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What makes manufactured housing communities an interesting opportunity for real estate investors? In this episode of the Massive Passive Cashflow Podcast, Gary Wilson talks with Ali Nasir, a longtime manufactured housing community investor and operator, about the strategies behind investing in one of America's most affordable housing asset classes. Ali shares lessons from more than four decades in the industry, including why manufactured housing can remain resilient across economic cycles, how investors can identify under-occupied communities, and how value-add and infill strategies can increase occupancy and property income. The conversation also explores vertical integration, multiple potential revenue streams, resident retention, market specialization, and creative real estate deal structures. Ali walks Gary through a real-world Orosi, California case study, explaining how a lease-with-option-to-purchase structure allowed his team to control a property with less upfront capital while locking in a future purchase opportunity. Over time, improvements to income and the property's value created a significant value-add opportunity. In this episode: Manufactured housing as an affordable housing investment Why demand can remain strong during economic downturns Infill strategies and increasing occupancy Value-add opportunities in existing communities Vertical integration and multiple revenue streams Resident retention and housing affordability Why market specialization matters Investing in California's manufactured housing market Creative real estate financing and acquisition structures Lease-with-option-to-purchase strategies The Orosi, California case study How investors can think more creatively about real estate deals Connect with Nasir Ali:   Website: www.RISE360Ventures.com Email: info@rise360ventures.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joinrisecomm/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Rise360Ventures Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therise360ventures/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@RISE360Ventures   Attention Investors and Agents:   Are you ready to scale your real estate business and connect with like-minded professionals?

Manufactured housing assets and mobile home communities, along with single-room occupancy motels, and multifamily properties, are key sources of Naturally Occurring Affordable Housing. On this episode, Proactive Realty Group's Canaan Williams (ImpactAlpha Edge) tells how he has acquired and renovated nearly two dozen distressed, condemned or nearly abandoned assets and rehabilitated them, including with energy upgrades, while preserving below-market rents. Dr. Van, as he is known, knows housing from growing up in a working-class Bay Area family that relied on Section 8 subsidies. South Carolina-based Proactive's fixed-income strategy promises monthly payments from the rental stream.

