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With the mission of helping American heroes find a place to call home, Matt has been leading veterans and military personnel navigate the process of finding the right property as well as teaching them the ropes of real estate investing. Among the many hats he wears, his passion for teaching and shedding light on the real estate industry has enabled him to help more people find homes.

His sole mission:

• Inform and educate upcoming homeowners to make a confident and clear choice

In today’s episode of the Expert(ish) Podcast, our guest, Matt Huneycutt will talk about how he helps veterans and military first-time home buyers find the right property for their situation or future goals. He will also emphasize how collaboration and providing value to the community are the keys to a successful real estate business.

Mike Huneycutt is a Licensed Real Estate Professional at Whissel Realty Group, San Diego County’s top-ranked team and #128 team in the United States by The Wall Street Journal Zillow and Trulia. Their goal is to help people find the home of their dreams at the price of their dreams.

In This Episode

1:09 - Matt's backstory

7:43 - How Matt got into the real estate business

14:49 - What motivates him to serve veterans and military personnel in the real estate investing

20:37 - How he qualifies people to buy a property

29:08 - What makes real estate investing different from other investment platforms

31:51 - The beauty of real estate investments

46:53 - The reward in providing value to your network

55:20 - The roadmap for a successful real estate business

1:03:09 - The importance of having a collaborative mindset

1:20:01 - Two ways to get into real estate business

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Favorite Quote

"People think all you know like when's the right time to buy a house. We'll look at your life plan. Does your life plan support being in a home for three to five years and not paying rent to someone else? And it's a great time to buy a house. We have a North star and the North star is to put those military first-time home buyers into the market in the best way possible come hell or high water." - Matt

"What was really awesome is I actually didn't leave anything behind. I mean, I put the uniform away, but I still have everything about the Navy that I always loved, which is all the people. And I still get to do what I love to do with real estate now while still being deeply involved with all my active duty and veteran folks here in San Diego." - Matt

"'I've been in the industry long enough now that I see how some really bad clients create some really bad agents." - Matt

"What's so great about our community is when you spend 10 years building relationships with people and we come from that fraternity or sorority of military people, there's a lot of trust that goes along with that."  - Matt

"I had a reputation of being a pain in the ass with aircraft because quality control was non-negotiable. So I treat my real estate business with that same level of rigidity in a lot of ways. I want everything to work out extremely well." - Matt

"I get super excited at the idea of the wealth that you can generate through real estate. It's reliable. It's trustworthy. The concept and the notion are very elementary. People need places to live. They will pay to keep a roof over their head." - Matt

"Coming from a real estate investment standpoint, you don't need a business degree to feel good about investing in real estate. The mechanisms are very obvious." - Matt

"You can only feel good about doing that when you appreciate that more positivity that you pump into your network and your life and your day is going to naturally reward you in ways that you can't see yet." - Matt

"When you can give people help, when you can give people information, insight, resources, and opportunities that to me is what really unlocks that concept to that information. It really frees it to grow." - Matt

"Not only should we not be keeping things to ourselves, but we should be actively trying as hard as we can to share things with people." - Matt

"Competition is garbage and collaboration is everything." - Matt

"The more you share openly about whatever positive ideas and things you have, you really do attract some great people." - Matt

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Recognizing all the sacrifices that military folks make on the battlefield and eventually losing everything after getting out, Buddy dedicated his life to EDUCATE and EMPOWER military members to achieve financial freedom through Real Estate investing.

His sole purpose: To help our nation’s heroes achieve Financial Freedom

In today’s episode of the Expert(ish) Podcast, our guest, Buddy Rushing will talk about how he helps military service members jump-start their careers in real estate. He will also share a fascinating business model that everyone will be interested in hearing about.  Knowing what most people consider the biggest hurdles in real estate, he will discuss how White Feature Investment's Accelerator program transforms these barriers into possibilities. 

