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The Real Estate Real Life Podcast
Real Estate Real Life is where we bring smart investing into the context of real, everyday living. We talk about real estate strategy alongside mindset, habits, communication, and lifestyle design so your money supports your energy, relationships, and long-term freedom. Each episode is designed to help you cut through overwhelm, make clearer decisions, and build wealth in a way that actually improves how you live, work, and lead. We’re Nick and Dr. Elaine Stageberg, husband and wife, parents of six, and owners of a half-billion-dollar real estate portfolio built alongside a real, full life.
Disclaimer:
This podcast is provided for general informational purposes only. The views and opinions expressed by hosts and guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of Black Swan Real Estate or its affiliates. Nothing discussed on this podcast should be interpreted as financial, legal, tax, or investment advice. The information shared is provided without guarantee of accuracy or completeness.
The Real Estate Real Life Podcast
Time in the Market, Origin Story Part 1
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Every investor has heard the phrase “time in the market beats timing the market.” Nick and Dr. Elaine Stageberg learned that lesson while building a life together, long before they were running a real estate investment firm.
The first episode of The Real Estate Real Life Podcast begins with Nick and Elaine's origin story. It starts the way many good stories do: with how they met. There are early career decisions, long conversations about the future, and one very unconventional romantic gesture that involved buying a car instead of a ring.
Along the way, you hear the beginnings of the investing philosophy that would eventually shape Black Swan Real Estate: the early mindset shifts, the decisions that mattered more than they realized at the time, the moment when real estate stopped being an idea and started becoming a long term strategy.
This is a story about markets. It is also a story about partnership, timing, and the kind of decisions that shape the next fifteen years.
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Disclaimer:
This podcast is provided for general informational purposes only. The views and opinions expressed by hosts and guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of Black Swan Real Estate or its affiliates. Nothing discussed on this podcast should be interpreted as financial, legal, tax, or investment advice.