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Ariana White is part of the Roofstock Certified Agent Network and serves in the Galveston TX area. In this episode, she shares what investors need to be looking at if they are considering investing in the Galveston market. We cover both the short term and longterm rental markets, property taxes, zoning, climate and much more.      Ariana's contact info: arianawhitesellstx@gmail.com - @arianasellstexas --- Transcript   Before we jump into the episode, here's a quick disclaimer about our content. The Remote Real Estate Investor podcast is for informational purposes only, and is not intended as investment advice. The views, opinions and strategies of both the hosts and the guests are their own and should not be considered as guidance from Roofstock. Make sure to always run your own numbers, make your own independent decisions and seek investment advice from licensed professionals.   Michael: What's going on everybody? Welcome to another episode of The Remote Real Estate Investor. I'm Michael Albaum and today I'm joined by Ariana and Larry White. And they're gonna be talking to us today both about the long term and short term rental markets out in Houston and Galveston, Texas. So let's get right into it.   Ariana and Larry White, thank you both so much for joining me today. I really appreciate you taking the time.   Ariana: Yeah.   Larry: Pleasure to be here, man.   Michael: I'm so excited. You two are kicking butt in the short term rental space out in the Houston and Galveston markets. And I'm wondering if you can give our listeners just a really quick background on who you two are as power couple.   Ariana: Oh, power couple. Wow, that's nice.   Larry: Crazy. Yeah. All right, Jay Z and Beyonce over here.   Michael: That's it.   Ariana: But you're Beyonce, and I'm Jay Z!   So um, so my name is Ariana. I've been a real estate agent for eight years. And I originally started in Vegas, I managed a team out there. Larry drags me to Houston, and actually took like a year off of real estate while I got my license here. And now I manage a team out in Houston. And so we specialize primarily in first time homebuyers and investors. And now going deep into the short term rental market.   Michael: Awesome. Love it. And Beyonce. I mean, Larry?   Larry: Yeah. And so I have a little bit different. I started about 1516 years ago, and convinced her to get into real estate, about halfway through my career. And so I've been a pretty successful solo agent, ran some very large teams grew a national real estate brokerage around foreclosures and REOs, which took me into the investor space to begin with. And so now we really have some of the most successful groups of Realtors across the country that we teach to duplicate what we did. And we focus and Ariana has a very successful team here in Houston. And as she mentioned, we're actually in the short term rental space personally. And so we're teaching other people, you know, investors that come to us quite often teaching them how to kind of duplicate what we've done and learn from our mistakes as well.   Michael: Oh, my God, amazing. Well, we are going to have a lot of fun with this episode. I can't wait to hear about what you two are doing personally, in the short term rental space. But to kick things off, I would love to just get a high level overview of the Houston and kind of Galveston markets. Ariana, as you see them, like what should investors What do investors need to know if I'm totally unfamiliar with those markets?   Ariana: Yeah, so Houston is really interesting, because we're one of the only cities where there is no zoning in Houston.   Michael: So multi family, commercial single family, there's no…   Ariana: Whatever you want.   Michael: A whole smorgasbord.   Ariana: Yes, and it changes as it goes out into the suburbs. But um, what's really every street is different in Houston. And there's certain little, little neighborhoods that have been, you know, people have moved in and fixed up old homes, and it's really developed, each little area of Houston has really developed its own adorable community. And I will say that the most, for the most part, my investors typically end up being either somewhere around the Med Center, which is a community here it is full of like young professional renters. And there many people in grad school, you have ages down there, Rice University is down there. And there's lots of young professionals that are all working in the hospitals. And so that area is a big area for renters and very high rents, and that is located in the heart of Houston.   And also, one of the biggest areas that we're currently seeing is the Spring Tomball Humble. It's looks like humble, you pronounce it Um, okay, so, um, that neighborhood, the all of those neighborhoods, and great low tax rates, that's going to be like the major. That's the key piece. You're looking for a low tax rate in Texas, because property taxes can fluctuate a lot. Yeah. And all of those areas seem to have like young, single family homes that are consistently rented and low property taxes, which is a double win. So those are up and coming areas. Right now we're seeing a lot of our investors kind of go towards   Michael: Love it.   Larry: And then on the you know, it shifts a little bit when you start getting into the short term rental market, right? Because the taxes, I mean, you always want the lowest taxes. But if you are able to, you know, they talk about in real estate, location, location, location, right. So if you have a high demand because your next Minute Maid Park, because you're in Galveston, and it's a beach destination, not just for people coming in from out of town, but from people in Houston going and renting beach houses and stuff, their taxes can be offset that way. And so that's where you start getting into what is the drive? What is the demand? And like, what are our occupancy ratios, you know, for the entire month.   And so that's where you start looking at seasonality and what's driving traffic, are there sporting events, or they're this or they're that. And that's where a lot of our investors can start buying maybe a little bit more expensive properties, right, like, maybe they go down to Edo, which is kind of East downtown, which is one of the top four markets and neighborhoods. And if you were doing a long term rental, it wouldn't make sense, it has high tax rates, you have to minimum prices, probably around 430. And it probably only rents for $3,000 a month. So most of the time, that's not going to pencil out for a long term.   But you switch that to a short term, that it's close proximity to everything, and you can get three or $400 that night, and it's occupied 50% of the month, you start doing those, those numbers and you're like, Oh, hold on, this makes sense. So this is really where, you know, when you're looking at an investor, what is your strategy? What is your goal this year, and then we try and create a portfolio or a plan that aligns with their goals. And the numbers will tell us if we're on the right track or not.   Michael: I love it. I love it. So and I think this is great, the conversation kind of naturally bifurcated into the long term side and the short term side, which is I think exactly where I want to take it anyhow. So getting back to the long term side for just a minute. And then I wanted to back to the short term side. What should people be aware of in terms of like, big companies that are headquartered out there? Like, why are people moving to the Houston Galveston area? And then for the short term side? Why are they visiting the area? I know you mentioned the beach, but curious to know, what other attractions are drawing people to the area?   Ariana: Yeah, so in Houston, and what's real, we have seen what I'm lovingly referring to as the great migration. So we have had a lot of people move here from out of state, their number one draw is low cost of living, right, much lower than many other states that we're going to see either on the East Coast or on the West Coast. And, and what people are really looking for, and what I'm seeing mostly is, um, they're having, like the biggest draw is space. And we see a lot of people moving here from like, very populated areas. And granted, you can get a city feel here, but you can also go 30 minutes out and have an acre of land if you want to and have a full garden and farm and some cows like I mean, and you can have all kinds of tax exemptions, too.   So if for any of our military clients, you get a huge tax tax exemption, particularly if you're a disabled vet, you have a homestead exemption here for property taxes. If this is your main living area, you can also have a senior citizen tax exemption. So Texas is really they love tax exemption. So a lot of our clients will use them.   To draw that's a huge draw to Texas, people are looking for a little bit more space to either like a personal or business. I'm out here. short term rental wise in Galveston area. We have Moody Gardens. It's the closest beach the water's warm, and it's like a really great place to go take young like children because it doesn't get super deep. And   Larry: Yeah, the NASA you have the space center, right and so all of that starts to come into play, which gives you a pretty good occupancy. And what we've seen during kind of this pandemic, right is that people have been wanting to get away and have more staycations and stuff as well. So you know when we get into our we have a short term rental we have a 20 acre ranch out in Fredericksburg and we saw our vacancies like drop drastically because everybody was able to work from home. So as long as we had a decent Wi Fi, they were like, Well, man, why don't I go out in Texas wine country, you know, versus my house and let's go on and the kids can go play outside and do this.   So it you know, the market is changing, and we just have to keep stepping along with it. And the customers will tell us exactly what they're looking for.   Ariana: Yeah, I actually had a client today call me today. She's gonna be moving here from California. And she's a nurse. And she's like, and I was like, you know, what's your timeline look like? When do you want to be here, and she said, You know, I can really move anytime I'm just planning on flying back. She's in the Bay Area in California. And she's like, I'm just planning on flying back to work. And then I'll live in Texas,   Michael: She's gonna commute.   Ariana: Mm hmm. And that was a very common thing that we see. So if you're able to remote work, or maybe you don't have to be in the office only, like one or two days a week, people are just buying a little, you know, having a little studio wherever they are based out of renting that out when they're not they're coming back living their main life in Texas and doing you know, flip flopping the opposite. So yeah, so it's, it's provided a lot of this new way of looking at how to be efficient in your workforce has provided a lot of opportunities for a lot of people, as well, in their, you know, in looking looking at your business in a different way.   Michael: Oh, that's incredible. Gonna be racking up those frequent flyer miles for sure. Yeah. That's awesome. So Arianna, you were mentioning a couple of the neighborhoods up and coming neighborhoods? Yeah. That you were seeing curious if you can give everyone listening and watching an idea of kind of price points. And what you mean when you say low taxes?   Ariana: Yes. Okay. So taxes here in Texas can range differently depending on every every little city has a different tax rate. And so we're known for having our property taxes be a little bit higher than some other states. And so that was definitely something that we have to consider when you're going into an investment property, right, the taxes can either make you or break you. And so when we're looking at properties that we're submitting to Roofstock, and for our investors, I am looking specifically for areas that have lower tax rates, because those are the ones that are giving us our best ROI. So one city here is Missouri City, it's south of the heart of Houston. And that city has notoriously low tax rates, which is great. It's also like a high, it's not a city feel. And it is a suburbia field. So there's lots of single family residences there. That area typically commutes to Houston for work. So there's lots of renters in that area. We've seen great success there.   And Rosenberg, Tomball, Spring, and Humble. Those are all of those areas have had really low tax rates in certain pockets and have given our investors like a really good opportunity to get a home up there.   Larry: And also what you're seeing is that Houston is expanding, right? If you look at from Dallas, to Houston over to Austin, San Antonio is called the Texas triangle. Okay, it's the fastest growing region in the country. And so what happened? What's happening? You have Dallas expanding, you have Austin, San Antonio, expanding, you have Houston expanding? And so everything's kind of like merging together together. Yeah. Uh huh. And so these suburbs, right, like, especially when you start getting this increase in prices, you know, people start going outside of the metro area, because the metro area, the median price point might be 400 500, etc. Now they can move out and pay 200 300 and get, you know, just a lot more bang for your buck.   And so those cities that that she's talking about there are starting to see that and so they're still have a lot of population, a lot of people going to them, you have the difference in the prices, which could help you drastically if you're in that long term rental space.   Michael: Totally. And what are some of those medium price points and associated rents that you'd expect to see in some of these markets?   Ariana: So for the suburbia area of Houston, and what I'm typically seeing median price points, you can find a for the ideal property, right? The ideal property is a four bedroom. Single Story, maybe two story home, two and a half bath. And right now we're seeing those rents typically, well, we're seeing those sales, typically between 280,000 to 400,000, depending on the community, somewhere in that I just got one of my Roofstock investors into a new home community actually, this one particular new home community, a lot of 10% investors. And so we were one of the last homes to get in there. And he bought a beautiful four bedroom, two and a half bath in a great neighborhood brand new home. And he got that one for 330. And so that was yeah, it was it was a great, great deal. And we're expecting to rent it out for right around $3,000.   Michael: Holy smokes. I mean, you're just flirting with that 1% rule.   Ariana: Yes, we're right. We can get like right in there. If I get like one person, I get really super excited. So we're like, right there.   Michael: Yeah, awesome. Well, something I think people like either fail to recognize or don't want to recognize is like, you might not buy it at 1%. But in five years, it could absolutely be a 1% property and all your expenses should remain relatively unchanged or increased slightly. But if your rent can outpace your expense increase, you got to meet in the shade.   Larry: Yeah. And here's one of the things for Texas, specifically that you have to think about in 2008. And nine, the market got crushed, right. I mean, we like we came from Las Vegas, we saw homes depreciate 60 to 70%. Yeah, right, like just crush, you did not see that same price depreciation here in Texas for a reason, right? You also didn't see it go up 90%, like you saw really good appreciation, you didn't see the counter the effects of the depreciation. And part of that is because to do a cash out refi, like the state of Texas requires that if you're going to pull money out, you have to keep 80% in your home, so you still had some you still had a cushion there.   So they might have lost their equity. Right, but they weren't upside down on their homes. And I'm not saying that Texas wasn't affected or anything like that. It just wasn't as affected as much as some of the other areas. And so, you know, there's an appreciation, because there's this built in stability factor here in Texas, that you're going to get some appreciation play. It's not going to be 90%. But it's going to be healthy, it's going to be sustainable, which is what we saw in the last cycle.   Michael: Interesting. Okay. Very good to know. Very good to know. And from a short term rental perspective, what is it that you look for? Because you taught you spoke about your ideal, you know, for two and a half single story for your long term? What is it that you're looking for when you're putting short term stuff on Rootstock?   Ariana: So specifically to Galveston, we like to have something that's close to beach access, that's going to be number one, it doesn't have to be exactly on the water, either. It can be a couple streets back as long as you're able to get there. There's also some services in Galveston, if you do get once a little bit farther away, you can rent a golf cart for the week. So those are fun services that you can have awesome with your rentals as well. And access to the look, there's like maybe like one gigantic strip going down Galveston, so access to that, but not so close that it's going to impede or you have to cross it to get to the water. And that's ideal. And then what we're always looking for is a space that has enough to at least have one of the bedrooms have a couple bunk beds in it.   So an ideal situation is that you could fit, you know, at least two bedrooms, preferably three bedrooms, and a big living area. And a lot of the houses and Galson. I know you said you'd never been up here. They're up high. So they're up high to make way for the water to come in. So they're built on stilts. And so it's called a pier and beam, but they're up high. And so a lot of times there is like an outdoor activity where that people can add that to the house, under under the under the actual house. So there's like badminton and some people put pool tables down there and make use of the space. It's a very, it's super fun to drive through because all the houses are really tall. They all look like they're walking.   So yeah. So if you've never been to I mean, it's really, really it's an Galveston, my girlfriend was just there this weekend, they rented a big old house for her. Typically, it's like at least two families people have to travel together to Galveston. So um, so she wanted a big ol house and the people that were next to her were from Fort Worth, and they had you know, they had six kids and for adults with them and people like to go because when you go to the beach you don't have to be the only one in charge of your children right so   Michael: Built in babysitters   Ariana: But it's so accessible to so many parts of Texas you know it's just a it's the closest beach to most people in Texas so and no to everybody in Texas I gotta Yeah, I'm on the road down south to like Corpus Christi, right. But it's it's The closest beach to so many of us, yeah, that it's, um, it's just so accessible. So one of the big things is just obviously like, making sure it's super clean, outdoor showers are a big plus. So that you can stand inside your house, these are all kind of things you have to think about to be Galveston specific. And, and then water rental situations, you know, you can have that extra up, you can have your clients pay extra in order to have that and that's all part of the property management takes care of that. But you know, if you wanted paddleboards, or other things that you wanted accessible to be special for your client.   And then also, one of the biggest benefits is that this isn't a one and done situation for the people that are renting out this area, which is why it's not necessarily seasonal. And there are in the summer, obviously super booked 100% capacity all the time. But even in December, November, January, February, people go even if it's cold, because they the water never gets like freezing. So today it's like 45 degrees, which is like a one off. But last week it was it was 85.   