Capital Gains Tax Solutions Podcast
Brett Swarts
Welcome to the Capital Gains Tax Solutions PodcastAre you considering selling a million-dollar-plus business, cryptocurrency, luxury primary home, commercial real estate, or another highly appreciated asset but concerned about the capital gains tax? Want to reinvest into a diversified portfolio of real estate or securities at the optimal time while making a meaningful impact with your wealth? Each episode, Brett Swarts sits down with some of the world’s top minds in real estate, finance, wealth management, and entrepreneurship to uncover their strategies and insights. Expect fast-paced, high-impact content that’s designed to help you create and preserve more wealth. Brett and his guests will guide you through the complexities of capital gains tax deferral and wealth creation, ensuring you retain more of your hard-earned assets.Meet Your Host: Brett SwartsBrett Swarts is on a mission to help you make a lasting impact with your wealth when exiting highly appreciated assets using Deferred Sales Trust for his clients. As a Deferred Sales Trust Trustee and an expert in multifamily investing and brokerage, Brett simplifies complex tax deferral strategies such as the 1031 Exchange, Deferred Sales Trust, Delaware Statutory Trust, Opportunity Zones, and more.What the Podcast Offers:Gain invaluable insights into various tax deferral strategies, real-world deal stories, wealth-building lessons, and pathways to financial freedom—all aimed at helping you build and preserve your wealth.Our Mission:We empower you to exit your investments with freedom and flexibility, enabling you to make informed decisions without the stress of managing properties, dealing with liabilities, or overseeing employees. Instead, we offer a pathway to freedom, liquidity, diversification, and passive commercial real estate investing.#### A Brief History of Brett Swarts:Brett Swarts launched his commercial real estate career just before the 2008 crash, where he and his clients learned the hard way that the 1031 exchange isn’t always your friend when time runs out to find a good deal. Since then, Brett has closed over $500 million in Deferred Sales Trust, Delaware Statutory Trust, and Commercial Real Estate transactions. His extensive experience covers a wide array of tax-deferred strategies, making him a trusted authority in the field.What You’ll Get from Our Episodes:Explore how to build and grow wealth in real estate, business, and leadership. Brett brings on top-tier guests who share their expertise so you can grow personally, professionally, and financially.More About Deferred Sales Trusts:- A Trusted Tax Deferral Solution: With over 27 years of proven success, rooted in the IRS tax code IRC 453 from the 1920s.- Proven Track Record: 29 successful IRS audits for thousands of closed Deferred Sales Trusts.Why You Should Join Us:If you’re tired of feeling trapped by the 1031 exchange, the Deferred Sales Trust offers a smarter, easier solution. Tune in to learn how to create more wealth with clarity and confidence in your tax deferral strategy.Get Started with a Deferred Sales Trust today https://capitalgainstaxsolutions.com and uncover the wealth-building secrets of top investors and tax deferral experts. Let’s create and preserve more wealth together.Follow us on [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/groups/capitalgainstaxsolutionspodcast/).
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Apr 4, 2022 • 32min
Building Wealth Using Debt with Matt Gouge
Matt Gouge, aka Matt the Mortgage Guy, got his start in lending back in 2013. As a self-proclaimed math nerd and a people person, he burned his proverbial ships, leaving a steady paycheck with the State of California, for the commission-based world of brokering residential mortgages. He has excelled in the field because he himself is a real estate investor and he can advise clients at a high level. As a real estate investor himself, he is able to help clients not only analyze the mortgage on their primary residence but on potential investment properties as well.In our conversation, we discussed:Understanding debt is your friend and not your enemy.Two different debt structures.Season of the wealth plan and tailoring the debt to the business plan.Connect with Matt Gouge:https://capitalgainstaxsolutions.com/building-wealth-using-debt-with-matt-gouge/Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Capital Gains Tax Solutions Community today:capitalgainstaxsolutions.comCapital Gains Tax Solutions FacebookCapital Gains Tax Solutions Twitter
Apr 1, 2022 • 36min
Unlocking Your Money Mindfulness with Jonathan DeYoe
Jonathan DeYoe has led an independent financial planning firm since 2002. He and the Mindful Money team work one on one with three hundred families and foundations. The Mindful Money team offers simple steps to financial success and tools to mindfully overcome emotional and cognitive biases related to money. He is passionate about spreading the values of goal-focused and planning-driven wealth management to help people enjoy better financial outcomes AND live happier lives!His personal goal is to touch 1,000,000 lives in 10 years with Mindful Money financial education courses. He has been a California-based financial adviser for 25 years. He managed investments at a variety of Wall Street Companies before founding his own financial planning firm. He’s a contributor on personal finance matters for the Huffington Post, and Business Insider, among others and he has been featured in the Wall Street Journal and The New York Times.In our conversation, we discussed:Moving towards money mindfulness.Identifying what's important, what's not important.Frustrations on selling highly appreciated assets.Connect with Jonathan DeYoe:https://capitalgainstaxsolutions.com/unlocking-your-money-mindfulness-with-jonathan-deyoe/Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Capital Gains Tax Solutions Community today:capitalgainstaxsolutions.comCapital Gains Tax Solutions FacebookCapital Gains Tax Solutions Twitter
