The Hyper Driven Investor

What if the best way to grow your business is to start creating something new? In this episode of The Hyper Driven Investor Podcast, Zeke Martinez talks with Bill Huff about real estate, new technology, and finding the courage to follow your ideas.
Bill is a real estate agent, investor, and owner of Huff Real Estate Group in San Antonio, Texas. He has worked in real estate since around 2009. Now, he is finding new ways to bring real estate and digital tools together.
Bill shares how he wants to make short-term rentals more than just a place to sleep. He is working on ways to give guests fun local experiences, from wine tastings to shopping and dining. His goal is to help guests enjoy their stay and give them a reason to come back.
Zeke and Bill also talk about the hard parts of running a business. When interest rates rise and markets change, business owners must find new ways to solve problems. Bill shares why being able to change and try new ideas is so important.
But this talk is about more than real estate. Bill shares how his time in the military and his work as a software engineer helped shape his path. He believes we all have the power to create. His advice? Start small. Try a new idea after work. Build your skills. You do not have to quit your job to begin.
Bill also talks about building new business apps, using AI, and sharing his work as he learns. He shows us that we do not need to have everything perfect before we start.

What if you could grow your wealth, help others, and stay true to your faith at the same time?
In this episode of The Hyper Driven Investor Podcast, host Zeke Martinez sits down with Janice Greenley of Green Root Capital to talk about real estate investing, faith, and a unique way to earn passive income through high-end boat and RV storage.
Janice is a driven business owner who loves finding new ways to build wealth. She started in multifamily real estate but soon saw the value of looking at other types of property.
Today, she is focused on high-end storage spaces for boats and RVs in select Texas markets. These spaces help owners protect their costly boats and RVs while giving investors a chance to earn income.
For Janice, it's about more than making money. Her Christian faith plays a big part in how she does business. She wants to treat people well, offer a great service, and help her investors grow their wealth without losing sight of her values.
Zeke and Janice also talk about why some real estate markets are too crowded, how the right business partners can open new doors, and why getting loans for storage properties can be tough.
Janice shares how private lending and seller financing can help with these deals. She also gives tips on finding a good boat or RV storage company.
If you're a busy professional who wants to learn about passive income, new real estate niches, or building a business with faith at its core, this episode is for you.
About Janice Greenley
Janice Greenley is a real estate entrepreneur with Green Root Capital. She helps explore real estate investment options for busy, high-income professionals who may not have the time to find deals on their own.
Her work includes multifamily real estate and high-end boat and RV storage. She is also looking at land investing as a way to keep learning and growing.
Janice believes in building wealth, caring for customers, and staying true to her faith.
 

What if an extended stay hotel could do more than give someone a place to sleep? What if it could also create strong investment opportunities while helping people rebuild their lives?
In this episode of The Hyper Driven Investor Podcast, Zeke Martinez talks with real estate investor and entrepreneur Jen Maldonado about looking at real estate in a different way.
Jen shares how she went from engineering into real estate investing. Her path was not easy. At one point, she had just $35 in her bank account while living in Los Angeles. Instead of giving up, she kept learning, found the right people, and discovered how working with others could help create new opportunities.
That experience helped shape the way Jen thinks about money today. For her, an abundance mindset is not about believing money is unlimited. It is about believing that people can create more value when they bring the right resources, knowledge, skills, and relationships together.
Jen also explains why she became interested in extended stay hotels. These properties sit between real estate and an operating business. They can also offer flexibility that traditional rental properties may not have.
One area Jen is exploring is the use of extended stay properties alongside experienced addiction recovery operators. She explains how certain properties may be adapted to support treatment and recovery services when zoning, licensing, regulations, and the right operators are in place.
Zeke and Jen also talk about the challenges. Hotels can require more capital, deeper due diligence, strong management, and experience. Jen explains why she does not see this as a beginner real estate strategy. She also discusses the importance of separating the real estate from the operating business and carefully reviewing the people who will run the recovery services.
For passive investors, that distinction can matter. Some investors may want exposure only to the real estate, while others may be interested in the operating side as well.
Jen also shares why data guides many of her decisions. Instead of following the latest real estate trend, she looks for problems, studies demand, and then asks which type of property could help solve that problem.
Today, Jen continues to pursue opportunities in hotels, real estate, private lending, and other investments while building Catch Her Spark, a platform focused on helping women move from earning money to owning, investing, and deploying capital with purpose.
 

