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Welcome to Country Proud Living "Where Nurturing Spaces Empower Your Life and Everyday Feels a Little More Like Home." ✨ Have you ever loved a paint color, cabinet finish, tile, or piece of furniture—until you started looking at what everyone else was choosing?Suddenly you're scrolling Pinterest and Instagram, questioning your decisions and wondering: Is this still in style? Am I choosing the wrong thing? Will I regret it?In Episode 127 of Country Proud Living, Certified Interior Designer LoriLynn explores how to choose paint colors, finishes, materials, cabinetry, flooring, countertops, lighting, and home décor with greater confidence—without allowing trends or other people's opinions to drown out what you actually love.Because great interior design isn't about creating the home everyone else wants.It's about creating a home that feels like you. And underneath all those design decisions is something even more meaningful: self-trust.Every time we trust ourselves enough to choose what genuinely feels right—whether it's a paint color, a career decision, how we spend our time, or the people we invite into our lives—we practice becoming more confident in who we are.Country Proud Living is a podcast for women who want to create nurturing homes, live with greater intention, embrace personal growth, and cultivate a life they're truly proud to live.

Astrologer and Mystical Messages host Hilary Harley shares the cosmic forecast for October 2026.  Valuable Venus turns retrograde on Sunday, October 4th. Temptation is the key phrase this month and continues through mid-November. Watch for FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) surfacing as well as opportunities that are actually too good to be true.  Messenger Mercury also turns retrograde from October 23rd to November 14th in the same time frame as Venus.  October through early November is NOT the time to launch initiatives, relationships or projects.  This month, use the RE words:  Research, Review, Recall, Remember, Renovate, Restore, Refresh, etc.  Delay buying major items:  real estate, cars, booking travel or signing significant documents.  Instead, we are offered invaluable soul time, to check in with ourselves, our values, self-worth and talents.  During October, take stock of your skills and finances to align yourself with right relationship on your path forward.  The Taurus Full Moon on October 25th demands complete accountability.  Now is the time to bring your life into order.   To reach Hilary Harley: www.hilaryharley.com http://www.hilaryharley.com/ Hilary@hilaryharley.com Substack: https://substack.com/@hilaryharley Facebook:  hilary harley. https://www.facebook.com/hilary.harley.3 hilary harley astrology https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057501487642  holistic healing https://www.facebook.com/hilaryharley714 Instagram:  hilary.harley https://www.instagram.com/hilary.harley    

PJ chats to 2025 Rose Of Tralee Katelyn Cummins and Declan Buggy about their new podcast about the choices facing young people. See also @getstuckinpodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send us Fan MailThe best time to renovate a rental is almost never the moment you finally get sick of looking at the kitchen. Timing is the variable nobody talks about, and it quietly decides whether your money ever comes back.Kevin opens with a framing that clears up half the confusion on this topic. There are only two kinds of rental renovation, and landlords get into trouble when they apply the rules of one to the other.From there we get into the window we actually use, why an empty unit is dramatically cheaper to work in than an occupied one, and the seasonal play that lets you burn vacancy days you were going to lose anyway. I also walk through what happened when a bathroom flooded in Chico and we had no choice at all, plus the three week vacation that turned into the best renovation window we have ever had.Then Kevin covers the Idaho unit we poured a small fortune into and got almost nothing back on in rent. We would still do it again. There is a reason, and it is not sentimental.Hit play. You will finish knowing whether your next project is a business decision or a preference.What You'll Learn in This Episode●     The two categories of rental renovation, and why mixing them up costs you●     Why turnover is the single best window, in three stacking reasons●     The seasonal play that turns weak vacancy days into free renovation time●     How to find your own peak season instead of guessing at a general rule●     What livability rules mean mid-renovation, and the hotel question nobody can answer for you●     The one phone call to make before a repair ever displaces a tenant●     What actually fits into a one, two, four, and eight week timeline●     How to calculate the ceiling on what a renovation can earn you●     The appliance we stopped buying entirely, and why●     The relationship worth more than any discount you will ever negotiateEpisodes & Resources MentionedEpisode 91: We Renovated 2 Out-of-State Units, Would We Do It Again?Episode 117: Why We Installed Smart Locks (And Would Do It Again)Episode 96: Tips From Our Contractor — everything Jim has taught usEpisode 139: Landlord DIY vs Hire Out — what to handle and what to delegateENERGY STAR Rebate Finder — check local utility rebates by zip codeDoorLoop: Landlord software for larger portfoliosTurboTenant: Landlord software for newer landlordsAvail: Free Landlord SoftwareEZ Landlord Forms: State-specific lease and notice formsConnect with Us: 

Can $800k get you anything on the Gold Coast? Should buyers act while the market is moving more slowly?In this Q&A episode of Buying Gold Coast, Matt and Justin answer your property questions.Matt also shares how buyers can use a slower market to strengthen their negotiating position. He explains when commercial property may fit into an investment portfolio and why capital growth can be important when trying to scale. 

