How do you turn a local meetup into a 400-member real estate investing community with 50 sponsors, during a pandemic? Ted Kaasch, broker, investor, and owner of the Omaha Real Estate Investors Association (Omaha REIA), shares how networking built his entire career. On this episode of On the Same Team, Ted traces his path from selling Kirby vacuums at 12 to top car salesman through radical honesty, running a four-state territory for Thrasher, and eventually becoming a real estate broker and investor. He explains how he bought Omaha REIA in 2020, went all in on free, public content, and grew membership from roughly 70 to more than 400. We also get into flipping condemned properties, midterm rentals in the Midwest, reviving a car wash, creative laundromat income streams, and what he's learned growing the Kash & Dash podcast, including landing Brandon Turner and Pace Morby as guests. In this episode: - Buying and scaling a real estate investors association through COVID - Why honesty and clear expectations close more sales - Midterm rentals, Furnished Finder, and using guest feedback to improve your Airbnb - Turning condemned properties into profitable rentals - Podcast growth: big guests, cross-promotion, YouTube Shorts, and staying national - Why the best leaders build teams around their ideas CHAPTERS 00:00 Buying Omaha REIA as the pandemic hit and growing to 400+ members 08:47 Sales lessons: radical honesty and clear expectations 20:22 Condemned properties, midterm rentals, and a car wash 37:27 Building the Kash & Dash podcast 56:24 Stay in your lane, or build a team around it? RESOURCES MENTIONED Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss The One Thing by Gary Keller The 10X Rule by Grant Cardone Who Not How by Dan Sullivan Profitable Podcasting The Richest Man in Babylon CONNECT WITH TED Website: tedkaasch.com Instagram: @kaaschmoney Facebook: Omaha REIA Subscribe to On the Same Team for more conversations on collaboration, leadership, and building championship teams. #RealEstateInvesting #Networking #OnTheSameTeam