Best Real Estate Investing Advice Ever

Jon is a real estate investor out of Charleston, WV. Over the past 4 years, he has flipped over 150 houses with his partners and he has an additional 100 in his holding company. He owns, operates, and partners in 8 different businesses. His passion is teaching others how they can reach financial freedom while doing what they love. 

Jon Schoeller Real Estate Background:

  • Full-time real estate investor, co-owner of multiple business, and financial coach
  • Has been in real estate for 3.5 years and 13 years in business, coaching for 6 years
  • Portfolio consist of 115 flips and over 100 rent-to-own 
  • Based in Charleston, WV
  • Say hi to him on Youtube at Jon Schoeller
  • Best Ever Book: The subtle art of not giving a F

 

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Best Ever Tweet:

“Networking, don’t just shake hands, get around successful people and stay around them” - Jon Schoeller

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Hunter was fortunate to start his career in the wake of the Great Recession. At that time, he surrounded himself with great partners and educators. As a result, Hunter built his first company around his personal investment strategy. He was a sole investor at first; now he has hundreds of investors.

Hunter shares his experience in raising capital quickly and efficiently. Time is often the most important determining factor to close the deal. Listen to this podcast episode to learn how he closes deals within 30 days, having a line of prospective investors ready to wire the money in.

Hunter Thompson  Real Estate Background:

  • Founder of Asym (A-Sim) Capital, a private equity firm
  • He has raised more than $30 million in private capital
  • 10 years of real estate experience
  • Current assets under management of $100MM CRE
  • Previous guest on episode JF2028
  • Based in Los Angeles, CA
  • Say hi to him at: www.5millionin30days.com 

 

 

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Best Ever Tweet:

“Attract, educate, nurture, and close” - Hunter Thompson.

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Evie Brooks (Atlanta, GA, and Veracruz, Panama) is an elite Real Estate Investment Educator, Keynote Speaker, Investor, Coach, Mentor, Entrepreneur, and former Advanced Trainer for “Rich Dad Poor Dad”, who now specializes in “All Things Panama”, including real estate and organic, sustainable agriculture investments. 

Evie Brooks Real Estate Background:

  • Full time investor and former advanced trainer for  “Rich Dad Poor Dad” 
  • 24 years of experience in domestic and global real estate
  • Currently investing in 13+ countries and 30 U.S. states
  • Based in Atlanta, GA
  • Say hi to her at: www.eviebrookspanama.com  
  • Best Ever Book: Who Stole My Pension 

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Best Ever Tweet:

“Utilize the funds that you have in pension plans, IRA’s, & 401ks, in real estate” - Evie Brooks

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Jamie is the CEO of ServusConnect, ServusConnect is an exciting, new technology for the multifamily industry that delivers innovation and mobility to medium & large-scale apartment maintenance operations to optimize multifamily NOI.

Jamie Wohlschlegel Real Estate Background: 

  • CEO of ServusConnect, a multifamily property-tech startup
  • 6 years of helping multi families optimize their maintenance operations
  • Launched ServusConnect at age 40 as a first time entrepreneur
  • Based in Raleigh, NC
  • Say hi to him at: www.servusconnect.com 
  • Best Ever Book: Drudge Report

 

 

 

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Best Ever Tweet:

“Work on getting optimized with your digital approach, digital documentation is a big deal these days ” - Jamie Wohlschlegel

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Today Theo and Travis will be discussing the differences between a speculator and an investor. 

We also have a Syndication School series about the “How To’s” of apartment syndications and be sure to download your FREE document by visiting SyndicationSchool.com. Thank you for listening and I will talk to you tomorrow. 

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In this Syndication School episode, Theo Hicks explains what lenders look at before approving the loan for a multifamily real estate deal. He lists the qualifications that a prospective investor needs to have in order to be considered by various agencies, as well as how to get around them.

He also covers the specific metrics of the market and the deal that will be required to get the loan. This guide includes relevant information about the recent changes in response to the pandemic.

To listen to other Syndication School series about the “How To’s” of apartment syndications and download your FREE document, visit SyndicationSchool.com. Thank you for listening, and I will talk to you tomorrow. 

