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Welcome back to Snafu with Robin Zander. In this episode, I'm talking with Bobby Podesta, longtime Pixar animator and storyteller. We dig into why storytelling and art matter, and why finding your own voice is more important than copying anyone else. Bobby opens up about his journey as an artist, the imposter syndrome he's faced, and how he learned to create art in a style that's truly his. We talk about how he turned a written novel into a graphic novel, translating dialogue and descriptions into illustrations along the way. He shares lessons from his college design teacher about noticing the art all around us—not just in museums or galleries. We also explore how design and storytelling balance function and emotion, in ways you might not even realize in everyday life. Bobby's story shows that creativity isn't about perfection – it's about showing up and being authentic. He gives a fresh perspective on how storytelling shapes the way we see the world and connect with others. This episode is full of insights for anyone who cares about art, design, and telling stories that matter. 00:00 Start 03:13 The Importance of Human Connection in Storytelling Bobby on storytelling Background: 30 years in film, always thinking about story structure. Drama is about “what you're both keeping back and what you're waiting to surprise your audience with.” Steve Jobs anecdote Jobs builds suspense with “one more thing.” On stage, he asks: “Has anyone ever wondered what this small pocket is for?” (the tiny jeans pocket). Instead of something expected like a coin, he pulls out “the world's smallest iPod and people flip out.” Why it works: audience knows the pocket's size → no need to explain iPod's dimensions. Structure: setup → familiar norm → question → twist → payoff. Bobby's takeaway: “That's really good storytelling, man. It's really good storytelling.” “People call him a salesperson. Like he's a great salesman. He's a great storyteller. If you can tell a good story, you're pulling people in. That's the key.” Robin on storytelling & AI His work is making commercials and mini-docs for startups. Says video itself doesn't matter as much as impact: “What I care about is changing human behavior and changing human emotion.” Believes the value of human storytelling is timeless: “The value of sitting at Homer's feet and listening to him recite the Iliad is never going to go away.” Bobby on storytelling & art Storytelling = fundamental way to convey and connect. Sees it like art: “Art is a way to express your opinion and how you process the world around you in a manner that hopefully other people can experience and relate to.” Calls art his “oldest friend, who I've probably treated the worst… neglected, starved, and then expect it to show up and perform.” Believes everyone can create: “Art is not a zero-sum game… art is ultimately subjective because art is an opinion about how you see the world.” Goal of art/storytelling: help others “find some relationship to the world around them through it.” 06:01 Art as a Form of Expression Robin's setup Grew up between an artist mother and entrepreneur father – “perfect intersection” of art + business. Distinguishes museum art (“old, on walls”) from art that's “around us all the time.” Points out modern communicators (Musk, Trump) as powerful storytellers/branders – even if you disagree with the content, “that is great art in the form of good communication.” Asks: why do we separate “high” art (Iliad, museums) from everyday, cultural storytelling (Pixar, branding)? Art is everywhere Bobby uses the car-buying analogy to explain awareness: “You're looking for a midsize pickup and suddenly you see them everywhere. They didn't just appear. You're just paying attention.” Art works the same way – once you start noticing, you realize it's all around you. Lesson from a design teacher: “If it wasn't dug up or grown, it's designed.” Everything man-made carries intention – and therefore, art. Pushes back on the museum-only view of art: “Saying art is only in museums is like saying there are only cars at dealerships. There are cars everywhere. There's art everywhere.” Examples of art woven into daily life: Clothing, headphones, glasses Desks, chairs, pottery, textiles Buildings, skylines, sidewalk prints Freeway dividers, lamps Even tools: “Go get a hammer. The handle's probably painted a color. It may be a penny's worth of art, but it's art, man.” Definition of art: “All these things are working with that balance between functionality and making you feel something.” Even branding choices – a color, a shape – are designed to evoke feeling. Perspective shift: Once you adjust your lens, “there's a lot of art out there. It's really, really amazing.” 12:04 The Relationship Between Artist and Art Bobby compares practice to a relationship: “It's like the people that love you the most, sometimes you treat the worst.” Practice is like a loyal friend or character always waiting: Wants to be fed, but often ignored. Always ready to show up again. “It's like that little character that shows up and is always there to help you out.” Robin asks if practice is a character on his shoulder. Bobby: “It probably is… but I love it. If there's a napkin, I'll doodle.” Art as a shared childhood language: Everyone starts out drawing: “Have you ever met an adult who didn't draw as a kid? Everyone says yes.” Drawing is how children interpret the world. Family encouragement made “the artist” part of his identity. Becoming a writer: Took a UC Berkeley Extension class called “Finishing the Novel.” Professor's advice: “You're all taking classes. None of you are professionals. Go form a writers' group.” Writers' group provided accountability → led to a first draft. Draft → literary agent → graphic novel → published book. “Flash forward all these years later and I have a book that comes out… I guess I'm an author.” Lessons on growth and identity: Identity comes from practice and persistence, not instant recognition. Progress isn't linear: “The road is not a straight line.” Common trap: believing “I should have been there already.” Bobby reframes time: “You can often have what you want, or you can have something when you want it. But you can rarely have what you want when you want it.” Letting go of rigid timelines gives a better chance of arriving. 18:01 The Process of Creating a Graphic Novel Robin asks why this story, why now, and why as a debut novel. Bobby admits he had played with different story ideas before. Thought to himself: “If I only have one chance to do this, what story do I want to tell?” Origin spark: a daydream while driving. “What if an animal just jumped out in front of me?” What if it leapt into the air and flew away? “What if that animal was a reindeer?” Question: what would a reindeer be doing here? That “what if” became the seed of the story. Bobby folded parts of himself into the idea. Loves holiday stories and movies → wanted to write one. Describes storytelling as crafting from a “pantry of experiences.” Not autobiography or documentary, but infused with pieces of his life. Details of the novel: Protagonist is an 11-year-old girl in 1955 Colorado. Bobby: “I was neither alive in 1955, nor have I ever been an 11-year-old girl, nor have I found a flying reindeer — spoiler alert.” Still, fragments of his own experiences and emotions shape the narrative. Goal as an author: To blend reality with imagination. To create something unique, fresh, and able to stand on its own. 20:58 Visual Storytelling vs. Written Storytelling Robin asks about storytelling: what's similar between Steve Jobs' two-minute iPod reveal and a 350-page graphic novel? Bobby: scale is different, but fundamentals are the same. Both are about introducing an idea, building drama, and pulling the audience in. Events and books both follow arcs: setup → build → climax → resolution. “He doesn't start the event with that, he ends the event with that. That's the climax.” Storytelling has shape across mediums: Characters introduced → audience grows to care → surprises and turns → payoffs. Example: Steve Jobs' coin pocket reveal → set up, then payoff. In a book, the payoff may come 100 pages later instead of 30 