Amy Bruske is Principal, President, and Integrator at Kolbe Corp. An expert in HR consulting and leadership development, she is driven by, and dedicated to, changing people’s lives by helping them harness their instinctive strengths. Amy is one of only three Senior Master Consultants in the Kolbe Concept™— the authoritative theory for human instinct and performance.

Amy is trusted by clients in many industries and is a sought-after speaker for Fortune 500 companies, associations, and entrepreneurial startups. She co-authored the groundbreaking family business guidebook Business is Business with Kathy Kolbe, and she routinely dedicates time to mentorship in her Arizona community while serving as Chairman of the Center for Conative Abilities.

Avery is the CEO of The Short Term Shop, the country's TOP short-term rental and Airbnb real estate agency. The Short Term Shop has connected investors with over $1 Billion in cash-flowing short-term rental properties since 2018. Avery went from a 37k salary to a real estate portfolio of over 220 doors in 5 years through strategically investing in short-term and vacation rentals. This strategy allowed her to grow her portfolio much more quickly than starting off with traditional long-term rentals. It’s her goal to help as many investors reach financial independence through short term rental investing as possible.

Mandy McAllister is a multifamily real estate investor, mindset ninja, and connector. She spent the bulk of her career in medical device sales chasing cases and commission checks. In 2021, Mandy left her W2 to lean on the financial independence she built through real estate investing. Mandy now serves as CEO of GoBundance women, a tribe of healthy, wealthy, generous women who choose to lead epic lives.

Her real estate expertise includes repositioning underperforming assets to increase cashflow and value. Her portfolio is currently comprised of 373 doors of B- class workforce housing, furnished student housing and a motel reposition. She is most proud to be mama to her hilarious 6-year-old son Duncan who, coincidentally, wants to be a real estate investor when he grows up.

Sarah Weaver is an author, speaker, coach, real estate investor, and business owner. Sarah runs three businesses that serve both real estate investors and real estate agents.

She travels the country coaching real estate agents and hosting intimate retreats for investors. Talk about a dream life.

Invested Adventures hosts epic events for real estate investors all over the world. Sarah is taking 18 investors to hike Patagonia in 2023. Arya Design Services helps investors analyze, furnish and launch their furnished rentals nationwide. The Sarah Weaver Mentorship Program serves investors looking to grow their portfolios no matter where they live.

Sarah owns 19 units in four states. This includes nine furnished rentals—all of which she self-manages from afar. Did we mention that Sarah is always traveling? She has traveled to 44 countries on six continents and has been fully nomadic since January 2019.

Camilla Jeffs is a speaker, author, and host of The Quiet Wealth Podcast where she teaches women how to get their first million and make sure their kids are set up for financial success. She is also the Founder and CEO of Steady Stream Investments, a passive investor education company that provides investment opportunities into commercial real estate without the hassle of being a landlord. She has over 100 guest appearances on podcasts spreading her message of how to build wealth while also preserving time with your family. In short, she's a money nerd. Anyone else?

Camilla lives in a tiny town in northern Texas with her husband, five kids, two foreign exchange students (she currently has FOUR 17-yr-old girls living in her house!), and a "Disney Farm" where all the animals are named after Disney sidekicks. Only occasionally does Edna, the pot-bellied pig, get out (guess the movie!). She enjoys playing on her 40+ co-ed soccer team, reading all the business books, and beating her kids in word games.

Alecia St. Germain is a Certified Immunity to Change Coach and founder of The Conscious Edge – a leadership and personal development company focused on empowering female entrepreneurs. After training more than 10,000 entrepreneurs, Alecia knows that strategies and tactics are only a small part of creating wealth and happiness. Merging methodologies of science and spirituality, she helps her clients uncover and transform their unconscious blocks so they can confidently make money, reclaim their time, and step boldly into their roles as leaders.

Investing and marriage has its ups and downs and many couples can often feel like they are simply “surviving.” Matt and Liz started investing together 18 years ago and have gone from a duplex to an investment portfolio totaling $150M despite multiple setbacks along the way. During their presentation, Matt and Liz will teach the essential tools couples need in order to bring the best out in each other and live a life of their dreams.

I’m a living example of how even though the world can easily write your sentence one way, it doesn’t have to end how society often finishes it. I’m the daughter of a man that grew up sharecropping in the rural south and a woman that grew up the second oldest of 7 children living in a two-room house in Louisiana. I’m a black girl that grew up south of Dallas, that got pregnant before getting married and had to get a job before getting a degree.

I worked my way up in a Corporate job for many years before leaving to pursue my own dreams in Real Estate. With God’s grace, hard work, and learning from the people that I aspired to be like, I turned a career as a Real Estate Agent into a multi-million dollar Real Estate empire that provides jobs, empowers the community, and provides online education to help others write a different sentence too.

