Best Brandon Barron Podcasts (2026)

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The Best Moments of the Shawn Ryan Show in 2025 2:58:34

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Looking back, 2025 stands as one of the most defining years in the history of The Shawn Ryan Show—a year that pushed far beyond the studio and into the heart of stories that don’t fit neatly into headlines or soundbites. Across conversations with military veterans, intelligence professionals, world leaders, and everyday people carrying extraordinar…

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Best of 2025 Replay: Inside Cardone Capital: Portfolio Growth, Investment Strategy, & Bitcoin Integration ft. Ryan Tseko 47:32

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*Previously aired episode* Ryan Tseko, Executive Vice President of Cardone Capital, shares insights from managing a 15,000-unit portfolio valued at over $1.6 billion. Drawing from his unique journey from commercial airline pilot to Grant Cardone's right-hand man, Tseko discusses their strategy of combining fixed-rate financing with 10-year hold per…

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Best of 2025 Replay: Creative Deal Structuring Insights, Seller Financing Strategy, & Leveraging Low-Rate Mortgages for Portfolio Growth ft. Casey Mericle 30:42

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*Previously aired episode* Amanda Cruise and Ash Patel talk with Casey Mericle about his innovative approach to commercial real estate investing through creative financing. Mericle shares his strategy of acquiring properties at higher prices in exchange for favorable seller financing terms, which he then leverages by moving the mortgages to other v…

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#266 Dr. Dan Schneider - Ancient Weapons Used Against Demons: Vigils, Fasting and Prayer 3:34:10

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Dr. Dan Schneider is an Adjunct Professor of Theology at Franciscan University of Steubenville and an Associate Staff Member at the St. John Henry Newman Research Centre for Theology at Maryvale Institute in Birmingham, England. A former U.S. Army attack helicopter pilot, Gulf War veteran, and amateur boxer, Schneider has nearly two decades of expe…

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WOF 522: What's It Like to Be a Catholic Bishop? 42:15

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St. Pope John Paul the II memorably observed that the Catholic Church comes from the eucharist and that the eucharist, in turn, comes from priests. As Bishop Barron noted in a recent letter to his diocese, "by an inescapable logic [therefore] no priests, no Church." We should add, however, that priests come from bishops, which expands the ecclesial…

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Best of 2025 Replay: Housing Starts, Rising Wages & AI: Three Major Market Forces That Will Shape Multifamily in 2025 ft. J Scott 1:08:31

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*Previously aired episode* J Scott, Partner at Bar Down Investments and Host of the Drunk Real Estate Podcast, discusses the current state of the multifamily housing market, focusing on trends, challenges in new construction, the impact of wages on rent growth, and the dynamics of supply and demand. They explore the implications of low housing star…

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Best of 2025 Replay: Authenticity Over Clickbait, Generational Funds Myths and Infinite Banking Exposed with Ash Patel 29:20

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*Previously aired episode* Ash Patel goes full-send on authenticity in real estate and social media, calling out clickbait growth hacks and the hollow vanity metrics behind them. He unpacks why “generational funds” and decade-long holds often mask weak deals, and why infinite banking is just expensive life insurance dressed up with fancy marketing.…

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Best of 2025 Replay: AI in Capital Raising ft. Dr. Adam Gower, Tim Mai, and Irwin Boris 1:00:23

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*Previously aired episode* Joe Fairless interviews Dr. Adam Gower, Tim Mai, and Irwin Boris to explore how AI is transforming capital raising in commercial real estate. The panel shares their most effective AI tools and how they use them for investor outreach, appointment setting, and content creation. Tim explains how he automates prospecting via …

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Best of 2025 Replay: Off-Market Wins, Market Resilience, and Capital Strategy ft. Brad Johnson 51:40