Michael: So Holy smokes   Ariana: And like I can speak in, in my own experience. If there's a house that you liked when you went to Galveston and it's in the you know Surfside community or Pirates Cove, or, you know any of the little communities inside Galveston, you go back to the same house. Like if you like that house, you'll go back to the same house. And so like, like my girlfriend who just went this past weekend, she has stayed at that house three times already. And she likes that house. So she will continue to go to that house. Yeah, and so that's really one of the benefits of Galveston is a It isn't like an aspen where you only go, you know, once a year, or you can only go you know, it's easily accessible. And it's really used very often. Interesting. Yeah, you create recurring recurring clients.   Larry: And people want also, you know, when you start talking about Airbnb, people want that hotel feel, right, they want it to be crisp, they want it to be clean, right? So the furniture, the aesthetics that that you put into it, right? They want it to be like, Oh, if they have this dream vacation home, what would this look like? Even if it's small, right? They want that aesthetic to it, which is important to make sure that you decorate it correctly, that you have the right furniture and stuff to it, because there's a lot of competition now. And so reviews are super important. Who you have managing it? Is it super important? Are you responsive? are you handling issues and stuff. And that's been an entire learning experience for ourselves as we just entirely remodel this 20 acre ranch, right? All of the units on it, and we're coming up with a lot, man, it's a 30 year old home and you know, it has a pump house and these things that we're not used to dealing with.   And, you know, it's it's a very different experience, but all things that need to be thought about to make sure that you're at the top of the list, you're getting the most exposure. And, you know, you have, you know, the highest, you know, occupancy as possible, because I mean, do the math, right, like I've just pulled up Airbnb over here right now and looking at Galveston. And I mean, probably the average, you know, for this weekend is $300 a night there's some going up to six $700 A night, but $300 A night average. Now, it's not going to be 100% occupancy all the time. But man, that's a potential of $9,000 a month in cash flow, right like you have one or two good months and like you're paying for your entire year off of off of one good season there.   Michael: That's incredible. That's incredible. So we've talked about so many of the benefits and Lewers of the Texas market. Now let's talk about the dark underbelly because there's got to be one there can only be this great heaven on earth. So talk to us about what should investors especially remote investors who might not be familiar with the Texas market, be aware of what's some of the the hair that some of these deals might have.   Ariana: So number one, you need to and and to cover that when we're looking at Roofstock properties. I'm specifically picking for myself and my team properties to show investors that do not have this okay. So you have to look at the flood maps. That is like in Houston and Galveston, that is the number one deal killer. Because as an investor, you don't want renters in there, they're going to be in a 100 year floodplain that's going to create a lot of problems for you. It's going to create a lot of money for you. And on top of that flood insurance can really take, make it or break it in this in this deal. There are some properties where you can get, you know, your flood insurance for $400 a year.   Also, just a little side note, as a real estate agent in the Houston market, it doesn't matter if that area has ever flooded or not buy the flood insurance, it's a good investment. So um,   Michael: Even if it's outside of a flood zone?   Ariana: Even if it's outside of a flood zone as a real estate agent, I would highly recommend because you never know, we moved here nine months before Harvey we are not in a floodplain. We asked her real estate agent at the time and our insurance provider at the time do we need flood insurance? They said no. Nine months later, we flooded in Harvey, so do not take it from our pain. Let us like learn off our pain. And that is a very expensive fix when you don't have flood insurance,   Larry: the 400 and it literally because we weren't in a floodplain because our home had never flooded the flood insurance was $425 for the year.   Ariana: Yeah, right. And we did it. We're like, No, we don't need it. It's fine. We've come from the desert, like who really floods? I didn't really know. No. So I tell everybody just do it. I mean, just just by the flood insurance, you never know what's going to happen. Houston has crazy weather. So that's number one. That's definitely the one when you're looking at properties. See if you're in a floodplain, see if the property has ever flooded before, ask your agent. If it has, that's not necessarily a deal killer if it was a one off, but we need to look at your flood insurance, if you can be grandfathered into these flood insurance rates, if the flood insurance is going to be extraordinarily high, it's a good opportunity during your option period to maybe look at other properties that fit what you're looking for specifically. Um, yeah, so that's number one.   And number two, what else is weather?   Larry: Weather is by far the biggest one. I mean, as we've seen, winter freezes, right? Like all the pipes rusting, like, hurricanes, like weather is number one. Two, I would say is the is the taxes as the property taxes that was kind of eye opening and shocking. As we started diving into this market, it was much higher than anything that we were used to. I mean, yeah, tax rates can be upwards of 3% of a home's value. And so that drastically changes some of your numbers and stuff when you're looking at that investment.   Michael: Yeah, yeah, that makes total sense.   Ariana: And then anything else parking if you're looking in Houston parking is a necessary thing you need to look at, you need to make sure that you know, there's lots of teeny tiny, you know, three story homes, that would be great rental homes, but they're parking on the street. And that will really it'll it'll be very hard to get, you know, some renters in there that want to be able to drive into a driveway and so that that is definitely something to look at specifically that is for inside Houston.   Larry: And one other thing, especially as we're talking about short term, Airbnb, is deed restrictions, community restrictions. And this isn't just for Houston and Galveston, this is a cross the country for instance, Fredericksburg, right, they have, they're trying to pass like no short term Airbnb. Now we're outside of the city. And so it doesn't really affect us. But this is what some of the other Airbnb owners are going through that they're having to fight legislation. They're having to register properties, which is additional expense, paying taxes and stuff, additional taxes.   So based on the municipality, you have to look at some of these details and know what you're looking for to make sure that that it's again fitting your short term and your long term goal, right.   Michael:  Yeah, but I thought you said that Texas love tax exemptions, what's what's with the bait and switch?   Ariana: Now we do love tax exemptions. So you just got to find the right one that fits what your look all right.   Michael: Makes sense. It makes sense.   Larry: In Fredericksburg, we have an agricultural exemption, we have Longhorns and donkeys and stuff on the property. And so literally, our taxes are almost nil. There's wildlife tax exemptions, there's a lot of things. But again, this is where you have to do some research. If the numbers work as status quo and now you start digging and it just elevates that return on investment. Now we're we're really into the money.   Michael: So what you're saying is I need to go buy a property downtown Houston and get a couple cattle for the backyard.   Ariana: You There are many places in Houston you will see I mean you will be right off i 10 And there will be building building building building empty lot cows on it building building building. And the reason is because the builders when they're going in there, and they bought the land they put cows on the property in order to bypass the exemptions, or I'm sorry, bypass the taxes and have an exemption until they're ready to build. So   Michael: Oh my gosh,   Ariana: You can also do that with goats. You can also have bees. So that's wild. Yeah. And so they leave, they leave the cows there, they get the exemption, the cows eat the grass, they chill for a couple months. And then when they're ready to build, they move their cows to the next place that they bought. So   Michael: Oh, my What a trip. That's awesome.   Something I wanted to mention that you were you were talking about flood insurance, is I think it's so important for investors to be thinking about too, as we do start to see more and more storms, more aggressive storms, like flood zones change. And so I think that's something that people need to be aware of is just because you're not in a flood zone today doesn't mean you won't be tomorrow or next year, or whatever the case may be. And so just be cognizant of that, if it's an investment that you might be selling at some point down the road. That's a hurdle that any buyer who buys your investment property is going to have to deal with. So just be thinking about that, putting it out there for whatever that's worth.   Ariana: Yep, that was that is very, you're absolutely. After any major storm, if FEMA came out, they'll redo the flood maps. And so you should get an update of that like from your agent. Or you can always inquire about a property and ask and we'd be able to pull that real easily.   Michael: Awesome. Okay, I want to shift gears here really quick with the last few minutes with y'all and find out what it is that you're all doing with this 20 acre ranch and short term rentals. That is friggin awesome.   Ariana: Yes, yeah. So it was a COVID purchase. Actually, I had found the property we had been looking all over, we just really wanted something we didn't know where we wanted it. And we wanted it originally closer to us, because we want it to be able to manage it. Fredericksburg is about three and a half hours away from us. But then we have a certain budget in place. But then you know, there I am wandering the internet at night looking for whatever I'm looking for. And here comes this 20 acre property that shows up with this old 1970s Looking ranch style on it. And it was double our bedrooms. And double the size without looking for the double was hired early, double, double everything.   Larry: The time is there like I was like no way.   Ariana: No way. Yeah, it really was exactly double everything because we're looking at an hour and a half from us. And this is three and a half hours from us. And it's twice as vague and it's twice as expensive. And he's like, I don't know. And I was like, I'm very intuitive. You know, some people just feel things. I don't know, this is it. I was like you got to find an extra $1,000   Michael: Start looking at couch cushions.   Ariana: So we found that. Yeah, so we went we bought it. It was a single owner. She was she was her husband, but she owned the vineyard next door to it. And she's like, you know, it was just too much. And I have all this other land. And so I just want to I really wanted to give it to somebody who would do something interesting with it. And so and she had, you know, there's some people who want to go in there and do an RV park. There are some people who wanted to go in there and do some other I don't remember what it was something else. She didn't like them. She was like, No, this is this is like my baby. And then we went in there and said, you know, we'd really like to short term rental it and then eventually, as we continue to grow build tiny homes, that's my ultimate dream is I want to have a tiny home condo for people to just like get off the grid and just detox and you know, like, just have some solitude. And that's really important to us. And so she was like, Yeah, let's go for it. As longest escrow lives.   Larry: Yeah. Took appraisal issues.   Ariana: Like I mean, it was so it was like things were you know, appraisals are taking forever and getting a 20 acre property appraised and surveyed.   Michael: Yeah, took a long time.   Ariana: Yeah. And you know, we work in cities so the whole ranch and like the dirt lots were they called ranch land and land and ranch.   Larry: Oh farm and land   Ariana: I don't do I don't do farming land. So we had to bring somebody else from our company who does farming land to come help us with our own deal because I didn't know about farming land and septics you know, I know city septics I don't know about these subjects in the middle of nowhere and the properties on a well you know, there's it's been fun and, and quite a learning experience. Navigating all of this but um,   Larry: We call we fully remodeled it like we took it down to the studs, remodeled everything because we bought it it was a 1600 square foot, one bedroom, one bath, which is why it was still on the market, because there weren't a lot of families but we knew that that's not what we wanted it for. So we converted the laundry room into a second bathroom, and the living area into a second bedroom. So now we have a 1600 square foot, two bedroom, two bath rents for four to $600 a night with a pool. And then it has a 600 square foot guest house that we fully remodeled as well, which rents for 150 to 250 a night. And then we've already purchased our first Airstream that we're rehabbing. And we'll build a deck around it. And that will be our first additional unit that we add on.   Michael: So cool.   Ariana: And then we're talking. So we're talking to some people who want to do goat yoga, in Fredericksburg, and they want to hold their goats on our land. And so that's, you know, where Larry and I are, kind of hippies. And so   Larry: We're like, let's do this. Let's use all 20 acres.   Ariana: So cool. But really, it's because it's outside the city. It's got dark sky. So it is incredible to be out there in the middle. I mean, it is dark,   Larry: You can see the Milky Way actually running through   Ariana: It's beautiful. And we call it wild soul sanctuary. Love that. So we've just started doing some retreats out there and bringing in some people who do you know, Healing Retreats on the weekends, they'll rent it from us and you know, can sleep a good amount of people and we're open to people like camping on our land and stuff. So   Michael: Yeah, I was gonna ask, have you ever heard of hipcamp?   Ariana: Yeah, so we haven't quite dealt. We had people personally ask us if they can camp on our land, which we're open to. But we haven't quite. I haven't gotten into that yet. That's kind of next on our list to see. You know, how much of this we can rent out. Yeah. To camping. So tonight.   Michael: I bet a ton, I have been to some some hipcamps and they don't provide jack squat and like, seriously, I'm paying whatever, 60 bucks a night for like plastic Adirondack chairs and a dirt piece of lots of foot, my head, whatever. So there's definitely a market for it.   Ariana: Okay, well, that definitely writing you said hip camp camp.   Michael: Yep, yep, hipcamp.   Ariana: Okay. I knew there was a name for it. But you know, I'm also not much of a camper. And   Larry: She's more of that city. Like,   Ariana: Like, I let me take my shoes off, but like, let me get into a shower. So like,   Michael: There you go. Well set up glamping tents to?   Arianna: Well, that wasn't a yurts are a possibility. Yes, I think what I really want is like a one bedroom a frame. Like that's what I that's like, that's like mine, and no one's gonna be allowed in it. It's just gonna be for me.   Michael: That's so good. Oh, that's so good. Well, just the last question I have for you both, is how do you run your expense numbers on short term rentals? I think that's what throws a lot of investors for a loop. They hear like, holy crap, I can make nine grand a month, and then they're comparing that against their long term rental expenses. And that doesn't always jive. So how should people be thinking about expenses?   Larry: Yeah, so um, that is definitely it is the expenses are going to be increased, right? Because you have more turnover, you have cleaning crews, you have maintenance, you have handyman, etc. And   so we're, we're paying about 10% a month for property management, but we take on a lot of the communication. There's other, like, it's not uncommon to see 20 or 30%. You know, property management fees. Yeah. But they're also they're renting, they're renting it out. They're handling the calls, they're doing everything. So really depends. As our first one we wanted to be kind of hands on, see how this worked, and then evaluate, like, do we want to manage this this much, or do we want to outsource? And so that's where we're testing right now. So we can give people feedback on our experience.   But I would say I would estimate 30-35% I think that you can get it down a lot lower than that. Okay, but I would estimate that I'm a big fan of under promise over deliver. And so if you estimate it 35% and ends up at 25% You're like bonus, right? Yeah, I'm on that side. But again, even if you take, you know, $9,000 Uh, you know, if we just did $9,000 a month, and you minus 35%. I mean, you're that's still almost $6,000 a month, right now, you got to start looking at occupancy rates and things like that. And now seasonality comes into play, like after summertime, it will almost be like for three or four months 100% occupied. And so those months will really make up for some of the slower months right now. It's pretty much every weekend, like weekend warriors kind of get aways, but we haven't had anybody stay there during the weekend. Yeah.   Michael: Okay. Okay. Yeah. See, I guess it's really very much market specific around what your occupancy and then associated expenses are because those two are related. How much cleaning you're gonna do, how much turnover you're going to have is a function of your occupancy.   Ariana: Exactly.   Larry: I would say Galveston, you know, right now, when you're looking at the school seasons and stuff like that, you won't see as many weekday rentals. Okay, so that's, that's one thing to kind of look at. Christmas, spring breaks, like Thanksgiving, you start to get kind of the weekdays when people can travel with their families and stuff is what we've noticed so far.   Michael: Okay. Well, that makes sense. Well, you two have been so generous with your time. Thank you so much, again, for hanging out with me and sharing all this wisdom. If people have more questions for you, or want to get a hold of you, what's the best way for them to do that?   Ariana: You can email me at Arianawhitesellstx@gmail.com. Or you can also find me on Instagram: Ariana Sells Texas. And yeah, I'm more than happy to speak with anybody about the current market.   Ariana: So she's like she's licensed here in Texas runs the entire team. So she's the go to for anything here. Yeah, if I can connect or just add value to people anywhere else across the country, I would say connect with me on any social media platform. And my handles the same on all of them @LarryMFWhite.   Michael: So good. You too will thank you again and I can't wait to see where this ranch takes you both.   Ariana: Yes. Yeah, we'd love to have you out someday.   Larry: Yeah, come on down. Come at come fly into Austin or San Antonio and come out to the ranch. Let us know we'll do some wine tours.   Michael: Do some goat yoga. Careful what you wish for.   Larry: Yeah. Awesome.   Michael: Thank you to take care and enjoy the new year.   Ariana: Oh, thank you so much.   Michael: Alrighty everyone that was our episode a big big big thank you to Larry and Arianna. It was so much fun having them on. We chit chatted after the show after we finished recording here and they are hilarious if you didn't already catch that from the show. Definitely a market worth checking out Houston Galveston both for short and long term rentals. Exciting stuff. As always, if you like the episode, feel free to leave us a rating or review wherever it is you will see your episodes. And as always, we look forward to seeing the next one. Happy investing

