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Financial Freedom Through Real Estate: Investing, Tax Strategy, and the 18-Year Cycle with Jeffrey BorstellJoin us for a powerful conversation with Jeffrey Borstell, a veteran real estate agent and investor who has built his business on the principle of financial freedom. In this episode of Real Estate Titans, Jeff shares his journey and the key strategies that have allowed him to thrive in the world of real estate investing.Jeff dives deep into his investing philosophy, explaining why he sees real estate as one of the safest investments available and how he uses a simple 10% cash-on-cash return metric to vet every deal. He also reveals his secrets to acquiring deals off-market and why he prefers commercial properties over residential ones in today's climate.But the real gold is in his explanation of real estate tax strategies. Jeff breaks down how he uses advanced depreciation to take significant tax losses, which can then be used to offset income from other sources, such as his brokerage. He also touches on the fascinating 18-year real estate cycle and what it means for the future of the market.This episode is a must-listen for any agent who wants to move beyond just selling homes and start building true, long-term wealth through strategic real estate investment.

The Real Estate Running Back: How to Build a Multi-Stream Empire with Chris Doherty -The MAD PodcastOn this episode of The Modern American Dream PodcastReal Estate Titans, we’re joined by the dynamic Chris Doherty, a man of action who's crushing the real estate game! https://chrisdoherty.com/Chris shares how he’s built a sprawling real estate empire with multiple income streams, including:Property Management: Chris owns nearly 100 properties, primarily single-family homes and condos, which he manages through his company. He started this to handle properties for clients who didn’t want to sell but wanted to rent them out. Flipping Houses: He does two to three flips a month, often in partnership with builders and contractors. Lending: He also runs a hard money lending business. Law Services: Chris is a former criminal prosecutor who also owns a law firm, which he leverages to provide legal support to his real estate clients. A true "running back" in the real estate world, Chris focuses on high personal productivity and strategic partnerships to create a comprehensive business model. He reveals how his background in politics and law taught him to build a strong network, and he shares why he always offers a menu of options to clients, including a cash offer, to avoid losing deals to wholesalers.#theRealEstateRunningBack, #RealEstateTitans, #RealEstatePodcast, #ChrisDoherty, #RealEstateEmpire, #RunningBackModel, #MultipleStreamsOfIncome, #HouseFlipping, #PropertyManagement, #RealEstateLending, #Networking, #BeTheMayor, #Entrepreneur, #BusinessGrowth #themodernamericandream #podcast #themodernamericandreampodcast #themadpodcast

Financial Therapy isn’t about how much you make—it’s about how much you keep. Most people earn more as they move through life, but the real difference lies in how they manage it. Are you living paycheck to paycheck while making six figures? Or are you the one who lives below your means, invests wisely, and builds lasting security? This podcast is about rewiring your money mindset—tracking spending, cutting unnecessary habits, saving aggressively, and investing with purpose. It’s not easy, but over time, these shifts can transform your future. Financial freedom starts with you, and the work you do today creates the life you and your family deserve tomorrow.

🧠 AI 101 for Real Estate Agents – Class RecapThis week at the office, Arthur Martiroso hosted AI 101 for Real Estate Agents, an interactive class designed to help agents bring the power of artificial intelligence into their businesses.Agents learned how to:✍️ Use AI to draft content like newsletters, listing descriptions, and social media posts in seconds.💬 Practice conversations and objection handling with AI role-plays to sharpen skills.⚙️ Connect AI to everyday tools (like Google, Zoom, or social media platforms) to save time and automate tasks.The workshop gave agents hands-on examples and practical prompts straight from the AI for Real Estate Agents Playbook, showing how AI can be used to boost productivity, create marketing content, and free up time for building relationships.As Arthur shared: “AI isn’t here to replace you — it’s here to help you work smarter, faster, and focus on what matters most: your clients.”Stay tuned for future trainings as we continue exploring how technology can give agents an edge in today’s market.

Seven Steps to Turn Your Life Around Take Radical Ownership Stop blaming circumstances, people, or your past. Share how you started with nothing but turned discipline and persistence into opportunity. Define Your Vision Paint a clear picture of what you want your life to look like. Talk about how you visualized real estate freedom before you had a single property. Get Your Finances Straight Budget, save, invest smart — stop chasing looking rich. Connect it to your philosophy: wealth is built long-term, not from quick splurges. Invest in Yourself First Skills, mindset, health, relationships. Bring in how you built confidence through self-education, sales, and personal growth. Create Daily Discipline Small habits compound over time. Share your grind story of making calls for hours before you ever saw results. Surround Yourself With the Right People Cut out negative influences and build strong networks. Relate to how mentors, partners, and your brother shaped your growth. Play the Long Game Success takes patience, sacrifice, and resilience. Talk about how you stayed consistent in real estate through ups and downs, and how anyone can build their dream life if they stick with it.

