The Most Dwanderful Real Estate Podcast Ever!
Dwan Bent-Twyford is a 35-year veteran of real estate investing. Whether you are looking for passive income, rentals, SFH, commercial properties, fix & flips, Subject-To's, storage units, creative financing or anything in the investing world, Dwan is your go-to girl.
She has personally flipped over 2,000 properties in her career - to date! She is considered Americas Most Sought After Real Estate Investor and she coined and trademarked the term "Short Sales" as it applies to real estate investing.
On Tuesdays, Dwan teaches you, in detail, about real estate investing. The literal A to Z's of every topic under the sun! Covering topics that you don't even know that you don't know about yet.
She has landed some pretty incredible real estate experts on her show. Many of whom you have never heard on another show. With 30 years of investing, running REIA's, and speaking on a national level for decades, she has some amazing contacts!
Keeping in mind that money is not the end-all, be-all of life, she digs deep in all areas of well being. She is hilarious and her guests love her. She prides herself on interviewing her guests in a way no one else does!
Currently, she and her husband are rehabbing a town! Yes, a town. Check in with Dwan weekly and watch your investing world soar.
Her motto is simple: People Before Profits! If this aligns with you, then you must tune-in each week and listen/watch Dwan work her magic.
Her podcast is absolutely binge-worthy, so if you are new to Dwanderful, get busy. You have some catching up to do.
In addition, she has written THREE Best-Sellers, been a guest on hundreds of podcasts, print medias, radio, TV and more.
Episodes
420 episodes
Stop Being A Secret Agent And Start Getting Referrals
We talk with real estate veteran and coach Debbie DiMaggio about what actually creates long-term success in real estate and why most people stall right before they need to take action. We dig into coachability, simple systems that compound over...
Start Today: Crush The 10 Fears Blocking Your Real Estate Dreams
What’s really stopping you from closing your first real estate deal? We pull back the curtain on the ten roadblocks that keep smart people stuck—fear, “no money,” not knowing what to say, paperwork panic, even the surprising fear of success—and...
Learn How To Quit Your Job Only After Your First Two Deals Build A One-Year Runway
We map a clear path to leave a 9–5 and go full-time in real estate using a simple salary system, strict discipline, and smart rentals. Close two deals, build a cash runway, avoid risky credit, and scale into permanent cash flow.• framin...
Top Five Pros And Cons Of Real Estate Investing
What if the difference between a stalled dream and a thriving investing business was 92 door knocks and the courage to keep going? We open the playbook on real estate’s real tradeoffs—time freedom, income control, and generational wealth—balanc...
Six Win-Wins From One Contract: The Wholesaler’s Advantage
We lay out a simple, repeatable plan to find distressed properties, lock a clean contract, and assign it to a proven buyer for a fast, ethical profit. Along the way, we share where the best leads hide, how to build a buyer list in days, and why...
Five Rookie Real Estate Mistakes You Must Avoid
We share the five biggest mistakes from our early years in real estate and the systems that prevent them now. From termites and fire damage to scripts and title work, we break down exact steps to protect profit, trust, and time.• starti...
Unlock Your IRA For Real Estate Gains by Henry Yoshida
We unpack how to use self-directed IRAs to buy real estate, fund syndications, and even do hard money loans while keeping the same tax advantages as traditional retirement accounts. Henry Yoshida explains the rules, the risks, and how to get st...
Wall Street Needs Houses, You Sell Them Dirt
We break down how to turn raw land into builder-ready communities while reducing risk by securing the buyer first. Brandon shares the three-phase model, the biggest mistakes to avoid, and why the right city partners and civil engineer change ev...
Season Eight, New Wealth Playbook
We kick off season eight with Jay Patel to unpack how to build steady, inflation‑beating income from real estate using three verticals: distressed deals, durable cash flow, and bridge lending. Along the way, Jay shares how he helped launch Indi...
Dwan's 67th Birthday Message!
A birthday toast turns into a blueprint for a braver year. We celebrate 67 with honesty about grief, chronic illness, and a new diagnosis, and we choose a simple operating system for 2026: stack gold bricks. A brick can be a workout, a hard pho...