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Do you think that being a professional dancer is out of your reach? I definitely thought so as a young dancer, but my guest today taught me a lot about chasing your dreams through being yourself. Joining me today is Sonja McCord, a professional dancer, a marketing expert, and CEO of her own incredible company. Sonja is a classically trained dancer who has performed with  Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Nashville Ballet, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and Dance Theatre of Harlem. She is also a pointe shoe specialist for Capezio and has used her marketing expertise to travel internationally to educate, lead, and advise professional dancers, artistic directors, and dance businesses on branding, visibility, marketing, and artist development. Sonja and I talked about having an identity crisis after a professional career ends, building your brand online, being your authentic self and setting clear goals, shaking up the dance industry, and even a little about Beyonce and Lady Gaga.  _____________ Mentioned in today's show: Sonja McCord: dance@thesonjamccordx.com  www.thesonjamccordx.com @STARRINGSONJA @THESONJAMCCORDX Mental Skills Workshops with Chelsea https://chelseapierotti.com/services __________ Did you enjoy today's episode? Please leave a rating and review on Apple podcasts! Be sure to snap a screenshot and tag me on instagram @dr.chelsea.pierotti as you're listening to the episode.  Check out the full Show Notes, including episode highlights, key takeaways, exclusive resources, and more: https://chelseapierotti.com/44

