Jason Hartman’s investment counselor, Adam Schroeder, talks with one the network’s lenders to discuss what mortgage rates are in today’s market. The two discuss current events and the impact that those events might have on available rates with the hypothetical purchase price of $100,000.
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Jason Hartman talks with Sharon Lechter, former CEO of Rich Dad & Pay Yourself First and author of Success & Something Greater: Your Magic Key, about her experiences with both the Rich Dad company and the Napoleon Hill Foundation. Sharon provides unique insights into the impact both organizations have had on society today, as well as what she has discovered success means for various people.
Key Takeaways:
[3:33] Napoleon Hill one of the original self-help authors?
[7:48] The different types of success Sharon saw while writing her latest book
[10:09] Why the man who sold the patent for the jet ski for $75,000 doesn’t regret it
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Today’s Flash Back Friday comes from Episode 62, originally published in July 2012.
Jason Hartman is joined by Marc Ostrofsky, bestselling author of Get Rich Click!, to talk about making money on the internet with the right knowledge and timing. Marc says domain names and websites are real estate, comparable to buying a piece of land and building on it. He explains how to find good names, how to get started with little to no money through affiliate marketing, outsourcing parts of a business, and using social media sites to make money. He also talks about ways to save money online by taking advantage of technology. Marc explains how reverse e-commerce works, the benefits of crowdsourcing, defines pay-per-action, shares a bit about SEO, and more.
Marc Ostrofsky is a professional speaker, consultant, venture capitalist and serial entrepreneur. Known as a “Technology Wildcatter,” he founded the Prepaid Phone Card industry and was an early pioneer in the Voice Mail Industry, Pay Phone Industry, Prepaid Cellular Market and other deregulated telecommunications markets. He created numerous magazines, trade shows and market research studies and later sold those firms for $50 Million+. He is one of the few keynote speakers and authors that actually owns a portfolio of highly profitable online business ventures. His current Internet companies generate $75 Million+ annually and include Blinds.com, CuffLinks.com, SummerCamps.com, eTickets.com, MutualFunds.com, Photographer.com, Consulting.com, TechToys.com, BeautyProducts.com, Bachelor.com and others. He has been quoted in over 1000 media outlets including ABC’s 20/20, The Today Show, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, USA Today,CNN, FORBES and Inc. Magazine. His firms have won countless business awards including the Inc. 500 and the Ernst & Young “Entrepreneur of the Year” Award.
Marc is one of the leading experts on making money online and teaches businesses how to compete effectively in the new digital world. He is known for selling the domain name Business.com for $7.5 million which landed in The Guinness Book of World Records as the most expensive domain name ever sold. He then invested in Business.com which later sold for $345 Million. He is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and a major in Marketing. Marc and his wife live in Houston with their five teenage daughters and two dogs.
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Today’s Flash Back Friday comes from Episode 62, originally published in November 2011.
Join Jason Hartman as he interviews Citizens for Legal Reform founder Alfred Adask about being jailed for 344 days in a Level 5 maximum security prison with no warrant or charges ever filed against him, and was also sued for over $9 million per year by the Texas Attorney General.
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Chris Stoikos is a serial entrepreneur and chief executive officer of Dollar Beard Club. He is the archetypal “mover and shaker” with a number of entrepreneurial credits to his name. His true genius lies in the ability to creatively market and commercialize products, and in building and maintaining teams of experts to run businesses independently. Despite his youth, Chris brings a practical knowledge of business in tandem with a firm grasp of market psychology for a younger and “hipper” consumer base. He also brings his manly beard, named “Grizz”.
Key Takeaways:
[1:20] The creation of The Dollar Beard Club
[4:15] The history of the rise of the beard culture
[6:10] The impact viral videos have had on The Dollar Beard Club’s success
[10:10] Unconscious Content conference he’s throwing to teach people to create viral videos
[13:30] Dissecting the elements of viral videos
[17:50] How you can tell a story in a 90 second video
[20:10] Chris’ background that led to his viral videos
[21:40] How Chris writes his scripts for the videos and how much the videos have cost
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Today’s Flash Back Friday comes from Episode 296, originally published in March 2017.
Jason Hartman talks with James Dale Davidson, co-founder of Agora Publishing, Founder of the National Taxpayer’s Union, co-editor of Strategic Investment for the Sovereign Society, and founder of Newsmax. James has just written his newest book, The Breaking Point: Profit from the Coming Money Cataclysm. James believes that, in his lifetime, we are likely to see a massive marketplace disaster compliments of Obamacare, Chinese ghost towns, printing money, and other bad economic decisions.
Key Takeaways:
[1:50] The current business model and social contract which supported it is no longer in the Western Civilization.
[6:27] Shorter life expectancy for middle-class white voters may have led to more votes for Trump
[9:43] What does the US economy look like under a Trump presidency?
[10:57] James’ latest book, The Breaking Point, examines the relationship between drug companies and the food industry.
[14:49] Our politicians need someone with business savviness to help them along
[18:30] James sees similarities between Bernie Sanders and Karl Marx.
