Bricks & Risk empowers real estate agents, insurance professionals, and entrepreneurs with actionable insights and proven strategies to start and scale their businesses. Our podcast videos feature topics and interviews with top-performing business owners, industry experts, and thought leaders who share their secrets to success. Whether you’re a seasoned professional or just starting out, our content is packed with valuable nuggets that help you: - Master the art of growing your real estate o ...
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Have you ever wanted to understand a comic book storyline but didn't have the patience or sanity? Leia and Josh to the rescue! They take a guest through a comic book storyline step by arduous step!
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I’m Investigative Journalist Mollye Barrows. For years, I’ve covered the stories that made headlines in Northwest Florida and all along the Gulf Coast - murders, missing persons, and mysteries of all kinds. These cases are far from over for many victims because the full story has yet to surface. Join me for Gulf Coast Confidential, where I dive into the saltier side of the South and expose the lies, greed, and corruption that often weighs down the truth.
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Detroit Pistons beat writer Vince Ellis and his special guests discuss and debate the issues surrounding Deeee-troit Bask-et-ball and the NBA overall.
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Chuck Erickson’s dream becomes Ryan Ferguson’s nightmare!
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32:03Send us a text An All-American young man was enjoying the best time of his life in college when he was arrested for the murder of Kent Heitholt, a popular sports editor in their hometown of Columbia, Missouri. The tall and strapping Heitholt was found beaten and strangled in the newspaper parking lot after getting off late from work on Halloween ni…
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Episode #69: Your Network is Your Net Worth with Joe O'Donnell & Mike Sweeney
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51:42Send us a text Fantastic episode from two successful entrepreneurs, Joe O'Donnell & Mike Sweeney. As commercial real estate agents, Joe & Mike learned early on that it was a pass/fail industry and relationships mattered. That helped them with mindset and routine. With 20+ years of boots-on-the-ground knowledge and experience each, these fellas drop…
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Episode 65 - Spider-Man Reign w Tim Hardwick
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1:43:46Leia and Josh are joined by new guest Tim Hardwick to talk the 2006 story Spider-Man Reign! An alternate future sees an old Peter Parker in his new quest to save New York - also includes THAT SCENE. If you don't know what we're talking about, come find out!
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Three-Fer: Penelope McGee, Gerald Radford, and Kanye West
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1:13:08Send us a text Is your mouth a murder weapon? Can a bully cry self-defense? And what's up with Kanye West and Nitrous Oxide? We're talking about three cases in this episode of Gulf Coast Confidential. The first is Penelope McGee. If someone is arguing with you, is it your responsibility to make sure they don't die? Socialite Penelope McGee was argu…
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Episode #68: It's No Secret, Real Estate & Insurance Have High Failure Rates
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53:36Send us a text The "failure rate" numbers are staggering for both Sean & Tim's industries for agents who have been in the industry less than 5 years: Life Insurance Agents = 93%, Insurance Agents = 90%, and Real Estate Agents = 87%. Wow, but to honest, we're not shocked. It's hard to make it in real estate and insurance: You traditionally work for …
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Episode 64 - Blood Hunt w Patrick Stout Garrity
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1:04:56Josh and Leia are joined by frequent special guest Patrick Stout Garrity to talk about last summer's vampire story Blood Hunt! Three ex-LARPers of Vampire: the Masquerade talk about Dracula, sentient cities and so many LARP references you'll be downloading Bloodlines before the episode ends!By Retconversations
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Arkansas Dr. David Diffine: The Naked Truth…and we really mean Naked!
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33:42Send us a text Dr. David Diffine made himself famous on Instagram as “Naked Dr. Dave.” Now many more agencies are on to him since he sauntered naked through his Arkansas doctor’s office. He did don a ball cap, but that’s all he had on when he walked into the reception area and exposed himself to several women who worked with him, including one who …
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Episode #67: Practice, Professionalism, & Knowing What To Say with Tom Toole
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46:02Send us a text Simply put, Tom Toole is a real estate superstar. Driven, growth-oriented, and a role model for new and veteran agents alike. He has proven his successful business methods year-in and year-out by being recognized as the #1 RE/MAX Team in Pennsylvania since 2018. Tom's industry-facing real estate podcast, Knowledge Brokers, is also a …
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Brock Horner and Tracy Nix: Everybody's talking about the Un-flipping believable Florida Man and Florida Grandmother!
