Equity = Freedom

Charles has quite the impressive background. Originally pursuing a degree in Criminal Justice, he originally went into law enforcement. He quickly figured out that wasn't his passion. That passion turned into generating real money for businesses in A.I. marketing campaigns (including his upcoming seminars).

Blake walks us through his NFL career from the New Orleans Saints to the Cleveland Browns. He has some amazing stories that both inspire and show a testament of fortitude and mental fortitude. From joining the Cleveland Browns the year they went 0 and 16... to coaching an NFL player all the way to the superbowl... who spent 2 years in a mental institution. Blake is truly an inspiring figure in the coach world as well as his father Gregg Williams (formers Browns head coach). Not only do we do business with Blake, but we truly consider him a friend and ally in this space to Equity CMG's movement.

Wayne takes us through his journey from his first investment deal in Cleveland, some of his trials and tribulations coming to a new country, entertaining stories from the real estate world and beyond. Wayne has personally done several hundred flips personally, has scaled several other businesses and walks you through his journey in real estate.

Steve takes us through where he grew up, his story in real estate, wholesaling commercial & residential, flipping, syndication, getting to 1000+ units, selling out of them, being an LP vs GP... Steve started a coaching group and he makes real estate super simple to understand. Super simple listening for those looking to quickly scale their portfolio and raising capital.

Being a mom, working a corporate job... saying "F it" and going ALL IN on real estate. Christina takes us through her life journey of wanting better for her family. She is a published author "Wake up Wealthy" and has coached hundreds into building wealth through real estate. How stuffing envelopes for our friends at Lokal and switching gears becoming a wholesaler herself. Christina is brutally honest about her journey and rise to success. "The best time to buy real estate is last year... the second best time is yesterday."

Our friend Ossie talks about rap battle with Bone Thugs In Harmony, Touring on the SCREAM tour & working with acts like Bow wow, Bone Crusher, Common, B2K, Da Brat... Falling into politics under Mayor Michael White, Being the first intern for Michael Mauldin (Jermaine Dupri's father), Falling into real estate deals and partnering with Krayzie Bone on his various ventures. We even talk about politics, the state of journalism, Tyler Perry, media mergers... Also, the massive vision for Cleveland Ohio and Spread The Love and how they work.

Long Haul Trucker turned real estate Titan, Al Stasek, walks us through his journey in real estate. From starting as a trucker turned realtor... turned broker... turned 60,000+ members of Honey Badger Nation. Real estate, scaling, all things business Sponsored by: -J Bella Interior Styling -Women Who Invest In Real Estate -Investor Source CLE -Iconic Partners

Mark's story included running a staff of a few hundred in the retail space with Best Buy to scaling a business on the real estate brokerage. From doing several flips a month to doing a few hundred transactions a year in the real estate space, Mark has covered it all. Real estate is about the customer service component and having seasoned experts. The Fetterman team has locations in Beachwood as well as North Ridgeville. If you are looking for an investor savvy realtor OR a first time homebuyer looking for the support and quality service, The Fetterman team is where you want to start! Thanks to our sponsors: First Liberty Insurance Front Line Home Inspectors Ohio Fast Title Tour D Space MOD Make sure you attend our Cinco De Mayo event 5/5/23 The Fetterman Team 34313 Center Ridge Rd. North Ridgeville, OH 44039

Equity = Freedom has teamed up with WOBL 107.7 and 1320 AM to bring you all things real estate and business. Our focus is to inform and educate people on real estate investment opportunities. Hear from industry experts on basic strategies for real estate investment and what made them successful. Tune in live every 3rd Wednesday of the month Lorain County! Co Host- Jenny Gennaro is a full time real estate agent, marketing guru, manager for Icon Co work and future CEO of a fortune 500 company. She actually has broadcasting experience and has a great talent for herding the "Investor Source CLE" energy... a play on Latto's famous song. Follow==> @jennygennaro_ Isaac Rowe: Rick's original amigo, has built a business of north of 600+ transactions in the wholesaling flipping business. He started out at 19 as a residential realtor and quickly expanded into real estate investing. He as a well respect Titan of industry and owns HeartWise Homebuyers. Follow==> @Isaac.rowe Kas Filippova: Owner of 2 Bucks franchise's, Icon Co work and half of the "Iconic Cleveland" leading lady real estate team... There isn't much Kas has not done and been successful at. She is always seek agents looking for the right support structure with her EXP team. Agents: You can also utilize the Icon Co work space free of charge. Follow==> @iconiccleveland @kasfilippova @iconcowork Erin Thomas: Multi family investing champ and my "Jenny 2" co host fill in, Erin current runs the commercial division for EZ Sales Team of KW. She has a natural knack for being a go getter and going above and beyond for her investor clients. If you are from out of town, we highly suggest utilizing a hands on agent like herself. If you are interested in investing in multi family deals OR you are an agent interested, she offer's CE courses to teach from the ground up.