What happens when you leave real estate and start a hands-on service business from the ground up?
In this episode of The Hyper Driven Investor Podcast with Zeke Martinez, Zeke sits down with Ann Tran, founder of Albedo’s Return in Houston, Texas.
Ann shares how she went from real estate and mortgages into pressure washing. That move soon led her to a specialized service: commercial kitchen exhaust cleaning and compliance.
For Ann, the business made sense. Commercial kitchens need their exhaust systems cleaned on a regular basis. It is work that helps restaurants stay safe and meet local requirements. It also creates a service that customers need again and again.
But starting the business was not easy.
Ann talks about entering a male-dominated industry and working to earn the trust of restaurant owners. She also shares one of the biggest lessons she learned as a business owner: knowing the service is not enough. You also have to know how to sell it.
Ann explains why she had to study sales herself after trying to hand that job to other people. She also talks about hiring technicians, keeping good workers busy, building systems, and learning when an owner needs to stop doing everything alone.
Her goal goes beyond making money. Ann wants to create good jobs, pay her team well, serve her community, and build a company that can run without her doing every task.
She calls the business her own “MBA project.”
Now in year three, Ann is focused on growth. She is working on better systems for CRM, reporting, accounting, payroll, vehicles, equipment, and a central warehouse for her team.
This conversation is a great look at what it really takes to move from technician to business owner. It is about finding the right niche, learning sales, trusting your people, building systems, and staying ready to adapt.
About Ann Tran
Ann Tran is an entrepreneur, real estate professional, and founder of Albedo’s Return, a kitchen exhaust cleaning and compliance company serving commercial kitchens and restaurants in the Houston area.
Restaurant owners, food truck operators, service business owners, and entrepreneurs interested in connecting with Ann can visit albedosreturn.com. Ann also said she can be found through LinkedIn and through Albedo’s Return on Instagram and Facebook.
 

What makes flex industrial real estate different from multifamily investing?
In this episode of the Hyper Driven Investor Podcast, Zeke Martinez sits down with real estate investor and developer Adam Block to talk about his path into flex and Class B industrial real estate.
Adam has taken an unusual road into real estate. He worked on political campaigns, went to law school, practiced commercial litigation and bankruptcy law, and later worked in investing. His experience included stocks, credit, and consulting with a hedge fund before he began focusing more of his time on real estate.
Today, Adam looks for real estate investments in Texas that can work even when he is not on the ground every day.
That led him toward flex and Class B industrial properties.
Adam explains what flex space is and why he finds it interesting. These properties can serve many kinds of small businesses. A tenant could be a flooring company, coffee roaster, dance studio, craft business, or another company that needs a mix of warehouse, office, or customer space.
Adam also shares why he believes operations matter so much in real estate. In multifamily, strong property management can play a major role in an investment’s success. Adam wanted to find properties where he could solve a different set of problems and rely less on being physically present every day.
The conversation also explores the power of relationships. Adam explains how networking with other real estate professionals helped him discover new opportunities. Instead of simply asking what someone could do for him, he asked what he could do to help them.
That simple question opened the door to learning about deals and opportunities that others may have passed on.
If you are a multifamily investor looking at other parts of commercial real estate, or you simply want to understand flex industrial space, this conversation offers a simple introduction to a different side of real estate investing.
Adam can be reached through his LinkedIn profile or website. His specific website and LinkedIn URLs were not stated in the recorded interview, so they can be added here before publishing.
 

