Craig Cody is a certified tax coach, certified public accountant, business owner, and former New Your City police officer with 17 years experience on the force. In addition to being a certified public accountant for the past 15 years, he is also a certified tax coach. As a certified tax coach, Craig belongs to a select group of tax practitioners throughout the country who undergo extensive training and continued education on various tax planning techniques and strategies to become, as well as remain, certified. With this organization, Craig has co-authored an Amazon best seller book, Secrets of a Tax-Free Life.
During This Show We Discuss…
What a tax coach is and how they help business owners
Is it important that business owners work with an accountant who’s a certified CPA
How business owners can best use their CPA
How often a business owner should communicate with their CPA
When a business needs a CFO, versus outsourcing the CFO role
What proactive tax planning is and how it can minimize your taxes
Common mistakes business owners make regarding taxes and how to avoid them
The 10 most expansive tax mistakes that cost business owners money
The best entities to consider and why
The right way to do bookkeeping
Why you should pay your kids from your business, and what age you can start doing this
Little-known about deductions for people working from home
Auto vehicle deductions many people don’t know about
The keys to working on your business, not in it
What real estate investors miss on their tax planning
The biggest tax mistakes you see that cost real estate investors money
And much more...
Dr. Hans Finzel is a successful author, speaker and trusted authority in the field of leadership. He has trained leaders on five continents. For 20 years he led international non-profit WorldVenture, serving in over 65 countries. Hans speaks and writes on practical leadership principles from the real world— not the classroom. He has written ten books, including his bestseller The Top Ten Mistakes Leaders Make. His books have been translated into over twenty foreign languages. Hans holds degrees from Columbia International University, Dallas Seminary and Fuller School of Intercultural Studies. Today he serves as President of HDLeaders, and is chief leadership guru on, “The Leadership Answer Man” podcast.
During This Show We Discuss…
What are the top ten mistakes that you see leaders make.
Things business owners can do to become great leaders.
How to define emotional intelligence and why it is important
Ways to become an excellent communicator
How a control freak can become hands-off when delegating
How to let team members know you really care and are listening to them
Why there is less communication between a leader and their team than with colleagues
How showing vulnerability is not a bad thing as a leader
What the difference is between resilience and persistence
The most common traits of resilient people
What a servant attitude is and why you need it
The true difference between leading and managing
How important it is to lead with your heart versus your brains
And much more…
Your business credit scores determine if you will get approved or denied for credit and loans, the amount you will get approved for, and the rates you will pay.
Unlike with consumer credit scores, ANYONE who wants your business credit scores can get them including your vendors, suppliers, lenders, credit issuers, customers, competitors, and more.
During this event, you will learn how your business credit scores work, and EXACTLY how you can control them to radically increase your chances of getting approved for credit and financing at the best terms available.
You will discover:
Why it is possible for ANYONE to see your business credit reports and scores
How business credit scores differ from consumer scores… and how you can easily control most of your business scores by doing one thing really well
The score range of Dun & Bradstreet is most popular score… and what you can do to by in the top tier to make you more lendable
2 types of business credit scores offered by D&B… and some hacks you can do to raise all of your D&B scores
How supplying your financials to D&B can hurt, or help your ability to get credit and loans at the best rates and terms
Why Experian Commercial score is one of the most commonly used today… and how it compares to your consumer FICO score
How your personal credit can affect your Experian and FICO business scores… and what you can do to raise your scores if your consumer credit is bad
The 5 components of your Experian score… and how to improve all 5 aspects to raise your scores quickly
Why a 90 is a great score with Equifax… and the one thing you can easily do to ensure you have that score or higher
5 additional scores that Experian and Equifax Commercial offer… and the basics of what you should know about each
How your business FICO score works… and why it is now being used to determine your approval for almost all conventional SBA loans
And much more...
During this event, we will decode what you need to know about your business credit scores. Knowing this information is the difference between getting approved for a business loan, or getting denied.
Do NOT even think of applying for a loan, credit line, or credit for your business without knowing this crucial information!
