Author: Noeh Talamo

If you’ve ever dreamed about walking away from your W-2 and building a real estate business that actually creates freedom, not just more work—you’re going to want to hear this. I sat down with my longtime friend and investor Dave Menapace to unpack how he scaled from a Cape Cod rental to managing 30+ properties, launching multiple businesses, and reclaiming his time and peace of mind. We dive deep into the mindset shifts, systems, and market nuances that helped him grow 9 income streams, avoid burnout, and craft a life by design. Whether you’re early in your journey or needing your next breakthrough, Dave’s story will challenge and inspire you.

For a complete guide on optimizing and scaling your real estate investments, download my Freedom Blueprint! This essential tool walks you through ten key steps for organizing a profitable property portfolio. Click here to get your copy today!

Hey everyone, I’m Adrienne Green. And today we are with my long time friend and colleague, Dave Menapace. Get ready for insights to help you scale, systemize, and create more freedom. Thank you so much for being here with me today, Dave.

Thank you. I’m excited to be here. It’s been a fun journey since we first met.

Yes, and that’s what I love. Dave and I go way back. He was an investor when I was his agent back in Chattanooga and he was doing BRRRRs. Now Dave, you’re a full-time real estate investor and entrepreneur—your whole world is real estate now.

If you’re a real estate investor aiming to grow your portfolio without burning out or taking on unnecessary risk, this is the episode you need. I’m breaking down the three powerful types of joint venture (JV) partnerships that can help you scale smarter and faster—without going it alone. From money partners to operations experts, these collaborative strategies will show you how to delegate, share responsibilities, and create win-win structures that protect your interests and accelerate your success. Learn how to vet the right partners, structure deals that make sense, avoid common pitfalls, and stay on track with clear systems. Whether you’re new or seasoned in real estate investing, this episode is packed with practical advice you can act on immediately.

For a complete guide on optimizing and scaling your real estate investments, download my Freedom Blueprint! This essential tool walks you through ten key steps for organizing a profitable property portfolio. Click here to get your copy today!

Do you want to grow your real estate portfolio without taking on all the work or all the risk? The best investors don’t do it alone. They leverage partnerships to scale bigger, faster, and more efficiently. So welcome to episode five of six of our leverage series, where I’m breaking down the different types of leverage real estate investors can use to 10x their growth. A new episode comes out every week, so be sure to subscribe wherever you’re listening so you don’t miss the next one. So why does leverage matter?

Well, smart investors know how to collaborate, delegate and share responsibilities so they can scale without burning out. And the right JV or partnership can make the difference between being stuck and growing exponentially. So in this episode, I’m going to cover the three types of JV partnerships, how to structure win-win deals and common red flags to avoid. Let’s dive right in. So the three types of JV partnerships. First, we have a money partner.

If you’ve ever wondered how to build wealth through both the stock market and real estate investing while keeping your financial strategy balanced, this conversation is for you. I sat down with Ali Swart, a Certified Financial Planner with nearly 16 years of experience and an investor for over 18 years. She grew up in a lower-income family and learned early on the importance of financial stability. Ali started her investing journey in the stock market and later expanded into private money lending, multifamily private equity, and even cryptocurrency. In this interview, she shares her insights on diversification, making passive income work for busy professionals, and the lessons she’s learned along the way.

For a complete guide on optimizing and scaling your real estate investments, download my Freedom Blueprint! This essential tool walks you through ten key steps for organizing a profitable property portfolio. Click here to get your copy today!

Hey everyone, I’m Adrienne Green, and today I’m here with Ali Swart. I’m so excited for this conversation because Ali brings a strong financial background to her real estate investing. She’s a Certified Financial Planner with years of experience in the industry, and she’s also an active investor in multiple asset classes. Ali, thank you so much for being here today!

Yeah, thank you so much for having me!

Ali, I’d love to start with your journey. How did you first get into real estate investing, and what inspired you to take that step?

If you’ve ever wondered how a busy physician balances a full-time career, financial freedom, and real estate investing, this conversation is for you. I sat down with Dr. Latifat, a practicing gastroenterologist and the founder of MoneyFit MD, to discuss her journey from paying off debt to building a thriving real estate portfolio. She shares how she and her husband strategically leveraged real estate to grow their net worth, manage properties while traveling the world, and create a life filled with choice and freedom. Whether you’re a high-income professional looking to secure your financial future or simply curious about real estate investing, this conversation is packed with insights and inspiration.