seconds. Analogy: whether you play 30 seconds of a song or an hour-long concert, you're still using the same fundamentals of music. Robin shifts to Bobby's background as a visual storyteller. As an animator of 30 years, Bobby is comfortable with visual stories, while Robin is more comfortable with written ones. Robin compares Bobby's graphic novel to The Bone Compendium (which he revisits often) and contrasts with Heinlein novels he might attempt. Robin: making comics doesn't have to be like “my mother's artwork she slaved over for years.” It can be like newspaper comics compiled into story. Asks Bobby for advice on where to begin if he wanted to try sketching a visual story. Bobby's advice: Many people don't think visual storytelling is possible for them. Shares personal story: On his first post-college date with his wife (now 25 years married), he said he wanted to write a book. It took him 25 years to actually write one. Never thought of doing a graphic novel because his drawing style didn't look like Marvel or X-Men. Even as a professional artist, felt imposter syndrome Realization: it's not about imitating Spider-Man — it's about drawing in your own style. Art is your opinion expressed visually. Stick figures can work if they serve the story. Doesn't have to be polished airbrushed paintings. How his graphic novel came about: Originally wrote the story as a regular novel. Sent to publishers with just a few illustrations. All said no — except one, who said: “I love the illustrations. Would you consider making this a graphic novel?” Bobby: “All right.” Treated it as an invitation. Decided to draw in his own style. Practical process: Took all the dialogue he had already written. Turned descriptions into drawings. Book was already written in close third person, without inner thoughts → made translation easier. First pass: dialogue in speech bubbles, description drawn. Realized: “I guess this works.” Takeaway: You don't have to start by drawing an entire book from scratch. You can begin with writing, then translate description into visuals.   28:10 Resilience in the Face of Rejection Robin points out the sheer amount of work Bobby went through: writing a book, getting rejected repeatedly, reinventing it with illustrations, then turning it into a graphic novel only to be rejected again. Robin: “It's almost the literal definition of courage… getting back up and trying again.” Notes that outsiders might think: “30-year Pixar animator, easy for you.” But the reality was rejection after rejection. Asks: how do you come back? What is your relationship with practice that allows you to face no 50 times and keep going? Bobby on optimism and imagination: “I'm lucky that I happen to be what myself and other people probably call an optimistic person.” Describes himself as “an optimist with a vivid imagination” → always assuming, “Yeah, we'll figure this out.” Loves being middle-aged because experience gives perspective: you've seen enough to know you can recover. The arc of a career/life: Beginning stage: fearless. “I can do anything because I cannot die.” Willing to leap into anything: start a company, go broke, jump off a cliff → “We'll figure it out.” Middle stage: awareness of consequences. Relationships, responsibilities, failures and successes → “I don't know if I should do anything.” Weight of awareness can freeze you. Later stage: resilience. “I'm still here, I figured it out.” Confidence comes not from avoiding mistakes but from knowing: “I can recover from anything.” Personal examples: Bobby's two kids are both in college. He reflects on their application process: multiple schools, multiple options. His own experience was the opposite: Applied to only one school (CalArts). Barely got in. Supported by his single mother, who let him pursue art school. That early challenge taught him persistence and how to “figure it out.” The practice of persistence: Life and career filled with moments of trial and error. “That didn't work. Okay, maybe this. Well, that didn't work. Maybe this.” Sometimes progress feels like moving backwards before going forward again. Analogy: like a Roomba. Hits an obstacle → bounces, changes direction, keeps moving. “I don't know that equating myself to a robot vacuum is the best thing, but it eventually gets the whole job done.” 33:33 Storytelling Frameworks and Structures Bobby on classical story structure in his book: Book follows a traditional arc: opening, inciting incident (

Do you want to become a better investor? Appreciate and understand property managers—the unsung heroes that make better tenants and owners. Good property managers can change the world. Today’s guest is Bobby Sharma from BetterCapital, a portfolio measurement and management tool for real estate investors. Bobby started his real estate career in Riverside, California, and his first foray into real estate was through house hacking.  You’ll Learn... [02:14] House Hacking: Buy a house, but get roommates to pay most of your mortgage. [03:58] Bobby’s Background: Software developer that wanted to be in Silicon Valley. [04:47] 2010 Market Collapse: Bobby bought some homes that needed some work. [05:03] Meetup Group: Bobby started a real estate meetup group in the East Bay Area. [05:40] Becoming a landlord, buying out of state, and working with property managers. [06:18] BetterCapital: Management/measurement portfolio tool for real estate investors. [07:47] Measurement: Tracks deposits, loan balances, ROI, and equity growth. [09:00] Management: Stores documents, adds reminders, and runs math formulas.  [09:53] Real Estate Results: One of the best ways to invest, grow wealth, plan for future.  [10:35] Preferential Partners: Property managers/realtors project property performance.  [15:00] API/bank integration? Scrape data into systems or pool data w/API connection. [19:41] Three Ts: Tracking, training, and transaction.  [24:13] Education: Property managers should explain challenges to investors. [25:48] Property Managers: Unsung heroes that make better tenants and owners. Tweetables “I love my property managers. Without them, I wouldn't be successful. I totally get the importance of property management.” “We want people to see how much wealth they have created, or how much equity they've created because we want to encourage them to purchase real estate assets.” “If you look at it across a long period of time, it turns out that it's one of the best ways to invest, to grow your wealth, and to plan for your future.” “We want to provide education to make them a better investor. They will appreciate the role of the property manager a little bit more.” Resources Bobby Sharma’s Email BetterCapital AppFolio Cozy TenantCloud Rent Manager Buildium Propertyware Schwab Etrade Robinhood Redfin Yardi 1031 Exchange DoorGrow on Instagram DoorGrow on YouTube DoorGrowClub DoorGrowLive Transcript Jason: Welcome, DoorGrow Hackers, 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 your business and life, and you are open to doing things a bit differently, then you are a DoorGrow Hacker. DoorGrow Hackers 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 businesses and their business owners. We want to transform the industry, eliminate the BS, build awareness, change the 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. Now, let’s get into the show. My guest today is Bobby Sharma. Welcome, Bobby Sharma. Bobby: Thank you, Jason. Jason: Bobby is with a company called BetterCapital. Bobby, you have quite an extensive real estate experience. I grew up in Rancho Cucamonga, Alta Loma, California. We were touching bases for the show. You got your start in real estate somewhere in the Inland Empire. Bobby: In the Inland Empire, yeah. Riverside, California. I did what's called house hacking. Back then, there was no such term. I was 24 years old, worked in Corona, California, and lived in Riverside, California. That's how I got my start in the real estate world. Jason: Define house hacking for those that are not house hackers. Bobby: I was single. I ended up buying a house—three bedrooms, two baths—with the intention of maybe I'll get a couple of roommates, and they'll help me with the mortgage. I put an ad in the Riverside Enterprise, I don't know if