The Tori Nook Talk Show

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The Tori Nook Talk Show is where real conversations meet real success. Hosted by Tori Nook, commercial real estate CEO, founder of Anchor Retail, author of Intuitive Certainty, and spiritual practitioner, this podcast explores the inner work behind outer achievement. Through candid, grounded conversations with founders, executives, investors, wellness leaders, and personal development voices, the show goes beyond the highlight reel to unpack the decisions that shape a life. The pressure, doubt, faith, sacrifice, and turning points that define true success. This is a space for higher thinkers who want to bridge intuition and strategy, faith and execution, ambition and alignment. Each episode offers perspective-shifting insights and practical takeaways you can apply immediately in business and life. If you’re building something meaningful—and want to do it with clarity, integrity, and intention—you’re in the right place.

  1. 4d ago

    Brandon Cobb: From $30K House Flip to $100M Development Vision

    Welcome to this episode of The Tori Nook Talk Show! In this episode, Tori sits down with Brandon Cobb, real estate developer, investor, entrepreneur, and CEO of HBG Capital Group. Brandon calls himself an accidental entrepreneur. After being fired from his medical device sales job around age 27, he gave himself six months to make money in real estate.  Eight days before that deadline, he closed his first house flip for a $30,000 profit. Ten years later, he develops and sells land to national homebuilders like D.R. Horton, Lennar, and Ryan Homes, runs two masterminds, hosts the Recession Resistant Real Estate Radio podcast, and is aiming to grow his development company to $100 million in revenue. Brandon grew up in Memphis, went to the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, and now lives in Nashville. After that first flip, he scaled to 30 to 50 house flips per year, then discovered new construction was three times more profitable when they rebuilt a fire-damaged property. Instead of chasing 200 landowners a year for 30 vacant lots, they started targeting single parcels large enough for entire subdivisions. They discuss how he finds large tracts using GIS maps and conversations with planning directors, why joining a mastermind after his first year saved his business, converting debt investors to equity partners overnight to unlock a $20M bank loan, running the Land Development Accelerator and AI Agent Accelerator, and why one AI agent he built does six hours of land due diligence in minutes. 🎯 Topics covered: Getting fired from medical device sales at 27The six-month ultimatum and $30K first flipScaling house flips to 30-50 per yearThe fire-damaged house that led to new constructionGetting bought out by D.R. Horton, Lennar, and Ryan HomesFinding land through GIS maps and planning directorsWhy masterminds pay for themselves in year oneConverting debt to equity to unlock a $20M bank loanLand Development Accelerator and AI Agent AcceleratorBuilding AI agents on his own server with Claude CodeOne AI agent doing 6 hours of due diligence in minutesAnnual family trips as his why🔔 Subscribe: youtube.com/@torinook ⸻ 👤 Connect with Brandon Cobb Website: hbgcapital.net Mastermind: learnlanddevelopment.com Podcast: Recession Resistant Real Estate Radio ⸻ 👤 Connect with Tori Nook Website: https://torinook.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/torirendanonook/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tori_nook/ X: https://x.com/ToriNook Email: hello@torinook.com ⸻ 🎧 The Tori Nook Talk Show is where real conversations meet real success. Subscribe for episodes exploring how leaders build personal and professional fulfillment on their own terms.