How Are We Finding So Many Great Real Estate Deals? If great real estate deals really exist, why isn't everybody buying them? That was the question that came into the Canadian Real Estate Investing Morning Show today. A listener wanted to know how Wayne keeps finding strong deals, how REI Masters students keep buying cash-flowing properties, and why those opportunities seem almost invisible to everyone else. Wayne and Gabby's answer is simple: You don't know what you don't know. The properties are not hidden. The MLS is not secretly showing Wayne different listings. The opportunities are sitting in front of everybody. The difference is understanding what you are actually looking at. Today's episode also covers the growing infill controversy in Edmonton, a suspicious fire in Parkview following an anti-infill protest, the current Edmonton rental market, and several recent deals being completed by REI Masters students. "Something Seems Off" The listener's email asked: How can Wayne and his students keep finding all these great deals if everyone else can see the same properties? Wouldn't somebody else buy them first? Wayne's response is that most people are looking at real estate one-dimensionally. Experienced investors are looking at it from multiple angles. Two people can look at the exact same property. One sees: An old townhouse. A condo fee. A property that has been sitting on the market. Something that needs work. Another investor sees: Strong tenant demand. Cash flow. A below-market acquisition. A refinance opportunity. Long-term appreciation potential. A BRRRR. A wholesale assignment. Or simply a property that fits a very specific investment framework. The property did not change. The investor's knowledge changed. Buying the Property Is the Easy Part Wayne explains that even when he tells people exactly what type of property to buy, that does not guarantee success. He could say: Buy three-bedroom townhouses in Edmonton. He could narrow it down further. West end. South side. Certain neighbourhoods. Certain price ranges. But there are still plenty of ways to make a mistake. Which complex? What condo corporation? What reserve fund? What future repairs are coming? What tenant profile? What rent? What condition? What purchase price? What financing? What cash flow? What due diligence? And once you buy it, how will you manage it for the next 20 years? The purchase is only one piece of the puzzle. Why Education Changes What You See Wayne compares real estate knowledge to assembling a puzzle. The Morning Show gives investors pieces every weekday morning. Over time, listeners begin understanding how those pieces fit together. But somebody who hears only one episode may hear: "Buy an Edmonton townhouse." And think that is the entire strategy. It is not. The strategy is the complete framework surrounding the acquisition. Gabby summarizes the difference: Education. Someone who understands an industry will recognize opportunities that somebody without that education will completely miss. That principle applies far beyond real estate. The Deals Are Right in Front of You Wayne explains how his own acquisition process often works. Every month or two, he decides he is ready to buy. He messages his Edmonton realtor, Calvin Hexter, and tells him: I'm in buy mode. Then Wayne reviews the available inventory. He may look at seven properties. Write three offers. Get two accepted. And buy them. There is no secret inventory. There is no hidden database. The opportunities are already available. The key is recognizing which properties meet the framework and knowing how to evaluate them quickly enough to act. Wayne Has Already Locked Up Three Properties Wayne says he has already locked up three properties recently and still wants to purchase two more. The reason he has not bought the additional properties yet is not a lack of money or financing. He simply has not seen anything good enough. That is another important lesson. Being ready to buy does not mean forcing a deal. You wait until the property fits. Then you move. Opportunities Constantly Change A great real estate strategy today may not be a great strategy three years from now. Markets change. Prices change. Rents change. Interest rates change. Inventory changes. Investor competition changes. That means opportunities appear and disappear. Wayne says there are currently two particularly strong opportunities in Edmonton. Eventually, everybody may recognize them. Prices will increase. Competition will increase. Returns will compress. And the opportunity will disappear. Then investors need to recognize the next one. The Cost of Waiting for Proof One of Wayne's biggest warnings is waiting too long for proof that a strategy works. People often want to see everybody else doing it before they feel comfortable. But once everybody else is doing it, that creates the very competition that removes the opportunity. Wayne says his best deals often happen because he recognizes the opportunity before the broader market does. His students may then enter shortly afterward. Eventually everybody catches on. By that time, prices may already be 15%, 20% or 25% higher. Education allows investors to recognize opportunities earlier. REI Masters Student Deals Wayne and Gabby also highlight several deals currently happening inside the REI Masters community. Dennis Dennis recently took possession of another rental property generating approximately: $580 per month in cash flow. Wayne says Dennis and Andrea have acquired several properties during their first year and have added substantial monthly cash flow to their portfolio. Kyla and Fabian Kyla and Fabian found an off-market property through their We Buy Houses marketing. Instead of completing the flip themselves, they found another buyer and are assigning the opportunity for approximately: $10,000. Kane Kane recently locked up his first wholesale deal. Wayne describes it as an excellent potential Edmonton BRRRR opportunity. The property is a three-bedroom townhouse requiring approximately $15,000 to $20,000 in renovations. The potential strategy: Buy. Renovate. Refinance. Recover the invested capital. Keep the property. Cash flow approximately $300 per month afterward. Wayne says the property scored approximately 9% on the cash-flow test. Jas and Rupinder Jas and Rupinder recently acquired another property for approximately $30,000 to $40,000 below market value. They plan to complete renovations and may potentially use a BRRRR strategy. Anya Anya recently acquired a commercial property worth approximately: $2 million. Amanda Amanda has secured her first joint venture partner. Her challenge now is finding the right deal for the available capital. Additional Students Wayne also highlights several other students who have been acquiring properties, raising joint venture capital, building rent-to-own businesses and expanding their portfolios. The common thread is not luck. It is education followed by action. Edmonton's Infill Debate Gets Hotter The episode also covers a very different Edmonton real estate story. Residents in Edmonton's Parkview neighbourhood recently held a protest against increasing infill development. Residents have raised concerns about: Density Parking Traffic Garbage collection Snow removal Construction disruption Neighbourhood character Property values Shortly after the protest, a vacant house slated for redevelopment caught fire. The property reportedly had approval for a four-dwelling row house with four secondary suites. Fire officials considered the blaze suspicious, and Edmonton police began investigating. Wayne makes clear that nobody knows whether the fire had any connection to the protest. But the timing intensified an already heated debate around infill development in mature Edmonton neighbourhoods. Another Infill Fire Had a Different Cause Wayne also discusses another recent Edmonton infill-related fire. That fire was reportedly connected to a lithium-ion battery inside an electric scooter. Wayne says Edmonton fire officials reported numerous lithium-ion battery-related fires and millions of dollars in associated damage. The two fires were unrelated, but both highlight risks surrounding increasingly dense residential development. Wayne's Complicated View on Infill Wayne openly admits he has mixed feelings about Edmonton's infill boom. He participates in infill development. He believes new housing supply is necessary. He also understands why existing homeowners may be frustrated. Wayne believes Edmonton went too far in certain areas and added too much competing rental supply too quickly. That additional supply has created significant pressure on some segments of Edmonton's rental market. But not every property type is being affected equally. Edmonton Rents Are Down — But Not for Every Property Wayne says Edmonton rents overall have softened year over year. However, rents within his own portfolio have continued increasing. Why? Because he deliberately purchased properties that serve a different tenant profile than much of the new rental supply being built. This is another example of why understanding property type matters. Citywide averages do not tell you everything. You need to understand exactly who your tenant is, what alternatives they have and what type of property they actually want. The Main Lesson If you look at Wayne's deals or the deals being completed by REI Masters students and think: "Something seems off. Why don't I see these?" The better question may be: "What am I not seeing yet?" The listings are there. The opportunities are there. But opportunities only become obvious when you understand: The market. The numbers. The property type. The tenant. The risks. The financing. The exit. The operations. And how all of those pieces work together. Education changes what you see. Action determines what you do with it. REIcon – The Summit Series REIcon starts tonight in Edmonton. September 11–13, 2026 Wayne and Gabby will be there Friday and Saturday. The Canadian Real Estate Investing Morning Show will broadcast live on stage Saturday morning at 8:00 AM. Wayne will also be teaching due diligence, while Wayne and Gabby will present together on property and asset management. Get tickets at: www.reiconference.ca Use discount code: REIMASTERS15 for 15% off. REI Masters Mentorship Work directly with Wayne and Gabby on acquisitions, financing, market selection, joint ventures, wholesaling, BRRRR strategies, due diligence, property management and building a profitable Canadian real estate portfolio. www.reimasters.ca The 5% Rule™ Learn Wayne Hillier's cash-flow framework for evaluating rental properties. Search The 5% Rule by Wayne Hillier on Amazon. Watch the Morning Show Join Wayne and Gabby every weekday morning at 7:00 AM Mountain Time on YouTube. Follow Wayne Hillier – Real Estate Investing Coach on YouTube. Questions: info@reimorningshow.com Upcoming Events REIcon – The Summit Series Edmonton, Alberta September 11–13, 2026 www.reiconference.ca Discount code: REIMASTERS15 REI Masters Annual Retreat Edmonton, Alberta October 17–18, 2026 www.reimasters.ca Sponsors Calvin Realty – Edmonton Investor-Focused Realtor Team www.calvinrealty.ca Finngo Bookkeeping & Tax Specialized bookkeeping and tax services for Canadian real estate investors. www.finngo.com/rei Kirkwood & Brennan Mortgage Group Investor-focused mortgage planning for Canadian real estate investors. www.kbmortgages.ca keaton@kbmortgages.ca

