Episodes

Thursday Oct 29, 2020
Short-Term Rentals and Self-Management with Avery Carl
Thursday Oct 29, 2020
Thursday Oct 29, 2020
Avery Carl is a full-time real estate investor and real estate agent based in Florida. She helps real estate investors gain knowledge in order to be able to invest their money in short rentals, and create more passive income. Her strategy consists of taking her short-term rental income and parlaying that in the long-term rentals, and she’s building the portfolio of doors really quickly, which you will find very inspiring.
What We Cover:
- Avery's background and how she got into investing in rental properties
- The strategy she is using to build her portfolio
- How to manage a rental property remotely
- The advantages of self-management and the problems with property management companies
- Why a conservative approach to rental property markets works
- The 2020 boom in the drivable rental markets
- How to navigate the customer reviews as a rental property owner
- Tips for listing and choosing properties to invest in
- The story of people who are scared of the bear
- Why you should try investing in short-term rentals
Resources:
- The Short-Term Shop https://theshorttermshop.com/
Interested in real estate investing? Book a discovery call with Brad Smotherman at http://www.bradsmotherman.com
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Tuesday Oct 27, 2020
[TRAILER] Short-Term Rentals and Self-Management with Avery Carl
Tuesday Oct 27, 2020
Tuesday Oct 27, 2020
Avery Carll is a full time real estate investor and real estate agent based in Florida. She helps real estate investors gain knowledge to be able to invest their money in short-term rentals and create more passive income.
FULL EPISODE COMING SOON!

Thursday Oct 22, 2020
Should I Put a Property into a Trust?
Thursday Oct 22, 2020
Thursday Oct 22, 2020
In this episode I want to talk about trusts and the due-on-sale clause. In my private coaching group, a lot of people ask if they should put property into a trust to mitigate the risk of due-on-sale provision. So here’s my take on it.
What We Cover:
- What is a trust - definition
- What is due-on-sale clause and its origins
- Cases in which due-on-sale clause might be violated
- The risks of putting a property into a trust
- What I prefer to do in terms of due-on-sale provision
- How to mitigate the risk if you have owner financing property
- Applying the substance over form doctrine in your deals
The due-on-sale provision is just not as mean and scary as it sounds. I've not found it to be a big risk factor in what we do. But I'm really against the deal structures that don't make sense, so just keep things clean and simple.
Interested in real estate investing? Get in touch with Brad Smotherman at https://www.bradsmotherman.com/

Monday Oct 19, 2020
Opportunities in Self-Storage with Kris Benson
Monday Oct 19, 2020
Monday Oct 19, 2020
Kris Benson is a full time real estate investor, operating self-storage all across the country.
In this episode we talk about how he got involved in real estate, how he bought a group of duplexes, but decided that he didn’t really like that asset class because he wasn’t able to scale; how he then decided to jump into multifamily by developing and constructing a 64-unit multifamily complex in a town which has not seen development in almost 30 years; and finally how he transitioned from that into the self-storage world.
Kris is also operating Reliant Fund and raising 50 millions right now, so he shares how you can get involved in the self-storage world across the country if you are an accredited investor.
What We Cover:
- How and why Kris got into real estate at the age of 29
- Finding opportunity for development in an unlikely town in the US
- What is multifamily syndication
- Investing in mobile home parks vs. self-storage
- How Kris analyzes self-storage micro-markets
- How to keep self-storage relevant and are there any value add opportunities there
- Predicted growth of the self-storage market
- How Kris’s Reliant Fund operates
Resources:
- https://www.krisbenson.com/
- Invest with Kris https://www.krisbenson.com/investwithkris
- Connect with Kris https://www.linkedin.com/in/kris-benson/
Interested in real estate investing? Get in touch with Brad Smotherman at https://www.bradsmotherman.com/
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Friday Oct 16, 2020
[TRAILER] Opportunities in Self-Storage with Kris Benson
Friday Oct 16, 2020
Friday Oct 16, 2020
Kris Benson is the chief investment officer for Reliant Investments, a subsidiary of Reliant Real Estate Management and one of the top 25 commercial self-storage operators in the U.S. in 2019.
FULL EPISODE COMING SOON!!

