anymore. I used to be a video editor and a videographer. I don't want to do it anymore. I pay one place to do the live editing for my podcast. I don't want to do that anymore. [00:35:07] I pay to get my time back. For those of you who are considering hiring a personal assistant, once again, highly recommend Dan Martell's book, Buy Back Your Time. In the book, he talks about taking your yearly salary and divided by 8, 000. And that's what you pay the guy hourly. Take your yearly salary, how much you make in a year, your yearly income divided by 8, 000. [00:35:24] That's it. They go over the reason why, but it ends up becoming like a 40 hour work week. You end up paying him one, you pay him half of what one hourly wage for years. So if your time is worth a thousand dollars an hour, you might pay him 500 an hour to get certain things done for your life. And one of my favorite sayings in that book is something done 80 percent right is 100 percent awesome. [00:35:43] And like, it was one of the hardest things to give up. The guy who does my timestamps, that was really hard. I love doing timestamps because timestamps were giving me clips and those clips would go viral and the virality would make me money, but I had to give that up. And eventually you're going to give up all these processes. [00:35:57] Another thing I'll explain for you guys who are entrepreneurs, one of the greatest tools you will ever find is an app called loom. Look up loom. What loom is allows you to make videos, but the video it's like, it's showing the screen on your phone or it's showing the screen on your computer while they're listening to your voice and you send it to your person. [00:36:12] So like, for instance, I do mass invites for certain events that I do. So I'll go on loom and I'll have a guy, maybe he speaks you know, Farsi or maybe this guy speaks like his English. Isn't that great? What I'll do is I'll go through my invite slowly and I'll do it like for 30 minutes, I'll just do invites and I'll show so he can see what it looks like. [00:36:28] And then I send it to him and then he looks at it and he has no questions. And my invites are done like that. Loom is one of the greatest way of passing along SOPs to people and then using them in order to buy back your time. So understanding all these concepts, it makes you more relevant, makes you more competent. [00:36:43] It gives you higher status. It gives you more access. And these are the things that you're looking for. In any walk of life, but especially in something like property management and you guys also understand as property managers Your job isn't sexy So what you have to do is you have to show the sexy parts of your job, right? [00:36:57] When I my favorite one are accountants and dentists. They're not my friend my friends who are dentists who know what they're doing, they show the fucking horror job teeth, You know car accident, messed up teeth, meth addict, whatever, and then they get the teeth back to 100%. And like me, as someone who doesn't care that much about dentistry, I'm just like staring like, "Oh my God, that was incredible." [00:37:17] Yeah. what you do is you figure out people's primary driver emotion and their biggest fear. And then from those things, from the primary driver emotion and their biggest fear and from those things then you make your content attacking those primary driver emotions and those biggest fears, okay. And when you do so it doesn't make any difference if you're an accountant It doesn't make any difference if you're a property manager doesn't make any difference what it is that you sell people will watch and they will be obsessed. [00:37:42] My brother, he watches videos of horseshoes. They basically, you know, they shave off the end of the horse's hoof and then they put the shoes on. He said it's like the most relaxing thing in the world to watch. And I wouldn't even think about that, but why is it? It's like something we don't even think about that much, but it's pretty amazing. [00:37:56] Like when you see, it's like very relaxing to watch stuff like that. You can do stuff like that. [00:38:00] Jason: There's a guy that's viral for just, he finds distressed houses. And he just cleans up their lawn and the sidewalk. He's like, "Hey, could I mow your lawn? And it's like relaxing to watch the transformation." [00:38:12] Yeah. [00:38:12] Michael: Another one that's great was if you guys watch the early Ryan Pineda stuff, what was he doing? He was flipping couches. He would find crappy couches, clean them up, and then he would sell them again. And he made a living from flipping couches. There's just all these different things. And like the concept of it sounds so boring, but I want to watch someone do it. [00:38:28] Right. It was the one where you'd buy those storage units and then you'd see whatever's in this. Oh, I forgot what that was. It was pawn shop, pawn stars or something where the people would buy storage units and open up in there. And there's like, sometimes there'd be nothing in the storage unit. Sometimes there'd be like a dead body in there or some crazy shit. [00:38:41] Like they find like a skull and like all of a sudden. Bag full of money. Yeah. Yeah. By