How Are We Finding So Many Great Real Estate Deals? If great real estate deals really exist, why isn't everybody buying them? That was the question that came into the Canadian Real Estate Investing Morning Show today. A listener wanted to know how Wayne keeps finding strong deals, how REI Masters students keep buying cash-flowing properties, and why those opportunities seem almost invisible to everyone else. Wayne and Gabby's answer is simple: You don't know what you don't know. The properties are not hidden. The MLS is not secretly showing Wayne different listings. The opportunities are sitting in front of everybody. The difference is understanding what you are actually looking at. Today's episode also covers the growing infill controversy in Edmonton, a suspicious fire in Parkview following an anti-infill protest, the current Edmonton rental market, and several recent deals being completed by REI Masters students. "Something Seems Off" The listener's email asked: How can Wayne and his students keep finding all these great deals if everyone else can see the same properties? Wouldn't somebody else buy them first? Wayne's response is that most people are looking at real estate one-dimensionally. Experienced investors are looking at it from multiple angles. Two people can look at the exact same property. One sees: An old townhouse. A condo fee. A property that has been sitting on the market. Something that needs work. Another investor sees: Strong tenant demand. Cash flow. A below-market acquisition. A refinance opportunity. Long-term appreciation potential. A BRRRR. A wholesale assignment. Or simply a property that fits a very specific investment framework. The property did not change. The investor's knowledge changed. Buying the Property Is the Easy Part Wayne explains that even when he tells people exactly what type of property to buy, that does not guarantee success. He could say: Buy three-bedroom townhouses in Edmonton. He could narrow it down further. West end. South side. Certain neighbourhoods. Certain price ranges. But there are still plenty of ways to make a mistake. Which complex? What condo corporation? What reserve fund? What future repairs are coming? What tenant profile? What rent? What condition? What purchase price? What financing? What cash flow? What due diligence? And once you buy it, how will you manage it for the next 20 years? The purchase is only one piece of the puzzle. Why Education Changes What You See Wayne compares real estate knowledge to assembling a puzzle. The Morning Show gives investors pieces every weekday morning. Over time, listeners begin understanding how those pieces fit together. But somebody who hears only one episode may hear: "Buy an Edmonton townhouse." And think that is the entire strategy. It is not. The strategy is the complete framework surrounding the acquisition. Gabby summarizes the difference: Education. Someone who understands an industry will recognize opportunities that somebody without that education will completely miss. That principle applies far beyond real estate. The Deals Are Right in Front of You Wayne explains how his own acquisition process often works. Every month or two, he decides he is ready to buy. He messages his Edmonton realtor, Calvin Hexter, and tells him: I'm in buy mode. Then Wayne reviews the available inventory. He may look at seven properties. Write three offers. Get two accepted. And buy them. There is no secret inventory. There is no hidden database. The opportunities are already available. The key is recognizing which properties meet the framework and knowing how to evaluate them quickly enough to act. Wayne Has Already Locked Up Three Properties Wayne says he has already locked up three properties recently and still wants to purchase two more. The reason he has not bought the additional properties yet is not a lack of money or financing. He simply has not seen anything good enough. That is another important lesson. Being ready to buy does not mean forcing a deal. You wait until the property fits. Then you move. Opportunities Constantly Change A great real estate strategy today may not be a great strategy three years from now. Markets change. Prices change. Rents change. Interest rates change. Inventory changes. Investor competition changes. That means opportunities appear and disappear. Wayne says there are currently two particularly strong opportunities in Edmonton. Eventually, everybody may recognize them. Prices will increase. Competition will increase. Returns will compress. And the opportunity will disappear. Then investors need to recognize the next one. The Cost of Waiting for Proof One of Wayne's biggest warnings is waiting too long for proof that a strategy works. People often want to see everybody else doing it before they feel comfortable. But once everybody else is doing it, that creates the very competition that removes the opportunity. Wayne says his best deals often happen because he recognizes the opportunity before the broader market does. His students may then enter shortly afterward. Eventually everybody catches on. By that time, prices may already be 15%, 20% or 25% higher. Education allows investors to recognize opportunities earlier. REI Masters Student Deals Wayne and Gabby also highlight several deals currently happening inside the REI Masters community. Dennis Dennis recently took possession of another rental property generating approximately: $580 per month in cash flow. Wayne says Dennis and Andrea have acquired several properties during their first year and have added substantial monthly cash flow to their portfolio. Kyla and Fabian Kyla and Fabian found an off-market property through their We Buy Houses marketing. Instead of completing the flip themselves, they found another buyer and are assigning the opportunity for approximately: $10,000. Kane Kane recently locked up his first wholesale deal. Wayne describes it as an excellent potential Edmonton BRRRR opportunity. The property is a three-bedroom townhouse requiring approximately $15,000 to $20,000 in renovations. The potential strategy: Buy. Renovate. Refinance. Recover the invested capital. Keep the property. Cash flow approximately $300 per month afterward. Wayne says the property scored approximately 9% on the cash-flow test. Jas and Rupinder Jas and Rupinder recently acquired another property for approximately $30,000 to $40,000 below market value. They plan to complete renovations and may potentially use a BRRRR strategy. Anya Anya recently acquired a commercial property worth approximately: $2 million. Amanda Amanda has secured her first joint venture partner. Her challenge now is finding the right deal for the available capital. Additional Students Wayne also highlights several other students who have been acquiring properties, raising joint venture capital, building rent-to-own businesses and expanding their portfolios. The common thread is not luck. It is education followed by action. Edmonton's Infill Debate Gets Hotter The episode also covers a very different Edmonton real estate story. Residents in Edmonton's Parkview neighbourhood recently held a protest against increasing infill development. Residents have raised concerns about: Density Parking Traffic Garbage collection Snow removal Construction disruption Neighbourhood character Property values Shortly after the protest, a vacant house slated for redevelopment caught fire. The property reportedly had approval for a four-dwelling row house with four secondary suites. Fire officials considered the blaze suspicious, and Edmonton police began investigating. Wayne makes clear that nobody knows whether the fire had any connection to the protest. But the timing intensified an already heated debate around infill development in mature Edmonton neighbourhoods. Another Infill Fire Had a Different Cause Wayne also discusses another recent Edmonton infill-related fire. That fire was reportedly connected to a lithium-ion battery inside an electric scooter. Wayne says Edmonton fire officials reported numerous lithium-ion battery-related fires and millions of dollars in associated damage. The two fires were unrelated, but both highlight risks surrounding increasingly dense residential development. Wayne's Complicated View on Infill Wayne openly admits he has mixed feelings about Edmonton's infill boom. He participates in infill development. He believes new housing supply is necessary. He also understands why existing homeowners may be frustrated. Wayne believes Edmonton went too far in certain areas and added too much competing rental supply too quickly. That additional supply has created significant pressure on some segments of Edmonton's rental market. But not every property type is being affected equally. Edmonton Rents Are Down — But Not for Every Property Wayne says Edmonton rents overall have softened year over year. However, rents within his own portfolio have continued increasing. Why? Because he deliberately purchased properties that serve a different tenant profile than much of the new rental supply being built. This is another example of why understanding property type matters. Citywide averages do not tell you everything. You need to understand exactly who your tenant is, what alternatives they have and what type of property they actually want. The Main Lesson If you look at Wayne's deals or the deals being completed by REI Masters students and think: "Something seems off. Why don't I see these?" The better question may be: "What am I not seeing yet?" The listings are there. The opportunities are there. But opportunities only become obvious when you understand: The market. The numbers. The property type. The tenant. The risks. The financing. The exit. The operations. And how all of those pieces work together. Education changes what you see. Action determines what you do with it. REIcon – The Summit Series REIcon starts tonight in Edmonton. September 11–13, 2026 Wayne and Gabby will be there Friday and Saturday. The Canadian Real Estate Investing Morning Show will broadcast live on stage Saturday morning at 8:00 AM. Wayne will also be teaching due diligence, while Wayne and Gabby will present together on property and asset management. Get tickets at: www.reiconference.ca Use discount code: REIMASTERS15 for 15% off. REI Masters Mentorship Work directly with Wayne and Gabby on acquisitions, financing, market selection, joint ventures, wholesaling, BRRRR strategies, due diligence, property management and building a profitable Canadian real estate portfolio. www.reimasters.ca The 5% Rule™ Learn Wayne Hillier's cash-flow framework for evaluating rental properties. Search The 5% Rule by Wayne Hillier on Amazon. Watch the Morning Show Join Wayne and Gabby every weekday morning at 7:00 AM Mountain Time on YouTube. Follow Wayne Hillier – Real Estate Investing Coach on YouTube. Questions: info@reimorningshow.com Upcoming Events REIcon – The Summit Series Edmonton, Alberta September 11–13, 2026 www.reiconference.ca Discount code: REIMASTERS15 REI Masters Annual Retreat Edmonton, Alberta October 17–18, 2026 www.reimasters.ca Sponsors Calvin Realty – Edmonton Investor-Focused Realtor Team www.calvinrealty.ca Finngo Bookkeeping & Tax Specialized bookkeeping and tax services for Canadian real estate investors. www.finngo.com/rei Kirkwood & Brennan Mortgage Group Investor-focused mortgage planning for Canadian real estate investors. www.kbmortgages.ca keaton@kbmortgages.ca

What does it really take to build a $60 million real estate portfolio starting in your early 20s?In this episode of the Builders of Authority Podcast, Adam McChesney sits down with James Gleeson, a St. Louis real estate investor and serial entrepreneur, to break down how he went from college basketball and mechanical engineering to owning more than 450 rental units.James shares how he built the majority of his portfolio without syndications, using the BRRRR method to create equity, recycle capital, and scale faster.In this conversation, Adam and James discuss:• Transitioning from college athletics into real estate investing• Building a portfolio of more than 450 rental units• How the BRRRR method works: Buy, Renovate, Rent, Refinance, Repeat• Using leverage to grow without constantly putting in new capital• Underwriting deals and understanding net operating income• Why long-term cash flow matters for protecting equity• The tax advantages available to real estate investors• Depreciation, refinancing, and real estate professional status• Vertically integrating construction, property management, lending, and education• Managing the operational chaos that comes with rapid growth• The connection between an athlete mindset and entrepreneurship• Why execution matters more than endlessly consuming informationJames also explains why vertical integration became necessary as his portfolio expanded. By bringing more of the operation in-house, he was able to create greater control across construction, management, lending, and education.The episode closes with a conversation about perseverance, taking action, and why gathering more information means very little if you never execute.

A couple with the skills and contacts to renovate is weighing it up against a simple build-and-hold. So which actually builds more wealth... and when does renovating stack up?In this episode, Ed and Andrew debate the numbers behind renovating versus building and holding.You'll learn:The four reasons this couple wanted to renovate What the returns really look like over 15 years for each strategyThe questions to ask before you pick up a hammer Renovating can work brilliantly... but only when the numbers and your time actually stack up.Let us know your thoughts by leaving us a voice message on the Property Academy Hotline⁠⁠⁠⁠For more from Opes Partners:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sign up for the weekly Private Property newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

A housing change in retirement can affect far more than where you live. In this episode, the team looks at why major home decisions need to be coordinated with the rest of your financial plan before emotions or deadlines take over. The right move is often the one that gives you the lifestyle you want without creating unnecessary pressure elsewhere in retirement. Here's some of what we discuss in this episode:

Author Vicki Notaro has just finished renovating her new home. She shares the lessons learned, the monies saved and how to do it without losing your mind! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Miss Lisa Talbot shares her 20 years of experience in property management, focusing on vintage buildings in Los Angeles. She discusses her passion for preserving architectural beauty, navigating rent control laws, and building strong relationships with owners and residents.     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   —--------------------

The Tenant Move-Out Checklist Every Landlord Needs A tenant tells you they are moving out. What happens next? For many landlords, the move-out process becomes unnecessarily stressful because they wait until the final few days to start thinking about inspections, cleaning, repairs, utilities, advertising and the security deposit. In today's episode of the Canadian Real Estate Investing Morning Show, Wayne and Gabby walk through the tenant move-out system they use in their own rental portfolio — from the moment a tenant decides not to renew all the way through the final inspection and security-deposit accounting. The goal is simple: Prepare early, reduce vacancy, protect the property and make the transition to the next tenant as smooth as possible.

The Tenant Move-Out Checklist Every Landlord Needs A tenant tells you they are moving out. What happens next? For many landlords, the move-out process becomes unnecessarily stressful because they wait until the final few days to start thinking about inspections, cleaning, repairs, utilities, advertising and the security deposit. In today's episode of the Canadian Real Estate Investing Morning Show, Wayne and Gabby walk through the tenant move-out system they use in their own rental portfolio — from the moment a tenant decides not to renew all the way through the final inspection and security-deposit accounting. The goal is simple: Prepare early, reduce vacancy, protect the property and make the transition to the next tenant as smooth as possible.