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*Previously aired episode* Amanda Cruise and Ash Patel interview Brad Johnson, co-founder and CIO of Vintage Capital. Brad shares his journey from institutional private equity to building a $200M+ mobile home park portfolio and discusses why he’s doubling down on the asset class today. They dive into due diligence strategies, creative seller financ…

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Best of 2025 Replay: Multifamily Investing, International Expansion, and Market Cycles ft. Jonah Bamberger 56:16

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*Previously aired episode* Matt Faircloth interviews Jonah Bamberger of Aulder Capital, diving into his journey from growing up in Maryland, serving in the Israeli military, and transitioning into real estate investing. Jonah shares how he started with rent-stabilized multifamily in Brooklyn, expanded to suburban areas along the East Coast, and rec…

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#265 Lee Strobel - Who is the Real Santa Claus & What Evidence Connects Jesus to Christmas? 2:11:36

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Lee Strobel is an American Christian author, apologist, speaker, and former investigative journalist who transitioned from an atheist investigative journalist into a leading Christian apologist and author, blending rigorous investigative methods with his faith journey to influence millions worldwide. Born in Arlington Heights, Illinois, Strobel ear…

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Best of 2025 Replay: Capital Market Opportunities, Multifamily Absorption Trends, & Lender Relationship Strategy for Market Distress ft. Joe Fairless 30:36

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*Previously aired episode* John Chang interviews Joe Fairless, co-founder of Ashcroft Capital, about navigating today's complex commercial real estate landscape. Fairless, who manages over $2.8 billion in assets across 14,000 apartment units, shares insights on finding opportunities amid market distress by cultivating relationships with lenders see…

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Best of 2025 Replay: Land Development Strategy, Builder Demand, and Exit Options ft. Brandon Cobb 1:07:56

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*Previously aired episode* Pascal Wagner interviews Brandon Cobb, a seasoned land developer and founder of HBG Capital. Brandon breaks down the highly misunderstood world of land development, revealing how value is created before a single house is built. He shares how his team entitles land and leverages national homebuilder partnerships to generat…

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#264 Hunter Biden - His Answer to the Laptop Claims, Burisma, White House Coke and Pardons 5:29:07

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Hunter Biden is an American attorney, businessman, and author and the son of President Joe Biden. Born in Delaware and shaped by profound personal tragedies and a diverse career in finance, policy, and international ventures. His mother and sister passed away in a car accident when he was young, and his brother, who survived the accident, later pas…

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Best of 2025 Replay: AI In Acquisitions ft. Paul Hopkins, Perry Zheng, Lance Pederson and Bo Barron 45:59

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*Previously aired episode* Joe Fairless interviews AI-savvy investors Paul Hopkins, Perry Zheng, Lance Pederson, and Bo Barron to explore how artificial intelligence is reshaping commercial real estate acquisitions. The panel shares practical tools—like Google’s Notebook LM, ChatGPT, AI21, and Claude—and strategies for deal analysis, underwriting, …

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WOF 521: The Philosophical Habit (9 of 12) 22:19

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Newman believed that a liberal arts education would instill a philosophical habit of mind in students, helping students reason to the foundational principles of every discipline and see how everything fits together. The philosophical habit of mind distinguishes between significance and triviality, helping society and individuals order everything to…

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JF 4126: Institutional Capital Returns, Slower Absorption and What Comes Next with John Chang 31:27

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John Chang shares a year-end perspective on where commercial real estate stands after 2025 and what he’s watching heading into 2026. He breaks down the sharp slowdown in job creation following tariff uncertainty, rising unemployment among young adults, and how those trends are already impacting household formation, apartment absorption, and overall…

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JF 4125: Modular Housing, Faster Builds and Solving Affordability ft. Keith Miller 41:18

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John Casmon interviews Keith Miller about scaling from small backyard ADU and infill development projects into large-scale modular and manufactured home communities as a way to solve affordability and construction bottlenecks. Keith explains how subcontractor shortages, cost overruns, and timeline risk pushed his team toward factory-built housing, …