Mar 30, 2022 • 29min
Creating a Healthy Relationship with Money with Bob Wheeler
Bob Wheeler, Financial Expert & Motivator, Book Author, is the founder of The Money Nerve. Bob helps listeners conquer their money shame and avoid making poor financial decisions by teaching how emotions can dictate our choices. As a man of true integrity with infectious energy, Bob’s crusade for personal growth has cross-pollinated with his accounting practice to create a new approach to personal finances.His passion is to help others gain insights into how their emotions trigger financial decisions. Combining finances with behaviours, Bob explores his personal concept of creating a healthy relationship with money in his recent book, The Money Nerve.In our conversation, we discussed:How to create a healthy relationship with our money?Who wants to be rich, who deserves it?How to trade that ego, pride, to a being right and to create joy for finding out what's true?What are Wash Sales?Connect with Bob Wheeler:https://capitalgainstaxsolutions.com/creating-a-healthy-relationship-with-money-with-bob-wheeler/Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Capital Gains Tax Solutions Community today:capitalgainstaxsolutions.comCapital Gains Tax Solutions FacebookCapital Gains Tax Solutions Twitter
Mar 28, 2022 • 33min
Tax Flow vs Cash Flow with Brad Gotto
Raised in Iowa, Brad moved to Minnesota to attend Bethel University in St. Paul, MN, where he received a degree in Youth Ministries. Brad’s business journey began in 2006 as a financial advisor. Brad finds his motivation in finding a proper outcome for each client and case. He finds it most rewarding when a case comes together and goals are achieved. Brad has been in this industry for 15 years. He started with a big box firm when independent in 2009 been rocking the independent world ever since.Brad is the owner and Wealth Manager at Fiat Wealth Management. They specialize in the grey areas of Financial Planning. Where most advisors say they can’t or won’t help, they dive in. Focus on the tax side of investing and helping people learn how to spend their money.In our conversation, we discussed:Creating a forward-thinking tax flow money spending plan.Aiding in helping future clients to do this.Lifetime Tax Program.The breakeven points, the ratios, the equity to the tax versus the total equity on the sale.Connect with Brad Gotto:https://capitalgainstaxsolutions.com/tax-flow-vs-cash-flow-with-brad-gotto/Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Capital Gains Tax Solutions Community today:capitalgainstaxsolutions.comCapital Gains Tax Solutions FacebookCapital Gains Tax Solutions Twitter
Mar 25, 2022 • 28min
Passive Investing in Idaho Real Estate with Heather Dreves
Heather Dreves is the Director of Funding at Secured Investment Corp and a fund manager that oversees the management of the Secured Investment High Yield Fund II LLC and the Circle of Wealth Fund III LLC, Secured Investment Corp is one of the fastest-growing real estate lenders and fund managers in the US.Secured Investment Corp has created two private equity funds to fill the void left by uncooperative traditional funding sources. Investors have the potential to earn double-digit returns based on past performance. By connecting real estate investors who needed non-traditional funding with passive investors who were ready to earn higher returns on their investments, Secured Investment Corp created an opportunity to benefit both sides.Heather enjoys lending money to self-employed entrepreneurs and their families. Watching people succeed in their business motivates her, and that’s why she and her lending team focus on transparency, mentorship, and making sure their people make their money back. She learned early on that focusing on the bottom line was not enough to sustain a business, and after foreclosures and property taxes caught up with many of her clients, she decided to change her approach.In our conversation, we discussed:Passive Investing in Real Estate.What's the average percentage on notes? Liquidity of funds?Is there a time period people must stay in?Diversifying Fund.The flavour of Idaho local real estate.The biggest difference between Coeur d'Alene, Idaho and Boise.Connect with Heather Dreves:https://capitalgainstaxsolutions.com/passive-investing-in-idaho-real-estate-with-heather-dreves/Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Capital Gains Tax Solutions Community today:capitalgainstaxsolutions.comCapital Gains Tax Solutions FacebookCapital Gains Tax Solutions Twitter
Mar 23, 2022 • 29min
The Opportunity of Investing in Uranium with Scott Melbye
Scott Melbye is a 37-year veteran of the nuclear energy industry having held leadership positions in major Uranium mining companies and various industry organizations. He also currently serves as President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Uranium Royalty Corp., and as Advisor to the Nuclear Engineering Program at the Colorado School of Mines. He recently served as Vice President Commercial for Uranium Participation Corporation (now Sprott Physical Uranium Trust), and Advisor to the CEO of Kazatomprom, the world’s largest Uranium producer in Kazakhstan. Through June 2014, Scott Melbye was Executive Vice President, Marketing for Uranium One, responsible for global Uranium sales activities.Prior to this, he spent 22 years with the Cameco Group of companies, both in the Saskatoon head office and with their U.S. subsidiaries. He most recently served as President of Cameco Inc., the subsidiary responsible for global marketing and trading activities with annual sales exceeding 30 million pounds U3O8. Scott Melbye is President of the Uranium Producers of America and a past Chair of the Board of Governors of the World Nuclear Fuel Market. Scott received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with specialization in International Business from Arizona State University in 1984.In our conversation, we discussed:How to Invest in Uranium?How Uranium fits into a well-balanced portfolio?Connect with Scott Melbye:https://capitalgainstaxsolutions.com/the-opportunity-of-investing-in-uranium-with-scott-melbye/Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Capital Gains Tax Solutions Community today:capitalgainstaxsolutions.comCapital Gains Tax Solutions FacebookCapital Gains Tax Solutions Twitter