What if you could invest in commercial real estate without becoming a landlord?
In this episode of the Hyper Driven Investor Podcast, Zeke Martinez talks with K. Trevor Thompson, Vice President of Investor Relations at Massive Capital. Trevor shares how he went from being interested in real estate to taking part in 40 commercial real estate syndications.
Trevor explains real estate syndications in a simple way. He talks about how busy professionals can invest alongside experienced real estate operators without having to manage tenants, toilets, and trash themselves.
One of Trevor’s biggest lessons is simple: who you invest with can be more important than where you invest. Getting to know and trust the people running a deal is an important part of the process.
Zeke and Trevor also discuss different types of commercial real estate. Trevor shares his experience with multifamily properties, assisted living, RV parks, mobile home parks, storage, and retail.
A big part of the conversation focuses on what Trevor calls the “silver tsunami.” As more people get older, many families need safe and caring places for their parents and loved ones. Trevor explains how smaller assisted living and memory care communities can help meet this need while creating a more home-like setting for residents.
For busy professionals who want to learn more about passive commercial real estate investing, this episode offers a simple look at syndications and an asset class that may become even more important as America gets older.
K. Trevor Thompson is Vice President of Investor Relations at Massive Capital. He has been investing in commercial real estate for eight years and has been involved in 40 syndications, including 20 as a passive investor and 20 as a deal sponsor.
To connect with Trevor, find K. Trevor Thompson on LinkedIn and let him know you heard him on the Hyper Driven Investor Podcast.
 

What does it take to build wealth while working a busy full-time job? For Stephen McCulloch, the answer has been simple: take action, stay patient, and give your investments time to work.
In this episode of The Hyper Driven Investor Podcast with Zeke Martinez, Zeke catches up with longtime Australian investor Stephen McCulloch.
Stephen shares how property investing became an important part of his wealth-building journey. After years of working and investing, he is now getting ready to leave the corporate world and enter a new phase of life.
Zeke and Stephen talk about investing in both Australia and the United States. They explore why high property prices can make cash flow harder in some Australian markets and why U.S. real estate opened the door to different opportunities.
They also discuss rental properties, seller financing, vendor finance, and real estate notes. Zeke explains why a note portfolio can sometimes create more stable cash flow than a traditional rental portfolio.
But this conversation is about more than real estate.
Stephen explains why busy professionals need to start somewhere. Investing takes time and work, but waiting for the perfect opportunity can keep you from moving forward.
His advice is to choose something you care about, learn how it works, and stay open to new opportunities. Do not depend on one property or one strategy to solve everything. Diversification and flexibility can help investors get through the times when things do not go as planned.
Stephen’s own journey shows the value of patience. Years of investing have helped put him in a position where he can soon step away from traditional corporate work and decide what comes next.
If you are a busy professional who knows you need to do more with your money but are not sure where to begin, this conversation offers a simple reminder: you need to do something, stay flexible, and give good decisions time to work.
Listen to “The Value of Prudence and Time” on The Hyper Driven Investor Podcast with Zeke Martinez on Apple Podcasts.
 
 

