What happens when the market slows, prices stay high, and small mistakes cost big money?

In today’s episode, Ginny Bolling sits down with Central Florida real estate veteran Robert Arnold to talk about what actually matters right now for buyers, sellers, and investors. From experience versus shortcuts to how commission changes are quietly reshaping deals, this conversation cuts through noise and focuses on protection, strategy, and smart decisions in a tougher market.

If you want fewer surprises and stronger outcomes, this episode will change how you think about your next move. Press play and raise the standard for how you do real estate.

Learn more about Robert Arnold:
🌐 Website: https://sdrhouses.com/
📞 Call or Text: 407-375-4567

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Pivot to Prosperity is a podcast that is sponsored by Pivotal Real Estate Investments, which focuses on helping investors build wealth and income through commercial real estate that improves communities. To learn more, visit www.PivotalRealEstateInvestments.com/contact-us

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In this episode of Pivot To Prosperity, Ginny Bolling speaks with Neil Henderson of Nomad Capital about turning vacant retail buildings and aging mills into profitable self-storage assets across the Southeast. The conversation highlights why adaptive reuse can outperform ground-up development, how vertical integration helps control costs and timelines, and what investors need to understand about development risk versus cash flow.

Neil also shares his personal pivot from a long defense contracting career into entrepreneurship and the mindset required to act when opportunity appears. This episode offers clear, practical insight for investors focused on building long-term wealth through disciplined commercial real estate strategies.

Learn more about Neil Henderson:
🌐 Website: https://nomadcapital.us/
📧 Email: neil@nomadcapital.us

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Pivot to Prosperity is a podcast that is sponsored by Pivotal Real Estate Investments, which focuses on helping investors build wealth and income through commercial real estate that improves communities. To learn more, visit www.PivotalRealEstateInvestments.com/contact-us

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What if the smartest fix for today’s housing shortage is sitting inside the old motels we drive past every day?

In this episode of Pivot to Prosperity, Ginny Bolling talks with adaptive-reuse investor Jeremy Lack about turning distressed hotels into profitable workforce housing. You’ll learn why motel conversions are one of the strongest value-add strategies in commercial real estate, what the real CapEx and absorption numbers look like, and how investors can boost returns while meeting rising housing demand. Jeremy breaks down city approvals, engineering challenges, loan terms, energy upgrades, and the key metrics that make a conversion deal work.

If you want long-term upside, predictable demand, and a scalable real estate strategy, this episode shows you where the next big opportunity is.

Learn more about Jeremy Lack:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremy-lack-00b6011ba/
Website: https://www.transcendliving.today/
Email: jeremy@transcendliving.today

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Pivot to Prosperity is a podcast that is sponsored by Pivotal Real Estate Investments, which focuses on helping investors build wealth and income through commercial real estate that improves communities. To learn more, visit www.PivotalRealEstateInvestments.com/contact-us

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What if the real danger in real estate isn’t the deal, but the person running it?

In today’s episode of Pivot To Prosperity, Ginny Bolling speaks with Jeremy Dyer of Rise48 Equity to break open the truths behind passive investing, capital protection, and what really separates trustworthy operators from risky ones. You’ll hear how experienced investors protect their peace, save time, and build wealth with clarity instead of chaos.

Jeremy Dyer is the VP of Capital Formation at Rise48 Equity and a seasoned passive investor with extensive experience across multifamily value-add syndications. After years of juggling tech sales and active flips, he shifted fully into passive investing to gain balance, stability, and long-term growth. Today, he helps investors avoid costly mistakes, choose the right partners, and build wealth with confidence.

Contact Jeremy Dyer:
🌐 Website: https://rise48equity.com/
💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremydyer/
📞 Office Phone (Rise48 Equity): (602) 679-7209

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In this episode of Pivot to Prosperity, Ginny sits down with capital-raising strategist Lauren Brychell to reveal what truly moves investors, how smart operators position themselves, and why simple messaging often beats complicated funnels. Lauren breaks down the mindset shift that separates confident raisers from overwhelmed ones, along with the overlooked moves that help deals scale faster and cleaner. If you want to attract better investors without working twice as hard, this conversation gives you the clarity you’ve been missing.

Lauren Brychell is the founder of Equity Elevated Consulting and a capital-raising pro who’s helped operators nationwide build stronger investor pipelines with simple, smart strategies. After raising more than $75M in commercial real estate, she now guides GPs and fund managers on investor avatars, messaging, CRM systems, and top-of-funnel growth. Known for her clear, mindset-driven approach, Lauren teaches operators to stop “asking for money” and start offering real opportunity, the shift that changes everything.