Detroit survives beneath its own ruins, where an AI promising abundance, gangs demanding loyalty, and an inventor guarding a new source of power pull ordinary people into a struggle over who will shape the recovering city. Sinta begins as a scavenger searching the buried remains of the old world, but a disastrous expedition places her at the mercy of Queen Bee and the rapidly expanding Crem Gang. The gang offers food, water, medicine, protection, and belonging, but those benefits come with violence and obedience. As Sinta tries to find her place among its fighters, she must decide how much of herself she can surrender in exchange for survival. Elsewhere, Nolan discovers a smart-material printer and creates a generator powered by Detroit's extreme temperature changes. His invention could bring electricity to neighborhoods desperate for cooling, clean water, transportation, and food production. Nolan wants the wealth and independence his work can provide, but gangs want to control it, while Thrive—the AI system he distrusts—would spread the technology to everyone. Technology touches nearly every decision the characters make. AR glasses guide fighters through chemical fog, digital twins imitate their human originals, enviro-suits keep people alive in deadly heat, and tiny drones quietly follow Thrive members through the tunnels. These inventions can protect people, connect communities, and rebuild essential services, but they can also watch, manipulate, injure, and kill. Above and beneath these conflicts moves Tessa, an emulated hacker who no longer needs a human body and can travel through the damaged global network. As she searches for old allies and builds a physical presence from abandoned machinery, the story brings together scavengers, inventors, gang leaders, artificial minds, and frightened families. Their paths raise a difficult question: when technology gains the power to save a society, who decides what it is allowed to do?Synchronized explosives — Thousands of bombs are programmed to detonate simultaneously during the Freedom Day Bombings.Dissolve-plastic enzymes — Engineered enzymes break down discarded plastics and leave a distinctive chemical odor in the tunnels.Fiber-optic cables — Surviving optical cables carry data through Detroit and help reconnect the damaged global network.Thrive AI — Thrive is an artificial intelligence that advises members, distributes knowledge, organizes projects, manages economic systems, and attempts to improve their lives.Thrive telemetry — Members allow Thrive to collect information about their movements and activities, effectively turning them into sources of surveillance data.Cool-suits — These protective suits use active cooling to keep people alive in Detroit's extreme heat.All-clear cool-suits — These transparent or highly visible cooling suits protect the wearer while allowing others to see inside the hood.Enviro-suits — Sealed environmental clothing protects people from heat, contaminated air, chemicals, and dangerous surroundings.Battle-grade enviro-suits — Reinforced enviro-suits provide greater protection during combat and chemical attacks.Clear bell hoods — Inflated transparent hoods seal around the head while allowing the wearer to see and breathe filtered air.Suit air-quality sensors — Sensors inside environmental suits warn wearers when the surrounding atmosphere is no longer breathable.Air filters — Replaceable filters remove dangerous particles, chemicals, and odors from the air entering an enviro-suit.Brazo fabric — This durable outer fabric resists punctures from bones, debris, blades, and other sharp objects.Pierce-proof clothing — Reinforced jackets and garments protect gang members from stabbing and puncture injuries.Blast-proof battle gear — Former military clothing contains protective tiles intended to reduce injuries from explosions and weapons.My-crete — This advanced concrete-like construction material forms walls, tunnels, and other structures throughout buried Detroit.C-plast — This strong synthetic material is used for tanks, structural ribs, containers, and other equipment.Sheet composite — Tough composite panels are used in doors, walls, and structural barriers.Composite security doors — Reinforced doors resist cutting tools and attempts at forced entry.Maglev tracks — Magnetic-levitation tracks once moved vehicles or cargo through underground delivery tubes.Delivery tubes — Enclosed transportation corridors carry people, vehicles, or cargo beneath the city.Ion cutters — These cutting tools use concentrated energy to slice or damage extremely durable materials.Night-vision systems — Night vision allows scavengers and machines to move through unlit tunnels and buried buildings.Multisensor vision — Advanced imaging combines several sensor types to identify objects even when smoke blocks ordinary sight.AR glasses — Augmented-reality eyewear displays messages, maps, menus, profiles, targeting information, communications, and virtual objects.AR navigation lines — An AI assistant projects a visible route through the wearer's glasses to guide them to a destination.AR combat identification — Combat software outlines allies and enemies in different colors, even through smoke and obstructions.AR command centers — Leaders use gesture-controlled overlays to view maps, personnel locations, schedules, reports, and operational goals.AR games — Players interact with projected game elements by moving their hands and bodies.Floating profile cards — Augmented-reality labels display information about nearby people, including whether they belong to Thrive.Public AR tags — A visible digital tag identifies someone as a Thrive member.Virtual keyboards — Wearers can bring up projected keyboards and enter information without carrying a physical computer.Blink controls — Eye movements allow users to select buttons and interact with an augmented-reality interface.Tongue-controlled pointers — Implants in the tongue allow a person to move a digital cursor without using their hands.Smell-and-taste VR implants — Transmitters and receivers implanted in the nose and tongue reproduce virtual smells and flavors.Headsets — Immersive headsets provide entertainment and access to virtual environments.Second Life — The surviving virtual world allows people and digital beings to meet through avatars.Virtual environments — Computer-generated spaces give emulated minds and human users simulated bodies, rooms, objects, and experiences.Encrypted streamers — These valuable portable devices or accounts contain protected digital media or information.RF storage sticks — Radio-frequency data drives store and transfer files without requiring a conventional wired connection.RF drives — Portable wireless storage devices allow blueprints, programs, and other large files to be transferred.P-clone cubes — These valuable pre-storm devices appear to contain cloning-related data or technology, although their exact function is not explained.Vault keys — Digital or physical access devices unlock protected storage systems and secure accounts.Satellite archives — Satellites preserve copies of pre-storm networks, databases, and information after ground infrastructure collapses.Data-center satellites — Orbital computing facilities provide processing and storage for emulated minds such as Tessa.Encrypted databases — Corporate and medical information is protected by encryption that hackers must break before releasing it.Patent encryption — Medical companies use digital protections to prevent others from accessing or reproducing patented technology.Open-source medical knowledge base — Merch assembles stolen and recovered medical information into a freely available collection.Medusa Net — This self-repairing network reconnects isolated subnetworks and operates without depending on surviving central servers.Medusa stealth pathways — Hidden routes in Medusa allow Tessa to travel through the network while avoiding AI detection.Knott's Math code — This unexplained code is secretly inserted into Medusa updates as part of Tessa's larger plan.Wireless relays — Surviving radio nodes bridge gaps between disconnected sections of the network.Stealth relays — Concealed communication devices extend networks without revealing their location or purpose.Municipal network nodes — Local government networking equipment continues operating on scavenged batteries.Underground server farms — Protected computer facilities continue processing and storing data beneath mountains.Block-signal blasters — Modified devices disrupt or overwhelm communications across a targeted area.Network-disconnection attacks — Tessa can bring local internet service down and create a spreading region of lost connectivity.Whisper jets — Nearly silent microthrusters allow small drones to fly without producing sounds humans can hear.Lamp drones — Small flying lights illuminate dark environments while following or hovering near their users.Whisper-camera drones — Discreet flying cameras record people and locations while remaining easy to overlook.Bodyguard drones — Hummingbird-sized drones follow Thrive members and intervene when those members are attacked.Sentry-drone app — An augmented-reality application shows members where their protective drones are located.Drone camouflage shells — A drone's outer surface can blend with clothing, walls, pipes, or surrounding materials.Drone wall grips — Small drones can attach themselves to walls or ceilings while waiting or conserving power.Drone charging perches — Bodyguard drones recharge by landing on power lines, charge plates, or dedicated stations.Drone replacement system — Fully charged drones take over protection duties while depleted drones return for charging.Drone sound weapons — Sentry drones emit an incapacitating frequency that causes pain, vertigo, and uncontrollable eye movement.Drone-mounted cutting lasers — Small drones attach to attackers and use narrow laser beams to cut into their bodies.Four-legged security robots — Quadruped machines cross unstable terrain and act as armed representatives of gang forces.Cleanup robots — Small utility robots remove bodies, debris, and other messes from gang facilities.Constructor bots — Heavy-duty robots perform construction work and provide interchangeable parts for other machines.Vertical-garden bots — Automated gardeners maintain large indoor plant walls.Medical assembly bots — Robots assemble equipment and construct functional medical facilities from available parts.Injection bots — Medical robots position patients and administer shots with little human assistance.Customer-service robots — Automated kiosks handle battery exchanges and other transactions behind protective barriers.Robot monkeys — Small climbing robots move through pipes and repair leaks.Robot spiders — Spider-shaped machines pursue the robot monkey inside the displayed simulation or working environment.Lucian 5 robots — Affordable hobbyist bipedal robots can be modified for security, household work, exploration, or remote embodiment.Lutin bots — More advanced bipedal robots provide durable legs and other components for Tessa's rebuilt body.Factory robots — Industrial machines provide arms, joints, and components that Tessa repurposes.AC technician robots — Maintenance robots carry small precision hands designed for repairing cooling systems.Counter-attendant bots — Service robots contain voice systems that can be reused in other machines.Onboard robot AI — A self-contained intelligence allows a robot to guide and assist people after losing its network connection.Robot diagnostics — Internal software tests batteries, servos, sensors, drivers, and other mechanical systems for failures.Machine-learning movement adaptation — A robot's control system learns to balance and walk after its body configuration changes.Lidar — Laser-based ranging equipment allows robots to map their surroundings and detect obstacles.Robot optical dilation — Machine vision adjusts exposure when sudden light overwhelms a robot's cameras.Balance-pressure sensors — Sensors in a robot's feet and joints measure weight distribution to maintain balance.Accelerometers — Motion sensors detect tilt and movement, although damaged ones cause Tessa's body to walk incorrectly.Servo hinges — Powered mechanical joints move robot arms, legs, and other appendages.Snap-lock wrists — Modular connections allow robot hands and tools to be quickly attached or removed.Workstation assembly manipulators — Fixed industrial manipulators can be repurposed as limbs or mobility devices.Micro-manipulator hands — Tiny precision hands allow a robot to perform delicate technical work.External heat exchangers — Added cooling hardware removes excess heat from Tessa's improvised robot body.Back-facing cameras — Rear-mounted cameras allow a robot to see behind itself without turning.Robot voice boxes — Electronic speech hardware converts digital instructions into audible language.Modular robotic bodies — Standardized joints and connections allow parts from different robots to be combined into one working machine.Emulated minds — Human consciousness can be copied into software and continue living after the original biological body is gone.Dormant mind copies — Backup versions of an emulated person remain inactive while receiving updates from the active copy.Headless digital operation — An emulated mind can abandon a simulated human body and experience networks, processors, ports, and data directly.Self-modifying mind software — Tessa alters her own code to change how she thinks, works, and communicates.Reduced emulated sleep cycles — Tessa modifies her digital mind so that she needs only three hours of sleep rather than eight.Digital twins — Software models learn a person's appearance, voice, behavior, and personality to create an increasingly accurate virtual duplicate.Thrive's military AI — An old military intelligence controls defensive drones after some of its original safety restrictions are weakened.AI safety guards — Built-in restrictions prevent military artificial intelligence from using certain weapons or acting too independently.AI assistants — Personal assistants respond to spoken commands, search for information, provide directions, and control connected systems.AI-guided construction tutorials — Thrive gives people plans and step-by-step assistance for building infrastructure from scrap.Automated criminal pricing — Thrive raises Production Center prices for people identified as criminals in an attempt to discourage violence.Thrive Exchange — This AI-managed investment market directs member contributions into infrastructure projects rather than ordinary companies.Better Water network — Community filtration stations provide clean water to members and nonmembers throughout affected neighborhoods.Community filtration stations — Public installations purify unsafe water for anyone who arrives with a container.Water-filter straws — Portable filters allow people to drink from contaminated water sources.Ionized water filters — Smart-material printers produce advanced filters that use ionized structures to clean water.Industrial water purifiers — Powered facilities process large quantities of contaminated water for entire neighborhoods.Filter tubes — Simple systems clean dirty water as workers pour it through layers of filtering material.Modular nuclear reactors — Shipping-container-sized reactors provide electricity for cooling, food production, water purification, and gang facilities.Smart-material printers — These machines manufacture objects whose internal structures give them programmable physical behavior.Embedded-lattice materials — Printed materials use designed internal lattices to control their strength, movement, and response to temperature.Curly material — Nolan's temperature-sensitive tubes curl or straighten as the surrounding temperature changes.Curly power generators — Bundles of Curly material drive pistons, cables, gears, flywheels, and generators as temperatures rise and fall.Wind-turbine generators — Salvaged electrical generators convert the Curly system's mechanical motion into electricity.Battery charging stations — Customers exchange depleted batteries for charged ones at Curly power facilities.Charge plates — Flat charging surfaces transfer electricity to drones and personal devices.Microcell arrays — Tiny batteries woven into clothing store small amounts of generated electrical power.Piezoelectric fabric — Clothing converts body movement, bending, and environmental vibrations into electricity.Piezo Wear — Thrive's commercial garments recharge links and AR glasses while the wearer moves.Power cells — Compact energy-storage units power suits, weapons, drones, and portable equipment.Smart glass — Programmable glass controls transmitted light and simulates changing daylight inside sealed buildings.Holographic screens — Large curved displays present maps, simulations, communications, and technical information as dimensional images.Holographic tables — Table-sized displays project maps and planning information above their surfaces.Composite battle videos — Software combines recordings from many cameras into a single reconstruction of a battle.Home-camera networks — Leaders watch residential halls, work areas, power plants, and other facilities through live video feeds.Surveillance-camera networks — Hundreds of cameras record battles and allow leaders to review individual behavior afterward.Production Center — This automated manufacturing complex produces clothing, drones, infrastructure components, and other advanced goods.Production Center sentry mode — Automated defenses protect manufacturing centers and prevent unauthorized entry.Advanced recycling facilities — Powered plants recover useful materials from the ruins on a much larger scale than hand scavenging.Digging machines — Heavy equipment excavates new underground living and working spaces.Dredging machines — Industrial machines remove mud, waterlogged debris, and sediment from flooded areas.Flood tanks — Large excavated reservoirs collect or control water during flooding.Pumping systems — Powered pumps remove water from flooded sections of the city.Cooling systems — Building-scale equipment keeps housing and work areas habitable during extreme heat.Aeroponics — Plants grow with their roots suspended and supplied with nutrient mist rather than soil.Hydro-farms — Controlled indoor farms use water-based cultivation to produce food underground.Vertical gardens — Crops grow upward along interior walls to conserve limited floor space.Vine hybrids — Engineered plants produce several different fruits and vegetables on related vines.Light-independent grapevines — Modified grapevines remain green and grow without ordinary light.Crem production systems — Powered biological or industrial facilities manufacture the staple food called crem.Mass-produced crem processors — Neighborhood machines produce large quantities of crem from available biological material.Mush-calf production — Advanced food technology creates the meat-like product supplied by the Crem Gang.Rodent-processing grinders — Industrial grinders convert cleaned animals into raw material for food or other production.Pest-harvesting systems — Traps and processing stations collect rodents and other small animals as usable biological material.Bio-waste processing — Organized facilities recover useful material from biological waste.Medicine printers — Local fabrication machines manufacture medications from digital recipes.Regenerative medicine — Doctor Trout regrows Merch's leg stumps so they can support advanced prosthetic attachments.Deep bone mounts — Reinforced structures grown into bone provide secure attachment points for removable mechanical legs.Nerve-to-protein relays — Biological interfaces translate nerve signals into commands that mechanical prosthetics can understand.Blood-rerouting systems — Surgically modified circulation supports the transition between living tissue and artificial limbs.Squid-tech skin — Flexible artificial skin forms a seamless interface between Merch's body and his prosthetic legs.Interchangeable mechanical legs — Merch can detach one pair of prosthetic legs and replace them with another designed for a different purpose.Wheeled powered chairs — Finger controls allow a seated user to move and turn the chair without pushing it manually.Med bays — Modular medical facilities contain equipment for treating injuries and restoring damaged joints.Injector guns — Belt-fed medical devices rapidly administer repeated injections.Chemical-weapon immunization — Regular injections protect Crem Gang members from the gang's own chemical agents.Kill-cloud canisters — Portable weapons release a toxic cloud that kills within a limited area and then rapidly breaks down.Smoke canisters — Combat canisters fill an area with thick smoke that hides movement and disables ordinary vision systems.Laser blasters — Directed-energy weapons burn through clothing, armor, and flesh without conventional ammunition.Laser rifles — Long-range directed-energy weapons are used as standard firearms by gang fighters.Laser carbines — More compact laser weapons provide rifle-like firepower in tunnels and close spaces.Laser pistols — Capacitor-powered sidearms release destructive laser pulses at short range.Plasma pistols — Heavy handguns fire extremely hot plasma capable of inflicting severe damage.Capacitor firing systems — Electrical capacitors discharge stored energy to activate powerful laser weapons.Sound weapons — Directed acoustic devices incapacitate targets through extreme volume and painful frequencies.Noise-canceling devices — Personal systems attempt to reduce harmful sound, although the drone weapon overwhelms them.Enhancement drugs — Manufactured substances improve or alter a user's physical or mental abilities.Neurological control injections — Doc uses injected substances to remove a prisoner's sight or ability to sleep until the effect is reversed.Decontamination corridors — Specialized passageways remove hazardous chemicals or biological contaminants from people and equipment.Industrial cleaning tanks — Chemical-filled tanks sterilize animal traps and kill anything still alive inside them.Speed-print clothing — Rapid fabrication systems produce inexpensive shirts and other garments.Bulletproof kiosk windows — Armored transparent barriers protect automated customer-service machines from attacks.Electronic links — Wearable communication devices carry dispatch instructions and conversations between fighters.Cameras and portable cams — Small recording devices document tests, monitor facilities, and provide evidence of inventions.Autonomous map systems — Software tracks people, resources, facilities, and movement throughout gang territory.Personnel maps — Digital displays show the locations and status of members within an organization.Goal and maneuver logs — Command software records plans, objectives, schedules, and operational movement.Charging mats — Flat surfaces recharge glasses, links, drones, and other personal electronics.Robot-maintained utilities — Automated machines repair pipes, clean spaces, manage gardens, and operate customer services.Open-source infrastructure plans — Thrive publishes power, food, water, cooling, and housing designs for anyone to build.Biologically engineered cat-dogs — The pet combines characteristics of cats and dogs, suggesting deliberate genetic modification.Many of the characters in this project appear in future episodes. Using storytelling to place you in a time period, this series takes you, year by year, into the future. From 2040 to 2195. If you like emerging tech, eco-tech, futurism, perma-culture, apocalyptic survival scenarios, and disruptive science, sit back and enjoy short stories that showcase my research into how the future may play out. The companion site is https://in20xx.com These are works of fiction. Characters and groups are made-up and influenced by current events but not reporting facts about people or groups in the real world. This project is speculative fiction. These episodes are not about revealing what will be, but they are to excited the listener's wonder about what may come to pass. Copyright © Cy Porter 2026. All rights reserved.

Don't Imbibe the Kool-Aid with Kim Kennedy – Today's culture runs so much on pre-planned crises designed to elicit knee-jerk emotional reactions that too many people react instead of stepping back, thinking, and asking questions about the information being given to them. Let's start with Dr. Fauci and the WEF. Klaus Schwab, the leader of this organization of wealthy egotists who...