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Dan is fairly new to real estate investing and yet has already accomplished owning 27 rentals, 5 flips, and also a limited partner in a 32-unit complex. He shares how he initially started from developing proof of concept to building a team and process that have enabled them to scale in a short time period. 

Dan Perez Real Estate Background:

  • Full-time corporate tax accountant for Qualcomm
  • Started investing in 2018
  • Portfolio consists of 27 rentals, 5 flips, and a partnership in a 32-unit complex
  • Based in San Diego, CA
  • Say hi to him at: danieljperez562@gmail.com 
  • Best Ever Book: Tax-Free wealth

 

 

 

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Best Ever Tweet:

“Stay consistent, keep underwriting deals, keep learning because when the right opportunity comes, you will be ready” - Dan Perez

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Jaren is a full-time real estate investor who previously worked with BiggerPockets in 2014 and he helped grow a wholesale company from 8-12 deals per month to 30. He has now grown a small land flipping business over the last 3 years that he runs fully remote. 

Jaren Barnes  Real Estate Background:

  • Full-time real estate investor and is the Senior Creative Director for RETipster.com 
  • 6 years of investing experience
  • In the past, he has worked with Biggerpockets.com, & helped grow a wholesale company from 8 deals per month to 30.
  • He has created a land flipping business that he runs 100% remote
  • Based in Chicago
  • Say hi to him at: www.retipster.com 
  • Best Ever Book: Best Ever Apartment Syndication Book

 

 

 

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Best Ever Tweet:

“I think grit is the 80/20 of success” - Jaren Barnes

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Joe and Mike Brusca are brothers who got started in online business selling on amazon and slowly started to grow into more online eCommerce stores, blog sites, publishing fiction books online, and recently investing cash flow into buying and selling land too.

Joe and Mike Brusca  Real Estate Background: 

  • Founders of Build Assets Online
  • Experience building 7-figure revenue generating stores online without a location
  • Based in New Jersey
  • Say hi to them on their www.BuildAssetsOnline.com 

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Best Ever Tweet:

“Have content to build value and trust before offering an opt-in to increase conversions” - Joe & Mike Brusca

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Arn Cenedella started his real estate career in the 1980s after graduating from the University of Michigan. During this time he invested locally and remotely in Charlottesville, VA and Austin, TX. After 36 years as a broker, he decided to leave Silicon Valley and head to Greenville, SC with his girlfriend in November of 2014. He now has 8 rental properties, 3 subdivisions, 2 condo conversions, and 3 residential lots permitted for single-family development. 

Arn Cenedella Real Estate Background:

  • Full-time real estate investor
  • 34 years of real estate investing experience
  • Portfolio consist of 8 rental properties total 13 doors, 3 residential lots, 15 completed flips, 3 subdivisions, 2 condo conversions, and 4 passive investments
  • Based in Greenville, SC
  • Say hi to him at: www.investwithspark.com  
  • Best Ever Book: Building a Story Brand by Don Miller

 

 

 

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Best Ever Tweet:

“I believe if you approach real estate with a long term perspective, you can ride out the inevitable ups and downs of economics” - Arn Cenedella

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Brian Doyle, from Minneapolis, MN and has grown his portfolio to 65 units all while having a full-time job. He will talk about how to choose the right full-time job to grow your portfolio, how he finds deals, and why having a full-time job is an advantage, not a disadvantage. Brian is currently on the board of the 2000 member Minnesota Multi-Housing Association and he is past president of the Minnesota Real Estate Exchangors, he is married with three kids and races sailboats on the weekends. 

Brian G Doyle  Real Estate Background:

  • Works full-time with Marietta Drapery and Window Coverings while investing part-time
  • 23 years of real estate experience
  • Portfolio consists of 65 units
  • Based in Minneapolis, MN
  • Say hi to him at: Brian@doylepropertygroup.com 

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Best Ever Tweet:

“You’ve gotta provide more value than what people expect” - Brian Doyle

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Today Theo and Travis will share their thoughts on the tax proposal that’s been recently released. And while this tax plan is only at the early stage, it’s important to consider the options early on.

Travis mentions ten main points that real estate investors need to examine. Most of them apply exclusively to high-income earners, but some touch on the very popular real estate policies such as 1031 Exchange that are true no matter what income bracket you’re in.

