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The Builder Nation Podcast — hosted by real estate developer and entrepreneur Brian Koons (a.k.a. The Builder Brian) — dives deep into how high-performing entrepreneurs, investors, and creators use leverage to build wealth, health, freedom, and legacy.Each episode breaks down…
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From VA Loan House Hacking to 1,100 Units w/Morgan Hampel | TBN 035 (opens the original)
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At 22, Morgan Hampel walked away from his own startup's payout so his co-founders could survive without him. By the day he left active duty in the Navy, he had built a portfolio of 1,100 apartment units while still wearing the uniform. In this episode of The Builder Nation Podcast, Brian sits down with Morgan, co-founder of Hammer and Hampel and VP of Capital Formation at Comfort Capital, to break down exactly how he went from house hacking in Charleston to raising $32.5 million for a single mob
How To Not Be An A**hole Developer w/David Namazy | TBN 034 (opens the original)
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Most real estate investors think adding density is an automatic ticket to wealth, but the modern ADU gold rush is quietly wrecking portfolios across the country. While the hype promises easy cash flow and fast scaling, the reality on the ground involves bitter neighborhood wars, crushing management overhead, and unexpected legal battles that catch high-income earners completely off guard. In this episode, we pull back the curtain on the hidden pitfalls of property development and break down what
What Goes On Inside Big Pharma w/Max Sandquist | TBN 033 (opens the original)
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Max Sandquist was in his early thirties when a doctor told him he had Crohn's disease, handed him a prescription he would take every morning for the rest of his life, and said there was nothing he could do about it through diet or lifestyle. He decided not to accept that. Six years later he is off the medication, running a fitness and nutrition coaching business, and working with couples going through fertility treatment on the parts of the process their clinics rarely address. In this episode M
The Digital Nomad Millionaire w/Sumner Healey | TBN 032 (opens the original)
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Sumner Healey left San Diego for Bali in 2024 and kept running four real estate businesses from 15 hours ahead. In this episode he breaks down how he built a land flipping operation that could survive the move, why he thinks land is the most overlooked asset class in real estate, and what America gets wrong about community that Bali gets right. We get into the hiring mistakes that cost him years, why every person on his team now has a profit share, and the three-year sprint he believes almost an
The Capital Raiser & Yacht Captain w/Scott Kidd | TBN 031 (opens the original)
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What does a 25-year yacht captain know about building wealth that most real estate investors don’t? Turns out, a lot. In this episode of The Builder Nation Podcast , Brian sits down with Scott Kidd - yacht captain, capital raiser, and podcast host - who’s spent his career in the rooms of billionaires and the ultra-wealthy. From getting laid off in the dot-com bust and landing in Fort Lauderdale with twenty bucks in his pocket, to putting together capital stacks on major development deals, Scott’
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