Top Five Deal Finding Methods That Are Recession Proof
Stop waiting on the market to bless you with deals. We’re pulling back the curtain on the five public-record lead sources that keep producing—foreclosure, divorce, probate, unpaid taxes, and bankruptcy—and showing how to work them step by step....
Was 2025 a Brutal Year for Anyone Else? Must See Season 8 Premier!
Some years don’t just challenge you—they level you. After losing my dad and a dear friend, my body crashed, my energy evaporated, and work I love got painfully scarce. The worst part? I couldn’t name why. Steroids, sleep hacks, strict routines—...
Boilers, Elevators, And Million-Dollar Mistakes, Oh My
Ready to scale beyond flips and small rentals into commercial real estate without stepping on landmines? We sit down with investor and educator Becky Lambert to unpack the blueprint: how to pick the right markets, structure safer debt, and buil...
Mailbox Money, Made Real
We explore how to make work optional by building cash flow that covers living costs, then scale it with tax-advantaged investments. We compare passive-sounding side hustles with truly passive structures and map a path from education to executio...
Postcards Are Cute; Pixels Pay
We dig into how investor marketing really works, from targeting to funnels to cost of capital, and why visibility beats postcards. Jason shares a clear playbook for using audits, pixels, and regulations to raise money online without wasting ad ...
The Art of People-First Commercial Real Estate
Caleb David shares his unique journey from nonprofit humanitarian work to commercial real estate, revealing how his people-first approach has shaped his success despite market challenges. His background in international aid work provides a refr...
Why Commercial Real Estate Isn't Dead - It's Thriving
The commercial real estate landscape is evolving, not dying, and Mike "Big Mike" Zlotnick is at the forefront of connecting passive investors with lucrative opportunities. His simple yet powerful philosophy? "We marry money and opportunity."
The Metallica-Loving Credit Guru Who Can Change Your Financial Future
Jimmy Rios shares his innovative "Eye Level to High Level Program" that helps real estate investors leverage debt structures to maximize returns and elevate their businesses through proper structuring and stabilization. He emphasizes the import...
Living with an Invisible Disease - The Hard Truth
The world of invisible illness is a lonely place where "you look fine" becomes a painful refrain from well-meaning friends and family who can't see the war raging inside your body. For six years, I've navigated life with rheumatoid arthritis—an...
Bartender to Broker: One Man's Path to $100M in Sales
Sir Lancelot Lenard shares his journey from arriving in America with just $300 to building a real estate empire with over 200 deals and $100 million in sales in Florida. He reveals the systems and mindset shifts that transformed him from an ove...
What Would You Do If You Knew You Could Not Fail?
Andrea Gordon shares her 27-year journey as Berkeley's top-producing real estate agent for Compass while pursuing multiple creative passions. She created her podcast "Realizations" to educate people about what realtors actually do after feeling...
From Single Mom to International Developer: How Panama Changed Everything
Anne Michelle Wand shares her journey from single mother and salon owner to international real estate developer in Panama, where she's creating innovative housing communities for seniors at half the price of equivalent U.S. options. Panama's be...
Why Your Real Estate Business Needs a Digital Identity
Dwan Bent-Twyford celebrates hitting 1 million podcast downloads and welcomes back Jerome Lewis, also known as "Mr. Implementation," to discuss real estate marketing strategies and personal insights. Jerome shares his TRUTH method—a powerful fr...
From Landlord Coach to Business Strategist: Mark Dolfini's Evolution
Mark Dolfini returns to share his evolution from the Landlord Coach to a business strategist helping entrepreneurs create sustainable, time-wealthy businesses through his VIPER methodology. We discuss the importance of putting personal vision b...
Passive Wealth Creation Is Not a Ponzi Scheme
Dr. Allen Lomax shares valuable insights about wealth-building through alternative investments, revealing how the wealthy invest differently than the average person. He explains the barriers preventing most people from accessing high-yield priv...