Accredited Income Property Investment Specialist (aipis)

Kendall Almerico is the CEO of ClickStartMe, a crowdfunding company, and is considered to be one of the top crowdfunding experts in today's industry. He is also a regular columnist for Entrepreneur.com about the subject of crowdfunding and is a well sought after sports agent as well. He appears on the AIPIS show today to explain a little bit more about what crowdfunding is and how you can benefit from it.    Key Takeaways: 3:00 – What is crowdfunding? Kendall explains it's like a church collection plate. Everybody chips in a dollar and by the end there's a couple of hundred dollars in that plate.  10:30 – Crowdfunding is going to change in a big way in January. People will be able to invest in a company in exchange for a company's equity and this big change is bringing up some concerns with venture capitalists.  15:10 – Will there be an upraise of fraud? Kendall says there are many safeguards and regulations to prevent this. He explains in this segment what some of those safeguards are to prevent fraud.  22:2

Eldonna has worked in the Air Force as a contract negotiator for 23 years. She has worked with contracts ranging over $100 million for the military. She now helps teach others how to be a great negotiator and has appeared on Fox Business to talk about the power of negotiation. She shares tips on the show today on how you can leverage your skills to be a better negotiator and get exactly what you want.    Key Takeaways: 2:50 – The first mistake in negotiations is lacking confidence. Go to yard sales to haggle and build that confidence.  5:20 – You can always walk away during a negotiation.   9:30 – You have to gain experience to be a good negotiator.  13:35 – People often don't ask because they're afraid of the 'no', but you just have to keep asking in order to get what you want.  17:00 – It's important to let go of any resentment or negative talk you might have. When you let go of the resentment, you can help yourself succeed.  19:00 – Make sure you have a positive set of friendships around you. You are the f

In today’s AIPIS show, Jason Hartman talks to the founder of the Wealth Revolution Group, Marco Robinson. Together, they discuss topics from how realistic financial freedom really is to the importance of considering both the demographics of an area, as well as the potential of a property itself. Budding investors or entrepreneurs should be sure to listen out for this top-class industry advice.   Takeaways 02.30 – In order to achieve financial freedom, you have to really understand exactly what it is. 04.30 – For those researching demographics, the best place to start is census statistics and local databases. 07.00 – You need to look at the situation and at plans for future construction – you don’t want to invest in a property and have an identical building put up six months later. 10.00 – Economic rent is a principle which focuses on what makes a particular building special enough to warrant that higher price. 14.00 – A particular country can seem great for investing, but you have to study its dips and cycles

Brian Meara is the Acquisitions Manager for Bormio Properties. He joins the show to explain short sale is and how it can benefit real estate investors.    Meara started investing in short sales in 2009 and had ZERO experience. Now, he's near the top of his industry and is closing 5-10 deals per month.   Meara is a leading short sale specialist that is made up of two divisions. One sector works with homeowners of properties in pre-foreclosure and/or with their real estate agent. The other sector specializes in the sale of properties in pre-foreclosure.   Visit Bormio Properties at www.bormioproperties.com.    Find out more about Brian Meara at www.shortsalestallion.com and www.flipfreeprofits.com.

Michael Craig is a serial real estate investor, marketing expert, and real estate futurist. He's the Director of Sales & Marketing at the Grand Sierra Resort Condo Hotel in Nevada.   Craig explains how he goes about prospecting and marketing real estate. He developed a mobile SMS real estate notification program and gives a glimpse of the real estate search engine optimization space.    Craig then discusses some game-changing real estate innovations in 2014 and talks about how real estate crowdfunding fits into the future of real estate ownership.    Real estate futurist Michael Craig leverages his specialized knowledge and a proprietary technology application to maintain his stature as one of the real estate industry’s most sought after marketing prospecting specialists. Among Michael’s many accomplishments, he developed a Mobile SMS Real Estate Notification Program and also oversees marketing and sales for the famed Grand Sierra Resort Condo Hotel located in Nevada.     He is based in Southern Californi

Frank McKinney is a real estate artist and international bestselling author of, "Burst This!: Frank McKinney's Bubble Proof Real Estate Strategies" and "Frank McKinney's Maverick Approach to Real Estate Success: How You can Go From a $50,000 Fixer Upper to a $100 Million Mansion."   McKinney breaks down one of his favorite quotes: "To whom much is entrusted, much is expected." (Luke 12:48). He just launched The Make It Big Event, which will be four live seminars in which he hopes to revolutionize the real estate education market with the best content and the best advice about what works in real estate.    Natural disasters have impacted families all around the world, and McKinney describes what he's done in Haiti through the Caring House Project, providing entire self-sufficient villages for the world's poorest country. Over the past decade, McKinney has built housing for 21 villages to shelter more than 10,000 people.    Find out more about Frank McKinney at www.frank-mckinney.com  