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In this episode, Kyle Ristow, owner of Luxe Haven Real Estate Group, shares insights on building long-term investor relationships, navigating the Milwaukee market, and scaling a real estate business. Discover practical strategies for out-of-state investing, relationship building, and leveraging multiple roles in real estate.   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   —--------------------

Send us Fan MailReserve Your Spot on The Renovate Waitlist HEREFREE Made4More ScorecardFollow us on TikTokThis one is personal. In this episode Mario steps away from the "Someone Left You a House" series to share something he's never said publicly before — the real story behind why Made4More exists. And then he makes a big announcement for Made4More.If there's a voice inside you that won't quiet down — this episode is for you.The Truth for This Episode"You can't renovate an entire life in a day. But you can walk into one area and begin the process. One area of your life. One intentional step at a time.""Fear is real. But regret can be forever."3 Action Steps — Do These NowStep 1 — Take the Free Made4More Life Scorecard It evaluates 8 key areas of your life and shows you exactly where to focus. Takes about 5 minutes. Completely free.

Crumbling. Rat infested. Decrepit. Unsafe for human habitation. Perhaps not the words you would want to describe the official residence of Canada's leader-- but 24 Sussex Drive has been called it all. In fact, no Prime Minister has lived in the more than a century old mansion for a decade, after Justin Trudeau moved into Rideau Cottage on the grounds of Rideau Hall-- the home of the Governor General-- upon becoming Prime Minister in 2015. But now, Prime Minister Mark Carney wants to change that. He's started a fundraiser to pay for the renovations needed to make 24 Sussex habitable again-- though he insists no matter what, he'll never live in the more than 30-bedroom residence. Today on The Big Story, host Caryn Ceolin speaks with Paul Deegan, CEO of Deegan Public Strategies, about the plan, what he thinks it signifies for Canada, and whether or not Canadians can get behind the plan. We love feedback at The Big Story, as well as suggestions for future episodes. You can find us:Through email at hello@thebigstorypodcast.ca Or @thebigstory.bsky.social on Bluesky

Welcome to the Financial Freedom & Wealth Trailblazers Podcast! In today's episode, we're talking about how to renovate investment properties faster, with less stress, and more ease. Valeria Romano is a renovation strategist, active property flipper, and the creator of FLIPIT. She helps women in property turn flipping from a stressful, inconsistent project into a structured, repeatable process that runs faster, sells better, and makes far more commercial sense.Originally trained as a clinical psychologist and interior designer, Valeria spent thirteen years in international film and television before transitioning into property. After investing heavily in property education and learning through experience, she combined her expertise in psychology, design, and buyer behavior to create a proven renovation system that removes guesswork and delivers consistent results.Today, Valeria completes renovation projects in as little as two to eight weeks, averages around £45,000 in net profit per flip, and has raised more than £2 million in private finance.Through FLIPIT, she teaches women her exact repeatable method to control costs, renovate efficiently, build professional credibility, and become fundable partners that investors want to back.Connect with Valeria Here: https://www.instagram.com/valeriaromano_renovationcoachhttps://homepoise.comGrab the freebie here: https://www.homepoise.com/how-to-build-a-sow-that-costs-accurately===================================If you enjoyed this episode, remember to hit the like button and subscribe. Then share this episode with your friends.Thanks for watching the Financial Freedom & Wealth  Trailblazers Podcast. This podcast is part of the Digital Trailblazer family of podcasts. To learn more about Digital Trailblazer and what we do to help entrepreneurs, go to DigitalTrailblazer.com.Are you a coach, consultant, expert, or online course creator? Then we'd love to invite you to our FREE Facebook Group where you can learn the best strategies to land more high-ticket clients and customers. QUICK LINKS: APPLY TO BE FEATURED: https://app.digitaltrailblazer.com/podcast-guest-applicationDIGITAL TRAILBLAZER: https://digitaltrailblazer.com/

She did. Asa Ellerup gutted the basement where Rex Heuermann confessed to killing seven women — new floor, new walls, new doors — and moved into it. She sleeps where investigators believe the killings happened. She told a documentary crew the nightmares are constant and permanent.She chose not to attend sentencing. Valerie Mack's son, who was six when his mother was killed, has filed a lawsuit alleging Asa and her daughter Victoria either knew about the crimes or deliberately avoided knowing — and profited from a Peacock documentary to the tune of over a million dollars. The neighborhood wants the house torn down. Strangers drive by and photograph it. Asa will not go.Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott returns to Hidden Killers to talk with Tony Brueski about the psychological reality of choosing the crime scene as your home. What renovation and reclamation look like through a clinical lens. And what recovery means for someone whose house, marriage, and memories were all turned into evidence.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#RexHeuermann #AsaEllerup #HiddenKillers #GilgoBeach #GilgoBeachKiller #ShavaunScott #TrueCrime #MassapequaPark #Sentencing #PeacockDocumentary

Rex Heuermann told Asa Ellerup he killed eight women. Seven of them in the basement. She called him Mr. Heuermann during the conversation. Then she gutted that basement, rebuilt it from the studs, and moved into it. She sleeps there. She says the dreams follow her every night. She says they always will.She chose not to attend sentencing. Her daughter says she believes Rex most likely did it. A victim's son who was six years old when his mother was murdered has filed a lawsuit alleging the family knew or looked away. The community wants the house demolished. Asa will not go.This is the full three-part conversation between psychotherapist Shavaun Scott and Tony Brueski — covering the confession that ended twenty-seven years of marriage, the double life that sustained seventeen years of murder, and the impossible position Asa is in now. Every detail verified. Every question grounded in reporting from the Peacock documentary, the guilty plea, and the wrongful death lawsuit. If you have been following this case, this is the conversation that puts it all in one place.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#RexHeuermann #AsaEllerup #HiddenKillers #VictoriaHeuermann #GilgoBeach #GilgoBeachKiller #ShavaunScott #TrueCrime #PeacockDocumentary #Sentencing

What happens when AI moves beyond content creation and starts helping people solve real-world problems?In this episode, Maurie and Jim Beasley discuss how artificial intelligence is helping them restore a 1903 home, redesign workspaces, build personal tools, and learn new skills. They explore the difference between using AI for efficiency and using AI to create new opportunities.The conversation also examines where AI still struggles, why human judgment matters, and what skills people will need to thrive in an AI-powered world.

In the lead-up to America's 250th anniversary, President Trump is spending hundreds of millions of dollars on a major renovation of the nation's capitol. David A. Fahrenthold, who has been investigating how the projects have come together, takes listeners on a walking tour of the sites being remade. Guest: David A. Fahrenthold, an investigative reporter for The New York Times, writing primarily about nonprofit organizations. Background reading:  See what's wrong with the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. A no-bid contract is turning the pool blue. Photo: Allison Robbert for The New York Times For more information on today's episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.  Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

✨ Ready to stop figuring this out alone and build a real strategy with someone who has done it? Book a call: calendar.app.google/NMFNL2CYYPMP1FZn7 ✨ Join the newsletter for weekly real estate wealth-building tips: erikab.kit.com/f2f4df9a56 ✨ Final year of The Owning It and Living It Experience, November 13-15, 2026 in Atlanta. Early bird ends May 31: experience.owningitandlivingit.com ✨ Follow for more: instagram.com/erikabrowninvestor/ Last week I shared how one phone call took me from buying one property a year to seven in a single year. That phone call introduced me to the BRRRR strategy, and that strategy is the reason I have been able to build a multi-million dollar rental portfolio in under 10 years without a ton of cash, without perfect credit, and without burning out. This week I am walking you through exactly what the BRRRR strategy is and how to run the numbers in under 10 minutes. BRRRR stands for Buy, Renovate, Rent, Refinance, and Repeat. This strategy works in any market when you know how to run it the right way. I have used it in 2020, 2021 when properties were flying off the market, and I am still using it today in a slower market. The key is in the math and the discipline of buying right. In this episode you will learn: What the BRRRR strategy actually is and who it is for The exact type of property I look for when I am buying a BRRRR deal (hint: think grandma's house) Why you make your money when you BUY, not when you sell How to determine the ARV (After Repair Value) of a property before you ever step inside it The 70% rule and exactly how to use it to know if a deal is worth pursuing How to recycle the same money over and over again to buy property after property The cosmetic upgrades that actually add value (and the ones that waste your money) This episode is for the landlord who wants to scale, has a little bit of time and margin to put into renovations, and is ready to stop relying on saving up a 20% down payment for every single deal. If you missed Part 1, go back and listen to the story behind how this strategy changed everything for me.

✨ Ready to stop figuring this out alone and build a real strategy with someone who has done it? Book a call: calendar.app.google/NMFNL2CYYPMP1FZn7 ✨ Join the newsletter for weekly real estate wealth-building tips: erikab.kit.com/f2f4df9a56 ✨ Final year of The Owning It and Living It Experience, November 13-15, 2026 in Atlanta. Early bird ends May 31. Save $300 on your ticket! www.experience.owningitandlivingit.com ✨ Follow for more: instagram.com/erikabrowninvestor/ For years I was stuck at one or two properties a year and I could not figure out why. I thought I needed more money. I thought I needed to wait for the right deal. I thought I needed to read one more book or take one more course. I was wrong about all of it. The thing standing between me and my next deal was not the market. It was me trying to do everything alone. In this episode I share the backstory of how one phone call with a mentor took me from buying one property a year to buying seven in a single year. We get into the BRRRR strategy (Buy, Renovate, Rent, Refinance, Repeat), why the strategy itself was only half of what unlocked everything for me, and the real reason most landlords stay stuck at one or two properties for years. You will learn: The exact moment I realized I was the bottleneck in my own portfolio How the BRRRR strategy works and why it lets you recycle the same money over and over again Why the lender referral I got was worth more than the strategy itself How one introduction unlocked over $2 million in lending capacity for my business The honest math on what it costs to stay stuck versus what it costs to get in the right rooms Why "the who" matters more than "the what" when you are trying to scale your rental portfolio This episode is for the landlord who has been treating real estate like a hobby and is ready to take it seriously. If you have been trying to figure this out alone and it is not working, this one is for you.

