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Invest in Sqft

Matt Shields

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▫ How do business owners create a strong lasting foundation for their business? ▫ What are common obstacles that business owners face and how do you overcome them? ▫ What do the wealthy do to protect and grow their companies? ▫ What strategies can you use to multiply your business wealth using the income that you already generate? Invest in Sqft hosted by Matt Shields, a 25-year-long entrepreneur who has accumulated 60 million in real-estate assets, is your go-to resource for creating a stable profitable business so that you can passively invest your profits into large multifamily opportunities. As an entrepreneur, you face challenges that the wealthy have already solved. Each week we interview successful entrepreneurs who share their own experiences and insight to help your business overcome obstacles and build a strong foundation for your company. With practical advice and a focus on actionable steps, the Invest in Sqft podcast is the perfect resource for you if you are looking to improve your business and build wealth through passive multifamily investments.
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Have you ever wondered what it takes to turn your life around completely? In this extraordinary episode, our host, Matt Shields, takes you on a riveting journey from the confines of a cargo van to the heights of a real estate empire spanning hundreds of apartments across the country.

Prepare to be inspired as Matt fearlessly shares his personal story, unraveling the transformative moments that propelled him beyond the limitations of his circumstances. Through tales of resilience, determination, and unwavering belief in the power of possibility, Matt's incredible journey will challenge you to ask yourself: What's holding you back?

Join us as we delve deep into the triumphs, setbacks, and pivotal decisions that defined Matt's path to success. Discover the secrets behind his rise from living on wheels to becoming a prominent figure in the real estate industry. This gripping episode will ignite your own dreams and leave you with a newfound belief in the infinite potential within you.

Don't miss out on this thought-provoking episode that will empower you to break free from the shackles of doubt and embrace the boundless opportunities that await. It's time to unleash your own potential and embark on the path to greatness. The power to transform your life is within your reach - tune in now and let Matt's remarkable journey be the catalyst for your own incredible story.

Today on Invest in Square Feet, we have a special episode. We've received many comments, wanting to know more about my background and how I got to where I am today. So today I have Troy, who is a recent guest on the Invest in Square Feet Podcast, interview me about some of my upbringings and the way that I look at certain situations.

We all have events that shape and mold our responses and our reactions to things, and I get pretty deep into some of the personal experiences that I've gone through, some of the hardships that I've gone through in my life. My goal with all of this is to be more open and more transparent with all of our listeners so that you guys can know me a little bit better and understand where I might be coming from, from specific events or happenings that I might have gone through in my own life.

On Invest in Square Feet, we unlock the secrets of wealthy entrepreneurship. I'm Matt Shields and my mission is to help business owners protect and grow their business so that they can invest. Passively into multi-family real estate. So today's gonna be a little bit different as the intro had described before.

I'm going to be interviewed today and tell a little bit about my story and the reason why I wanted to do this. So that everyone can understand that we all go through setbacks and struggles. I reveal some of the things that I've gone through, some of the low points in my life to where I am today, how I sprung back from those situations, and literally today I own multimillion dollars worth of real estate.

I hope this inspires you and I hope that it connects you a little bit more with my story. And what I've been able to accomplish, and I look forward to having you reach out, and I'd love to be able to help you take your business to the next level so that you can also do the same thing, and also invest in multi-million dollars worth of real estate.

I love, the mindset of referring to these ebbs and flows of life, as, seasons right? So many people get so bogged down into my life is falling apart. Things aren't going well. And, that's not the way that life is always going to be. You know, you're going through a season, maybe it lasts six months, four months, a year, you know, things will get better and you have to recognize that it's a learning opportunity and it's a learning opportunity to be able to really spring yourself forward because now you know what not to do, right?

You've already, you've already made it to that part, part where you feel like you failed or what have you. So, um, we all go through it and you just have to, to have the perseverance to keep on, keep on going.

It gives me chills because, you know, Matt, when you think about it, when people think, you know, is it, why is everything getting worse and or why is this happening to me, the good news is, is if you pay attention and get recalibrated, you can actually realize that there is a winter coming up.

There's gonna be a time where we can sit back a little bit. We don't have to get out there and cut that grass right away, if you will, and you know, we're gonna ha we're gonna have a little bit of snow and, and it's some time to recalibrate and then get ready to spring back out. Um, like what you call it, seasons.