you recall that newspaper. This is the late 1980s, early ‘90s. I got two roommates, great guys. They were my roommates for a long time, also single. One was a plumber, one was an X-ray tech. Long story short, they helped me pay for most of my mortgage. Not quite 100%, but most of my mortgage. Jason: Nice. All right. And that was your first foray into real estate investing. This sparks something for you. You thought of it, but your roommates, apparently, didn't. They're willing to pay rent. I lovingly refer to the Inland Empire as the armpit of California. Bobby: Absolutely. Jason: I had a good childhood growing up there. Now, I'm in Austin, Texas which I'm really enjoying. I got out just before the craziness of the pandemic, and California's gone insane. It's gone insane with all the stuff that's going on right now. Bobby, give us a little bit of history since that first experiment and give us a little background—qualify yourself. Help the audience understand your experience in real estate or surrounding the property management rental industry. Bobby: Absolutely. Thank you, Jason. Since then, I was 24 back then. Then, I had to take a break. I got married. I didn't do much in real estate. But about 10 years ago, when I saw the market really collapse—that was in 2010—I moved up to Silicon Valley. I was a software developer back in Southern California. But I always wanted to be in Silicon Valley, work for one of these technology companies that Silicon Valley is famous for. Sure enough, I worked for one of them. In 2010, I just saw the market collapse here in the Bay Area as well. I said you know what? I have some savings, so I started going out and picking up some homes that needed a little bit of work. Long story short, I also started a real estate meetup group in the Bay Area, in the East Bay. We call it the East Bay Meetup near Oakland. There weren't a lot of meetups going on, but most of them were in San Jose or San Francisco, and the people were fighting the commute. Long story short, I ended up starting a meetup in the Oakland area. Fortunately, that meetup has now become the largest real estate meetup in the Bay Area. I've got about 5000 members. We used to meet up every month. Out of that, I ended up becoming a landlord, buying out of state, and working with property managers. I love my property managers. Without them, I wouldn't be successful. I totally get the importance of property management. We own a bunch of rental properties—a lot of single-family, a lot of multifamily, but a lot of it is out of state for cash flow reasons as in cash flow in California. We ended up with several hundred doors out in the Midwest, mainly. Jason: How did BetterCapital come about, and what is it? Bobby: Just like a lot of people in my meetup group, we're active real estate investors. I have rental properties. I'm a private money lender. I have syndications. In a couple of properties out in Ohio, I do what's called seller financing. We own a bunch of rental properties, a bunch of real estate assets. I was tracking everything through Excel, but that was just not cutting it for me. You can't store documents inside of Excel. Things were scattered all over my computer, in my Gmail, and in my Dropbox—leases, insurance, tax bills, reminders, and everything. What I did was I worked with a technology partner of mine, and we put all the essential tools to track your portfolio. We're not AppFolio. We're not Cozy. We're not TenantCloud. We're not a property management software, but we talk to a bunch of property management systems. We are like a portfolio measurement and portfolio management tool for real estate investors. Jason: Explain the measurement part. Bobby: Yeah. What we do there, Jason, is if you bought a property five years ago, you're getting your checks every now and then. Your property manager is depositing the checks in your bank account. Sometimes it's not what you expected because there was a repair, or you don't know what your loan balance is on the property. What we do is we track the actual deposits in your account. We track your loan balances. We track the equity in your properties across the board, and then we give you a return on investment. What did you invest in that property, and what's your annual return on investment? What's your equity growth? The analogy I like to draw is if you log in to your Schwab, E-Trade, or Robinhood account, you can see the equity of your stocks. How much did you gain in your stock if you bought Apple five years ago? Or you bought Amazon 10 years ago, how much have you gained? We didn't have something like that for real estate investors. What we built was a tool. It has the ability to store documents. It has the ability to put reminders to track your equity growth, to see in a graphical manner how this property performed over the past year, this year, over the past five years, and then since you bought it. We have a lot of mathematical formulas that run in the background and then you can track. We want people to see how much wealth they have created, or how much equity they've created because we want to encourage them to purchase real estate assets. Jason: I would be curious if they can measure this better, and they can see the performance, do they tend to invest more? Bobby: Exactly. That's the whole idea, right? Real estate over time has so many benefits. Sometimes, especially property managers, they are so busy with day to day operations that they forget to remind the investors, the landlords, about the benefits of owning real estate. Yes, there are bumps in the road. There's going to be a turnover here and there. There's going to be an eviction here and there. But if you look at it across a long period of time, it turns out that it's one of the best ways to invest, to grow your wealth, and to plan for your future. What we want to do is we want to help property managers and realtors—those are our partners. Property management, which is your audience, as well. If we could help your current set of landlords grow their doors, maybe you bring a portfolio of new assets that they can purchase. But you can demonstrate that, look, if you bought this property with us in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in Dallas, Texas, or El Paso, Texas. If you've owned this property, here's how much equity you've gained. Here's how much your cash flow was last year. Here's how the property performed. Then, you can then have a really strong case to go back to them and say, listen, here's another similar property that is available on the market. Would you like to maybe consider adding a door or a couple of doors to your portfolio? Jason: It sounds like this is a largely effective tool for the investor. You have a way that investors can see and manage their entire portfolio. They have, say, 100 properties, or maybe they have like 20, 30 doors or something. They can see this portfolio. Then there's a way they can invite their property manager in to also see this portfolio, keep this updated, or to connect to it? Bobby: Absolutely. The property managers and realtors play a very important role. The owner can always invite their property manager to see the property in the system or communicate with that property manager. The other is that the property manager can invite the landlords to the system as well. When they upload a list of their landlords, we create what's called a preferential relationship and the exclusive preferential relationship between the property manager that loaded up the landlords in the system. That way, if you have a new portfolio that you want to maybe broadcast to your existing landlords, you can broadcast it to our platform. You can also let them know that, hey, listen. Here's a similar property that gives you the same kind of returns. It's in the same area. You may want to consider looking at purchasing this one. We want to help the property managers and the realtors have that exclusive kind of relationship with the landlords. Jason: There's this performance side of it. Maybe if an investor is looking at getting into a property, is there any forecasting that's similar? Is there a forecast inside? Like, here's a possible future roadmap of what this investment