What if a single real estate deal could generate upfront cash, monthly income, and long-term wealth without relying on traditional bank financing?

In this episode of Sharkpreneur, Seth Greene interviews Chris Prefontaine, Chairman and Founder of Smart Real Estate Coach®, who shares how he rebuilt after the 2008 real estate crash and developed a creative-financing approach to investing. He explains his Three Paydays system, designed to generate upfront income, monthly cash flow, and long-term wealth from a single property transaction. Chris also discusses owner financing, lease-purchase agreements, subject-to-existing-financing deals, and how business owners can use real estate to build an additional income stream.

Key Takeaways:

→ One property can generate multiple income streams.

→ Owner financing can replace traditional lending.

→ Existing low-rate mortgages can create deal opportunities.

→ Tight lending drives demand for creative financing.

→ A few deals can have a meaningful financial impact.

Chris Prefontaine is the Chairman and Founder of Smart Real Estate Coach®, a 4x best-selling author, a former Forbes Business Council Member, and a 3-time Inc. 5000 Honoree for Fastest Growing Company. The Smart Real Estate Coach® community operates across North America and has successfully completed hundreds of transactions, helping students do the same.

Chris also hosts the Smart Real Estate Coach Podcast, which ranks in the top 0.5% globally. Having navigated major challenges, including the crash of 2008, 9/11, his son’s near-death experience, and the impact of COVID, Chris reengineered his entire business to thrive in all economic cycles. Through that experience, he helps students navigate the constantly changing real estate market.

Chris, his family, and his team are focused on empowering individuals and families to create the life of their dreams. Chris and his wife, Kim, have been married for more than 39 years and now focus on creating amazing experiences with their family and community members.

Connect With Chris:

Website: https://smartrealestatecoach.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chrisprefontaine_/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChrisPrefontaineSmartRealEstateCoach/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisprefontaine/

Most companies are not failing at marketing because they chose the wrong platform; they are failing because the strategy, message, and target audience are misaligned.

In this episode of Sharkpreneur, Seth Greene interviews Sheila Kloefkorn, CEO & President of KEO Marketing Inc., who shares how B2B companies can move beyond scattered marketing and build strategies that connect with the right audience, answer real buyer questions, and support long-term growth. She also discusses the impact of AI on search, SEO, paid ads, reputation management, and YouTube, and explains why educational content is becoming essential to the modern buyer journey.

Key Takeaways:

→ Marketing works best when strategy precedes tactics.

→ Mid-market companies often lack senior marketing leadership.

→ A fractional CMO can help bridge the gap between strategy and execution.

→ The right message starts with understanding the customer’s needs and pain points.

→ SEO must account for AI chat results and for frequently asked questions.

Sheila Kloefkorn is a marketing expert with more than 25 years of experience helping organizations increase revenue through strategic, results-driven marketing. She is the founder and CEO of KEO Marketing, a Phoenix-based B2B marketing agency specializing in marketing strategy, messaging, digital infrastructure, campaign execution, and analytics.

Since founding KEO Marketing in 2000, Sheila and her team have developed award-winning campaigns for Fortune 1000 companies and mid-sized businesses across the United States and in more than 100 countries. Her work has helped clients achieve hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue growth.

Sheila has received numerous industry honors, including recognition from the Phoenix Business Journal, the Stevie American Business Awards, and MarSum. A certified business coach and frequent speaker, she is also active in the marketing community, serving in leadership roles with the Business Marketing Association, the American Marketing Association, and SEMPO AZ.

Connect With Sheila:

Website: https://keomarketing.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheilakloefkorn/

What if successful trading is less about staring at screens all day and more about building a proven plan that gives you the freedom to walk away?

In this episode of Sharkpreneur, Seth Greene interviews Troy Noonan, The Backpack Trader, who shares how an early British pound trade helped launch his lifelong connection between trading and freedom and shaped his philosophy of trading with structure, discipline, controlled risk, and a lifestyle-first mindset. He also explains why traders need more than a strategy, how to build a proven trade plan, and what it means to shift from trying to trade to being the CEO of a trading business.

Key Takeaways:

→ A proven trading plan helps remove emotion from each trade.

→ Learning a strategy is only one part of achieving success.

→ Risk management matters more than chasing individual wins.

→ Losses are part of the random distribution of trading results.

→ Beginners should test a trading plan before risking real money.

Troy Noonan, also known as “The Backpack Trader,” has been helping people trade smarter since 1995. With nearly 30 years of market experience, he has built his career around one core belief: successful trading should create freedom, not require someone to sit in front of a screen all day.

Troy is the bestselling author of Day Trading QuickStart Guide and has mentored more than 5,000 students across 100+ countries. Through his proven strategies, automated systems, and global trading community, he teaches traders to approach the markets as a real business rather than a gamble.

His mission is to help people become the CEOs of their own trading businesses, trade consistently, and reclaim their time while building a smarter path to financial independence.

Connect With Troy:

Website: https://www.backpacktrader.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/backpacktrader/

X: https://x.com/TroyNoonan4

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheBackpackTrader/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/netpickstradingcoach/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BackpackTrader