Mar 21, 2022 • 24min
Growing Wealth With HEX Crypto
Eric Van Dalen is a serial entrepreneur presently operating a small business in addition to being a commercial real estate agent with eXp. He got involved with cryptocurrencies in early 2021.A small business owner in a very small town in Montana, Eric always found himself being creative and constantly coming up with ideas. He decided to pursue getting the products to market by licensing them to companies. Having both a creative and analytical mind, he used both to move through the licensing process with the help of his inventRight team. With hard work, effort, persistence and determination Eric was able to license his first product.In our conversation, we discussed:What is HEX cryptocurrency and how to grow wealth with it?Connect with Eric van Dalen:https://capitalgainstaxsolutions.com/growing-wealth-with-hex-crypto-with-eric/Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Capital Gains Tax Solutions Community today:capitalgainstaxsolutions.comCapital Gains Tax Solutions FacebookCapital Gains Tax Solutions Twitter
Mar 18, 2022 • 32min
Matching Your Financial Resources To Your Family Goals with Rocco Carriero
Rocco A. Carriero is a comprehensive Wealth Advisor specializing in working with Business Owners, CEO and Entrepreneurs. He is a Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor, Accredited Portfolio Manager Advisor and holds an MBA in Banking & Finance with over 20 years of experience. Rocco has appeared on Fox, NBC and his financial insights have been featured in publications including the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Fortune, Wealth Management Magazine as well as many other local and regional publications.Rocco is a member of the Columbus Citizens Foundation and has served on the board of directors of The American Heart Association, Southampton Business Alliance, East End Hospice, and Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center and serves as the Vice President of Integrated Medical Foundation. Rocco lives and works on Eastern Long Island, NY with his wife Heather and their two children Ella and Luca.In our conversation, we discussed:Identifying and Creating a Financial Plan.Commitment to developing a strategic financial plan.Matching your financial resources to your family goals.Connect with Rocco Carriero:https://capitalgainstaxsolutions.com/matching-your-financial-resources-to-your-family-goals-with-rocco-carriero/Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Capital Gains Tax Solutions Community today:capitalgainstaxsolutions.comCapital Gains Tax Solutions FacebookCapital Gains Tax Solutions Twitter
Mar 16, 2022 • 31min
How to Get Equity Freedom with Matthew Sullivan
Matthew Sullivan is the founder and chief executive officer of the QuantmRE platform. He is also the co-founder of the Secured Real Estate Income Strategies Fund, and president and founder of Crowdventure.com, a real estate crowdfunding company. A serial entrepreneur, author, and host of the Hooked On Startups podcast, he worked with Richard Branson's Corporate Finance Team in the Virgin Group.Matthew went to Westminster School in London, UK, and studied Law at Birmingham University before pursuing a career in finance and stockbroking, specializing in the South East Asian markets. Since then he has founded and led companies in the United Kingdom, India, Australia, and the United States in the finance, telecommunications, technology, and real estate sectors.In our conversation, we discussed:How to get equity freedom.What a Home Equity agreement is?Who's paying for the appraisal and what percentage of ownership are you taking in for the property?Timeline on a deal.Connect with Matthew Sullivan:https://capitalgainstaxsolutions.com/how-to-get-equity-freedom-with-matthew-sullivan/Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Capital Gains Tax Solutions Community today:capitalgainstaxsolutions.comCapital Gains Tax Solutions FacebookCapital Gains Tax Solutions Twitter
Mar 14, 2022 • 39min
The Art of Private Lending with Mitch Stephen
Mitch Stephen has purchased well over 2,000 houses in and around his hometown of San Antonio, TX. Today he specializes in owner financing properties to individuals left behind by traditional lending institutions and giving new life to properties that scar the neighborhoods. He has perfected a method of achieving cash flow without having to be a landlord and without having to rehab properties. He’s mastered the art of raising private money and the classic “Nothing Down” deal.A passionate speaker who delivers the message of integrity first and profits second; an expert at keeping it simple and explaining, in plain English, the theories that made him financially independent. He is always an inspiration to those around him.In our conversation, we discussed:Loaning money on houses.What's the average rent in the area?How do I back into numbers to make it attractive for a renter to be an owner with about a 10% down payment?The marketplace, and the values of Real Estate?How private lending can help hedge against a big market correction?Connect with Mitch Stephen:https://capitalgainstaxsolutions.com/the-art-of-private-lending-with-mitch-stephen/Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Capital Gains Tax Solutions Community today:capitalgainstaxsolutions.comCapital Gains Tax Solutions FacebookCapital Gains Tax Solutions Twitter