Buddy Rushing is a Marine Veteran, Owner and CEO at White Feather Investments. White Feather started simply. However, having built a strong and trusting relationship with people, it has now become a community that works toward financial freedom and helps each other out along the way which gives them back that sense of purpose, community, camaraderie and trust while building toward a future that can change the financial landscape of generations.

In This Episode

2:58 - Background of Buddy Rushing and how he started investing

9:00 – The power of VA loans

12:43 – The unique thing about the military community

22:34 - Interesting facts about the RV business

40:48 - An overview of the ACCELERATOR program

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Favorite Quotes

"Few people use their VA loan which is the most powerful leveraging instrument in the history of finance. Zero down, competitive interest rates, no PMI, and no cap now. No loan limit now. I know a guy who just closed a fourplex in San Diego and got a $2 million loan, zero down, and 2.875 interests on a 30 year fixed. Are you freaking kidding me? That's real power. That is the kind of power you will absolutely turn him into a millionaire." – Buddy

"For a decade, all of my friends have always asked me about this. And they all wanted to be a part of it. But I never had any ability to help any of them because I was always just trying to find deals for myself in my spare time." - Buddy

"What people don't understand is that you don't have to dedicate yourself fully to this (real estate investment). It is something you can do in your spare time." - Buddy

"Think of education as your left leg and empowerment as your right leg. If you just educate yourself, you're just moving your left leg over and over and your right leg still. If you just act and you don't educate yourself, the same thing happens in the opposite." - Buddy

"You don't serve in the military unless you have some sort of calling. There are always a couple of bad apples, but by and large, you don't serve in the military unless you're willing to sacrifice for something greater than yourself unless you have a higher calling, unless you have a sense of discipline and a sense of contribution and teamwork. So what happens when you put that into a community of people that are focused on creating financial freedom? You get a speed of trust, unlike anything you've ever seen on the outside." - Buddy

"In my life, what I will say is I'm always open to opportunities and they tend to come out of the weirdest places." - Buddy

"There's nothing wrong with building something on the fly as long as you've ascertained the risks and you've mitigated them appropriately." - Buddy

"Tax does become exciting when you start realizing what a difference it makes your investment life." - Jay

"To most people, taxes are scary or boring. Those are the two things that they fall into. But for real estate investors that pay attention, the tax law and the opportunities that are created with the tax law is deliriously exciting." - Buddy

"The biggest hurdle for most people when they're trying to get started in real estate is they always say the same thing. I don't have capital. I don't have a network and I don't have deals. Those are the three main excuses people have for never changing their life in real estate." - Buddy

"If you do a good enough job educating and empowering people and plugging them into the network, everyone grows at the same time with each other. You don't need to have one person at the top that's getting all of the benefit. You can grow as a coalition." - Buddy

"Everything that I try to build with partnerships and relationships, I try to make it with people that are going to be here for the long haul." - Buddy

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Investing in strategies to protect yourself from financial risk and build up your wealth is a long and difficult road to travel. Rather than tossing a coin, making an educated decision can help you ride the roller coaster of investing. Having a financial advisor on your team who creates a game plan for achieving your financial goals is one of the best investments you ever make.

Today’s episode of the Expert(ish) Podcast presents the second installment of a conversation with Devin Deverill. This time, Devin will explore in greater depth how TSP works, the value of having permanent life insurance, and how business owners can leverage their life insurance equity.

Devin Deverill has been a financial advisor for Northwestern Mutual for more than 12 years in San Diego. His areas of expertise include Financial Planning, Investment Planning, Insurance Planning, Retirement Planning, Business Planning, Estate Planning, Executive and Employee Benefits, and Education Funding

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Favorite Quote

"The best time, singular, BEST TIME in our nation's history to ever think about financing debt with respect to property or any financing that debt. These are the lowest interest rates that we've ever had. EVER!"