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Welcome to another episode of The Cashflow Project Podcast, where we explore strategies to elevate your financial future through real estate investing. In this episode, the conversation focused on the dynamic journey of Matt Ricciardella, founder and CEO of Crystal View Capital. With over two decades of real estate experience and a track record overseeing nearly $600 million in assets, Matt shares his early beginnings in the family restaurant business, his transition into real estate, and how relentless drive and work ethic fueled his success. A key theme that emerged was the importance of value-add investing—especially in manufactured housing communities and self-storage sectors. The discussion explored how these asset classes offer strong cash flow potential, the unique advantages of vertical integration, and why affordable housing remains resilient in today's challenging market. Several points were raised, including Matt's approach to market selection, building a culture of integrity, and practical advice for aspiring investors. Whether you're just starting out or an experienced investor, this episode offers actionable insights on leveraging opportunity, mindset, and discipline to achieve lasting cash flow and financial freedom. [00:00] Introducing Matt Ricciardella [04:21] Buying My First Property [09:45] Choosing a career path over college [12:52] Rising demand for affordable housing [16:39] Evaluating institutional quality assets [18:50] Finding an Investment Edge [21:17] The challenges of building teams [24:48] Influential business books and insights [28:33] Thinking strategically in business [31:46] Talking success with Matt Ricciardella Connect with Matthew Ricciardella! Website LinkedIn Instagram Connect with The Cashflow Project! Website LinkedIn YouTube Facebook Instagram

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August 5, 2026In this broadcast, host Tim Ozman reflects on the events of the previous day, claiming vindication for his analysis of the “meta script.” The episode focuses on the transition from “subjective opinions” to “empirical research” through media deconstruction. Ozman posits that world events are not random but are orchestrated by “Metascriptors”—high-level directors and government agents who seed future narratives into entertainment and news. The core of the discussion revolves around the August 4th (8/4) “JFK-ification” prediction for Donald Trump and the numerical patterns connecting the FBI, historical assassinations, and recent media “psyops” like the alleged death of Charlie Kirk.Breakdown of the 8/4 Assassination PredictionOzman asserts that his “pattern recognition” methodology correctly identified August 4th as a significant date for a staged assassination attempt on Donald Trump.* The “Correct” Prediction: Ozman notes that late on the night of August 4th, an individual identified as Janine Talley was arrested at a golf course in Los Angeles while waiting with an AR-15 and a cache of weapons. He frames this not as a “psychic” feat but as a result of analyzing predictive programming, such as the film Mickey 17, where a Trump-like character survives a bullet grazing his cheek.* The “Janine” Connection: The name of the would-be assassin, Janine, is highlighted as a recurring script element.The 8647 Pattern and Lincoln Memorial ConnectionThe broadcast details a complex numerical and symbolic web centered on the number 8647:* The Seashell Clue: Former FBI Director James Comey (a known author of spy thrillers) posted a photo of the number 8,647 arranged in seashells on a beach exactly 8,647 days after 9/11.* The Reflecting Pool: A man recently carved “8647” into the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.* The Judge: A judge named Janine (Janine Pirro) was rebuked by Trump for dropping charges against the man who carved the number into the pool.* The Umbrella Loop: Trump commented that the judge “folded like an umbrella,” which Ozman links back to the “Umbrella Man” from the JFK assassination—the closest bystander to the president when he was shot.10 Topics of Discussion* The Great Deconstruction Project: Scaling up the analysis of psyops using AI and “gig work” to name specific “Metascriptors”.* Skepticism as Suspension of Judgment: The requirement to enter an investigation with no pre-judgment, as “breaking news” is essentially a hoax.* The Two Timeline Diagram: Differentiating the “Blue Timeline” (reported history/news) from the “Metascript” (fake event timeline).* Conspiracy Theories as Subplots: How alternative narratives are often “planted” to keep “truthers” from questioning if the event itself is real.* The Blindfolded Skeptic: The challenge to prove an event is fake without relying on the provided media footage, focusing instead on structural flaws.* Technological Fakery: Analyzing the possibility that figures like Charlie Kirk use “full head masks” and “blood bags” (squibs) for staged casualty simulations.* History as “Lies Agreed Upon”: The idea that media and history are fabricated history used to steer the future.* Blood Ritual Symbolism: Discussing the recent “blood-obsessed” media from Perez Hilton and Ariana Grande as ritualistic programming.* Fukushima as a Recycled “311”: Analyzing the numerical connections between the 2004 Madrid bombings (911 days after 9/11) and the Fukushima disaster.* Realville Colony: A space for “Media Gnostics” who have unplugged from both mainstream news and “controlled opposition”.10 Notable Quotes* “Nobody on earth could make the case that everything is fake.”* “Breaking news is kind of a hoax... It's just a way of sensationalizing something.”* “Conspiracy theories are subplots... Manufactured rabbit trails for the truthers.”* “History has always been lies agreed upon. Media is lies agreed upon.”* “Belief is based on low information. Skepticism is high information.”* “We are not making stories here. We're making observations. Huge difference.”* “You should be like a blindfolded skeptic... able to make the case... without pointing at the screen.”* “If you're too dependent on the screen, then your entire breakdown and analysis is based on... the hope that they're going to screw up.”* “We won the mind war. We just have to scale it up.”* “They use the Charlie Kirk thing to gauge response for when, not if, when they deal with Trump.”Host Reading Audience Comments* Plane Decoded: “Plane says, do you mean you should be able to prove it without showing media of the event?”* Dr. Bass Ackward: “Dr. Bass Ackward says, the prefabricated rabbit holes never get you anywhere.”You can also now find IPS on the following Podcast platforms:APPLE:SPOTIFY:YT MUSIC: This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit infiniteplanesociety.substack.com/subscribe

Could a routine trip to the hospital lead to your children being taken away? In this eye-opening episode of Patriots with Grit, special guest Sarah Goble shares her family's shocking experience with CPS, Children's Mercy Hospital, family court, and what she believes is a deeply broken child welfare system. Hear her firsthand account, learn what every parent should know, and discover why families across America are speaking out. This is an interview every parent and grandparent needs to watch.Links to our petition: https://c.org/kN7ndmGK4MWebsite: https://www.thehonestdiagnosisproject.com/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sarahrgoble?lang=enIG: https://www.instagram.com/thehonestdiagnosisproject/Kansas City Star Article:https://www.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/melinda-henneberger/article309860195.htmlNOTE: This information is for educational and investigative purposes.-------------------------Check out all of our vendors at: https://patriotswithgrit.com/patriot-partners/SPONSORS FOR THIS VIDEOGold, Silver and Precious Metalshttps://NobleGoldInvestments.com/GRIT❤️ Cardio Miracle – One Drink. Endless Benefits.Feel steady energy, sharper clarity, and stronger resilience every day.Own your freedom in health & experience the full power your body was designed for.

Nathan Jameson explains why manufactured housing is America's most under-built asset class.Jack sits down with Nathan Jameson, founder of Arx Capital, to unpack why manufactured housing, RV parks, and self storage have become some of the most durable, under-built asset classes in real estate, even as the residents who need this housing most often get the worst financing available to them.Nathan explains how Arx buys existing mobile home communities, removes obsolete homes, brings in new ones, and repositions neglected properties for the long term. He also breaks down the operational mistakes he sees institutional buyers make again and again when they underestimate what it actually takes to fill a lot and sell a home, and why a mom and pop owner keeping rent too low can slowly bleed their own community into disrepair.Along the way, Nathan shares how adopting EOS (the Entrepreneurial Operating System) helped him step out of day to day operations, and tells the story of turning a Pittsburgh property with 35 abandoned homes into an institutional-grade community.Key topics:Why manufactured housing is one of the least subsidized, most under-built affordable housing categories in the countryHow a borrower with a 750 credit score still ends up paying 9 to 10% on a manufactured home loanThe operational mistakes institutional buyers make when they don't understand how to fill and sell manufactured homesWhy rent set too low can quietly destroy a mom and pop community over timeHow EOS helped Nathan remove himself as the bottleneck in his own businessGuest bio:Nathan Jameson is the founder of Arx Capital, where he and his team manage close to $200 million in assets across manufactured housing, RV parks, and self storage in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and now the Midwest.Links:

In this episode, Nathan Jameson of ARX Capital shares insights into the mobile home park industry, investment strategies, financing options, and the future of affordable housing solutions. Discover how this niche market offers unique opportunities amid regulatory challenges and market demand.   Professional Real Estate Investors - How we can help you: Investor Fuel Mastermind:  Learn more about the Investor Fuel Mastermind, including 100% deal financing, massive discounts from vendors and sponsors you're already using, our world class community of over 150 members, and SO much more here: http://www.investorfuel.com/apply   Investor Machine Marketing Partnership:  Are you looking for consistent, high quality lead generation? Investor Machine is America's #1 lead generation service professional investors. Investor Machine provides true 'white glove' support to help you build the perfect marketing plan, then we'll execute it for you…talking and working together on an ongoing basis to help you hit YOUR goals! Learn more here: http://www.investormachine.com   Coaching with Mike Hambright:  Interested in 1 on 1 coaching with Mike Hambright? Mike coaches entrepreneurs looking to level up, build coaching or service based businesses (Mike runs multiple 7 and 8 figure a year businesses), building a coaching program and more. Learn more here: https://investorfuel.com/coachingwithmike   Attend a Vacation/Mastermind Retreat with Mike Hambright: Interested in joining a "mini-mastermind" with Mike and his private clients on an upcoming "Retreat", either at locations like Cabo San Lucas, Napa, Park City ski trip, Yellowstone, or even at Mike's East Texas "Big H Ranch"? Learn more here: http://www.investorfuel.com/retreat   Property Insurance: Join the largest and most investor friendly property insurance provider in 2 minutes. Free to join, and insure all your flips and rentals within minutes! There is NO easier insurance provider on the planet (turn insurance on or off in 1 minute without talking to anyone!), and there's no 15-30% agent mark up through this platform!  Register here: https://myinvestorinsurance.com/   New Real Estate Investors - How we can work together: Investor Fuel Club (Coaching and Deal Partner Community): Looking to kickstart your real estate investing career? Join our one of a kind Coaching Community, Investor Fuel Club, where you'll get trained by some of the best real estate investors in America, and partner with them on deals! You don't need $ for deals…we'll partner with you and hold your hand along the way! Learn More here: http://www.investorfuel.com/club   —--------------------