We also have a Syndication School series about the “How To’s” of apartment syndications, and be sure to download your FREE document by visiting SyndicationSchool.com. Thank you for listening, and I will talk to you tomorrow. 

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In today's Syndication School episode, Theo Hicks shares some knowledge and experience about choosing a lender. Just because agencies tend to have the best terms on their loans, it doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t consider other options.

Theo also talked about the most well-known agencies and their process of transforming your loan into MBS (mortgage-based securities), and how it works on the borrower side of dealing with DUS Lenders.

To listen to other Syndication School series about the “How To’s” of apartment syndications and download your FREE document, visit SyndicationSchool.com. Thank you for listening, and I will talk to you tomorrow. 

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Terry is a full-time real estate investor with 19 years of real estate experience and founder of “Nice guys buying houses”.  Terry will be sharing some great information around how to find leads, to strategies in how they separate themselves from other real estate companies such as focusing on the Better Business Bureau and focusing on a specific customer. He also was open to sharing how he comps markets by focusing on micro-markets, schools, and other ways. 

Terry H Burger Real Estate Background:

  • Full-Time real estate investor
  • 19 years of real estate experience and 5 years of investing
  • Portfolio consists of 6 rental properties and flips 30-40 per year
  • Based in Atlanta, GA
  • Say hi to him at: https://www.niceguysbuyinghouses.com/ 
  • Best Ever Book: Traction

 

 

 

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Best Ever Tweet:

“If you have that warm fuzzy feeling when you find your first deal but not sure about the numbers, then you need to be careful” - Terry Burger

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Started in real estate 6 years ago and while working a sales job with the goal of making money on the side flipping houses until he could go full-time. Real estate slowly took over his focus and eventually his sales numbers started to fall and eventually he was let go. This forced Adam to focus 100% of his efforts on real estate and now the rest is history.

Adam Balsinger  Real Estate Background:

  • Full-time real estate investor focusing on his wholesale business and partnership in multi-family syndication
  • Has 6 years of real estate experience
  • Portfolio consist of 12 Legacy rental units, 50 multi-unit doors as a LP, 92 as a GP, and flipped/wholesale over 100
  • Based in Charlotte, NC
  • Say hi to him at: Instagram @realestateadam7
  • Best Ever Book: Never Split the Difference

 

 

 

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Best Ever Tweet:

“Focus on one thing at a time” - Adam Balsinger

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Holly is a returning guest from episode JF1600. She has been investing in real estate for the past two decades with multiple properties in New York, Texas, Mississippi, and the Carolinas. She also started syndications during the same time Joe Fairless did and in fact, was one of Joe's first investors. Today Holly is going to be sharing with all of us some insights on her new book called “Hidden Investing - Secrets that the top 1% know”. 

 

Holly Williams Real Estate Background:

  • Spent 25 years in advertising as an executive while slowly dabbling in real estate
  • 2 decades of real estate investing experience
  • Portfolio consist of properties in New York, Texas, and Mississippi, Carolinas
  • Based in New York City
  • Say hi to her at: www.hiddeninvesting.com/book 

 

 

 

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Best Ever Tweet:

“Multifamily syndications, has grown beyond my wildest dreams, and it's changed my life ” - Holly Williams

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Lee is a full-time physical therapist and a part-time real estate investor. He had a great full-time therapist job working with corporate clients making great money and eventually decided to give that up to work in home health to have a more flexible schedule so he could help his wife with the kids and after taking this pay cut he started to look for additional ways to increase revenue and so he started by investing into real estate. You will see how even if you are working full-time you can still invest in properties with families and friends.

Lee Yoder  Real Estate Background:

  • Full-time physical therapist and part-time real estate investor
  • 2.5 years of real estate investing experience
  • Portfolio consists of 34 units; 16-unit, 10-unit, and 8-unit
  • Based in Lebanon, Oh
  • Say hi to him at: www.threefoldrei.com  
  • Best Ever Book: Best Ever Apartment Syndication Book

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Best Ever Tweet:

“You have to think a little bigger, 10x your dreams” - Lee Yoder

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John is the co-founder of Investor Agent where they have done 2,800 rentals and flips. He started at 19 in the military by picking up real estate courses where he could barely understand the terminology but through perseverance and hard work he now manages over 470 cash flow rentals.  