the way, you guys know the producers were putting that bag of money in there, right? Like that wasn't real. That wasn't real. [00:38:52] Jason: Reality TV isn't real either. You like to say social media isn't real and that's okay or something. [00:38:58] Michael: So rule number four in men of action is social media is fake and I'm okay with that because the money's real. And the world isn't fair. And I'm okay with that. [00:39:05] Jason: Yeah. [00:39:06] Michael: The world isn't fair and I'm okay with it. Rule number four in a, in social and of action is about acceptance. It's about accepting the world the way it is and never being a victim. [00:39:14] It's sure things are hard for you, but you're never a victim. You might be too short. English might not be your first language and you're having a hard time speaking it. You might be born poor. You might be born with some kind of ailment or disability that you feel like holds you back, but that's where you are. [00:39:27] You start from where you are. And then you create from there. Okay. You were saying something before about how you notice like all these books kind of converge in to the same place, three books that have nothing to do with each other, but it's the same concept. Ready? The power of now by Eckhart Tolle, the subtle art of not giving a fuck by Mark Manson and sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari. [00:39:45] You're like, wait a second. It's all the same thing. It's all the same. It's all this. I get to choose how react. I get to tell myself stories that change my behavior. It's all three of these books that have nothing to do with each other end up being the same book, not exactly the same book, but similar books. [00:40:00] Because once you get to the highest levels of enlightenment, transcendence, goal oriented communication ends up being the same thing for everyone. [00:40:07] Jason: There's a one of my favorite books is by Byron Katie called Loving What Is. And basically, she takes you through this process of just asking yourself these four sort of questions to challenge your current view of reality. [00:40:21] And it takes you out of this victim sort of view. It's very much like cognitive behavioral therapy, maybe, or something like this, right? Yes. Or CBT or something. But yeah, so asking this question, is this belief that I have actually true? And a lot of our beliefs that we're holding on to that are holding us back. [00:40:36] And like, if we're not getting results in life, it's because we currently have beliefs that are not working for us. And so, if you see people that things are working well for them, even though you think, like, somebody might be watching right now going, "Michael is completely full of shit. He's throwing out all these crazy stuff and he's, he worked at a strip club" and somebody's like, so against that or whatever. [00:40:56] They're like their own stumbling block and they're in their way and they won't pay attention to the truth or the things that you're sharing that are good because they're so stuck on everything in the universe having to look a certain way that they are not even open to receiving more, they're not willing to challenge their own thinking. [00:41:13] They're not going to progress. They're going to stay stuck. [00:41:16] Michael: They identify more with their identity than they identify with success. [00:41:20] Jason: Yeah. Good way of saying it. And I love how you talked about kind of these currencies. One of my mentors in the past was Alex Charfen. And he's from here in the Austin area as well. [00:41:30] And he was talking about time, energy, focus, cash, and effort. He calls the five currencies. And Hormozi went through Alex Charfen's like coaching with me. I met Layla and Alex in this. And one of the things that I then saw Alex talk about these currencies. But what I thought was interesting is Alex said the most significant of those five currencies in order to scale and grow your business is focus. [00:41:52] It's the most important to scale, grow a company. And then Dan Martell, I once saw him teach this framework that was, it was like about the power of one. He's like, "the most effective business is a business has one sales funnel, one product, one..." it was like all ones, like, And I see property managers, a lot of times they'll try and like start five different businesses. [00:42:14] They're like, I'm going to start a cleaning company, a maintenance company, like all these other things.because they're complimentary real estate brokerage. And then they wonder why none of them are growing because they lack focus. And so all these things kind of converge, making sure that we have focus. [00:42:28] You also mentioned Dan Martell, who I think is a brilliant entrepreneur, he generally was coaching like software companies, SAS companies to help them grow and scale, but his stuff's applicable to coaching businesses. I've noticed it's applicable to anything because the principles are valid. [00:42:44] And one of the things I've had my clients do to get them to that next level, to basically get their time back is to have them do a time study to where they become accountable for their time, which things are