Chelsea Brennan, founder of Smart Money Mamas, is on a mission to help moms build meaningful wealth without the hustle. As an ex-hedge fund manager turned financial educator, Chelsea now invests in helping thousands of moms heal their money mindset to own their financial power and grow lasting holistic wealth. Her proven strategies positively impact her clients, their families, and their communities by developing the building blocks for a lasting and powerful financial legacy for future generations.

Chelsea is a National Financial Education Instructor. She has been featured in Forbes, Business Insider, Yahoo Finance, Scary Mommy, and Boss Mom. When she isn’t working on getting more money into the hands of mamas, Chelsea can be found reading fantasy books, doodling, or going on adventures with her husband and 2 young boys in Connecticut.

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Since 1996, along with her business partner and husband, Kim Avant-Babb has operated Babb Properties, LLC, a multi-million-dollar real estate development firm headquartered in Sicklerville, New Jersey, which redevelops urban residential rental properties in her native Philadelphia, PA. Babb Properties is committed to providing quality housing and building stable communities. Babb Properties celebrates 38 years of a 0% eviction rate and prides itself on quality customer service and landlord integrity. Through her consulting firm, Legacy Real Estate Consulting, Kim provides Landlord coaching, masterclasses, books, bootcamps and mentoring. As a new Author, Kim recently published a collection of Landlord journals as a resource for her landlord audience.

After 22 years in state government, Kim recently retired from her 9-5 as Chief Strategy Officer at the New Jersey Redevelopment Authority, a multi-million-dollar independent financing Authority created by the State of New Jersey to transform urban communities through direct redevelopment financial investment, technical support and training. Kim led the creation, management and operations of the Redevelopment Training Institute, a nationally recognized and regionally accredited training program centered on the intricacies of the redevelopment process, which continues to train thousands of attorneys, city planners, elected officials, developers, and non-profits. Committed to sharing her career and business experience, Kim volunteers with numerous land-use and small business organizations and teaches financial literacy to at-risk youth.

Nicole Rueth, SVP of The Rueth Team powered by OneTrust Home Loans, is personally committed to each client’s success story. As an owner of 24 investment properties, an avid educator, and with over 21 years of experience in the mortgage industry, Nicole has the highest level of expertise and passion for helping clients start down the path to financial security.
Nicole is also an avid learner and educator on the economic and financial markets, knowing there are opportunities in every market if you know where to look.
Her expertise has earned Nicole and her team the distinction of being the #1 Lender in Colorado, number #61 in the country.

Nada has been featured on hundreds of podcasts and radio shows as well as a featured motivational and educational speaker on platforms such as TEDx Talks, The Female Quotient, The California Human Resources Conference, The World In Leadership Diversity Conference, Women of Influence, The Virtual Coach Expo, The Wonder Women Tech, The Human Gathering, and more. She's spoken on platforms alongside the greats such as Tony Robbins, Les Brown, Marie Forleo, David Meltzer, and more! Most recently, she can be seen and heard on Canada's Global TV, Radio Canada, Amazon Prime TV, and Bloomberg as one of the only female co-hosts of The Office Hours, a talk show that interviews celebrities, athletes, and world-renowned entrepreneurs.

Her company, Rise Up For You has been featured worldwide and worked with brands such as CBS, Google Next 19, and various Fortune 500 companies as well as small businesses and currently has reach in over 50 countries with their programming. Rise Up For You is proudly Certified as a Women's Owned Small Business and Certified by the Society of Human Resources Management.

\the Keynote Speaker Award from the Lebanese Collegiate Network, and the OC Sheriffs Award for her philanthropic work with at-risk youth.

Amanda Han is a CPA and tax strategist who specialize in helping people use real estate to save massive amounts in taxes and keep their hard earned money. She is the author of the highly rated book Tax Strategies for the Savvy Real Estate Investor.

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Johnetta G. Paye, Esq. is the Managing Partner of J. Paye & Associates Attorneys at Law, a boutique law firm with offices in Atlanta & Chicago. The firm's focus is business, contracts and real estate law. Johnetta has been instrumental in building several multi-million-dollar companies, including one company that was included on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing companies in 2018.

She served as a Small Business Association (SBA) SCORE executive board member and mentor. Johnetta counseled over 50 startup and growth phase businesses, during her time with SCORE.

Johnetta is a founding member and equity partner in the first African American-owned real estate crowdfunding platform.  

Together, Annette Grant and Sarah Karakaian are the dynamic duo behind the wildly popular podcast Thanks For Visiting, co-creators of the Hosting Business Mastery Method, and seasoned short-term-rental investors and operators. Between the two of them, they have over 3,000 five-star reviews, their boutique hosting business brings in over 1 million in revenue, and they are on a mission to show others how to host with heart.

Sarah is a details-obsessed operations guru whose determination & design-savvy took her from her initial career as a Broadway performer to HGTV & ultimately a thriving real estate business.
Annette is a professional people-person whose business-savvy led her from food & beverage server to multi-million-dollar business builder, building both a service based and e-commerce business that were eight-figure exits that allowed her to transition into real estate investing and short-term rental education.