MREA CH 19 YOU #MREA #KW #DNAREALTY When you get down to it you have a millionaire real estate agent business will ultimately be a reflection of you. If it is to change, improve and grow you will have to in fact improve your growth and improve yourself. your ability and willingness to work on yourself will in large part determine how far you and your business go to hide cheevers we work with an interview dedicated to significant money and time towards personal development. In fact from many personal development being their best is their Big Y self-improvement is a high priority and distract along with all their other goals. it will increasingly become a challenge to stay focused on the cornerstones of your business leads listings and Leverage The busier you get the busier you get this is a truth you will definitely come up against over and over. One way you'll handle this will be to train your team to respect your time by teaching the 80-20 rule and help them understand which activities are truly dollar productive activities. the three questions you have to ask yourself are what do I want? When do I want it? What has to happen for me to get it ?. I Sell Real Estate! This Industry Changed my life" DNA Realty Group is a full service Real Estate team that provides the highest level of quality service to their clients. When you hire DNA Realty Group to work for you, you don’t just get ONE agent, instead you get an innovative and experienced Real Estate team that will work around the clock to meet all of your Real Estate needs. With so many changes in today’s Real Estate market they have the knowledge and confidence to navigate the current market environment. Area Market Report By DNA Realty HOMES and TOWNS BY DNA Realty Group #BUY --- https://www.dna-realty.com/buy/ #SELL --- https://www.dna-realty.com/sell/ #dnarealtygroup #massachusetts #massachusettsrealestate #marealestate #nhrealestate #newhampshire #newhampshirerealestate #buy #sell #build #newconstruction #invest #home #luxury https://www.dna-realty.com/ DNA REALTY GROUP 617-340-9135 info@dna-realty.com https://www.dna-realty.com Over $127,726,638.81 in REAL ESTATE SOLD photo David Martiroso Director of Operations DNA Realty Group - Keller Williams Success photo David Martiroso Director of Operations DNA Realty Group - Keller Williams Success

MREA CH 18 MONEY #MREA #KW #DNAREALTY in business money is always an issue. What do you have too little and even if you have more than you expected. Your quest as a real estate sales business person is to increase your revenues control your cost and at the end of the day increase your net income. don't treat your budget lightly and don't alter it easily make it difficult for you and others to justify spending outside the budget. Always look for areas where you can reduce expenses. Trial and error can sometimes be quite effective. Try living without something and if you find you can you'll know it was important. But when all is said and done the true Financial discipline to learning to stay or say no and are learning to ask why. Casual spending in the phrase this is only the cost of a commission from one more sale are the bane of a millionaire real estate agent. Stick to your budget and when you have to spend outside of it make sure the move is absolutely justifiable... "My Name is Dave! I Sell Real Estate! This Industry Changed my life" DNA Realty Group is a full service Real Estate team that provides the highest level of quality service to their clients. When you hire DNA Realty Group to work for you, you don’t just get ONE agent, instead you get an innovative and experienced Real Estate team that will work around the clock to meet all of your Real Estate needs. With so many changes in today’s Real Estate market they have the knowledge and confidence to navigate the current market environment. Area Market Report By DNA Realty HOMES and TOWNS BY DNA Realty Group #BUY --- https://www.dna-realty.com/buy/ #SELL --- https://www.dna-realty.com/sell/ #dnarealtygroup #massachusetts #massachusettsrealestate #marealestate #nhrealestate #newhampshire #newhampshirerealestate #buy #sell #build #newconstruction #invest #home #luxury https://www.dna-realty.com/ DNA REALTY GROUP617-340-9135 info@dna-realty.com https://www.dna-realty.comOver $127,726,638.81 in REAL ESTATE SOLD