positive and which things are negative, like plus or minus, which things give them energy in life and which things take it away in their own business. [00:43:00] And I have them do this like usually once a quarter. And when I did my first time study, I realized I was doing like four hours of podcast production in a week. It all added up and I was like, holy shit. So then I just hired a company to do it. It was a no brainer to let that go because it was stupid at that point for me to hold on to that once I could see that challenge. [00:43:20] And you mentioned loom, awesome tool for like one of my favorite tools, like it, which is next level. It's like loom, but it's Wistia's video recorder. It lets you actually record the screen and yourself. And then after the recordings made. You can then have it mid recording. You can switch which parts are showing and have segues between the two. [00:43:42] And it's super fast. It's like super cool. But we use tools like that. [00:43:46] Michael: Productivity. Yeah, definitely. [00:43:47] Jason: Yeah. So, I love all these ideas for collapsing time. Michael has dropped several awesome tools, knowledge bombs, ideas for those that are listening and also how to leverage content social media wise. [00:43:59] So what you know, if we were to bring this full circle what would you say is the most important thing that maybe business owners or property managers could be doing to scale and grow their business? [00:44:13] Michael: Right now? Again, one more time. It is: understand, your ability to grow is based on your perceived status, your perceived trustworthiness, your perceived know how. Not your actual know how. Like, I can tell you so many guys that I know that are real estate experts on YouTube. And then I have my friends of mine that are real estate agents. And they're like, "that guy doesn't know shit." And I'm like, "no, he's coaching the white belts." That's the why, the reason why he says the things that he says. [00:44:39] And they have a hard time dealing with it. So, understanding that concept. And then. You have to leave yourself. You have to subvert your own ego, go on places like TikTok or Instagram places you'd never think to go to, and then look at who's going viral, who's in your exact industry, and you're going to need to take pieces from what you see. [00:44:56] Like, what are the kinds of videos that do really well? And you're going to be able to find those very quickly. You can literally right now would go on Tik Tok and look up property management and you'll find a bunch of videos, like just pick the ones that go the most viral or a real estate, a podcast, and then pick the topics that go the most viral and just blatantly steal them, steal, blatantly steal everything. [00:45:19] You in the beginning, no creativity necessary, just steal. Okay, and you do that for a while and then you start to sort of get your footing And then you start to realize wait a second, I've been running ads and my ROAS per dollar my ads is x 1. 2 or 2. 0 or whatever but in organic my cost per lead is like nothing because my organic traffic, it costs me so much less to get a lead. [00:45:44] It's incredible. Then I go on someone else's podcast because my content is getting better and better. And then all of a sudden now, you know, Rich Summers and Ryan Pineda want me to come on their show to talk about, you know, maybe I'm on ice coffee hour or whatever, talking about real estate. [00:45:58] And then I get on bigger and bigger shows and now my cost per lead decreases even more because I just had this simple understanding that the way it works is my perceived status my perceived know how and my perceived trustworthiness to other people are the reasons why people will buy my product. Now you may already obviously everyone who's listened to this if you have any success in property management You already have your funnel is probably dealing with either word of mouth shaking hands, or it's dealing with some sort of paid advertisement, but I implore you try organic. Try to use organic and then organic meaning using Instagram posts or Facebook posts. [00:46:33] And then once you do that, try to take your best content and turn your best content in an advertisement and promote those, promote that content. That's something we've also been doing. And if you want examples on everything I just said, a great book, a great place to start is the 100 million offer series by Alex Hormozi. He goes over every single thing that I just talked about. It's absolutely fantastic. It's really great stuff. The difference is with my program, MOA, we're a little bit more bespoke for what it is exactly that you're doing. But we're mostly talk about networking. And then the other thing is, When you actually meet that person in person that you want to work with, do you come off as a fan boy? [00:47:06] Do you come off as too eager? Do you, does your body language show signs of neediness or signs of low status? Are these things that you can watch? And then how do you figure that out? You watch yourself on camera. Do you watch yourself on other people's podcasts? Because that's one of the things is like as social media grows and more people are exposed to