Learn more about Lauren Brychell:
🌐 Website: https://equity-elevated.com/
💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauren-brychell-capital-raise-consulting/
📘 Book: “Beyond the Lead: 90 Days to Stress-Free Capital Raising” - https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Lead-Stress-Free-Capital-Raising/dp/B0FV97XGMG/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0

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Pivot to Prosperity is a podcast that is sponsored by Pivotal Real Estate Investments, which focuses on helping investors build wealth and income through commercial real estate that improves communities. To learn more, visit www.PivotalRealEstateInvestments.com/contact-us

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What if you could build real wealth without grinding harder or giving up your life outside of work? In today’s episode of Pivot To Prosperity, Ginny Bolling is joined by Chad Ackerman to reveal how passive real estate investing helped him escape the W-2 world, replace his income, and reclaim his time without flipping houses or managing tenants. You’ll learn why passive deals are exploding, how anyone (not just the wealthy) can get started, and what most investors get wrong when they try to scale. If you’re ready for income that doesn’t steal your evenings, weekends, or sanity, this conversation will shift what you believe is possible.

Stop watching wealth happen for other people. Start building yours on your terms.

Chad Ackerman is a former corporate leader who built time freedom through passive real estate investing. He now coaches busy professionals to do the same through his platform, CARE. He co-founded Left Field Investors, later acquired by BiggerPockets, and helps people invest confidently without giving up their nights and weekends.

Connect with Chad Ackerman:
📞 Phone: (614) 467-0377
🌐 Website: https://chadackermanrealestate.com/
💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chad-ackerman-8089a8a/
📧 Email: info@care-ta.com

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Pivot to Prosperity is a podcast that is sponsored by Pivotal Real Estate Investments, which focuses on helping investors build wealth and income through commercial real estate that improves communities. To learn more, visit www.PivotalRealEstateInvestments.com/contact-us

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In this episode of Pivot To Prosperity, host Ginny Bolling sits down with conservation attorney Keith Fountain, who’s helped landowners protect over $1 billion in property value through conservation easements. From financial incentives and legacy planning to the truth about syndicated easements, Keith explains how preserving your land can secure your family’s future while safeguarding Florida’s natural beauty. If you care about land, legacy, and lasting impact, this conversation reveals why the smartest investors are thinking green, literally. Before you sell, subdivide, or develop, listen to this first. Your land might be worth more protected than paved.

Learn more about Keith Fountain:
📞 Phone: (407) 402-7091
🌐 Website: https://www.keithfountainlaw.com/
💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keithfountain/
✍️ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/conservationadvisors/

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Pivot to Prosperity is a podcast that is sponsored by Pivotal Real Estate Investments, which focuses on helping investors build wealth and income through commercial real estate that improves communities. To learn more, visit www.PivotalRealEstateInvestments.com/contact-us

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This is not a traditional IRA. This one gives you more way better investment choices! Did you know your retirement account could buy apartment buildings, fund small businesses, or make you money while you sleep, all 100% legal and IRS-approved? You just transfer however much of an existing IRA or rollover to this alternative type of retirement account that gives you more choices.

In today’s episode of Pivot to Prosperity, host Ginny Bolling is joined by Kaaren Hall, a self-directed IRA Expert, founder and CEO of uDirect IRA services and OCREIA, national speaker, entrepreneur, and author of the book Self-Directed IRA Investing: A BiggerPockets Guide. Together, they pull back the curtain on how investors are quietly using self-directed IRAs to build serious wealth outside Wall Street. You’ll hear how smart investors avoid IRS landmines, fund multifamily projects, and grow their portfolios with strategy, not luck. If your money could talk, it’d tell you to stop snoozing on this. Press play, and learn how to make your retirement work overtime.

Book Mentioned:
Self-Directed IRA Investing: A BiggerPockets Guide - https://www.amazon.com/Self-Directed-IRA-Investing-BiggerPockets-Guide/dp/1960178857

Connect with Kareen Hall:
🌐 Website: https://udirectira.com/
📧 Email: info@uDirectIRA.com
💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/KaarenHall/
📸 IG: https://www.instagram.com/udirectiraservices/
▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWAycexbDjYjHh8R8goug0A/featured

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Pivot to Prosperity is a podcast that is sponsored by Pivotal Real Estate Investments, which focuses on helping investors build wealth and income through commercial real estate that improves communities. To learn more, visit www.PivotalRealEstateInvestments.com/contact-us

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