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32:12Send us a text Lawd hammercy, if you like drama, trauma, and incredulous cases, don’t look any further than Florida! From one end of the Gulf Coast to another, we’re swimming in sass, sorrow, and the worst kind of decision making. In Wauchula, Tracy Nix learned she would be spending years in prison for forgetting her 9-month-old granddaughter and l…
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Episode 63 - Operation Zero Tolerance Part 1 w Will Azbill
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1:10:11Josh and Leia are joined by the Baronessah, Jennifer Howland and special guest Will Azbill to go over the inspiration for X-Men '97: Operation Zero Tolerance. The first part of what will be multiple parts, they discuss how close to a 28 year old comic is to today, some of the grossest X-Men the 90's had to offer and the best portrayal of J Jonah Ja…
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Send us a text The words "authentic" and "intentional" have become popular business buzzwords during the last year or two. So much so, that's it's hard not to hear either and/or both of those words if you listen-to or watch business-based podcasts regularly. Authentic from the sense that you're less scripted, people get to know you personally, and …
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Forgetful Grandma Tracy Nix: Hot car baby death
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36:25Send us a text Tracy Nix was enjoying her retirement years…until two of her young grandchildren died on her watch. Up until the back-to-the-back tragedies she had no time clock, no boss, no worries and the freedom to pursue her hobbies and passions, like playing the piano. In fact, she was practicing piano for several hours when she forgot that her…
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Episode #65: Executing Business Design Solutions with Brent Bush
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41:26Send us a text Tim Garrity & Brent Bush have known each other since they were 14 years old, but aside from being long-time friends, Brent has single-handedly designed every brand that Tim (and Sean) have started during their business careers. This also includes the Bricks & Risk podcast brand! Sean & Tim dive deep into a branding conversation with …
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Josh and Leia are joined once again by Cory Peter to discuss The King In Black, which Josh thought until reading it was going to be War of Kings for some reason. The conclusion of Absolute Carnage get really crazy. The impossible differences between Sentry and Thor, Mohammad Ali as a symbiote host and the Ligma Force are all discussed.…
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Don’t invite Jordan Henning to the party: Killer husband’s wife died over Slip ‘N Slide
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35:24Send us a text Crime over a slip ‘n slide. Jordan Henning lied and lied. Ashley Henning was shot and died, Murder, justified? You decide. Ashley Henning, Sgt. 1st Class in the U.S. Army, was shot to death on her 37th birthday. Her death was no accident or crime committed at the hands of a stranger. She was gunned by her soldier husband, 34-year-old…
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Episode #64: The Dylan McGonigal Episode, Communication
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39:36Send us a text We took a different approach with this episode and asked our producer, Dylan McGonigal, what he would like us to talk about. His answer: communication. Why is communication important in business? How can I communicate better? Can communication make or break a business? Sean & Tim dive deep to answer some of Dyl's tough questions, and…
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Missing, Foul Play Suspected: What Happened to Pensacola Teen Joanna Otto 33 Years Ago?
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1:02:42Send us a text Sweet Joanna Otto gone, missing, but never forgotten since 1992! I didn't know you, but I have met the people who did and still mourn you. What can happen in 30 years? We’ve had technological changes, political shifts, global changes, disasters, and even a virus that affected the whole world We’ve broadened this thing known as the In…
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Episode #63: Teaching Agents to Live a Great Life and Prosper with Dave Ashe
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53:48Send us a text Not only has Dave Ashe survived and thrived in residential real estate for 40 years, he has 3 kids, 7 grandkids, a vacation home at the South Jersey Shore, and multiple businesses. In other words, Dave has found long-term balance with success as a business owner, as well as with his family. He's also a firm believer in educating new …
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It’s Always the Susan Smith Show: Probation denied for Killer Mom who Drowned Sons
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36:36Send us a text Susan Smith has been called a lot of names: evil, egocentric, seductress, and murderer. One name she doesn’t deserve is mother. In 1994, the then 23-year-old young woman claimed a man carjacked her and took off with her children who were in the backseat. A community-wide search in Union, South Carolina went nationwide as the shocking…
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Episode #62: What Should We Measure for Agent Success: Volume or Profit?