                                                 - Devin Deverill

In This Episode

6:43 - Why having multiple streams of income is important especially during a pandemic

8:07 - Great reference on how to kick-start your financial goals

12:21 - Devin's advice to people who are still in the military regarding TSP

20:35 - Why having a private insurance plan or owning a permanent life insurance is better in midlife

24:58 - The difference between term life insurance and permanent life insurance

28:45 - How business owners can leverage life insurance equity

37:55 - His advice to anyone to wants to achieve financial freedom

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Buying a house, for most people, is probably the biggest dollar amount that they're going to need to pull a trigger on in their life. Although this decision can be difficult, working with a financial advisor can help you navigate your way to buying your dream house.

Building a partnership with a financial planner can transform your confused mind into owning a property.

• Diagnose your goal
• Define your goal in bite-size pieces
• Synthesize complex language and information

In today’s episode of the Expert(ish) Podcast, our guest, Devin Deverill will talk about how having a plan and a clear financial goal can help in your decision to invest. Devin, as a comprehensive financial planner, will also discuss the importance of having a high trust high care team in executing your financial goals, tax  bracketology of the United States, TSP, and inflation.

Devin Deverill is a holistic financial advisor of Northwestern Mutual. Their mission is to help clients visualize and accomplish what financial security means to them. By matching their clients needs with innovative investment and insurance planning, they can confidently help them navigate through the many challenges and opportunities of life.

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Favorite Quote

"Those people sitting in cash right now in a low interest rate environment who haven't done anything about it or haven't looked at their asset allocation and their TSP, whether they're in or out, you don't want to backdate it and look at what you could have made this year in the stock market. We're not going to do that. But, what you can do is get proactive and do something about it for the upcoming ahead and tailwinds that will surely occur as they will for all time."

                                                                                         - Devin Deverill

In This Episode

6:22 - Devin's biggest debt management strategy questions in 2020

9:39 - How Jay and Devin started their business relationship

17:10 - His approach to determining each person's financial goal

20:05 - How he develops strategy based on an individual's financial goal

25:01 - Why most people fail to buy their first home

29:22 - His advice for business owners who want to make money in this world

30:32 - How Devin set the momentum of his personal life while running his own business

40:47 - Understanding the tax bracketology of the United States

48:39 - Why having a team of high trust and high care is important in building your wealth

55:54 - Why failing to decide is the same thing as deciding to fail

59:05 - What active duty members or transitioning military personnel need to know about the TSP

1:02:57 - Facts about inflation

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Having a great interest in entrepreneurship and real estate business, Stu got involved in several business ventures while still on active duty. But his limited knowledge in every side hustle has resulted in his money going down the drain. Learning from his mistakes and educating himself from that same gig he failed for, Stu is now building not just an investment but a portfolio of businesses.

Being a well-rounded investor, Stu’s concept of growing a successful business involves:

• Surrounding yourself with the right people
• Engage yourself in education
• Learn from mistakes

In today’s episode of the Expert(ish) Podcast, our guest, Stuart Grazier will share his story on how his failures have turned into successes. He will also talk about the lists of his business ventures, why they failed, and how he used those failures in building multiple businesses while still an officer in the US Navy.

Stuart Grazier is the Co-Founder of Storehouse 3:10 Ventures. They are a turnkey real estate company that strives to be more than just a platform that helps people create wealth and freedom through real estate investing. Their core values - Service, Giving, Integrity, and Laughter.

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Favorite Quote

"I would say that it's super important to figure out what drives you and figure out your purpose and your passion and your why. Now figuring out that why and what you want, your big mission of purpose to be, and then use that as kind of your driving force to go and do bigger, better things. And if there's a will, there's a way."

                                                                                             - Stuart Grazier

In This Episode

2:15 - Backstory of Stu Grazier

3:50 - How he started his real estate journey

6:54 - His perspective on how to kickstart your venture in real estate

8:40 - The biggest hurdle he experienced relative to investing and what he learned from it

12:45 - His list of failed ventures that created the path for his business

16:26 - The evolution of Storehouse 3:10 Ventures

24:19 - Stu's other business ventures

31:40 - His advice to anybody who wants to dive into real estate investing

34:59 - Why having a team who shares the same value is important in any  endeavor

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Mindset, mindset, mindset… A lot of talk about what is the roadmap to success and today our guest hits the nail on the head. The number one reason some people fail and some people succeed is all about your mindset.

