The Alternative Investor
Episodes
My 10 Worst Real Estate Nightmares
21 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Brad Johnson shares ten real-world real estate nightmares that show why rental properties are far from passive. Drawing from over $15...
The Biggest Mistakes Dividend Investors Make
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Brad Johnson breaks down the biggest mistakes dividend investors make and why chasing high yield can quietly hurt long-term results. ...
The Truth Behind The Financial Advisor Industry
05 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Brad Johnson explains how the financial advice industry actually works behind the scenes. He breaks down how most advisors are paid, ...
Bill Ackman’s $1 Billion Sale (GP Stakes Case Study)
22 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Brad Johnson breaks down the recent news of Bill Ackman selling 10% of his hedge fund, Pershing Square, highlighting the strategic re...
$0 to $11K/Month Passive Income: Why Doctors Love Real Estate
03 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In This Episode, You’ll Learn:The Wake-Up Call: Why a surgeon’s salary wasn't enough to solve financial burnout.The Hybrid Approach: How to balanc...
Are You Outgrowing Your Financial Advisor?
17 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Sign up to access our deal flow: https://altinvestor.beehiiv.com/To speak with our team: [email protected] episode challenges the common belie...
The Real Reason Wealthy Investors Love Real Estate (It’s Not Cash Flow)
31 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Apply for a Strategy Call with Evergreen: https://bit.ly/4pqK1KkThe discussion delves into how the ultra-wealthy leverage real estate investments to g...
Why Most First-Time Funds Fail And How GP Seeding Changes the Odds | Bridger Pennington
13 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Brad Johnson sits down with Bridger Pennington, founder of FundLaunch and FundLaunch Partners, to break down why most first-time fund...
Richard Wilson: How Billionaires Structure Deals
23 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we sit down with Richard Wilson, founder of the Family Office Club, to pull back the curtain on how the ultra-wealthy manage, protect...
How the Ultra-Wealthy Are Investing Right Now
16 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
[email protected] this episode of "The CIO Brief," Brad Johnson, Managing Director and CIO of Evergreen Capital, delves into...
Tax-Loss Harvesting on Steroids: Long/Short Direct Indexing
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Brad Johnson explores the world of tax loss harvesting, covering basic to advanced strategies. Learn how to leverage these techniques...
The Most Important Investing Lesson of the Last 20 Years
18 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brad shares his philosophy on the importance of holding prime assets and the compounding advantages of quality investments, whether in stocks or real ...
Robinhood Joins the S&P 500: No Crying in the Casino
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The episode discusses Robinhood's induction into the S&P 500, exploring its impact on the investment landscape. It highlights Robinhood's role in ...
Royalty Investments and Niche Credit with Jillian Murrish
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SummaryIn this episode, Brad Johnson from Alternative Investor and Evergreen Capital interviews Jillian Murrish of Pier Asset Management. They delve i...
Opportunity Zone Investing 2.0
20 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Investment Strategy Spotlight: Understanding Opportunity Zone 2.0This episode focuses on the new regulations brought about by the Tax Act of July, spe...
Private Market Investing with Tony Davidow of Franklin Templeton
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To learn more about private market investing, visit:www.evergreencap.comIn this episode, Tony David from Franklin Templeton delves into the complexiti...
The Case for Real Estate Debt Investing: High, Defensive Yield
31 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Opportunities in Commercial Real Estate Debt: A Deep DiveEmail for Commercial Real Estate Debt Investing Research: [email protected] video disc...
Real Estate Headwinds, PE Tailwinds: The Apollo-Bridge Deal
01 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Apollo's Strategic Acquisition: Bridge Investment GroupIn this episode, we delve into Apollo's recent acquisition of Bridge Investment Group for $1.5 ...
Trump's Impact on Alternative Investments
07 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Feel free to email Evergreen Capital at:[email protected] Impact of the Trump Administration on Alternative InvestmentsThis...
Investing Is A Game Of Survival
13 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
[email protected] Alternative Investments with Evergreen Capital's Brad JohnsonIn this episode of Roger Becker of Str...
Want to Own an NFL Team?
06 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Email: [email protected] Alternative Investmentswww.evergreencap.comPrivate Equity and the NFL: A New Frontier in Pro Sports InvestmentThis...
Mobile Home Park Investing (With a Heart)
04 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Email: [email protected] works in mobile home park investing today.In this episode, Brad Johnson, managing partner of Evergreen, delves into t...
Raising Private Capital in Tough Times
28 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Email: [email protected] Fundraising: Tips and Strategies from a Decade of ExperienceIn this episode, the speaker shares insights and str...
