Real Estate Investing Accelerator
We know there are many military veterans who want to build a successful real estate business. That’s why we created the Real Estate Accelerator—so that you can launch and scale your real estate businesses alongside like-minded people who share the common traits of intelligence, integrity and grit. Led by Buddy Rushing (USNA ‘04) and his team at White Feather Investments, the Real Estate Investing Accelerator is a high-powered course that distills years of real estate experience, network-building, and full-service support into six months. On the podcast, Buddy Rushing and Scott Mackes share stories of fellow military veterans who are striving for financial freedom through real estate investing.
Episodes
15 episodes
#15: Why a Short Term-Rental Can Double as Your Dream Vacation Home with John Landherr, USNA ‘92
“Have a vision and keep charging forward. That’s the bottom line. Don’t give it up. Don’t give up on your vision.”- John Landherr John Landherr (USNA ‘92) is a Marine Corps veteran and experienced business executive tur...
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30:15
#14: Investing In Real Estate When You Have Zero Experience with Kimberly Johnson
“In our family, we call it pulling the thread, which means you just take a step. Don’t get so overwhelmed to the point that you question if you’re able to do something, but pull the thread a little bit to see what happens and then pull it a...
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25:20
#13: How Mindset and Network are the Key to Real Estate Success with Tom Connally, USNA ‘83
“Life insurance, real estate and the stock market are all tools…you can live your life and have your career and at the same time build generational wealth. It’s not just about making money, it’s not just about buying houses. It’s about grow...
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46:36
#12: Conquering Credit Card Debt and Investing in Real Estate with Michael Cygan (USMA ‘01)
“It feels tremendous. We’re now putting meaningful savings into the kids' college education funds and savings accounts…our daily life just feels better all around. We’re holding our heads higher and we’ve got more confidence. I appreciate a...
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25:45
#11: Why I Walked Away From a Great Paying Job to Start a Business with Shawn Ikpa, USNA ‘05
“I walked away from a great paying job. It didn’t make sense on paper…what I learned about mindset [during the Real Estate Accelerator course] was a big reason why I decided to walk away from the job. I walked away without a job in hand, bu...
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29:00
#10: From World Champion Triathlete to Real Estate Investor with Tim O’Donnell, USNA ‘03
“Its been an awesome learning experience and I can’t thank the White Feather team enough for all their support. In good weather and bad weather you guys are there for us and it’s a pretty amazing network.” - Tim O’DonnellTim O’D...
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20:45
#9: Building Generational Wealth through Real Estate with Tony Briggs, USMA ‘89
“I wanted to have more in terms of generational wealth to pass on to family…I could relate to your story…that was me too. I decided I was all in. I had the time, I was sitting on money and starting a company and decided I’d figure it out fr...
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25:24
#8: Transforming Real Estate Market Analysis with Kevin Kalkwarf, USMA ‘06
“I probably got about 10 years' worth of learning out of the six-month course, but the network is unbelievable. I found my CPAs and my tax team all through the course. The power of the network will enable me to scale and grow. I would have ...
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24:58
#7: Building a Business Through Short-Term Rentals with Carly and Jered DaCosta, USMA ‘04
“When we were starting our real estate business, we knew we needed to build our network…we wanted to keep our investor group and the people that we work with very tight and work with people that we could trust.”- Jered DaCosta (...
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35:22
#6: Having Zero Excuses When It Comes to Real Estate Investing with KC and Jess Finnegan, USMA ‘01
“The Accelerator was a turning point for how serious we got with our real estate investments and our portfolio.” - Jess Finnegan (USMA ‘01)“One of the things that resonated with us is taking action. It was awesom...
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21:25
#5: Using House Hacks to Tackle Financial Freedom with Brett Hadley, USAFA ‘05
“It's awesome that in the course itself, we talk a bit about house hacking and ask, how do we accelerate our financial freedom goals? This absolutely makes sense with where we're going, and where we want to be in our career. So it wasn't ev...
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25:12
#4: Overcoming Adversity and Empowering Others through Real Estate with Christian Gann, USAFA ‘15
“It’s been, unlike anything I would have predicted. I thought I was going to learn some strategies and figure out how to buy land and make it pay for itself. And now I run three businesses and I'm actively doing stuff every day; it took off...
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29:49
#3: Finding Creative Ways to Fund Your Deal with Taylor Wing, USMA ‘18
“There’s a Kiyosaki quote that I like a lot. He says, I never say that I can't afford it. He says, I'm going to figure out how I can afford it. And that inspired how I financed a lot of these deals, because I don't have that much to work wi...
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23:25
#2: Leveraging Your Network to Increase Your Net-Worth with David Ortiz, USAFA ‘90
“The power of two, three, four or five is way better than one, right? My dad will say, two heads are better than one, right? Yeah. I've got capital. I've got some experience. And there are some guys that don't have the capital, but they've ...
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24:15
#1: Welcome to the Real Estate Investing Accelerator Podcast!
“If you're not living your ideal life right now, the real question is what is holding you back? Nobody has all the answers, but when we come together, we can get pretty close to the center of the dartboard together…you have to ultimately ta...
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