The Raw Truth About Success, Failure and Self-Sabotage in Real Estate Investing | Dave Payerchin
The A Game Podcast: Real Estate Investing For Entrepreneurs
Nick Lamagna
5.0 • 101 Ratings
🗓️ 17 February 2026
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Join Nick Lamagna in this raw, no-holds-barred episode of The A Game Podcast: Real Estate Investing for Entrepreneurs, where he sits down with real estate powerhouse Dave Payerchin - a man who's done over 1,000 deals, owned 400+ rental properties, raised $65M in private money, and then lost it ALL… twice.
Dave is an investor, an educator and entrepreneur that doesn't hold back: the bankruptcies, the IRS wipeouts, the waiting tables after making $180K his first year, the full-blown alcohol and drug addiction that nearly destroyed his family, and the internal demons that almost ended his comeback for good.
He is the founder of Sale House Columbus, Columbus Turnkey Houses and runs a national and local organization known as The CREAM, spreading the knowledge of cash flow, real estate and money with RJ Pepino.
But this isn't just another real estate investing podcast. This is the conversation about why information alone doesn't make you rich, why self-sabotage is built into your DNA, and how the real game is won (or lost) between your ears.
Topics from this episode include:
✅ How to rebuild self-worth after losing everything
✅ Why your daily habits are more important than your deal flow
✅ The spiritual and psychological reasons high-performers self-destruct
✅ How to channel addictive personalities into unstoppable drive
✅ The exact non-negotiable routines that rebuilt his trust in himself and his lenders
✅ Why ego, comparison, and "how many doors do you have?" culture is destroying investors
Whether you're a real estate investor trying to scale without blowing up, an entrepreneur tired of the boom-and-bust cycle, or an athlete who knows the mental game is everything - this episode will hit you in the soul.
If you've ever made money, lost money, battled your own mind, or wondered why you keep getting in your own way… this one's for you.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the A-game podcast with Nick LaManya, digging into the minds and experiences of some of today's brightest entrepreneurs in real estate and business, |
| 0:23.6 | along with Hollywood stars, UFC fighters, and your favorite rock fans. |
| 0:27.6 | People that have figured out how to overcome obstacles, take chances, live boldly, |
| 0:32.6 | and no matter what they do, they always bring their A-game. |
| 0:46.8 | Welcome back to the A-Gay podcast, Real Estate Investors. |
| 0:51.9 | And the whole point of this podcast is to show average people every day that they can achieve extraordinary things. |
| 0:54.4 | And in the backlogs of this, you can find some of the most successful people in business, life, entrepreneurship, real estate investing, jujitsu, MMA, acting, |
| 1:00.2 | you name it. We have some of the most successful people in the country who share their experiences |
| 1:04.2 | of what they did to find personal and financial peaks so they can achieve their best and achieve all |
| 1:10.4 | their goals. |
| 1:10.9 | And we also have them talk about the things that they did wrong and talk about the mistakes |
| 1:14.8 | so you don't have to make them. |
| 1:16.0 | If that is not enough, we have an amazing guest today to continue that tale. |
| 1:20.3 | His name is Dave Perchin and he has gone through ups and downs. |
| 1:23.6 | His story is incredible, owning up to 400 properties, making $180,000 his first year in his early 20s, to losing it all, own the IRS money, having to go back to waiting tables, now being back on top of the mountain, struggling with financial wins and loss, and struggling with addiction and finding a reason to find happiness, peace, and stability in his life through daily actions and personal development. |
| 1:45.0 | So we actually don't even really get that deep into the financial side of this. |
| 1:48.5 | I love that we go layers deeper and talk about some of the internal things that keep people |
| 1:52.9 | from being successful from a guy who's at the tops and bottoms many times. |
| 1:56.8 | That's not an accident that you continually find the way to get back on top after all those |
| 2:01.4 | knockdowns there's something internally that when other people have losses they quit and other |
| 2:06.4 | people that have bumps and bruises they get back up and they find the way to get on top over and |
| 2:10.7 | over again that is not an accident it is not the information that you need to find success |
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