Glynn Turman is an Emmy Award winning actor, writer, director and producer, who made his Broadway debut at 12 years old originating the role of Travis Younger in A Raisin In The Sun. With a successful TV and film career spanning more than 50 years, Glynn has had notable roles in films including Cooley High, The River Niger, Gremlins, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Men of Honor, Justine, The Way Back, and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. His TV credits include Peyton Place, Matlock, The Wire, In Treatment, House of Lies, How to Get Away with Murder, Mr. Mercedes, Fargo and many, many more. Glynn has also directed episodes of Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, A Different World, and The Wayans Bros. He is now the newest face for Beyonce's new Ivy Park denim line, and can also be seen starring opposite Tony award winner Adrienne Warren in ABC's new limited series Women of the Movement.  Glynn credits his mother for getting him into theater and acting, and talks about what life was like growing up in NYC's Greenwich Village in the 50's and early 60's, immersed in a bohemian lifestyle. He chats about his love for all things horses and rodeo, and tells the story of a dinner with Beyonce that led to him becoming a spokesperson for her new Ivy Park line. Glynn also reflects on his career and the opportunities that have led to where he is now - “I'm glad that I've lived long enough to see that we as a black people have gotten the opportunity to tell some of our stories from our point of view”.  In this episode, we talk about:  Auditioning for playwright Lorraine Hansberry, a friend of his mother's and the creator of A Raisin in the Sun Skipping school to spend time with the horses in Central Park Getting into character as Mose Wright for Women of the Movement Auditioning to be the original Han Solo, and booking it  Acting icons James Earl Jones, Cicely Tyson, Sidney Poitier, and Ruby Dee Connect with Glynn: Twitter: @GlynnTurman Learn more about Women of the Movement Connect with The Theatre Podcast: Support us on Patreon: Patreon.com/TheTheatrePodcast Twitter & Instagram: @theatre_podcast Facebook.com/OfficialTheatrePodcast TheTheatrePodcast.com Alan's personal Instagram: @alanseales Email me at feedback@thetheatrepodcast.com. I want to know what you think. Thank you to our friends Jukebox The Ghost for our intro and outro music. You can find them on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @jukeboxtheghost or via the web via jukeboxtheghost.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Episode 53 features singer, songwriter, and producer Sean Garrett. He has more number one records than he has hands. He's worked with Beyonce, Chris Brown, and Usher to name a few. He talks his recent work with Summer Walker, his military up bringing, and much more.