John Chin Real Estate Background:

  • John is the co-founder of Investor Agent
  • You’ve done 2,800 rentals and flip properties (mostly short sales, foreclosures, and REOs)
  • Closed over $260 Million residential investments
  • Currently manage over 470 cash flow rentals
  • Based in Orlando, FL
  • Say hi to him at:  www.investoragent.com 
  • Best Ever Book: Power vs Force

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Best Ever Tweet:

“Start working with investors, one investor client will change the trajectory of your future” - John Chin

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Today Theo and Travis will be discussing the 11 questions from the popular Tim Ferris book “Tribe of Mentors” 

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We also have a Syndication School series about the “How To’s” of apartment syndications and be sure to download your FREE document by visiting SyndicationSchool.com. Thank you for listening and I will talk to you tomorrow. 

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In today's Syndication School episode, Theo Hicks, shares his advice on becoming a Best-Selling Author. He will give you 10 ways to market your next book release.

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To listen to other Syndication School series about the “How To’s” of apartment syndications and to download your FREE document, visit SyndicationSchool.com. Thank you for listening and I will talk to you tomorrow.

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Chris Hsu is the co-founder and CEO of Zibo, a venture-backed financial services company for independent landlords. Chris invested in real estate for over 20 years while pursuing a corporate career and learned that investing in real estate is anything but a "passive" income. He founded Zibo to help independent landlords save time and increase cash flow in their rental businesses.

 

Chris Hsu Real Estate Background:

  • Co-founder and CEO of Zibo (zee-bo), a venture-backed financial services company for independent landlords
  • U.S. Army Armor Officer
  • Has been investing in real estate for over 20 years
  • Based in Redwood City, CA
  • Say hi to him at: www.zibo.co 

 

 

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Best Ever Tweet:

“Talk to your customers, understand their pain points and how they are currently addressing those points today” - Chris Hsu

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Mitchell is a full-time real estate investor and owner of ScaredyCatGuide.com. Mitch has invested in many different types of vehicles from a full-time day trader to now a full-time real estate investor because he has found that it is much easier than dabbling in the markets where we have less control. 

Mitch Jaworski Real Estate Background:

  • Full-time real estate investor and owner of ScaredyCatGuide.com 
  • 6 years of real estate investing experience
  • Portfolio consist of 6 rental units, 2 flips, 2 wholesales
  • Based in Palm Beach, FL
  • Say hi to him at: scaredycatguide.com 
  • Best Ever Book: Big Shifts Ahead

 

 

 

 

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Best Ever Tweet:

“Real estate is the one asset class where you have the most control over the results of your investment” - Mitchell Jaworski

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Carla Cross is a long-time licensed real estate professional. She and her husband started investing in single-family homes in the late '70s. As the author of 7 books for real estate professionals, Carla is a known authority on productivity and profits. She is a recipient of the National Association of Realtors Educator of the Year Award. With her background in sales, management, and training, Carla is helping her audiences 'translate' their classroom courses to effective online formats.

Carla Cross  Real Estate Background:

  • Licensed real estate professional, and author of 7 books for real estate professionals
  • She started investing in single-family homes with her husband in the late ‘70s
  • She is also the recipient of the National Association of Realtors Educator of the Year Award
  • Based in Seattle, WA
  • Say hi to her at: https://carla-cross.com/

 

 

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Best Ever Tweet:

“What's challenging is when your teaching someone to do something you must be sure your teaching them in the right order” - Carla Cross

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Antoine is a repeat guest who appeared on episode JF1720. Previously, he talked about how it took him 9 months to find his first apartment building and today he shares how different it has been in finding new deals because his door has been flooded with multiple deals because people started to see he was serious and would get the job done. 