could do. Bobby: Very good question, Jason. That's on our roadmap. One of the things we want to do is forecasting or projecting the performance of a property that may be on the MLS or it may be in the portfolio of the property manager. Maybe somebody's looking to sell that portfolio. In the future, we will have what's called a forecasting calculator. You can submit that property. You can punch in all the numbers, and then the system will forecast. Within our platform, they'll be able to see the projections. We also have a way for the user to say, okay, if the application is forecasted at 3%, they can adjust that. They can say, what if it only appreciated 2%? Or if the rent appreciation was 5%, what if it was only 3%? And so on. We will give them that tool, but yes, that is on the road map. Jason: Very cool. Now, does this have an API integration? Because a lot of property managers, they are not going to want to go in and up the second system. They've got their property management back office. They're using Rent Manager, AppFolio, Buildium, or Propertyware typically. Is there a way of either scraping that data into those systems or maybe through an API connection pooling all that data in? Bobby: Very much so. We talk to the most popular property management applications out there. Most of them have APIs. If they don't have APIs, we allow the user to import an Excel file. Very easy to do. It takes about less than two minutes to set up a property in the system. Once they get really good at importing data, it takes about five minutes to import the data if they're new. But once the property is set up in the system, then it literally takes 30 seconds to update a property every month. Once a month, what are the main items that you're looking at? It's once a month, typically. Maybe sometimes twice a month. You're looking at, did your rent come in? Did you pay your mortgage? Did you pay your insurance and taxes? Did you pay your property management fees? But it's really very simple to bring that data in. We have bank integration. You can also pull the data from a bank. By the way, the property manager doesn't have to do this. The landlord can do this. The only thing the property manager has to do is load up the client list the first time and then reestablish that. The first property manager to load that landlord into the system gets the exclusive relationship. That's the first-come, first-served relationship that they have. But after that, the landlord should be able to go in and update the system. And it's very easy to do that. It's in their best interest to see the performance of their assets, right? So they do a bulk of the data entry. Jason: That exclusivity sounds really exciting (I'm sure) to the property management business owners that are listening. Because this could be something that they could upsell as a feature for their more invested investors, those that have lots of doors. It can be an upsell or a premium price point on their premium plan that they offer for the more savvy investor clients. Now, related to that—and I don't know if this is a possible future feature request or idea—but a lot of property managers love owning their brand. Would it be possible to white label this service that it's their thing if they have that? Bobby: A very good question. Our service is free to the landlords. As long as they're not over 15 or so doors, it's free. But to answer your question, we do plan for the larger property managers to have their own white-label co-branded service. Not a problem. It's available. Jason: Okay, very cool. What else can this do? Bobby: We built this platform for investors like myself. Look, I'm a big champion of real estate agents and property managers. Their jobs are often thankless. We forget how much work they do behind the scenes. Managing properties, not an easy task by any means. We are big cheerleaders and supporters of property managers, of real estate agents. At the same time, the landlords need to be able to track their system a little bit better. Our goal is, we call it the three T's. Tracking. To my meet up for the past 10 years, I've been providing education. I've been an evangelist for better real estate investing. We bring in experts on whether it's fix-and-flip, buying remote properties remotely, syndications, private money lending, asset protection for real estate investors—just about any topic that has to do with real estate. We've been teaching that in our meetup. We're going to embed that into the system. If the landlords, the property managers, and real estate agents want to become better at something, we're going to have an expert present once a month. Tracking, training, that's our second key. The third T is the transaction. If the property managers, realtors, have a deal that is what I call investor-grade that they want to send out to their members, then we want to enable transactions. We're not Redfin. We're not one of those sites. But we allow them to communicate about it. It could be a pocket listing. It could be a property manager where the landlord is retiring or doing a 1031, but he wants to sell off his portfolio without putting it on the MLS, for example. Let's figure out how to communicate within the system to the potential buyers because the people that are in the system who are happy with their performance and their relationship with their property manager, they will want to acquire more doors. Those are our three Ts—tracking, training, and transactions. Jason: It's almost like a trading platform. Is this essentially like the E-Trade for real estate investments instead of the stock portfolio? Bobby: It is. That's very much our vision. The training is there. The transaction piece is not there. But that's what we're building right now. Jason, in a nutshell, it is E-Trade for real estate because we don't compete with the AppFolios, the YardEase, the Buildiums of the world, but we partner with them. We don't want the property managers to change what they're doing. Whatever they're doing is fine. We will learn to live alongside the systems they have in place. Jason: This seems to be just such a missing piece to give investors a real tool. Most property managers are just so caught up on just at least, at the very bare minimum of giving their investors a statement or a report at the end of the month. But there's a big difference between managing as a real estate investment and just looking at the expenses for the month, the rent, and whatnot, and seeing a report. Seeing it as an actual investment, and maybe even seeing a chart to see what's actually going on. You get a sense of whether you're losing or gaining. It seems like such a simple, brilliant, missing puzzle piece in the ecosystem. Kudos to you for coming up with this. Now, are there other things like this out on the market? Bobby: I think people are finally realizing that a similar tool is needed. There are a couple of players out there. What we have done is we have taken a comprehensive approach to real estate investing. What are people interested in? They're interested, obviously, in tracking, like the performance of their assets. That's done in Excel, and it's done on a very ad hoc basis. It's not real-time, and it's a lot of keystrokes. What we want to do is we want to automate a lot of that so that once you put the property into the system, then a lot of the updates are done automatically. The other piece is nobody's providing education. I truly believe that as property managers, it's equally important to educate the investors about the challenges, right? If there are evictions, if there are turnovers, let there be some transparency. What we want to do is we want to prepare our users to become better investors. Part of that is understanding the challenges or the opportunities that property management companies and realtors face. A property manager's job is not easy at all. You have to be really thick-skinned to be a property manager. Well, let's appreciate that so that when your rent is a little bit lower than expected, or you have a turnover that's taking a little bit longer. If the investor, the landlord is better educated, maybe they won't get upset as much. They will understand, okay, you know what? This