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Ryan O'Neill: Humble Growth In Leading #1 Remax Team In The World

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Hear from Ryan O'Neill as he shares his humble growth from renter to investor to agent to now leading the world's #1 team at Remax in closed transactions. Ryan started his real estate team in 2005 and has been the number #1 Remax team in the state from 2006 on. Oh, and he also has been inducted into the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame. We discuss basic business principles - hire good people, care for them, help them get where they want to go, and provide great service to your clients. It's simple, not easy. Yet when you do that year over year, a large business can grow organically - eventually getting you to #1 in your field. This is a can't-miss episode. 

In this episode, hosted by Mike Swenson, we discussed:   

  • How his career got started and his background 
  • He has the #1 one team in Remax on closed transactions 
  • Started by buying a duplex and lived in part and rented part 
  • ...
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Tri Vu: IT Guy Turned AirBNB and Turnkey Property Investor in Multiple States

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Hear from Tri Vu as he talks about how he's lept into investing over the past 2 1/2 years while still keeping his day job in IT. After interviewing a bunch of top people in IT, he found out that so many of them had real estate investments on the side, so he and his wife and family dove headfirst into opening 2 Airbnb’s in San Diego in the spring of 2018. Since then it has grown to additional investments in other states such as Arizona, Mississippi, Illinois, and Maryland. It has provided a creative outlet for him and his wife and led him to take risks he never would have taken before so that he can build the future and freedom he wants. 

 

In this episode, hosted by Mike Swenson, we discussed:   

  • How his career got started and his background 
  • He has been in IT for 20 yrs 
  • Tri noticed that a lot of IT people had something in common, and that was real estate...
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Nick Correll: Family Investor With A Heart To Help & Moving To A New State

 

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Hear from Nick Correll as he talks about getting into investing before he was a licensed agent. He talks about what it's like working with his family in his business and how he's balanced being an agent & and investor. Also hear how his investment business is giving him the freedom, due to passive income, so his family can follow their dreams and move his real estate business to a new state!

In this episode, hosted by Mike Swenson, we discussed:   

  • How his career got started and his background 
  • Got into real estate from investing 
  • Prides himself on being a good landlord, focusing on communicating and having value with tenants 
  • 23 rentals at his peak 
  • Does about 30-35 real estate transactions per year 
  • Sets up accounts and build relationships at different places to help get good pricing for his rental needs 
  • Is planning to move to Nashville 
  • Short term goal for ...
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Mike Swenson: From Finance To Ops To Entrepreneur To REL Freedom Founder

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Hear from REL Freedom Founder Mike Swenson about his journey from working in finance for a non-profit to real estate team founder and REL Freedom founder. Previously in real estate, he helped grow a team to the #31 team in the United States, as recognized by RealTrends, in his role as COO. In addition to talking about real estate teams, he shares his journey on real estate investments, savings, and talks about the future he's creating for those in real estate. He's interviewed by real estate partner in crime and Elite Advantage Team Leader - Justin Rademacher. 

 

In this episode, hosted by - Justin Rademacher, we discussed:   

  • How Mike got his career started and applied his background in non-profit and finance & operations to his roles in real estate
  • His experiences with real estate investing and how to stick through it 
  • To get started in investing, find something that fits for...
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Veronica Figueroa: Going All In On A Life You Don't Want A Vacation From

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Veronica Figueroa runs a highly successful real estate team out of the Orlando, FL area. She has overcome a lot of obstacles in her journey from being a teenage mom to now being the "Queen of Teams" running a powerhouse real estate team. In this episode, she shares how she burned the boats and went all in to become a true success story and an inspiration to others. Veronica is also a national speaker for Zillow, NARHEP, and INMAN Connect. She is also a real estate coach and a Zillow Agent Advisory Board Member.

