Best John Reuter Podcasts (2025)

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VA Loans 101: What Every Veteran Needs to Know Before Buying a Home in Wisconsin 35:00

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2M ago35:00

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Are you a veteran thinking about buying a home? This episode is your tactical briefing on the VA Home Loan benefit — straight from the experts. John Reuter, The Veteran Realtor, sits down with VA loan specialist Mike to break down everything you really need to know. We cover the top benefits of a VA loan (like 100% financing and no PMI), how VA loa…

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February Surge: Wisconsin Housing Market Rebounds 14:14

3M ago14:14

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In this episode of the Wisconsin Housing Report, host John Reuter dives into the latest updates from the Wisconsin Realtors Association for February 2025 and offers local MLS insights. Discover how existing home sales jumped 7%—three times the growth rate from January—and why tighter inventory has pushed median prices to $304,900, marking a 10.9% i…

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Expanding Veteran Benefits & Wisconsin’s Housing Future: A Conversation with Rep. Alex Joers 32:41

3M ago32:41

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Why is it so hard for veterans to buy a home in Wisconsin? 🏡🎖️ Between rising housing costs, limited inventory, and delays in veteran benefits, many service members struggle to achieve homeownership. In this episode of The Veteran Realtor Podcast, I sit down with Wisconsin State Representative Alex Joers to break down real solutions for veterans an…

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Who Can Charge Fees for VA Claims? Attorney Travis West Breaks It Down 4:10

4M ago4:10

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Can someone charge you to help with your VA claim? Attorney Travis West from West & Dunn joins us on The Veteran Realtor Podcast to break down what veterans need to know about legal representation, VSOs, and claim agents when filing a VA claim. We discuss: ✅ Who can and cannot charge fees for VA claims ✅ The role of VSOs, attorneys, and accredited …

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Veteran Tax Hacks: Save Big This Tax Season with Free Filing & Exclusive WI Tax Credits! 6:16

4M ago6:16

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Attention veterans! Are you ready to maximize your tax savings this season? 💸 In this episode, Air Force veteran and Wisconsin Realtor John Reuter breaks down everything you need to know to prepare for tax season, including: ✅ The must-have documents you should start gathering now (W-2s, 1099s, TSP withdrawals, etc.) ✅ 5 FREE tax filing programs de…

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The Elizabeth Dole Veterans Act: Transforming Care and Support for Our Heroes 11:38

5M ago11:38

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Join us for a deep dive into the transformative Elizabeth Dole Veterans Act, a landmark piece of legislation revolutionizing healthcare, caregiver support, education, and benefits for veterans and their families. Explore how this act honors our nation’s heroes by addressing their unique needs, from enhanced community care access to homelessness pre…

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Episode 23 – Alexis Neely: Creating a New Business Model for Law Firm Owners 1:00:43

8+ y ago1:00:43

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As a new attorney, Alexis joined a prestigious firm, expecting to stay forever. But three years later she was miserable and felt the “golden handcuffs” growing tighter. She realized she’d have to start her own firm to find the fulfillment she was after. Placing herself in a do-or-die situation, she experimented and tweaked until she perfected a mod…

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Episode 22 – Jonathan Karp: Helping Law Firms to Create a Foundation for Success 1:05:52

9y ago1:05:52

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Jonathan Karp is a California attorney who represents mid-sized, closely held businesses and their owners in a variety of fields, including law firms, CPA firms, and medical practices. We discussed those agreements that form the foundation of a law firm: partnership, shareholder, and compensation agreements. Having assisted many firms over the year…

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Episode 21 – Lisa O’Flyng: Growing a Practice Group 10x in Three Years

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Lisa O'Flyng is the Marketing Director at Ruder Ware, a 40-attorney firm in Wausau and Eau Claire, Wisconsin. When two of the attorneys started doing work for clients in the Agribusiness sector, they perceived a potentially much greater opportunity. The firm made a deliberate effort to pursue it and now, three years later, they’ve grown the practic…