The bad boys of conservative/sports talk are back! Bill and Eric welcome you back for another season of Hot Takes by jumping right into what they've been up to during the break. Then, the coaches revisit the happenings of last year's protest at the Capitol, clearing up some misconceptions and dispelling vicious rumors (11:57). The episode finishes with another edition of “Keep or Delete,” featuring tweets about the Olympics, Roger Stone and more (21:23). Be sure to check out the Patreon page: patreon.com/hottakeswithbillanderic and sign up for our $100, $10,000 or $50,000 tier! Intro/Outro Song: “Freedom” by Beyonce featuring Kendrick Lamar

POV It's 2012: Rihanna has the greatest Pixie cut of all time Twilight saga comes to an end The Tumblr girls are pushing ballet flats and infinity scarfs Kimye is official Boybands are BACK (One Direction or The Wanted?) Drake becomes the greatest meme of the decade Beyonce becomes a mother All of your friends with androids now have Instagram for the first time EDM is EVERYWHERE for this week's episode of Does It Hold Up?, we took a look back the year 2012 in Pop culture, film tv, and music! Let us know what you think! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/textured-heir/support

28 Grammy Awards later, she is the most nominated woman and the most awarded singer in Grammy history. So yea, Beyonce was not built in a day. Achieving greatness takes time and effort, and it doesn't necessarily fall into your lap. Losing weight permanently takes time and effort and doesn't happen overnight – no matter how much you wish it would happen faster. As we begin a brand new year, your job is to decide how you want to do weight loss this year. I want you to put on your Beyonce brain and commit to learning what you need to learn about your body and self-love so that you can achieve your forever weight. To begin your transformation, give yourself the gift of self-love by going to www.jenniferdent.com where you'll see the link to Stop.Dieting.In.30.Days and sign up to get your name on the waitlist for the next boot camp beginning February 14th, 2022.   In this episode, you'll learn: if you're selling yourself a dream when you think about losing weight or if you're really changing your mindset how the mindset of a LUXE Lifer is like Beyonce's                         FEATURED ON THE SHOW — Ready to lose your next 10 pounds without a diet?  The waitlist is open to be notified of the next Stop Dieting 30-Day Bootcamp! Sign up at loseyournext10.com  Want to learn all about the Stop. Dieting. Forever™weight loss process?  Get immediate access to my weight loss system - https://jenniferdent.lpages.co/stop-dieting-forever   FOLLOW ME — Facebook - facebook.com/coachjenniferdentbrown Instagram - instagram.com/jenniferdentbrown   MORE ABOUT JENNIFER — Jennifer Dent Brown is a Life + Weight Loss Coach who helps women learn to stop dieting and start living through her company, LUXE Life Coaching. Living a LUXE Life has nothing to do with money and everything to do with a state of mind. Feeling hopeless and unable to control your weight will never get you to your goal. Learning to live with the mindset of a woman who is already at her goal weight is the key to lasting, permanent weight loss.