more people, just remember like if you consider in the plasticine, you know, we live in hunter gatherer societies of 150 people and now we can legitimately have a hundred thousand friends on social media in that kind of situation because we're exposed to more people, we are more attuned to status, physical appearance, et cetera. And so now what happens is humans essentially become more shallow. [00:47:46] They become more attuned to other people's status and rightly or wrongly. Is it a negative commentary on humans? Yes, it probably is, but it's the world you live on. And if you want to get rich, you need to listen to what I'm saying. And if what I'm saying, offends you, get ready to stay poor. Like, I'm sorry. [00:48:01] If you guys are listening to this right now, and you're like, "No, social media is going to go away and we're going to go back to walking up to doors and do an email blast and buying banner ads." If that's what you think, go back to your AOL. com email and just keep believing that's the case. [00:48:16] It's all about the handshake. It's like, if that's what you believe, that's fine. But for the rest of you who are ready to understand that if you think things are bad, I got news for you. They're only going to get worse. Meaning people aren't going to put their phones down at dinner. People aren't going to take fewer photos. [00:48:30] People. I was reading something. It was like, like in one day, now more photos are taken in like an hour than were taken during the entire year of 1985 or something like that. It was like the amount of photographic and video data that's uploaded in one hour exceeds the total photographs taken in an entire year back in the 1980s. [00:48:49] Some absurd number like that. If you think things are going in one direction, things are getting faster. They're more virtual. They're more digital. Digital, they're going to be controlled by artificial intelligence and they're going to be more scalable. You need to get on that train. The train is leaving. [00:49:05] You need to get on the train. Now, if you don't want to get on the train, that's fine, but notice as the world passes you by and the rate at which it passes you by only increases every year. If you want to learn about that, read Ray Kurzweil series called the singularity is near, and you can see how he talks about the rate of change is increasing, and then the rate of change is also increasing. [00:49:24] Jason: Okay, so this is awesome stuff. So Michael one thing I want to point out for those that are listening. Because I think you've sold your Men of Action short a little bit. So I'm gonna, I want to say something about it because what I think is in, what people think is in there probably based on what you're saying is it's a bunch of social media stuff and it's like how to, maybe how t
SummaryIn this episode, Matt and James discuss their dream car garage from 1992. They start by talking about their summer plans and giving props to James for hosting the previous episode. They then dive into their topic and share their picks for a sports car, truck, family hauler, daily driver, and wild card from 1992. Matt chooses a 1992 Acura NSX as his sports car, while James selects a 1992 BMW E36 M3 Euro. For trucks, Matt chooses a 1992 GMC Yukon, and James picks a 1992 Toyota Pickup Deluxe Cab 4x4. Their choices for family haulers are a 1992 Mitsubishi Montero for Matt and a 1992 Mercedes-Benz S-Class 560 SEL Sedan for James. They wrap up the episode by discussing the appeal and features of their chosen vehicles. In this conversation, Matt and James discuss their choices for daily drivers, family haulers, and wild cards from the year 1992. Matt considers a 1992 Lexus LS 400 as his daily driver, praising its value and build quality. James opts for a 1992 BMW E34 M5, highlighting its performance and sleek design. For their family haulers, Matt leans towards a 1992 Buick Roadmaster wagon, while James considers a 1992 Mercedes-Benz 560 SEL. As for their wild cards, Matt dreams of owning a 1992 McLaren F1, while James selects a 1992 Acura NSX. They also discuss their plans for car modifications and restoration projects.
In our final preview leading up to the full episode with Kat DeLorean, she tells us about the time that everyone in the gym froze when she mentioned that she did not know how to drive a stick shift. But John DeLorean couldn't let this continue, so he drags her home and gave her the keys to his manual Acura NSX. Unsurprisingly she drove that NSX like a pro the first time and thereafter because of the "gasoline in her veins."---------Please click "follow" on the show in your favorite platform to be the first to hear when the full episode with Kat DeLorean drops. We can't wait to hear what you think, so please send feedback and spread the word to help make your show better!#ToAllTheCarsIveLovedBefore #CarsLoved.comCall to Action: Share your thoughts on the podcast with Christian and Doug....