Neoborn Caveman delivers a marble-mouthed pro-humanity hour, opening on the AI datacenters built to predict and contain rather than serve and the lockdowns that were never overreach but something more sinister, taking the title question to Cardiff professor Ronald Eccles and the nasal cycle that rests one nostril while the other filters and warms the air no mouth can, moving into the dementia the WHO now announces as inevitable while the Lancet Commission leaves nearly half of all cases preventable by anyone who can afford it, weighing the eighty-two-year-old run over on a Publix crosswalk and still reported “allegedly killed” in the most surveilled country on Earth against the algorithmic governance such events are built to sell, and closing on Spain's opened borders, the five-drug prescriptions that shorten the lives they manage for the equity firm that owns the pharmacy, and the one sovereignty no system can predict, surveil, or medicate away: the person who still matters to someone.Music guests: DAV-EL, Big Sexy, Van Hechter, Carlyle, Inoxidables00:00:00 Segment 100:08:02 DAV-EL – Lost In Your Love00:11:30 Segment 200:20:30 Big Sexy – This City Knows My Face00:24:20 Segment 300:42:59 Van Hechter – Boy Problems00:47:21 Segment 400:56:31 Carlyle – Without the Weed01:00:00 Segment 501:08:27 Inoxidables – SirenaKey TakeawaysThe AI datacenters multiplying across the country were never built to hand you a chatbot; they were built to predict you and keep you home when you are judged unfit for the street.The lockdowns were not overreach, and calling them overreach is how the more sinister thing keeps its name clean.The nose runs a nasal cycle nobody taught you, one nostril working while the other rests, warming and filtering the air your mouth never could.The clogged nostril in a cold is doing its job, heating the passage to drive the virus out, so the body is smarter than the medicine sold against it.Walking will not save you from dementia, and the WHO does not predict the coming epidemic so much as announce it.Nearly half of dementia cases are theoretically preventable, but the prevention costs money, so health becomes another thing only the rich can afford.When the antique libraries are chopped up and scanned and the past is erased, a person with no roots has no agency; know your past or float.America, not China, is the open air prison, and a grandmother run down in broad daylight on a surveilled crosswalk is not an accident the system wants solved.Manufactured events train the masses to beg for algorithmic governance, and freedom, liberty and sovereignty are inherently against any algorithmic system, fascism and communism included.A country without enforced borders is not a country, and the pharmaceutical industry serves the equity firm that owns it, not the elderly it medicates to death.Sound Bites“America is only designed to satisfy the hunger, wormholes, black holes of the warhawks”“You have a communist nostril! Free! There is nothing free in America! You have to pay for that!”“those small particles, tiny, tiny, tiny shit pieces, are already in your nose, not your own shit pieces, but somebody other's shit pieces.”“I think this is the reason why politicians are so dumb, because they don't walk. They always use cars.”“If you don't breath, you won't be demented. You won't be alive for so long.”“how can you be allegedly killed? I mean, you are dead or not.”“America is the open air prison.”“I know reading is bad, I know, because if reading was good more people would do that.”“older individuals have 100% death rate. By the way, this equals with the 100% death rate in younger individuals.”Join the tea house at patreon.com/theneoborncavemanshow, free to enter, real talk, lives, no ads, no algorithms.Keywords: nose, nasal cycle, Ronald Eccles, AI datacenters, surveillance, dementia, Malthusians, WHO, FINGER study, Alzheimer's, sovereignty, open air prison, algorithmic governance, polypharmacy, pharmaceutical industryHumanity centered satirical takes on the world & news + music - with a marble mouthed host.Free speech marinated in comedy.Supporting Purple Rabbits.Viva los Conejos Morados. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Once again, desperate people are being weaponized by fascist regimes. Why did over 60,000 immigrants from the authoritarian regime of Morocco, a regime aligned with Trump, rush the border of Spain, an enemy of Trump? Gaslit Nation has questions.  The Russian disinformation factories have been pumping out floods of videos and shock-porn social media posts, including several hundred in Spanish. Gaslit Nation investigates to see if there is more to the story. MAGA influencers Marjorie Taylor Greene and Thomas Massie, who led the bipartisan Epstein legislation, seem to think so.  To listen to the full recording of this segment, which opened Monday's salon, including the Q&A on the shocking events in Morocco and Spain, be sure to sign up at Patreon.com/Gaslit, GaslitNation.Substack.com, or grab a membership on YouTube.This week's bonus show was the extended conversation with kleptocracy expert Casey Michel, sanctioned by Russia, and the author of the new book United States of Oligarchy.  This week's upcoming salon will be hosted by longtime listeners and salon regulars Bethany and Lisa. On Monday August 17 at 4pm ET we're opening up our salon for all to hold a letter writing party for the Prairieland Defendants, the group of "antifa" activists given a combined 556 years in prison for protesting a brutal ICE detention center. It's a Soviet-style case of political repression, and history will be on their side. But let's bring them comfort and solidarity now by writing them letters in prison.  This event is open to all so be sure to invite your friends. The Zoom link will be posted and open to the public on Patreon, Substack and on our socials. Be sure to share it to help us get out the word. For more on their story, listen to Gaslit Nation's episode in the show notes called "Free the Prairieland Defendants and All Political Prisoners."  Join our community of listeners and get bonus shows, ad free listening, group chats with other listeners, ways to shape the show, invites to exclusive events like our Monday political salons at 4pm ET over Zoom, and more! Discounted annual memberships are available. Become a Democracy Defender at Patreon.com/Gaslit or GaslitNation.Substack.com.  Listen to the full discussion from the Gaslit Nation Salon on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gaslit/posts/manufactured-at-165991926 Listen to the full discussion from the Gaslit Nation Salon on Substack: https://gaslitnation.substack.com/p/a-manufactured-invasion-inside-the Show Notes: Listen: MeidasTouch Defense Ukraine Update: https://substack.com/@thekenharbaughshow/note/p-210094234?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=2mrjsl Listen: Free the Prairieland Defendants and All Political Prisoners https://www.patreon.com/gaslit/posts/free-prairieland-162794130?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link Listen: How Oligarchs Bought America, and How We Take It Backhttps://www.gaslitnationpod.com/episodes/how-oligarchs-bought-america-and-how-we-take-it-back/ Spain says 70,000 out of 72,000 migrants that entered Ceuta in mass border crossing have returned to Morocco https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/aug/04/europe-drought-extreme-heat-wildfires-climate-crisis-hungary-romania-ceuta-spain-migration-eu-latest-news-updates Thomas Massie Questions Timing of GOP-Backed $40 Million Morocco Funding After Ceuta Migrant Influx: 'Now They Are Acting Shocked' https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/thomas-massie-questions-timing-gop-150104969.html 15 defendants get total of 556 years in Prairieland ICE center terrorism case Read more at: https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/crime/article316360906.html#storylink=cpy  

In this episode, Ricky Vanorio shares his journey from a store manager to a successful manufactured housing dealer, explaining the differences between mobile and manufactured homes, and revealing how he built a thriving business in affordable housing. Discover practical insights on investing, market opportunities, and overcoming stigma around manufactured housing.   Professional Real Estate Investors - How we can help you: Investor Fuel Mastermind:  Learn more about the Investor Fuel Mastermind, including 100% deal financing, massive discounts from vendors and sponsors you're already using, our world class community of over 150 members, and SO much more here: http://www.investorfuel.com/apply   Investor Machine Marketing Partnership:  Are you looking for consistent, high quality lead generation? Investor Machine is America's #1 lead generation service professional investors. Investor Machine provides true 'white glove' support to help you build the perfect marketing plan, then we'll execute it for you…talking and working together on an ongoing basis to help you hit YOUR goals! Learn more here: http://www.investormachine.com   Coaching with Mike Hambright:  Interested in 1 on 1 coaching with Mike Hambright? Mike coaches entrepreneurs looking to level up, build coaching or service based businesses (Mike runs multiple 7 and 8 figure a year businesses), building a coaching program and more. Learn more here: https://investorfuel.com/coachingwithmike   Attend a Vacation/Mastermind Retreat with Mike Hambright: Interested in joining a "mini-mastermind" with Mike and his private clients on an upcoming "Retreat", either at locations like Cabo San Lucas, Napa, Park City ski trip, Yellowstone, or even at Mike's East Texas "Big H Ranch"? Learn more here: http://www.investorfuel.com/retreat   Property Insurance: Join the largest and most investor friendly property insurance provider in 2 minutes. Free to join, and insure all your flips and rentals within minutes! There is NO easier insurance provider on the planet (turn insurance on or off in 1 minute without talking to anyone!), and there's no 15-30% agent mark up through this platform!  Register here: https://myinvestorinsurance.com/   New Real Estate Investors - How we can work together: Investor Fuel Club (Coaching and Deal Partner Community): Looking to kickstart your real estate investing career? Join our one of a kind Coaching Community, Investor Fuel Club, where you'll get trained by some of the best real estate investors in America, and partner with them on deals! You don't need $ for deals…we'll partner with you and hold your hand along the way! Learn More here: http://www.investorfuel.com/club   —--------------------

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On this episode of Zen and the Art of Real Estate Investing, Jonathan Greene sits down with "Ali" Nasir Ali, founder of Rise360 Ventures and a second-generation manufactured housing community specialist. Having grown up in his family's business, Ali began collecting rent, leasing homes, and learning the industry as a teenager. Together, Jonathan and Ali discuss how entrepreneurial values, generational knowledge, and long-term thinking shaped Ali's approach to investing and why manufactured housing communities have become one of the most compelling asset classes in real estate today. Ali explains how manufactured housing has evolved from an often misunderstood niche into an increasingly attractive investment opportunity. He shares why today's manufactured homes are dramatically different from outdated perceptions, how communities have become a key selling point, and why affordable housing demand continues to drive long-term growth. Jonathan and Ali also discuss why renting land instead of maintaining homes creates a unique business model with fewer operational headaches than many traditional real estate investments. The conversation also explores creative financing, value-add investing, and the importance of solving problems rather than simply buying properties. Ali shares stories from his family's eight generations in commercial real estate, illustrating how creativity, patience, and understanding a seller's true motivations can unlock opportunities that many investors overlook. Jonathan and Ali also reflect on how growing up around entrepreneurial parents gave them an entirely different perspective on wealth, risk, and building businesses. Ultimately, this episode highlights why successful investors focus on fundamentals instead of trends. Whether discussing manufactured housing communities, distressed businesses, or creative deal structures, Jonathan and Ali demonstrate that long-term wealth is built through patience, relationships, and consistently finding ways to create value rather than chasing the next opportunity. In this episode, you will hear: Why Ali believes knowledge, resilience, and family values are more valuable than inherited wealth How manufactured housing communities have evolved into one of real estate's most attractive asset classes Why renting land instead of maintaining homes creates a unique investment model How creative financing and understanding seller motivations can unlock exceptional real estate opportunities Why affordable housing continues to provide strong long-term investment potential How patience, operational improvements, and problem-solving create lasting wealth in real estate investing Follow and Review If you enjoy the show, please follow Zen and the Art of Real Estate Investing on Apple Podcasts and leave a rating and review. It helps other listeners discover the show and supports its continued growth. Supporting Resources Connect with Ali: Website - https://rise360ventures.com/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@RISE360Ventures Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Rise360Ventures Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/rise360ventures/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/rise360ventures/  Connect with Jonathan: Podcast - www.zenandtheartofrealestateinvesting.com YouTube - www.youtube.com/JonathanGreenere Instagram - www.instagram.com/zenrealestateinvesting Instagram - www.instagram.com/trustgreene Bigger Pockets - www.biggerpockets.com/users/TrustGreene Facebook - www.facebook.com/zenandtheartofrealestateinvesting Jonathan's Hub Site - www.trustgreene.com Brokerage - https://www.streamlined.properties This episode was produced by Outlier Audio.

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Nasir Ali, Managing Partner of Rise360 Ventures, explains how to build a manufactured housing investment business that scales without you by acquiring underperforming communities, filling vacancies, and earning passive income from lot rent. He shares how to start with limited capital, why he targets communities of at least 50 units, and how owning the land instead of the homes removes typical landlord headaches. Learn more at https://rise360ventures.com/

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New polling is sending shockwaves through the political world as Democrats gain ground in multiple battleground states ahead of the midterms. With several key swing states now trending blue, Donald Trump is dismissing the numbers as "fake news." Is this the beginning of a major political shift, or are the polls missing something? Also on today's Rush Hour, Republican Congressman Max Miller is facing explosive allegations that are raising serious questions about his conduct and political future. We break down what has been alleged, what evidence has been made public so far, and where the story goes next. And finally, critics are accusing the Trump administration of fueling a mass migration event for political advantage heading into the midterms. We unpack the claims, the timeline, and why opponents argue the crisis has become a campaign strategy. Three stories. One fast-paced breakdown. Welcome to The Rush Hour.

