Bricks & Risk Podcast

For decades, in real estate and insurance, the answer seemed obvious. If your office was located in the neighborhood, people assumed you knew the market. You were local. You were connected. You were part of the community. And if another agent asked, “Where’s your office?” there was often a lot more ...

Interview with Gary Jonas, CEO of The How Group From 10 single-family rentals with almost no cash flow to 1,500 units and a firm that's outperformed the market through the worst multifamily downturn in a decade — this week we sit down with Gary Jonas, CEO of The How Group, a Philadelphia real estate...

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Troy Thompson didn't inherit an insurance empire — he knocked on doors to build one. In this episode of Bricks and Risk, Sean and Tim sit down with Troy, owner of Pinnacle Insurance in Coon Rapids, Minnesota, one of the fastest-growing independent agencies in the state, and founder of Savvital, a vi...

Every founder's highlight reel skips the part that actually built them. In this episode, Tim and Sean open up about the failures they don't usually talk about — starting with Tim's ten years chasing a corporate ladder that ended the moment it stopped serving the company. A rapid rise to management a...