Davy Jones talked to us in Part One about his early days in racing and how he moved up to win at the highest levels of sports cars. This week in Part Two he continues to tell us about his career with stories about racing at the 24 Hours of Le Mans both with and without the chicanes on the Mulsanne Straight. He also tells us about that fateful day in Florida where a horrendous crash at Walt Disney World Speedway almost ended his career and life. He tells us about his remarkable return to racing and how he did it with the challenges involved in his rehabilitation. He also tells us about balancing life in general, what he's up to these days, and how important family is to him. Enjoy! NOTE: In between the interviews of Parts One and Two, Jones narrates a hot lap of the Long Beach circuit in an Acura NSX pace car starting at the exit of pit lane to returning a short time later. That audio file is the introduction to Part Two. By Larry Mason Copyright © 2024 Larry Mason
ep216 In this St. Patrick's Day episode, a dear friend and longtime Acura NSX owner Jim Cozzolino has passed from a very fast and aggressive cancer. Jhae share's some of his Coz stories. One Drink Wednesday co-host and dear friend Wes Tankersley is in-studio along with Drew Bunkley. The three talk about TikTok and it's possible divestiture or outright ban in the United States which would leave 100 million American's asking more questions than getting satisfactory answers. Jhae does not have a TikTok account, find out why. Also, has Long John Silver's finally lost its collective mind? (0:00) Remembering Coz (12:55) Intro (15:25) Has Long John Silver's lost it? (18:00) St. Patrick's Day Irish Whiskey (20:22) Can white people drive Buick's (23:55) TikTok conversation (41:17) Wes loves Phoenix (45:20) Closing Guests: Wes Tankersley: https://www.instagram.com/wes.tankersley/ Drew Bunkley: https://www.instagram.com/c8matrix/ One Drink Wednesday with Jhae & Wes: https://www.instagram.com/onedrinkwednesday/ https://www.tiktok.com/@onedrinkwednesday Discussed in this episode: The Social Dilemma: https://www.thesocialdilemma.com/the-film/ All in Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@allin Contact Hard Parking with Jhae Pfenning: Email: HardParkingPodcast@gmail.com Website: https://www.Hardparkingpod.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HardParkingPodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jhaepfenning/
Davy Jones has enjoyed a long career in auto racing. From small open-wheel race cars to the Indianapolis 500, multiple sports car wins including the 24 hours of Le Mans and more, Jones has achieved more than most in the sport. We met up with Jones at the media day activities for the 2023 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach where he was nice enough to spend some time with us talking about his new ride that day (the Acura NSX pace car) and more. We split the interview into two parts as he also gave me a hot lap in the NSX. In Part One he talks about his early days in racing and how he moved up through the ranks from Formula Fords to Formula One. He also shares what it's like to win at the highest levels of prototype sports car racing. In Part Two next week he continues to tell us about his career including that fateful day in Florida that changed his life. Enjoy! By Larry Mason Copyright © 2024 Larry Mason
Sonphet 'Tim' Chanthavong murder is still UNSOLVEDThe city of St. Petersburg, Florida was shaken on June 24, 1999, when a young man named Tim walked out of a record store, got into his Acura NSX, and was tragically murdered. Despite extensive investigations, the case remains unsolved and is now classified as a cold case. This episode delves into the details of this perplexing murder, examining the evidence, theories, and potential suspects to shed light on this unresolved crime. Join us as we unravel the mystery of what happened to Tim on that fateful day in 1999.This is Sonphet Tim Chanthavong's story…..#truecrime #unsolvedmystery #coldcase #StPetersburgFL #murdermystery #criminalinvestigationIF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING:To submit an anonymous tip to the St. Petersburg Police Department using the tip-411 web form, click the button HERE. https://police.stpete.org/tip411/index.html#gsc.tab=0 To submit an anonymous tip via text message to the St. Petersburg Police Department, text SPPD and your tip to 847411 (tip411). MISSING LOVED ONE:Sonphet 'Tim' Chanthavong | St. Petersburg, FL| 06/24/1999Sources/Articles: https://www.facebook.com/sonphet.chanthavong https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1999/06/30/his-life-his-car-stolen-for-joy-ride/ https://database.projectcoldcase.org/?name=Sonphet+Chanthavong&gender=&race=&age=&city=&state=&zip=&county=&weapon=&offense=&status=&year=&lea=&reported_min=&reported_max=&more=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/170657791/tim-sonphet-chanthavong https://youtu.be/-aJvhFbdTE8?si=GGoKgYIUJCFhFuOW&t=198 Mother, Sompong https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106818454/sompong-chanthavong --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------PROMO FROM ONE OF OUR Darkcast Network Podcasts! ~ Weird True Crime Step right into your weekly destination for the most bizarre and thought-provoking instances in the realm of true crime. Gina and Amber, lifelong companions, embark on a journey through mind-boggling tales that will leave you questioning their veracity. Our