MREA CH 17 NET-LEVERAGE millionaire real estate agent on the road to earning and then adding a million you going to experience of a variety of Leverage issues. Hiring people is easy however bringing talented people into your business to work with you is never as easy as you might think. what distinguishes the highest real estate sales business Achievers from the rest is their insistence on hitting their goals. Now that they know what the number is they know they have to hit it. They bring amazing urgency persistence and tenacity to their efforts. if you stay on top of those key conversion ratios appointments to listing agreements and listings taken to sales you'll be better prepared to anticipate and react to Market ships. And you'll also be able to take the appropriate action. "My Name is Dave! I Sell Real Estate! This Industry Changed my life" DNA Realty Group is a full service Real Estate team that provides the highest level of quality service to their clients. When you hire DNA Realty Group to work for you, you don’t just get ONE agent, instead you get an innovative and experienced Real Estate team that will work around the clock to meet all of your Real Estate needs. With so many changes in today’s Real Estate market they have the knowledge and confidence to navigate the current market environment. Area Market Report By DNA Realty HOMES and TOWNS BY DNA Realty Group #BUY --- https://www.dna-realty.com/buy/ #SELL --- https://www.dna-realty.com/sell/ #dnarealtygroup #massachusetts #massachusettsrealestate #marealestate #nhrealestate #newhampshire #newhampshirerealestate #buy #sell #build #newconstruction #invest #home #luxury https://www.dna-realty.com/ DNA REALTY GROUP617-340-9135 info@dna-realty.com https://www.dna-realty.comOver $122,745,038.81 in REAL ESTATE SOLD

MREA CH 16 NET-LISTINGS millionaire real estate agent on the road to earning and then adding a million you going to experience of a variety of Leverage issues. Hiring people is easy however bringing talented people into your business to work with you is never as easy as you might think. what distinguishes the highest real estate sales business Achievers from the rest is their insistence on hitting their goals. Now that they know what the number is they know they have to hit it. They bring amazing urgency persistence and tenacity to their efforts. if you stay on top of those key conversion ratios appointments to listing agreements and listings taken to sales you'll be better prepared to anticipate and react to Market ships. And you'll also be able to take the appropriate action. "My Name is Dave! I Sell Real Estate! This Industry Changed my life" DNA Realty Group is a full service Real Estate team that provides the highest level of quality service to their clients. When you hire DNA Realty Group to work for you, you don’t just get ONE agent, instead you get an innovative and experienced Real Estate team that will work around the clock to meet all of your Real Estate needs. With so many changes in today’s Real Estate market they have the knowledge and confidence to navigate the current market environment. Area Market Report By DNA Realty HOMES and TOWNS BY DNA Realty Group #BUY --- https://www.dna-realty.com/buy/ #SELL --- https://www.dna-realty.com/sell/ #dnarealtygroup #massachusetts #massachusettsrealestate #marealestate #nhrealestate #newhampshire #newhampshirerealestate #buy #sell #build #newconstruction #invest #home #luxury https://www.dna-realty.com/

MREA Ch: 15 NET-LEADS Book: Millionaire Real Estate Agent MREA Ch: 15 NET-LEADS all things are difficult before they are easy. The thought of being a successful is exciting the daughter of challenges that might be encountered along the way to big success can be frightening. you will discover that things don't always go as planned understanding these models is one thing successfully implementing them is another. as we pointed out earlier the transition from earn a million to net a million is fluid both stages drive off the same fundamental models.our hope is that by making you aware of these issues, the aspects of fear can be removed, and you can get excited about the journey you're wrong. We've discovered that when you get clarity about what you will encounter and how to handle it successfully your fear and anxiety will be drastically diminished. In fact you could simply say when I get clear I lose my fear..millionaire real estate agents never lose focus home lead generation for Dem lead generation always comes first. understand this hiring Talent is not your only issue ultimately your ongoing responsibility is this regard will be to ensure proper tracking in converting Class: BY DNA Realty Group Teacher: Dave Martiroso #BUY --- https://www.dna-realty.com/buy/ #SELL --- https://www.dna-realty.com/sell/ #dnarealtygroup #massachusetts #massachusettsrealestate #marealestate #nhrealestate #newhampshire #newhampshirerealestate #buy #sell #build #invest #home https://www.dna-realty.com/ QUADRUPLE GOLD PRODUCER DNA REALTY GROUP617-340-9135 info@dna-realty.com https://www.dna-realty.comOver $122,745,038.81 in REAL ESTATE SOLD #bostonma #bostonrealestate #bostonmarealestate Quadruple Gold / Director of Operations DNA Realty GroupDavid Martiroso