Nick Lamagna: The Continuous Journey towards Mastery in Jiujitsu, Real Estate & Podcasting

Enter the Lionheart

Lawrence Dunning

Society & Culture, Business, Entrepreneurship, Philosophy

5 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2022

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Nick Lamagna juggles being a Real Estate Investor, Brazilian jiu-jitsu blackbelt and host of the A-Game Podcast. But Nick didn’t plan his life this way; when he graduated college he wanted to work in law enforcement to help with counter-terrorism. He scored well on all the tests and thought he was a great candidate for his dream job, until he suffered a permanent hand injury, and was disqualified from the selection process.

This initial disappointment forced Nick to rethink his entire purpose in life. His mom gave him “Rich Dad Poor Dad”, which completely changed his view on making money and having a career. In the last decade, Nick has done almost everything in real estate, constantly evolving and learning along the way.

Every challenge forced growth: Nick initially struggled getting mortgages, so he partnered with other real estate investors. He needed more cash, so he started wholesaling. When the 2008 housing market crash happened, he decided to start flipping homes. And now, Nick has scaled into is going into bigger deals. As he travels in search of real estate opportunities, he is constantly honing his craft of jiujitsu at academies all over the country.

Throughout his varied career in real estate (and also as a podcast host) Nick has evolved into being the consummate professional. Some of the wisdom he shares:

Always be Learning and Growing.

Think Creatively.

Get Comfortable being Uncomfortable.

Play the Long Game.

Build a Database of Connections: Clients, Vendors, etc.

Be in Constant Contact with your Team: Communication is Key.

Employ Multiply Strategies.

Travel to Find Opportunities.

Nick’s Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-a-game-podcast-real-estate-investing-for-entrepreneurs/id1447704194

Transcript

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0:00.0	A single theme is two-hour for great minds and daring hearts.
0:06.6	Get ready to enter the Lion Heart with your host, Lauren Stunning.
0:10.7	Today's guest is Nick LaManya and I'm really excited to talk more to him because Nick and
0:21.1	I are truly kindred spirits.
0:23.8	We joke about how similar we are both in our business and our passions.
0:27.2	We are both judges who black belts, we also both box in the golden gloves, me in Chicago,
0:31.5	him in New York, and we both host podcasts and we also both work in real estate.
0:36.8	I'm looking forward to hearing more about his journey into real estate investing and how
0:40.2	he finds structures and manages his deals because he's always flying around the country.
0:45.0	He has a very different business model to me but I know that he's very successful so
0:48.8	it's always a pleasure when I get to learn from people in my industry.
0:52.3	Nick is also the host of the A Game Podcast which focuses on the mindset and habits of
0:57.3	elite performers in many different fields.
1:00.2	It's a great show and I would recommend it to everybody.
1:03.4	There's just so much crossover between Nick and my interests and I hope you enjoy a conversation.
1:09.4	I'm here with the powerful Nick LaManya, host of the A Game Podcast, Nick, thank you so
1:14.4	much for coming on brother.
1:15.7	Dude, I am so excited to do this with you, man.
1:18.0	You are one of my favorite people to talk to you, dude.
1:20.1	What you ever do?
1:21.2	What you ever do is right.
1:22.7	I know a lot of the scheduling was on my fault and this weekend we're going to do one of
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