I like that. Tell me a little bit about you today, Matt, describe yourself today. If you were to look at yourself in, in maybe three areas, if we could.

I'd like to talk about. Um, I'd like to talk about your relationships. Um, I'd like to talk about, abo...

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As entrepreneurs, we know that the journey can be lonely, confusing, and downright difficult at times. However, today we have a special guest who will share with us his powerful strategies to overcome obstacles and turn your life around when you get stuck.

Our guest is no stranger to adversity, having experienced his fair share of challenges in his entrepreneurial journey. But he managed to rise above the difficulties and achieve incredible success, including creating more than 5 times his company's average sales for a whopping 40 million dollars!

If you're an entrepreneur feeling stuck or frustrated, this episode is a must-listen. You'll discover practical strategies to transform your life and business, including how to develop amazing relationships, achieve breakthrough sales results, and gain the confidence to navigate the often-unpredictable terrain of entrepreneurship.

Whether you're just starting out or have been in business for years, the insights and advice you'll gain from this episode will help you take your life and business to the next level.

So grab a notebook and pen, get comfortable, and let's dive into this episode of Invest in Sqft, where we explore the fascinating world of entrepreneurship and discover the secrets to overcoming obstacles and achieving success.

Links and Resources: Troy Aberle Executive Strategy Officer Coaching and Mentorship The Ultimate Sales Machine - New Edition The Ultimate Sales Machine - Amazon

I'm curious to learn if anyone has any experiences similar to this. Have you heard of the technique called tapping? It's a way to be able to get over different issues that we may have going on in our psyche. And for me, I learned a few weeks ago that I actually have a phobia, and that phobia is basically.

Me worrying that my blood is going to get damaged. This is something that I've always struggled with my entire life, but I didn't know that it was a phobia until a few weeks ago. So this tapping technique puts us into these different positions where we think about times when we were experiencing whatever the issue is, right?

So for me it was when I was, when my, when I had cuts or when I was trying to give blood, and we quite literally would. Recognize where we were feeling stress in our body. And again, for me, it's right kind of in the middle of the chest and you actually tap on that area and then you do a clearing technique, which I have to tell you as I was doing this, I could definitely feel the tension in my chest, in my.

In right in the middle of my chest and halfway through it did start to clear and I could actually feel myself sort of open up and, and dissipate that feeling. So this is very, very new to me. I've never done anything like this before, but I'm curious if anyone else has any experiences that they were able to clear any type of ailments or blockages that they might have.

So let us know. I wanna learn more about this and dive a little bit more into this topic.

On invest in square feet, we unlock the secrets of wealthy entrepreneurship. I'm Matt Shields and my mission is to help business owners just like you grow and protect your wealth so that you can invest passively into multi-family real estate. Today we're gonna be talking about some practical techniques that we can use to evaluate.

Our life and how our life is playing out in front of us. The goal with this is to be able to increase your personal relationships and also your business relationships to be able to increase sales. And we're gonna be talking to someone who is done exactly that. As a matter of fact, he's sold more than 40 million in a year, which was I think about five times more than anyone else in the company.

By going through and doing these exact strategies.

I woke up on December 1st and I said, you know what?

I'm gonna start a new chapter. And I wrote down a, uh, three things on my, on my board, and your audience can do this too, is I've taken a piece of paper out and at the top I wrote down a relationship goal. So I wanted to have a better relationship with my wife, um, with my, um, you know, with my children. And, and, and, but most importantly, I wanted a better relationship with myself.

Then I wrote down a health goal, and then I wrote down a financial goal. And on the left hand side of that piece of paper, I wrote down a line down the center underneath those goals. And on the left side I'd written down chapter one zero to 34 years old cause I was 34 years old. And I wrote down all the things about my life that I was, ...

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Kison Patel is the Founder and CEO of M&A Science, with a passion to drive the M&A industry forward. He was an M&A advisor for ten years during which he sold larger companies such as commercial banks and hotel chains. In 2012, he noticed teams lacked efficient technology to manage deals and created DealRoom, an M&A lifecycle management platform. In 2016, he started the M&A Science podcast devoting his time to creating a platform where all the best practitioners could share their best practices and lessons learned from real-life deals. Kison then created The M&A Science Academy in 2020 to offer step-by-step training to those looking to master M&A featuring courses created by top-level practitioners. Through developing technology, educational content, and industry training, Kison aims to bring better practices to an industry with growing market pressures, transaction values, and competition.