is winter in Michigan, and it's going to take a little bit longer to put a tenant into the house or the property. We want to provide education to make them a better investor. They will appreciate the role of the property manager a little bit more. Jason: That's the role of the property manager. I mean, property managers are the unsung heroes of the real estate investing category or industry. They make tenants better. They make the owners better. They hold everyone to a higher standard, and they make properties better all around. Good property managers really do change the world. I love what you're talking about how the education piece is going to improve the quality of clients. It's going to take their client from where they are now, give them a greater understanding, which most likely increases their logical need to use a property manager. They understand, oh, this is a bit more complicated than these home TV shows and reality shows made it out to be flipping a house or renting it out. This is worth touching on because I think there are some small-minded, scarcity-minded property managers. Maybe they're newer to the industry, but they're thinking, oh, no. The only reason people will need me is if they're not educated. But I think the reverse is true. The more educated a client becomes, the more they can see clearly the liabilities involved, the dangers, the potential pitfalls, the time, and they don't want to touch it. They want to let go of that piece. They want to be an investor. They don't want to be a shitty part-time property manager. Bobby: Exactly. Jason: They do that full time. Bobby: You nailed it, Jason. Your perception is right on. The better-educated, the better-informed, the landlord, the investor is, the easier it'll be to work with them versus a total newbie who thinks it's just very simple to hire a property manager. That every month, magic, a check will show up. It just doesn't work that way, especially now in the pandemic era that we're living in, it's even more challenging. This is the time when property managers need to communicate more, not less, about what's going on in the court systems, the eviction process, and so on and so forth. You're right. The members in my real estate meetup group, the ones that are well-educated about investing are the ones that are buying more rental properties. The ones that are not educated, they just bought their primary home, and they never buy a rental property. The extent of their real estate investment is their primary home. Sometimes, they outgrow that primary home. Then, they buy another home, and they keep the old one as a rental. They're not proactive in going out there and learning about rental properties and the benefits of rental properties with the tax advantages and so on. That's where our partners, real estate property managers, realtors, and educators can really come in and help out. Jason: I think the tempting mistake that a lot of software people coming into this industry is that they try to cut out the property manager. I've seen this over and over and over again. They think, well, we could replace this critical relationship and negotiation piece with software. That can't be done in the hospitality industry, it certainly can't be done in the property management industry, and it also can't really be done in the real estate industry significantly because these are relationship things. There are negotiations, there are people involved, there are feelings, there are humans, and there's a lot that software can do. But software really should be enabling and facilitating those things. Not trying to replace those things. I love that you're incorporating property managers. I think this a wise move as you're moving forward. It allows you to connect with a lot of people that have investment portfolios. And it doesn't try to cut the property manager out of that in which we end up with a whole bunch of [...] then we end up with a bunch of crappy property managers, which are just people DIY-ing their management, and not really doing a great job. Then they have software tools that are supposed to say that it makes it easy, but things have fallen through the cracks. Laws are getting broken, tenants aren't protected, owners aren't protected, and silly stuff is being done. Very cool stuff. Is there anything else you'd like the audience to know about BetterCapital before they go? If so or if not, how can they get ahold of you? And how can they try this thing out? Bobby: Thank you, Jason. First of all, it's a pleasure to be on your show. I really enjoyed it. I've watched your videos, so thank you for doing what you're doing for your community, which is your audience of property managers. You're doing a fabulous job. Thank you for that. Look, our goal is very simple. We want to serve the real estate community in general. From newbies to seasoned investors, we want to give them tools. I'll be the first one at any of my meetups. If they're buying a property remotely, they need to engage with a good property manager because it's literally a marriage between you and the property manager for the next 10, 20 years. However long you hold that asset, that's how long that relationship needs to last. It's very easy to get a hold of me. It's bobby@bettercapital.us. We couldn't get the dot-com, so we got the dot-us. It's bettercapital.us. Look, we're in what's called a beta version right now. We're coming out of the beta version. We'll go live very soon. But we'd love to get your feedback. We'd love to incorporate your feedback into our product. We'd love to make you a partner. We'd love to see the property management companies that choose to work with us, we want to see them succeed. We'll highlight them, we'll showcase them, and we'll work with them. Jason: Awesome. Property managers, if you're listening, this is your chance to help shape this tool to be something you really want. You can be the ultimate beta tester, and then you'll have the ultimate product that would really serve your needs. Take him up on that offer. Well, Bobby, I appreciate you coming on the show. Thank you for your gracious words. I hope you have some success with this. Bobby: Thank you, Jason, and likewise. Hopefully, we'll stay connected. I'll keep you posted on our progress. Jason: Awesome. All right, check them out at bettercapital.us. For those that are somehow new to this show because you just stumbled upon it. I was going to say, it was interesting hearing, thank you for doing the podcast. I was thinking, sometimes it's a thankless job. But I'm like, wait a second, he's thanking me. But sometimes, it is a thankless job. I'm putting out free content. We pay a good chunk of change to have this podcast produced and to put out there. My team does social media marketing to get it out there as well. We do make money, don't get me wrong. We get paid really well to help property management businesses get paid really well. But if you want to do something to reciprocate—besides becoming one of our clients—make sure to like our stuff. Follow us. You can subscribe on YouTube and follow. Leave us a review on iTunes. We'd really appreciate it. If you're looking to grow your property management business, you are struggling or trapped in one of these growth sand traps, maybe around 50 or 60 doors. The solar [...] sand trap. You can't figure out how to get ahead. You don't have the revenue to hire your next person. You can't seem to get more doors than you're losing and you just stay stuck there. Or maybe you're in the second sand trap, 200-400 doors, and you just can't figure out how to get the right people to do what you want them to do. You're getting overwhelmed because your team is always asking you all the time, all the questions. You're feeling overwhelmed, and you realize you are the biggest bottleneck in your business. There is a roadmap out of that. Very easy to get out of. You can listen to some of the previous episodes. But reach out to us at DoorGrow. We would love to have a conversation and see if you'd be a fit, see if we could help you grow your business and be the property managers making a difference out there in the world. Until next time, everyone. To our mutual growth. Bye, everybody.