In this episode, we chat with buyers agent Johnson Lin- how renovating can boost your equity.Now renovation by yourself can be daunting, we talk about what type of investor should consider a renovation project, when to do, and also traps to avoid!Having gotten bathroom renovation quote of $45,000 does prices vary with metro vs smaller town. what questions to ask of the trades?Johnson also shares a case study, and I ask some hard hitting questions about uplift from market vs from the reno itself.Other episodes:Buying your first property? or getting stuck?Music Credit: Bass Nation.New episode every fortnight.Send in your questions to: passiveincomedoctors[AT]gmail.comIf you are a doctor or dentist interested in property investing Australia, join my community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/315108673770810Follow me on Instagram for first peek at new content, and my day-to-day life. Dr Dan (@passiveincomedoctors) • Instagram photos and videosYoutube channel/video podcast: Passive Income Doctor - YouTube

In this episode, we explore the FHA 203K loan, a powerful yet underutilized tool for real estate investors and homeowners. Guest Aaron Person shares insights on how this loan can facilitate property renovations, investment strategies, and aging in place, demystifying the process and highlighting its potential to transform real estate opportunities.   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   —--------------------

Friday Deployments. Alle reden darüber, viele haben eine starke Meinung dazu und erstaunlich viele Teams haben vor allem eins: Angst. Nicht nur vor Technik, sondern vor kaputten Prozessen, endlosen Freigaben, Rufbereitschaft am Wochenende und der berühmten Frage, wer schuld ist, wenn Production brennt. Aber ist das Problem wirklich der Freitag oder zeigt der Freitag nur schonungslos, wie gut oder wie fragil unsere Software Delivery wirklich ist?In dieser Episode sprechen wir mit Sujeevan, ehemaliger Solutions Architect bei GitLab und Grafana, Podcaster beim Tilpod, DevOps-Autor und Gründer der Friday Deployments GmbH. Gemeinsam schauen wir auf den Mythos Friday Deployment und zerlegen ihn in seine Einzelteile: CI/CD, Staging, Monitoring, Feature Flags, Blue Green und Canary Deployments, Delivery versus Deployment, Blameless Post Mortems, On Call, DevOps-Kultur, Compliance, Banken, Mittelstand und die Frage, warum viele Teams technisch mehr könnten, es kulturell aber trotzdem nicht tun.Dabei wird schnell klar: Wer freitags nicht deployen kann, hat oft kein Freitagsproblem, sondern ein Delivery-Problem, ein Kulturproblem oder ein Vertrauensproblem. Wenn du wissen willst, wie Teams deploybarer, stressfreier und am Ende auch produktiver werden, ist diese Folge für dich.Bonus: Eine Waschmaschine erklärt den Unterschied zwischen Continuous Delivery und Continuous Deployment erstaunlich gut.Unsere aktuellen Werbepartner findest du auf https://engineeringkiosk.dev/partnersDas schnelle Feedback zur Episode:

What does it actually feel like to be on the cusp of retirement and wonder if you're doing it right? This week, Jean sits down with two listeners, Nancy and Melissa, who are both asking the same underlying question: How do I make sure I don't run out of money in retirement, while still actually enjoying my life? First, Jean talks with Nancy, 68, a soon-to-be retired nurse with $850K saved, a pension, and Social Security on the way. Nancy wants to renovate her bathrooms before she stops working, but she's torn between using her HELOC or tapping her nest egg.  Then Jean hears from Melissa, 53, who, along with her husband, has $1.2M+ saved across tax-deferred, Roth, brokerage, and treasury accounts, and wonders if she's taking on too much risk. Jean helps her zoom out, look at the full financial picture, and think through what a bucket strategy or annuity could mean for her peace of mind. In this episode: HELOC vs. refinance vs. pulling from savings; how to think through home improvement financing in retirement The 4% rule and when it makes sense to use it RMDs, IRMAA penalties, and why timing your withdrawals matters more than you think What 72% stocks actually look like when you account for your entire net worth Why hybrid long-term care policies might be worth a look How guaranteed income can actually free you to invest more aggressively with the rest Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Noemi Adame, also known as the Veggies Over Pills doctor, is a board-certified pediatrician, plant-based home cook, writer, and physician wellness advocate. She is the owner of Culver Pediatrics Center, an award-winning direct primary care clinic focused on healing children with complex medical conditions including PANDAS/PANS. Dr. Adame has additional training in lifestyle medicine and integrative care of neurodivergent children, writes a regular wellness column in The Culver Citizen, and is the author of Brain Boosters, a guide for supporting neurodiverse children through nourishment and holistic interventions. Beyond the exam room, Dr. Adame speaks out about gender biases in medicine and hosts wellness retreats for women physicians to build and maintain joyful, sustainable, burn-out proof practices.Some of the topics we discussed were:Avoiding never feeling truly “off work” in DPCDistinguishing between true and false urgenciesProviding patients with expected response times for different message purposesSetting rules vs. boundariesDelegate, Automate, Renovate, EliminateDr. Adame's women physician retreat: Sep 24-27Spend a weekend with some lovely physician ladies, get CME for it, do yoga, get massages, eat wonderful food Boundaries are not barriers - boundaries are bridgesInterested in learning more about my telehealth direct specialty care practice? At my new practice, I help patients optimize weight and metabolic health, harmonize hormones in peri/menopause, and enhance wellness and vitality. Accepting new patients now: email hello@amazvitamd.comLearn more about me/schedule a FREE coaching call Join the Voices of Women Physicians FB GroupConnect with Dr. Adame:WebsiteFBIGLISOMEDocsPhysician Women's Retreat: DPC Cafe NewsletterPatients treated by female hospitalists lower mortality, readmission ratesFemale surgeons lower post op adverse eventsFemale surgeons lower post-cholecystectomy complicationsWomen tending to outlive men doesn't extend to female doctors, especially WOCArticles SOMEDocsPatients and staff may make more demands of female doctorsEp 186: The Cost of Being a Woman Physician. Apple, SpotifyEp 188: Focusing on Solutions to the Systemic Issues of Being a Female DoctorPart 2: Apple, Spotify

Hello! This is Episode 396, and I want to talk about something that comes up at the very beginning of almost every project I hear about. It usually sounds like one of these questions. "Should I add a second storey, or extend out the back?" Or… "Is it worth renovating what we have, or should we just knock it down and build new?" Or… "We've got a blank block - do we go with a volume builder, or work with an architect or designer and do a custom project?" [For all resources mentioned in this podcast and a free, downloadable PDF transcript, head to www.undercoverarchitect.com/396] And what all of these questions have in common is this: they come from a place of genuinely not knowing which direction to go. There are multiple options on the table. Each of them could potentially work. They can vary in budget and timelines and team structure and approvals. But you don't yet have enough information to choose between them with confidence. And so what a lot of people do - and I completely understand the impulse - is to just pick one. Pick the option that seems most obvious, or most affordable, or the one that someone recommended, and start moving forward. Because forward feels like progress. And staying in that uncomfortable place of not knowing can feel like being stuck. But here's what I've seen happen, again and again. People who make that early decision without doing the groundwork first often find themselves... sometimes months in, sometimes with significant professional fees already spent... discovering that there was a better option they hadn't fully explored. Or a constraint they didn't know about. Or a cost they hadn't factored in. And by that point, going back feels devastating. But pushing forward doesn't feel right either. In this episode, I want to help you avoid that. I want to share a way of thinking about this phase of your project that can genuinely change your experience of it. And I want to give you a clear, practical process for how to navigate this decision-making period... so that when you do commit to a direction, you can do it with real confidence and strategy. As always, if you’d like to access a full transcript of this episode and links to the resources I mention, head to www.undercoverarchitect.com/396. Now, let’s dive in! RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST: For links, images and resources mentioned in this podcast, head to >>> www.undercoverarchitect.com/396 Accessing my free '44 Ways' E-Book will simplify sustainability and help you create a healthy, low tox and sustainable home. You can download your free copy here >>> https://undercoverarchitect.com/ways Access the support and guidance you need to be confident and empowered when renovating and building your family home inside my flagship online program >>> https://undercoverarchitect.com/courses/the-home-method/ Just a reminder: All content on this podcast is provided by Undercover Architect for reference purposes and as general guidance. It does not take into account specific circumstances and should not be relied on in that way. You should seek independent verification or advice before relying on this content in any circumstances, including but not limited to circumstances where loss or damage may result. The views and opinions of any guests on the podcast are solely their own. They may not reflect the views of Undercover Architect. Undercover Architect endeavours to publish content that is accurate at the time it is published, but does not accept responsibility for content that may or has become inaccurate over time.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Most investors overpay for apartment renovations—and it quietly destroys their returns. In this episode, we break down a smarter renovation strategy used by experienced multifamily investors to maximize ROI and avoid costly mistakes. You'll learn how to apply the 36-month payback rule, how to analyze rent comps correctly, and why simple upgrades often outperform full renovations. If you're investing in rental properties or multifamily real estate, this framework will help you increase NOI, improve cash flow, and make better capital allocation decisions. What you'll learn: The 36-month renovation payback rule explained When to renovate (and when not to) How to avoid over-renovating your units Light vs full renovation: which performs better How to test renovation levels across units How to use rent comps the right way This is essential for anyone focused on apartment renovation ROI, multifamily investing, and value-add strategies.