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Jeff Arnold is the President of RIGHTSURE, which offers consumers a wide selection of affordable and reliable insurance solutions and a hassle-free purchasing process by combining a unique, client-centered strategy with cutting-edge technology. He's been an industry leader for over 30 years, even being referred to as a thought leader and global ambassador for the insurance industry.

RIGHTSURE Insurance Group has offices in Tucson and Sierra Vista, Arizona and provides insurance to customers all over the United States. https://www.rightsure.com/insurance-products

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Victor Pena is the CEO of Omniprint International, a multi-million dollar printer manufacturer. A skilled leader of innovative teams, he has won Product of the Year awards for five straight years. Furthermore, he has developed products from the scratch, such as the Cheetah Industrial DTG Printer, Wurk - an online platform for workflow tracking and automation, and Gamut Plus. He is a focused digital marketer with solid fundamentals and creative strategies for lead creation, development and management.

If you want to get into DTG (Direct to Garment) Printing Business, visit their website OmniPrint https://www.omniprintonline.com/

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Here’s a quick question, “what’s the biggest thing holding you back from doubling your sales in the next 12 months?”

In today’s world, it can be really easy to cast our net wide and try to “do it all” in terms of projects, marketing...whatever. But it’s really possible to get double the results with less effort. Stick with me. Today’s guest is a legacy leader who’s taken this concept and given it a whole new spin. Trust me...you’ll be glad you’re here.

Get the pre-sales copy of the 2nd edition of the New York Times best-seller book, The Ultimate Sales Machine https://www.ultimatesalesmachine.com/book-1a Get the 1st edition of The Ultimate Sales Machine: Turbocharge Your Business with Relentless Focus on 12 Key Strategies on Amazon

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I’ve been really excited to learn from today’s guest, Dr. Kara Larsen, on how to keep doing all the things I want and need to do...in much less time. It’s called bio-hacking, and whether or not you’re familiar with the concept, I know you’ll share my enthusiasm to hear:

  • The #1 issue most of us have in common
  • Her special technique for cutting stress rates in half
  • Simple bio-hacks you can try yourself, anywhere, anytime

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Use coupon code: secretsauce and take advantage of this great promo just for our listeners.

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Matt Bodnar, named to “Forbes 30 Under 30” and partner in multiple “Inc Fastest Growing Companies,” is a deal maker and strategy expert who has scaled businesses across multiple industries. Bodnar is Chairman of Fresh Technology, Co-founder & Managing Partner of Fresh Capital, and Managing Partner of Fresh Holdings. Bodnar has deep expertise in acquisitions from more than a decade of investing with his family office Bodnar Investment Group. He is also the Creator and Host of The Science of Success Podcast with more than 5mm downloads. Bodnar previously worked as a consultant in Nanjing, China and spent several years at Goldman Sachs.

In this episode we discuss:

  • Introduction [2:03]
  • Matt’s transformational view in life [6:09]
  • His huge belief in speech and debate [10:10]
  • Matt’s first acquired business: point of sale dealership [14:35]
  • Thought process and mental fortitude to do business [16:05]
  • Why it is better to buy a company than starting up a company [21:15]
  • Which industries are worth investing in [25:41]
  • Getting deal flow opportunities [29:00]
  • Matt’s deal flow strategies [32:00]
  • How to raise funds for new deals [34:50]
  • What podcast has done in Matt’s life and organization [40:53]
  • Learn more about Matt, his M&A company [44:50]

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John Kampas is the Founder & CEO of EMPIST, a full-service technology firm that offers managed IT, digital marketing, website, and development services to businesses around the world. John founded EMPIST (formerly Digerati Group) in 2000 in Chicago.

EMPIST was featured for the 8th straight time as one of Channel Futures' top 501 Managed Service Providers (MSPs) in the world, coming in at #116. It was also recognized by CRN as one of the top 100 Cybersecurity firms in 2020 and a multi-year winner on the Inc. 500/5000 list as one of the fastest-growing privately-owned businesses in the US. For the first time, EMPIST was honored to receive a place on Expertise’s Top 20 Best Managed Service Providers in Chicago list. EMPIST’s industry-leading global services are delivered out of four offices across the United States and Europe.