[20:32] Fake capital lets people borrow money practically for free
[27:56] Why continually passing the buck to the next generation isn’t a good idea
[31:52] Chinese ghost towns used more cement in a dozen years than our entire country did in the 20th century
[37:57] Most of the copper used by the Chinese came from Chile.
[41:18] We are staring into the face of the biggest economic crisis in history
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Jason Hartman talks with Pat Hiban, author of Tribe of Millionaires: What is One Choice Could Change Everything? and co-founder of GoBundance, about the multiple effects that are in our lives and how we can situate ourselves in a way that we can live our best life.
Key Takeaways:
[3:34] Be careful in good times like these that you’re not dealing with people who are just skimming the cream off the top and won’t be here for you when things turn
[15:36] The “one sheet” idea Pat uses in his masterminds
[19:02] The Connection Effect
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Jason Hartman talks with Chris Porter, Senior Vice President & Chief Demographer at John Burns Real Estate Consulting, about what trends their company has been seeing. There have been some profound shifts in the way that Americans want their communities, what they’re looking for in a house, and whether they even WANT to own a house.
Key Takeaways:
[2:28] The labor shortage in construction right now is a great opportunity for new technology to come into the market
[7:48] Some developer trends going on right now
[11:47] The current housing trends of Millennials and Baby Boomers
[15:14] Are the insititutional investors here to stay?
[19:48] Chris’ prediction on home ownership rates has been somewhat right. Why he thinks it wasn’t completely acurate
[24:41] Why the way generations are widely defined make no sense
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Jason Hartman and economist Thomas look back on the 2010s to see what the biggest stories were for investors. From the War on Terror to Obamacare to the aftermath of the Great Recession, it was a decade fraught with ups and downs that provided opportunities for investors to make good money.
Key Takeaways:
[4:30] The 10th biggest story of the decade: the War on Terror explodes the deficit
[7:37] Why European debt issues will come to the fore in 2022
[11:54] The idea of Purchasing Power Parity and what it says about China’s economy vs the US
[15:59] As much as Jason doesn’t like Obamacare, it makes the list of Top Stories of the 2010s
[26:09] What Jason learned years ago during his day as a lobbyist
[28:26] Thomas is seeing at least a 15% drop in the market coming when the Fed decides to let risk enter the market again
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Gary Pinkerton talks with retired Captain Bill Higgs, West Point graduate, former commander of a Combat Engineering Company in the 1st Cavalry Division Airmobile, as well as an expert on building high-performance teaming cultures.
Bill belives that company culture is the engine that drives productivity, profitability, and, ultimately, success for the organization as well as individuals. More than a list of hollow amenities meant to attract talent, when Bill talks culture, he’s talking about an internal brand, about core values, and about optimized, transparent practices that have full buy-in across the entire organization.
Bill is also the host of the Culture Code Champions podcast where he interviews the world’s top leaders in business and entrepreneurship as well as global thought leaders, distilling their unique perspective and winning advice into actionable strategies for success.
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Today’s Flash Back Friday comes from Episode 178, originally published in October 2013.
Daniel Flynn is the former Executive Director of Accuracy in Academia and Editor of the weblog FlynnFiles. He’s the author of the new book, “The War on Football: Saving America’s Game.”
In this interview, Flynn responds to Malcolm Gladwell’s thesis that football should be banned because players have a greater risk of dying young. Flynn’s research leads him to believe that football is safer than skateboarding and theme parks.
Flynn also gives us some insight into the lawsuits in youth football and whether football or baseball is really America’s game.
The topics then switch gears to how low Obama’s approval ratings have gone down this summer. Flynn thinks the left hates America and actually has a conservative history.
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Today’s Flash Back Friday comes from Episode 232, originally published in October 2013.
Tom Asacker is the author of five critically acclaimed books: The Business of Belief, Opportunity Screams, A Little Less Conversation and A Clear Eye for Branding, groundbreaking books that redefine business for the new, customer-controlled economy, and Sandbox Wisdom, a heartwarming story about a CEO’s search for meaning and success in the world of business and work.
A popular speaker, Tom lectures to corporations, associations, and universities around the world, and works confidentially with executives and management teams at a number of world-class companies. Prior to his role as a writer, professional speaker and corporate catalyst, Tom was an agitator in management posts at GE and throughout his entrepreneurial endeavors as founder of an internet startup; owner of an electronics manufacturing firm; and co-founder and CEO of a medical device company.
He is a recipient of the George Land Innovator of the Year Award; he holds medical patents and product design awards; and he is recognized by Inc. Magazine, MIT, and YEO as a past member of their “Birthing of Giants” entrepreneurial executive leadership program. Tom holds a degree in Economics and Business Management, and lives in the great Northeast.
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Jason Hartman and economist Thomas look back on the 2010s to see what the biggest stories were for investors. From the War on Terror to Obamacare to the aftermath of the Great Recession, it was a decade fraught with ups and downs that provided opportunities for investors to make good money.
