Today's conversation is with FBI agent Ben Stone on Cyber Crime and protecting yourself. We have written numerous blog posts for realtors, lenders, buyers and sellers in order to promote their internal protections but can't get to the point better than Ben does during this conversation. Bio:Special Agent Benjamin R.P. Stone entered on duty with the FBI in January 2002 andwas assigned to the Houston Division, Texas City Resident Agency where he worked avariety of criminal matters. In April 2008, Mr. Stone was promoted to Supervisory SpecialAgent in the FBI&#39;s Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Directorate where he supervisedFBI programs related to the prevention of the proliferation of WMDs.In June 2010, Mr. Stone was named to the FBI&#39;s Philadelphia Field Office to serve asSupervisory Special Agent of the Intelligence Squad, responsible for the strategicrecruitment of Confidential Human Sources across the Division.In February 2013, Mr. Stone was promoted to Assistant Inspector at FBIHQ wherehe served in the Office of Inspections and was responsible for conducting inspectionsacross multiple FBI Field Offices and FBIHQ Divisions.In March 2014, Mr. Stone returned to Philadelphia and was chosen to lead the newlycreated Cyber Criminal Squad responsible for all criminal cyber crimes for the FBIPhiladelphia Office.From June, 2016, through January, 2017, Mr. Stone served at the US Embassy, Paris,France as the FBI’s liaison to French Law Enforcement and Security Services regardingCyber matters.Mr. Stone is a native of the United Kingdom and has a B.S. in Chemistry from theUniversity of East Anglia and a M.S. in Organic Chemistry from the University ofPennsylvania. Prior to entering the FBI Mr. Stone worked as researcher in thepharmaceutical industry. Mr. Stone holds two United States Patents and is the author orco-author on several peer reviewed scientific papers.

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Elastic Investing, Asset-Backed Crypto, Unlocking Equity in your Real Estate, Harness the Crowd in regards to investment real estate... all topics on today's episode of Shawlsy 24-7. Today's discussion is with Turbadium Founder and CTO Andrew Gaizunas as well as Attorney Wes Williams who sits on the Turbadium Advisory Board.The initial implementation of Turbadium is focused on residential and commercial real estate, bringing property owners together with individuals looking for a cryptocurrency backed by hard, tangible assets. General (free) users of the cryptocurrency can feel secure knowing their holdings are backed by a transparent, registered, and audited portfolio of existing assets. Property owners are able to activate and release the current equity in their assets, buying and selling shares at will as prices fluctuate on the secondary markets.Turbadium will provide an alternative for traditional banking when it comes to financing real estate or accessing equity. Eliminating all the costs associated with a conventional mortgage or loan product results in a more equitable social environment. Turbadium connects equity owners directly with investors, cutting out high-cost/low-value middlemen while simultaneously abolishing monthly payments, short-sale filings, threats of foreclosures, and predatory lending practices including reverse mortgages and variable interest rates.The Turbadium Exchange is opening to the public participation in 2018, permanently disrupting the archaic models of real estate finance, personal investment, and traditional asset ownership we use today. Following launch of the Real Estate application, Turbadium plans to apply the same framework to “tokenize all things”: supply chain inventories, mineral rights and proven reserves, factories, aircraft, even public lands and infrastructure.Headquartered in San Francisco, California, Turbadium democratizes the world of elite finance, changing the way people think about assets, money, and daily commerce.

Tokenizing Real Estate: A Conversation with Turbadium

What is Propy? What is the future of real estate on the blockchain? How is Propy using smart contracts on the blockchain to change real estate one nation at a time? Learn this and a lot more during our conversation with both the CEO and CTO of Propy. Natalia Karayaneva is the CEO and founder of Propy, Inc. which last year raised $16M during its ICO. Natalia is an expert in real estate development & sales, token sales, ICO legislation and Blockchain. She is a frequent panelist and speaker at diverse Blockchain and cryptocurrency events in Silicon Valley and Europe. Natalia is an award winning and internationally recognized expert in real estate, with a focus on cross-border real estate transactions and sustainability. Natalia is an alumni of the University of Oxford who founded her first company at the age of 19.  Alex Voloshyn has a background in mobile development and cyber security with 15 years of technical experience working in small start-ups and large Fortune 100 companies like Apple and Ubisoft. As a blockchain and decentralized technology expert, he is currently the CTO of Propy. Propy is a global real estate marketplace with decentralized title registry aiming to solve the problems facing international real estate transactions by creating a novel unified property store and asset transfer platform for the global real estate industry. Propy allows buyers, sellers, brokers, and escrow/title agents/notaries to come together through the utilization of a suite of smart contracts on blockchain to facilitate transactions. Providing a network for these parties to connect with each other and conduct real estate purchases online, the culmination of the transaction is a digital transfer of ownership on the Propy Registry. Propy is working on many exciting initiatives in the real estate industry and is on the cutting edge of real estate technology utilizing smart contracts within the blockchain.