Stephen Grootes speaks to Kamal Moukheiber, Founder and CEO of Bongani Cigars, about building Africa’s first premium cigar brand. Manufactured in Mozambique and expanding into markets across Africa, Europe and the US, Bongani Cigars is challenging long-held perceptions of where the world’s finest cigars come from, while showcasing Africa’s potential to compete in the global luxury goods market. The Money Show is a podcast hosted by well-known journalist and radio presenter, Stephen Grootes. He explores the latest economic trends, business developments, investment opportunities, and personal finance strategies. Each episode features engaging conversations with top newsmakers, industry experts, financial advisors, entrepreneurs, and politicians, offering you thought-provoking insights to navigate the ever-changing financial landscape.    Thank you for listening to a podcast from The Money Show Listen live Primedia+ weekdays from 18:00 and 20:00 (SA Time) to The Money Show with Stephen Grootes broadcast on 702 https://buff.ly/gk3y0Kj and CapeTalk https://buff.ly/NnFM3Nk For more from the show, go to https://buff.ly/7QpH0jY or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/PlhvUVe Subscribe to The Money Show Daily Newsletter and the Weekly Business Wrap here https://buff.ly/v5mfetc The Money Show is brought to you by Absa     Follow us on social media   702 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkRadio702 702 on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@talkradio702 702 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkradio702/ 702 on X: https://x.com/CapeTalk 702 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@radio702   CapeTalk on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@capetalk CapeTalk on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ CapeTalk on X: https://x.com/Radio702 CapeTalk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CapeTalk567 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Trace McGuire from The Home Gallery shares insights on factory-built homes, fire rebuilds, and the future of construction in California. Discover how his innovative approach is transforming the housing market and helping communities rebuild faster and more affordably.   Professional Real Estate Investors - How we can help you: Investor Fuel Mastermind:  Learn more about the Investor Fuel Mastermind, including 100% deal financing, massive discounts from vendors and sponsors you're already using, our world class community of over 150 members, and SO much more here: http://www.investorfuel.com/apply   Investor Machine Marketing Partnership:  Are you looking for consistent, high quality lead generation? Investor Machine is America's #1 lead generation service professional investors. Investor Machine provides true 'white glove' support to help you build the perfect marketing plan, then we'll execute it for you…talking and working together on an ongoing basis to help you hit YOUR goals! Learn more here: http://www.investormachine.com   Coaching with Mike Hambright:  Interested in 1 on 1 coaching with Mike Hambright? Mike coaches entrepreneurs looking to level up, build coaching or service based businesses (Mike runs multiple 7 and 8 figure a year businesses), building a coaching program and more. Learn more here: https://investorfuel.com/coachingwithmike   Attend a Vacation/Mastermind Retreat with Mike Hambright: Interested in joining a "mini-mastermind" with Mike and his private clients on an upcoming "Retreat", either at locations like Cabo San Lucas, Napa, Park City ski trip, Yellowstone, or even at Mike's East Texas "Big H Ranch"? Learn more here: http://www.investorfuel.com/retreat   Property Insurance: Join the largest and most investor friendly property insurance provider in 2 minutes. Free to join, and insure all your flips and rentals within minutes! There is NO easier insurance provider on the planet (turn insurance on or off in 1 minute without talking to anyone!), and there's no 15-30% agent mark up through this platform!  Register here: https://myinvestorinsurance.com/   New Real Estate Investors - How we can work together: Investor Fuel Club (Coaching and Deal Partner Community): Looking to kickstart your real estate investing career? Join our one of a kind Coaching Community, Investor Fuel Club, where you'll get trained by some of the best real estate investors in America, and partner with them on deals! You don't need $ for deals…we'll partner with you and hold your hand along the way! Learn More here: http://www.investorfuel.com/club   —--------------------

Most people think manufactured home communities are a niche corner of real estate.Jeff Cook built one of the largest portfolios in New York State by thinking differently.In this episode, Jeff shares how he went from buying a single manufactured home community to owning and operating more than 100 communities across New York. But this conversation isn't just about real estate. It's about leadership, relationships, communication, and building a business that can grow without depending on you every day.Whether you own rental properties, run a business, or dream of investing in real estate someday, there are lessons in this conversation that apply far beyond manufactured housing.In this episode, you'll learn:• Why who you do business with matters more than the deal itself• The biggest misconceptions about manufactured home communities• How Jeff scaled from one community to more than 100• Why communication has been his greatest entrepreneurial advantage• How to build leadership teams that allow your business to grow• Tips for raising capital and building long term investor relationships• What overwhelmed business owners should focus on firstIf you've ever wondered what it really takes to scale a business, build wealth through real estate, or become a better leader, this episode is packed with practical wisdom from someone who has done it.

Robert Howell turns $20K land deals into new manufactured homes for first-time buyers.Robert Howell runs a land home package business, buying raw land and putting brand new manufactured homes on it, structured to qualify for conventional HUD, VA, or USDA financing. He started with a $10,000 house in Memphis and no real estate background, and has grown to 50 deals last year with 100 planned this year. In this conversation, Robert breaks down how the land home model works, why he holds mobile home parks separately for long term, tax advantaged income through cost segregation, and how he thinks about profit and mission as the same goal rather than a trade-off.How land home packages generate $30K to $50K profit per dealHow mobile home parks and cost segregation build passive, tax sheltered incomeHow land pricing works in the $20K to $40K range, and what changes itThe two step process to find your first deal this weekWhy Robert believes profit and mission aren't in conflictGuest bio: Robert Howell is the founder of Howell and Sons and the Land Home League, focused on scaling affordable manufactured housing across the Carolinas, Georgia, and Tennessee.Links:Learn more about Robert's work at howellandsons.com#RealEstateInvesting #ManufacturedHousing #MobileHomeParks #AffordableHousing #LandInvesting #CostSegregation #PassiveIncome #RealDealChat #HUDFinancing #RealEstateInvestor #TaxStrategy #FirstTimeHomeownerWork With RealDealCrewIf you're already closing deals but your intake, follow-up, or visibility feels inconsistent, here are two ways to go deeper:Take the Deal Intake AssessmentSee how resilient your current operation actually is.→ https://assessment.realdealcrew.comBook a Fit CallIf you want to explore what a fully system-driven deal flow looks like, let's talk.→ https://realdealcrew.com/bookLIKE • SHARE • JOIN • REVIEWWebsiteApple PodcastsYouTubeYouTube MusicSpotifyAmazon MusicFacebookTwitterInstagram

Headline voter roll glitches are often weaponized as proof of a rigged system. But as Michael Steele points out, catching errors isn't a failure—it's proof election oversight is working. What critics label as "manufactured chaos" is really just security functioning exactly as designed.Catch Michael Steele on The Weeknight Mondays - Fridays at 7pm EST on MSNBC: https://www.msnbc.com/weeknightFollow Michael on X: https://x.com/MichaelSteeleFollow Michael on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/michaelsteele.bsky.socialFollow Michael on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chairman_steele/Follow Michael on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@chairman_steeleListen to The Michael Steele Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-michael-steele-podcast/id1412905534Watch The Michael Steele Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJNKzTkCZE9uNqPiKYw5eU5YkS_mMsr6oIf you enjoyed this, share it with a friend!

Every day we wake up to a world competing for our desire. Every ad, social feed, and marketing campaign tells us the same story: this product, experience, or lifestyle will finally make you happy, beautiful, or fulfilled.Advertising has changed. A century ago, ads focused on what a product did. Today, they sell an image, an identity, a promise. The product is almost beside the point. What matters is convincing us that it can satisfy our deepest longings.As Strahan Coleman puts it, "Manufactured desire sells the world now, not reality."And that's no accident. Our culture has intentionally shifted from meeting needs to creating wants. Human desire has become a commodity.We don't live in neutral territory. The wealthiest companies in history—and algorithms designed to exploit our attention—are constantly shaping what we love, pursue, and worship. Our God-given desires are captured, monetized, and redirected, discipling us to spend our money, attention, and affection on almost anything except what truly satisfies.

