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Today's guest is a true self-made man. A pioneer in the realm of website investments, Ace Chapman. In this episode, we explore how Chapman found himself investing in his first website way before most people realized this was even possible. Chapman got started 17 years ago buying websites. He left college to pursue website development against the wishes of his parents. Chapman also talks about how the website investments business has evolved over the past two decades. It's a truly fascinating story that I guarantee you'll love. Subscribe to the Capital Gains podcast on iTunes!

Jason Hartman has built a real estate empire, purchasing hundreds of single-family homes around the country since he was just 19 years old. In this episode of the Capital Gains podcast, Hartman shares how his marketing skills helped him build his own real estate empire, and helped him create a business around helping others invest in real estate. Hartman also teaches investment, and makes it possible for people like you invest in turnkey properties without having to put together the deals or the management teams yourself. I hope you enjoy today's interview as much as I did. I'm really inspired now to try to replicate the success he's created. If you like this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, and be sure to leave us a positive rating and review.

Today's guest is John Roy, the country's leading broker and consultant in parking lots and the head of JNL Parking. In today's podcast, John tells us how he got his start in parking lots while he was a student — buying some dilapidated houses across the street from the Notre Dame football stadium, tearing them down and putting in parking lots instead. And he also tells us why you should never do what he did to get started.Instead, like other real estate assets, John says to go for the current cash flow. John has been featured on CNBC as a parking industry expert. He's co-written a book on parking acquisitions, and serves on the Board of the National Parking Association. John is often a featured guest speaker for the National Parking Association and other events throughout the country. John specializes in teaching parking asset valuation. He helps investment groups acquire parking assets. He's a Certified Parking Professional (CPP), earned a bachelor's degree in finance from San Diego State University and

Today's guest is Kevin Bupp, master mobile home investor and host of the Investing for Cash Flow podcast. Kevin shares with us how the real estate crash nearly wiped him out as an investor in single-family homes, how he successfully worked his way through those tough times, and how he has come out on top as one of the top mobile home investors in the country. Along the way, Kevin tells us just why he loves investing in mobile homes so much, and how you as an investor can get involved too. If you like this podcast or know someone who would, please share it! And be sure to subscribe on iTunes and follow us on Facebook.

Whenever an artist, like a musician, creates a work, they create a valuable asset with an income stream called a royalty. Royalties can be bought and sold, and are a unique investment. If artists want to convert the unrealized value of their royalty stream into present cash, they can sell it on Royalty Exchange, an online marketplace for buying and selling royalties. And today's guest is Jeffrey Schneider, president of Royalty Exchange.   Investors have discovered what great assets royalty producing intellectual property like music can be. And they come to Royalty Exchange to buy those assets. Listen to the full episode on Capitalism.com for details on how investors purchase royalties from artists and the benefits of these investments, as well as the different types of assets available.

Today's guest is Nicholas Coriano, who can only be described as a true self-made man. Nicholas owns Homescape LLC, a holding company for his various investment interests. Which include domain names, and eCommerce development, coins and precious medals, and raw land. Nicholas truly embodies the audience of the Capital Gains podcast. Tune in each Tuesday for a new episode of the Capital Gains podcast, presented by Capitalism.com.

Now, I'm willing to bet that you didn't realize that a lawsuit is an asset for the plaintiff. If the case is very strong, it's a very valuable asset. Since the 1980s, people have been investing in lawsuits by advancing the cost to the plaintiff in return for an agreed portion of the award or settlement. Today's guest is Jay Greenberg, co-founder of LexShares, which funds litigation. Before he co-founded LexShares, Greenberg worked in Deutsche Bank's tech investment banking group. There, Greenberg focused on merger and acquisition advisory, debt and equity financing (primarily for enterprise software), tech services, and fintech companies. Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and read more about the Capital Gains podcast on Capitalism.com.

Welcome to the Capital Gains podcast! I'm your host, Jonathan Twombly. Today's guest is Scott Meyers, the owner of Self Storage Investing. Scott has an amazing story having worked his way up from buying $30,000 houses to bigger multi-family deals and then into self storage. Scott is now one of the countries leading experts on self storage investments, with a portfolio of more than 4,000 units around the country. Tune in to this great episode and more at Capitalism.com!

In this episode of the Capital Gains podcast, Jim Bronstein of Marine Business Advisors shares why investing in marinas and boat yards could be worth your while. Jim has been in the boat yard and marina business for more than 35 years as an operator, investor, consultant and investment advisor. On today's show, he tells us how the marina business has grown from a mom and pop hobbyist endeavor to a serious investment asset that's highly sought after by real estate investors and private equity firms alike. If you're interested in how to invest in marinas, there's no one better to know than Jim Bronstein. Check out more episodes of the Capital Gains podcast at Capitalism.com.

Welcome to the Capital Gains podcast with Jonathan Twombly. Today's guest is Christie Pitts, a venture development manager at Verizon Ventures. Christie talks about corporate venture capital and how it differs from traditional venture capital. In particular, she explains, corporations seek to invest in early-stage companies were the deal not only makes sense from a financial perspective but the target company is a strategic fit with the corporation's overall business interests. Listen to the Capital Gains podcast each week at Capitalism.com.

