Videos
May 25, 2022
#220: Connor Haley - Founder of Alta Fox Capital Management
Connor Haley founded Alta Fox in 2018 and is responsible for managing all aspects of the firm’s investment process and strategy. He has over ten years of investing experience and a passion for investing in small-cap equities. Before founding Alta Fox, Connor was an Analyst at Scopia Capital Management LP…
May 23, 2022
#219: Stephen Bailey - Senior Managing Director @ JLL - DFW Industrial Market Update
Stephen Bailey, Senior Managing Director at JLL, joins Chris again to discuss the current state of capital markets and the ideal situation for sellers going to market - hint: Low WALT. They also dive into land prices, forwards, and cost to construct and how the demand continues to rise, despite…
May 22, 2022
Concerns & Predictions about the Trucking Industry
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May 20, 2022
Buying a Bank in Order to Buy a Trucking Company
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May 19, 2022
Understanding the Next Real Estate Cycle
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May 18, 2022
#218: Aaron Graft: CEO of Triumph Bancorp, Inc - On a Mission to Change How Truckers Get Paid
Aaron Graft is the Founder, Vice Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of Triumph Bancorp, Inc. and its subsidiary TBK Bank, SSB. He also serves as a Director and Vice Chairman of The Bank of the West of Thomas, Oklahoma. Before establishing Triumph, Mr. Graft served as the Founder and President…
May 18, 2022
Goal Setting and Refining your Process in Real Estate Private Equity
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May 16, 2022
RE #217: Chris Powers & Drew Pearson - A live mentoring session on how to build a REPE operating Co,
Drew Pearson, Managing Partner at Pearson Partners, began his commercial real estate career at Latter & Blum in Baton Rouge in 2008. He moved to a boutique firm named Waters & Pettit in 2011 and within a few years became a top-selling agent there. To date, he has sold over…
May 15, 2022
How Alex Epstein Got started in the World of Fossil Fuels
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May 13, 2022
Alex Epstein, Elon Musk & Fossil Fuels
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May 11, 2022
#216: Alex Epstein - The Future is Fossil Fuels
Alex Epstein is a philosopher and energy expert who argues that “human flourishing” should be the guiding principle of energy and environmental progress. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels and the forthcoming Fossil Future. On this episode, Alex and Chris…
May 9, 2022
RE #215: Chris Powers on Incentives in Real Estate
On this episode, Chris discusses incentives that drive companies and people, COR - how to incentive your people to make money and watch expenses, and why it all starts with the culture of your company. Follow Chris on Twitter: https://www.Twitter.com/FortWorthChris Follow Chris on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrispowersjr/ Learn more about Chris Powers…
May 8, 2022
Why Used Car Prices Are Up 40%
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May 7, 2022
How Airbnb & STR's are affecting the Hotel Industry
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May 6, 2022
How to Negotiate Buying a Used Car W/ @CarDealershipGuy
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May 4, 2022
#214: @CarDealershipGuy - Used Car Business 101
On this episode, Chris talks with the anonymous @CarDealershipGuy (https://twitter.com/GuyDealership) about the used car business – how it works and how money is made. They also cover how to negotiate the best deal possible when buying a used car and the current state of the used car market and where…
May 4, 2022
A Deep Dive into Hotel Development /: Bo Aughtry
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May 2, 2022
RE #213: Bo Aughtry - CEO of Windsor Aughtry Commercial - Deep Dive into Hotel Development
Bo Aughtry, Chairman & CEO of Windsor Aughtry Commercial, entered the real estate business out of college and in 1975 helped found Small and Aughtry, a real estate development and brokerage firm. In 1980, Bo established The Aughtry Company, a commercial real estate development and brokerage firm, and Aughtry Securities…
May 1, 2022
Craig Fuller & Chris Powers on China's role in the world going forward
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April 30, 2022
Craig Fuller on Where America is Headed
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April 30, 2022
Nick Huber vs. Chris Powers: In Office or Remote Work?
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April 29, 2022
Why Lawns Shouldn't Exist and Wanting to Buy Waffle House w/ Nick Clark
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April 29, 2022
Craig Fuller on the current State of the Supply Chain
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April 27, 2022
#212: Craig Fuller - Founder of FreightWaves - A MASTERCLASS ON GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN & TRANSPORTATION
Craig Fuller is the Founder and CEO of FreightWaves, the leading provider of global supply chain market intelligence and news. Prior to FreightWaves, Craig was the founder of TransCard, a major provider of fleet fuel and debit cards. He is also the CEO of FLYING Magazine, the world’s most widely…