  What Does This Week’s Market Volatility Mean for Your Retirement Portfolio? By Tom Dupree, Founder, Dupree Financial Group Inflation cooled. The big banks beat expectations. And somehow, it was still a wild week in the market. If you’ve been watching your account balance bounce around and wondering whether any of it has anything to do with the actual value of what you own, here’s the short answer: usually not. Most of what moved the market this week wasn’t new information about businesses — it was leverage, technical trading, and forced selling. That distinction matters more for your retirement than almost anything else you’ll read this month, because it tells you when to act and when to simply hold on. This week’s episode of The Tom Dupree Show walked through four separate stories — cooling inflation, strong bank earnings, a leveraged-ETF blowup on the other side of the world, and a regulatory fight over how often companies should report earnings — that all point to the same lesson: know what you own, know why the price is moving, and don’t confuse someone else’s forced selling with your own emergency. Key Takeaways Inflation cooled to 3.5% year-over-year in June, but the Fed’s new chair has questioned whether the 2% target is even the right one — the ground rules for bonds and rate-sensitive investments could shift. Bank profits this quarter came mostly from paying less on deposits, not from a borrowing boom — a reminder that cash flow, not headlines, tells the real story. A leveraged single-stock ETF collapse in South Korea forced hundreds of thousands of retail accounts into liquidation — a case study in what daily-compounding leverage does to a portfolio. Semiconductor stocks have swung hard on technical signals, not fundamentals — which can create real opportunity for patient, long-term owners. A federal proposal to let companies report earnings twice a year instead of four times has reignited a real debate about transparency versus short-termism. Why Does the Market Feel So Unpredictable Right Now? If you’re 55, 65, or 75 and watching a retirement account that’s supposed to fund the next 30 or 40 years of your life, a week like this one is unsettling. The headlines contradict each other: inflation is cooling, but chip stocks are getting hammered one day and ripping higher the next. Banks are thriving, but somewhere on the other side of the world, hundreds of thousands of retail investors just lost their entire trading accounts overnight. It’s a lot to hold at once, and it’s reasonable to wonder whether any of it should change what you do with your own money. Here’s the honest answer: for most retirees holding a diversified, income-producing portfolio, almost none of it should. But understanding why requires pulling apart what actually happened this week — and separating the noise from the signal. What Actually Happened This Week — The Data Start with the good news. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that headline inflation cooled to 3.5% year-over-year in June, with core inflation (which strips out food and energy) coming in at 2.6% — both below what economists expected, and producer prices actually declined for the month. That’s a meaningfully better inflation picture than markets were braced for. But the Fed’s target isn’t necessarily fixed anymore. Kevin Warsh, who was sworn in as Federal Reserve chairman this spring, has openly questioned the assumptions behind the central bank’s longstanding 2% inflation goal and launched a broader review of how the Fed operates. For retirees who own bonds or rate-sensitive income investments, that’s not a footnote — it’s a reason to pay attention to what “the target” even means over the next few years, rather than assuming the old rules still apply. Meanwhile, bank earnings came in strong — but not for the reason most people assume. The lift came primarily from banks paying less to fund themselves (short-term deposit rates have fallen faster than the loans on their books have repriced), not from a fresh wave of borrowing. It’s a good environment for financial stocks, but it’s a funding-cost story more than a booming-economy story, and that distinction matters if you’re trying to judge whether the rally has legs. Then there’s the semiconductor sector, which has been the market’s most volatile corner. Taiwan Semiconductor, the company that manufactures the vast majority of the world’s advanced AI chips, reported June revenue up nearly 68% year-over-year, a genuinely extraordinary number driven by AI infrastructure demand. And yet chip stocks broadly have been whipping up and down for reasons that have very little to do with numbers like that one. A lot of that action is technical: when a stock breaks below a widely watched moving average, institutional trading algorithms are programmed to sell, regardless of what the underlying business is doing. That selling then triggers more selling. It looks like panic. It’s often just mechanics. The starkest illustration of what leverage does in a downturn came out of South Korea this month, where a wave of new single-stock leveraged ETFs tied to semiconductor giants Samsung and SK Hynix triggered margin calls on more than 1.2 million retail trading accounts, with roughly 320,000 to 360,000 of those accounts fully liquidated in a matter of days. These products were designed to move twice the daily price swing of a single stock — which sounds appealing on the way up and is devastating on the way down, because the losses compound daily rather than tracking the stock’s actual return over time. It’s an ocean away from Lexington, Kentucky, but the lesson travels: leverage doesn’t just add risk, it changes the math entirely. Finally, there’s a quieter but genuinely important story developing in Washington. The SEC has proposed letting public companies choose to report earnings twice a year instead of four times, a change championed by President Trump and SEC Chairman Paul Atkins as a way to reduce short-term pressure on management teams. The idea splits reasonable people: less frequent reporting could free executives to run their businesses for the next several years instead of the next ninety days, but it could also mean investors — including retirees who depend on knowing exactly what they own — get less information, less often. This week’s news cycle also included a primetime presidential address in which Trump alleged that newly declassified intelligence showed foreign interference — including from China — in the 2020 election, along with claims of voter registration fraud in Michigan. Election security officials, including the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, have said they’ve found no evidence that any votes were altered in past elections. Whatever your read on the speech, it fed into a broader theme running through the whole hour: how much can you trust the numbers an institution hands you, whether that’s a vote count or a government inflation report? It’s why we do our own research instead of relying solely on government statistics or Wall Street’s sell-side analysts, and it’s the same instinct that should guide how you evaluate any claim, official or otherwise. The Reframe: Manufactured Volatility vs. Real Risk Here’s the framework we come back to on nearly every episode of the show, and it’s the one thing we want you to take from this week’s news: there is a real difference between manufactured volatility and real risk, and confusing the two is one of the most expensive mistakes a retiree can make. Manufactured volatility is what happens when a stock’s price swings because of leverage unwinding, algorithmic trading around technical levels, or funds racing to exit ahead of a quarterly number — not because the underlying business got worse. The Korean ETF collapse is manufactured volatility in its purest form: a Samsung or SK Hynix shareholder holding actual shares, with no leverage, watched the same news and the same earnings power, just without the forced-selling spiral. Real risk is different. Real risk is a company losing its competitive position, cutting its dividend, or piling on debt it can’t service. Real risk should change what you own. Manufactured volatility, more often than not, should not. The trouble is that from the outside, both look identical on a stock chart. A share price falling 10% doesn’t come labeled “manufactured” or “real.” Telling the difference requires actually knowing the business you own — its cash flow, its dividend history, its balance sheet — well enough to judge whether this week’s headline changed anything about that story. That’s the diligence part of the job, and there’s no shortcut around it. How Should Retirement Investors Respond to This Kind of Volatility? At Dupree Financial Group, this is exactly why our approach centers on dividend-paying stocks and bonds rather than chasing whatever sector is moving fastest. When you own a company for the income it generates — not for a price target — a week of manufactured volatility becomes far less threatening, and sometimes it becomes an opportunity. When institutions are forced to sell a good company for reasons that have nothing to do with its fundamentals, the price drop that scares one investor is simply a better entry point for another. That’s not a guarantee of a favorable outcome — all investing involves risk, including the possible loss of principal — but it’s a fundamentally different posture than reacting to every headline. Seven Steps to Retirement-Proof Your Portfolio Against Manufactured Volatility Know what you own, line by line. Pull up your statement and be able to explain, in one sentence each, why you own every major holding. If you can’t, that’s the first thing to fix — not the market. Separate the headline from the business. Before reacting to a price move, ask whether anything actually changed about the company’s earnings, dividend, or balance sheet — or whether it’s a technical or leverage-driven move like the ones described above. Keep leveraged and single-stock ETFs out of retirement money entirely. These products are built for daily traders, not long-term holders. The Korean ETF collapse is a real-world example of what daily compounding leverage can do to an account in a matter of days. Read past the quarterly headline number. Whether or not the reporting-frequency rules change, judge a company on multi-year cash flow and dividend trends, not a single quarter’s beat or miss. Keep a watchlist of quality companies for when panic creates a discount. When forced selling knocks a good business down for reasons unrelated to its fundamentals, that’s the moment long-term investors get paid for their patience. Revisit your income plan, not just your account balance. A retirement portfolio’s job is to produce cash flow you can live on for 30 to 40 years. Judge a volatile week by whether your income stream held up — not by the number on the login screen. Get a second set of eyes on your portfolio. If you’re not sure whether what you own is built to withstand this kind of volatility, or whether you’re carrying more leverage or concentration risk than you realize, that’s exactly what a portfolio review is for. Frequently Asked Questions Is a leveraged ETF a good way to boost my retirement returns? No. Leveraged ETFs reset and compound daily, so their long-term return can diverge sharply from the underlying stock’s actual performance — including large losses even when the stock has technically risen over time. They’re built for short-term traders, not retirement accounts. Does cooling inflation mean the Fed will cut interest rates soon? Not necessarily. While June’s cooler CPI reading supports the case for rate cuts, the Fed’s new chairman has signaled openness to rethinking the central bank’s approach to its inflation target, adding real uncertainty to the timeline for any rate decisions. Why do stock prices swing so much when a company’s earnings didn’t change? Much of the day-to-day movement in popular stocks comes from technical trading, algorithmic strategies tied to chart levels, and leveraged funds being forced to buy or sell — not from new information about the business itself. That’s manufactured volatility, not real risk. What does the debate over quarterly earnings reports mean for individual investors? If the SEC’s proposal is adopted, some companies may report financial results only twice a year instead of four times. That could reduce short-term pressure on management, but it may also mean investors get less frequent, less detailed information about what they actually own. How do I know if my retirement portfolio is built to handle volatility? Start by confirming you can explain why you own every major holding and that none of your retirement money sits in leveraged or single-stock products. A complimentary portfolio review with a fee-only fiduciary advisor is the fastest way to get an honest, unbiased answer. The Bottom Line Weeks like this one will keep happening. Leverage will keep building up somewhere and unwinding somewhere else. Traders will keep reacting to chart levels instead of cash flow. What won’t change is the difference between a business that’s actually worth less than it was last week and a stock price that simply got caught in someone else’s forced selling. Learn to tell those two things apart, build your income around companies you understand, and a volatile week stops being a threat to your retirement — it starts being background noise, or even opportunity. Schedule a Complimentary Portfolio Review If you’re not sure whether your portfolio is built to take advantage of volatility like we saw this week — instead of getting knocked around by it — we’ll take a look. No charge. No pressure. Just an honest conversation about what you own and whether it’s working for you. Call: 859-233-0400  |  Visit: dupreefinancial.com You Might Also Like Catch up on past episodes of The Tom Dupree Show — our full podcast archive, updated every week. Meet the team at Dupree Financial Group — learn about our fee-only, fiduciary approach and the people behind it. [PLACEHOLDER — link to a prior show notes/blog post on dividend investing fundamentals once a confirmed URL is available] About the Author: Tom Dupree is the founder of Dupree Financial Group and host of The Tom Dupree Show, heard weekly across Central Kentucky radio and podcast. With 47 years in the investment business, starting in municipal bonds in 1978, Tom built DFG’s investment philosophy around one idea: retirement money should generate income you can see, not just a balance you hope holds up. Dupree Financial Group is an independent, fee-only fiduciary Registered Investment Advisor based in Lexington, Kentucky. REGULATORY DISCLAIMER: This material is for informational and educational purposes only and does not constitute investment, legal, or tax advice, nor is it a solicitation to buy or sell any security. All investing involves risk, including the possible loss of principal. Past performance of any market index or security is not indicative of future results. Dupree Financial Group is a fee-only fiduciary and does not receive commissions on any products or securities discussed. 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Send us Fan MailMost security teams keep buying tools and still feel behind. That's not because you picked the “wrong” scanner or missed the latest AI feature. It's because many organizations are trying to secure software like it's a one-time project instead of a repeatable manufacturing process. I'm joined by Darius Radford, founder and CEO of Knights Watch Cyber, to make that idea concrete and practical for any software-driven business. Darius breaks down why applications, APIs, CI/CD pipelines, cloud platforms, open source dependencies, and identity are the real battlefield now. He shares the core insight behind what he calls the Secure Software Factory: software isn't “written” anymore, it's manufactured. When you adopt a factory mindset, you build in quality control, governance, automation, standards, metrics, and feedback loops so secure software development becomes consistent instead of heroic. We also walk through the four capabilities he sees as non-negotiable: orchestrated delivery, developer-centric application security tooling, supply chain and artifact management governance, and unified risk correlation that turns endless security data into real context. We go straight at the AI era too. Developers and AI will build the next generation of products together, which makes AI security governance and testing even more urgent. Darius gives practical guardrails for AI-generated code, including input validation, session management, authentication and authorization checks, and permission modeling. We also talk about how a mature DevSecOps approach can help you win deals by proving security by design with repeatable metrics and alignment to common risk frameworks like OWASP. If you build software, lead engineering, or sell into security-conscious customers, this conversation is for you. Subscribe, share this with a builder on your team, and leave a review with your biggest question about secure software development, what are you struggling to make repeatable?Thanks for tuning in to this episode of Follow The Brand! We hope you enjoyed learning about the latest trends and strategies in Personal Branding, Business and Career Development, Financial Empowerment, Technology Innovation, and Executive Presence. To keep up with the latest insights and updates, visit 5starbdm.com.And don't miss Grant McGaugh's new book, First Light — a powerful guide to igniting your purpose and building a BRAVE brand that stands out in a changing world. - https://5starbdm.com/brave-masterclass/See you next time on Follow The Brand!

America faces a Manufactured Crisis, or are today's biggest challenges simply a series of unrelated failures? Author Jim Simpson argues that open borders, illegal immigration, institutional capture, education, crime, and cultural upheaval are not isolated events but part of a larger strategy reshaping America. In this episode of The P.A.S. Report Podcast, Professor Nick Giordano sits down with investigative journalist and author Jim Simpson to discuss the central thesis of his book, Manufactured Crisis: The War to End America. Together, they examine whether America's biggest domestic challenges stem from government incompetence or a deliberate ideological strategy. The conversation explores institutional capture, critical theory, the Cloward-Piven Strategy, communist influence, media narratives, political polarization, and whether the country still has a path forward. What You'll Learn In This Episode: The Interconnected Crisis: Why Jim Simpson believes America's biggest challenges are connected rather than isolated policy failures. How America's Institutions Changed: How open borders, illegal immigration, education, crime, and political activism fit into a broader theory of institutional transformation. The Origins of Today's Political Battles: How critical theory, the Cloward-Piven Strategy, and decades of ideological activism continue to shape modern politics. The Power of Narrative: Why media narratives, political messaging, and information control influence public opinion and public policy. Can America Reverse Course?: The legal tools, policy changes, and accountability measures Jim Simpson believes could help restore America's institutions. Topics Covered: Manufactured Crisis, Jim Simpson, America's decline, open borders, illegal immigration, institutional capture, Cloward-Piven Strategy, critical theory, communist influence, Marxism, socialism, border crisis, media narratives, political polarization, American politics

Bob Zimmerman — China successfully recovered a reusable rocket stage, joining SpaceX and Blue Origin in the race for cheaper launches; on the ISS, a private company successfully manufactured human kidney and liver tissues, and SpaceX continues to break records, with boosters flying up to 36 times, significantly reducing satellite launch costs. (15)e

