The Kash & Dash Show
The Kash & Dash Show is where real conversations happen around business, entrepreneurship, real estate, and the people behind it all. Hosted by Ted Kaasch and Owen Dashner, this show goes deeper than the usual surface-level interview. We talk with investors, business owners, and high-level operators about the grind, the growth, the setbacks, the lessons, and the legacy they’re building.
This is not just a deals podcast. It’s about the real person behind the business — what drives them, what they’ve learned, what they’re still figuring out, and what success has actually cost them along the way.
Each week, you’ll hear honest interviews, unfiltered conversations, and the kind of stories you usually do not hear in a traditional business or real estate show.
Grind. Growth. Legacy.
The Kash & Dash Show
#298: Resilience, Real Estate, and Reinvention with Jeff Ahern
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In Episode 298 of REIA Radio, Ted Kaasch and Owen Dashner sit down with Jeff Ahern for a real and powerful conversation about resilience, reinvention, and building a life by design.
Jeff shares his journey from growing up in Alaska and serving in the Marines to suffering a life-changing parachuting injury that forced him out of the military after 12 years. What felt like the end of everything became the beginning of a completely new path. Jeff opens up about the dark season that followed, the struggle of losing his identity, and how he and Megan rebuilt their lives through real estate.
This episode dives into how they got started investing, why they chose Lincoln, Nebraska, how they lived in a travel trailer behind their early projects, and how they built a real estate business that eventually gave them the freedom to spend a year living in Maui. Jeff also talks about health, recovery, family, systems, entrepreneurship after military life, and the mindset shift that helped turn one of the worst moments of his life into one of the greatest blessings.
This is a strong episode for anyone navigating change, chasing freedom, or trying to build something meaningful from the ground up.
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