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JF 4124: Lifestyle Design Lessons from a 2000 Unit Investor ft. Maurice Philogene 1:09:51

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Matt Faircloth interviews Maurice Philogene about designing a life around time freedom, personal fulfillment, and intentional investing, drawing from Maurice’s journey from corporate executive, military officer, and police officer to real estate investor. Maurice explains how buying and systematically paying down small condo assets created early fi…

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#263 Steve Bunting - Inside the World of MARSOC Medics and Real-World Combat Medicine 4:06:39

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Steven Bunting is a former U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer and Special Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman (SARC) / Special Operations Independent Duty Corpsman who spent over a decade embedded with Marine Recon and MARSOC Raiders. He delivered advanced trauma care and operational support on the front lines of combat, direct-action raids, special reco…

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JF 4123: 2025 Lessons, Liquidity and Discipline in CRE ft. the Best Ever Hosts 1:07:27

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Pascal Wagner interviews Matt Faircloth, John Casmon, and Ash Patel in a year-end roundtable reflecting on the biggest lessons from 2025 across their own portfolios and hundreds of investor interviews. The group digs into why distress has been slower and more “behind the scenes” than expected, how liquidity, discipline, and deal structure mattered …

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JF 4122: Bonus Depreciation, Tax Deferral and Cost Seg Timing ft. Chris Streit 35:00

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Amanda Cruise interviews Chris Streit, CEO of CSA Partners, about where cost segregation stands at the end of 2025—why “100% bonus depreciation is back” doesn’t remove urgency, because cost seg is fundamentally tax deferral and the time value of money still matters. Chris explains how investors can run look-back/catch-up depreciation on properties …

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JF 4121: Self Storage Overbuild, Niche Plays and What Still Works ft. Ash Patel 55:57

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Matt Faircloth interviews Ash Patel, and the two hosts do a 2025 look-back / 2026 look-forward on what they’re seeing across major commercial asset classes—plus where they think real estate operators are headed after the last couple years of “extend and pretend”. They start with why triple-net retail has stayed surprisingly strong (including the “n…

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Through the Fire w/ Bench Ansfield 1:20:50

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The U.S. threatens new sanctions on the International Criminal Court—so long as it agrees not to prosecute Donald Trump—while American service members quietly worry they’ll be left holding the legal bag for overseas military strikes. Plus, a reminder of what accountability and care can look like, as the Redd Family Collection of Black Art anchors c…

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#262 Aliia Roza - Russian Sex Spy on Seduction Perfumes, Sexpionage and Honeypot Tradecraft 3:26:02

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Aliia Roza is a former secret agent turned women’s empowerment coach, public speaker, and influencer with over 1 million followers on Instagram who specialized in seduction and psychological manipulation to dismantle human and drug trafficking networks for the Russian government. Born in Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, in the former USSR to a distinguished …

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WOF 520: Defending Religious Freedom 36:35

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Religious freedom, especially for Christians, is under attack across the globe, including in the West–including right here in the United States. Whether insidiously in the form of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs that block Christians from employment and advancement opportunities, or, overtly, like vandalism against churches, or, in some p…

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JF 4120: Bigger Checks, Better Terms and Less Stress ft. Maria Zondervan 54:43

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Richard McGirr interviews Maria Zondervan, a fund-of-funds operator who pivoted from a career as an endangered-species wildlife biologist into multifamily investing after realizing she needed to build legacy wealth for her special-needs son. Maria explains why she disliked directly operating multifamily and instead built a model where she partners …

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JF 4119: Recession Edge, Millennial Spending Wave and a New CRE Cycle Ahead with John Chang 35:12

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John Chang shares a solo market update from ICSC New York City, outlining what he’s hearing from top researchers and brokers across the retail real estate world. He breaks down why uncertainty and slower job growth are stretching decision-making, while consumer debt headlines look less alarming when viewed against income levels, savings/money marke…