The Hunter Pogatchnik Show

Hunter Pogatchnik

Welcome to The Hunter Pogatchnik Show, where we dive into entrepreneurship, real estate investing, business growth, and the strategies people use to build wealth and create freedom. Hosted by real estate investor, entrepreneur, and founder of Sell The Earth and DirectREI, Hunter Pogatchnik interviews successful investors, business owners, founders, and industry experts to uncover the lessons, failures, and wins that helped them get where they are today. Whether you're looking to close your first deal or scale your company, you'll find actionable conversations and honest discussions here.

  1. 5d ago

    Finding Real Estate Deals Using Just Google Maps

    Dive into the world of real estate wholesaling with Devin Nickel, who transformed his entrepreneurial journey from blue-collar jobs to building a thriving wholesaling business in Northeast Florida. Discover how he overcame the pitfalls of a poorly structured mentorship to become a leading figure in both land and house wholesaling. If you've ever felt lost in your real estate journey or are looking to scale your wholesaling efforts, this episode is packed with insights that can change your game. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ This video is sponsored by DirectREI DirectREI is the all-in-one platform I built specifically for real estate investors. Whether you're using AI to text or email, direct mail, skip trace leads, as a CRM, make calls, or follow up with sellers, DirectREI helps you do it all. Features include: ✅ AI-Powered SMS & Email Auto Follow-Up (send 10s of thousands of messages) ✅ AI Operations Manager  ✅ CRM & AI Lead Management ✅ Skip Tracing ✅ Send Direct Mail  ✅ Built In Dialer  ✅ Built in e-signature tool ✅ Workflow Automations ✅ Campaign Analytics Start for free: https://www.directrei.com ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ About Me: My name is Hunter Pogatchnik, and I buy, sell, and finance vacant land across the United States doing hundreds of deal per year. On this channel, I interview real estate investors and business owners to explore unique strategies and learn from experienced individuals. My goal is to learn and share what works (and what doesn't), and help others build their own businesses. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📱 Connect With Me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hunterpogo Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hunterpogatchnik/ Main YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@hunterpogo DirectREI: https://www.directrei.com Learn Land Investing: https://www.selltheearth.com

  2. Oct 12

    Your Videos Could Be Selling Real Estate While You Sleep

    Unlock the secrets to skyrocketing your real estate investing business through savvy content marketing! In this episode, marketing expert Josh Culler shares his transformative strategies that have empowered countless investors to leverage social media and video content for explosive growth. This isn’t just theory—Josh draws from his extensive experience, having started in real estate right out of high school and now helping others navigate the ever-evolving landscape of marketing. You’ll discover how to use content as your 24-hour salesman, answering crucial questions your audience has about selling properties. Josh breaks down effective tactics like creating educational videos that address the common concerns of potential sellers, and how to optimize your online presence to ensure you stand out when it matters most. Learn about the importance of generative engine optimization and how to ensure your content is being indexed by AI search results for maximum visibility. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ This video is sponsored by DirectREI DirectREI is the all-in-one platform I built specifically for real estate investors. Whether you're using AI to text or email, direct mail, skip trace leads, as a CRM, make calls, or follow up with sellers, DirectREI helps you do it all. Features include: ✅ AI-Powered SMS & Email Auto Follow-Up (send 10s of thousands of messages) ✅ AI Operations Manager  ✅ CRM & AI Lead Management ✅ Skip Tracing ✅ Send Direct Mail  ✅ Built In Dialer  ✅ Built in e-signature tool ✅ Workflow Automations ✅ Campaign Analytics Start for free: https://www.directrei.com ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ About Me: My name is Hunter Pogatchnik, and I buy, sell, and finance vacant land across the United States doing hundreds of deal per year. On this channel, I interview real estate investors and business owners to explore unique strategies and learn from experienced individuals. My goal is to learn and share what works (and what doesn't), and help others build their own businesses. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📱 Connect With Me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hunterpogo Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hunterpogatchnik/ Main YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@hunterpogo DirectREI: https://www.directrei.com Learn Land Investing: https://www.selltheearth.com