Key Takeaways:
[5:13] The 10th biggest story of the decade: the War on Terror explodes the deficit
[8:20] Why European debt issues will come to the fore in 2022
[12:37] The idea of Purchasing Power Parity and what it says about China’s economy vs the US
[16:42] As much as Jason doesn’t like Obamacare, it makes the list of Top Stories of the 2010s
[26:53] What Jason learned years ago during his day as a lobbyist
[29:10] Thomas is seeing at least a 15% drop in the market coming when the Fed decides to let risk enter the market again
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Jason Hartman talks with David Osborn, co-founder of Magnify Capital and best-selling author of Wealth Can’t Wait: Avoid the 7 Wealth Traps, Implement the 7 Business Pillars, and Complete a Life Audit Today!, about making the conscious decision to be wealthy and how you can actually follow through on that decision while avoiding common pitfalls. They also discuss how absolutely vital the morning is to your life and how you can win the morning.
Key Takeaways:
[2:28] Being wealthy starts with making a choice
[6:35] The mindset is critical but often overlooked
[10:58] When you become successful you eventually just have to learn to deal with being in lawsuits
[14:15] Do NOT hire someone just because you like them
[21:24] Miracle Morning Millionaires
[23:26] By 11am the world is coming at you and you’re in reaction mode
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Jason Hartman and investment counselor Carrie discuss two properties that are available through the network right now that are definitely worth a look. Listen in to hear about how properties in Maryland and Mississippi might make good additions to your portfolio!
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Jason Hartman and economist Thomas look back at some of the happenings of 2019 and then try to envision what’s going to be happening in 2020. The primary thing being discussed today is the yield curve. There is constant talk about how a negative yield curve signals recessions, but how long does it have to be negative? Were we inverted too long in 2019? How long before we see the results of the negativity? Jason and Thomas try to answer all these and more.
Key Takeaways:
[4:13] What does the yield curve exploding mean?
[7:17] Why an economist is saying that real estate is less risky than stocks in 2020
[12:36] Hybrid markets had a good 2019 and look like they’ll have a good 2020 as well
[13:38] A CNBC clip about the yield curve
[18:14] The Fed has the dual mandate of moderate to low inflation with maximum employment, but they seem to consider financial stability as a 3rd mandate
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In this week’s 10th episode, Jason Hartman talks with Sharon Lechter, former CEO of Rich Dad & Pay Yourself First and author of Success & Something Greater: Your Magic Key, about her experiences with both the Rich Dad company and the Napoleon Hill Foundation. Sharon provides unique insights into the impact both organizations have had on society today, as well as what she has discovered success means for various people.
Key Takeaways:
[20:45] Napoleon Hill one of the original self-help authors?
[25:00] The different types of success Sharon saw while writing her latest book
[27:21] Why the man who sold the patent for the jet ski for $75,000 doesn’t regret it
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Today’s Flash Back Friday comes from Episode 236, originally published in February 2016.
Gerri Detweiler is Head of Market Education for Nav, a website that helps entrepreneurs manage and build their personal and business credit. She is also co-author of the new book Finance Your Own Business with Garrett Sutton.
Jason and Gerri have an in-depth discussion about what business credit is, how you can obtain it, how you can actually attain GOOD business credit and what you can do with it in your business.
Key Takeaways:
[5:19] Specific examples of using business credit and protecting your personal credit score
[9:51] Managing your business credit report
[11:35] How you actually get started with business credit
[12:55] Some important business credit terminology
[15:23] A tip that can help improve your credit score by simply changing the day you’re paying your bills
[18:14] Looking at the time commitment that’s likely required when you start getting your business credit underway
[21:49] The coming rise of equity crowdfunding
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Jason Hartman talks with Tom Wheelwright, Rich Dad Advisor, about how to help yourself in your legal tax avoidance using practices such as real estate professional, whether Opportunity Zones might be worth investing in, and why taxes tend to be higher when you retire.
Key Takeaways:
– The question you need to ask yourself if you can’t qualify to be a real estate professional
– One of the most underutilized assets people have is other people’s tax brackets
– Tom’s views on Opportunity Zones
– The pass through tax deduction and how it applies to real estate investors
– Being a real estate professional can sometimes mean you can take early withdrawls from an IRA and actually completely negate the penalties
– You tend to lose a lot of deductions when you retire, so your planning leading in to retirement is crucial
– The 2 challenges with Roth IRAs when it comes to investing
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Today’s Flash Back Friday comes from Episode 158, originally published in July 2013.
Hank Steinberg is the acclaimed creator of the award-winning CBS series “Without a Trace” and HBO’s 61. He’s also author of the new book, “Out of Range.”
Steinberg is an accomplished screenwriter and producer. Now, he’s making his mark in the realm of publishing with a debut that is already one of the breakout thrillers of the summer. Steinberg discusses his book, “Out of Range.” The war on terror is a major aspect of the novel. Steinberg shares his outlook and whether we can expect more terror in the U.S. Steinberg is also working on a screenplay of “Out of Range” for Paramount Pictures.
Now that Steinberg is in publishing, he shares what the shift was like… from writing for television to writing novels. He is currently writing and producing the forthcoming TNT series “The Last Ship” with Michael Bay.
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