Propy: Conversation with Natalia Karayaneva and Alexander Voloshyn

Today's episode is on Historic Tax Credits with Robert Powers. When can I obtain Historic Tax Credits? How do they work? When to apply? What expenses create credits versus expenses that do not qualify? The what, where, when and how's to historic tax credits today and more...If you are about to restore an older property you do not want to miss this one!Robert Michael Powers is the President of Powers & Company, Inc., a national consulting firm specializing in the preservation and conservation of historic structures. Formed in 1995, the firm consists of a full-service professional team whose work has been recognized by the Urban Land Institute, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the American Institute of Architects (AIA), the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission and the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia. With over thirty years of diverse experience on projects throughout the United States, Mr. Powers is a national expert on the interpretation and application of the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation in historic preservation tax incentive projects. Mr. Powers is known for his ability to problem-solve and craft practical solutions with clients that are sensitive to both preservation and development issues. Mr. Powers was Principal in Charge at Powers & Company, Inc. for the preservation of the U.S. Post Office, Main Branch at 30th Street and the PSFS Building, both in Philadelphia. At the Pennsylvania State Capitol Building and Complex. Mr. Powers was the Consulting Supervisory Conservator on the interior restoration of the buildings within the Capitol complex. In addition, Mr. Powers has consulted on such notable preservation projects as Los Angeles City Hall and the Headquarters for Urban Outfitters in the Philadelphia Naval Business Center. Prior to establishing his own firm, Mr. Powers for twelve years, honed his skills at the National Park Service administering the Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentive Program for projects within seventeen states. More information on the work of Mr. Powers and Powers & Company can be found on the company web site at www.powersco.net.  

Historic Preservation Conversation with Robert Powers

Have you ever thought about owning a vacation home in Mexico but have been afraid to pull the trigger?  Is there Title Insurance? Concerned how you as a foreigner can own ocean front property in Mexico? How does the Mexican Corporation system of land ownership work? Can the Mexican Government take my property after I close? How do real estate taxes work? What happens when I am not there, can squatters take my property? How are capital gains computed on the sale of real estate? What are closing costs like? This is where my next guest comes in… Mitch Creekmore: The head of Multinational Business Development @ Stewart Title Guaranty Company. Mitch is a licensed Texas real estate broker and has been a Certified International Property Specialist with over thirty years of commercial and residential real estate experience. Creekmore has written a plethora of articles on international real estate as well as authored two books entitled Cashing in on a Second Home in Mexico and Cashing in on a Second Home in Central America. He is a member of the international advisory groups for the Arizona-Mexico Commission, the Texas Association of Realtors and the Houston Association of Realtors.  

Purchasing property in Mexico: A conversation with Mitch Creekmore

A great conversation with William Borghetti about automation in the title insurance and lending worlds and how fast technology is advancing.   William Borghetti is the president of Title iO, Inc., a Salt Lake City, UT-based technology company that provides data integration and automation solutions for title and escrow companies, law firms and mortgage lenders throughout the U.S. William is also the Managing Director of Daffinity Technology Ventures, a technology capital firm that invests technology and working capital into data-centric technology ventures. Title iO leverages Daffinity’s breakthrough data integration technology, called PremiSync, which allows organizations to easily access, synchronize and share data from multiple sources, regardless of type, format or location. Prior to Title iO, William was the CEO of Sendside Networks, a secure communication platform for the financial services industry and was the founder, president and chief technology officer of Campus Pipeline, an enterprise software company that developed an integration and communication platform for the higher education marketplace. Campus Pipeline was acquired by Sungard Data Systems. In addition to investing in and incubating data-centric technology companies through Daffinity Technology Ventures, William is an active angel investor in, and advisor to, several local companies that are pioneering advancements in various fields including information security, big data, mobile health and medical devices. William currently serves on the board of directors of Title iO and APiO, a UT-based FinTech company focused on data integration for the Supply Chain Finance (SCF) industry. William is an active member of the WBI Angels and he is currently an Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR) with VentureCapital.Org, the nation’s most successful non-profit venture accelerator. William also serves on the State of Utah Technology Commercialization and Innovation Program (TCIP) Review Board. Over the past several years, William has been recognized by vSpring Capital for its Top 100 Entrepreneurs Award (2008, 2009, 2010, 2012) and is a recipient of the Utah Business Top 40 under 40 Award (2008), which recognizes the top entrepreneurs in the state of Utah under the age of forty.

Automation: Conversation with William Borghetti about Automation in Settlement Arena

Talking about the title insurance industry as well as consulting in the mid-size firm with industry pro-Howard Turk.  Howard is the founder of Prosperitas Forward a title insurance consulting firm.  

Title Consulting: Conversation with Title Insurance Strategist and Consultant Howard Turk

Conversation with Dick Reass, founder and CEO of RynohLive.  A discussion about reconciliation, best practices, cyber fraud and how he views the title industry today.  

Reconciliation: Conversation with Title Insurance Professional Dick Reass Founder of RynohLive

Discussions about the many things in business that I deal with on a daily basis. Bringing insight from industry experts from all angles of the real estate community, the title insurance industry, development, real estate technology and all things business!

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