Understanding Private Credit
21 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Private Credit is a favored asset class among ultra high net worth investors. Due to its much higher return and reduced risk profile, we believe it sh...
What is GP Stakes Investing?
08 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Access GP Stakes Research:https://evergreencapital.ck.page/a03f9580feGP Stakes investing is Brad's favorite alternative investment asset class - learn...
The Alternative Investor 2.0
06 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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Grayson is Finally Buying a Company!
20 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today is an incredibly big day! Grayson may be closing on a huge deal tonight. It’s been a long time coming but it’s finally happening! He quit hi...
How to Hire a Broker
06 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
et’s say you find yourself in the fortunate position to have a wonderful asset that you’ve operated for a number of years — whether it’s real ...
We Talk about a Purchase Agreement
23 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
After 2 ½ years of looking for a software business to buy with my partner, I think we’re finally getting towards the end! And at the end of the due...
What is a Cap Rate?
16 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today is going to be our all-encompassing, definitive episode all about on cap rates! What are they? How they are used? What’s the whole deal here? ...
Investors Need Love Too
02 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we’re going to be talking about investor relations — i.e. staying in touch with your investors and maintaining good relationships ...
How to Read a K-1
25 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode is all about taxes! Specifically, we’re going to be talking about K-1s. A K-1 is a tax form that you get from private investment (...
Productivity Porn
18 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Productivity and how you get things done on a day-to-day basis is an ever-present issue for most everyone — including those in investing and alterna...
How to Raise Debt for a Real Estate Project
11 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve talked about finding deals, sourcing deals, putting a pitch deck together, raising money, and all that stuff — but we haven’t yet talked a...
The Three Most Important Investment Metrics
04 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We’re getting technical today — so fasten your seatbelts, buckle up, take an extra sip of coffee and get ready for today’s show. We’re go...
What Should Go In Your Private Equity Pitch Deck
28 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve talked about sourcing and analyzing deals — but, we’ve yet to really get into the details of what goes into the pitch deck. The pitch deck...
We Talk To A Guy With An Innovative Apartment Investment Strategy
21 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the show, we’ve invite on a real estate expert: Moses Kagan! Moses is a partner of Adaptive Realty — a property management company in...
You Just Bought Real Estate, Now What? - EP.39
14 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve spent a lot of time on this podcast telling you how to find alternative investments — how to buy them, how to raise money for them, and more...
We Talk to a Guy Who Bought a Business with an SBA Loan - EP.38
07 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Just as this title says, we talk to guy who bought a business with an SBA loan! Nick Haschka is an entrepreneur and investor who lives in the San Fran...
Should You Get an MBA? - EP.37
28 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We often get emailed by 25-35 year olds interested in getting into private equity, venture capital, or real estate private equity, wondering if it’s...
Investing in Alternative Assets via Retirement Accounts - EP. 36
22 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Use a self directed IRA to make private investments for higher returns Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
How to Buy a $2 Million Business for $200K - EP.35
14 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s going to be a fun episode because we’re really excited to talk about today’s topic: SBA loans.If you think you need $1 million to get st...
To Hold or to Sell? That is the Question - EP.34
07 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we’ll take you below the surface for a much deeper analysis on all the variables you need to take a look at before closing the deal...
What is a Covered Land Play? - EP.33
31 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
oday’s episode is about Covered Land Plays! A Covered Land Play is when you buy a property based on the existing use of that asset… but, what...
Don't Be Fooled By EBITDA - EP. 32
17 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today we’re talking about an incredibly important topic: the dangers of mistaking EBITDA with Cash Flow.It’s so tempting when you’re looking at ...
What is a Search Fund? - EP.31
10 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode, Brad and I discuss search funds! We explain what a search fund is (and who’s funding them), the four main steps, how they ...
How to Raise 10 Million Dollars - EP.30
03 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode we answer one of the questions that we probably get most frequently from people looking to break into the industry, and that is: ...
The Art of the Retrade - EP.29
27 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode may not be about the happiest of topics — but it’s definitely a necessity. So today, we’re discussing all things retrade. We’...
Surprising Aspects of Private Equity - EP.28
13 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
When I was on the other side of private equity (i.e. operating businesses), I always thought those in investing were out there counting money, doing d...
Brad & Grayson’s Favorite Investing Tools - EP. 27
06 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode we thought it would be fun if we did something a little bit different! We want to share with you some of our favorite tools that ...
Overpay the Right Way! - EP.26
29 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s show is going to be all about asset prices and what we’ve been seeing lately. Don’t lose hope — it’s not all bad! Things may seem ex...
