Team Lead Talks

Real estate investor and coach Shiloh Lundahl explains how rising interest rates disrupted lease option strategies and what investors can do when tenant buyers can’t qualify for financing. Drawing from his experience building and managing a portfolio of properties, Shiloh shares how creative financing and strategic pivots helped him navigate one of the toughest market shifts in recent years.
In this episode:
• Why rising interest rates caused tenant buyers to lose financing options  
• The hidden risk in lease option exit strategies  
• Using second position notes to protect property equity  
• How investors can stabilize deals during market slowdowns

Marie Fleming shares how she transitioned from residential lending into commercial real estate finance and built a lending platform that serves clients across most of the United States. By developing relationships with banks, sourcing declined deals, and repositioning borrowers for approval, she created a system that funds transactions others walk away from.
In this episode:
• How bank declines became a consistent deal source  
• The qualification process behind commercial loan approvals  
• Differences between multifamily, office, and industrial underwriting  
• Why client positioning determines funding outcomes  
About our guest:
Marie Fleming is a Sacramento-based business consultant and capital strategist, and the CEO of Gold Bridge Capital Solutions and founder of The Circle Consulting Group. She helps business owners strengthen operations, improve financial readiness, and access smart funding strategies to support sustainable growth.
Her expertise spans commercial real estate financing, small business advisory, capital strategy, and relationship-driven deal execution. Marie is known for translating complex financial and growth decisions into clear, actionable steps for entrepreneurs, investors, and operators.
In 2025, she was honored at The Best Business Awards Ceremony & Gala (Sacramento) in partnership with the Council for Cross-Cultural Affairs, recognizing her innovative leadership in commercial real estate financing, business sales, and consulting. She has also been recognized for her forward-thinking approach to AI integration, resilience, and sustainability-focused business solutions.
Beyond her work in capital and consulting, Marie is active in community and board leadership, bridging business growth with cross-cultural and economic development initiatives.
A lifelong entrepreneur with a strong belief in self-improvement, Marie brings humor, gratitude, and perspective to everything she does. She recharges in nature, loves to travel, and keeps her creative side alive through art — all while staying deeply family- and community-driven.

Steven Bennett shares how he pushed modular construction through Dallas city limits after multiple permit rejections. This episode covers construction timelines, land prep, regulatory structure, and how understanding the process allowed him to establish modular housing in a major Texas market.
In this episode:
• The structural difference between modular and manufactured homes
• How city permit systems can stall real estate projects
• The insurance requirement that changed the outcome
• How that breakthrough led to consulting and builder advisory work
About our guest:
Steven Bennett brings 26 years of experience in construction and development, specializing in both modular and traditional site-built projects. At any given time, he manages approximately $2 billion in loan placements, making him a key player in the construction and development financing space.
Steven’s expertise spans modular financing, development financing, construction financing, and modular consulting. He works closely with developers, builders, and investors to structure smart capital solutions that move projects efficiently from concept to completion.
Whether you're exploring modular construction, navigating complex development deals, or looking for strategic funding solutions, Steven offers the experience and insight to help get it done right.

What does it take to flip 500 houses in one market?
Brandon Rickman, CEO and Founder of The Flip Genius, shares how he built a real estate investing operation in Atlanta focused on off-market deals, direct mail, and consistent marketing execution.
This episode covers the practical side of real estate flipping — raising capital, building systems, stacking seller motivation data, and creating predictable deal flow.
In this episode:
• The marketing strategy behind 500+ flips
• Why consistency beats one-time campaigns
• How list stacking increases seller urgency
• The framework for helping new investors start flipping
Whether you're a real estate agent exploring investing or an aspiring flipper looking for structure, this episode walks through what actually works.

Virtual wholesaling is one of the most misunderstood strategies in real estate investing — and Chris Logan has built a proven system around it.
In this episode of Team Lead Talks, Andrew Becker sits down with the Co-founder of Virtual Wholesaling Made Simple to break down the structure behind scaling a virtual operation and closing deals consistently across markets.
In this episode:
• How Chris structured his virtual wholesaling model
• The systems behind 600+ completed deals
• Why most investors struggle with consistency
• The mindset shift required to scale remotely