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This episode with Joachim Hill-Grannec asks: How do platforms bloat, and how do you keep them simple and fast with trunk-based dev and small batches? Which metrics prove it works—cycle time, uptime, or developer experience? Can security act as a partner that speeds delivery instead of a gate?   We are always happy to answer any questions, hear suggestions for new episodes, or hear from you, our listeners. DevSecOps Talks podcast LinkedIn page DevSecOps Talks podcast website DevSecOps Talks podcast YouTube channel Summary In this episode of DevSecOps Talks, Mattias speaks with Joachim Hill-Grannec, co-founder of Peltek, a boutique consulting firm specializing in high-availability, cloud-native infrastructure. Following up on a previous episode where Steve discussed cleaning up bloated platforms, Mattias and Joachim dig into why platforms get bloated in the first place and how platform teams should think when building from scratch. Their conversation spans cloud provider preferences, the primacy of cycle time, the danger of adding process in response to failure, and a strong argument for treating security and quality as enablers rather than gatekeepers. Key Topics Platform Teams Should Serve Delivery Teams Joachim frames the core question of platform engineering around who the platform is actually for. His answer is clear: the delivery teams are the client. Platform engineers should focus on making it easier for developers to ship products, not on making their own work more convenient. He connects this directly to platform bloat. In his experience, many platforms grow uncontrollably because platform engineers keep adding tools that help the platform team itself: "Look, I spent this week to make my job this much faster." But Joachim pushes back on this instinct — the platform team is an amplifier for the organization, and every addition should be evaluated by whether it helps a product get to production faster and gives developers better visibility into what they are working on. Choosing a Cloud Provider: Preferences vs. Reality The conversation briefly explores cloud provider choices. Joachim says GCP is his personal favorite from a developer perspective because of cleaner APIs and faster response times, though he acknowledges Google's tendency to discontinue services unexpectedly. He describes AWS as the market workhorse — mature, solid, and widely adopted, comparing it to "the Java of the land." Azure gets the coldest reception; both acknowledge it has improved over time, but Joachim says he still struggles whenever he is forced to use it. They observe that cloud choices are frequently made outside engineering. Finance teams, investors, and existing enterprise agreements often drive the decision more than technical fit. Joachim notes a common pairing: organizations using Google Workspace for productivity but AWS for cloud infrastructure, partly because the Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) integration with AWS Identity Center works more smoothly via SCIM than the equivalent Google Workspace setup, which requires a Lambda function to sync groups. Measuring Platform Success: Cycle Time Above All When Mattias asks how a team can tell whether a platform is actually successful, Joachim separates subjective and objective measures. On the subjective side, he points to developer happiness and developer experience (DX). Feedback from delivery teams matters, even if surveys are imperfect. On the objective side, his favorite metric is cycle time — specifically, the time from when code is ready to when it reaches production. He also mentions uptime and availability, but keeps returning to cycle time as the clearest indicator that a platform is helping teams deliver faster. This aligns with DORA research, which has consistently shown that deployment frequency and lead time for changes are strong predictors of overall software delivery performance. Start With a Highway to Production A major theme of the episode is that platforms should begin with the shortest possible route to production. Mattias calls this a "highway to production," and Joachim strongly agrees. For greenfield projects, Joachim favors extremely fast delivery at first — commit goes to production, commit goes to production — even with minimal process. As usage and risk increase, teams can gradually add automation, testing, and safeguards. The critical thing is to keep the flow and then ask "how do we make those steps faster?" as you add them, rather than letting each new step slow down the pipeline unchallenged. He also makes a strong case for tags and promotions over branch-based deployment, noting his instinctive reaction when someone asks "which branch are we deploying from?" is: "No branches — tags and promotions." The Trap of Slowing Down After Failure Joachim warns about a common and dangerous pattern: when a bug reaches production, the natural organizational reaction is not to fix the pipeline, but to add gates. A QA team does a full pass, a security audit is inserted, a manual review step appears. Each gate slows delivery, which leads to larger batches, which increases risk, which triggers even more controls. He sees this as a vicious cycle. Organizations that respond to incidents by slowing delivery actually get worse security, worse quality, and worse throughput over time. He references a study — likely the research behind the book Accelerate by Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble, and Gene Kim — showing that faster delivery correlates with better security and quality outcomes. The organizations adding Engineering Review Boards (ERBs) and Architecture Review Boards (ARBs) in the name of safety often do not measure the actual impact, so they never see that the controls are making things worse. Mattias connects this to AI-assisted development, where developers can now produce changes faster than ever. If the pipeline cannot keep up, the pile of unreleased changes grows, making each release riskier. Getting Buy-In: Start With Small Experiments Joachim does not recommend that a slow, process-heavy organization throw everything out overnight. Instead, he suggests starting with small experiments. Code promotions are a good entry point: teams can start producing artifacts more rapidly without changing how those artifacts are deployed. Once that works, the conversation shifts to delivering those artifacts faster. He finds starting on the artifact pipeline side produces quicker wins and more organizational buy-in than starting with the platform deployment side, which tends to be more intertwined and higher-risk to change. Guiding Principles Over a Rigid Golden Path Mattias questions the idea of a single "golden path," saying the term implies one rigid way of working. Joachim leans toward guiding principles instead. His strongest principle is simplicity — specifically, simplicity to understand, not necessarily simplicity to create. He references Rich Hickey's influential talk Simple Made Easy (from Strange Loop 2011), which distinguishes between things that are simple (not intertwined) and things that are easy (familiar or close at hand). Creating simple systems is hard work, but the payoff is systems that are easy to reason about, easy to change, and easy to secure. His second guiding principle is replaceability. When evaluating any tool in the platform, he asks: "How hard would it be to yank this out and replace it?" If swapping a component would be extremely difficult, that is a smell — it means the system has become too intertwined. Even with a tool as established as Argo CD, his team thinks about what it would look like to switch it out. Tooling Choices and Platform Foundations Joachim outlines the patterns his team typically uses when building platforms, organized into two paths: Delivery pipeline (artifact creation): - Trunk-based development over GitFlow - Release tags and promotions rather than branch-based deployment - Containerization early in the pipeline - Release Please for automated release management and changelogs - Renovate for dependency updates (used for production environment promotions from Helm charts and container images) Platform side (environment management): - Kubernetes-heavy, typically EKS on AWS - Karpenter for node scaling - AWS Load Balancer Controller only as a backing service for a separate ingress controller (not using ALB Ingress directly, due to its rough edges) - Argo CD for GitOps synchronization and deployment - Argo Image Updater for lower environments to pull latest images automatically - Helm for packaging, despite its learning curve He notes that NGINX Ingress Controller has been deprecated, so teams need to evaluate alternatives for their ingress layer. Developers Should Not Be Fully Shielded From Operations One of the more nuanced parts of the conversation is how much operational responsibility developers should have. Joachim rejects both extremes. He does not think every developer needs to know everything about infrastructure, but he has seen too many cases where developers completely isolated from runtime concerns make poor decisions — missing simple code changes that would make a system dramatically easier to deploy and operate. He advocates for transparency and collaboration. Platform repos should be open for anyone on the dev team to submit pull requests. When the platform team makes a change, they should pull in developers to work alongside them. This way, the delivery team gradually builds a deeper understanding of how the whole system works. Joachim loves the open-source maintainer model applied inside organizations: platform teams are maintainers of their areas, but anyone in the organization should be able to introduce change. He warns against building custom CLIs or heavy abstractions that create dependencies — if a developer wants to do something the CLI does not support, the platform team becomes a bottleneck. Mattias adds that opening up the platform to contributions also exposes assumptions. What feels easy to the person who built it may not be easy at all; it is just familiar. Outside contributors reveal where the system is actually hard to understand. Designers, Not Artists: Detaching Ego From Code Joachim shares an analogy he prefers over the common "developers as artists" framing. He sees developers more like designers than artists, because an artist's work is tied to their identity — they want it to endure. A designer, by contrast, creates something to serve a purpose and expects it to be replaced when something better comes along. He applies this to platforms and infrastructure: "I want my thing to get wiped out. If I build something, I want it to get removed eventually and have something better replace it." Organizations where ego is tied to specific systems or tools tend to resist change, which leads to the kind of dysfunction that keeps platforms bloated and brittle. Complexity Is the Enemy of Security Mattias raises the difficulty of maintaining complex security setups over time, especially when the original experts leave. Joachim responds firmly: complexity is anti-security. If people cannot comprehend a system, they cannot secure it well. He acknowledges that some problems are genuinely hard, but argues that much of the complexity engineers create is unnecessary — driven by ego rather than need. "The really smart people are the ones that create simple things," he says, wishing the industry would redirect its narrative from admiring complicated systems to admiring simple ones. Security and QA as Internal Consulting, Not Gatekeeping Joachim draws a parallel between security and QA. He dislikes calling a team "the quality team," preferring "verification" — they are one component of quality, not the entirety of it. Similarly, security is not one team's responsibility; it spans product design, development practices, tooling, and operations. His ideal model is for security and QA teams to operate as internal consultants whose goal is to reduce risk and improve the overall system — not to catch every possible issue at any cost. The framing matters: if a security team's mandate is simply "block all security issues," the logical conclusion is to stop shipping or delete the product entirely. That may be technically secure, but it is useless. He frames security as risk management: "Security is a risk management process, not just security for the sake of security. You're managing the risk to the business." The goal should be to deliver faster and more securely — an "and," not an "or." Mattias recalls a PCI DSS consultant joking over drinks that a system being down is perfectly compliant — no one can steal card numbers if the system is unavailable. The joke lands because it exposes exactly the broken incentive Joachim describes. Business Value as the Unifying Frame The episode closes by tying everything back to business outcomes. Joachim argues that speed and security are not opposites; both contribute to business value. Fast delivery creates value directly, while security reduces business risk — and risk management is itself a business operation. He explains why focusing on the highest-impact business bottleneck first builds trust. When you hit the big items first, you earn credibility, and subsequent changes become easier to justify. For example, one of his clients has a security group that is the slowest part of their organization. Speeding up that security process would have a massive impact on business delivery — more than optimizing the artifact pipeline. Mattias reflects that he used to see platform work as separate from business concerns — "I don't care about the business, I'm here to build a platform for developers." Looking back, he would reframe that: using business impact as the measure of platform success does not mean abandoning the focus on developers, it means having a clearer way to prioritize and demonstrate value. Highlights Joachim on platform bloat: "Your job is not to make your job faster and easier — you're an amplifier to the organization." Joachim on his favorite metric: "Cycle time is my favorite metric. I love cycle time metrics." Joachim on deployment strategy: "No branches, no branches — tags and promotions." Mattias on platform design: He calls the ideal early setup a "highway to production." Joachim on simplicity vs. ease: He references Rich Hickey's Simple Made Easy talk — "It's very hard to create simple systems that are easy to reason about. And it's very easy to create systems that are very hard to reason about." Joachim on replaceability: "If swapping a tool out would be extremely hard, that's a pretty big smell." Joachim on complexity and security: "If it's complicated, you just can't keep all the context together. Simple systems are much easier to be secure." Joachim on engineering ego: "I don't particularly like the aspect of [developers as] artists... I want my thing to get wiped out. I want it to get removed eventually and have something better replace it." He prefers the analogy of designers over artists, because artists tie their identity to their creations. Joachim on security as a blocker: "If their goal is we are going to block every security issue, the best way to do that is delete your product." Spicy cloud takes: Joachim calls GCP his favorite cloud for developers, compares AWS to "the Java of the land," and says he still struggles every time he is forced to use Azure. PCI DSS dark humor: Mattias recalls a consultant joking that a downed system is perfectly compliant — you cannot steal card numbers from a system that is not running. Joachim on the slow-down trap: Organizations add ERBs, ARBs, and manual security gates after incidents, but "the faster you can deliver, you actually get better security, better quality, and better throughput — and the more you slow it down, you go the opposite." Resources Simple Made Easy by Rich Hickey (InfoQ) — The influential 2011 talk Joachim references on distinguishing simplicity from ease in system design. DORA Metrics: The Four Keys — The research framework behind cycle time, deployment frequency, and the finding that speed and stability are not tradeoffs. Trunk Based Development — A comprehensive guide to the branching strategy Joachim recommends over GitFlow. Argo CD — Declarative GitOps for Kubernetes — The GitOps tool Joachim's team uses for cluster synchronization and deployment. Release Please (GitHub) — Google's tool for automated release management based on conventional commits, used by Joachim's team for tag-based promotions. Karpenter — Kubernetes Node Autoscaler — The node autoscaler Joachim's team uses with EKS for fast, flexible scaling. Renovate — Automated Dependency Updates — The dependency management bot Joachim uses for both build dependencies and production environment promotions.