Unreal Tax Benefits of Qualified Opportunity Zones - EP.25
15 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode we’re talking all about qualified opportunity zones — these things are amazing. They’re portions of the country that are ec...
The Pros and Cons of Different Types of Real Estate - EP.24
08 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Brad takes us through some of the different types of real estate asset classes and gives us the pros and the cons of each! He also gi...
How to Source Off-Market Deals - EP.23
01 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today we’re talking about how to source off-market deals!It’s easy enough to go on LoopNet or MLS Deal Finder but anybody can get those deals, so ...
What it Takes To Be an Alternative Investor - EP.22
25 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Just in case you were wondering if you have what it takes to be an alternative investor, today we thought we’d share with you all of the things — ...
What Exactly is Adjusted EBITDA? - EP.21
11 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today we’re going to talk about Adjusted EBITDA — or in Brad’s world, Adjusted NOI; Net Operating Income. So what is it? First off, it depends w...
Brent Beshore - Contrarian Private Equity Investing - EP.20
27 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today on The Alternative Investor we have our first guest on the show: Brent Beshore! Brent is the CEO and founder of Adventur.es — a private equity...
Why You Should Care About Business Quality - EP.19
20 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s an exciting show — we’re talking about business quality. Who doesn’t want to buy a quality business?Business quality is a little bit o...
Debt: If You Owe The Bank $100 Million ..... - EP.18
06 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today we’re talking about debt! It’s an investor’s best friend … or enemy. We answer all the questions you may have about debt, such as: ...
How Do You Pick an Investment Theme? - EP.17
30 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode, we address a recent listener’s question on how to identify or pick out an investment theme. We think of investment themes as s...
How To Think About Risk - EP. 16
16 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Risk is an often misunderstood and poorly communicated concept. Even professional investors can be afraid of risk. However, risk is going to be a...
What Price to Pay For An Investment? - EP.15
09 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today we’re going to talk about how to figure out how much to pay for an asset. When you’re buying an asset, price is the most important variable ...
What is an Accredited Investor? - EP. 14
26 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today we’re talking about accredited investors. To become an accredited investor you have to meet the SCC’s income and net worth requirements (suc...
What is Preferred Equity? - EP. 13
19 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode is all about preferred equity — so we’re going to try and keep it light and fun. Firstly, we talk about what equity is and ...
How The Blockchain Will Revolutionize Investing - Ep. 12
05 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It’s finally here — the day we talk about blockchain. Blockchain is a new technology — providing a global marketplace, allowing you to transact ...
Broker Deals VS. Off-Market Deals - EP. 11
28 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Broker deals and off-market deals are night and day. Everybody thinks that an off-market deal is the holy grail and that you’ll score a way better p...
Real Estate Diligence 101: Avoid Financial Disaster - EP.10
21 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
You find a real estate property you like, you sign it, you wrap up the deal under LOI, sign the purchase agreement, and then you get into diligence —...
A Deeper Look at Private Equity - EP.09
07 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we take a deeper dive into looking at private equity. Private equity is Grayson’s world — so we switch the script and I ask him all of the ...
A Peak Behind The Glass Curtain - EP.08
31 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today we’re going to talk about what goes on behind the glass curtain — what it actually looks like inside of a real estate private equity firm.We...
We Love Real Estate, You Should Too - EP. 07
17 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We’re talking real estate today. Brad walks us through the ins and outs of finding a good deal in real estate — covering the basics and then divin...
Let’s Talk About LOIs (Letters of Intent)- EP.06
10 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today we’re talking about LOIs — Letters of Intent. LOIs are kind of like you and the seller are dating — you’re testing the waters and have t...
Don't Get “Bernie Madoff’d”: Avoid Ponzi Schemes and Fraud - EP.05
03 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today we’re talking about how not to lose your hard-earned money through fraud. One of the advantages of alternative investments are that they are l...
Case Study: Buying an operating business - private equity investing - EP.04
18 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The guys go deep on what a private equity investment in a operating business looks like. Grayson tells the story of how he purchased Birdwell Beach Br...
How to find great alternative investment deals - EP.03
17 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Grayson and Brad go in detail on how to put your money to work in alternative investments. They cover how to source investments from ...
Want more yield? Why you need to invest in alternative assets - EP.02
16 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On today's episode we review all the benefits of alternative investments and why retail investors should take the time to learn, evaluate and invest i...
Intro to the world of alternative investments - EP.01
15 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Brad and Grayson discuss alternative investments and cover the various alternative asset class options investors should strongly consdier adding to th...