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.

Episodes

  1. 10h ago

    Why a Deloitte CPA Walked Away From a Six-Figure Career

    Are you stuck in the golden handcuffs of corporate life, dreaming of freedom and financial independence? Victoria Reese, a former CPA at Deloitte, takes us on her exhilarating journey from a stable six-figure salary to thriving in the world of real estate investing and Airbnb entrepreneurship. Join us as she reveals the pivotal moment that led her to leave her high-paying job and embrace the unpredictable yet rewarding realm of real estate. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 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. 3d ago

    Why Focusing on Cash Flow Could Be Hurting Your Wealth Building

    Unlock the secrets of real estate wealth creation with Gino Barbero, a seasoned investor, who reveals the transformative mindset that turns earned income into generational wealth. In this episode, Gino shares his personal journey from running a restaurant to mastering multifamily real estate, emphasizing the crucial difference between spending and investing. If you're ready to shift your perspective on money and discover how to make your assets work for you, this episode is a must-listen. Gino takes us back to the pivotal moment in his life when he realized the true power of real estate—while shoveling snow outside his restaurant, he noticed that his mother was earning income from her rental properties without lifting a finger. This eye-opening experience ignited his passion for real estate, and he dives deep into the strategies that can lead to financial freedom. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 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. Aug 24

    From Rookie Realtor to Nationwide Team Leader

    Are you ready to transform your real estate game? In this episode, Bryan Casella shares the secrets that propelled his real estate team to national success, all while harnessing the power of social media and leveraging authentic connections. This episode is a must-listen for real estate agents, aspiring entrepreneurs, and anyone looking to break through barriers in their professional journey. Bryan, a former professional athlete turned real estate mogul, takes us back to his beginnings and the relentless work ethic that led to remarkable achievements early in his career. Discover how he sold 13 houses in his first year and doubled that in his second, all thanks to a commitment to making 50 new contacts every day. Bryan reveals the key strategies that accelerated his growth and how he used traditional methods alongside groundbreaking social media approaches to build a personal brand that resonates with millions. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 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. Aug 21

    Why Most Investors Miss Out on Huge Tax Deductions

    Unlock the secret to maximizing your real estate investments while slashing your tax bill! In this episode, Hunter Pogatchnik sits down with Chris from Maven Cost Segregation to demystify the powerful strategy of cost segregation. If you're a real estate investor looking to keep more cash in your pocket, this conversation is a must-listen. Chris, an expert in accelerating depreciation for real estate properties, reveals how you can turn a traditional tax strategy into an immediate cash flow boost. He explains the intricacies of cost segregation studies and how they can allow property owners to significantly increase their first-year tax deductions—sometimes up to $100,000—compared to the standard depreciation method. You'll learn how to capitalize on this strategy to reinvest and grow your wealth faster. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 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. Aug 17

    From Wholesaling to $20M in Real Estate

    Ryan’s journey from a troubled youth to a real estate mogul is nothing short of inspiring. In this episode, he shares his rapid rise in the real estate market, revealing the pivotal moments that transformed his life and career. With just four years of experience, Ryan has built an impressive $20 million portfolio in real estate development. How did he do it? You’ll want to tune in to discover his unconventional path and the strategies that propelled him forward. From his early days of hustling in wholesaling to embracing a life-changing commitment to faith and discipline through Jiu Jitsu, Ryan's story is filled with actionable insights. He shares how he turned his first real estate deal into a $50,000 payday and how this initial success sparked his passion for real estate 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

  6. Aug 14

    The Infinite Banking Strategy Most Real Estate Investors Don’t Know

    Unlock the secrets of wealth preservation and growth in our latest episode featuring Tom Laune, an expert in infinite banking and the creator of the Bulletproof Wealth Strategy. Discover how Tom transformed a career in music into a financial powerhouse that helps real estate investors secure their financial futures. If you’re a real estate investor or anyone interested in mastering your financial strategy, this episode is a must-listen! Tom shares his unique journey from a successful career in the music industry to becoming a chartered financial consultant. He reveals how losing his hearing led him to discover the importance of income protection and the transformative potential of infinite banking. You’ll learn how this strategy can serve as a powerful alternative to traditional banking methods, providing stability in an unstable economic landscape. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 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. Aug 11

    How to Start a Franchise With $50K

    Franchising isn’t just for the experienced entrepreneur; most of Greg’s clients are first-time business owners seeking guidance. In a market where many are looking for new paths to financial independence, understanding how to navigate the franchise landscape can be a game-changer. Don't miss out on this essential listening experience. Whether you’re curious about entrepreneurship or ready to take the plunge, this episode will equip you with the knowledge to start your journey with confidence. Tune in now to learn how to turn your business dreams into reality with the power of franchising! ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 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. Aug 7

    Make 6 figures Wholesaling Real Estate In Canada

    From firefighter to flourishing real estate entrepreneur, Cole's journey is a testament to the power of taking risks and seizing opportunities. Join Hunter Pogatchnik as he interviews Cole, a virtual wholesaler and flipper from Canada, who shares his incredible story of how he transitioned from a steady job into the unpredictable world of real estate, all sparked by a New Year's resolution to make more money. In this episode, Cole reveals the pivotal moment that led him to embrace wholesaling full-time after getting fired from his job. With transparency and humor, he recounts his first deals, the challenges of navigating Canadian real estate laws, and the lessons learned along the way. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 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

  9. Aug 5

    How To Buy 70 Rentals In Two Years

    Harrison shares his rapid journey to real estate success, from acquiring and renovating properties to flipping and selling them. He discusses his strategy for managing debt and cash flow, compares real estate with land flipping, and explains his approach to Section 8 rentals. Harrison also shares insights into his biggest real estate deal and the benefits of buying property packages. The conversation covers real estate investment strategies, land flipping, seller financing, buyer demographics, challenges of land flipping, tenant eviction, property management, real estate workshop, and business operations. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 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 Text & Email Auto Follow-Up ✅ CRM & AI Lead Management ✅ Skip Tracing ✅ Send Direct Mail ✅ Dialer Calling & Conversation Tracking ✅ 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.