Buck Joffrey is a board certified brain surgeon, entrepreneur, asset manager and podcaster. After finishing his residency training in 2008, Buck took a different route than most of his colleagues. Having witnessed the 2008 financial crisis and the affects it had on hard working professionals around him, Buck decided to take his financial life into his own hands. After starting a series of businesses in the health care, technology, and real estate sectors Buck became financially independent only 5 years after residency and made it his life's mission to provide financial education for hard working, highly educated professionals.
Today, Buck spends most of his time as a professional investor and educator through his show, Wealth Formula Podcast. He is also the author the #1 best-selling book titled, “7 Secrets of Eternal Wealth.” In it, he discuss out-dated and dangerous investment paradigms that he believes will result in a generation of high paid professionals dying broke.
During This Show We Discuss…
How to truly define wealth
The best additional income streams that people can take advantage of
The best way to not trade time for money
What can be learned from the uber-rich
How to invest for cash flow rather than capital gains
What you should know about investing in gold and silver
Essential financial education everyone should have
Some of the best, current investment opportunities
The basics that people should know about their investments
How to define “real assets”
Why you should invest in things people need
The real danger in saving money
The real danger in investing in the market
What you should know about investing in residential real estate
How to understand the difference between good and bad debt
Why leverage is the weapon of the wealthy
And much more...
Whitney Nicely is the queen of real estate investing in east Tennessee. Whitney started to chase her passions and fine tune her skills in the real estate market after college. She flipped her first house in 2009. Last year, she flipped six houses while planning her October wedding. Whitney s real estate portfolio has grown from zero to 17 residential houses, 19 apartment units and 7 chunks of vacant land across east Tennessee. Whitney believes every woman should control her own destiny by investing in real estate as soon and as much as possible. It does not take a trust fund or $100k in the bank to get started in real estate. In fact, Whitney teaches women how they can use no money, no credit and no banks to finance real estate deals across the country.
During This Show We Discuss…
How to invest in real estate without a license
The best methods to find the best properties to invest in
The key to picking the best properties that are listed on the MLS
The best tactics to find off-market properties
How to know you are getting the best deal
Awesome negotiating tips
How to know you are buying the property “right”
The best ways to get financing to buy real estate
The best, little-know-about ways to get money to invest
The differences between investing in residential homes versus apartment complexes
How many properties someone should have in their real estate portfolio
The best types of properties to invest in, homes, mobile homes, land, apartments
What is important to know when flipping a home
Types of un-needed expenses should be avoided when flipping
The types of returns someone should look for when flipping homes
When to know whether to flip or buy and hold
And much more…
Garrett Gunderson is Chief Wealth Architect at Wealth Factory and author of the NY Times best-seller, Killing Sacred Cows. Wealth Factory helps entrepreneurs optimize cash flow, streamline their finances and keep more of their hard-earned money so they can make more powerful investments in their best wealth creator: their business. Garrett has appeared multiple times on ABC News Now, Your World with Neil Cavuto on Fox, CNBC’s Squawk on the Street and more — and his first firm made the Inc 500. Read more at WealthFactory.com and follow him at Facebook.com/wealthfactory and Twitter.com/wealthfactory_
During This Show We Discuss…
What prevents people from being financially free and what you can do about it
Understanding the difference between financial freedom versus financial independence
Bad decisions people make when it comes to money and how you can make great decisions
What you can do to immediately improve your finances
Fundamental keys to properly budgeting you should know
The best places people should invest
Whether you should or shouldn’t have a 401k
How to determine if you are overpaying your taxes, and how to stop overpaying
The fastest and easiest path is to acquire true wealth
Why the game is financial game is rigged against you, and how you should rig the game in your favor
What you should do that the Rockefellers would do
The type of financial expert you should have in your corner to best accelerate your acquiring of wealth
And much more...
During this show, you will discover:
5 types of corporate credit and financing you can get for your business without a personal guarantee or credit check
15 unique benefits that business credit provide you and your business that you should know about
How to make sure you choose the right entity that limits your liability so you can obtain true business credit with no personal guarantee
Which 2 entities to avoid at all cost… and how by choosing one of these you are susceptible to lawsuits
10 credit issuer approval standards that most people don t know about… and how by knowing them you are already 85% of the way to getting approved for real business credit
How to get access to TRUE business credit and avoid the “fake” business credit that so many credit issuers and lenders try to peddle where you would have a personal credit check and guarantee
1 thing you can do when applying for credit to guarantee there will not be a credit check or personal guarantee
How trying to get credit out of sequence will get you DENIED… and the right order to apply to ensure you get approved
And much more...