Act 1 BETHENNY VS JILL IS IN THE PAPER Bethenny sits down with her assistant and reads that there’s an item about her and Jill being frenemies. The article references the Saks dinner that Bethenny wasn’t at.  The way fashion and the ‘press’ as they say played into early rhony seasons is unmatched by any other city. It’s so fascinating that these women were regularly appearing in the papers and we never found it weird. That’s something that’s specific to RHONY that I love.  It’s interesting that this article is about Bethenny pulling away from the rest of the cast, and here we are, with Bethenny having pulled away from the rest of the cast. It’s also interesting that we happen to be recapping season 3 which is Bethenny’s last season, and we only recently found out that this past season was also Bethenny’s last.  Bethenny thinks that Jill is responsible for this because the article favors her so much.  Bethenny is pissed because Perez Hilton reached out to her. He told Bethenny that she should hear what Jill has said about her. This probably happened at the party last episode. I love how all this connects. If you remember Perez Hilton made an appearance on the hills this year.  KELLY FLIRTS WITH A JOURNALIST Kelly immediately starts flirting with the Playboy journalist. It’s really uncomfortable. She’s all smiley but she has a GIANT smile so it’s actually terrifying.  Kelly asks him if he’s seen the shoot. She’s BEGGING for compliments. “Did you see the shoot? What did I look like, I can’t remember!” He asks if she’s reading any books and says he’s reading a new swedish novel called the girl with a dragon tattoo. Kelly’s response: I don’t have any tattoos. Ok that’s not what he asked. In interview Kelly says she needs to brush up on all of her ‘foreign’ literature. Kelly is OrRANGE. Like charred to a crisp.  They go outside and he asks her out and it’s SO uncomfortable. He said should we do this again? Less interview and more conversation? And she immediately is like WHAT?! Super anxious and wanting him to ask her out. He gets her number and they both go in the wrong direction and she goes, “I’m all nervous.” Honestly if this were anyone else I would think it was cute but Kelly is such a phony. It’s just all cringe.  LUANN AND VICTORIA TALK ABOUT LUANN DATING Luann watches Victoria sketch and suggests that she get her a ‘stage’ which is an internship. It’s hard to google if this true because you just get the word stage. I believe that Luann was using the right word. I just don’t know if it was necessary for this situation. Can you imagine the Luann of today using words like stage?! Victoria asks Luann if she’s dating. Luann says no one serious, but she’s ready to start dating seriously. Again, let it breathe Luann! She’s so eager to get back out there and settle down again. Marriage is Luann’s achilles heel.  ACT TWO ALLY ZARIN DOES A PHOTOSHOOT We’re coming off of last episode where Jill, her mom and he sister had a photo shoot for Jill’s book. I don’t know that I’m ready for Jill in another photoshoot situation. Kelly shows up.  Jill keeps telling Ally to shake it. Kelly comes up with what she thinks is a genius theory. By Jill being so over the top, Ally relaxed, so she look beautiful. I don’t think that’s true. If Jill was yelling at me off camera I would probably tense up even more.  Kelly tells Jill about the journalist who asks her out. Jill needs all the details. I have to say, when Jill dips into ‘dating advice mode’ I happen to love it. It’s so old fashioned but comforting. Even though Jill is a monster who blocked me on twitter.  Jill encourages Kelly to go out there and date. Kelly then asks in a very sort of sad and telling moment: Am I ever going to meet a nice guy? Ever? I do feel bad for Kelly because her singleness is the result of her having zero self awareness. I think men see her as beautiful and a prize, but there is nothing there to hold on to long term. Her grip on reality is a bit sketchy and nothing she says really makes sense.  ALEX HAS A MEETING FOR BROOKLYN FASHION WEEKEND THERE’S Alex! Where has she been this entire time?! I really do miss her when she’s not around.  Kelly Ramona and Bethenny help come and select dresses. Alex didn’t invite Jill but she does acknolwedge that we ‘had closure at sax’ Alex’s friend who is a designer is there too. Ramona laughs, “He’s wearing bracelets like a woman!!” Ramona is such a moron.  Bethenny asks how the Saks event was. Kelly hints that Ramona was mean to her.  Bethenny probes more. Ramona insists there was nothing mean about what she said, and that it was factual.  Bethenny in bite says Ramona has to take more accountability for her actions, and that diarrhea of the mouth is not a real ailment. This is hilarious because this is forever Ramona’s problem and will continue to be until present day.  Bethenny apologizes to everyone that they ended up in the news article from the beginning. Alex very earnestly asks, Did you plant it? Bethenny is shocked and says no, it has Jill written all over it. Ramona: Let’s not atack someone when they’re not here.  Ramona is tired of being caught in the middle. She doesn’t think that Jill would stop that low as to plant an article. OMG Ramona OF COURSE SHE WOULD!! Planting articles is the ESSENCE of Jill!  Ramona tries to move on from the subject, and Bethenny wants Ramona to listen to other people’s problems. Ramona accuses Bethenny of being a press monger, so who cares if she is written about?  Kelly doesn’t buy Bethenny’s innocent act and is going to speak up.  ACT THREE Kelly says that Bethenny did the same thing to her, and that Bethenny called her Madonna. That’s not even that mean!! Bethenny says Kelly has said mean things to her as well.  Bethenny is confused that Kelly called a truce and she’s starting in on her again. Alex is trying to mediate but its so sad to watch. Kelly thinks Bethenny is doing the same thing that Jill is doing, so Bethenny is a hypocrite. Ramona: I CAME FROM MY OFFICE IN THE MIDDLE FO TEH DAY TO DO THIS!! Ramona is more annoyed that she’s discussing brooklyn fashion week.  Alex: Today I brought you here to discuss fashion. If you want to help me sit here and pick fashion for the show then lets do that. Are you in or are you out?! CRINNNNNGE. She goes around and asks everyone if they’re in. Kelly and Bethenny said they’re in. Alex: Thank you. Let’s go. Alex thinks she’s such a bad ass and has this so under control. She literally glances up at the camera guy waiting for some sort of applause.  Simon arrives. Ramona shoots up and hugs him; she’s so relieved.  Bethenny wonders what she’s doing here; if she was ever going to pick fashions she didn’t think it would be at brooklyn fashion week. This anti brooklyn thing is such a staple of these early seasons.  