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Episode 20 – Janey Nethery: Leading with the Client’s Perspective Top of Mind 1:03:34

9y ago1:03:34

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Janey Nethery worked in claims for years before joining Michael Sullivan & Associates as Executive Director. Her experience as a client of General Liability and Workers’ Compensation law firms has given her deep insight into what clients want, what it looks like when firms delight, and yet how easy it is to fail. In this conversation she shares qui…

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Episode 19 – Seth Price: Growing with Top Attorneys and Great Digital Marketing 56:51

9y ago56:51

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Before co-founding Price Benowitz, Seth Price was VP of Business Development for USLaw.com, where he learned digital marketing. His long-time friend, David Benowitz, was a public defender in Washington, D.C. They thought their skills might combine well so they launched a firm. Boy were they right. They outgrew their first office in just two weeks. …

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Episode 18 – Gregory Ramos: Creating the Sherman & Howard Fellowship Program 41:33

9y ago41:33

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Gregory Ramos is a Member in Sherman & Howard’s Corporate and Business Department. One of the firm’s clients loved their legal work but wanted them to develop greater industry expertise in their oil & gas business. The solution? Jointly identify a new law school graduate to be hired by the client, receive legal training from the firm, and then afte…

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Episode 17 – David Stone: Building a Firm with a Laser-Sharp Focus on Litigation 51:12

9y ago51:12

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David Stone and his partners are building a firm that focuses exclusively on complex high-value litigation, whether handling contingent plaintiff or billable defense work. The firm is nimble, typically around 10 lawyers, but also works regularly as co-counsel with much larger firms when cases requires it. They litigate with a “surgical strike” appr…

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Episode 16 – Nathan Jordan: Helping Small & Medium Firms Implement Rocket Matter 27:11

9y ago27:11

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Nathan Jordan is an account executive at Rocket Matter. In that capacity, he speaks with hundreds of small and medium-sized law firms each year. In our conversation he shares his perspective of how firms are using technology to achieve greater efficiency, provide better service, and scale their businesses.…

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Episode 15 – Jess Collen: Taking an Unconventional Path to Building a Top IP Firm 1:00:13

9y ago1:00:13

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Jess Collen took an unconventional path to becoming an attorney and co-founding a firm with his wife. They started their careers by first building a retail business together. They continued to run it during law school and even afterwards, while rising up through the ranks at a law firm in Manhattan. When they launched their firm in 1996, their busi…

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Episode 14 – Michael Moradzadeh: Building Innovation into the Firm’s DNA 51:25

9y ago51:25

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What happens when two 3-year attorneys at a white shoe firm decide that their world is ripe for disruptive innovation? Michael Moradzadeh and his partner set-up shop in a house in San Francisco and worked out of the basement, launching just a few months before the great recession hit hardest in 2008. Their firm has grown steadily ever since. Now, e…

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Episode 13 – Sheela Murthy: The Incredible Power of Giving Everything Away 39:19

9y ago39:19

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When Sheela Murthy launched her firm in 1994, she spent hours each day answering every immigration question posted on the 10,000-member Indian News Network. It didn’t take long until the phone started ringing and today, the firm has grown to nearly 100 employees. Sharing knowledge is embedded in the culture: Murthy.com is the world’s most visited l…

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Episode 12 – Gregory Seeley: Serving Small Businesses with an Award-Winning Team 35:45

9y ago35:45

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Gregory Seeley and his co-founding partner have built a 20-attorney firm with a diverse practice centered around the needs of small and medium-sized businesses and their owners. In 2014 it was named one of Northeast Ohio’s top workplaces by the Cleveland Plain Dealer. They launched the firm in 1978 with a core concept that was radical at the time: …

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Episode 10 – James Albertelli: Finding Ways to Grow During Turbulent Times 56:23