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38:56Send us a text In residential real estate, the "industry" tends to favor those agents who have closed a lot of deals. This is known as "volume," which is the total added dollar amount of the sales you close in a calendar year. This is also why teams are widely considered a more popular model today, as they are capable of closing more volume than so…
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“Ole Miss Murder Mystery: Did strait-laced Tim Herrington, Jr. kill his flamboyant hook-up, Jimmie “Jay” Lee, over a bootie call?”
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24:01Send us a text Jimmie “Jay” Lee loved to shine. The 20-year-old Ole Miss Student was known for his love of flamboyant clothes, his Pomeranian ‘Lexie,’ and helping others. In fact, the day his disappearance was discovered the soon-to-be social worker had missed attending a baby-formula drive and his friends and family knew something was wrong. Jay L…
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Episode #61: The Skinny on Private Lending with Ian Walsh
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44:12Send us a text Private lending (aka Hard Money) is a term that investors/developers are familiar with, but maybe not the average buyer or seller. Ian Walsh is a leader in private lending around Greater Philadelphia, as well as in multiple other areas and states. Sean & Tim dig into his journey as a wholesaler, property management owner, and now a p…
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Episode 61 - Gotham City Sirens Part 2 w Dixie Cochran
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1:02:40Leia and Josh are joined once again by special guest Dixie Cochran to continue down our journey into Gotham City Sirens! The Japanese language doesn't work like that, architecture in Gotham City and the bimbofication of Harley Quinn are just a few of the things we discuss in a show guaranteed to have a Part 3!…
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“Blue Gatorade: Is it worth your life? Store owner Taz Zarka stabs Mark Garrity”
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24:25Send us a text Killing a customer for shoplifting seems callous and cruel, but 61-year-old Taz Zarka said he was “not a monster” for stabbing 27-year-old Mark Garrity Jr. to death on April 6, 2023. The young man was in Taz’s family-owned, neighborhood supermarket located at the City Bus Stop in Raleigh, North Carolina when the store owner thought M…
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Unnecessary Middle Men Force Patients to Pay More for Prescriptions
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39:55Send us a text It’s no secret that the Pharmacy Healthcare System is broken. Join Pam and me as we dive into the ugliness of one of the main reasons the Pharmacy Profession and Independent Pharmacies are being threatened, some pharmacists say. We invited Johnny Brooklere, Pharmacist/Owner of Brooklere Pharmacy 💊 in Birmingham, Alabama to share his …
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Episode #60: Don't Knee-Jerk Your Insurance Coverage
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42:57Send us a text The current insurance environment is what Sean has repeatedly referred to as a "hard market." Meaning, insurance premiums are going up for consumers and insurance carriers are taking a more conservative approach on new business, as well as renewals. Which also means, switching carriers to save a few bucks can sometimes cause unforese…
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Leia and Josh are joined by can't-miss guest Dawn Baldwin and the Baronessah, Jennifer Howland for Ice Cream Man! If you've never listened to a Dawn Baldwin episode, you're in for a creamy, frozen treat! This horror anthology series is guaranteed to rot your teeth!By Retconversations
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Lawsuit over Dr. Shaknovsky’s wrong-site liver surgery: Pandora’s Box Opened
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58:08Send us a text As unbelievable as it is that a surgeon could mistakenly remove a man’s liver instead of his spleen, the lawsuit filed over the alleged wrongful death of 70-year-old Bill Bryan says that his fatal operation is just the latest in a series of surgical errors by the same surgeon enabled by a system geared to protect doctors. According t…
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Episode 59 - Daredevil Guardian Devil
