Episodes

Mental Health and Entrepreneurship: Chris Steer’s Journey to Chief Energy Officer and Leadership Coach
May 30, 2023

Mental Health and Entrepreneurship: Chris Steer’s Journey to Chief En…

Chris Steer reflects on his journey from Division One lacrosse player to successful consultant, highlighting the importance of mental health and the power of mindset and philosophy in overcoming adversity and achieving succes...

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Surviving His Own Personal Traumas and Becoming a Successful Trauma Surgeon with Dr. Craig Thayer
May 23, 2023

Surviving His Own Personal Traumas and Becoming a Successful Trauma S…

For those who have started their entrepreneurship journey or aspiring entrepreneurs who seek inspiration, have you heard the myths about Craig Thayer's Trauma Surgery Journey? Some say he never faced any obstacles, others cla...

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Overcoming Addiction and Financial Struggles to Launching a Successful Web Design Business with CEO Justin Rule
May 16, 2023

Overcoming Addiction and Financial Struggles to Launching a Successfu…

Justin Rule is an entrepreneur with big dreams, but his journey to success has been anything but easy. After overcoming a difficult past, he's determined to help others do the same. However, when he and his partner are let go...

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From Personal Pain to Paper Profits with Mortgage Note Investor Justin Bogard
May 9, 2023

From Personal Pain to Paper Profits with Mortgage Note Investor Justi…

After reaching the pinnacle of success in swimming and spearheading a successful real estate venture, Justin Bogard is blindsided by his wife's adultery and drinking, pushing him to confront his greatest adversity yet. Justin...

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Leading as a Woman: From Civil Servant to Founder with Organizational Expert Carrie Bateman-Buckley
May 2, 2023

Leading as a Woman: From Civil Servant to Founder with Organizational…

Carrie Bateman-Buckley, a determined entrepreneur and seasoned strategist, brings her wealth of experience in organizational design and strategic planning to the table as the CEO of Windsor Bateman Solutions (WBS). With a str...

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Mastering Adaptability: From Fractured Beginnings to $700 Million Under Management with Dave Van Horn
April 25, 2023

Mastering Adaptability: From Fractured Beginnings to $700 Million Und…

Dave Van Horn's story is one of resilience and courage in the face of challenge. Despite the obstacle of his parent's divorce and financial hardship, he managed to graduate college and make a successful career in real estate....

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From Swim Lessons to Bankruptcy Law: The Entrepreneurial Journey of Tony Sottile
April 18, 2023

From Swim Lessons to Bankruptcy Law: The Entrepreneurial Journey of T…

Tony grew up in a regular all-American household and lived a pretty average childhood, but he never could’ve anticipated the life he now lives. He started his entrepreneurial journey as a child offering swim lessons in his ar...

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Overcoming Imposter Syndrome: Mike Kitko's Journey from Rock Bottom to Inner Wealth
April 11, 2023

Overcoming Imposter Syndrome: Mike Kitko's Journey from Rock Bottom t…

In 2016, Mike Kitko hit rock bottom. He was 300 pounds, drinking to toxic levels, and on the verge of divorce. Why? imposter syndrome. Being a well-paid corporate executive didn’t take the imposter syndrome away, it made it w...

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From Quitting My Job to Owning Multiple Companies: A Crash Course in Mortgage Note Investing
April 4, 2023

From Quitting My Job to Owning Multiple Companies: A Crash Course in …

In this episode, Jamie shares his journey from quitting his job to becoming a successful entrepreneur owning multiple companies, including a mortgage note investing and loan servicing company. He also provides a crash course ...

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From Used Car Salesman to Multi-Millionaire Real Estate Investor with Corey Peterson
March 28, 2023

From Used Car Salesman to Multi-Millionaire Real Estate Investor with…

In this podcast episode, Corey Peterson shares his inspiring journey from being a used car salesman to becoming a multi-millionaire real estate investor. He talks about how meeting his mother's partner, Bruce, who took them o...

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From 8 Hazy Years of Drugs to Running Two Businesses with Life Coach Geoff Seow
March 21, 2023

From 8 Hazy Years of Drugs to Running Two Businesses with Life Coach …

A few short years ago, Geoff Seow was in an 8-year haze. That’s what he calls his drug and alcohol addiction years. Today, he has 3 degrees and runs two businesses. In this episode, he shares lessons from how he transformed h...

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From Women's Shelters and $700k in Debt to an 8 Figure Net Worth with REI Mom Anna Kelley
March 14, 2023

From Women's Shelters and $700k in Debt to an 8 Figure Net Worth with…

In 10 years, Anna Kelley went from $700,000 in debt to an 8-figure net worth real estate mogul. Being in tremendous debt wasn’t the first time she hit rock bottom. As a child, she grew up in households with abusive men and ha...

