The Kash & Dash Show

The easy money crowd is getting a reality check. Repairs cost real money, deals take work, and the strategy that worked yesterday might not work tomorrow.

Ted shares what’s really happening with his Louisville and Yutan car washes—from a $1,700 paint purchase to rebuilding a property that has been shut down for three years. He explains why he’s taking the Yutan location cashless, the upgrades he’s making, and his plan to refinance and use equity to improve his other location.

Owen breaks down recent deals that show there’s still opportunity in this marke...

Still chasing paperwork, writing every follow-up, and trying to remember a hundred little tasks? You might be doing work AI could already help take off your plate.

In Week 6 of our AI Series, Ted Kaasch and Owen Dashner welcome back Neil Gallus of Build With Operators to discuss practical ways business owners and real estate investors can put AI to work.

From estimating rehab costs and organizing contractor updates to building marketing tools and catching forgotten utility cancellations, this conversation gets into the everyday tasks that eat up your time—and how to start getting th...

Five rental houses. Zero vacancy. Zero tenant turns. Michael Freed shares why his Oxford House rentals have become his favorite properties—and why he’d choose them over another Airbnb.

Our first-ever interview guest returns to The Kash and Dash Show to catch up with hosts Ted Kaasch and Owen Dashner on everything that’s changed since episode 2. After leaving a $170,000-a-year electrical career to pursue real estate, Michael went back to a W-2 job. His reason? Rebuild cash, let his portfolio mature, and make decisions that fit his family.

We dig into his experience rentin...

A big real estate portfolio doesn’t mean you have cash to pay the next big repair bill. And another “great deal” might be the last thing your life needs.

On this Unscripted episode of The Kash and Dash Show, Ted Kaasch and Owen Dashner get honest about the gap between building wealth and actually feeling financially secure.

Owen shares why he’s planning to pull nearly $200,000 in equity from seven rental properties—and why deciding whether to sell, refinance, or keep collecting cash flow is anything but simple. Ted brings back takeaways from BiggerPockets’ conference...

If you’re only using AI to answer questions and rewrite emails, you’re barely scratching the surface.

In Episode 355 of The Kash and Dash Show, hosts Ted Kaasch and Owen Dashner join Collin Schwartz and Neil Gallus for another installment of Build With Operators. This time, we’re asking the questions business owners actually care about: What can AI take off my plate? How do I protect my information? And what does it cost to get real help?

Ted shares how connecting AI to his existing tools helped him organize tax files and tackle projec...

What good is building wealth if you’re too burned out to enjoy the life you’re building?

Rachel Vaida joins Ted Kaasch and Owen Dashner for a conversation that starts with a real estate deal gone sideways and gets personal fast. From leaving healthcare to making just $2,000 on her first flip, Rachel shares how she found her footing in real estate—and why owning hundreds of doors was never her goal.

When a serious health crisis forced her to step back, her rental income helped support her family while she focused on recovery. That experi...

Your business idea sounds great. But what happens when someone builds something better?

In Episode 353 of The Kash and Dash Show, hosts Ted Kaasch & Owen Dashner dig into a question every entrepreneur should ask: What could a competitor do to make your business obsolete—and why aren’t you working on that idea yourself?

Inspired by a conference talk from a Shazam co-founder, Ted shares his ideas for tackling the everyday headaches of owning self-serve car washes. Think AI-powered billboards that call out dirty cars, wash bays that clean themselves, trash compactors, and remote chemical moni...

A property management company discovered it had double-paid vendors $60,000. The problem? Scattered receipts, manual follow-ups, and a process that made expensive mistakes easy to miss.

In Episode 4 of Build With Operators on The Kash and Dash Show, hosts Ted Kaasch and Owen Dashner welcome back Collin Schwartz and Neil Gallus to talk about how they’re using AI to solve real business problems.

Collin breaks down a custom vendor workflow that brings job tracking, before-and-after photos, receipts, and office approvals into one place. The goal: improve the software a business already uses while cutting the bu...