Victoria Shtainer is a leading broker with Douglas Elliman. She joins the show to discuss how the crisis in Ukraine has affected real estate deals in New York City. She says the worsening state of Russian-American relations make for awkward conversations with clients. Shtainer discusses which nationalities are big purchasers in Manhattan.    Victoria Shtainer is a veteran residential specialist. She is as creative as she is tenacious in hunting out the best properties for her clients. Along with her seasoned knowledge of the real estate market comes a thorough education of various neighborhoods for buyers who benefit from her expert, attentive guidance. Victoria's insight into the potential of properties begins way before they are actually built. Her in-depth experience with preconstruction enables her to visualize both space and possibilities in terms of aesthetics as well as value. Victoria's keen vision has helped homeowners and investors alike, not to mention herself and her husband who have developed com

Scott Foerst is the Director of Luxury Real Estate at Heritage Auctions. With high-end markets running hot and cold nationally,  seller’s and brokers are turning to auctions to sell their multimillion dollar properties. As the third largest auction company in the world, Heritage brings global marketing and influence to the table for its sellers. Foerst explains in greater detail in this podcast.   Foerst also discusses the market changes he is seeing in 2014 versus his decade of auctioning luxury homes. He analyzes whether he typically sees higher prices via the auction method versus traditional methods.    Foerst finishes the show by talking about the ideal client or broker referral for Heritage and the auction process.    Scott Foerst joined Heritage Luxury Real Estate Auctions with more than 20 years of private real estate experience ranging from design, construction, and the sale of exclusive properties throughout North America and the Caribbean. After graduating from Carnegie Mellon University School of

Dwan Bent-Twyford has been a real estate investor for over 20 years. She currently helps aspiring students how to do no equity foreclosures. Her company, Investors Edge University, helps coach people who want to have a legitimate real estate business and teaches them how to find homes before they go to the auction. Join Jason and Dwan as they talk about how this program works and the overall business plan.

On this 10th show, Jason Hartman interviews author and leadership expert, Doug Conant on the topic of leadership models. In Doug’s book, Touch Points: Creating Powerful Leadership Connections in the Smallest of Moments, co-authored with Mette Norgaard, the small daily interactions that many view as interruptions are described as the greatest leadership opportunities in business, or touch points. These moments can be used as a method to promote the company’s values, purposes and agenda, while bringing about higher employee engagement and winning in the marketplace through improved growth. Touch points involve using the head, heart and hands to connect with and transform employees through listening, understanding and helping people advance their interactions in a significantly more effective way. Doug explains the “contribution profile,” which is asking, “How can I help?”  Listen at:  www.JasonHartman.com/podcast for details.   Practitioner Douglas R. Conant delivers a critical and transformative message for

Justin Ford is the Founder of Pax-Properties and an active investor in real estate and global stock markets. He has published, edited and written for over a dozen international investment newsletters. He launched the US version of the Fleet Street Letter, the oldest continuously published newsletter in the English Language. One of his employees was a young Porter Stansberry.    Ford is also the founder of Seeds of Wealth, a program for getting children to adopt good money habits from an early age. He is the editor of the Seeds of Wealth Quarterly Investment Update Bulletin.    On the show, Ford discusses whether real estate is the best investment anyone can make. he gives his strategies for real estate investing and explains how anyone can properly analyze real estate deals.   Ford then discusses why he switched careers from newsletter publishing to real estate and how he made the smooth transition.    Find out more about Pax-Properties at www.pax-properties.com. 

Sean Dalesandro is the Managing Principal at Osprey Real Estate Capital and Head of the Internal Investment Committee of Parallel Real Estate Advisors. He joins the show to discuss his favorite markets for real estate deals share his overview and outlook of the retail and hospitality real estate spaces.   Dalesandro specifically explains how he is creating and closing deals that exclusively support the needs of physicians and PhDs in response to Obamacare. He talks about the uncertainty physicians face today due to Obamacare and whether more doctors are retiring because of Obamacare. Dalesandro believes Obamacare affects the ability for doctors to save for retirement.      Visit Osprey Real Estate Capital at www.ospreyrec.com.    Visit Parallel Real Estate Advisors at www.parallelre.com.

Jilliene Helman is the CEO of Realty Mogul. She was the 2013 Crowdfunding CEO of the Year and was also named one of the 100 Most Influential Real Estate Leaders in 2013. Realty Mogul was named one of the Top Startups in the Country for 2013.   Helman discusses the kind of properties Realty Mogul allows investors to buy through crowdfunding, which she thinks will disrupt the real estate industry. She believes Title III and the SEC will affect the future of this business.   Helman also explains how Realty Mogul is different from other real estate crowdfunding platforms.    Helman is only 26-years-old. She talks about how she got into real estate entrepreneurship.   Visit Realty Mogul at www.realtymogul.com.