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On this week's episode the guys decide to address the Beyonce vs Mariah comparisons and do a run down of their catalogs, Drake & Kanye's benefit concert, Drake also withdraws CLB from the Grammy board, Rick goes on another Michael Jackson rant (sigh), Frank Gore vs Deron Williams, Bone vs Three 6 Mafia recap, Is leaving your significant other for somebody better a shitty thing to do? DM Diary Ask A Real Nigga Song Of The Week: Buddha Lovaz x Bone Thugs n Harmony

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THIS WEEK:*“Commiefornia: The Sheep State”*A has-been celebrity doesn't know when to shut her yap again, and the MOM of a celebrity, wants compassion for fake hate crime hoax criminal, Jussie Smollett! What are you waiting for? START COMPASSION-ING! A celebrity's Mom wants it!*Finally, a “safe space” in New York to shoot heroin without being judged! But you wear your mask and show your proof of vaccination, law-abiding, free-thinking, tax-paying, critical-thinking citizen!PLUS:*On “A La Carte”: “Diehard”: NOT a Christmas movie, the dating lives of Facebook “fact checkers”, you might have “dating reparations” coming, and absurd advertisers I've rejected for Amateur Nation, and an all-female space mission with plenty of politically incorrect jokes. *“3 Pro Things”: a movie to which Bill Gates touches himself, a Hollywood star turns his life around, and a compelling conversation about the evidence of God.
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In Episode 67, Dr. Mathew Knowles joins us to share his journey as an author, cancer survivor, music executive, artist manager, and father to one of the most iconic people in modern day music, Beyoncé Knowles. In this candid conversation, Dr. Knowles shares his story of growing up as a black child during the civil rights movement and the trauma of being a black man in America (13:32). He shares his experience and life change following a male chest cancer diagnosis (26:53) and his focus of working on happiness every day (37:12). Knowles leaves the audience with business advice to take your passions to the next level (43:00) and the importance of getting vaccinated so we can end the pandemic (47:00). Like, comment, and subscribe! Stay connected with your host on IG: @aalia_unsugarcoated Connect with Dr. Knowles: https://mathewknowles.comIG: @mrmathewknowlesUNSUGARCOATED Media is a 501c3 non-profit media production enterprise, using podcasts, print publications, short documentaries, and more to tell stories of empowerment in the face of adversity and trauma. For more information on our goals, content, and live events please visit www.UNSUGARCOATEDMedia.com.

2021 may soon be in the rear view, but the sounds of Texas will linger for a long time. The year that was in Texas music on a special edition of the Texas Standard. Willie remains the king, and Beyoncé the queen… But the sound of Texas is more diverse than ever before with rule […]

This week we got all natural bombshell Violet Myers joining the BTD Josh Accardo & Della Dane on the show. She talks not being confident enough to strip, but on camera she taps into her "Beyonce" mode. Being sexualized at a young age. Anime. and she answers the BTD 3.

WORD ON THE STREET IS ... Issa wrap for 2021!, holiday fight on Delta Air Lines, Rick Ross walks out on the 85 South Comedy Show, KFC customer finds a whole chicken head in her hot wings meal, Jay-Z ignites Twitter debate: Is Beyonce better than Michael Jackson?, and SO MUCH MORE ... WORD ON THE STREET POD. 54 PLAYLIST: INTRO - "Praise God" BY Ye (featuring Travis Scott, Baby Keem) SEGMENT 1 MUSIC BREAK: 1.) "RAPSTAR" BY Polo G. 2.) "DNA" BY Kendrick Lamar SEGMENT 2 MUSIC BREAK: 1.) "Jigga What, Jigga Who" BY Jay-Z (featuring Amil) 2.) "Friendly Skies" BY Missy Elliott (featuring Ginuwine) SEGMENT 3 MUSIC BREAK: 1.) "Giving Him Something That He Can Feel" Remix BY En Vogue 2.) "Praise Ye Jah" BY Sizzla OUTRO - "I Know I've Been Changed" BY LaShun Pace NO COPYRIGHT INTENDED! Website - https://chatdamix.com/ Instagram - @chatdamix Twitter - @ChatdaMix1 YouTube - Chat da' Mix Pinterest - Chat da Mix

On this episode of Le Twins Experience, we are live and saying goodbye to 2021, and Insecure!  Our thoughts on the series finale, we talk the latest episode of And Just Like That, errrr body has Covid, Atlanta is cancelling events & issuing mask mandates, Travis Scott is losing deals left and right, Future is still on his BS, and Black Girl Magic featuring a North Carolina librarian who is giving back to children in need.Subscribe to our newsletter to keep up with the show: http://bit.ly/3cVLN4qThis weeks song picks:Donyetta - Drunk in Love by Beyonce and Jay ZKim - To The Moon by Jnr ChoiFollow our playlist on Spotify which has all of our song picks!Season 2 http://spoti.fi/3qbEpoWSeason 1 http://bit.ly/LeTwinsExperienceDon't forget to subscribe to our Youtube channel: https://bit.ly/3jQBpLd. We upload the visual version of our episodes each week.Subscribe to the show on your favorite podcast app, and please leave us a rating and/or review on Apple Podcasts.Connect with us:http://instagram.com/letwinsexperiencehttp://twitter.com/letwinsexphttp://facebook.com/letwinsexperiencehttp://letwinsexperience.comKimhttp://instagram.com/str8kimhttp://twitter.com/str8kimhttp://facebook.com/str8kimhttp://str8kim.comDonyettahttp://instagram.com/dyettahttp://twitter.com/thedyettahttp://facebook.com/thedyettahttp://dyetta.com

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 Omicron is in the building and is spreading faster than a Beyonce meme! Beyonce often breaks the internet, but will Omicron break us? Infection rates, hospitalizations, and death are up; is a dreaded 3rd lockdown possible? My Mic Sounds Nice investigates! Future claims he is more relevant than Jay-Z in these streets. Is he? And does it really even matter? Regardless, Jay-Z in return, let the entire world know they do not want that smoke with him on a Versus stage. Does the man who once brought out Michael Jackson on the Hot 97 Summer Jam stage have a point? Do his intricate stage shows and extensive catalog make him untouchable? My Mic Sounds Nice has a few thoughts on that one.

