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Today, my guest is Nick Deangelo. Nick Deangelo is known as the Fixed Income Goat in real estate circles, with a $206 million plus portfolio, and in just a minute, we're going to speak with Nick Deangelo about fixed income.
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J Darrin Gross I'd like to ask you, Nick Deangelo, what is the BIGGEST RISK? Nic Deangelo The biggest risk, I'll give you the biggest front side and the biggest backside. Biggest front side is always going to be due diligence on our side, we have beaten that to death. We have overlaid many economic factors. Our due diligence confidence is at an all time high. But what I see in the marketplace is many people not doing the due diligence to a real, true conservative estimate of outcomes that is the biggest risk. And we saw that the last few years. And we see the back end of what that...
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Today, my guest is Cary Prejean. Cary Prejean, is the founder of Strategic Business Advisors LLC. Cary vision is to work with business owners to dramatically improve cash flow and profits, business autonomy and long term strategic planning. And in just a minute, we're going to speak with Cary Prejean about maximizing profits and cash flow.
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J Darrin Gross I would like to ask you, Cary Prejean, what is the BIGGEST RISK?. Cary Prejean You talk about big risk for business owners, J Darrin Gross yeah, however you want to, however you want to identify it. Cary Prejean Well, I mean, that that's why I deal with business owners, right? The biggest risk for them is, is not paying attention. You know, not paying to get lost in the weeds, not paying attention. What's out there, not. Not, not anticipating some threat, as you call it, and they don't know they have they haven't even thought about it. They haven't even seen...
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J Darrin Gross I'd like to ask you, Charles Gaudet, what is the BIGGEST RISK? Charles Gaudet Well, we mentioned risks earlier, of you know, between the marketing risks and the operational sales risk and all that other stuff. But right now, there's the risk of the unknown. And when I say that every single business is being disrupted by AI already, as it sits right now. The thing is, is, if you look back at 2025, and you ask most people, have you been disrupted by AI? Most people will say, No. You'll ask them, okay, what have you found about your business? And they might say, well, leads...
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Today, my guest is Charles Gaudet. Charles is the CEO of Predictable Profits. He has helped clients generate over a billion in revenue by solving The Founders Trap where successful entrepreneurs become their businesses biggest bottleneck, and in just a minute, we're going to speak with Charles Gaudet about escaping The Founder's Trap.
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Today, my guest is Christopher Tiessen. Christopher is the president and CEO of Klaus Multi Parking America Inc, Christopher Tiessen spearheads the US sales and operation subsidiary of a global leader in premium parking systems, Clos multi parking, GmbH.
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J Darrin Gross I'd like to ask you. Chris Tiessen, what is the BIGGEST RISK? Christopher Tiessen The biggest risk, in my mind, is for our industry, that we're seen as a commodity is as seen as somebody that is not necessary between because before they go into the risk of getting mechanical parking and maybe the system not working, I will just, you know, let the whole project go away and not do the project. So that's our biggest risk that all of our companies in this industry are working against, and also that conventional parking is more attractive still than mechanical parking, even...
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Today, my guest is Ashley Garner. Ashley is a seasoned real estate entrepreneur and founder of ABG and Associates with over 30 years of experience, he combines analytical rigor and hands on property management to consistently deliver strong, cash flowing returns to his investors. And in just a minute, we're going to speak with Ashley Garner about value add, deal making, real world stories and lessons from transforming underperforming properties into profitable, high yield investments.
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J Darrin Gross If you're willing, I'd like to ask you, Ashley Garner, what is the BIGGEST RISK? Ashley Garner I think the biggest risk is to be under capitalized and and ultimately, you know, a property can go up in value, or the the P and L can show a profit, but if you don't have enough cash flow to pay the bills or make the repairs that you need to make, or make the improvements you need to make, then you you're in a tight spot, and that puts everything at risk, and that's an avoidable risk to not be under capitalized. But the temptation is so great a lot of times to say, I'm...
info_outlineDarrin: Lior, the BIGGEST RISK question there, but I appreciate you, you kind of taking us through it.
Lior: If you asked me what risk is, risk is not knowing what you're doing. That is that is the BIGGEST RISK. The second biggest risk is not knowing the people you're investing in. The smaller the business, the more you need to know about the people running it. The bigger the business, the less you need to know about the people running it because the the culture is already set for growth. So when you invest in Google, you don't need to know the 40,000 employees and how their life are going, etc. You need to know that, hey, this is a culture of a company that is growing at such and such. This is the industry that it's in. These are their competitors. But you don't need to know like everything about the CEO. When you invest in a small cap company or in one particular house, you need to know all about it because the risk is huge. So when you asked me a risk, when the more you go towards I'd say safer investments, the less research you need to know about the actual people. The more you dove into a speculative areas where you can make much more money. That is true. You need to know all about what you're doing. So it's a function of how much time you have and what is your capability to self assess yourself. Can you even, Is your research worth something? In other words, do you know what to ask? Do you know what to look for? And if you don't, then look, there is there is a machine out there that makes you about 8 to 9 percent your money every year if you do nothing but invest in one thing and just stay the course. So 8 to 9 percent a year, you double your money in every five to six years. I think if you have a good career, which is always the number one thing to take care of, then, you know, investments can be very profitable for you.