  3. Oct 8

    Why Most Brokers Fail at Cold Calling and What You Should Do Instead

    Unlock the secrets of successful tenant representation in commercial real estate with Bill Himmelstein, founder and CEO of Tenant Advisory Group. Bill shares invaluable insights that can transform your approach to leasing and purchasing commercial properties. If you’re a business owner or entrepreneur navigating the complexities of real estate, this episode is your roadmap to success. Bill brings over 26 years of experience in the industry, revealing the pivotal moments that shaped his journey—from a childhood fascination with investment real estate to becoming a leading figure in tenant representation. You’ll discover how Bill transitioned from traditional brokerage to focusing solely on representing tenants, and why this niche is not just more rewarding but essential for business owners looking to secure the best deals on their commercial spaces. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ This video is sponsored by DirectREI DirectREI is the all-in-one platform I built specifically for real estate investors. Whether you're using AI to text or email, direct mail, skip trace leads, as a CRM, make calls, or follow up with sellers, DirectREI helps you do it all. Features include: ✅ AI-Powered SMS & Email Auto Follow-Up (send 10s of thousands of messages) ✅ AI Operations Manager  ✅ CRM & AI Lead Management ✅ Skip Tracing ✅ Send Direct Mail  ✅ Built In Dialer  ✅ Built in e-signature tool ✅ Workflow Automations ✅ Campaign Analytics Start for free: https://www.directrei.com ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ About Me: My name is Hunter Pogatchnik, and I buy, sell, and finance vacant land across the United States doing hundreds of deal per year. On this channel, I interview real estate investors and business owners to explore unique strategies and learn from experienced individuals. My goal is to learn and share what works (and what doesn't), and help others build their own businesses. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📱 Connect With Me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hunterpogo Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hunterpogatchnik/ Main YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@hunterpogo DirectREI: https://www.directrei.com Learn Land Investing: https://www.selltheearth.com

  4. Oct 2

    5 Must-Know Tips for Successfully Transitioning from Employee to Franchise Owner

    Ready to own a franchise but don't know where to start? Join Hunter Pogatchnik as he dives deep with franchising expert Giuseppe Grammatico, who reveals the secrets to successful franchise ownership and why it might be the perfect fit for you. Whether you're stuck in a corporate job or seeking a fresh start, this episode unpacks the essential insights you need to make an informed decision about business ownership. Giuseppe shares his personal journey from corporate executive to franchise owner, detailing the lessons learned along the way. He explains why he chose franchising as a pathway to business ownership, emphasizing the benefits of structured systems and support. You'll discover why certain industries, like building services and senior care, are thriving, and how you can leverage existing business models to your advantage. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ This video is sponsored by DirectREI DirectREI is the all-in-one platform I built specifically for real estate investors. Whether you're using AI to text or email, direct mail, skip trace leads, as a CRM, make calls, or follow up with sellers, DirectREI helps you do it all. Features include: ✅ AI-Powered SMS & Email Auto Follow-Up (send 10s of thousands of messages) ✅ AI Operations Manager ✅ CRM & AI Lead Management ✅ Skip Tracing ✅ Send Direct Mail ✅ Built In Dialer ✅ Built in e-signature tool ✅ Workflow Automations ✅ Campaign Analytics Start for free: https://www.directrei.com ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ About Me: My name is Hunter Pogatchnik, and I buy, sell, and finance vacant land across the United States doing hundreds of deal per year. On this channel, I interview real estate investors and business owners to explore unique strategies and learn from experienced individuals. My goal is to learn and share what works (and what doesn't), and help others build their own businesses. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📱 Connect With Me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hunterpogo Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hunterpogatchnik/ Main YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@hunterpogo DirectREI: https://www.directrei.com Learn Land Investing: https://www.selltheearth.com