For a complete guide on optimizing and scaling your real estate investments, download my Freedom Blueprint! This essential tool walks you through ten key steps for organizing a profitable property portfolio. Click here to get your copy today!

Hey everyone, I’m Adrienne Green, and today I’m here with Dr. Latifat. Get ready for insights from my good friend and amazing investor. I’m so excited to have her share her story with you. She has traveled the world with her family like I’m doing with mine, and there’s so much to learn from her journey. Thank you so much for being here with me today!

Thank you for having me! I’m super excited that you’re in Vietnam at the time of this recording. It’s a beautiful country, and I love that you’re doing what you do.

You’re so sweet! We are loving it here in Vietnam for sure. For a little backstory, Dr. Latifat and I met in our mastermind, GoBundance Women. I’ve been able to follow her journey for a few years now, and she’s truly transforming the lives of women physicians by helping them take control of their money, wealth, and freedom. Part of her journey has been her real estate investing, and I’m excited to have her share that with you. Latifat, can you start with your story?

Ever wondered what it takes to leave a stable corporate job and go all-in on real estate? Gabe Petersen did just that. After years at Microsoft, he took the leap into real estate investing, building a portfolio of mobile home parks, self-storage facilities, and RV parks. In this episode, Gabe shares his journey—starting with a disastrous first flip, finding his niche, and scaling a real estate business that gave him true financial freedom. We also dive deep into creative financing, building a remote investing team, and the systems that keep his business running smoothly. Whether you’re looking to scale or make your first deal, this episode is packed with strategies you can use right away!

For a complete guide on optimizing and scaling your real estate investments, download my Freedom Blueprint! This essential tool walks you through ten key steps for organizing a profitable property portfolio. Click here to get your copy today!

Hey everyone, I’m Adrienne Green, and today I’m here with Gabe Peterson. Get ready for insights to help you scale, systemize, and create more freedom. Let’s jump in! Gabe, I’d love for you to tell me a little bit about your real estate investing journey—how you got started and how you got to where you are today.

Yeah, Adrienne, thank you for having me on the show. Super excited to jump into this. Hopefully, I can drop some wisdom for someone just getting started in real estate. I got started in real estate back in 2014 with my first flip with a friend. Pretty much everything that could go wrong did go wrong. It was a triplex in Tacoma. One tenant had a grow house in their unit, which sent the energy bill skyrocketing. Another tenant stopped paying rent as soon as we bought it, and when we gave him an eviction notice, he flooded the unit before leaving. The third tenant was good, but we were left with a completely destroyed unit.

If you’re looking to scale your real estate investing and build a life of financial freedom, this episode is a must-listen. I sat down with the incredible Mandy McAllister to discuss her journey from medical device sales to full-time multifamily investor. Mandy shares her path to financial independence, how she discovered the power of mid-size multifamily properties, and the systems she’s used to scale her portfolio. If you’re an investor looking for practical insights, strategies, and the mindset shifts necessary for success, you won’t want to miss this conversation.

For a complete guide on optimizing and scaling your real estate investments, download my Freedom Blueprint! This essential tool walks you through ten key steps for organizing a profitable property portfolio. Click here to get your copy today!

Hey everyone, welcome back. I am Adrienne Green and today we have with us the amazing Mandy McAllister. Thank you so much for joining me, Mandy.

So excited to be here, Adrienne.

We are going to have so much fun. I have known Mandy for years. She brought me into GoBundance Women, an awesome organization that has helped me scale my business opportunities, real estate investing, and ultimately create a life where I can travel all the time. Mandy was one of those important dominoes that set everything in motion. I’m so excited for her to share her story about her transformation, journey with multifamily investing, and expertise in community and networking. So guys, buckle up, pay attention, and let’s learn. Mandy, let’s start with your background. How did you get here? What did you do before real estate and what are you doing now?

Think you need your own money to invest in real estate? Think again. Many successful investors scale their portfolios using Other People’s Money (OPM), leveraging different funding sources to grow without waiting years to save up capital. In this episode, I break down four key strategies for using OPM: private lending, hard money, syndication, and creative financing. Whether you’re looking for flexible funding, fast financing, or ways to scale into larger deals, these methods can help you take your real estate investing to the next level.