 

Note: This episode was taken from the REL Freedom event "Freedom Con 2020" that was held in October of 2020. In this episode, hosted by Mike Swenson and Vlad Kats, we discussed: 

  • How her career got started and her background 
  • She made a promise to herself and her family that she was going to be a success story in the industry no matter what the market 
  • When everyone else was...
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Brian Carruthers: Sharing His Experience of True Financial and Time Freedom

 

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Brian Carruthers started out as a real estate agent and broker, working for his father's company. After working long hours and getting burnt out, Brian turned to network marketing and pursued that industry to build and grow his income. Now, Brian is one of the top experts in the industry and spends his time giving back and helping others to build wealth and grow their income in network marketing, recruiting, and in other areas. He also has authored 4 books including Building An Empire and Untrapped Freedom Manifesto. In his spare time, he loves to spend time with his wife and 3 kids.

 

Note: This episode was taken from the REL Freedom event "Fredom Con 2020" that was held in October of 2020. In this episode, hosted by Mike Swenson and Vlad Kats, we discussed:   

  • How his career got started and his background 
  • Author of well-known books like Making My First Ten Million and Money...
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Christian Peterson: The Journey From Attorney to Agent & Investor

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Christian Peterson began his career working as an attorney, where he eventually opened his own practice. Not too long after, he decided to get his real estate license so that he could gain more flexibility and serve a very specific niche in helping people both as an attorney and as an agent. He is now a highly specialized professional in the real estate space, and still serves clients as an attorney. In addition, he's taken on becoming a real estate investor over the past couple of years. Focusing in these key areas have now given him the vision and the plan to become a net worth millionaire. 

 

In this episode, hosted by Mike Swenson, we discussed:   

  • How Chrisitan's career got started as an attorney and led to becoming a real estate agent, where he now specializes in divorce real estate transactions 
  • As an expert, you can charge a premium for your services 
  • Getting involves in...
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Brindley Tucker: Building Your Empire By Supporting Others Building Theirs

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Brindley is the founder and CEO of Your Realty Leverage, a company that provides a whole suite of services to real estate agents, teams, and brokerages - from recruiting, hiring, training, listings, transactions, marketing, and coaching. In addition to that, she has a long list of ways that she's contributed to the administration side of the real estate industry, as an assistant, transaction coordinator, coach, trainer, and entrepreneur. Brindley is always willing to share with others, help anyone out, and make a positive impact on the industry.

 In this episode, hosted by Mike Swenson, we discussed:   

  • Her story in how she worked as an assistant and made her way to the top 
  • When we hire people and bring them into our business, it requires us to slow down and have the patience to take people through the process 
  • You need to know your values, mission, and vision so that you know the type...
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Vlad Kats: 10 Streams Of Income Is Great, Yet Don't Spread Yourself Too Thin

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Prior to starting a career in real estate and short sale services, Vlad was an Economist with a Federal Government Agency, Small Business Consultant, and an Entrepreneur. Vlad Kats started his real estate business with short sales in 2006 by forming the Atlas Home Group. After that he became Team Leader and eventually General Manager of a few real estate franchises. By his third year, he had over 400 agents, 3000 transactions, making over $1M in profit.  Later on, he continued his growth by joining one of the top real estate expansion teams in the United States and increased its' profitability by over 400% in one year. Now he spends his time helping other agents achieve their freedom goals. His goal is to make 80k per month passively so that he and his family can travel the world 6 months at a time and live like kings & queens. Vlad is happily married, raising three kids, traveling, and contributing more...

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Reyna Rousseau: Running a $68 Million Mortgage Business & 17 Rentals & Flips

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Reyna Rousseau is a lender and branch mananger with CrossCountry Mortgage and has grown her lending business to over $68 million. She started out as an intern for Well Fargo in college and worked her way up into the lending role that she has today and has consistently grown her volume year over year by almost doubling each year she has been in business. In addition, she had found enough time to handle 17 rentals and flips in the past 3 years. 

 

In this episode, hosted by Mike Swenson, we discussed:   

  • How her career got started as an intern with Wells Fargo leading up to where is is today 17 years later
  • Has a background in closing, processing, management, jr. originator, and sales
  • Reyna is licensed in 11 different states 
  • Her current role as a loan originator and branch manager with CrossCountry Mortage 
  • How a team is important to have...
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