  5. Sep 28

    5 Secrets of Thriving in Commercial Real Estate You Never Knew

    Unlock the secrets of commercial real estate as Brian Truman shares his incredible journey from sports broadcasting to becoming a leading broker in Nashville. In this episode, you’ll discover how Brian transformed his career and why he believes multifamily properties are the key to success in today’s market. Brian’s unique path is filled with unexpected twists, including a serendipitous call that launched his real estate career just before Christmas. This pivotal moment not only opened doors but also connected him to influential figures, including a close associate of Grant Cardone. You’ll hear the thrilling details of how he leveraged relationships from his past and navigated the complexities of commercial real estate to build a thriving business. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ This video is sponsored by DirectREI DirectREI is the all-in-one platform I built specifically for real estate investors. Whether you're using AI to text or email, direct mail, skip trace leads, as a CRM, make calls, or follow up with sellers, DirectREI helps you do it all. Features include: ✅ AI-Powered SMS & Email Auto Follow-Up (send 10s of thousands of messages) ✅ AI Operations Manager  ✅ CRM & AI Lead Management ✅ Skip Tracing ✅ Send Direct Mail  ✅ Built In Dialer  ✅ Built in e-signature tool ✅ Workflow Automations ✅ Campaign Analytics Start for free: https://www.directrei.com ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ About Me: My name is Hunter Pogatchnik, and I buy, sell, and finance vacant land across the United States doing hundreds of deal per year. On this channel, I interview real estate investors and business owners to explore unique strategies and learn from experienced individuals. My goal is to learn and share what works (and what doesn't), and help others build their own businesses. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📱 Connect With Me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hunterpogo Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hunterpogatchnik/ Main YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@hunterpogo DirectREI: https://www.directrei.com Learn Land Investing: https://www.selltheearth.com

  6. Sep 25

    What 300 Calls a Day Taught About Commercial Real Estate

    In a world where commercial real estate can feel like navigating a maze, Ofir Barashy unveils the secrets to success that have propelled his father-son brokerage in Las Vegas to new heights. Whether you're an aspiring agent or a seasoned investor, this episode delivers insights that could redefine your approach to commercial real estate. Ofir shares his unique journey into the commercial sector, revealing how his father's legacy shaped his path and the lessons learned from years of experience. He dives deep into the intricacies of various commercial segments, from medical offices to industrial spaces, emphasizing the importance of specialization versus generalization. You'll discover how understanding market gaps can lead to lucrative opportunities, and why being a generalist might just be the strategic advantage you didn't know you needed. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ This video is sponsored by DirectREI DirectREI is the all-in-one platform I built specifically for real estate investors. Whether you're using AI to text or email, direct mail, skip trace leads, as a CRM, make calls, or follow up with sellers, DirectREI helps you do it all. Features include: ✅ AI-Powered SMS & Email Auto Follow-Up (send 10s of thousands of messages) ✅ AI Operations Manager  ✅ CRM & AI Lead Management ✅ Skip Tracing ✅ Send Direct Mail  ✅ Built In Dialer  ✅ Built in e-signature tool ✅ Workflow Automations ✅ Campaign Analytics Start for free: https://www.directrei.com ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ About Me: My name is Hunter Pogatchnik, and I buy, sell, and finance vacant land across the United States doing hundreds of deal per year. On this channel, I interview real estate investors and business owners to explore unique strategies and learn from experienced individuals. My goal is to learn and share what works (and what doesn't), and help others build their own businesses. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📱 Connect With Me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hunterpogo Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hunterpogatchnik/ Main YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@hunterpogo DirectREI: https://www.directrei.com Learn Land Investing: https://www.selltheearth.com