  2. Jun 30

    Liz Fisher: Releasing Emotional Energy Stuck in the Body Through EFT

    Welcome to this episode of The Tori Nook Talk Show! In this episode, Tori sits down with Liz Fisher, owner of Tap Into Health, EFT International Accredited Certified Practitioner, clinical hypnotherapist, author, and host of the Tap Into Health podcast. Liz works with clients on body-focused repetitive behaviors, anxiety, panic disorder, emetophobia, performance anxiety, and emotional blocks that traditional therapy has not been able to resolve. Fun fact: Liz and Tori are second cousins. Liz was a graphic designer for over 20 years before pivoting into healing work. At 8 years old she developed trichotillomania, a body-focused repetitive behavior that caused her to pull out her hair, and by age 20 she was wearing a full wig. After her second son was born in 2014, the pulling came back while she was nursing in the middle of the night. She Googled ways to stop without medication, found EFT on YouTube, taught herself, and didn't pull for three months. When urges returned around Thanksgiving, she found a trainer in Cleveland, took the $3,000 certification course, and during that training cleared her hair pulling for good in just four sessions with another practitioner in Pittsburgh. They discuss what EFT actually is (acupressure points from Chinese medicine combined with talk therapy), how tapping lowers cortisol and re-engages the prefrontal cortex, the FMRI studies showing brain chemistry change after two minutes, Gary Craig (the Stanford-trained engineer who invented EFT), why Liz became a certified clinical hypnotherapist in 2024, the frozen shoulder client who could lift her arm after one session about a broken heart, and the past-life Civil War session that freed a woman to drive again. 🎯 Topics covered: What EFT is and how it works (9 acupressure points)Trichotillomania at 8 and wearing a wig by 20The 3 AM Google search that introduced her to EFTHealing her hair pulling in 4 sessionsHow EFT lowers cortisol and re-engages the prefrontal cortexThe frozen shoulder client and the broken heart sessionBecoming a clinical hypnotherapist in 2024The Civil War past-life sessionTapping with kids, horses, and animalsHer book Breaking Free from Trichotillomania with EFTFinal advice: emotions are temporary, you don't have to stay stuck ⸻ 👤 Connect with Liz Fisher Website: tapintohealth.net  Instagram: @tapintohealth_eft Podcast: Tap Into Health ⸻ 👤 Connect with Tori Nook Website: https://torinook.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/torirendanonook/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tori_nook/ X: https://x.com/ToriNook Email: hello@torinook.com ⸻ 🎧 The Tori Nook Talk Show is where real conversations meet real success. Subscribe for episodes exploring how leaders build personal and professional fulfillment on their own terms.

  3. Jun 23

    Tyler Bindi: The Art of Outworking Your Competition in Investment Sales

    Title: The Tori Nook Talk Show | Tyler Bindi: The Art of Outworking Your Competition in Investment Sales Description:  Welcome to this episode of The Tori Nook Talk Show! In this episode, Tori sits down with Tyler Bindi, an investment sales broker at Marcus & Millichap in LA who specializes in net lease properties, sale-leasebacks, and portfolio dispositions across the country. Tyler is also the #1 most followed person in commercial real estate on LinkedIn, and he's built his reputation on outworking his competition through deep pricing analysis, strategic marketing, and a relentless client-first approach. 🎯 Topics covered: D1 baseball and the broadcasting dream that didn't pan outSelling tickets for the Colorado Rockies before COVIDThe country club front desk revelationMoving to LA at 24 with 13 months of rent savedMaking 500 cold calls a week his first yearFirst listing: a Dunkin' Donuts sold at list price with one callWhy he calls himself the garbage manHow to value triple net: lease term, tenant, locationThe disconnect between seller pricing and current cap ratesSale-leaseback transactions explainedSelling contaminated and deferred maintenance dealsWhy overcommunication wins portfolio dispositionsFinal advice: don't overpromise and underdeliver ⸻ 👤 Connect with Tyler Bindi LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyler-bindi/  X: https://x.com/TripleNetTyler  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tylerbindi5/  ⸻ 👤 Connect with Tori Nook Website: https://torinook.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/torirendanonook/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tori_nook/ X: https://x.com/ToriNook Email: hello@torinook.com ⸻ 🎧 The Tori Nook Talk Show is where real conversations meet real success. Subscribe for episodes exploring how leaders build personal and professional fulfillment on their own terms.