The designers show their looks.  Ramona: “Just so you know, you want to do 100% silk for a dress, not poly satin for evening wear.” Interview: Ramona: And that’s the difference between Brooklyn Fashion week and new york fashion week. BURNNN Ramona goes to try on the yellow dress. Kelly moves over to Bethenny. Kelly: “I want to make it clear… I don’t care.” They re-apologize. Ramona and Alex come and interrupt in dresses. They continue their patch up. They hug it out. Kelly: I called a truce. I said the conversation is over. ...you started the fight! You didn’t call a truce!  So for those keeping track, this is their SECOND makeup… and scary island is still around the corner.  RAMONA AND JONI AT FIG AND OLIVE Joni Joni Joni… shit talker of Ramona! She’s so up her ass at the same time.  Ramona talks again about renewing herself. Ramona very awkwardly pivots into wanting to renew her vows. This to me is probably when Mario’s eye started to wander.  Ramona interview: Joanie is a really good friend. Wait til you see episode onnnnne.  Ramona talks about how her father passing away is the reason she wants to renew everything. This again is when Ramona is the most authentic. Ramona says her grandmother used to live in brooklyn and maybe that’s why she doesn’t like going there.  What’s crazy is Ramona says that she saw him over christmas and they finally connected, but then he died two weeks later. And as we know after this season, she wasn’t in the will. That has to be hard!  AT KELLY’S APARTMENT Kelly over her computer pretending she’s so busy.  Kelly talks about the guy she’s going out with. Kelly reflected back on it and realized she doesn’t want to mix business with pleasure. WHATEVERRRRR he probably stood her up. Kelly says Gilles Bensimon was her Mr. Big.  Kelly gets an emil from Jill. “Hey a little birdie told me you were all good with Bethenny. I sadly am not. I thought you really cared. Good luck, you’ll need it with B. -Jill.”  Kelly weirdly has great perspective on this and realizes that Jill is putting her in a bad position.  ACT FOUR PODBUSTER: Mario and Ramona are presenting Tru Faith jewelry to a group of women that are going to represent their line. Ramona is so anxious and talks so quickly. It’s stressful.  LUANN COMES OVER TO JILL’S Luann is staying in Jill’s since she doesn’t have a place in nyc yet.  Jill tells Luann she has to change outfits. She’s so anxious… Luann got Jill a gift. It’s massive chalice that says GO BIG OR GO HOME. It’s hideous. I wonder if Jill gets the memo that everyone thinks she’s over the top and tacky AF.  Bethenny calls Jill. Jill puts her on speaker so Luann can hear. Bethenny asks Jill why she’s on speaker, Jill says she’s doing a hundred things so she needs her hands. IT’s soooo awkward because Bethenny is like who is there? Is it intentional that people are around hearing? Jill is sooo sneaky and shady. I mean she looks so bad.  Bethenny: In light of the disproportionate nature of this argument I think we should sit down and talk about it. Jill: What does disproportionate mean? Bethenny doesn’t understand why Luann has heard about this message. Jill is super cold and doesn’t think it’s important for them to discuss why this argument is so big. Luann is sitting there listening making faces.  Jill wishes Bethenny the best. She brings up Bobby again and how Bethenny never asked about Bobby despite sending flowers. Jill says I will never forget what you said, I could quote it like it was yesterday. Umm you saved the message!!   Bethenny: I reached out to you about Bobby and you ignored me. Jill: You think that might ahve been a sign?! Jill is making NO Sense at this point.  Bethenny brings up again that Jill was running around all summer so she can’t believe Bobby was that sick. That of course is the last straw for Jill because it’s true, so she hangs up, leaving a crying Bethenny on the street.  ACT 5 Post call… Jill is sweating because Bethenny gives her anxiety. Luann is such an obnoxious cheerleader and just wants Jill to stay by her side.  Jill: Where was she just now to say, aside from everything Jill, how is Bobby? It’s soooo fake that Jill is using bobby. Jill truly doesn’t care.  NEXT EPISODE… Brooklyn bridge scene!!! Alex going to Jill and cryptically saying Bethenny’s father is dying and she should check in. Ramona orhcestrates Bethenny and Jill’s conversation. 

This week’s episode is brought to you by Slice on Broadway, Occupy Pro Wrestling, and Indy Wrestling US. WWE may have infiltrated our local wrestling scene this past weekend, which can only mean we’ve got some great content from indy wrestling that’s still very relevant to this show! Even better – we’ve got Farnsworth joining us on the big purple couch to add his thoughts to the mix. As usual, he’s joined by our usual cast of characters as we’ve got Sorg and Larry in studio with Bobby F J-Town and Rizz on live via the internets! We collectively learned in wrestling this week that the Honky Tonk Man sings at live shows. Daniel Bryan has been cleared for action – just in time for Mayhem Mania. (And, we have differing views on this week’s show.) The Ultimate DELETION (finally) happened on RAW! The Ultimate DELETION wasn’t shown on the Hulu cut? Or in the arena at RAW? Bobby had a James Ellsworth experience this past weekend. Did James Ellsworth spoil Ultimate DELETION for Bobby? It’s time for MayhemMania! Farnsworth is wearing a Dragonball Z design of the Neon Blondes shirt options with Facade and Dani Mo for this week’s show! Friend of the Show Chris LeRusso has some points on the Daniel Bryan return to the ring. What did YOU learn in wrestling this week? It’s getting near time for Patreon in the Bank. Are you a supporter of the show so you can get in on it? https://www.patreon.com/wrestlingmayhemshow Thanks to Tonio Garza (@TheWRevolution) for putting together graphics for MayhemMania. Our good friend, Rizz is raising money and awareness through the Dick’s Sporting Goods Foundation Team Pittsburgh 2018 Pittsburgh Marathon. Check out his fundraiser page at: https://www.crowdrise.com/dsgfpitt2018/fundraiser/zachrizza Follow our stable on Twitter: Larry (@MutilatorLarry), Farnsworth (@jworth), Sorg (@Sorgatron), Bobby (@BobbyFJtown), and Rizz (@TheeRizz) [with special mention for Producer Missy (@rebelliousflaw)] If you are in Pittsburgh, you’ve got to go to Slice on Broadway (@Pgh_Slice) and get their food! (sliceonbroadway.com) You can support the show at Patreon.com/wrestlingmayhemshow! Go to wrestlingmayhemshow.com for more entertainment! Remember to LIKE and FOLLOW us on Facebook for updates and video.