9y ago56:23

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After starting as a sole practitioner and handling whatever came in, Jim joined a large firm. But three months later, he had a “Jerry McGuire moment," took the goldfish off his desk, and went back on his own. This time, he narrowed his focus to the mortgage industry. He started with the bank branch that held his client-trust account and won some re…

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Episode 9 – Paul Purdue: Tips for Law Firms on Using Technology to Scale 57:15

9+ y ago57:15

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Paul Purdue is the founder of Attorney Computer Systems, a technology infrastructure company that helps law firms optimize operations. They do this by installing and configuring software for practice management, document management, and back-office operations. They also work with firms to help them design optimal workflows and improve efficiency, e…

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Episode 8 – Chad Dudley & James Peltier: Operating with Deliberate Intent 33:37

9+ y ago33:37

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In 2009 Chad Dudley and James Peltier worked together at a firm. They (along with a third partner, Steven DeBosier) bought the firm from its former owners and set out to deliberately transform it to achieve two key goals: truly satisfying clients and doubling the average value of each case. Achieving those goals allowed them to increase new-case in…

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Episode 7 – Gerry Oginski: Attracting Clients with Internet Video 58:50

9+ y ago58:50

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Gerry enjoyed his solo practice and did a great job for clients. But one Friday afternoon his secretary/ paralegal gave him a wake-up call he’ll never forget: she pointed out he wasn’t replenishing resolved cases with new ones. For the next five years, he scrambled and experimented until one-day in 2007, he posted a poorly-produced video on YouTube…

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Episode 6 – John E. Tyrrell: Building an Entirely New Culture After a Merger 48:48

9+ y ago48:48

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In March 2014, John Tyrrell had been Managing Shareholder of Hollstein Keating for ten years. He and his partners dissolved that firm and joined a seven-attorney practice group from the Lavin firm to found a new law firm: Ricci Tyrrell Johnson & Grey. From day one, they sought to draw on the strengths of both firms but also, to build an entirely ne…

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Episode 5 – Charles Kuck: The Power of Serving in a National Association 52:57

9+ y ago52:57

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Charles Kuck started his career as an associate doing insurance defense. He did pro bono immigration work on the side to gain trial experience early in his career. He loved the immigration work and it gradually grew into his primary practice. After joining the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) he progressed through the ranks of the or…

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Episode 4 – Seth Perlman: How “Writing the Book” Led to Sustainable Growth 57:37

9+ y ago57:37

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Seth Perlman joined his father in 1985 in a practice that had a mix of general and non-profit work. He enjoyed working in the philanthropic sector so he began focusing his efforts in that direction and the firm began to grow. However, after the two-volume treatise he wrote on fundraising regulation was released by Wiley in 1988, things really took …

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Episode 3 – Michael Sullivan: Lessons Learned Growing a Firm to 50 Attorneys 1:02:14

9+ y ago1:02:14

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Michael Sullivan hung his shingle as a California solo-practitioner in 1996. In 2001, Law Firm Excellence’s Michael Bell joined him as a paralegal. By 2006, the firm had five attorneys and Bell was the firm’s business manager. Ten years later, the firm has 50+ attorneys, seven offices and is the top workers’ compensation defense practice in the sta…

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Episode 2 – Alex Gertsburg: Growing Rapidly through Innovative Business Practices 41:56

9+ y ago41:56

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After working as an associate for two large regional firms, Alex Gertsburg left private practice to take a General Counsel position. In that role, he experienced frustration with outside counsel and learned firsthand what clients really want from their law firms. He used that insight to launch a business-law practice that delivers on the promise to…

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Episode 1 – Albert Stark: Building Stark & Stark into a 130+ Attorney Firm 47:30

9+ y ago47:30

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Albert Stark joined Stark & Stark in 1968 when the firm’s only attorneys were his father and uncle. They weren’t interested in growing the firm—but he was. They give him free reign though, so Albert (and the partners who joined along the way) grew the firm into a regional powerhouse, with 130 attorneys today.…