focus lies on unsolved murders, perplexing disappearances, captivating historical crimes, and macabre homicides that send shivers down your spine. Join us on WTF Wednesdays for a lighter take on crime with dimwitted criminals, peculiar crime news, and other intriguing subjects. Every Wednesday unveils a new episode waiting to enrapture you. If you crave factual narratives blended with a dose of humor, make sure not to miss out! Listen on Apple Podcast--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------NEXT MONTH EVENT: Search and Support San Antonio, Missing Person Eventhttps://www.sassatx.org/missing-person-flyer-templatehttps://www.sassatx.org/our-sponsors-partners-and-supporters--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*Social Media Links*Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/handsoffmypodcastYou Can Buy Us a Coffee: https://bmc.link/handsoffpodTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@handsoffmypodcastSpoutible: https://spoutible.com/handsoffmypodOur Latest Video: https://www.youtube.com/@handsoffmypod/featuredNEWS Sponsor, Supporters, Partners: https://handsoffmypodcast.transistor.fm/partners'Hands Off My Podcast' Original Theme Song Produced by : Just DiVine https://www.youtube.com/@JDivine911 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
THIS WEEK ON INSIDE THE SCCA: On episode 139 of Inside the SCCA we talk about getting it done no matter the challenge. Edwin Liu is our guest. He autocrosses an Acura NSX. There is VERY little room in an NSX... but he's figured out a way to get everything to the events without towing -- or even having a friend bring some stuff for him. It's the ultimate "when there's a will there's a way" story. We both took our one car, no-tow vehicle efforts to Solo Nationals this year from SoCal. That's our story tonight on Inside the SCCA. Partners - A big thank you to our partners who help make Inside the SCCA possible! Race-Keeper is the official in-car video system of Inside the SCCA -- find out more at https://www.race-keeper.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/racingwire/support
ep190 Note from Jhae, This podcast episode drops Monday September 11th. While there is no mention of this day in the actual podcast episode, every year those of us in America remember this date in our history. We all remember where we were and what we were doing when the twin towers in NYC and the Pentagon were attacked by terrorists. We also remember United Airlines flight 93. I still have the newspapers from that day and the day after. We will never forget. RIP those who tragically died that day and days following due to injury as well as the lives of all the first responders. About this episode: College Football and the NFL are here. Jhae watches big Texas Longhorns games and remembers his dog Izzy whom passed on September 12, 2022. Jhae recaps his family vacation in Minnesota as well as his 19th year wedding anniversary on Labor Day. Contact Hard Parking with Jhae Pfenning: email: HardParkingPodcast@gmail.com site: www.Hardparkingpod.com Join the Patreon (lots of exclusive episodes and bonus guest audio): www.patreon.com/hardparkingpodcast/ Instagram: instagram.com/jhaepfenning/
In our last Live from IA episode we interview one of our long time friends @whoa_Squirk. Listen and learn.Follow us @RHDGUYS
Which is better, the brand-new Honda Civic Type R, or the Acura Integra Type S? That's the question the Carmudgeons answer this week — in a festival of Honda's Greatest hits, that also discusses the NA1-chassis original Acura NSX, the original Integra Type R, and the AP2 Honda S2000 CR. === The Carmudgeon Show is part of the Hagerty Podcast Network Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Toyota confirms that a smaller Land Cruiser based on the Tacoma platform is coming soon. CoC has been calling for that so the guys are very pleased. Adams spotted a 1966 Pagoda Mercedes 280 SL. Stephan says it's his favorite SL, and Adams and Steve-0 agree that it's worthy of all of the praise and admiration it gets. Trauma surgeon Stephan answers the question, Which cars are in accidents most often? The number 1 car will surprise you. The guys describe their all-time favorite road trips Finally, Adams leads us through another great "This or That (or that)?" (1st generation Acura NSX 6-sp or Ferrari 360 Modena with a 6-sp gated manual or Porsche 993 coupe 6-sp)
Matt Farah is back to chat about his brand new Westside Collector Car Storage facility; his new Acura NSX, and joining Spike on stage at the Pebble Beach Concours. Plus, a review of the Velocity Modern Classics Ford Bronco and your car and watch questions answered!
Thank you for listening to We Are Auto, the podcast about cars - for enthusiasts, by enthusiasts! Please leave a 5 Star rating and write a review! In episode 238: - Some of the craziest engine swaps we've ever heard of - The strange Lotus Esprit - The incredible Acura NSX and more! Follow along! Facebook Instagram Youtube Website
Warren and Art are back from RADwood Philly, Lane went to the Range Energy LeMans Party and drove a "new" Acura NSX, and it's Warren's birthday.Thanks for listening!Please rate and review the podcast wherever you listen.