A $2.8 million lawsuit. An $80,000-plus loss on a separate flip. And a moment when Sergio Martinez seriously questioned whether real estate was worth it.

In Episode 351 of The Kash and Dash Show, hosts Ted Kaasch & Owen Dashner sit down with investor and Realtor Sergio Martinez for an honest conversation about getting started, taking some expensive hits, and building a business around relationships and your reputation.

Sergio shares how he bought his first investment property for just $7,000—with only $400 to his name and funding from others—and pawned his Xbox to afford gas while working on the...

Should regulators just end wholesaling already? Ted Kaasch isn’t holding back—and Owen Dashner sees opportunity in the very changes making investors rethink their next move.

In this episode of The Kash and Dash Show Unscripted, Ted and Owen debate proposed wholesaling restrictions, the fallout from bad actors, and what tighter rules could mean for investors, sellers, and hard money lenders. Ted argues that piling on more requirements makes the business harder to justify, while Owen explores how investors could adapt and keep doing deals within the rules. Their discussion reflects opinions and proposals at the time...

If every decision, email, and maintenance request has to go through you, your business can only move as fast as you do. And working longer hours won’t fix that.

In Part 3 of the Build With Operators AI series, hosts Ted Kaasch and Owen Dashner bring you Collin Schwartz’s live presentation from Omaha REIA—the event that sparked this eight-part series. Collin breaks down how real estate investors and business owners can use AI to tackle repetitive work, find the problems slowing them down, and free up time for the decisions that actually need them.

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A handshake deal. A $100,000 payday. Then, five minutes later, a phone call with a million-dollar offer.

Mark Rollag joins hosts Ted Kaasch & Owen Dashner on Episode 348 of The Kash and Dash Show to share how a farm deal turned into a much bigger payday—for the guy he’d just agreed to sell it to.

From selling a $32 million private jet to finding overlooked opportunities in farmland, Mark shares how asking questions and building relationships have opened doors throughout his career. He also gets honest about the money he’s left on the table and why ha...

Is wholesaling becoming more trouble than it’s worth? Ted’s take: “Just end it.”

In episode 347 of The Kash and Dash Show, hosts Ted Kaasch and Owen Dashner get into the growing pressure on real estate wholesalers, takeaways from Omaha REIA’s wholesale transactions event, and proposed Nebraska changes that could reshape how deals get done. They debate the impact on sellers, investors, and lenders—and where new opportunities could emerge as the rules change.

But first: are shiny objects making you money or just stealing your attention? Ted shares what a 12-hour day fixing his c...

What if your next marketing hire wasn’t a hire at all?

In Part 2 of our eight-part AI series, Ted Kaasch and Owen Dashner welcome back Neil Galas and Collin Schwartz, alongside special guest Aaron, to explore how business owners can turn AI into something that actually saves time and makes money.

Neil shares how he uses AI to turn original content into 100–150 marketing pieces—a workflow he estimates would otherwise require roughly $100,000 in salaries to match. The conversation breaks down the human input and review behind that process, why generic prompts produce generic results, and ho...

A great pitch doesn’t mean a great investment. And trusting someone with your money doesn’t mean you can stop paying attention.

Real estate CPA, investor, and author Ted Lanzaro joins Ted Kaasch & Owen Dashner on The Kash and Dash Show to talk about what happens when investors overlook the numbers. He works with more than 100 investment groups—but says he’d invest his own money with only about five. His reasons are worth hearing before you write your next check.

Ted shares stories from his forensic accounting work, including a bookkeeper who stole from a b...

Owning millions in real estate doesn’t mean you have the cash to fix what breaks.

In episode 344 of The Kash and Dash Show, hosts Ted Kaasch & Owen Dashner get honest about the expensive side of investing: surprise repairs, shrinking margins, and money tied up in properties when you need it most.

