What if you could leave your W-2 with a single real estate deal? While most investors are stuck choosing between cash flow OR appreciation, Gideon reveals the overlooked strategy that delivers both—and why he's going all-in on it for 2026.

In this episode, you'll discover:

• Why boutique hotels crushed his appreciation goals but left his wallet hungry for cash
• The "barbell strategy" that separates wealthy investors from everyone else
• How a $3M property can put $240K in your pocket annually (with the math to prove it)
• The saturated market trap destroying returns—and where smart money is flowing instead
• A financing hack using "park models" that banks actually love

"AI can't own things. AI can only do things. So I don't want to make my money from doing things—I want to make my money from owning experiences that cannot be replaced."

Ready to build cash flow that actually moves the needle? Hit play and DM Gideon @gideonspencer_ with your questions.

What happens when a finance trader quits his job, becomes homeless for eight years across 100 countries, and stumbles into Airbnb before anyone knew what it was? He builds a revenue management empire.

Jasper Ribbers went from renting out his Amsterdam apartment in 2012 to now overseeing $125 million in yearly short-term rental bookings. In this episode, he reveals:

• Why "set it and forget it" pricing costs operators 10-40% in lost revenue
• The three pillars of revenue management most hosts completely ignore
• Why diversifying by guest type beats geographic diversification every time
• The hiring mistake that nearly killed his business growth
• How micro resort economics crush scattered portfolio returns

"A company is the people and the systems. Those are the two things you need."

🎧 Plus: Get Jasper's free revenue report at freewildfoundry.com/report to discover the holes in your pricing strategy.

What if the only thing standing between you and your dream life is a lie you keep telling yourself? When Courtney Johnson got laid off, she finally stopped building personal brands for everyone else and went all-in on her own—landing a book deal with Penguin Random House and 500K+ followers in record time.

What You'll Learn:

• Why opportunities go to the loudest, not the most qualified—and how to leverage that truth
• The childhood programming keeping you from posting consistently (and how to override it)
• The "pottery class principle" that separates content creators who win from those who quit
• Why paying for your peers accelerates success faster than any strategy

"If you're going to complain about something, go create it yourself. The market rewards creators." — Courtney Johnson

Ready to stop lying to yourself about what's possible? Press play and discover the gap between where you are and where you want to be.

What if you could buy a hotel without spending a penny of your own money? That's exactly what one investor in Gideon's community did—and in this solo episode, Gideon breaks down the exact strategies that make deals like this possible.

• The four questions that unlock seller motivation and turn "no" into creative deal structures
• Why asking for seller financing upfront kills your credibility—and how to position it as a benefit instead
• Master lease agreements: the "most beautiful and least utilized" method for building massive equity with minimal capital
• How Gideon stacked three financing methods on one hotel deal to slash his cash requirement

"You're not trying to solve the problem of just getting to close—you're trying to solve the seller's problem post-close."

Whether you're eyeing your first commercial deal or looking to stretch your capital further, this episode hands you the playbook. Listen now and start structuring deals that actually pencil.

What if the path to 250 rental units didn't require outside investors, fancy strategies, or lucky breaks—just years of living on $20 a day while driving Uber at night? Luke Carl built a real estate empire the hard way, and he's brutally honest about every punch to the face along the way.

• The "dumb luck" transition: Luke didn't strategically target short-term rentals—he simply couldn't afford Nashville anymore and pivoted to the next town over where overnight rentals were the norm
• Why NOW is the buying window: Interest rates are dropping but property prices haven't caught up yet, creating a rare moment of increased purchasing power before values rise
• The 14-unit cleaner threshold: To keep quality housekeepers loyal and full-time, you need approximately 14 properties feeding one crew—anything less and you're competing with Instacart
• Tax loophole for W-2 earners: Short-term rentals allow material participation + bonus depreciation even with a day job—impossible in any other asset class

"We were literally living on $20 a day for several years to throw money in the pot for the next down payment."- Luke Carl

Discover how Luke scaled to 250 units while keeping operations lean with just three team members—and why he says the best time to buy beach houses is right now.

Check out Luke on his socials and website:

Instagram: @lukecashflowcarl

Website: https://theshorttermshop.com/

Hotel investor Gideon Spencer sat down with Terry Knight to share the raw story behind his boutique hotel empire—including the four-month period when his wife became bedridden, his mom got cancer, and his dad faced heart failure. They dove deep into how that crisis forced Gideon to abandon his tech career and go straight for commercial real estate with zero experience.

In this conversation with Terry, Gideon reveals:

• The "Mentor Flywheel" strategy that let to the first hotel partnership without any real estate background
• How Gideon negotiated my first deal from $8.5M down to $6M by understanding seller motivations
• The exact automation systems running 150+ hotel units at 95% efficiency
• Why Baby Boomers retiring creates a 2-year window for acquiring hotels at massive discounts
• The counterintuitive approach to evaluating hotels with zero financial records

"You don't have to know anything. You literally just need to sell a vision to somebody who knows that thing." - Gideon Spencer

Terry Knight hosts a top entrepreneurship podcast featuring 8- and 9-figure earners sharing their wealth-building strategies. Listen to the full conversation about pivoting from tech to hotels, automating operations, and why selling massive visions is easier than small ones.

Hotel investor Gideon Spencer joins Bronson Hill on the Mailbox Money Show for a rare, behind-the-scenes look at what really happens when you go all-in on commercial real estate—while your entire life is falling apart.

Most real-estate conversations glamorize the deal. But for Gideon, buying his first boutique hotel wasn’t a business play—it was survival. With his wife bedridden, both parents fighting for their lives, and no safety net, he was forced to compress years of growth into months. What followed was a total identity shift, a crash course in high-leverage rooms, and the mindset transformation that turned an overwhelmed operator into a boutique-hotel owner in record time.

Gideon and Bronson dismantle the myths around “passive” real estate and reveal the mindset frameworks that create real wealth—not just bigger assets.

• The High-Concentration Strategy: Why small curated rooms outperform massive conferences—and how they 10x your deal flow

• The Mortality Moment: How nearly losing his entire family forced Gideon into commercial real estate overnight

• The Boutique Hotel Advantage: Why this asset class is the next major wave after self-storage and multifamily

• The Identity Reconstruction Process: How Gideon uses “I Am” statements to delete self-limiting beliefs instantly

• The Zero-to-Hotel Path: How he bought a hotel without knowing a single hotel owner beforehand

“Buying a $20M hotel only sounds crazy until you hang out with people who think that’s normal.” — Gideon Spencer

What if your biggest barrier to wealth isn't knowledge or capital—it's your own self-worth? Bronson Hill walked away from his $200k/year medical sales career to become a general partner in $250 million worth of real estate after discovering the shocking pattern among 2,500 millionaires he's personally interviewed.

• The "wealth worthiness" concept that separates millionaires from everyone else (86% of millionaires are self-made, not inherited)
• How he raised $15 million while working full-time by stacking 1,000 phone calls in 18 months
• The counterintuitive farming vs. hunting approach that attracts high-net-worth investors
• Why your morning self-talk literally rewires your cellular response to opportunities
• The secret room strategy where lonely millionaires pay to solve each other's problems

"I walk into a room with the confidence and authority of a king—after saying it for six months, it started manifesting in my life." - Bronson Hill

"Once you've done impossible things, you keep creating stuff people said was impossible." - Bronson Hill

Discover the exact mindset shifts and tactical strategies that help ordinary people build extraordinary wealth.

Check out Bronson Hill at his website and socials!

https://bronsonequity.com/

@bronsondavidhill