In today’s episode of the Expert(ish) Podcast, our guest, Lane Beene will share his journey from the beginning of his investment journey to now, as a member of the Pilot-Legacy Private Equity Group. Lane is a prior 28-year Lt Col in the United States Air Force, a  Command Pilot with 5,000 flight hours and extensive combat experience. He supervised over 300 USAF Airmen and oversaw a $62M annual flying budget in U.S. and Middle-East.

The Pilot-Legacy Private Equity Group comprises a team of seasoned professionals with over one-hundred years of collective experience in the multifamily real estate space.  Pilot-Legacy’s team possesses vast experience in the areas of deal structuring, capital formation, marketing, construction management, leasing, operational management, accounting and finance. 

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Favorite Quote

My job as a real estate investor is to teach you the principles so that you become a better millionaire. You have to see yourself succeeding before you’ll ever succeed so the mindset is the first obstacle that must be overcome. In fact, it’s the only obstacle that if you don’t overcome it, you won’t succeed."

- Lane Beene

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Many people are stuck in low-paying jobs that they hate but have to do it just to pay the bills. A select few of these same people become entrepreneurs and forge their own path, even fewer begin to invest in real estate.

In today’s episode of the Expert(ish) Podcast, Jay will share a conversation with Mike Hatcher, one of those few individuals that left the 9 to 5 grind to build his own successful mixed martial arts gym. They will talk about Mike’s mission work in Brazil, what led to his gyms opening and what pushed him from being an entrepreneur to diving head first into real estate investment!

Mike’s story is a religious experience, a testimony of growth, screw ups and more recently how this COVID pandemic has impacted both his gym and investment opportunities. Jay and Mike discuss the differences between California and Texas’ handling of the pandemic, their experiences working through it and what the future looks like for new real estate investors and how YOU can still be incredibly successful RIGHT NOW.

Landing Collective Real Estate Solutions is a veteran-owned, team-based organization helping families buy, sell and invest with ease. Their mission is to guide you through any situation you may come across during your real estate transactions, making the process as simple as possible.

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Favorite Quote

“We don’t dream of being 96 years old and old and crippled and full of money in the bank then dying. That’s not our dream death! We want to go out in a blaze of glory, I want to go out swinging!”

                                                                                                        - Mike Hatcher

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Transitioning from military to civilian life has its own unique set of struggles.

From losing his self-worth to the nearly breakdown of his marriage, Stephen suffered a lot during the early phase of his transition. But being able to self-analyze and get outside the perspective about the things that need to change, his business is now positioned to go out and start working for publicly traded corporations - Fortune 1000 organizations.

In today’s episode of the Expert(ish) Podcast, our guest, Stephen Colon will share his story about his painful transition to the civilian society. He will also share the biggest lesson he learned from getting out of the military and will highlight how Knucklehead Media Group provides valuable service to like-hearted individuals.

Stephen Colon is the Founder of Knucklehead Media Group. He is committed to helping businesses leverage the power of their voice to bring dead leads to life. With over 13 years of professional leadership and sales development experience, he has been able to define and establish innovative marketing strategies and leverage a process for internal teams to follow and companies to use.

Knucklehead Media Group is the home to some of the top podcasts across multiple categories, captivating coursework on gaining traction with the show, and consulting to those companies bold enough to get some wins. They help companies and organizations tell their story using podcasts and best practices for content distribution. On top of that, they believe that your mistakes set the foundation for your success, those stories help customers beat a pathway to your doorstep, and the myths from bringing business online shouldn't hold you back from getting yours.