Owen shares how a potential $300,000–$500,000 elevator replacement forced him to rethink his cash reserves—and how a loan reset pushed his monthly payment from roughly $6,600 to $11,500. Add two failed AC units and a $5,300 sewer repair, and “passive income” starts sounding a lot less passive.<...

You’re using AI to write emails. What if it could handle the work that’s eating your entire day?

In Episode 343 of The Kash and Dash Show, we kick off Build with Operators, an eight-part AI series featuring Neil Galas and Collin Schwartz. They share how they’re putting AI to work inside their businesses—and why getting better results starts with giving it better context.

Neil breaks down how he turned a full day of bank statement processing into roughly 15 minutes and built a system that pulls loan updates from company emails into one sear...

What happens when the career you love starts costing you moments you can’t get back?

Jacob “Jake” Stevenson spent 12 years coaching college wrestling. But when his wife called to tell him their son had won his first wrestling match, Jake was somewhere else—coaching someone else’s kid. He was crying in the corner of a match, realizing his future might need to look different.

In episode 342 of The Kash and Dash Show, hosts Ted Kaasch & Owen Dashner sit down with Jake to unpack his move from college coaching into insurance agency ownership and a 17-prope...

Ted wanted the grass mowed. A misunderstanding over the scope of work turned into a $5,000 landscaping expense—and a tough decision about protecting relationships in a small town.

In Episode 341 of The Kash and Dash Show, Ted Kaasch and Owen Dashner are back for an Unscripted conversation about the surprises that come with owning businesses, renovating properties, and raising a family.

Ted shares the wins and frustrations of his car wash renovation, from bays that cleaned up better than expected to hours spent troubleshooting security cameras. Meanwhile, Owen’s home office project uncovers hidden water dama...

A box of old car key fobs was sitting at a dealership collecting dust. J.J. Feregrino saw an opportunity—and says that discovery led to more than $100 million in total revenue over the next 15 years.

In episode 340 of The Kash and Dash Show, hosts Ted Kaasch and Owen Dashner sit down with J.J., “The Key Fob King,” for a wild, honest conversation about failed businesses, taking chances, and building something bigger than you ever expected.

J.J. shares how selling used key fobs on eBay grew from a side hustle into a business servin...

Ted Kaasch officially closed on another car wash—but buying the property was the easy part. Now he has to bring a condemned business back to life, navigate commercial financing, and turn a property that has been closed for three years into a profitable operation. If the plan works, the project could create as much as $100,000 in equity.

Ted and Owen break down the challenges of using the BRRRR strategy on commercial real estate, why smaller community banks can sometimes offer more flexibility, and how AI helped organize years of bank statements, deposits, expenses, and personal financial in...

Ben Harral’s story is about much more than real estate.

In this raw and honest conversation, Ben opens up about growing up around rental properties, struggling with addiction, serving time in prison, and the difficult road that led him to 12 years of sobriety. He shares how his choices affected his marriage and family, why recovery remains a daily battle, and what keeps him moving forward when life knocks him down again.

Ben also discusses his work with Safe Exit Egress Windows, the mistakes investors make when cutting corners, and how modular homes could help cr...

This episode goes off the rails—and that is putting it mildly.

Ted Kaasch and Owen Dashner debate their final meals, share the story of a missing cat with a secret hiding spot, uncover three dumpsters of surprises inside a newly purchased property, and discuss the strange things that happen while flipping houses.

Ted also previews an upcoming conversation about addiction, prison, recovery, and what it takes to remain sober for 12 years. Then Owen tells a gym bathroom story nobody was prepared to hear, followed by Ted’s encounter with a suspected gym creeper.

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What happens when your first employee quits on opening day?

Shane Taylor has spent more than 20 years building businesses, investing in real estate, and learning some expensive lessons along the way. After completing nearly 100 real estate transactions with longtime partner Lance White, Shane stepped away from his corporate career and purchased a martial arts franchise—one day after the country shut down.