ep 177 A pioneer to some, unknown to others, Randy Marchetti started RM Racing back in the early 1990's as an aftermarket products company for the Acura NSX. Eventually RM Racing evolved before being sold over a decade later. After RM Racing, Randy designed products and helped launch a very successful company of which Randy is still employed with today. Hear about the RM Racing story, life after RM, and Randy's musical talents in this exciting episode. Show host Jhae also serves up a short car news segment. Randy Marchetti does not have social media outside of Facebook but can be found there along with his cover band Echo of Alt. Contact Hard Parking with Jhae Pfenning: email: HardParkingPodcast@gmail.com Website: www.Hardparkingpod.com Become a supporter: www.patreon.com/hardparkingpodcast/ Instagram: instagram.com/jhaepfenning/
Today I am joined by Ryan Christopher, or on Instagram Stukinthe90s. Ryan is somewhat of a legend, with a 90's car collection containing a Toyota Supra, Mazda RX-7, Nissan GTR, and Acura NSX. He also owns a Tesla Model S Plaid and a Tesla Model X, and takes all of his cars to the local drag strip. Ryan's most recent project has been a second Mk 4 Supra, but this time he rebuilt it with a Tesla motor and battery pack. After that success and true to the Supra name, he is now building its next iteration to unlock more speed and performance. In this episode we discuss how Ryan got interested in cars, the details of the Supra build, his goals for the second version, and the EV community that is growing so fast. Hear all that and more, right now. Enjoy! Contact: InstagramYouTubeMotor Trend Article
Today I am joined by Geoff Budd, or as many know him on Instagram, RedGoesGreen. Geoff is the owner of a red 94 Acura NSX which he has rebuilt with a Tesla Model S motor, hence the name red goes green. But most importantly, this build adds significant HP to one of the most celebrated chassis from the 90s and due to his battery choices is still very light and nimble. We dive into details about Geoff's racing background, the history of his NSX, the build specifics and part choices, and what's next for this awesome ride as he dials it in for daily commuting and spirited weekend drives. Hear all that and more, right now. Enjoy! Contact: https://www.instagram.com/red_goes_green/
ep169 YouTuber's Richard and Liz Graves came by the studio while in town picking up their repaired Acura NSX. The car threw a rod October 2022 during the NSXPO track event. Dave Ekiss rejoins the show early on to quickly give thoughts on the now fully unveiled Acura Integra Type S. Jhae ends the show by recapping a few thoughts from a recent trip to New Orleans. Lap of the World can be found on their social media: https://www.instagram.com/lapoftheworld/?hl=en https://www.youtube.com/@LapoftheWorld Connect with the show: HardParkingPod.comInstagram JhaePfenningSupport us on Patreon YouTube HardParkingPodcast HardParkingPodcast@gmail.com Hard Parking Media LLC Jhae Pfenning
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ep165 The owners of Helix Auto Works - Nico Zaga, Jay Bozeman, and Ramzi Vincent join the show to talk about the most talked about automobile of March 2023. This NSX was recovered from a river after being reported stolen over 16 years ago. Helix Auto Works purchased it for $8,500 and plans to fully restore it. But what will come of the vehicle now that it has gained so much attention from news outlets and automotive journalism from around the world? Also in this episode, Jhae decides on a new vehicle to replace the 2011 Audi A4, and has a slight YouTube obsession in watching other people. You can follow the Helix Auto Works progress at the following: https://www.youtube.com/@helixautoworks https://www.instagram.com/helix_auto_works/ Other stories on this "River NSX" Road&Track: Someone Actually Paid $8500 for This NSX Dragged Out of a River After 20 YearsFoxNews: Acura NSX supercar found in river after 16 years sold for restoration TheDrive: Acura NSX Underwater for 16 Years Will Get a Second Chance at Life Connect with the show: hardparkingpodcast@gmail.com HardParkingPod.com https://www.instagram.com/jhaepfenning/ Patreon.com/HardParkingPodcast
GHiT 0428: Tom O'Gorman Returns for a Second Lap Tom O returns for a second lap and we catch up on what he has been up to since his last visit. This includes his new podcast with DJ Alessandrini called “Lizard Brains”. Did we talk about Tom's recent IMSA pro race at Daytona? Yep. Did we talk about the twin autocross events last year in a brand new Acura NSX? Indeed. What about endurance racing, did Tom talk about his recent run at the national championship with ChampCar? Yes, yes we did. What about the differences in returning to the pro racing paddock after a few years racing and coaching with grassroots racing series including GLTC? We did and included a few things each of us can take from pro racing paddocks and help our racing. Bridgestone RE 71 RS tire review, Tom's YouTube series on learning mechanic'ing on his BRZ. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/TomOreturns If you would like to help grow our podcast and high-performance driving and racing: You can subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice, including the Apple podcast app, Google music, Amazon, and YouTube etc. Also, if you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating, that we would appreciate that very much. Even better, a podcast review, would help us to grow the passion and sport of high performance driving and we would appreciate it. We hope you enjoy this episode! PS If you are looking to stream or save your integrated telemetry/racing data with you video, Candelaria Racing Products Sentinel System may be the perfect solution for you. We are amid installing the system in two of our cars. If this sounds like something that may help you and your team, please use our discount code "GHIT" for a 10% discount code to all our listeners during the checkout process at https://candelaria-racing.com/ PS2 Please do not forget that if you are looking to add an Apex Pro to your driving telemetry system, do not forget to use our discount code for all Apex Pro systems you will receive a free Windshield Suction Cup Mount for the system, a savings of $40. Just enter the code “ghitlikesapex!” when you order from https://apextrackcoach.com/ Best regards, Vicki, Jennifer, Ben, Alan, Jeremy, and Bill Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training Podcast and Garage Heroes In Training racing team drivers
Join us on Pit Lane Parley as we sit down with Ashton Harrison, as she makes her highly-anticipated Rolex 24 debut with Racer's Edge and Andretti Autosport. With a successful motorsports career under her belt, including wins in the Mazda Miata MX5 Cup and the Lamborghini Super Pro Trofeo, Ashton takes on the GTD class in the Acura NSX. Tune in as we discuss her journey to this point and her expectations for the race. Don't miss out on this exciting episode and be sure to root for Ashton tomorrow in the Rolex 24! Get your caffeine fix with the best cold brew coffee in Indianapolis - Java House! With smooth, bold flavors and a refreshingly crisp taste, our cold brew is the perfect pick-me-up. And if you're not in Indianapolis, no problem! Visit javahouse.com and use promo code PLP10 for 10% off every order. Thank you to our sponsor Java House for keeping us fueled and refreshed.
Adam and Drew reunite after a week with Mark filling in and they open the show discussing a tweet sent by Vinay Prasad discussing Trump derangement syndrome especially as it relates to health policy surrounding the Covid 19 pandemic. They also discuss how the most progressive societies seem to be the ones who are becoming the most dictatorial. They also discuss their feelings that one way or another there needs to be a punishment for those who were pushing policies that harmed children and are now looking for 'pandemic amnesty' to obfuscate their behavior. The guys then turn to the phones and speak with a caller from Hawaii who is wondering if Adam ended up pulling the trigger on an Acura NSX he was looking at and has a question for Dr. Drew about his daughter's transition and how to go about talking to her about it. Please Support Our Sponsors: MoinkBox.com/ADS RocketMoney.com/ADS BlindsGalore.com let them know we sent you!
ep 143 NSXPO is the premier annual event put on by the NSX Club of America in celebration of the Acura NSX and the people who own them. 2022 is the first year NSXPO has been in Arizona since 2005. The event moves around from city to city, and region by region. In this episode Jhae Pfenning is joined by in-studio guest Jason Lo of Georgia. Both people are losing their voice after 4 days of shenanigans and in this episode recap of the weekend, you will find out why. Connect with the show · Instagram JhaePfenning · Support us on Patreon · YouTube HardParkingPodcast · Facebook · Twitter JhaePfenning · Support This Podcast on Anchor · HardParkingPodcast@gmail.com Hard Parking Media LLC Jhae Pfenning --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hardparking/support
Plus F-250 'High-Roller' restomod, electric Acura NSX, and driving the GMC Yukon Denali Ultimate
This week, special guest James Engelsman of Throttle House joins the show to unpack the many happenings of this year's Monterey Car Week, the center of all things automotive once a year. It's James' first car week experience, one which included multiple manufacture reveals, seas of interesting cars from pre-war to Pagani, and the occasional high five between Christian Von Koenigsegg and Gordon Murray. In a discussion beginning with pre-war cars, Jason, Derek, and James discuss various driving experiences that overpromise and under-deliver (and vice-versa). The centerpiece of frustration revolves mostly around the original Acura NSX, a car Jason says promised looks over actual delivered performance. Jason and James also cover their lightspeed hot lap around Laguna Seca in an 1100 horsepower Lucid Air Sapphire, piloted by none other than Top Gear's original tame racing driver, Ben Collins (aka The Stig). All this and more, brought to you by the Hagerty Podcast Network. This episode is sponsored by Reliable Carriers- mention Carmudgeon in your next shipping quote and get 10% off! https://reliablecarriers.com/request-a-quote/
The second generation Acura NSX is going out with a bang. The last 350 made will be Type S models. More show. More go. More Stop. Sadly they're all sold out. Don't forget this is a hybrid. A really fun hybrid. Tom Voelk checks it out at Sonoma Raceway.