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Hello again Story Forward listeners and followers! Season 2 of our pivoted podcast is upon us, and here is what we have for you: Hosts Larry Rosen and Christian Winn bring you a 12-week season of stories all about the many-faceted, wild, complex, life-changing, far-reaching world of music.  It's PLAYLIST: A season of stories from the likes of poets and punk rockers, the sweetest rock n' roll couples and renaissance men, Beyonce aficionados and legendary sound engineers, super fans , community radio stalwarts, rock school founders, at _least _one very secret special guest, and so much more. Narrative interviews, Correspondent tales, and plenty of banter and side story earworms to boot. Let's go to 11! Chime in with thoughts, recs, and general Story Forward conversation at our Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1171329766614324 Also, find Storyforward on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. Big thanks to Jared Bostrom and Brett Badostain for their editing and producing magic. Thanks to EaseDrop Studios - ease-drop.com - for hosting us on their fantastic network. Find Story Forward's podcast at Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Like and review us if you've enjoyed this season of PLAYLIST (or previously aired) episodes. Support Story Forward by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/storyfort-presents-voices-of-t Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/storyfort-presents-voices-of-t/d5a34322-e5ea-4fe2-a178-fde7daf63701

HOV WANTS THE SMOKE! Jayz recently made some comments that sent social media into a frenzy! Just in case you were under a rock, Jay said WITH HIS CHEST that nobody can stand on a VERZUZ stage with him, as well as saying his boo Beyonce is on the same level as Michael Jackson. We also discuss some comments by Andre 3000 and the reason he retired. Tune in! Show Hosted by: Brandon | Alex | Quan | Mike Follow Off The Record Podcast on IG, Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, & Sportscastr Get your Off The Record Podcast Merch Here! Off The Record is a proud member of Crossover Media: Follow Crossover on IG & Twitter.

In the early '80s the idea of a television channel showing nothing but music videos 24 hours a day was completely revolutionary. It posed the first real threat to the dominance of Top 40 Radio across America and went on to completely redefine how artists marketed themselves and the way popular music was consumed by the fans. The arrival of MTV in 1981 quickly led to an explosion in the production of music videos in both Europe and the US, many of which went on to define the decade. From Thriller to Live Aid, Britney to Beyonce; MTV has been the soundtrack to some of the biggest moments in popular culture for the last 40 years.

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The Holiday Season is a time for family. Cheer, fun and festivity. So what is a holiday season without some festive holiday season. Yes, we all know that Mariah Carey is the queen of Christmas, but there have also been many magical Christmas music in pop music, and this one in particular is a favorite of mine. It's by a little group named Destiny's Child. At the height of their commercial success in 2001, Beyonce, Kelly, and Michelle of Destiny's Child released their Christmas masterpiece “8 Days of Christmas” and it is one of the most festive Christmas album you'll ever listen to. So grab some eggnog, turn the Christmas tree lights on and get into your most festive xmas sweaters and songs, because we're about to dive into 8 Days of Christmas by the R&B queens themselves, Destiny's Child.

Hey pals - here's a little christmas podcast. It's a bit manic and slapdash but I hope you like it anywayTalking about Moon River, Beyonce Hours, Worst Christmas Songs, Retail Breakdowns, Hope ye have a nice few days and a wonderful christmastimeShaneIf you'd like to support the show and want to hear a load of other podcasts you can sign up for a fiver a month to patreon.com/shanesbrilliantpodcast - you can quit anytimeOR ko-fi.com/brilliantshane for a once off donationemail: shanesbrilliantemail@gmail.cominstagram: @brilliantshane twitter: @brilliantshanetheme tune by randy henderson of minnesota/st paul https://www.instagram.com/helgesonriley/Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/shanesbrilliantpodcast)Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/shanesbrilliantpodcast)Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/shanesbrilliantpodcast)

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Hi Swallowerz, this week we cover: the length and girth of Hitman Holla, Mariah doesn't want a #verzuz with Beyonce for Christmas, There's a Real Man in Nene Leakes' House, The Chronicles of Jussie Smollett and the Sex Chamber of lies, Megan Good's marriage bad, all this and more. Need Some Head: Tyler Lepley. Topic of the Day: Picture it... Yo House... 2021... You're knocked out sleep. Bae comes in and tries to wake you up for sex. What would Beyonce (you) do? This episode is sponsored by: Mosaico, a journey towards a global HIV vaccine for all. For more information about the Mosaico study, go to: www.mosaicostudy.com

In today's episode of the As Told by Nomads Podcast, join me and Kim Crowder as we discuss where companies now are in terms of diversity and inclusion today. Here, Kim talks about why it's unfortunate that companies had to wait for a George Floyd incident to happen before making changes. If anything, it is a testament to how companies don't listen to organizational cases that support the need for an inclusive workplace. Today, Kim speaks on how moving up in ranks opened her to the real barriers to inclusive workplaces, cultural nuances, the difference between liberation and justice, and more.You – At Work and in a BusinessFor Kim, one of Forbes' top anti-racism educators that companies need, being bad in a job doesn't necessarily mean that you'll also be bad in a business. Being bad in a job or in a particular position can sometimes mean that you're just not built for the industrialization of work. This is very normal for entrepreneurs, who are natural catalysts for change and innovation. But how?About Kim Crowder:Kim Crowder is the CEO and founder of Kim Crowder Consulting. The firm uses a data-driven approach to partnering with companies and embed diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-racism into their DNA. That includes building equitable systems and processes for workplace culture and branding and communications. They shift cultures so that workplaces are safe for all identities to be valued, supported, innovative, and thriving by making DEIA a daily practice beyond individual initiatives.Outline of the episode:[02:20]Named by Forbes as one of the top anti-racism educators companies need[04:05]Most of us come from lived experiences[06:23]Kim Crowder – on understanding the lack of systems for real diversity and inclusion in the workplace[09:14]A Black family in South Korea[12:05]Houston, Texas – home to Beyonce and little black girls who can sing[15:00]The devil is in the details[21:57]Being a bad employee doesn't follow being a poor entrepreneur[24:05]Learn from your work now and find people who are doing what you want to do[28:34] Hold spaces for other people's differences and take what you canResources:Website: https://www.kimcrowderconsulting.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimcrowder/Twitter: https://twitter.com/IamKimCrowderInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamkimcrowder/Connect with Tayo Rockson and the As Told By Nomads Podcast on:Personal Website: https://tayorockson.comUYD Management: https://uydmanagement.com/UYD Collective: https://tayorockson.com/uyd-collectiveLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tayorockson Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcastTwitter: https://twitter.com/TayoRockson See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week Cariad talks to writer Yrsa Daley-Ward (The How, Beyonce's Black is King, Bone) about her mum, who died when she was twenty-two and her grandmother, who helped raise her and passed away this year. As ever we talk about grief, death lessons + commonality of pain.You can follow Yrsa on Instagram @yrsadaleyward and her new book, The How, is available to buy now.You can follow the Griefcast on Twitter + Instagram @thegriefcastThis is the last episode of season 8, thank you so much for listening and we'll be back in the New Year!Griefcast is hosted by Cariad Lloyd, edited by Kate Holland, recorded at Whistledown Studios (or Cariad's living room in lockdown), artwork is by Jayde Perkin and the music is provided by The Glue Ensemble. And remember, you are not alone.Rose D'or Nominee 2019, Podcast of the Year 2018, Best Podcast ARIA's 2018.Apple Podcast Spotlight pick for October 2021"the pandemic's most important podcast" TelegraphSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/griefcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Last week I posted on Facebook that this year had been one of the toughest years emotionally, mentally, and even financially however I am still standing. I would have never thought that everything that I had been through this year was stretching my faith for my biggest battle over this past weekend. Motivational Monday just turned into Testimony Tuesday!!!! This week's scripture: Galatians 6:9 Cashapp: $ShelenaDevette Follow Shelena on Instagram @iamshelenadevette Emails and Bookings- shelenacooper82@gmail.com Shop Shelena's Collection Boutique- https://shelenas.com/ Intro Music- Belief by Zii Outro Music- Boss by Beyonce