In this episode of The Kash and Dash Show, Shane joins Ted Kaasch and Owen Dashner to talk about leaving the W-2 world, building a business that can operate without him, and getting ba...

Ted bought another car wash—but he wasn’t the highest bidder.

In Episode 335 of The Kash and Dash Show, Ted Kaasch and Owen Dashner break down how Ted won a competitive self-serve car wash deal despite facing nearly a dozen other offers, including several reportedly higher than his.

Ted explains how he made his offer attractive by keeping it clean, removing unnecessary contingencies, using hard money, accommodating the seller’s timeline, and allowing the seller to retain the rights to an ongoing insurance claim.

They discuss what made the Yutan car wash a prom...

Dallin Cottle quit his job after being ordered to drive through a foot of snow. He went home, Googled “how to start a business,” and generated $600,000 in revenue during his first 10 months.

Today, Dallin is the founder of Roar and helps business owners improve their marketing, operations, and use of AI. In this episode, he joins Ted Kaasch and Owen Dashner to explain why most business owners are their own biggest bottleneck—and why traditional marketing agencies may quickly become obsolete.

Dallin also shares how his company replaced the work of 10 employees with AI agents in rou...

AI isn’t just changing the job market—it’s already replacing entire teams.

In Episode 333 of The Kash and Dash Show, Ted Kaasch and Owen Dashner discuss how one business owner replaced 10 positions with AI agents in a matter of hours. They break down which careers could be hit next, why some professionals are actually making more money because of AI, and how people can adapt before their jobs become obsolete.

Ted also shares details about another car wash he’s trying to buy, including the property’s troubled history, its hidden potential, and why this d...

This special episode of The Kash and Dash Show features a replay from Chris Pomerleau’s live presentation at Omaha REIA.

Most real estate investors get stuck on one of two questions: “How do I make this deal work?” or “Where do I get the money?” Chris tackles both with a straightforward breakdown of creative financing, partnerships, hard money, and building a capital stack that actually makes sense.

Chris explains how he evaluates and structures real deals in today’s market, when hard money can be a useful tool, and when expensive debt can completely destroy a pr...

Episode 331 of The Kash and Dash Show is completely unscripted—and this one goes everywhere.

Ted Kaasch and Owen Dashner catch up after missing a week of recording, starting with Owen’s family trip to Park City, Utah, where an Olympic bobsled ride turned into one of the wildest vacation experiences he’s had.

Then things get back to real estate.

Owen shares what happened when he tried to close on a new house while traveling, including mobile notaries, delayed documents, wire problems, sellers waiting on another closing, and the domino effect one delaye...

What would make a 25-year-old engineer living in Israel buy a rental property in Phoenix without ever seeing it?

Dani Beit-Or joins Ted Kaasch and Owen Dashner to share how one sight-unseen purchase, sent to him through a blurry fax machine, launched a real estate career spanning more than two decades and thousands of transactions.

Dani explains why he ignored the people who told him he was crazy, how his first rental helped fund additional properties, and what happened when the 2008 financial crisis cut the value of one of his homes by more than half...

Artificial intelligence is evolving faster than anyone expected—but is it becoming too powerful to control?

In Episode 329 of The Kash and Dash Show Unscripted, Ted Kaasch and Owen Dashner are joined by Dentlis Bertrand for a wide-ranging conversation about AI, cybersecurity, phone security, real estate investing, terrible candy, and one very questionable massage experience.

Owen also gets brutally honest about a flip that is likely going to lose money. The property was purchased with limited exit options, the renovation took too long, and the finished home still is not attracting buyers. Ted and Owen br...

What do living in a truck near Malibu, selling multimillion-dollar Beverly Hills homes, cleaning an industrial egg-processing machine, backpacking across Europe, and investing in Omaha real estate have in common?

They are all chapters in the unpredictable life of Alex Beltran.

Alex joins Ted Kaasch and Owen Dashner to share how growing up in California during the 2008 housing crash initially pushed him away from real estate. He eventually earned his license, moved toward Beverly Hills, and lived out of his truck so he could afford to pursue luxury real estate without burning through his savings.<...

