BTM198: Reformed Criminal Mastermind Turned Billion Dollar Hotel Magnate with Nate Barger
Enjoy this wide ranging conversation with Nate Barger, today’s guest and former criminal mastermind. His story is compelling, yet inspirational as we navigate through cocaine drops to million dollar real estate deals. From apartments and industrial buildings to hotels, Nate has a knack for putting together deals with very little down and outsized returns.
Key Points From This Episode:
- Why Nate started dealing cocaine at 15 years old
- Under investigation with the FBI and 4 felonies later Nate finds his way
- How Nate bought his first property for $6,000
- Early investing mistakes – going bankrupt
- Nates first retirement at 40 years old with $35,000 in passive income
- How Nate acquired 1,800 apartments, Hilton Hotels, Marriott Hotels, IHG Hotels, Staybridge Hotels, Hampton Inns and more
- The BRRR hotel investment strategy
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Recommended Book:
7 Habits of Highly Effective People Stephen Covey
Lifestyle Design App:
BTM 48: 90 Days to 5K Passive Income a Month and Beyond with Edna Keep
Have you heard of the Rule of 97? In 1897, 97% of Americans were employers. By 1997, 97% of Americans were employees. A new time is upon us and another major shift is coming. As we continue to leverage the power of the internet and technology, it’s easier than ever to become a location independent entrepreneur and investor. We discuss this immensely in this weeks’ Tip of the Week.
Even more profound, on todays show, today’s guest Edna Keep and I are going to show you the path to 5k in 90 Days.
Edna Keep’s journey from single mom at age 16 – living in subsidized housing
with a daughter in subsidized daycare – to multi-millionaire Real Estate
Entrepreneur and Coach inspires others. Her major operations are long-term
buy-and-hold rentals apartment buildings. Her claim to fame is a $60 Million
real estate portfolio built with “Other People’s Money.”
She is the author of Multiple Ways To Wealth: Creating Your Prosperous Lifestyle and real estate investment teacher, has a deep understanding of what investors want in a deal. As a former financial advisor, Edna helps connect investors with everyday people who want to create true passive income for the long term.
We share a passion for helping individuals hit their first milestone of 5k in passive income and we breakdown exact how you can achieve this in 3 easy steps:
- Build a “Power” Team around you to do the heavy lifting (most important – you need a mentor to be apart of that team).
- Shift your MINDSET -> You are the prize!
- GO BIG (we’ll define this in the episode)
Links mentioned in the show:
Why “A” Students Work for “C” Students and Why “B” Students Work for the Government
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BTM 35: 6-Figure House Flipper Explains Do’s and Don’ts Before You Buy with Matt Aitchison
Wait! Before you invest or even flip your first property, there are a few things you should know. On today’s episode we interview a millionaire a few times over but more importantly an expert at “6-Figure House Flips”.
Matt Aitchison, a millennial entrepreneur, 7-figure real estate investor, speaker and avid adventurist. He overcame criminal charges, committed to doing the extraordinary on a daily basis, and decided that entrepreneurship would be his vehicle of choice to unlock the life he’d always dreamed of.
Fast forward to today, He has started several 6 and 7 figure businesses, he’s traveling the world, he get to work with some of the brightest minds on the planet, and most importantly, we’ve been able to sit down with him for an interview and share with you some of his greatest tactics.
Topics discussed on today’s episode:
- How to get into your first flip
- The value of a mentor
- The right way to win over a potential home seller
- The transition from flipping to investing
Links mentioned on today’s episode:
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BTM 13: Limiting Beliefs – Discovering your Why with Gino Barbaro
Gino Barbaro is a licensed realtor, investor, business owner and entrepreneur. He has been investing in real estate for 15 years and has grown his portfolio to 675 units valued at over $32 million in 3 years. He has teamed up with Jake Stenziano to create JakeandGino.com, a real estate educational company that offers coaching and training in real estate investing. He is the bestselling author of Wheelbarrow Profits, as well as the author of the best-selling cookbook, Family, Food and the Friars. Gino is a graduate of the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (IPEC) and is a Certified Professional Coach.
In this episode we get into a lot of Gino’s story, the restaurant business he was in for 25 years and how he turned his sights onto real estate and multifamily investing. We also get into belief systems, discovering your why, and setting out your goals. Next, we unpack the importance of understanding how you can best achieve your goals based on your why, depending on whether or not your why is moving away from pain or towards pleasure.
Key Points From This Episode:
- Gino tells us how he got into the restaurant business 25 years ago.
- Hear more about the 4 energy blocks.
- What lead Gino to challenge himself to become successful.
- The reasons why Gino decided to leave the restaurant business.
- Listen as Gino explains how he turned toward real estate.
- Understand the differences between single family and multifamily properties.
- How asking thought provoking questions extracts the “why” out of Gino’s students.
- The importance of having a strong reason why, no matter what you do in life.
- How Jake and Gino have made their partnership work.
- The characteristic that made Gino want to partner with Jake.
- Find out how you can get into multifamily real estate.
- Listen as Gino explains his short and long term goals to grow his business.
- Understand what Gino means when he talks about repurposing $4 million dollars.
- Discover the importance of buying right.
- Gino tells us how the infinite banking concept is a great strategy to lock in.
- Find out which two books are Gino’s favorite Before the Millions books.
- The sacrifices Gina had to make to get to where he is today.
- Why listening to motivational speakers inspired Gino in business.
- The advice Gino has for millennials wanting to get into business.
- How limiting beliefs stop people from reaching their true potential and success.
Tweetables:
[spp-tweet tweet=”“Success is just a feeling; achievement is doing something.” — Gino Barbaro @jakeandgino”]
[spp-tweet tweet=”“If you can figure out your why’s you can figure out how.” — Gino Barbaro @jakeandgino”]
[spp-tweet tweet=”“What you focus on is what grows.” — Gino Barbaro @jakeandgino”]
[spp-tweet tweet=”“Sometimes the best deal you make is the one you didn’t buy.” — Gino Barbaro @jakeandgino”]
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
— Multifamily Mastery Program by Wheelbarrow Profits
— Gino’s Book, Wheelbarrow Profits
— Gino’s book, Family, Food and the Friars
— IPEC
— M.C. Laubscher from BTM Podcast episode 12
— Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
— Secrets of The Millionaire Mind by T. Harv Eker
— The E-Myth by Michael E. Gerber
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