For a complete guide on optimizing and scaling your real estate investments, download my Freedom Blueprint! This essential tool walks you through ten key steps for organizing a profitable property portfolio. Click here to get your copy today!

Think you need your own money to invest in real estate? Think again. Many investors scale by using other people’s money, commonly called OPM in the real estate investing world, and you can too. In this episode, I break down the different types of leverage real estate investors can use to 10x their growth. A new episode comes out every Monday, so be sure to subscribe.

If you didn’t hear the last three episodes, go check them out as well. I talk about leveraging virtual assistants, leveraging technology, and leveraging a local boots-on-the-ground team. Now, let’s talk about other people’s money. Using OPM doesn’t mean you don’t have money. It means you can do more investing by leveraging OPM than you could with just your own funds. The right funding sources let you grow your portfolio without waiting years to save up capital.

Real estate investing has the power to change lives, and my guest, Giang Nguyen, is living proof. She went from working as a scientist to achieving financial freedom through multifamily real estate—replacing her W2 income in just six months. In this conversation, she shares her journey, the challenges she faced as an immigrant investor, and the strategies she used to scale fast. Whether you’re just getting started or looking for ways to accelerate your investing, this episode is packed with insights that can help you take action.

For a complete guide on optimizing and scaling your real estate investments, download my Freedom Blueprint! This essential tool walks you through ten key steps for organizing a profitable property portfolio. Click here to get your copy today!

Hello and welcome! I am so excited today. We have special guest Giang Nguyen, who is a great friend of mine through Go Abundance Women and an experienced multifamily investor. I’m so excited for her to be here and share her story. Thank you so much for joining me today, Giang.

Hey Adrienne, thank you so much for having me. I’m super excited to chat with your audience, and I know you are in my home country right now in Vietnam where you’re recording. So I’m also excited to share more with your audience about my life growing up there and my investing journey. Do you want me to go ahead?

Want to grow your real estate portfolio without constantly being on-site? Whether you invest locally or out of state, having a strong boots-on-the-ground team is the key to keeping your properties running smoothly without being the one handling every issue. The right local team allows you to scale faster, handle tenant concerns efficiently, and focus on growing your business instead of getting caught up in daily operations. In this episode, I break down exactly who to hire, how to build trust and accountability with your team, and the key interview questions to ask when vetting potential team members.

For a complete guide on optimizing and scaling your real estate investments, download my Freedom Blueprint! This essential tool walks you through ten key steps for organizing a profitable property portfolio. Click here to get your copy today!

A new episode comes out every Monday, so be sure to subscribe wherever you’re listening so you don’t miss the next one. You can also check out previous episodes where I talk about leveraging virtual assistants and technology to scale your investing business. This topic is especially relevant to me because, as some of you know, I’m currently traveling the world full-time with my family while maintaining my real estate portfolio in the United States. Right now, I’m in the middle of a five-month trip through Asia, meaning I’m operating my business from a completely different time zone. And yet, everything continues to run smoothly because of what I’m going to share today.

If you want to build a successful real estate investing business, understanding your numbers is non-negotiable. In this episode, I sit down with Cheryl Heller, a seasoned real estate investor and fractional CFO, to discuss the biggest financial mistakes investors make and how to avoid them. Cheryl shares her journey from corporate finance to real estate investing, the lessons she learned from deals that didn’t work out, and how she turned things around by treating real estate like a true business. We dive into short-term rentals, mid-term rentals, syndications, and the key systems every investor should have in place to stay profitable. If you’ve ever wondered how to structure your finances for long-term success, this conversation is a must-listen.

For a complete guide on optimizing and scaling your real estate investments, download my Freedom Blueprint! This essential tool walks you through ten key steps for organizing a profitable property portfolio. Click here to get your copy today!

Hello, my real estate investor listeners, and welcome to another episode. Today, I have with me my friend, real estate investor and fractional CFO, Cheryl Heller. Cheryl, thank you so much for joining me today.

Adrienne, I’m so excited to be here and talk to you about all things real estate investing.

I know Cheryl will share so much experience and wisdom with you since she works with investors and is also an investor herself. If you get value out of this, make sure to like the video, subscribe wherever you’re listening—YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts—and drop a comment with what you found helpful or any questions for Cheryl or me. We’ll be monitoring the comments and will get you an answer.