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John Reuter: The Mask Panel in PS CS4 13:48

16+ y ago13:48

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In this episode we continue to explore the new features and interface in Photoshop CS4. As with the Adjustment Pane, while there are some new tools it really is a re-configuration of previously existing tools. Everything is right there for you, and in conjunction with the Adjustments Panel, you will find yourself more wiling and able to take advant…

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Photoshop CS4 Adjustment Panel 10:58

16+ y ago10:58

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It has been over a year since I last produced an episode of Creative Photoshop. While many things made it difficult to continue for a long period, the release of Photoshop CS4 has given me ample reason to start up again. I appreciate the many messages of support, in fact the podcast is more popular than when I suspended episodes. In this episode we…

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Analog Input/Digital Output, Part 2 13:31

17+ y ago13:31

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In this episode we continue our look at Analog Input/Digital Output. Taking one of our images from the last episode, we explore ways to integrate it into some other images and create a composite. We explore some techniques from past episodes and use them in different ways. We look at the CS3 Refine Edge Tool and how it helps to integrate an image i…

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Polaroid Materials: Analog Input/Digital Output 18:29

17+ y ago18:29

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In this episode of Creative Photoshop we go into a different direction. For several years I have taught a class called Polaroid Creativity: Analog Input/Digital Output. Most recently I offered this class at Grossmont College in El Cajon, CA in conjunction with the Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego. It begins by making Polaroid Image Transfer…

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Composite Project, Part Three 12:07

18y ago12:07

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I’m back after a rather long absence. Many things have been going on, work, teaching and actually making my own art, which I am very excited about. But turning our attention to our Composite Project, we finally get to Part Three which finishes off some details and I hope shows you what goes through my mind as I complete an image. We delve once agai…

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Project Composite, Part Two: Background Blending 15:21

18y ago15:21

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In this episode we continue with our project on image composite. Last week we added color to an antique portrait in preparation to bringing it into a new composition. This week we blend two backgrounds together with the Blend If sliders in Layer Styles. This is a strategy I often use when beginning a composite. We will then bring the portrait into …

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Project Composite, Part One: Hand Coloring 19:24

18y ago19:24

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I am back after a one-month hiatus. I received many e-mails asking if I was going to continue producing Creative Photoshop and the answer is definitely “yes?. Life sometimes intervenes and my day job as Director of the Polaroid 20x24 Studio has required quite a bit of my attention lately. We are trying to insure that it survives further into the di…

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Quick Selection in CS3 with John Reuter 10:12

18y ago10:12

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I am very proud to say that with our last episode we exceeded 100,000 downloads for the Creative Photoshop Podcast. To me, this level of response to a longer, more measured approach to on-line Photoshop education is very gratifying. I thank all of you who have become subscribers to this podcast. This week we continue our look into Selections with a…

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Selections, Part Three: The Extract Filter with John Reuter 14:31

18y ago14:31

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Our look at selections continues with a comparative look at the Extract filter and a selection created with the Pen Tool and Channel conversion. Students often ask me why do I prefer to use the traditional methods utilizing channels when newer tools such as Extract are available. My feeling is that once you master the traditional tools, they don’t …

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Selections, Part Two: The Pen Tool with John Reuter 16:50

18+ y ago16:50

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This week we continue with our look at Selections with an emphasis on the Pen Tool. Our subject matter presents a very different tonal situation from last week, a portrait on a white background. These differences prompt us to use a different selection tool, the venerable Pen Tool. In low contrast situations with soft detail edges, nothing is better…

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Selections, Selections, Selections....with John Reuter 16:20

18+ y ago16:20

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I have always said that mastery of Selections is the most important skill you can learn in Photoshop. They are the doorway to amazing control over tonality, color, and emphasis as well as the vehicle to create believable and unbelievable composite images. It is a deep topic and I will devote three consecutive episodes to Selections in both Photosho…