  4. Jun 16

    Mandy McAllister: From Medical Sales to Owning 373 Multifamily Doors

    Welcome to this episode of The Tori Nook Talk Show! In this episode, Tori sits down with Mandy McAllister, co-founder of GoBundance Women, multifamily real estate investor, mindset leader, and co-host of the top 100 podcast Power Up Your Life. Mandy spent the bulk of her career in medical device sales before making the leap into investment real estate. She left her $300K W-2 in 2021 and today her portfolio includes 373 doors across 8 assets, spanning B-class workforce housing, furnished student housing, and motel repositioning. Mandy is a farm kid from a small town in central Illinois (800 people, graduating class of 26). After tearing her ACL junior year, she landed a volleyball scholarship at Mercer University, then moved to Chicago the day after graduation. She has a master's in economics, was told she'd be a doctor, switched to business school, and climbed the ladder in medical device sales until she realized she was a slave to her pager. She had been interested in real estate since college but didn't act until age 35 when she had her son Duncan and realized life wasn't a dress rehearsal. They discuss building a floor of income (the math that gave her the bravery to leave her W-2), partnering with two guys on her first 53-unit deal, buying a car wash and motel, why solving $3.75 problems costs the same brain space as million-dollar problems, founding GoBundance Women, why women are taught to be perfect and men are taught to be brave, raising kids to make decisions instead of helicopter momming, and her new book and app on return on brainspace. 🎯 Topics covered:  • Farm kid from a town of 800 with a graduating class of 26  • Tearing her ACL and the mindset ninja origin  • Medical device sales: slave to the pager  • Doing the math on a floor of income to leave her $300K W-2  • Buying her first 53-unit apartment building with two partners  • 373 doors across 8 assets today  • Solving $3.75 problems versus million-dollar problems  • Co-founding GoBundance Women  • Why women are taught to be perfect, men taught to be brave  • Raising kids to make decisions, not depend on you  • Return on brainspace book and app 👤 Connect with Mandy McAllister Website: mandymcallister.com Podcast: Power Up Your Life Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/themandymcallister/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themandymcallister/  ⸻ 👤 Connect with Tori Nook Website: https://torinook.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/torirendanonook/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tori_nook/ X: https://x.com/ToriNook Email: hello@torinook.com ⸻ 🎧 The Tori Nook Talk Show is where real conversations meet real success. Subscribe for episodes exploring how leaders build personal and professional fulfillment on their own terms.

  5. Jun 9

    Karen Conde: Trust Your Gut (Lessons from Business, Marriage & Rebirth)

    Welcome to this episode of The Tori Nook Talk Show! In this episode, Tori sits down with Karen Conde, an entrepreneur, mentor, and advocate for personal empowerment. Karen is the founder of the Conde Group, Forgotten Victims, Rise with Karen, and Karen Conde Coaching and Transformation. Karen was an Air Force brat who graduated from the University of Arizona, then moved to LA to chase fashion as a buyer at May Company. By 26 she pivoted into outside sales, eventually landing in tech as a VP of sales who grew a startup from zero to millions in a year. At 45, while traveling constantly for a large Atlanta company, she was involved in a catastrophic car accident that severely injured a young woman at a gas station. Her company fired her the same day, she was sued for millions, and from her fetal position on the floor she got up, sent one email to her contacts, and Toyota North America replied: where are you going, we're going with you. The Conde Group was born that afternoon with no business plan, grew to 115+ employees, and sold 21 years later. They discuss proving herself in male-dominated tech, founding Forgotten Victims to support people who unintentionally cause serious injury, surviving COVID by absorbing consultants onto her own payroll, marrying a narcissistic sociopath at 60+ and escaping after 10 months, the signs of narcissistic abuse, and launching Rise with Karen and her coaching practice for silenced corporate women. 🎯 Topics covered: Air Force brat to fashion buyer at May Company in LATech VP of sales: zero to millions in a yearThe catastrophic car accident that changed everythingToyota North America's email that started Conde GroupBuilding to 115+ employees over 21 yearsFounding Forgotten Victims nonprofitSurviving COVID by absorbing consultants onto her payrollSelling the Conde Group in 2024Marrying a narcissistic sociopath at 60+Recognizing love bombing, mirroring, gaslightingHealing in Tuscany and launching Rise with KarenFinal advice: Trust your instincts, have boundaries 📌 Timestamps: 02:30 – Fashion buyer in LA 07:00 – Tech VP of sales growing a startup 12:14 – The car accident that changed everything 20:35 – Starting Conde Group from her fetal position 22:30 – Toyota North America's life-changing email 33:18 – Selling the company in 2024 40:07 – Marrying a narcissistic sociopath at 60+ 46:27 – Love bombing, charm, mirroring 49:17 – Gaslighting after the mask falls 57:21 – Launching Rise with Karen 01:00:06 – Trust your instincts, have boundaries ⸻ 👤 Connect with Karen Conde LinkedIn: Karen Conde Instagram: @RiseWithKaren ⸻ 👤 Connect with Tori Nook Website: https://torinook.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/torirendanonook/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tori_nook/ X: https://x.com/ToriNook Email: hello@torinook.com ⸻ 🎧 The Tori Nook Talk Show is where real conversations meet real success. Subscribe for episodes exploring how leaders build personal and professional fulfillment on their own terms.

