Today we’re joined by Kevin Cooney and Johnny Hilbrant (aka “PE GUY”) for a conversation that’s equal parts hilarious and surprisingly insightful—covering content, brand-building, and what it takes to turn internet momentum into a real business.

Kevin breaks down how he and Ashley built The Cooney’s Show, a long-form podcast filmed at TD Garden in Boston interviewing entrepreneurs, entertainers, and athletes.

Johnny shares the origin story behind “PE GUY,” the deadpan private-equity parody that blew up online in 2025 and quickly grew to 250K Instagram followers

Real estate looks glamorous from the outside. Up close, the winners treat it like a craft and a job. We bring lender Ryan Studner into the studio at dawn to pressure‑test the strategies serious investors use right now: why new construction can beat heavy flips, how to keep capital moving while permits crawl, and what clean books reveal about “profits” that never existed.

Ryan opens the lender’s playbook—credit, liquidity, and experience—and shows how disciplined underwriting protects both borrowers and the broader private credit market.

If you want a practical, lender‑tested way to build and hold through uncertainty—avoiding hidden losses, appraisal traps, and timeline drift—this conversation lays out the moves. Subscribe, share with a friend who’s scaling, and leave a quick review with your biggest takeaway so we can dive deeper next time.

If you’ve ever felt the grind of race-to-the-bottom bids or the whiplash of constant change-order fights, this conversation will feel like oxygen. We sit down with contractor Richard Amaya to explore why collaboration beats competition, how sharing systems accelerates growth, and when it’s time to pivot from investor work to homeowner projects that value quality over shortcuts.

We get specific about what “doing it right” really costs: permits, inspections, and the sequencing that keeps trades aligned. Culture and communication matter just as much as contracts. We talk bilingual job sites, why speaking Spanish builds trust and speed, and how community dollars strengthen small businesses.

Enjoy the conversation—and if we hit home, follow the show, share it with a builder friend, and leave a review to help more people find it.