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2:13:45Leia and Josh are joined by frequent guest Kyle Slack to talk about Kevin Smith's Marvel debut - Daredevil: Guardian Devil! We explore the womanizing side of Matt Murdoch, Natasha Romanov should not be the first person you call to babysit and we answer the age old question - did the baby AntiChrist give her AIDS?…
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Episode #59: Scratch Commercial Lending with Evan Segal
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56:28Send us a text As Sean & Tim continue to introduce and interview superstars within their networks, we are grateful to have spoken with Evan Segal from Segal Financial. On this Bricks & Risk ep, we unearth Evan's journey from 20 years in Corporate America to self-funding/starting his own commercial lending company; all while being a dedicated husban…
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First on the scene: First responders suffer in silence
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1:00:31Send us a text Murder changes everyone. When lives are suddenly and horrifically cut short, the loss also shatters those who love them. But they aren’t the only ones who suffer. First responders who are first on the scene see it, too. Firefighters, paramedics, and police all witness the worst people can do to each other. It’s rewarding to help peop…
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Episode #58: Strained affordability in today’s US housing market
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42:52Send us a text Here's an interesting stat: The average buyer’s income would have had to rise 86% since January 2020, just to keep pace with the current median priced home. Wow. Some of the main culprits are price appreciation, interest rate increases, and a few more. Listen to or watch Sean & Tim talk about the current market constraints, possibili…
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Josh and Leia are joined by new guest Zombie and the Baronessah to discuss Nightcrawler: The Devil Inside! Why is it bad to send someone who looks like a demon to counsel a child? Is it okay to bang your foster sister? And why are gay snakes the best pets? These questions and more are investigated in this very, VERY sexy comic!…
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Boyfriend shot girlfriend’s jealous ex-boyfriend: Don’t F-A-F-O with Brian Camp
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27:17Send us a text A man’s home is his castle and that was certainly the case for Brian Camp, when an unknown intruder broke into his home and attacked him while he, his girlfriend, and their children were sleeping. The intruder turned out to be Johnathan Letendre, his girlfriend’s jealous ex-boyfriend. Naked, unarmed, and asleep, Brian came up out of …
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Episode #57: Hunting Commercial Real Estate with Nick Giganti & Martino Picariello
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1:10:29Send us a text With years of boots-on-the-ground real estate experience, both residential and commercial (aka resi-mercial), Nick Giganti & Martino Picariello break down what it takes to start and grow a book of business. From knocking on doors, to learning how to value their own time, these guys know the investment real estate game in Philly. Sean…
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Let the Good Times Roll: Terror truck attack too Easy in the Big Easy
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30:22Send us a text From historic snowfall to an unprecendented terror attack early on New Year's Day, January 2025 has been one for the record books for New Orleans. The Big Easy is always a good time. It's a city open to celebration no matter what day of the week or month of the year, there's always good food, drink, dancing and debauchery. For folks …
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Episode #56: Marketing Idea vs. Marketing Plan
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39:39Send us a text We had fun making this one, folks. Not only is it a topic that hits home with both Sean & Tim, but it's also a concept that rarely gets discussed within the real estate and insurance industries. Reason being, marketing "ideas" come out every day and they're easy to find; right there for the taking on socials, YouTube, you name it. Ma…
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Bendadryl, Babysitter, and Breastmilk: What Happened to Baby Abi Lobisch?