Inside Carolina senior reporter Greg Barnes joins Tommy Ashley to discuss the latest on the Smith Center decision and the new financial numbers that were released on Wednesday, March 4. Barnes, the leading reporter throughout this renovate/relocate process, answers your questions and provides insight into the complete process and the decision making around the biggest topic in Carolina Basketball in some time. Barnes also outlines the challenges presented by any of the options from traffic concerns, mixed use revenue, and other factors that ultimately shape the decision and outcomes of those decisions.   **Call to Action:**   **Subscribe:** Follow 'Inside Carolina' wherever you get your podcasts to never miss an episode!   **Review:** Leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify to help us reach more Tar Heel fans!   **Visit:** Explore http://www.InsideCarolina.com for breaking news, recruiting updates, and expert commentary on all things UNC sports.     This show is brought to you by Inside Carolina, the No. 1 site for UNC sports coverage and community. Visit http://www.InsideCarolina.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Container base images (like Official Docker Hub images) are often updated without new tag versions. I call this Silent Rebuilds. There's no way to know this happens without image digest-checking automation like Dependabot and Renovate with specific settings. Failure to keep up-to-date is a prime source of vulnerabilities that can lead to serious security breaches. Automate the updates!Check out the video podcast version here: https://youtu.be/z_ahbsSc4Fo

Pollyanna and Jojo return for the Spring 2026 premiere to discuss Jojo's over-budget cottage renovation and Pollyanna's food-poisoning disaster in Thailand. They dive into patriarchal beauty shaming, cosmetic tweaks, and a horrific discovery involving Jojo's cat. The duo debates the merits of pea milk and mushroom gummies while declaring one home design trend officially 'out'. This episode is proudly sponsored by Oka. Listeners can use the code Oka Spring 15 for a 15% discount on their Spring/Summer 2026 collection. www.oka.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this conversation, Timothy Redifer discusses his extensive experience in the real estate industry, focusing on home rehabilitation financing through programs like FHA 203K. He highlights the evolution of technology in real estate, the importance of building relationships, and effective marketing strategies in today's digital age. Timothy emphasizes the significance of community support and networking in achieving success in the real estate business.   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   —--------------------

Remi (pronounced Ray-me) Gibbs is a certified life coach, positive psychology practitioner and the author of Renovate Your Reality. She helps women in midlife reconnect with their purpose, reignite their confidence and design a life that actually feels good to live. After reinventing her own life multiple times—through career shifts, major moves, loss and midlife awakening—Remi now teaches women how to turn transition into transformation. She's a speaker and workshop facilitator blending science-backed tools with honest, relatable storytelling.Remi also is a foodie and fierce advocate for real talk over sugarcoated nonsense. Raised in the storm of addiction with two alcoholic parents, she turned pain into power with the understanding that just because we are born into chaos, doesn't mean we have to stay there. Drawing from her own journey, she has created a coaching practice rooted in resilience, empathy and authentic transformation. She's rewriting the rules for what it means to thrive at 40, 50 and beyond.After the pandemic, Remi, who is based in New Mexico, reinvented her own life by stepping fully into life coaching and the practice of positive psychology. Out of that work came her book, Renovate Your Reality, which guides women through midlife transitions with honesty, resilience and tools to rediscover joy and authenticity.In this episode, we talk about:How reinvention is possible at any stage of life, especially after upheaval.Why midlife can be a powerful turning point for women to align with their true values.Science-backed strategies from positive psychology for cultivating resilience, joy and self-compassion.Learn more:www.renovatedrealities.comOn IG and FB @renovatedrealitieshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/remigibbs/

Minnesota Gophers head football coach P.J. Fleck will have a brand-new amended contract later this week that will increase bonus potential and retention bonuses along with the introduction of a new “management bonus.” Ross Brendel and Manny Hill discuss the amended contract and why it does or does not matter. The Minnesota Gophers men's basketball team picked up a BIG win this week over #10 Michigan State. Will the Gophers build upon that win and finish the season strong? Finally, will the University of Minnesota ever stop kicking the can down the road on Williams Arena and potential arena updates and upgrades? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Minnesota Gophers head football coach P.J. Fleck will have a brand-new amended contract later this week that will increase bonus potential and retention bonuses along with the introduction of a new “management bonus.” Ross Brendel and Manny Hill discuss the amended contract and why it does or does not matter. The Minnesota Gophers men's basketball team picked up a BIG win this week over #10 Michigan State. Will the Gophers build upon that win and finish the season strong? Finally, will the University of Minnesota ever stop kicking the can down the road on Williams Arena and potential arena updates and upgrades? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

