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Jason Davis began in the mortgage business in the mid 90's and has been through the ups and downs of the industry having held almost every position possible in the mortgage industry. He started his property and casualty insurance company in 2011 and now successfully runs those two companies as well as invests in real estate on the side. He is also a competitive crossfitter and marathoner. He ran the marathon the day after our last QLS event in RI. He has a wife of 24 years and two girls aged 12 and 8. What you'll learn about in this episode: How...

John Alexandrov was an Attorney in Massachusetts for over 30 years. He was best known as a leader in providing business legal services to entrepreneurs and business owners. John and I met at a mastermind group back in 1991 and from that a friendship and many business relationships spawned. We did this interview together in the fall of 2017 and after his unfortunate passing at the end of the year, we wrestled what to do with the show. Our family listened to it and said that is one of THE best, if not THE best episode I've heard - you...

Stefan Aarnio is an award winning real estate investor, award winning serial entrepreneur, author of multiple books, and educator. Having built his fortune through purchasing real estate at 40-60 cents on the dollar, Stefan became an avid student of negotiation at a young age testing and learning the principles in this book first hand in the real world. On a day-to-day basis, Stefan is the CEO of two multi million dollar companies and travels the world educating business people and entrepreneurs to bring forward the next generation of success. What you'll learn about in this episode: How a company changes once it hits...

In today's Family Cast, Chris is joined by family members Nick Prefontaine and Zach Beach. In 2003, Nick was in a snowboarding accident that left him in a coma for over 3 weeks. The Doctors told his parents that he probably wouldn’t walk, talk or eat on his own again. Less than 3 months later, he was running out of Franciscan. Now a Certified Infinite Possibilities Trainer, Nick speaks to groups that benefit from his message of overcoming adversity. Nick grew up in the Real Estate industry from an early age. Most notably was his knocking on Pre-Foreclosure doors at 16 and...

Quincy Long is the president of Quest IRA. The Quest IRA corporate headquarters is located in Houston, Texas, however they administer clients accounts from across the nation, with offices in Dallas and Austin, TX. They opened our doors in early 2003 and have since developed into one of the leading self-directed IRA administrators in the nation. With over 12,000 satisfied clients, they pride themselves as having world famous customer service. Quest IRA administers IRAs for the purpose of investing in alternative investments, including real estate, notes, oil and gas, and private placements, just to name a few of the almost endless...

Chris is the Amazon Bestselling author of "Real Estate On Your Terms: Create Continuous Cash Flow Now, Without Using Your Cash Or Credit." He’s also founder of SmartRealEstateCoach.com and SmartRealEstatecoachPodcast.com. Chris has been in real estate for 25+ years. His experience includes the construction of over 100+ single family and duplex homes (mostly 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 & automate their...

Ron LeGrand is a nationally recognized real estate expert and trainer, with 27 years experience in both residential and commercial properties and a 20 year history of hard money lending and brokering. His experiences include personally buying and selling over 2,000 houses and millions in Commercial Property deals. Mr. LeGrand is a highly sought after platform speaker, who has addressed audiences as large as 20,000 and as small as 100 in hotels and convention centers across North America, sharing the stage with leaders such as Donald Trump, Robert Kiyosaki, Rudy Giuliani, Tony Robbins, Larry King, Dr. Phil, Suzie Orman, and...

Mike Makredes is from Fresno, California. He is been in sales all his professional life, and currently working in the Ag industry for the largest melon, broccoli, and corn grower in the US. He handle sales for over 12 million cases ($150 million) of produce per year. What brought him to Chris and the Smart Real Estate Coach team was the thought of getting out of the rat race and into a business that he can control on his terms. What you will learn: Why Mike decided to take a chance on an industry, he had no previous experience in What Mike...

Dan Schwartz has a passion for helping the overwhelmed real estate entrepreneur work smarter and earn more by setting up effective systems. After launching InvestorFuse, a lead management automation platform for real estate investing, he’s helped bring the power of automation to hundreds of happy investors and has built a strong community around the technology. When not working or investing, you’ll find Dan traveling, drumming, producing music, or helping other entrepreneurs grow their businesses. What you will learn: How going to “Rich Dad, Poor Dad seminar inspired Dan and a friend to start flipping houses The three pillars of any real estate acquisition...

Todd Smith has been an entrepreneur for over 35 years and has enjoyed extraordinary personal and professional success. He owned his first business at the age of 18, became one of the youngest realtors to be inducted to RE/MAX’s Hall of Fame at age 28, and became an internationally recognized leader and trainer in the direct selling earning $27 million over the last 23 years. Todd has conducted over 1000 training sessions and seminars for audiences around the world and has developed numerous training manuals and audio/visual sales tools, teaching entrepreneurs how to achieve professional success and accomplish their personal...