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Favorite Quote

"If you don't take the time to analyze or fix what you did wrong or make that better, you're going to end up with the same struggles. You're going to end up repeating a lot of the same mistakes, but you also never grow. The whole goal is to reevaluate what went wrong and try to not make those same mistakes tomorrow and go out there and continue to grow and try new things."

                                                                                                  - Stephen Colon

In This Episode

3:05 - Backstory of Stephen Colon

5:20 - How he transitioned from the military to civilian life

6:58 - Why Stephen fell trap to the mindset of prevent defense

10:42 - The biggest lesson he learned from getting out of the military

14:26 - What Knucklehead Media Group can bring to businesses

27:21 - The painful situations he went through during his early years of this transition process

32:05 - The biggest roadblock in Stephen's road to building his business

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Filing taxes and calculating exactly the way they should be done are the most stressful homework most business owners have to deal with. Instead of burying their heads in the sand and agonize with the trauma later, most entrepreneurs save themselves by working in close partnership with tax specialists. They rather keep building their empire than taking care of the things that they hate.

Today’s episode of the Expert(ish) Podcast, Jay will have a great conversation with Ann Marie on the topic of taxation particularly to investment properties. She will go through the nitty gritty process of filing taxes and will share a lot of great tips and hacks on how to manage your contributions effectively.

If you're a business owner and hates the complexity of resolving tax issues, then this episode is for you.

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Favorite Quote

"If you are getting refunds, you're actually giving the government money to invest and make money off of your money when you should be the one doing that. Even if it's just like a high yield savings account, that $2,000 could have made an extra maybe $250 or maybe $300. But a lot of people depending on those refunds, it's not really a refund- it's just your money back."

                                                                                                 - Ann Marie

In This Episode

00:46 - Getting to know Ann Marie

6:52 - The gray area in the tax code

11:04 - How to prevent the State from poking around your assets

18:42 - The difference between deduction and depreciation of property

25:50 - Understanding capital gains

29:33 - Why MLPs are great source of income producing partnerships and an amazing investment

1:02:02- Ann's advice to people who got called back to work but denied their employment

1:08:01- People's misconception about taxes on rental income

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With over 22 years of service in the military, CW Phipps understands the pressure and concepts around the transfer and housing of servicemen and their families. Having a firsthand experience in the hardship and pain of moving through multiple duty stations, CW is a perfect example of what a family endures during a permanent change of station.

Today’s episode of the Expert(ish) Podcast, our guest, CW Phipps will talk about the great things he learned in the military and the relation of his experiences to his present life in the real estate. He will also emphasize his principle of being more of an educator rather than just a salesperson. CW’s values and transparency, pointing out the cons and pros, has gained the trust of his clients and became a highly recommended realtor in Jacksonville Fl. Coming from his own piece of struggles from the numerous occasions of moving out, CW Phipps is your go-to professional when it comes to the whole process of finding a property and buying or selling a house.

CW Phipps is a US Navy veteran who served the country for 22+ years and is now a licensed realtor at Hover Girl Properties. He specializes in home buying, selling, and property management. Part of his expertise is to provide assistance in the relocation of military men and women with access to thousands of home listings in the Jacksonville area. CW is also a trusted advisor from first time home buyers to experienced property investors.

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Favorite Quote

"The Navy pays you BAH. You could take this BAH and pay rent for somebody and let them use your BH as their investment. Or you can take that BAH and buy your own house. Let's start paying principal down. Meanwhile, equity is growing and then rent it when you roll out of here."  

                                                       - CW Phipps

In This Episode

1:07 - How CW Phipps transition from the Navy to being self-employed

8:01 - The impacts of being from the military to real estate agent

16:41 - How he acquired his first properly at an early age

20:50 - Why earning more money in the civilian world doesn't mean leaving the military world early

25:38 - CW Phipps experience with military members and veterans in the investing side

32:40 - Why salespeople are educators too

36:42 - What makes CW Phipps and Jay unique among other salespeople

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