Who’s In Charge?

About Who’s In Charge?

Ever wonder who’s behind the desk at the very top? What got them there? Who are they at home with their families? Hosted by Stephanie and Zach Betters—the duo behind multiple companies—this show is for real estate investors and business owners who are tired of the hustle and are ready to scale their companies and themselves as leaders. Stephanie and Zach combine their high-stakes medical backgrounds with growth-driven business strategy to break down the systems, leadership, and behind-the-scenes conversations at home that determine whether —the companies and the marriage behind them — thrives or falls apart. We talk about what it takes to run a successful company and learn about who the leaders are that are in charge of them. We talk about how to execute from idea to scale and all the lessons learned from building teams,systems, wealth, and partnerships. Stop chasing deals and start being a leader. It’s time to find out Who’s In Charge. Presented by Left Main REI Learn more at www.leftmainrei.co

Publisher

Left Main REI

Category

business · business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

24 Feb 2026

Latest episode

24 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

31 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   24 Sept 2026

   Debt Isn't Bad, Over-Leverage Is

   Episode Description This week Stephanie and Zach trade the leadership talk for something their audience keeps asking about: the money. Being a "cash buyer" rarely means all your cash, it means other people's money, and knowing how to use it is what separates people who want to invest from people who actually do. The honest starting point is that leverage terrified them at first, and getting past that fear is the whole game. They get practical and tactical: the leverage debate (Kiyosaki versus Ramsey), a field guide to the different types of funding, the reserve mistakes that sink new investors, and a Sub-2 cautionary tale straight from the headlines. Plus a Left Main update with a couple of bonuses for anyone funding deals. Key Takeaways Own 100% without paying 100%. Real estate lets you control a large asset for a fraction of its cost, which is its real superpower. The truth on leverage sits between the "leverage everything" and "debt is evil" camps: use it as a tool, but over-leverage (owing more than a property is worth) is how people get stuck. Don't use your own money first. Early on, you discount your own losses and don't yet know the steps, so a good lending partner brings both a process and a stopgap. Keep your own capital for reserves and margin, not for going all-in on one deal. Know your funding types. Private money comes from people in your network, is fast and flexible, and is papered like any mortgage. Hard money is institutional and more of a hassle, but its appraisal can stop a beginner from overpaying by $80,000. Transactional funding covers the day of closing so you can get into the chain of title, which matters more as new regulation lands. Reserves are survival. Rentals cash flow, but they're also cash suckers: a vacancy, a turn, and repairs pile up while the bank keeps billing. Zach's own "house rich, cash poor" story is the warning. Keep real reserves, build in margin, run every deal through your own diligence filter, and always know your exit strategies. As he puts it, if you can ride the wave, real estate works. Left Main is more than just a CRM, it's an end-to-end Real Estate Investment operations solution to run your company as an actual business with sales systems embedded. Want to find out more, book a call today, leftmainrei.co or whosinchargepodcast.com/home

2. 

   10 Sept 2026

   The Energy Advantage: How You Show Up Changes Everything

   Episode Description Everybody lists integrity as a core value, so is it even worth naming? Zach opens with that challenge, and his answer sets up the whole episode: plenty of people talk about integrity, but far fewer actually hold it when it costs them something. Honor, Stephanie and Zach argue, isn't the word on your values chart. It's what you do the moment keeping your word becomes painful. They get into a framework for the hard calls (legal, ethical, and honorable), why knowing who you are kills decision fatigue, and how reputation quietly compounds into the most durable asset a business has, especially in an industry as small as this one. Honest, tactical, and full of real stories from their own company. Key Takeaways Integrity only counts when it's inconvenient. Everybody claims it; the test is whether it holds when it costs you. The industry runs on contracts, yet too many operators treat an agreement as binding only when someone else wants out of it. Real honor is keeping your word when it's painful, even buying a house you expect to lose money on because you gave your word. Decide who you are before the moment comes. Zach frames three levels of doing right: what's legal, what's ethical, and above both, what's honorable. When you know that line in advance, the hard decisions stop being decisions at all. As Stephanie puts it, there's nothing left to decide. It's a game of deciding who to disappoint. Sometimes you can't keep every commitment, so honor becomes weighing the trade-offs, usually against the relationship. The rule is to never let anyone feel blindsided: lay the trade-off on the table plainly, the way Stephanie did when an employee was interviewing with a direct competitor. Run the honor tests. Before a hard call, Zach checks five things: the mirror test (can I respect myself after this), the headline test, the explanation test (could I explain it to my team, kids, and spouse), the reciprocity test, and the long-game test. Reputation is the asset that compounds. Character can't be faked over time, and it's a small world, so it always comes back around. Do right consistently and the people who've known you for years will weigh any rumor against who you actually are. The cleanest test of a core value: are you willing to turn away revenue to protect it? Left Main is more than just a CRM, it's an end-to-end Real Estate Investment operations solution to run your company as an actual business with sales systems embedded. Want to find out more, book a call today, leftmainrei.co or whosinchargepodcast.com/home

3. 

   3 Sept 2026

   Raising "Rich Kids"

   Episode Description Stephanie and Zach take on a question they openly admit they haven't solved: how do you raise kids who stay grateful and driven when they're growing up with advantages you never had? It's a parenting conversation, but they frame it as a leadership one, using the same muscles they rely on to build a team. They get honest (and personal) about talking to kids about money, building self-reliance before handing over the bills, and how to give every advantage you can without mowing down the struggle that builds grit. Two fools in love, as Zach puts it, trying to figure it out in real time. Key Takeaways Teach the value of a dollar. Both grew up in homes where money was as taboo as sex or politics, and both call that a mistake: if kids won't learn it from the parents they trust, where will they learn it? Make it real and age-appropriate early, from what $20 buys at Target to a teenager covering her own gas, and remember being rich isn't the bad thing. The love of money is. Build self-reliance before the bills. The deeper lesson comes before money enters the picture: the intrinsic hit of "I did it myself." It can start as small as letting a kid bake their own cake from a box, a snowball of little wins that builds the confidence to later handle a hard decision alone. Don't be a lawnmower parent. Cutting down every obstacle robs kids of the muscle memory of pushing through hard things, what one book calls the poverty advantage. The goal isn't manufactured hardship, it's letting kids struggle under your wing while the safety net is still there. Drive without removing the net. Stephanie's parents could have paid for college but didn't, and while the "it's all on me" feeling built her independence, she's not sure the tough love was necessary. She wants her kids to own their lives without ever believing no one will catch them. Match their energy, and back real passion. Whatever a kid puts in, match it, and when an opportunity stops being appreciated, the funding stops. Pour advantages into the passions they actually own, not the ones you manufacture for them, which is harder than ever in a world built to keep them consuming on a screen. Left Main is more than just a CRM, it's an end-to-end Real Estate Investment operations solution to run your company as an actual business with sales systems embedded. Want to find out more, book a call today, leftmainrei.co or whosinchargepodcast.com/home

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18 ratings

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5.0 / 5

6 ratings

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