During this show, we will dive into the 5 most common mistakes that get people denied when applying for business credit. And, we will map out the exact steps so you can succeed.
A survivor of a childhood riddled with domestic violence and alcoholism in the rural foothills of
southern Virginia, James R. Nowlin is now the millennial CEO and founder of executive consulting firm, Excel Global Partners (EGP) and the Fund Managing Principal of the EGP Family of Companies.
By mastering his habits, routines, and consciousness, James trained his mindset to shift from the poverty consciousness that he learned as a child to an abundance consciousness as an adult–and by doing so, became a multimillionaire. Today, James is not only a survivor, he is a thriver. Under James leadership, his firm has led successful engagements in 15 countries and in more than 20 states. His book, The Purposeful Millionaire, is a best-selling guidebook of 52 rules that teaches people about mastering the millionaire mindset and getting the most out of life–doing more, living more, and achieving more!
During This Show We Discuss…
How to transform from a poverty to abundance mindset
The habits and routines you should change that will have the greatest positive impact on your business
What holds most entrepreneurs back and how to break down those barriers
How can people get past these obstacles to find success?
The common characteristics that top entrepreneurs share
How to improve your personal financial health
What holds most companies back and how to overcome these obstacles
How to improve your companys financial and operational performance?
What you can change in your life right now to increase productivity and improve stress management
The key to managing financial data and reporting
Awesome business money management hacks?
The mistakes business owners typically make when it comes to managing a companys cashflow and how to avoid them
Essential KPIs you should be managing now but probably are not
A lawyer for 24 plus years, Richard Chapo (“chap-oh”) is a well-known Internet business lawyer in Southern California. Richard’s philosophy is to proactively position his clients to minimize their potential exposure to lawsuits. To this end, he provides advice to clients as large as multinational corporations and as small as hobby bloggers with an eye towards eliminating potential problems areas before lawsuits are filed. Richard is versed in a variety of Internet laws including the DMCA, Communications Decency Act, and Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, as well as FTC compliance guidelines, state privacy mandates, and recurring billing laws.
During This Show We Discuss…
Potential legal issues people may face when running an online business
Steps people should take to protect themselves when running an online business
Potential legal issues people should be aware of when they have a website or app
How to avoid getting sued
New changes to laws that may impact those who run online businesses
What you should do right from the beginning of starting an online business to reduce your risk of lawsuits
What can be done to protect yourself against others stealing your website content, and how you can monitor to see if people are
How to protect yourself from others infringing on your copyright
New requirements are out there for online businesses that offer recurring business models
Why every business should have a privacy policy, and what should be in it
The disclosures and disclaimers you should have on your website or app
Why would promising not to sell, share, or rent the personal information of your visitors could kill your business in the long run
What you should do if you get a demand letter about using an image without permission
How to stay in compliance with the FTC
The rights you have if a person leaves an inaccurate review about you online
And much more...
Scott Ford is Founder and CEO of Cornerstone Wealth Management Group, and independent Registered Investment Advisory firm serving entrepreneurs, business owners, executives, and their families. The firm specializes in comprehensive wealth management, business liquidity strategies, and SBA financing. It is Scotts mission to help his clients pursue financial freedom and live a balanced and fulfilled life.
Scott is the author of three books: Financial Jiu-Jitsu: A Fighters Guide to Conquering Your Finances, The Widows Wealth Map: Six Steps to Beginning Again, and the New York Times Bestseller, The Sustainable Edge: Fifteen Minutes a Week to a Richer Entrepreneurial Life. He and his wife, Angie, reside in Hedgesville, WV and have two wonderful children as well as a dog and a cat. In addition to spending time with his family, Scott is a voracious reader and enjoys woodworking, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, golf, hunting, perm culture and beekeeping; basically anything outdoors.