Antoine Martel  Real Estate Background:

  • 25-year-old real estate investor
  • Does 120 flips per year (turnkey rentals), owns about 100 units
  • Based in LA, CA
  • Say hi to him at https://martelturnkey.com/

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Best Ever Tweet:

“Controlling your growth is important, you can move very quickly but sometimes it's important to slow down a little bit to see how things go” - Antoine Martel

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Zach is the Founder & President of ZH Multifamily and an equity owner of over $48M worth of commercial real estate apartment buildings. Zach climbed up in healthcare sales and at the top of his career after accomplishing many of his monetary goals he found that he wasn’t fulfilled. He eventually discovered real estate and decided to leave his job and live off of 12 months of income while he pursued his new dream and now the rest is history.

Zach Haptonstall Real Estate Background:

  • Founder & President of ZH Multifamily
  • He is lead sponsor, general partner, and equity owner of  over $48,000,000 worth of commercial real estate apartment buildings
  • Portfolio consist of 420 units
  • Based in Scottsdale, AZ
  • Say hi to him at: www.ZHMultifamily.com 
  • Best Ever Book: Bible

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Best Ever Tweet:

“You need to attack, constantly be trying to move the needle forward and know it will be difficult because you will not have tangible evidence that it will work” - Zach Haptonstall

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Today Theo and Travis will be sharing the 5 benefits of passive investing in apartments starting with how you can save on taxes. 

We also have a Syndication School series about the “How To’s” of apartment syndications and be sure to download your FREE document by visiting SyndicationSchool.com. Thank you for listening and I will talk to you tomorrow.

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In today's Syndication School episode, Theo Hicks shares a make ready checklist to help you with your next apartment deal and provides you with the checklist by clicking here.

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To listen to other Syndication School series about the “How To’s” of apartment syndications and to download your FREE document, visit SyndicationSchool.com. Thank you for listening and I will talk to you tomorrow. 

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Vahan Yepremyan is a business attorney, speaker, author, serial entrepreneur, and children’s rights activist. Vahan has spoken around the world on topics like achieving entrepreneurial success by removing the beliefs that block us, business fundamentals, and other entrepreneur topics. He was the winner of the Business Freedom Speaking Academy Idol held in Calgary, Canada, where he competed with speakers from around the world.

Vahan Yepremyan Real Estate Background:

  • Vahan is a serial entrepreneur with businesses in law firms, film production, distribution company, & real estate investments
  • Has been a entrepreneur for over 22 years
  • His real estate developing company focuses on buy/hold, flipping, and hard money loans
  • Based in Los Angeles, CA
  • Say hi to him at: www.vylawfirm.com 

 

 

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Best Ever Tweet:

“Getting rid of beliefs will not ensure that you will be a successful investor, what it does is it gives you the freedom to choose” - Vahan Yepremyan

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Mark is a Purdue Mechanical Engineer who lost his corp job after 27 years to pursue full-time real estate. He feels that losing his job was the best thing that has ever happened to him because now he is doing what he enjoys doing, he is now known as the “apartment guy” in his community and his wife also has gone full-time in the business too. 

 

Mark T Hutton  Real Estate Background:

  • A Purdue Mechanical Engineer who left 27 years in corp to pursue full-time real estate
  • 10+ years of real estate investing experience
  • Portfolio consist of single-family, multi-family, apartments, & assisted living properties
  • Based in Cincinnati, OH
  • Say hi to him at: MHutton@mainstreetinvst.com 
  • Best Ever Book: Debt Millionaire

 

 

 

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Best Ever Tweet:

“Screen your property manager & make sure they have a good vetting process so you will have great tenants” - Mark Hutton

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Rebecca Walser is one of the few Top 100 US Advisors who is also a tax attorney, so she has a completely different perspective on personal finance. She is also a best-selling author and wealth management firm founder and is a regular on Fox Business who has also been featured in Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, ABC, NBC, and Yahoo Finance.

Rebecca Walser Real Estate Background:

  • Wealth Strategist, CFP, Tax Attorney, 2X Top 100 U.S. Advisor by Investopedia
  • Best selling Author of the book “Wealth Unbroken”
  • Podcast Host - Crashes and Taxes
  • Frequently on national media such as Fox News, Business, Yahoo and more
  • Based in Tampa, FL
  • Say hi to her at: www.walserwealth.com 

 

 

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Best Ever Tweet:

“I’m not just a tax lawyer, I’m a financial person who wants to do tax and finance together.” - Rebecca Walser

 

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