Tino Diaz is the President & CEO of America's Homeowner Alliance. He joins the show to discuss political issues in real estate, including whether the home mortgage interest deduction is under attack and Congress' stance on homeownership policy.  Diaz also gives some data that answers whether home ownership is declining, particularly among low-to-moderate income families. He explains how his organization protects and promotes sustainable homeownership for all segments of America.  Find out more about America's Homeowner Alliance at www.myaha.com. America's Homeowner Alliance is the first national homeowner alliance dedicated to protecting and promoting sustainable homeownership for all segments of America. Established in September 2013, the Alliance is based in St. Louis, Missouri and serves as the representative public policy voice of existing and aspiring homeowners. The Alliance is a nonpartisan organization, representing homeowners of all ethnic, income and demographic backgrounds.

Ken Wilson is President of the Appraisal Institute. He joins the show to discuss what the Appraisal Institute has done to help appraisers analyze market trends and value.  The topic then shifts to real estate, where Wilson explain different market types and how one can analyze market cycles. Visit the Appraisal Institute at www.appraisalinstitute.org. Ken P. Wilson, MAI, SRA, of Plano, Texas, is the 2014 president of the Appraisal Institute. He was the organization’s president-elect in 2013. He will serve as immediate past president in 2015. He serves this year as chair of the organization’s Executive Committee and chairs its policy-setting Board of Directors. Wilson has been involved in the real estate appraisal profession for 35 years. Following a 12-year career with two national appraisal firms, he started his own valuation and consultation firm, Wilson Realty Advisors, based in Dallas.

Leslie Horn is the CEO of Three Squared. She joins the show to explain the types of real estate Three Squared is involved in. Surprisingly, Horn does a lot of work in Detroit real estate. She tells us about the opportunities in this market. One of Three Squared initiatives is to build homes that are more energy efficient. She discusses this strategy. Visit Three Squared at www.threesquaredinc.com.

Nav Athwal is the Co-founder and CEO of RealtyShares. He joins the show to tell us about his new real estate crowdfunding platform... how peopel can access and invest in real estate through it... what markets the platform is active in... and how users can make money. Athwal also gives some insight into the restrictions and deregulations he faces from the government. Visit RealtyShares at www.realtyshares.com.

Alex Jansen is the CEO of Coastal Properties Group International and founder and president of Jansen Coastal Properties Group. He joins the show to discuss the five most expensive real estate listings in the United States and what makes these properties so expensive.  He also explains why the cost of flood insurance is rising and what this means for U.S. real estate and the economy as a whole. Find out more about Coastal properties Group International at www.coastalpgi.com. Visit Jansen Coastal Properties Group at www.jansencoastal.com.

Moses Salcido, SIOR, is the Managing Director of CNL Commercial Real Estate, Senior Development Manager of North Florida at the Panattoni Development Co. LLC. Vice President Joe Biden encourages Americans to spend now to bolster infrastructure, or the U.S. will fall behind its competitors. Salcido explains what this means for commercial real estate and how more infrastructure will boost the economy. Salcido also identifies areas where infrastructure is lacking and explains whether they are worth more government spending. Salcido was Principal of Lee & Associates Central Florida, LLC. Mr. Salcido has over 24 years of Central & North Florida real estate experience ranging from landlord/tenant representation, corporate real estate, to development thus providing a very unique perspective for this real estate executive. During his 22 year real estate career in Central Florida, Mr. Salcido has held senior level positions with ComTech Properties, Weeks Corporation, Duke Realty, Progress Energy, and Panatto

Renowned author, physiologist, evolutionary biologist and bio geographer, Dr. Jared Diamond, joins Jason Hartman for a discussion of his newest book, The World Until Yesterday. Dr. Diamond’s unique background has shaped his integrated version of human history. He posits that success – and failure – depends on how well societies adapt to their changing environment. Dr. Diamond is also a medical researcher and professor of physiology at the UCLA School of Medicine. His book "Guns, Germs and Steel" won a Pulitzer Prize and "The Third Chimpanzee" was a best-selling award winner. Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences and the American Philosophical Society, Professor Diamond is a MacArthur Fellow who has published over 200 articles in Discover, Natural History, Nature and Geo magazines. In his books Guns, Germs and Steel and Collapse (and the popular PBS and National Geographic documentaries they inspired), big-picture scholar Jared Diamond explores civilizations a