Multifamily realtor expert, Erin Thomas, takes us down the journey of entrepreneurship and what got her to this point. From working with the CEO of Priceline, she started to realize there was more to business for her. As she progressed into real estate, she started as a marketing expert for Lokal... A broker in Cleveland. She quickly gained traction with investors looking to partner with her from her "white glove" approach. After getting licensed, Erin's career quickly gain traction and she quickly realized this was her calling. In the midst of COVID, she takes us through how she pivot and shifted from a buyers agent to a listing agent/investor focused realtor. With an eager outlook and a knack for the hustle, she will be closing 11-14 million in 2022 and is excited for her 2023 year. Aaron Lively created a multi-million dollar appraisal management company from scratch. Having quite the triumph story, he left home while in high school with nothing but grit and hustle. After obtaining his GED, he went out to get his masters in Education. His entrepreneurial endeavors were sparked by his cars' transmission going out and realizing he was destined for greatness. Now being licensed in 30 plus states, he is an expert in the appraisal field. We discuss the common pitfalls and misconceptions on appraisals, how agents should price comparable's and everything in between.

Equity CMG studios has some special guest swing in during their tour: Lavar Walker-has had a long successful career in comedy. After winning "Stand up its miller time", he went on to tour with Shaq on his All Star Comedy Jam, Uptown Comic, The Mo'Nique Show and BET's Comicview. He is currently on Hulu on Amy Schumer's "Life & Beth". He even did some work on Bad Boyz for life and got co-sign's from Kevin Hart and Dave Chappelle. Marlan Ballard is a Cleveland native who was quickly gained traction with industry heavy weights the Wayans Brothers. He has toured with R&B groups Dru Hill, Silk, The Rude Boys and Shai. He hit the top 10 rising Black Comedians, can be found around Atlanta rocking every comedy venue.

Long time Kent State Friends-Noel Marie: artist extraordinaire takes us through scaling her art business, Fresh by fortune, Ohio Hip Hop award wins, having kids and balancing work, tattooing, doing large scale murals, mental health and healing, NFT's, toxic masculinity, Beta male actions, "low vibration men", 1st generation immigrant, Lebanese culture... This one got deep for the ladies in business very quickly. Ronika aka "Radio Ronika": Former Black Squirrel radio co-host turned entrepreneur takes us through the mobile bar business, creating her own idea of mixed drinks to scale up, parenting and trying to balance business, saving the children, "middle of the way" politics, Obama Election in 2008, women's rights, gun rights... there is no topic we didn't touch on this. Either everyone will appreciate it or we will get plenty of hate mail... But this was a very open and candid conversation. We hope our maturity in covering all topics is shared by our listeners.

As we walk through the journey of life on this episode, we touch on A LOT of topics. From the start of Jay's hustle in the music and promo business...To creating a magazine that mirrored Ozone/King magazine... to the pivot and shift away from websites the world swiftly went through... To thriving application world we live in... Jay R has constantly been an visionary in his space and created his own application for black businesses to find each other. We talk about our young days going to teen clubs, maturing into college men and becoming members of Kappa Alpha Psi... Creating generational wealth... Being a master networker and connecting people together... We even pay homage to many of the great clubs from Spy Bar, to the Mirage... to some of the great NE Ohio DJ's that inspired us (DJ Chicago and Scratch master L) and some of our label work. We talk the good, the bad and the ugly. If you want to get started in the tech space, you'll want to tune into this one! Please make sure you download the Lokul app in both apple and droid stores!

Tune in as we journey down the road of entrepreneurship with our friend Andre. From custom made shoes for Lebron James, Jay Z, Beyonce and other industry celebrities, to real estate flipping and onto restaurant franchising. We take you through the many trials and tribulations from pivot/shifting to big outside the box thinking. We even talk NE Ohio B Ball in the late 90's/early 2000's. Find out his connection to Lil Baby and other industry folks through his sports management company and family.

What is wholesaling? How can someone get into real estate with minimal or no money? How do you go from 0 to 60 units? What's a joint venture and how does it work? We take you through a candid conversation about all things real estate. From starting from scratch, how to leverage an asset, how to spawn into different avenues in real estate, what are assignment fees and everything in between.

This blockbuster addition featured 2 close friends in the real estate business: Kelly has been featured in the WallStreet Journal, pitched several pilots to HGTV, flipped 250 properties, owns several hundred units and is launching a multi million dollar investment fund targeted towards women and minorities in business. Lindsey has a 100+ million dollar producing mortgage company, has been in the business since 2005 and spawned several other businesses from being "The Mortgage Chef", a bourbon company as well as several other real estate businesses. We run A LOT of mortgage/real estate updates all in one on this episode.

Our focus on these weekly 15 minute sessions is to keep people up to date with the real estate market trends.

From East 99th to LA... Eazy E, Ruthless records, recording with Biggie AND Tupac, 3-6 Mafia Verzuz, music artist 101, 1 billion dollars in revenue, leasing songs, how to protect your finances.... We covered A LOT on this episodes. From A-Z, how to cover yourself as a musical artist. "On the strength of massive hits like “The Crossroads,” “1st of tha Month,” “Thuggish, Ruggish Bone,” and more, the group sold a staggering 50 million albums worldwide, and continued racking up gold and platinum plaques well into the 2000s, long after many of their contemporaries had faded away. Twenty-five years down the line, Bone Thugs have continued to be one of the most durable franchises in hip-hop, selling out shows and spinning off side projects (like last year’s Bizzy and Krayzie Bone duo album, “New Waves”) while working both independently and with major labels" Cited from Greenville Journal

Long time friend of Equity CMG Ronnie Magro stopped in to chat with us about all things business. MTV's block buster hit "Jersey Shore" set records for viewership, rabid fans, and endless punchlines. Walk through the business side of the shore, how Ronnie built out a brand, TJ's walk through real estate and connecting the dots for anyone aspiring to become a pop TV sensation.