Thursday Oct 15, 2020
Unconventional Paths to Success with Gabriel Hamel
Thursday Oct 15, 2020
Thursday Oct 15, 2020
Gabriel Hamel is a Real Estate Investor whose passion for real estate, business, and financial freedom has helped him to amass a multi-million dollar real estate portfolio, consisting of single family homes, multi-family apartments, commercial real estate, and mobile home parks. He is a strong advocate of financial literacy through self education.
What We Cover:
- How Gabriel got into the real estate world
- How he acquired his property portfolio using unconventional means
- What is considered a small multi-family property
- The value in transferring from owning real estate to owning notes
- The appeal of mobile home parks for investing
- How Gabriel finds his deals and manages his properties
- Gabriel’s advice for people who want to start in real estate but have no money
Resources:
- Hamel Investments https://hamelinvestments.com/
- Connect with Gabriel Hamel on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/gabrielrhamel/
- Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! by Robert Kiyosaki https://www.amazon.com/Rich-Dad-Poor-Teach-Middle/dp/1612680194
Interested in real estate investing? Get in touch with Brad Smotherman at https://www.bradsmotherman.com/
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Monday Oct 12, 2020
[TRAILER] Unconventional Paths to Success with Gabriel Hamel
Monday Oct 12, 2020
Monday Oct 12, 2020
Gabriel Hamel’s passion for Real Estate, Business, and Financial Freedom has helped him to amass a Multi-Million dollar Real Estate Portfolio consisting of Single Family Homes, Multi-Family Apartments, Commercial Real Estate, and Mobile Home Parks.
FULL EPISODE COMING SOON!
Interested in becoming a real estate investor? Book at discovery call at http://www.bradsmotherman.com

Tuesday Oct 06, 2020
How Lesser Deals Bring In Badass Deals with Henry Washington
Tuesday Oct 06, 2020
Tuesday Oct 06, 2020
Henry Washington is a full-time investor from Arkansas and the owner of Independence Realty Group. He has seen meteoric rise in the past three years, accumulating 60 rental doors and doing up to 10 flips per year. He has been featured in Business Insider, BiggerPockets, and Fox Business.
In this episode we talk about his journey as an investor, his favourite lead sources, favourite direct mailing list, and other ways to market that bring in lesser deals, but his badass and best deals.
What We Cover:
- What Henry did before coming into real estate and how long it took him to make his first deal
- What it felt like to have a rental house, and how he then got into the flipping business
- What kind of marketing Henry uses now to get his best deals
- What his business looks like today
- Henry’s advice for overcoming the fear of investing and dealing with the perception of investors
What I love about this episode is that reminds us that our biggest successes always happen after our biggest problems have been solved. If we shift our mind from being afraid to looking at a problem as a blessing, we’ll find success coming out on the other side.
Resources:
- Independence Reality Group https://independencerealtygroupnwa.com/
- Connect with Henry Washington on IG: https://www.instagram.com/IndependenceRealtyGroup/
- Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! by Robert Kiyosaki https://www.amazon.com/Rich-Dad-Poor-Teach-Middle/dp/1612680194
- The Richest Man in Babylon by George Clason https://www.amazon.com/Richest-Man-Babylon-Magic-Story/dp/1939438632/
Interested in real estate investing? Get in touch with Brad Smotherman at https://www.bradsmotherman.com/

Friday Oct 02, 2020
How Lesser Deals Bring In Badass Deals with Henry Washington - TRAILER
Friday Oct 02, 2020
Friday Oct 02, 2020
Henry Washington is a buy and hold investor from Arkansas and the owner of Independence Realty Group. In his first 3 years of operating, he has accumulated 60 rental doors. He also does 6-10 flips per year as well.
Stay tuned, full episode coming soon!
Visit our website at http://www.bradsmotherman.com

Monday Sep 28, 2020
Wholesaling in a Declining Market with Mike Simmons
Monday Sep 28, 2020
Monday Sep 28, 2020
Mike Simmons is a real estate investor and partner in one of the country's largest real estate mentorship/mastermind companies Just Start Real Estate. He is also the producer and host of Just Start Real Estate Podcast, and has conducted over 350 interviews with entrepreneurs who run 6, 7, and 8 figure businesses. He has a new book that is now available on Amazon: Level Jumping: How I Grew My Business to Over $1 Million in 12 Months.
What We Cover:
- The best way to navigate a declining market
- The importance of continuous education in real estate
- When is the right moment to scale
- Learning to let go and delegate tasks to your team
- What kind of marketing works for wholesaling right now
- The story of Mike’s first deal
- What the process looks like after capturing a lead
- What Mike’s latest book is about
Resources:
- Just Start Real Estate http://www.juststartrealestate.com
- Flip Hacking LIVE Event https://fliphackinglive.com/virtual2020
- Text “just start” to 55444 to get a FREE digital download of Mike’s new book “Level Jumping”
Interested in real estate investing? Get in touch with Brad Smotherman at https://www.bradsmotherman.com/