This month we are focusing on Habit 7: Rest.My goal is to help you build habits peacefully so that you can impact your world powerfully.In the Hello Mornings Daily Podcast, I share a simple tip based on our monthly theme and then I close the podcast with our 3-Minute Morning Routine.THE 3-MINUTE MORNINGGod Time: Pray Psalm 143: 8 (Minute 1)Plan Time: Prayerfully Review Your Calendar  (Minute 2)Move Time: Take 5-10 Deep Breaths (Minute 3)That's it! Adjust as needed and use as your pathway to a growing morning habit!Want to go deeper with our workshops, journals, Bible Studies and accountability ? Join The Hello Mornings Academy, where we help Christian women build habits and reach goals peacefully so they can impact their world powerfully.GOODIES: Click here to download our FREE morning routine goodies.COMMUNITY: Click here to learn more about the Hello Mornings Academy.BOOK: Click here to get the Hello Mornings BookCheering you on,❤️ Kat Lee   

Everyone is talking about Trump's new housing law, but the biggest headlines may be the least important part of the bill.In this episode, Jeb Smith and Josh Lewis break down what the new housing legislation actually does, what was removed before it passed, and whether it will have any meaningful impact on first-time homebuyers.While much of the attention has focused on limiting large institutional investors from buying more starter homes, those investors own a much smaller percentage of the housing market than many headlines suggest. The bill also does not require them to sell the homes they already own, which means buyers should not expect a sudden flood of affordable inventory.The more important provisions may be the ones receiving far less attention. These include a new HUD pilot program designed to make mortgages under $100,000 more accessible, a permanent process allowing buyers to challenge low appraisals, potential savings on manufactured housing, higher financing limits, and expanded options for accessory dwelling units.Jeb and Josh explain who may benefit from these changes, why the effects will vary dramatically by market, and why buyers should not wait for Washington to solve affordability, inventory, or interest rates.✅ Are you Ready To Become A Homeowner: https://www.buyrightborrowsmart.com/quiz.✅ Start your stress-free journey today: https://www.theeducatedhomebuyer.com/start..Topics DiscussedWhat Trump's new housing law actually changesWhy institutional investors are not being forced to sellHow many homes large corporate investors really ownWhy the investor restrictions may have little immediate impactThe new small-mortgage pilot programGrants for down payments, closing costs, appraisals, and title insuranceWhat buyers can do when an appraisal comes in lowChanges affecting manufactured homes and ADU financingWhy government policy will not fix housing affordability overnightHow to determine whether you are actually ready to buyTimestamps00:00 Trump's new housing law and the misleading headlines01:50 Why the bill received overwhelming bipartisan support02:40 What happened to the proposed corporate investor selloff04:45 Why corporations started buying single-family homes06:35 Market-based solutions versus government restrictions08:03 How much of the housing market institutional investors actually own09:01 The two provisions that could help first-time buyers09:43 The new mortgage program for loans under $100,00012:28 What happens when an appraisal comes in low13:03 Reconsideration of value and appraisal challenges14:50 Manufactured housing changes and potential cost savings15:23 Higher FHA limits, ADU financing, and chattel loans16:20 Why the law will not transform housing overnight17:10 The political reality behind major housing legislation17:37 How buyers should decide whether now is the right time18:25 The two-minute homebuyer readiness quiz19:16 The financial and lifestyle factors that matter mostThe Educated HomeBuyer helps buyers understand the housing market, mortgage process, and financial decisions involved in purchasing a home. Subscribe for straightforward conversations designed to help you buy right, borrow smart, and build wealth.

The idea of granting a pardon to Ghislaine Maxwell is more than just controversial—it fundamentally undermines the logic of accountability. Maxwell is a convicted participant in a system of child exploitation, and any argument that pardoning her would advance an investigation falls apart under scrutiny. Her credibility as a witness is deeply compromised by her conviction and documented history of deception, meaning any testimony she provides would be aggressively challenged and likely carry little legal weight. Rather than strengthening a case, introducing her as a pardoned witness risks injecting confusion, creating noise, and weakening the integrity of any proceedings tied to her statements.Beyond the legal flaws, the broader implications are even more damaging. Offering clemency in this context sends a clear message that accountability can be negotiated, even in cases involving severe abuse, which risks eroding public trust in the justice system. It raises unavoidable questions about motive and who stands to benefit from such a move, particularly given the powerful networks connected to the Epstein case. At a time when clarity, consistency, and justice are needed most, even entertaining the idea of a pardon suggests a system that may be prioritizing expediency and protection over transparency and responsibility.to ocntact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

The idea of granting a pardon to Ghislaine Maxwell is more than just controversial—it fundamentally undermines the logic of accountability. Maxwell is a convicted participant in a system of child exploitation, and any argument that pardoning her would advance an investigation falls apart under scrutiny. Her credibility as a witness is deeply compromised by her conviction and documented history of deception, meaning any testimony she provides would be aggressively challenged and likely carry little legal weight. Rather than strengthening a case, introducing her as a pardoned witness risks injecting confusion, creating noise, and weakening the integrity of any proceedings tied to her statements.Beyond the legal flaws, the broader implications are even more damaging. Offering clemency in this context sends a clear message that accountability can be negotiated, even in cases involving severe abuse, which risks eroding public trust in the justice system. It raises unavoidable questions about motive and who stands to benefit from such a move, particularly given the powerful networks connected to the Epstein case. At a time when clarity, consistency, and justice are needed most, even entertaining the idea of a pardon suggests a system that may be prioritizing expediency and protection over transparency and responsibility.to ocntact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

That thought leader you follow? A virtual assistant in Manila wrote those posts for $4-7 per hour.Product Manager Brian Orlando and Enterprise Business Agility Leader Om Patel trace the industrialized pipeline behind LinkedIn's 'thought leadership' industry; from Filipino Virtual Assistants feeding prompts to ChatGPT, to state actors using the same tactics (and sometime the same tools) for influence operations. By the end, you'll see the whole machine.Listen or Watch as we discuss:• Why 54% of long-form LinkedIn posts are estimated to be AI-generated• The Investigative journalism exposing the $4-$7/hour content mills• How Russian and Chinese influence operations use the same playbook• Why 'human in the loop' and quality didn't jive with the marketing message• The spiral of silence: how fake consensus makes real majorities shut up#LinkedIn #AIContent #MediaLiteracyRest of World, Originality AI, OpenAI, Noelle Newman (Spiral of Silence), Big Tobacco 'Doubt is Our Product' campaign, Knight Institute studyLINKSYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@arguingagileSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/362QvYORmtZRKAeTAE57v3Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/agile-podcast/id1568557596INTRO MUSICToronto Is My BeatBy Whitewolf (Source: https://ccmixter.org/files/whitewolf225/60181)CC BY 4.0 DEED (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en)

Who are you - really?Most people never question the answer. They inherit a name, receive a birth certificate, are assigned an identity, and spend the rest of their lives protecting someone they have never actually investigated. Society requires individuals to function. Governments, banks, healthcare systems, schools, employers, and every institution rely upon names, numbers, documents, and identities. But does that mean the individual actually exists?In this episode, Kevin invites listeners into one of the deepest inquiries explored on the podcast to date. Building on previous discussions surrounding consciousness, the body, and the breath, he examines the hidden assumption at the center of nearly every human life: the unquestioned belief that there is a separate person living inside the experience.Rather than presenting another philosophy or belief system, this conversation becomes an invitation to investigate direct experience. What can actually be found? Is there truly an individual separate from the body, the breath, and consciousness? Or is the person nothing more than a useful concept created for navigating society?Throughout the episode, Kevin explores the relationship between legal identity and lived reality, questioning everything from birth certificates and passports to social security numbers, nationality, personality, and personal history. He demonstrates how labels may be necessary for civilization while simultaneously revealing that usefulness should never be mistaken for truth.Listeners will discover why suffering is not created by pain itself, but by the psychological ownership of experience. There is sadness - but must there be "someone" who is sad? There is fear - but where is the owner of that fear? As this investigation unfolds, familiar assumptions begin to loosen, revealing a radically different way of understanding identity, responsibility, and freedom.Kevin also addresses a common misunderstanding surrounding non-duality. Rather than using spiritual teachings to escape the world, he explains how awakening allows a person to participate more fully in life without becoming psychologically trapped by the character being played. The responsibilities of family, business, leadership, and service remain, but they are no longer carried by an imagined self desperately seeking completion.Far from being an abstract philosophical discussion, this episode concludes with a practical framework listeners can begin applying immediately. Through a simple series of self-inquiry questions, Kevin offers a direct method for examining suffering as it arises and tracing it back to the assumption of an individual that may never have existed in the first place.This is an episode designed to challenge deeply conditioned beliefs, not by replacing them with new ideas, but by encouraging careful observation. For those willing to look honestly, the investigation may reveal that what has been defended for an entire lifetime cannot actually be found - and that realization may become the beginning of genuine freedom.

Today's manufactured housing communities are becoming one of the strongest-performing real estate asset classes available. In this episode of the Major League Real Estate Podcast, Nate Sosa and Thomas Castelli sit down with Ali, Managing Director and Co-Founder of Rise360 Ventures, whose family has spent more than 44 years investing in manufactured housing. Ali shares how growing up in the business shaped his investing philosophy, why manufactured housing consistently outperforms many traditional real estate asset classes, and how investors can benefit from stable cash flow, lower operating costs, tenant-owned homes, and powerful tax advantages. They also discuss: - Why tenant-owned homes create a better business model - How manufactured housing compares to multifamily investing - The tax benefits of cost segregation and bonus depreciation - Building generational wealth through 1031 exchanges - Why manufactured housing may help solve America's housing shortage - How AI is changing real estate investing and operations Request a free discovery meeting: go.therealestatecpa.com/mlre Register for FREE access to the 2026 Hall CPA Tax Strategy Summit: www.taxandlegalsummit.com/2026signup Join the Hall CPA Team: www.therealestatecpa.com/careers/ Get the Ultimate Guide for Real Estate Syndications: go.therealestatecpa.com/mlreultimateguide Submit your questions to: go.therealestatecpa.com/question Connect with Ali: rise360ventures.com The Major League Real Estate podcast is for general information purposes only and is not intended to provide, and should not be relied on for, tax, legal, investing, financial, or accounting advice. Information on the podcast may not constitute the most up-to-date legal or other information. No reader, user, or listener of this podcast should act or refrain from acting on the basis of information on this podcast without first seeking legal and tax advice from counsel in the relevant jurisdiction. Only your individual attorney and tax advisor can provide assurances that the information contained herein – and your interpretation of it – is applicable or appropriate to your particular situation. Use of, and access to, this podcast or any of the links or resources contained or mentioned within the podcast show and show notes do not create a relationship between the reader, user, or listener and podcast hosts, contributors, or guests. Any mention of third-party vendors, products, or services does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation. You should conduct your own due diligence before engaging with any vendor.