In 2018, the pair connected at a city council meeting in Columbus, Ohio, where they showed up to fight for the right to operate ethical, hospitality-focused short-term rentals in their city, or as they like to say “the right to have strangers sleep in our beds.” They quickly hit it off and discovered they had a ton in common. There were plenty of gurus teaching people how to turn a quick profit in real estate, but no one was preaching a guest-centric approach.

The duo became business partners, marrying their unique skill sets, personalities, and talents to teach others how to host with heart. Today they are known for their value-packed podcast, Thanks for Visiting, which is packed actionable and impactful advice for short-term rental hosts at every level, from brand new to experienced.

Beth Johnson is the co-author of Lend to Live: Earn Hassle-Free Passive Income in Real Estate with Private Money Lending. Along with her husband, Matt Flynn, Beth runs Flynn Family Lending, a boutique private lending business based in Renton, WA. A self-described private money matchmaker, Beth prides herself in offering full concierge services for trust deed investors seeking passive income opportunities while providing highly creative and innovative lending products to active real estate investors across the state.

Beth is currently a member of the Education Committee for the American Association of Private Lenders (AAPL) and former Board of Directors for the Rental Housing Association of Washington. Beth began her own investing career in the early 2000s with flips, wholesaling, and eventually delving into private lending. She has since grown her own portfolio of small multi-family properties. In her spare time, you can find Beth enjoying time with her blended family of 5, running, traveling and playing poker.

Passionate about creating more real estate ownership and leadership diversity, Mary Beth founded Amara Capital in 2018, as a real estate DE&I investment platform for high-net worth women and minority investors to gain access into hospitality, multi-family real estate in the US and EU. With over 30+ years in the hospitality industry, Mary Beth has been actively involved in hotel real estate transactions and operations with an approximate valuation of $1.3+ Billion. During her 10+ year tenure at HVMG, Mary Beth led the Development Team with acquisitions, dispositions, new development, and third-party management agreements including deal sourcing, origination, underwriting, due diligence, and the selections of real estate investment opportunities. Under Mary Beth’s leadership, HVMG added over 90+ new properties to the portfolio and the company’s annual revenues grew more than 300% to exceed $280M+.

Honored in 2021 by ULI/WLI as a “2021 The Leaders” as a seasoned real estate industry giant, in 2017 as one of the 30 Influential Women in Hospitality by Hotel Management Magazine, Atlanta Magazine as one of “Atlanta’s 500 Most Powerful Leaders” (2022), and one of the top hospitality leaders to follow on social media by Crowdriff. Mary Beth is a C-suite executive known and respected innovator and visionary in the hospitality industry and nationally recognized for her thought leadership on hospitality and real estate. Mary Beth is a frequent global speaker at hotel investment conferences whose insight has been sought out by numerous news and media publications including the Wall Street Journal, Skift, Hotel News Now, Hotel Business, Hotel Management, Long Live Lodging, and the No Vacancy Podcast Show.

The founder & CEO of Blue Lake Capital Group, Ellie Perlman, has over fifteen years of experience in real estate investment, law, and property management. Blue Lake Capital owns and manages over 3,300 multifamily units across the U.S.

Ellie started her career in Israel as a commercial real estate lawyer, leading real estate transactions for Israel's largest development company. Later, as a property manager for one of Israel's most prominent oil and gas companies, she oversaw an extensive portfolio of properties. She holds an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management Bachelor's and a Master's in Law from Bar-Ilan University in Israel, as well as a bachelor’s degree in law.

Leslie Alessandra is a Florida based real estate investor who co-founded the Blockchain company Defi Unlimited. She actively invests in fix and flips, multi families, and crypto currencies. She believes in the benefits of blockchain technology for both industry efficiency and humanitarian causes. In 2022, Leslie gained international recognition for selling the first US property as a Non-Fungible Token.

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Sharon Lechter is internationally recognized as a financial literacy expert, keynote speaker and business mentor.

She is a 5-time New York Times Bestselling author, successful entrepreneur,philanthropist, and enjoyed a 35 year career as a licensed CPA. She has advised two US Presidents on the topic of financial literacy. Sharon co-authored the international bestseller Rich
Dad Poor Dad and 14 other books in the Rich Dad series. In 2008, when the economy crashed, she was asked by the Napoleon Hill Foundation to help re-energize the teachings of Napoleon Hill. Her best-selling books with the Foundation include Three Feet from Gold, Outwitting the Devil, Think and Grow Rich for Women and Success and Something Greater.

She is also featured in the movie Think and Grow Rich: The Legacy and on the national television series World’s Greatest Motivators. 

Sharon’s newest title, Exit Rich supports entrepreneurs in building
value and scalability in their businesses so they can be in the position of greatest potential.