Episode 327 of The Kash & Dash Show Unscripted proves that “passive income” can sometimes require a shocking amount of active work.

Ted Kaasch breaks down the ongoing problems at his car wash, including failed payment systems, broken pumps, blown pressure lines, lost chemicals, expensive replacement parts, and a coin machine repair that required calling in an arcade technician. What looked like a straightforward investment has quickly turned into a costly lesson in operations, maintenance, and due diligence.

Ted and Owen Dashner also answer a listener’s question about one of the biggest problems entrepreneurs and real estate...

Cynthia Trammell was a single mother raising triplet boys while working long hours in church ministry and struggling to make ends meet. When she decided to leave her stable job and pursue real estate, someone she trusted looked her in the eye and told her she would fail.

She did it anyway.

In Episode 326 of The Kash and Dash Show, Ted Kaasch and Owen Dashner sit down with Cynthia—known as the “Mother of Multifamily”—to discuss how she went from knowing almost nothing about real estate to purchasing a commercial strip mall, building a multifam...

In Episode 325 of The Kash and Dash Show: Unscripted, Ted Kaasch and Owen Dashner are joined by Denlis Bertrand for a conversation that goes in nearly every possible direction.

Denlis breaks down the World Cup, controversial calls, passionate soccer fans, and what it has been like watching the United States, Canada, and Mexico host the tournament.

Owen shares the awkward reality of filming scripted marketing videos, using a teleprompter for the first time, doing take after take, and realizing that content creators are usually their own harshest critics.

He also reveals...

What if one question could completely change the direction of your life?

In this episode of The Kash & Dash Show, Ted Kaasch and Owen Dashner welcome back legendary Nebraska real estate broker, speaker, and entrepreneur Van Deeb for one of the most inspiring conversations we've had. With more than four decades in real estate, Van shares the lessons that helped him build multiple successful companies, become one of the Midwest's most recognized motivational speakers, and impact thousands of lives along the way.

From the power of simply asking for what you want to the importance...

In this episode of The Kash and Dash Show Unscripted, Ted Kaasch and Owen Dashner get into one of the more honest real estate conversations they’ve had in a while.

Ted opens up about taking some financial hits on past renovation projects and how those losses can mess with your confidence, even when a good deal is sitting right in front of you. He walks through a potential Benson property with updated mechanicals, a smoking problem, a weird staircase, and several possible exit strategies.

That leads to a bigger conversation every investor needs to he...

In this episode of The Kash and Dash Show, Ted Kaasch and Owen Dashner sit down with Colin Schwartz and Megan Ahern for a wide-open conversation on AI, business, real estate, discipline, and what it really takes to stay in the game when the market gets harder.

Colin breaks down how AI is changing the way business owners operate, why prompts and inputs matter more than people think, and why AI is not replacing smart operators — it is exposing who has systems and who is just winging it.

The crew also digs into the current st...

In this episode of The Kash & Dash Show Unscripted, Ted Kaasch and Owen Dashner recap a packed week coming off the REIA Mastery Series with Fernando Angelucci, where self-storage, seller financing, deal structure, and real estate strategy were front and center.

Owen shares a real estate wake-up call after getting a surprise phone call about a seller-financed duplex loan that had ballooned without him realizing it. What started as an awkward “did you send the final check?” conversation turned into a lesson on tracking loans, knowing your balloon dates, staying organized, and using relationships with bankers and insu...

In this episode of The Kash and Dash Show, hosts Ted Kaasch and Owen Dashner sit down with Dalton Daeges for a real conversation about what it actually looks like to build businesses, buy real estate, and learn the hard way.

Dalton shares how he got started flipping houses while still working a W-2 job, how his partnership with Neil grew into Beard Bros Build Co., and why showing up early, doing the work, and bringing value first made all the difference. He also breaks down how he moved into “boring bu...