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Q&A With Growth Group’s Steven Cinelli

Futurist and growth advisor discusses outlook for the national and global economies Steven Cinelli is the founder of California-based Growth Group and the managing director of boutique advisory firm SLAMINA LLC. He also serves as an adviser for London-based fintech incubator and consulting firm FinTech4Good and has spent decades as a creative strategist, banker, adviser and fintech executive. Known for his uncanny ability to anticipate markets, Cinelli has been predicting

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Q&A With Strategy Investment Group

Mike Jordan takes a practical approach to profitable investing, focusing on strategy and diversification.  When Mike Jordan, founder and president of Detroit-based Strategy Investment Group thinks about his greatest successes, the first thing that springs to mind has nothing to do with real estate. It has to do with kidneys. “My father is still around at 83 because I donated my kidney to him in 2011,” Jordan said. “Idid it

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Q&A With Colonial Funding Group LLC & NoteSchool

Eddie Speed’s creative real estate strategies stand the test of time. Eddie Speed, founder of the educational company NoteSchool and owner and president of Colonial Funding Group LLC, has been a leader in the real estate-secured note business for nearly 40 years. Throughout those decades, he has become known for his take-no-prisoners honesty and relentless strategic creativity. He leverages both on behalf of students and investors who are focused on

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Q&A With Toorak Capital Partners

Toorak is building new spaces in the real estate lending sector. Just a few years ago, there were very few options for real estate investors seeking to finance single-family rental properties, obtain single- family and multifamily bridge loans, or renovate single- or multifamily properties on an individual versus institutional scale. But in 2016, John Beacham, CEO and founder of Toorak Capital Partners and founder and former president of B2R Finance

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