Today's guest is Steve Waldman, president of Ground Lease Capital Partners. Now, if you're not into real estate, I'm willing to bet that you never knew you could buy a piece of land without buying the building on top of it, and then give the building owner a lease allowing the building to be on the land. Well, it's called a ground lease, and Steve Waldman has made a career out of them, helping building owners increase their returns by stripping the land piece from the property and helping his own investors make returns by owning that land. In this interview, Steve walks through the process of exactly how you make money doing this kind of ground lease deal.

Today’s guest is Angela Lee. Angela teaches leadership and strategy and entrepreneurship at the Columbia Business School here in New York City. She's also the founder of 37 Angels, an angel investing network that trains women to invest in technology startups. Catch more episodes of Capital Gains at Capitalism.com.

With more than 30 years in the metals business, Peter Hug, Kitco's head of precious metals trading, has seen everything from the Hunt brothers' attempts to corner the silver market in the 1970s, to the great bull run for gold after the 2008 financial crisis, to the steep drop in prices that followed. Tune in to this episode to learn about investing in precious metals and catch more Capital Gains at Capitalism.com.

Today's guest is Justin Cooke, co-founder of Empire Flippers, a marketplace for buyers and sellers of operating online businesses. Online businesses, from simple informational pages creating revenue with Google ads, to more sophisticated platforms selling physical products through Amazon, have hit the radar screen for investors. From small investors looking to buy a job running an established web business, to website flippers who create value by massively increasing traffic and conversions, to private equity funds looking for new asset classes with strong yields, many people are now looking at existing online businesses as the next great investment category. Tune in to this episode to hear Justin Cooke explain why, and find more episodes at Capitalism.com

In today's episode, Team Valor International owner Barry Irwin talks about racehorse ownership, how investors can make and lose big money investing in thoroughbreds and how smart investors invest in racehorses the same way venture capitalists invest in startups. One things clear from this interview: investing in racehorses isn't child's play. Learn more about investing by subscribing to the Capital Gains podcast and visit Capitalism.com.

Today’s guest is Mark Podolsky, the original land geek himself. In this episode Mark Explains how he set himself free from a hated investment banking career by learning how to buy and sell raw land. Mark is now the country’s leading expert on how to buy raw land for pennies on the dollar, sell it fast and make profits of 300, 500, and even 1,000% in just a few weeks. Best of all Mark does it from the comfort of his own home working only a few hours a week.  Learn more about the Capital Gains podcast at Capitalism.com.

Today's guest is Joe Stampone, an expert in real estate investments, a partner at Atlas Real Estate Partners here in New York City, and the original student of the real estate game. In this interview, Joe and I go deep into why real estate should not be considered a passive investment, the only way we know how to make it passive and why investing in apartments beats investing in single family homes every time. Find more episodes of the Capital Gains podcast on Capitalism.com.

Investment diversification is an important topic for any serious investor, mainly because you don’t want to have all of your investment eggs in the same types of baskets. That’s where alternative funds come in. An alternative investment is an asset that is not one of the conventional investment types, such as stocks, bonds, or cash. For that reason, it’s not an area of investing typical investors are familiar with, which is why I invited Sang Lee to come on the show. Sang is with DarcMatter, an online platform that deals almost exclusively with alternative investment assets, making them available to any accredited investor. On this episode of Capital Gains, you’re going to learn why alternative investments are a smart move when it comes to investment diversification and how the DarcMatter platform works. Are your investments diversified enough to be safe in a downturn? Most investors understand the need to have their assets and investments diversified. When risk is spread out over a number of sources your ass

If you haven’t heard about Bitcoin, the first example of cryptocurrency, you’re not alone. Over 10,000 times per month people are Googling the question, “What is Bitcoin?” I’d heard about Bitcoin a number of times but still felt like I didn’t have enough of a handle on what it is and how it works, so I decided to invite an expert on the subject to talk with me for the podcast. On this episode, I chat with Trace Mayer, one of the leading experts on the Bitcoin phenomena. He’s not only going to tell us what Bitcoin is, but also how it works, why it’s becoming more and more popular as a form of currency, and how you can get in on the Bitcoin movement. How can a currency be digital in the first place? Everything we’ve ever known and used as a currency has been tangible, something we can hold in our hands. But Bitcoin is changing all of that. Now you can transfer value - money, as easily as you transfer a file to someone over email. Only it’s encrypted using the same industry leading standards that many banks and

Every investor wants a good return on his/her money. But is social impact something that you should be concerned about when it comes to where your funds are invested? For some years now certain individual investors have been concerned about the companies included in mutual funds, etc. for the sake of ensuring that they are not financing companies they are averse to supporting. But can it be done on a wider basis? Can social impact be a driving force behind not only a company but an investment fund? That’s exactly what we have in Bridges Ventures and today I’m talking with Brian Trelstad, partner of the firm to find out what Impact Investing is and how it’s becoming one of the more sought after ways of investing these days. What IS an impact investment? One of the basic questions I had to ask my guest today was this: What IS impact investing? Brian Trelstad is a partner at Bridges Ventures, an investment fund that aims specifically at investing in companies that are not only socially conscious but more so, are