What happens when life changes everything you thought you knew about money, investing, and your future?
In this episode of The Hyper Driven Investor Podcast with Zeke Martinez, Zeke sits down with diversified investor Waiyee Schmidt for a powerful conversation about loss, faith, resilience, and learning how to pivot.
Waiyee grew up in Singapore and became the first person in her family to attend college and become an attorney. She later moved to Germany, built a family, and spent years building a real estate portfolio with her late husband.
Then her life changed.
After her husband passed away in 2018, Waiyee faced the loss of about 95% of her household income. She also had to manage their estate, deal with major tax obligations in Germany, and sell real estate assets.
That experience changed the way she looked at wealth.
Waiyee began asking a different question. Instead of only thinking about growing assets, how could she build investments that also created cash flow?
Her search eventually brought her to the United States and opened the door to new types of investing. She also learned some hard lessons after putting money into U.S. real estate investments that did not perform as she expected.
Rather than quit, Waiyee chose to learn and pivot.
Today, one area she is focused on is energy, including oil and gas mineral and royalty interests. She explains how mineral owners can receive royalty income when energy companies produce oil and gas from their interests. For Waiyee, this became another way to think about ownership, cash flow, and long-term wealth.
Faith is also a big part of her story. Waiyee shares how her beliefs helped guide her through difficult seasons and now shape the way she thinks about money. She believes wealth can have a purpose beyond the individual. It can help families, future generations, and communities.
Waiyee and her husband, Rocco Farino, also co-founded Kings & Wealth, a community for like-minded people interested in building wealth with purpose.
This conversation is about much more than investing. It is about being willing to change when life changes, learning from mistakes, staying grateful through hard seasons, and finding a new path forward.
Listen to “Faithful Pivot into Energy” on The Hyper Driven Investor Podcast with Zeke Martinez.
To learn more about Waiyee Schmidt and Kings & Wealth, connect with Waiyee through Kings & Wealth.

What happens when someone refuses to let obstacles decide their future? In this episode of the Hyper Driven Investor Podcast, Zeke Martinez sits down with attorney and real estate investor Chiante Jackson to talk about determination, entrepreneurship, and building a successful career by never accepting "no" as the final answer.
Chiante shares how she knew she wanted to become a lawyer at just six years old and stayed focused on that dream through every challenge. While attending law school, she worked full-time, adjusted her schedule when life changed, and stayed committed to reaching her goal. Her story is a reminder that success often comes from believing in yourself, making sacrifices, and staying consistent even when the journey gets difficult.
The conversation also explores what it takes to become an entrepreneur. Chiante explains why self-motivation is one of the most important qualities for business owners. She talks about creating daily habits that build confidence, writing down goals, making a plan, and staying focused on long-term success instead of short-term distractions.
For real estate investors, Chiante shares valuable insights from her experience as both a real estate attorney and investor. She discusses creative financing strategies, buy-and-hold investing, subject-to transactions, owner financing, and why every investor should have a proper estate plan. She also explains how probate and estate planning can protect families and investment properties from unnecessary legal problems.
Whether you're thinking about starting your own business, growing your real estate portfolio, or looking for practical legal guidance, this episode is packed with helpful advice and real-world experience.
Chiante Jackson is the Principal Attorney of C. Jackson Law Firm, PLLC, based in San Antonio, Texas. Her practice focuses on real estate law, probate, estate planning, and real estate transactions across Texas and several other states. She also serves as an escrow officer, helping clients complete both traditional and creative real estate transactions.
 

What does it take to build lasting success in real estate? In this episode of the Hyper Driven Investor Podcast, Zeke Martinez sits down with Brett Layser of Jetstream Private Equity Group to talk about the power of staying focused, continuing to learn, and taking smart action. Brett shares how he went from owning single-family rentals to investing in multifamily properties and why discipline, experience, and the right team make all the difference.
During the conversation, Brett explains how he built his real estate career over more than two decades. He discusses why he stepped away from owning smaller properties to spend more time with his family before returning to real estate through multifamily investing. He also shares how strong property management, careful underwriting, and choosing the right markets help create better results for investors.
Brett also talks about what it means to be truly hyper-driven. Drawing from his experience as a Marine Corps fighter pilot and competitive fighter, he explains why achieving big goals requires focus and commitment. He believes that success comes from putting in the work, learning your craft, and staying dedicated to your mission.
The episode also explores why multifamily investing can be attractive for busy professionals such as physicians, engineers, attorneys, and pilots. Brett explains how passive investing through multifamily syndications can provide potential cash flow, tax advantages, and long-term wealth-building opportunities without requiring investors to manage properties themselves.
If you're interested in commercial real estate, apartment investing, or learning how experienced operators evaluate opportunities, this conversation offers practical insights and valuable perspective.