  7. Sep 21

    $100K Profit From a Single Mobile Home Flip

    When the music stopped, Alex Barnett turned to real estate, but not just any real estate—he dove into the often-overlooked world of mobile home investing. In this episode, Alex shares his remarkable journey from touring musician to a savvy real estate investor in Southern California, revealing the surprising strategies that led him to success in a competitive market. You'll discover how Alex leveraged mentorship and innovative lead generation tactics to secure his first deal just 30 days into his real estate career. He breaks down the unique opportunities within mobile home flipping, including his first deal that netted him an impressive $100K profit. Hear about the lessons he learned, the challenges he faced, and how he transitioned from wholesaling to becoming a recognized expert in mobile home development. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ This video is sponsored by DirectREI DirectREI is the all-in-one platform I built specifically for real estate investors. Whether you're using AI to text or email, direct mail, skip trace leads, as a CRM, make calls, or follow up with sellers, DirectREI helps you do it all. Features include: ✅ AI-Powered SMS & Email Auto Follow-Up (send 10s of thousands of messages) ✅ AI Operations Manager  ✅ CRM & AI Lead Management ✅ Skip Tracing ✅ Send Direct Mail  ✅ Built In Dialer  ✅ Built in e-signature tool ✅ Workflow Automations ✅ Campaign Analytics Start for free: https://www.directrei.com ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ About Me: My name is Hunter Pogatchnik, and I buy, sell, and finance vacant land across the United States doing hundreds of deal per year. On this channel, I interview real estate investors and business owners to explore unique strategies and learn from experienced individuals. My goal is to learn and share what works (and what doesn't), and help others build their own businesses. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📱 Connect With Me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hunterpogo Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hunterpogatchnik/ Main YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@hunterpogo DirectREI: https://www.directrei.com Learn Land Investing: https://www.selltheearth.com

  8. Sep 18

    The $100K+ Tax Lesson Every Investor Should Know

    Marcus Baek’s journey into real estate development was anything but traditional. From Boston and the corporate world to closing deals for a credit firm and running an arcade business during the pandemic, Marcus built an entrepreneurial mindset through every unexpected turn. In this episode, he shares how a major tax bill and a desire for greater financial freedom ultimately pushed him toward real estate. Marcus also breaks down how he approached his first land investment, the lessons he learned from working with builders, and why studying market data and net migration can make a major difference when identifying opportunities. Whether you’re interested in land, real estate development, or entrepreneurship, this episode offers practical insights on finding the right deals, adapting to change, and turning unconventional experiences into opportunities. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ This video is sponsored by DirectREI DirectREI is the all-in-one platform I built specifically for real estate investors. Whether you're using AI to text or email, direct mail, skip trace leads, as a CRM, make calls, or follow up with sellers, DirectREI helps you do it all. Features include: ✅ AI-Powered SMS & Email Auto Follow-Up (send 10s of thousands of messages) ✅ AI Operations Manager  ✅ CRM & AI Lead Management ✅ Skip Tracing ✅ Send Direct Mail  ✅ Built In Dialer  ✅ Built in e-signature tool ✅ Workflow Automations ✅ Campaign Analytics Start for free: https://www.directrei.com ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ About Me: My name is Hunter Pogatchnik, and I buy, sell, and finance vacant land across the United States doing hundreds of deal per year. On this channel, I interview real estate investors and business owners to explore unique strategies and learn from experienced individuals. My goal is to learn and share what works (and what doesn't), and help others build their own businesses. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📱 Connect With Me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hunterpogo Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hunterpogatchnik/ Main YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@hunterpogo DirectREI: https://www.directrei.com Learn Land Investing: https://www.selltheearth.com

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Welcome to The Hunter Pogatchnik Show, where we dive into entrepreneurship, real estate investing, business growth, and the strategies people use to build wealth and create freedom. Hosted by real estate investor, entrepreneur, and founder of Sell The Earth and DirectREI, Hunter Pogatchnik interviews successful investors, business owners, founders, and industry experts to uncover the lessons, failures, and wins that helped them get where they are today. Whether you're looking to close your first deal or scale your company, you'll find actionable conversations and honest discussions here.