  6. Jun 2

    Nina Steiner: From PBS Producer to LA's Go-To Writer’s Room Broker

    Welcome to this episode of The Tori Nook Talk Show! In this episode, Tori sits down with Nina Steiner, an office and retail tenant rep broker in Los Angeles with a former life as a television producer. Nina worked on PBS's Great Performances, producing dance and music programs with artists like Pavarotti and Placido Domingo before moving from New York to LA with eight suitcases and no contacts. She freelanced in production for years, and about 10 years ago, she pivoted into commercial real estate. Today Nina has carved out a distinctive niche representing Hollywood studios and production companies, finding writer’s rooms and creative office space, while also building deep expertise in flexible workspace with providers like Industrious, Regis, and WeWork. They discuss working alongside Pavarotti on PBS, the early days of new media, why entertainment clients don't sign exclusives, working with Douglas Emmett buildings, explaining holdover rent to Fortune 100 clients, blogging for the 2028 LA Olympics, co-brokering across borders, trusting your gut on red flag clients, and her mantra that God is the CEO of her business. 🎯 Topics covered: Moving from NY to LA with 8 suitcases and no contactsProducing Great Performances on PBS with Pavarotti and Placido DomingoPivoting into commercial real estate 10 years agoCarving a niche in writer’s rooms and production studio spacesWhy entertainment clients don't sign exclusivesSigning 8 leases in Sherman Oaks in one quarterEd Winslow's Proof Stacking methodologyBlogging for the 2028 LA OlympicsThe $14M wedding designer deal with Joe BologneseCo-brokering a writer;s room deal in the UKTrusting your gut on red flag clientsFinal advice: God is the CEO of my business 📌 Timestamps: 04:23 – From PBS producer to LA with 8 suitcases 06:01 – Working on Great Performances with Pavarotti 09:08 – Pivoting into commercial real estate at a meetup 12:23 – Carving a niche in writer’s rooms and flexible workspace 15:09 – 8 leases in Sherman Oaks in one quarter 17:23 – Blogging for the 2028 LA Olympics 23:03 – Explaining holdover rent to Fortune 100 studios 26:50 – The $14M wedding designer deal 33:36 – The UK writer’s room deal 38:30 – Trusting your gut on red flag clients 47:00 – God is the CEO of my business ⸻ 👤 Connect with Nina Steiner Website: tenantrepla.com Email: nsteiner@saxonwest.com LinkedIn: Nina Steiner ⸻ 👤 Connect with Tori Nook Website: https://torinook.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/torirendanonook/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tori_nook/ X: https://x.com/ToriNook Email: hello@torinook.com ⸻ 🎧 The Tori Nook Talk Show is where real conversations meet real success. Subscribe for episodes exploring how leaders build personal and professional fulfillment on their own terms.

  7. May 26

    Gabriel Einhorn: The 24-Year-Old Solving Real Estate Fraud with VryfID

    Welcome to this episode of The Tori Nook Talk Show! In this episode, Tori sits down with Gabriel Einhorn, a 24-year-old startup founder and entrepreneur based in New York City. He's co-founder and CEO of VryfID, a platform building a secure trust layer for real estate transactions by verifying identity, income, and documents directly at the source to reduce fraud and streamline the process. He's also the founder of Praise, a faith-driven apparel brand and media platform focused on conversations about belief, discipline, and purpose. Gabe grew up in suburban New Jersey, played college soccer at Yeshiva University, and played internationally before going all-in on business. At 21, he downloaded LinkedIn and cold-messaged real estate companies asking for work. He landed a commission-based job as a debt finance broker (mortgage broker), worked for two companies doing deals nationwide, and graduated with a year of experience already under his belt. Last summer he started Praise as a passion project. This past July, he and his younger brother (still at NYU) launched VryfID. They just hit over 300 clients and are expanding from New York City into Nashville, Atlanta, and St. Louis. Three months ago, Gabe left his brokerage job to go all-in on both companies. They discuss entrepreneurial roots (his dad wakes up at 4 a.m., built furniture business, restaurants, retail centers), starting a sneaker resale business at 15, the fraud problem in real estate (anyone can fake a $5M bank statement), posting 50-100 videos a week across platforms, and finding your why (positive and negative). 🎯 Topics covered: Growing up in New Jersey watching his dad build businessesSelling sneakers at 15, e-commerce drop shipping at 18Cold-messaging companies on LinkedIn at 21 to break into brokerageThree years as a debt finance broker doing deals nationwideStarting Praise last summer: faith-driven apparel and conversationsLaunching VryfID with his brother in July (9 months ago)300+ clients, expanding beyond NYC to Nashville, Atlanta, St. LouisWhy brokers waste time on fraudulent tenants and lose moneyObserving Sabbath: 25-hour phone-free reset every Friday-Saturday nightBuilding Praise around universal faith (not religion-specific)Find your why: positive (provide for future family) + negative (prove doubters wrong) ⸻ 👤 Connect with Gabriel Einhorn LinkedIn: Gabriel Einhorn Instagram: @gabe_einhorn X: @EinhornGabe ⸻ 👤 Connect with Tori Nook Website: https://torinook.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/torirendanonook/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tori_nook/ X: https://x.com/ToriNook Email: hello@torinook.com ⸻ 🎧 The Tori Nook Talk Show is where real conversations meet real success. Subscribe for episodes exploring how leaders build personal and professional fulfillment on their own terms.