Manufactured housing is one of the most overlooked sectors in American real estate, yet it plays a critical role in addressing the nation's affordable housing shortage. According to the American Housing Survey (AHS), there are approximately 7.2 million occupied manufactured homes in the United States, accounting for 5.4% of all occupied housing. These communities provide an affordable housing solution for millions of Americans, particularly those living in rural areas and lower-income households. In this episode, Kevin McShan sits down with Leo Young, Founder of Cornell Communities, a real estate investment firm dedicated to acquiring and operating manufactured housing communities that generate both financial returns and meaningful social impact. Leo's journey is anything but conventional. Before founding Cornell Communities, he generated more than $50 million in real estate sales, worked on the acquisitions team of a $4.5 billion private equity real estate fund, and became the top regional salesperson at Tesla. Today, he combines institutional investment expertise, entrepreneurial leadership, and operational experience to help investors build long-term wealth while expanding access to quality affordable housing. Driven by his mission to positively impact one million lives through real estate, Leo has also built an engaged community of more than 30,000 aspiring and active investors through his Investor Club and podcast. His practical approach demonstrates how busy professionals can move beyond relying solely on earned income by creating passive cash flow through thoughtfully selected real estate investments. Throughout this conversation, Leo shares why manufactured housing communities continue to attract sophisticated investors, how to evaluate risk in commercial real estate, the lessons he's learned from building a business across multiple states, and why financial independence is about creating freedom—not simply accumulating wealth. He also discusses burnout, entrepreneurship, leadership, and how investing with purpose can strengthen both communities and investment portfolios. Whether you're an experienced investor, an entrepreneur, or someone searching for new ways to build long-term financial security outside of traditional Wall Street investments, this episode offers valuable insights into one of today's most resilient and impactful real estate sectors   For more information: https://cornellcommunities.com/ LinkedIn: @LeoY.  Instagram: @leoyoungrealestate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Air Date: 6/24/2026 The Monthly-ish Mix™ is here to get you caught up on recent news without being overwhelming! If you've been pulling back from the news for your own sanity, this one's built for you — a quick recap and reference guide to the past month or two, organized around a single idea: when power can't earn legitimacy, it manufactures it. The performance. Spectacle, religion, and health branding standing in for real consent: Trump collecting a FIFA "peace prize," Christian nationalism worn as a costume the actual church refuses to bless, and RFK Jr. dressing up a gutted vaccine agenda as "moderate," scapegoating immigrants as he goes, while the USAID cuts run up a body count. The machinery. The infrastructure that keeps the performance going while real consent drains away underneath: a legal system bent toward self-dealing and a $1.8 billion slush fund, billionaire money rewriting the rules since Citizens United, an AI gold rush sold as inevitable before anyone voted on it, and an economy booming on paper while the ground shifts under everyone's feet. The vacuum and the reclaiming. What rushes in when legitimacy collapses, from normalized political violence to a manifesto born of that collapse — and then the democratic answer: why the rupture hasn't come, why revolutions tend to devour themselves, and why the slower work wins. Nonviolent movements draw eleven times the participation, and the ballot box the Supreme Court is fighting hardest to narrow is the same one that just turned out 78% of Hungary to remove Orbán. Full Show Notes Be part of the show! Leave a voice message, message us on Signal at the handle bestoftheleft.01, or email Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Members Get Bonus Shows + No Ads!) Use our links to shop Bookshop.org and Libro.fm for a non-evil book and audiobook purchasing experience! Join our Discord community! SECTION 1: THE PERFORMANCE OF LEGITIMACY (00:01:31) #1798 - FIFA Sportswashing Fascism: The World Cup from Mussolini to Trump 1: Trump Is a 'master Marketer' Symone Reacts to President Getting FIFA Peace Prize - Chris Jansing Reports - Air Date 12-5-25 2: Jules Boykoff on World Cup and Sportswashing Part 1 - CounterSpin - Air Date 5-15-26 3: Trump LOSES IT as FIFA SUFFERS MAJOR CRISIS!! Part 1 - MeidasTouch - Air Date 5-6-26 (00:23:20) #1787 - The American President vs The American Pope: Leo XIV, Trump, and the MAGA-Catholic Rift 4: Someone Tell Pete Hegseth That "Pulp Fiction" Isn't in the Bible - Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie - Air Date 4-18-26 5: "Two Versions of Christianity": Pope Leo Calls for Peace as U.S. Uses Religion to Justify Iran War - Democracy Now! - Air Date 4-1-26 6: Why America and the Vatican Have Fallen Out - TLDR News Global - Air Date 4-11-26 (00:46:03) #1794 - From MAHA to Measles: RFK's Public Health Purge Will Make America Sick Again 7: Why RFK Jr. Is Projecting a More 'Moderate' MAHA Stance - The Brian Lehrer Show - Air Date 4-27-26 8: RFK Jr Goes Full Eugenics to Congress; IMMIGRANTS BRING DISEASE - Brittany Page - Air Date 4-22-26 9: As WHO Declares Ebola Outbreak a Global Health Emergency, Did USAID Cuts Worsen the Crisis - Democracy Now! - Air Date 5-18-26 SECTION 2: THE MACHINERY & THE LEAK (01:13:10) #1796 - 1.8 Billion for the Mob and a Kill List for Dissent: Trump's payout fund and counterterrorism strategy, decoded 10: We Will Find You and We Will Kill You Part 1 - The Intercept Briefing - Air Date 5-15-26 11: Congress Strikes Back as Trump Rushes $1.8 Billion Scam - Legal AF by MeidasTouch - Air Date 5-18-26 12: Dictatorship in Action David Cay Johnston on $1.8B Slush Fund Part 2 - Democracy Now! - Air Date 5-20-26 (01:34:00) #1792 - Capitalist Class Warfare: AI, Billionaire Capture, and the How to Fight Back 13: The Case Against Billionaires | Chuck Collins - Washington Monthly - Air Date 1-5-26 14: How Oligarchs Hijacked America in Just 16 Year - Benaminute - Air Date 4-30-26 15: It Will Be 17 Times Worse Than the .com Crash - Upper Echelon - Air Date 5-7-26 (02:04:29) #1797 - AI Spent $540 Billion to Make You Lonelier: Betting Against Jobs, Art, and Community 16: Will SpaceX and OpenAI Starve the Market? - UNFTR Media - Air Date 5-26-26 17: Astra Taylor on AI Data Center Resistance & Fighting "Billionaire Big Tech Agenda"- Democracy Now! - Air Date 5-13-26 18: The AI Backlash Just Got VERY Public - House of El - AI - Air Date 5-24-26 (02:33:22) #1789 - Boomcession: Why the Economy Looks Great on Paper and Hurts in Real Life 19: Monday Morning Economy Politics Inflation Soars Part 1 - The Brian Lehrer Show - Air Date 4-13-26 20: Economic Implications of the U.S. War on Iran Part 1 - Economic Update with Richard Wolff - Air Date 4-14-26 21: These Georgia Swing Voters Do Not Like the Iran War - The NPR Politics Podcast - Air Date 4-16-26 (02:58:12) #1793 - Anti-Immigrant Brutality Costs Countries More Than Their Morals: ICE, Mass Deportation, and the Global Far-Right 22: Trumps Brutal Immigration Crackdown Continues Part 1 - Velshi - Air Date 3-21-26 23: 'Buyer's Remorse' This Trump Stronghold TURNS on Massive ICE Facility Part 1 - MS Now - Air Date 4-20-26 SECTION 3: THE VACUUM & THE RECLAIMING (03:15:42) #1790 - Assassin Nation: How Political Violence Got Normalized And How To Reverse It 24: "Slow Civil War" Author Jeff Sharlet on the Growing NormalAation of Violence at Home & Abroad - Democracy Now! - Air Date 4-27-26 25: The Cole Hard Truth - The Muckrake Political Podcast - Air Date 4-28-26 26: The White House Correspondents Dinner Shooting: What the "Political Violence" Framing Is Hiding - Resistance History with Tad Stoermer - Air Date 4-26-26 (03:42:14) #1795 - You Say You Want A Revolution: Successful Revolutions are the Boring Ones 27: Why the Epstein Files Didn't Start a Revolution - Uncivilized - Air Date 4-21-26 28: Is The US In Its French Revolution Era? - Leeja Miller - Air Date 5-13-26 29: Why Nonviolence Wins - Degenerate Art by Andrea Pitzer - Air Date 5-14-26 (04:14:56) #1791 - Jim Crow 2.0 — SCOTUS Kills the Voting Rights Act and Unleashes the Gerrymandering War 30: Louisiana Is Ground Zero for Voting Rights, Abortion Pill Access Part 1 - Boom! Lawyered - Air Date 5-7-26 31: Elie Mystal Supreme Court Gutting Voting Rights Act Is About Again Making US an Apartheid State Part 1 - The Dean Obeidallah Show - Air Date 5-1-26 32: What Stacey Abrams Thinks About a Recent SCOTUS Decision and the Voting Rights Amendment Part 2 - Soundside - Air Date 5-526   Produced by Jay! Tomlinson Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Listen Anywhere! BestOfTheLeft.com/Listen Listen Anywhere! Follow BotL: Bluesky | Mastodon | Threads | X Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com

In this 10th episode interview, Jason Hartman speaks with Jim Huling about the second edition of his book, The Four Disciplines of Execution. The conversation centers on a framework designed to help individuals and organizations move past the "whirlwind" of daily tasks to achieve wildly important goals. Huling explains that success requires a narrow focus on specific objectives and the use of lead measures to track predictive behaviors. He also emphasizes the importance of engagement through visual scoreboards and maintaining a cadence of accountability among teammates. By shifting from top-down authority to peer-to-peer commitments, leaders can foster a culture of high performance and trust. Ultimately, the source highlights how these principles apply across various sectors, including hospitality, the military, and education.   Key Takeaways: 0:00 The biggest housing bill in decades 9:05 Manufactured housing 10:45 Balancing factor and PropertyTracker.com 16:47 Franklin Covey's Jim Huling Join our FREE monthly Masterclass JasonHartman.com/Wednesday http://empoweredinvestor.com/    _______________________________________________________________   Follow Jason on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM & LINKEDIN Twitter.com/JasonHartmanROI Instagram.com/jasonhartman1/ Linkedin.com/in/jasonhartmaninvestor/ Call our Investment Counselors at: 1-800-HARTMAN (US) or visit: https://www.jasonhartman.com/ Free Class:  Easily get up to $250,000 in funding for real estate, business or anything else: http://JasonHartman.com/Fund CYA Protect Your Assets, Save Taxes & Estate Planning: http://JasonHartman.com/Protect Get wholesale real estate deals for investment or build a great business – Free Course: https://www.jasonhartman.com/deals Special Offer from Ron LeGrand: https://JasonHartman.com/Ron Free Mini-Book on Pandemic Investing: https://www.PandemicInvesting.com

The McCullough Report with Dr. Peter McCullough – Dr. Peter McCullough and Brig. Gen. Blaine Holt challenge the WHO's hantavirus response, alleging mishandled cruise ship containment, ignored treatments, and a familiar crisis-to-vaccine playbook. Their discussion frames the outbreak as medical failure, political pressure, and psychological warfare, urging people to seek independent information and prepare emergency medical...

Richard Epstein discusses the legal complexities of a proposed executive order to end birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens. He highlights the rise of "manufactured citizenship" through birth tourism and predicts the Supreme Court may eventually distinguish between transient visitors and those seeking permanent residency.1905 SCOTUS

(4) Steve Yates argues the "Thucydides trap" is a manufactured academic concept used by Beijing to suggest inevitable US decline. He emphasizes that the US is not a classical empire and remains globally influential. China uses this rhetoric for political warfare while remaining sensitive to American strength.ISTANBUL