This week’s episode is brought to you by Slice on Broadway, Occupy Pro Wrestling, and Indy Wrestling US. WWE may have infiltrated our local wrestling scene this past weekend, which can only mean we’ve got some great content from indy wrestling that’s still very relevant to this show! Even better – we’ve got Farnsworth joining us on the big purple couch to add his thoughts to the mix. As usual, he’s joined by our usual cast of characters as we’ve got Sorg and Larry in studio with Bobby F J-Town and Rizz on live via the internets! We collectively learned in wrestling this week that the Honky Tonk Man sings at live shows. Daniel Bryan has been cleared for action – just in time for Mayhem Mania. (And, we have differing views on this week’s show.) The Ultimate DELETION (finally) happened on RAW! The Ultimate DELETION wasn’t shown on the Hulu cut? Or in the arena at RAW? Bobby had a James Ellsworth experience this past weekend. Did James Ellsworth spoil Ultimate DELETION for Bobby? It’s time for MayhemMania! Farnsworth is wearing a Dragonball Z design of the Neon Blondes shirt options with Facade and Dani Mo for this week’s show! Friend of the Show Chris LeRusso has some points on the Daniel Bryan return to the ring. What did YOU learn in wrestling this week? It’s getting near time for Patreon in the Bank. Are you a supporter of the show so you can get in on it? https://www.patreon.com/wrestlingmayhemshow Thanks to Tonio Garza (@TheWRevolution) for putting together graphics for MayhemMania. Our good friend, Rizz is raising money and awareness through the Dick’s Sporting Goods Foundation Team Pittsburgh 2018 Pittsburgh Marathon. Check out his fundraiser page at: https://www.crowdrise.com/dsgfpitt2018/fundraiser/zachrizza Follow our stable on Twitter: Larry (@MutilatorLarry), Farnsworth (@jworth), Sorg (@Sorgatron), Bobby (@BobbyFJtown), and Rizz (@TheeRizz) [with special mention for Producer Missy (@rebelliousflaw)] If you are in Pittsburgh, you’ve got to go to Slice on Broadway (@Pgh_Slice) and get their food! (sliceonbroadway.com) You can support the show at Patreon.com/wrestlingmayhemshow! Go to wrestlingmayhemshow.com for more entertainment! Remember to LIKE and FOLLOW us on Facebook for updates and video.

This week’s episode is brought to you by Slice on Broadway, Occupy Pro Wrestling, and Indy Wrestling US. WWE may have infiltrated our local wrestling scene this past weekend, which can only mean we’ve got some great content from indy wrestling that’s still very relevant to this show! Even better – we’ve got Farnsworth joining us on the big purple couch to add his thoughts to the mix. As usual, he’s joined by our usual cast of characters as we’ve got Sorg and Larry in studio with Bobby F J-Town and Rizz on live via the internets! We collectively learned in wrestling this week that the Honky Tonk Man sings at live shows. Daniel Bryan has been cleared for action – just in time for Mayhem Mania. (And, we have differing views on this week’s show.) The Ultimate DELETION (finally) happened on RAW! The Ultimate DELETION wasn’t shown on the Hulu cut? Or in the arena at RAW? Bobby had a James Ellsworth experience this past weekend. Did James Ellsworth spoil Ultimate DELETION for Bobby? It’s time for MayhemMania! Farnsworth is wearing a Dragonball Z design of the Neon Blondes shirt options with Facade and Dani Mo for this week’s show! Friend of the Show Chris LeRusso has some points on the Daniel Bryan return to the ring. What did YOU learn in wrestling this week? It’s getting near time for Patreon in the Bank. Are you a supporter of the show so you can get in on it? https://www.patreon.com/wrestlingmayhemshow Thanks to Tonio Garza (@TheWRevolution) for putting together graphics for MayhemMania. Our good friend, Rizz is raising money and awareness through the Dick’s Sporting Goods Foundation Team Pittsburgh 2018 Pittsburgh Marathon. Check out his fundraiser page at: https://www.crowdrise.com/dsgfpitt2018/fundraiser/zachrizza Follow our stable on Twitter: Larry (@MutilatorLarry), Farnsworth (@jworth), Sorg (@Sorgatron), Bobby (@BobbyFJtown), and Rizz (@TheeRizz) [with special mention for Producer Missy (@rebelliousflaw)] If you are in Pittsburgh, you’ve got to go to Slice on Broadway (@Pgh_Slice) and get their food! (sliceonbroadway.com) You can support the show at Patreon.com/wrestlingmayhemshow! Go to wrestlingmayhemshow.com for more entertainment! Remember to LIKE and FOLLOW us on Facebook for updates and video.

BossBattle84Bobby F. J-Town (@BobbyFJtown), Sorg (@Sorgatron), Chachi (@chachisays), Rizz (@TheeRizz), and Frank (@FuzzWad) take some time away from their games to share some this week's gaming news: Exploring our friendships. Achievements in Gaming: Sorg: Pokemon Yellow and Civilization and GTA Rizz: Colormania and Smash Hit Chachi: Skyrim Frank: GTA 5 and Dots Bobby: South Park The Stick of Truth and Threes Things from the Internet: 1 million points Gamerscore Brawl in the Family (YouTube) released a song called "Plumber's Best Friend" from the viewpoint of Yoshi letting Mario know he's his best friend. Machinima series for GTA NPCs Like Apples to Apples or Cards Against Humanity? Try Dehumanize Your Friends (a "tech" version of Cards Against Humanity). Worst Companies vote is active. Microsoft and EA are both on the list, with EA taking the top(?) prize the last two years and earning the Golden Poo Award. Cast your vote! (http://consumerist.com/2014/03/18/have-fun-breaking-down-this-years-worst-company-in-america-bracket/) Minecraft movie is coming. There are some possibilities it could be an okay movie. Will it hold up to the Lego Movie? Sim City is now available OFFLINE! Metal Gear Solid Ground Zeroes sales opened today and somebody already beat it in 10 minutes. Final Round Question: Would you pay $30 for a 10-minute game, and are you in favor of pre-release games like Metal Gear Solid Ground Zeros and Dead Rising Case Zero? Sorg: No way. I'd rather put the money toward something I know I'll get my money's worth out of. Rizz: Why would you go through it that fast if you paid $30? I'm going to spend my time $30 worth. I'll go through and find everything I can. Chachi: No way. Frank: I'd rather watch someone else do that online instead. Bobby: It could stretch out to 2 hours or more. But, it's still $30. Open invite from Bobby - Saturday at 3:00 to play Threes. Kevin Conroy is back for the voice of Batman in the Rocksteady game. Remember to check us out: Go to chachiplays.com! Check us out on Twitter @insertcointb and view our website at insertcointobegin.com! Catch our shows live. We record every Tuesday around 8 PM (EST) atlive.sorgatronmedia.com! Check us out on iHeart Radio!