  8. May 19

    Tamara Alexander-Johnson: Leading Global CRE & Breaking Glass Ceilings

    Welcome to this episode of The Tori Nook Talk Show! In this episode, Tori sits down with Tamara Alexander-Johnson, an accomplished executive, independent board director, and strategic advisor with over 30 years of experience in global markets. She's CEO of Corporate Real Estate Advisory Services and an adjunct professor at the University of Denver's Daniels College of Business. Over her career, she's led and advised on more than $5 billion in corporate real estate transactions across office, retail, industrial, mixed-use, medical, land development, and ground leases. Tamara started by studying for her broker's license in Colorado, sitting next to two women in office leasing who introduced her to the industry. She worked for Etkin Equities during the S&L crisis in the early 1990s, buying distressed assets across the front range—office, industrial, retail, vacant land, bulk condo units. They bought at 50% occupancy, did CapEx, leased them to 100%, and turned a $250M portfolio into $600M by 2019. She then spent eight years at Western Union (2011-2019) managing 3-4 million square feet globally, negotiating leases in Moscow (half Russian, half English), consolidating offices across Canada and Europe, and creating Workplace of the Future standards. She moved to VF Corp (Vans, North Face, Timberland), negotiated airport hangars for private jets, then led real estate for Colorado State University System before launching her advisory practice and teaching at DU. They discuss buying distressed assets during the S&L crisis, navigating international deals (Italy shuts down in August, Europe from mid-December to mid-January), forming a Lean In circle at Western Union in 2014, why boards desperately need more women and diverse backgrounds, maternity leave battles (U.S. third worst globally), servant leadership, and always having Plan B. 🎯 Topics covered: Buying distressed S&L assets in the 1990s: $250M to $600MEight years at Western Union managing 3-4M SF globallyNegotiating leases half in Russian, half in EnglishCreating Workplace of the Future standards across global officesVF Corp: Vans, North Face, Timberland (negotiating airport hangars)Leading real estate for Colorado State University SystemForming a Lean In circle at Western Union in 2014Why boards need more women and diverse backgroundsServant leadership and mentoring the next generationTeaching at University of Denver: whole-person developmentFinal advice: Find your voice, always have Plan B ⸻ 👤 Connect with Tamara Alexander-Johnson LinkedIn: Tamara Alexander-Johnson University of Denver: Faculty bio page Company: Corporate Real Estate Advisory Services ⸻ 👤 Connect with Tori Nook Website: https://torinook.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/torirendanonook/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tori_nook/ X: https://x.com/ToriNook Email: hello@torinook.com ⸻ 🎧 The Tori Nook Talk Show is where real conversations meet real success. Subscribe for episodes exploring how leaders build personal and professional fulfillment on their own terms.

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The Tori Nook Talk Show is where real conversations meet real success. Hosted by Tori Nook, commercial real estate CEO, founder of Anchor Retail, author of Intuitive Certainty, and spiritual practitioner, this podcast explores the inner work behind outer achievement. Through candid, grounded conversations with founders, executives, investors, wellness leaders, and personal development voices, the show goes beyond the highlight reel to unpack the decisions that shape a life. The pressure, doubt, faith, sacrifice, and turning points that define true success. This is a space for higher thinkers who want to bridge intuition and strategy, faith and execution, ambition and alignment. Each episode offers perspective-shifting insights and practical takeaways you can apply immediately in business and life. If you’re building something meaningful—and want to do it with clarity, integrity, and intention—you’re in the right place.

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    Tori Nook
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    30
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