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Jamie Bateman Opens Up about Personal Adversity, Mindset, and His Road to Success
March 7, 2023

Jamie Bateman Opens Up about Personal Adversity, Mindset, and His Roa…

With a break from the regular programming, in this episode I share parts of my story as Josh Kalinowski, former pro baseball player and now CEO, interviews me. We talk about what it’s like for me to raise an autistic son, the...

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From a Surprise MS Diagnosis to Empowering Wealthy Families with Founder Shawn Barberis
Feb. 28, 2023

From a Surprise MS Diagnosis to Empowering Wealthy Families with Foun…

One of the risks of being wealthy is that your children might turn out to be trust fund babies spoilt by money. Even worse, 91% of wealth transfers fail in two generations. Shawn Barberis’ technology helps families keep their...

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Financial Abundance through Mortgage Note Investing with Jamie Bateman
Feb. 21, 2023

Financial Abundance through Mortgage Note Investing with Jamie Bateman

We’re all looking for ways to broaden our investments in a down market. We’d all like to keep profits trending upward despite a pending recession, so what are the options if adding new properties or more fix-and-flips opportu...

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Embrace Your Adversity with U.S. Navy Veteran and Wealth Strategist Gary Pinkerton
Feb. 14, 2023

Embrace Your Adversity with U.S. Navy Veteran and Wealth Strategist G…

Growing up on a dairy farm in Illinois, Gary would see bankers show up and talk to his dad every day. It was the 80s and inflation was killing people’s livelihoods. The bankers had a 21% interest rate on his family farm and t...

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Finding Purpose and Riches through Serving Others with E-Commerce Expert Neil Twa
Feb. 7, 2023

Finding Purpose and Riches through Serving Others with E-Commerce Exp…

Neil was a bit immature in his 20s. Impulse and greed were his north stars and they didn’t get him far. He married the wrong person and started charting a destructive path. After recovering from unfaithfulness and divorce, Ne...

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Finding God and Million-Dollar Success in Prison with Entrepreneur Paul Aragon
Jan. 31, 2023

Finding God and Million-Dollar Success in Prison with Entrepreneur Pa…

Wanting to show his alcoholic parents that he didn’t need them to be on top of the world, Paul Aragon found himself in prison. He spent his childhood making $40,000-80,000 weekly selling drugs and eventually ended up with 7 f...

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Escaping Abandonment and Criminal Charges to Running $100 Million Multifamily Funds with Entrepreneur Steven Libman
Jan. 24, 2023

Escaping Abandonment and Criminal Charges to Running $100 Million Mul…

By 12 years old, Steven had experienced 5 divorces in his family and changed parents several times. At 40, he now raises real estate funds north of $100 million as a Managing Partner of Integrity Holdings Group, owns 1000 uni...

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From Divorce and Financial Insecurity to a Multimillion-Dollar Investment Company with CPA Mark Livingston
Jan. 17, 2023

From Divorce and Financial Insecurity to a Multimillion-Dollar Invest…

At 48, Mark Livingston found himself divorced with very little money to his name and nothing saved up for his kids. It was a wake-up call that he couldn’t rely on traditional savings vehicles and Wall Street to prepare him fo...

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Overcoming Adversity & Creating Abundance Through Note Investing with Jamie Bateman
Jan. 10, 2023

Overcoming Adversity & Creating Abundance Through Note Investing with…

This episode of The Next-Level Income Show features Jamie Bateman, an experienced real estate investor and business owner who has been actively buying and selling mortgage notes since early 2018. During this time, he has acqu...

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40 Game-Changing Books for an Abundant Life in 2023
Jan. 3, 2023

40 Game-Changing Books for an Abundant Life in 2023

Podcasts I mentioned Good Deeds Note Investing Podcast Ice Cream With Investors Podcast Book Recommendations You Can If You Think You Can by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale Will by Will Smith Mindset for Mastery: An NFL Champion’s G...

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A Country Boy’s Journey From Broke to  Millions in Generational Wealth with Business Titan James Harold Webb
Dec. 27, 2022

A Country Boy’s Journey From Broke to Millions in Generational Wealt…

Being born to teenage parents and working for peanuts as an X-ray technician, James Webb never dreamed he’d one day be a business titan, investor, and philanthropist worth many millions of dollars. (26:08) “There's a recordin...

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The Transformative Power of Mindset with Ironman Athlete and Wellness Coach Matt Izzo
Dec. 20, 2022

The Transformative Power of Mindset with Ironman Athlete and Wellness…

Matt Izzo is a transformation expert, a holistic fitness coach, and an Ironman athlete. He spent most of his life being obese and depressed. He had low self-esteem and self-limiting beliefs, which held him back from unleashin...

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