🧭 REBEL Rundown 📌 Key Points 💨 HFNC met criteria for non-inferiority to BPAP for preventing intubation or death within 7 days in four of the five ARF subgroups.🧪 Bayesian dynamic borrowing increased power across subgroups but created variable certainty, especially in smaller groups such as COPD.🫁 The immunocompromised hypoxemia subgroup did not meet non-inferiority, leading to early trial stopping for futility.️ Rescue BPAP use, subgroup-specific exclusion criteria, and non-standardized BPAP delivery are important contextual factors that influence how subgroup results should be interpreted. Click here for Direct Download of the Podcast. 📝 Introduction Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure (BPAP) has long been a foundational modality in the management of acute respiratory failure (ARF), particularly in COPD exacerbations and cardiogenic pulmonary edema, where it can rapidly reduce work of breathing and improve gas exchange. It remains a core tool in our respiratory support arsenal.High-flow nasal cannula (HFNC), however, has expanded what we can offer patients by delivering many of the same physiologic benefits through a far more comfortable interface. With high flows, modest PEEP, and effective dead-space washout, HFNC can improve oxygenation and decrease work of breathing while preserving the ability to talk, cough, eat, and interact with staff and family. This combination of physiologic support and tolerability makes HFNC especially attractive in patients where comfort, anxiety, or cardiovascular stability are key considerations, and in settings where prolonged noninvasive support may be needed. Rather than competing with BPAP, HFNC broadens our options in ARF and allows us to better match the modality to the patient and their underlying disease process.The RENOVATE trial set out to answer a high-impact question across five distinct etiologic groups: Is HFNC non-inferior to BPAP (NIV) for preventing intubation or death in acute respiratory failure? 🧾 Paper Azoulay É, et al. High-Flow Nasal Oxygen vs Noninvasive Ventilation in Patients With Acute Respiratory Failure: The RENOVATE Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2025 PMID: 39657981 🔙Previously Covered On REBEL: HFNC: Part 1 – How It WorksHFNC: Part 2 – Adult and Pediatric IndicationsFLORALI and AVOID TrialFLORALI-2: NIV vs HFNC as Pre-Oxygenation Prior to IntubationThe Pre-AeRATE Trial – HFNC vs NC for RSI ️ What They Did CLINICAL QUESTION Is HFNC non-inferior to BPAP for rate of endotracheal intubation or death at 7 days in patients with acute respiratory failure due to a variety of causes? STUDY DESIGN Multicenter, randomized non-inferiority trial33 Brazilian hospitalsNov 2019 – Nov 2023Adaptive Bayesian hierarchical modeling with dynamic borrowingOpen label, outcome adjudicators blindedPatients were classified into 5 subgroups SUBGROUPS 1. Non-immunocompromised hypoxemiaSpO₂ < 90% on room air orPaO₂ < 60 mm Hg on room air plusIncreased respiratory effort (accessory muscle use, paradoxical breathing, thoracoabdominal asynchrony) orRespiratory rate > 25 breaths/min2. Immunocompromised hypoxemiaDefined as:Use of immunosuppressive drugs for >3 monthsOR high-dose steroids >0.5 mg/kg/dayOR solid organ transplantOR solid tumors or hematologic malignancies (past 5 years)OR HIV with AIDS / primary immunodeficiency3. COPD exacerbation with acidosisHigh clinical suspicion of COPD as primary diagnosisRR >25 with accessory muscle use, paradoxical breathing, and/or thoracoabdominal asynchronyABG: pH 454. Acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema (ACPE)Sudden onset dyspnea and rales± S3 heart soundNo evidence of aspiration, infection, or pulmonary fibrosisCXR consistent with pulmonary edema5. Hypoxemic COVID-19 (added June 2023)Added due to deviations between expected and observed outcome proportionsAny patient across the other 4 groups with PCR-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection in any of the above groups POPULATION Inclusion Criteria:≥18 yrs with ARF* in one of 5 pre-defined subgroups excluding COPD was defined by the following:Hypoxemia with SpO₂

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If you prefer to watch on YouTube, go here.  https://youtu.be/cIDt3PGnnz8What happens when a successful, analytical professional looks at his life during COVID and realizes he is not happy, it's not working, and a change HAS to be made?In this episode of Dancing in the Discomfort Zone, Anne Bonney sits down with Adam Peters (https://mindmaprenovations.com/), neuroscience-based trainer, happiness ambassador, and author of The Blueprint to Happy, to explore how our brains get wired for self-criticism and how we can intentionally rewire them for resilience, clarity, and joy.Adam shares how a personal reckoning, combined with loss and deep self-reflection, led him to study neuroscience, negativity bias, and subconscious programming. Together, Anne and Adam unpack why the inner critic feels so powerful, where those voices really come from, and how repeated negative thoughts shape our behavior, confidence, and relationships.This conversation dives into practical tools for noticing emotional triggers, understanding childhood belief wiring, and telling yourself a better story that actually sticks. They also explore why community, connection, and shared language are essential to sustainable happiness.If you are curious about mindset change, emotional intelligence, and building happiness on purpose, this episode will meet you right where you are.Want more from Adam?  https://linktr.ee/MindMapRenovationshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-peters-happiness-ambassador/https://www.instagram.com/mindmaprenovations/https://substack.com/@happinessambassadorAdam is a speaker and neuroscience-based trainer who helps teams rewire negativity bias and build cultures where people feel empowered, optimistic, and connected. Through Mind Map Renovations, he brings a warm, practical approach to culture transformation, giving leaders and teams simple tools that spark positive behavior change. His work turns everyday interactions into habits that fuel engagement, resilience, and meaningful results.

In this Strategy Saturday episode, Charles Carillo breaks down the 5-step value add multifamily process used to increase apartment NOI and transform underperforming apartment complexes into higher-value assets. Value add apartment investing is not just about renovating units and raising rents. True value is created by improving operations, fixing deferred maintenance, stabilizing tenant relationships, and executing renovations in the right sequence. In this video, Charles explains how professional multifamily investors execute a value add apartment business plan after a property goes under contract. You'll learn how to: • Identify property issues before closing • Prioritize deferred maintenance and curb appeal before rent increases • Build tenant goodwill during renovations • Renovate units strategically to maximize rent growth • Optimize multifamily operations using KPIs like occupancy, income, and turnover This episode is designed for multifamily real estate investors, apartment syndicators, and operators who want to understand how to increase apartment NOI without raising rents too early.   Links Referenced in Episode: - SS219: Transforming Properties: The Untold Value of Minor Renovations - https://youtu.be/fN7h6xCTlJc - SS235: SS235: Renovations That Don't Add Value - https://youtu.be/wgofSQT5ITM   Connect with the Global Investors Show, Charles Carillo and Harborside Partners: ◾ Setup a FREE 30 Minute Strategy Call with Charles: http://ScheduleCharles.com ◾ Learn How To Invest In Real Estate: https://www.SyndicationSuperstars.com/  ◾ FREE Passive Investing Guide: http://www.HSPguide.com ◾ Join Our Weekly Email Newsletter: http://www.HSPsignup.com ◾ Passively Invest in Real Estate: http://www.InvestHSP.com ◾ Global Investors Web Page: http://GlobalInvestorsPodcast.com/  

French-Canadian real estate investor, designer, and developer Natalie Cloutier shares how she and her husband Rob went from broke 20-year-olds in a basement condo to building 50+ rental units and a multimillion-dollar portfolio using a no-money-down build-to-rent strategy. With a background in architectural technology and a focus on new construction, Natalie has turned sweat equity and creative financing into a full-time business, and recently distilled her approach into her book, “The Build-to-Rent Strategy: A Guide to a Successful Rental Property Construction.”​ On this episode we talk about: How Natalie and Rob built their first home and basement rental suite with essentially $0 down using sweat equity and construction financing The mechanics of build-to-rent/“BRRR 2.0”: Build, Rent, Refinance, Repeat—and how it differs from the traditional BRRR strategy What work they took on themselves vs. what they always hired out (electrical, drywall, finishes vs. structural, foundation, and plumbing) Why they prefer smaller infill projects like six-plexes instead of large, high-risk developments with heavy permitting costs How they manage leverage, cash flow targets per door, and why they're choosing to pause, de-stress, and reassess what “enough” looks like after a decade of grinding Top 3 Takeaways You do not always need 20% down to get into real estate—using construction-to-perm style loans, sweat equity, and smart design, you can create deals by building rather than competing for existing inventory. Staying intentionally underleveraged and focusing on real cash flow per unit is often safer than chasing maximum refinancing or unit count, especially in volatile interest-rate environments. Your portfolio should support your life, not the other way around; periodically pausing to evaluate stress, health, and family priorities is just as important as growing doors or equity. Notable Quotes "We didn't have money, so instead of buying someone else's house, we built our own and used our work as the down payment." "BRRR 2.0 is the same idea as BRRR, but instead of ‘Buy, Renovate, Rent, Refinance, Repeat,' it's ‘Build, Rent, Refinance, Repeat.'" "It's not about how many units you own; it's about how much money those properties actually make and whether the grind is worth it for your life." Connect with Natalie Cloutier: linktr.ee/thenewbuildcouple ✖️✖️✖️✖️