The Julian Castle Show
You’re not here for motivation. You’re here to see how real operators build companies over time. I build in public, breaking down the reality of distressed real estate using The Whole Deal Method: solving the entire situation, not just chasing a fee.
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If You’re Serious About Building Wealth, Watch This First (opens the original)
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If you want to build real wealth, you need to know how to stop chasing hype and start thinking like an operator. And that’s what you’ll be learning in this video. Today, I break down the mindset and skills that helped me go from flipping Jordans to working on distressed real estate deals and building businesses that can operate without me. You’ll understand: - The most important things to know when starting out - How to spot underpriced opportunities - How to identify spreads, negotiate better d
How Tim Serpe 3X’d Contracts With AI‑Driven Dispo & Novations (SellSide Deep Dive) (opens the original)
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In this episode, we go deep into how Tim Serpe turned City Atlas into a dispo machine and how the new version of SellSide is helping his team analyze and move deals faster than ever. Tim reveals: How SellSide’s new AI + deal analyzers work across wholesale, novation, fix & flip, BRRRR, turnkey, creative, and buy & hold How his reps underwrite deals before the call and tailor the pitch to three buyer avatars: retail, investor, institutional Why his acquisitions reps now own the deal from first ca
From 7 Failed Exams to Multi‑Million Commercial Deals in Miami w/ Alessandro Lima (opens the original)
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In this episode, I talk with Alessandro Lima, a commercial real estate broker in Miami. Alessandro shares how he: • Failed the real estate exam 7 times before passing. • Sold cars and motorcycles before ever getting into commercial real estate. • Went from an $897 paycheck to closing a $1.5 million deal with a bank. • Uses owner lists and cold calls to find mobile home parks and other properties. • Structures his day around working out and calling property owners. If you work in residential real
She Built The AI That Shows You If Your Commercial Deal Will Get Funded w/ Rachel Garcia (opens the original)
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If you’re trying to scale into bigger commercial real estate deals but you’re guessing what lenders want, this episode is your shortcut. Rachel Garcia is a former corporate banking executive (Bank of America, Wells Fargo, JPMorgan) who left to start her own commercial loan brokerage, CRE Capital Investments, and then built CRE Capital Finders: AI software that underwrites your deal, scores funding probability, and matches you to 15,000+ lenders in seconds. In this conversation, we cover: • Why m
The Ethical Way To Get Rich In Mobile Home Parks | From Tesla #1 To 600 Units (opens the original)
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If you think “affordable housing” means bad returns or slumlord tactics, this episode will change your mind. Leo Young went from an immigrant kid who starved himself to buy toys… to the #1 Tesla salesperson… to operating 600+ manufactured housing units across 8 states as founder of Cornell Communities. In this conversation, Leo joins me to break down exactly how he finds and fixes neglected mobile home parks, upgrades infrastructure, keeps rents reasonable, and still delivers strong risk‑adjuste
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