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The Smart Real Estate Coach family team empowers individuals and families to create the life of their dreams. We encourage aspiring investors and entrepreneurs to take the first step towards creating REAL income with real estate. After many years of coaching and constantly doing deals himself independently, Chris Prefontaine founded Smart Real Estate Coach in 2014, bringing in his son Nick, daughter Kayla, and son-in-law Zachary as the company began to grow. The family team coaches investors on how to properly scale and automate their businesses throughout North America — all without using their own cash, credit, or taking out bank...

After graduating with an engineering degree and then an MBA from Ohio State, Paul entered the management development track at Ford Motor Company in Detroit. After five years, he departed to start a staffing company with a partner. They sold it to a publicly traded firm five years later for $2.9 million. Along the way, Paul was Finalist for Ernst & Young’s Michigan Entrepreneur of the Year two years straight (1996 & 1997). Paul later entered the real estate sector, where he flipped over 50 homes and 25 high-end waterfront lots, appeared on HGTV’s House Hunters, rehabbed and managed rental...

Logan Freeman has also completed multiple joint venture projects, equity partnerships and works as a developer. Completing over 120 transactions in less than a year, Logan has found a process, and relies on his most valuable priorities to guide his profit-producing activities. In 2018, Logan founded LiveFree Investments, a successful real estate investment firm that ensures strong returns on capital from secure, collateralized real estate investments. Today, he is a husband, and father to a brand new baby girl based in Kansas City and is continually investing into himself so that he can provide great value to his investors; making sure...

Kyle Stanley helps people make money in real estate. He does this by hosting a podcast and youtube channel called Fearless Flipping. On these platforms, he shares his knowledge and experience of Airbnb and he interviews experts on strategies in real estate investments. Kyle has been doing Airbnb since 2015, and has been investing in real estate since January 2019. What you’ll learn about in this episode: How Kyle got involved in real estate investing and in Airbnb, and how it completely transformed his life Why Airbnb is a great option for many investors, and how Airbnb can fall under three...

Chris is the best-selling author of Real Estate on Your Terms: Create Continuous Cash Flow Now, Without Using Your Cash or Credit. He’s also the founder of SmartRealEstateCoach.com and the Smart Real Estate Coach Podcast. Chris has been in real estate for over 25 years. His experience includes the construction of over 100 single-family and duplex homes (mostly in the 1990’s and selectively to date), has owned a Realty Executives Franchise (Massachusetts 1994-2000) as broker/owner which maintained high per-agent standards and eventually sold to Coldwell Banker in 2000. The 2000’s included coaching ½ million and higher REALTORs® in order to scale...

Burton Alicando lives for data. He is the Media Relations Director and Product Specialist at PropStream, where users can combine any number of criteria and extract lists of properties that meet the exact investment profile they're looking for. PropStream has nationwide coverage in the areas of preforeclosure, MLS properties, bank-owned real estate, vacant properties, as well as tax, IRS, HOA and utility liens, bankruptcy, divorce, and more. What you’ll learn about in this episode: Burton describes PropStream's function and how it helps its users nationwide find lists of properties that meet their search criteria in any market How PropStream differs from...

Chris is a nationally recognized entrepreneur with high-level experience as a financial advisor managing over 30 million dollars in assets. Using his expert knowledge in finance he has successfully bought, renovated and sold hundreds of properties, which have been featured on HGTV. Chris is a real estate investor who founded Flipout Academy and The Money School to help motivate and show others how money really works and how to obtain their goals through real estate investing. Chris and his team teach people how to raise money for all the deals they will ever do and so much more! What you’ll learn about...

Kristen Gallant is an Executive Assistant at Smart Real Estate Coach. She is a graduate of Loyola University Chicago where she studied Business Management. Kristen has many years of experience in management, marketing, and sales where she has worked alongside Fortune 500 companies. Kristen is involved in her local community by volunteering with the Boys and Girls Club, as well as the Donor Appreciation Network. In her free time, Kristen enjoys spending time with her two daughters and husband. She is also an avid equestrian, competing locally on the hunter/jumper and dressage circuit. What you’ll learn about in this episode: How Kristen...

When Scott Bossman stumbled into the world of land investing, he had no experience in real estate or business. He was working 40-50 hours a week as a physical therapist, but looking for a way to spend more time with his family. In his search for passive income options, he ran across one of Mark Podolsky’s podcasts and was hooked on the idea of raw land flipping as the ideal passive income model, since it avoids “the 3 T’s” of traditional real estate investing (tenants, toilets, and termites). Under Mark’s guidance at TheLandGeek.com, Scott learned how to seek out viable...

Justin Stoddart is most proud of being married to a superhero wife and being the father of six amazing children. In his professional life, Justin has built businesses over the past 20 years. In doing so, he’s found his passion is to inspire people to see the potential that is within them so that they can be in pursuit of that potential, leading a happy and fulfilled life of greater impact. He is considered by many to be a real estate industry challenger by helping the title, lending and real estate industries to think bigger about the value they can bring...