While EMPIST was initially founded as an IT services company, John has spent the last 20+ years growing it via expansion and acquisitions into a one-stop-shop for all business technology needs.

In this episode we discuss:

  • Introduction [2:25]
  • What motivated John to become an entrepreneur [8:25]
  • John's first detailing business at 14 [10:00]
  • Vulnerabilities in public cloud platforms like Google, Microsoft, AWS [13:15]
  • Protecting yourself from cyberattacks [20:35]
  • Revoking the ex-employees access to company’s platforms [25:20]
  • Victims of phishing attacks [27:25]
  • Type of services EMPIST offers to businesses [34:00]
  • Learn more about John and EMPIST [34:50]
  • Links to sources and tools:
  • Connect with John Kampas on LinkedIn
  • For cybersecurity, IT, and marketing services, visit their website
  • Follow EMPIST on Facebook for updates
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In this episode, we delve deep into the treacherous terrain of entrepreneur burnout. Join us as we explore the subtle yet powerful warning signs that often go unnoticed, leading to the demise of even the most passionate and driven individuals. From relentless workaholism to deteriorating mental and physical health, we leave no stone unturned in uncovering the silent saboteurs that lurk beneath the surface.

But fear not! We don't stop at mere identification; we equip you with a toolbox of strategies and insights to combat and conquer burnout. James shares his personal experiences and battle-tested advice on how to regain control, rekindle your passion, and build resilience in the face of adversity.

Tune in to discover the transformative power of self-care, boundary-setting, and purpose-driven decision-making. We'll guide you through practical steps and mindset shifts to not only survive but thrive in the entrepreneurial world. Don't let burnout extinguish your dreams—ignite a new flame of balance, fulfillment, and sustainable success. Join us on this empowering journey toward reclaiming your entrepreneurial fire. #highperformance #burnout #selfcare #health

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This is just a reminder. This is something that I've come across a number of times in my career as an entrepreneur, but it absolutely is true. If you know that you don't have the right people in the right seats, you should really look into changing that and getting the right people in the right seats.

We've had. A lot of turnover in some of our companies in the last six months or so, and a lot of it had to do with underperformance and me wanting to give people the opportunity to be able to quote unquote, grow into the position since we've replaced them and found other people to be able to be in those positions.

Those. Opportunities, those areas has have absolutely flourished. So don't be afraid to make that change when you see things not happening, uh, no matter how much you might want to keep kicking the can down the road. So,

On invest in square feet, we unlock the secrets of wealthy entrepreneurship. I'm Matt Shields and my mission is to help business owners just like you, protect your wealth so that you can invest passively into multifamily real estate. And speaking of investing passively in multifamily real estate, if you are looking to learn more about that, head over to invest in square feet and sign up for our monthly trainings where we walk.

Are potential investors through some of the knowledge that you need to have as a passive investor. In the multifamily industry today we're gonna talk about a topic that does not get covered nearly, nearly enough, and it's something that pretty well all entrepreneurs are going to face at one time or another, and they may not even realize that they're facing this.

The questions that we're going to answer today is, are you pushing yourself toward burnouts? We're gonna learn the hidden signs that high achievers normally will start portraying when they are on their path to toward burnout. And we're, we're gonna learn how to identify them and what to do when you are in those situations, or even have your loved ones listen to this episode so that they can understand whether or not.

You might be going through a burnout situation and they can help identify those particular situations. So with that, let's get onto the show. [email protected]

Well, the interesting thing about high performers like yourself is that high performers, you know, naturally can actually. Like go through burnout whilst not knowing they're in burnout, right?

That's, yeah. They can actually, they can actually do that because, I mean, I dunno if you under, you know what human design is, but there are all sorts of different personality profile testings. And so my wife's what's called a manifesting generator, and so that archetype has the ability to generate a huge amount of energy and we're not talking about fitness.

We're talking about this natural drive that you were just born with. And so you have this ability, but then what start, multiple things start happening. So, um, intrinsically things can start happening. Like you get very used to, um, your quality, your quality of sleep. Mm-hmm. Right? You get very used to, uh, certain pains...

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