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This week, there are too many Yule Lads trying to break our Poop Log, Christmas is meant for ruckus and revelry, your kids are going to become criminals if you don't get an Elmo with a soul, and you are going to have to penetrate your brain deeply to find the answers to this Christmas quiz! Come join the Backyard Bonanza in our Discord!https://discord.gg/QND8pNasHAWe have merch now?! Come get some!https://best-friends-tiny-inc.creator-spring.com/Malcolm's Cream (Guest Podcast Promo):Malcolm was on vacation this week, but he sure does love Homicide Worldwide, Pick Me!, Haunt Her? I Barely Know Her!, NightmareTown, Anime Talk!, and The Grapevine Cowboy, Kevin Busby!Theme Music:Marcus "IamELECTRICman" Christmas Cover of Jeremy Blake - Powerup!https://soundcloud.com/iamelectricmanTechnical Difficulty Music: Kevin MacLeod - Local Forecast - SlowerNerd stuff and farts from this episode:Cold Turkey    Christmas    Iceland    Santa Clause    Yule Lads    Demons    The Christmas Cat    The Poop Log    Mad Mommy    A Christmas Story    Beyblade    Tradition    Pagan    Grand Dragon    Odin    Winter Festival    Greeks    Romans    Nudity    Walmart    Playstation 6    Christianity    Puritans    Jeff Bezos    Elon Musk    Island Boy    Christmas Spirit    God    Druid    Sorcerer    Elf    Kush Ball    Nintendo    Gameboy    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles    Pogs    Barney    Talkboy    Home Alone    Power Rangers    Beanie Babies    Tickle Me Elmo    Tamagotchi    Furby    Pokemon    Razor Scooter    Bratz    Beyblades    Beyonce    Robosapian    Xbox 360    Playstation 3    iPod Touch    Technology    Elmo Live    Pork Me Elmo    Barnes and Noble Nook    iPad    Let's Rock Elmo    Nintendo WiiU    Big Hugs Elmo    Frozen Elsa    Star Wars    BB-8    NES Mini    Cosmo Robot    Boxer AI Robot    LoL Surprise    Mighty Max    Polly Pocket    Micro Transactions    Mystery Boxes    Playstation 5    Xbox Series X    Grogu    The Child    National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation    Home Alone    Quiz    John Hughes    Star Wars Christmas SpecialSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/bestfriendstinyinc)

The most dangerous toy you can buy your kid for Christmas is a Razor Scooter.  They've caused over 190,000 injuries in the past five years.  Various types of balls are next at 108,000 injuries. Stephanie Matto, from the ‘90 Day Fiancé' sells her fartsin a jar for $100 a pop or toot, and she's made over $90,000 so far. Chris Pratt's voice from his past movies is turned into a ‘Super Mario Bros.' video game that you can play online. Billie Eilish opens up about how stressful it was to host and perform on SNL. Maurie chats with Zachary Levi about ‘American Underdog' & ‘Shazam'. Mariah Carey's isolated vocals from ‘All I Want For Christmas' are incredible & would she do a Verzuz against Beyonce? Plus, we'll play a round of the Roz & Mocha original game ‘5IN7'.

RAGE! DISCONTENT! MORE RAGE! This week, the guys kick off their annual holiday extravaganza by crapping thunder all over your season's greetings. Dave is mad at Beyonce.  Brad and Craig are mad at each other. Matt is mad at things that breathe. For those who like to see the guys uncomfortable, it's the most wonderful time of the year. (Also, Christmas Jeopardy... because, tradition.)

Welcome to Office Hours, hosted by Legendary Sports Executive, Entrepreneur, and Investor, David Meltzer. Where the brightest millionaires, billionaires, and entrepreneurs, in business, sports, and entertainment get together to talk about success, failure, and everything in between. Take a deep dive into the mind of some of the world's most impactful guests to share their strategies and tools to dominate their respective fields. My co-hosts for today's episode are David Moreno, the CEO of Mediabundance, Mike Mumola, founding partner at Mediabundance, and the True Underdog himself, Jayson Waller, the founder & CEO of Powerhome Solar. Joining us on today's episode is Sir Martin Sorrell, Executive Chairman at S4 Capital, legendary fashion designer, Norma Kamali, John Ruhlin, the author of Giftology, and WNBA superstar and analyst, Monique Billings Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode Notes Why she says "I Don't need a Man"? Josh is back with more laughs and more WTH! The podcast starts off strong with one of the most erotic poems Erotic poetry offers from spoken word artist Lovie Dove (@loviedove_83 IG). Then we go in deep on the 'Not Need a Man' topic with special guest Zai (@thezaiexperience IG). EJ and Khary chime in on one of the classic episodes. Song of the Day - "Me, Myself, & I" by Beyonce for a sing-a-long and lyric breakdown Simplified by Khary - the Memorial Day BBQ Josh Adams the comedian shares his takes, stories, and thoughts on life weekly. The Josh Adams Podcast is hosted by Josh Adams with co-host J Bell and other guests.

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We discuss why the boss is this week's That Guy, whether salsa is an essential ingredient for breakfast tacos, and whether listening to audiobooks count as reading. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Laugh with our daily morning show podcast!Join us live TOMORROW at our toy drive:Renova Appliance Center11AM to 8PM (we will be there 12-4)12440 S Sam Houston Pkwy WHouston, Texas 77031Today:PK would like to remind you to: ALWAYS BE STICKING!Duryan breaks down his top 10 Christmas movies of all time (spoiler alert, it's bad)Your IVN's ask: Beyonce, Madonna or MariahPK learns to NEVER compliment a ladies hairWe debate the last song we would want to hear on our death bedTiffany tells us about her upcoming divorce trip to Costa Rica and takes on ‘Match two'We check in with Elia to see how ‘work' is goingPK would like to remind you to NEVER brag about your richesA restaurant does a waitress wrong and wins the Mr. Yuck StickerWe make it up to noise 265 as we try to figure out 'What's That Noise'Duryan tells us about Dualyz shoesWe laugh at Duryan's attempt at assembling a Christmas treeSuck it Mariah! PK & Duryan thank our founding family w/a Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer renditionAnd so much more!Guess 'What's That Noise': https://bit.ly/3hsl4hcPlay our games: www.PKandDK.com

Drew Ginsburg of Dylanlex is always just a bit ahead of everyone – whether it was early to social media for fashion or design.She's a quintessential example of a designer/entrepreneur who is constantly evolving her brand.Her work has been worn by, (ahem...)BEYONCE, MADONNA, GIGI HADID, RIHANNA, KENDALL JENNER, USHER, JESSICA ALBA, DUA LIPA, CARDI B, LADY GAGA...And that's just a few...Drew and I discuss how social media has democratized fashion, how her pieces found their way to Rihanna, the androgyny of jewelry, and what band she listens to cry.Dylanlex on Instagram**Sponsored by Standard & Strange – Get the facts on denim

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Good morning and welcome to the ride! Commodores your next! The Chief Love Officer talks about a bootlegger and the owner of a brothel. Is this Verzuz battle between Mariah and Beyonce appropriate or nah? Tiger Woods is returning to golf with his son. Bitterman has a list of gifts that you do not buy for kids. Pimpin' is in Dubai and ain't got time to lie about his NFL picks. The stars remember Virgil Abloh. Would You Rather really tapped into our deepest desires. $20k from the church. Thank you Jesus! Today the show wraps up with stuff that should have been inner monologue. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

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Gizelle and Robyn talk about hitting 1 MILLION downloads, the RHOP reunion, Virgil Abloh, Wendy Williams, Kevin Hart, Adele, Mel Tucker, Beyonce, Rihanna, Viola Davis, Will Smith's book and the parenting differences between boys and girls.        Get in touch with the show: whatsup (at) reasonablyshady (dot) com  --Follow Robyn on IG: robyndixon10  --Follow Gizelle on IG: gizellebryant Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com