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23:40Send us a text Dixie Denise Villa ran an unlicensed daycare on base in Hawaii. She had several children of her own and would often help other families with their kids because of a lack of childcare. In 2019, Anna Lobisch begged Dixie to watch her 7-month-old baby, Abi, because Anna needed to study for some classes and had other appointments. Despit…
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Episode #55: Bootstrapping a Family Insurance Business with Shaun Gavaghan
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56:17Send us a text Shaun Gavaghan is a shining example of a scrappy entrepreneur. He's a problem-solver, a risk-taker, and a hard worker. From starting his insurance business from scratch (with 3 children and a stay-at-home spouse) to refinancing his car to help with start-up costs, he does what it takes to keep moving forward with his vision. This one…
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Secret stache of nudes leads Jade Janks to kill her stepdad
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28:44Send us a text Jade Janks was a hip and fashionable young woman who had a vibrant and wholesome style that made her a favorite with family and friends, and fueled her successful career as an interior decorator in California. Even though her mom had divorced her stepdad, Tom Merriman, Jade remained close with the co-founder of a butterfly farm and d…
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Episode #54: How to Structure Your Residential Real Estate Business
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42:19Send us a text As an agent in residential real estate today, you have choices as to how you want to structure your business: solo agent, team member/leader, or brokerage owner. If you're just getting started, you'd likely start as either a solo agent or team member. If you're seasoned and productive, you could graduate to a team leader or brokerage…
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Moonshine, Murder, and Missing Men in the Mountains: the Unsolved Mystery of The Brasher-Dye Disappearance
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22:29Send us a text Alabama’s oldest, active cold case is a wild, real-life tale of three cousins who disappeared one night in 1956 after heading off to a party in the moonshining, mountain country of northern Jefferson County, Alabama. Their family never saw them again. The theories as to what happened to Robert Earl Dye, Billy Howard, and Dan Brasher …
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Episode #53: Scaling a Productive Team with Ryan Stawasz
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51:59Send us a text On this B&R ep, Sean & Tim talk with Ryan Stawasz from The Stawasz Group. Not only does Ryan lead a top residential real estate team in Philadelphia, but he also invests in real estate; owning 25 residential rental units himself. He is passionate about winning in all aspects of life: health, family, and business. Ryan started at the …
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Reverse Robin Hood Jamey Noel: The Sheriff who Stole from the People to get His
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32:30Send us a text Money is no object, especially when it’s not yours. That seemed to be the philosophy of former Indiana Sheriff Jamey Nole who was also once the star of his own reality television show on prisons, “60 Days In.” Even though he was the highest paid public official in his county at just under $200,000 a year, he was living like he made $…
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Episode #52: Why Commitment Creates Success
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37:22Send us a text Being committed in business may quite possibly be the most important key to success. Reason being, if you never give up, you'll continue to grow in different ways: income, personally, client base, company size, etc. But, the second you take your foot off the gas and start slumping back in your chair is the moment where it can be lost…
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Sick to Death: Luigi Mangione guns down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson streets of New York
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31:01Send us a text Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old man accused of assassinating the CEO of insurance giant UnitedHealthcare on the streets of New York, is being hailed as a hero by some who, like him, have experienced the pain, stress, and outrage over deteriorating health and stuck in a quagmire of what will and won’t be covered by insurance. Police a…
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Episode #51: Being a Small Business Triple-Threat with Rob Schuck
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1:02:55Send us a text Rarely do you see in the residential real estate industry an independent brokerage owner that also happens to own mortgage and insurance brokerages as well. Meet Rob Schuck, a childhood friend of Sean's and a "small business triple threat." On Rob's ep, Sean & Tim talk about the current Philadelphia real estate market, predicting hom…
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New to murder: Christian Ketchup accused of killing Tierra Binion in cold blood; Victim’s sister is her voice
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40:07Send us a text Why Christian Ketchup was armed at a bar the night he ran into her sister, Tierra Binion, Diamond Jordan doesn’t know. What she does know is that she wants him to be held accountable for the murder he is accused of committing. Investigators say Christian gunned down the 25-year-old mother of twin boys in the parking lot of Mugs ‘n Ju…
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Send us a text We did it, we made it to 50! One of our past podcast guests told us that only 1% of all podcasts have 50 episodes or more, and whether that is accurate or not in December 2024 is not what matters; we prepped-for, created, and released 50 podcast episodes ... that's what matters. Not only have Sean & I handled all of the broadcasting …
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Coed Killed on Campus Couldn’t Outrun Evil: Why Laken Riley Should Still Be Here!
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32:29Send us a text The morning that she died, Laken Riley did everything right. The University of Georgia nursing student let her friends and her mom know she was going for a run on campus. She even shared her location on her smartwatch and told her roommates where she would be. Despite making every effort to stay safe, the 22-year-old rule follower cr…
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