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Welcome to The RAL Room Assisted Living Podcast, your go-to resource for all things residential assisted living! Hosted by Charlie Cameron and Dr. Alex Schloe, we bring you expert insights, real-life success stories, and the strategies you need to thrive in the booming assisted living industry. Whether you're launching your own RAL business or seeking high-impact investment opportunities, join us as we ride the "Silver Tsunami" and revolutionize senior care together! Subscribe now for actionable tips, industry trends, and inspiring interviews with leading operators and investors.
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In this episode of the RAL Room Assisted Living Podcast, Dr. Alex sits down with James Contreras, a nurse practitioner turned residential assisted living operator with four homes in Los Angeles County. 🏡 James shares how his medical background, heart for seniors, and focus on relationships and referrals helped him scale successfully over time. Here’s what we cover: ✅ Transitioning from healthcare provider to RAL operator ✅ Why relationship-building is the foundation of long-term success ✅ How...
In this episode of the RAL Room Podcast, Corey Posgay from Anderson Advisors for a practical breakdown of asset protection, tax strategy, and proper business structuring for residential assisted living operators. 🏡💼 Corey shares insights from nearly 10 years at Anderson Advisors, 20+ years as a real estate investor, and lessons learned before and after the 2008 crash. Here’s what we cover: ✅ Earned income vs. rental income—and why they should be structured separately ✅ C-Corps vs....
In this special year-end episode of the RAL Room Assisted Living Podcast, Charlie Cameron and Dr. Alex Schloe reflect on everything the RAL Room community built in 2025—and what’s coming in 2026. Here’s what we cover: ✅ Member wins: closings, groundbreakings, renovations & first residents 🏗️🏡 ✅ Inside the growth of the RAL Room Mastermind (100+ members strong) 💪 ✅ Lessons learned from real development challenges (yes, even the $40k loss) 📉➡️📈 ✅ Highlights from the first in-person RAL Room...
In this episode of the RAL Room Assisted Living Podcast, Charlie sits down with Allison O'shea, a senior living veteran with over 20 years of experience managing large independent living, assisted living, and memory care communities—now focused on helping seniors plan before crisis hits. Here’s what we cover: ✅ Allison’s journey from managing 120+ unit communities to senior education ✅ The biggest challenge in senior living: unmet family expectations ✅ Why aging doesn’t have...
In this episode of the RAL Room Assisted Living Podcast, Charlie sits down with Richard Wexler, founder of A Plan to Age and one of the most respected educators in senior living preparedness. This conversation flips the script—focusing not on operators, but on families and how they can prepare before care becomes a crisis. Here’s what we cover: ✅ Richard’s journey from the software world to caring for all four parents for 14 years ✅ Why most families are completely unprepared when aging care...
This week on the RAL Room Podcast, Charlie sits down with Jen Ullrich — one of our very first members who went from idea to owning a 32-bed assisted living & memory care community in just six months. 🚀 Here’s what we cover: ✅ How a painful experience with her grandmother inspired Jen to change senior care ✅ Her path from W-2 employee to scaling a $120M mobile home portfolio ✅ Why she walked away, traveled the world, and came back ready for a new mission ✅ Finding a 32-bed AL...
In this week’s episode of the RAL Room Assisted Living Podcast, Charlie sits down with Heather Holmes and Colin Roberts, founders of The Vibe Residential Assisted Living in Omaha, Nebraska — one of the most inspiring and purpose-driven RAL concepts we’ve seen. 🏡🌿 Here’s what we cover: ✅ Heather’s 20+ year journey in senior living — from rec therapy to university teaching to a calling to build something entirely new ✅ Colin’s personal “why,” rooted in caring for his mother after hi...
In this week’s episode of the RAL Room Assisted Living Podcast, Charlie sits down with Tanner Landry, owner of a beautifully designed boutique assisted living home in Texas with one of the best RAL websites in the industry. Tanner’s story is powerful — and unlike anything we’ve heard before. 🏡🔥 Here’s what we cover: ✅ How growing up in his mom’s interior design business shaped his “white-glove” care philosophy ✨ ✅ Why a career in music studios taught him the art of communication, ...
In this week’s episode of the RAL Room Podcast, Dr. Alex sits down with Pedro Luna — aerospace engineer turned senior living developer — who is building two 16-bed assisted living & memory care homes in Oklahoma. Pedro and his wife, a former caregiver, are on a mission to create better options for aging parents and families. Here’s what we cover: ✅ Why assisted living became personal for Pedro’s family ✅ How Oklahoma regulations shaped his move into ground-up development  ...
In this week’s episode of the RAL Room Podcast, Dr. Alex sits down with Jerry Vinci, founder & CEO of CCR Growth and host of the top-ranked From Leads to Leases podcast. Jerry has been helping senior living communities grow since 2014 — long before most people even knew what “senior living marketing” meant. 🏡📈 If you’ve ever wondered how to reliably generate move-ins, this is the episode for you. Here’s what we cover: ✅ The biggest mistakes small and mid-size operators make with mar...
In this week’s episode of the RAL Room Podcast, Dr. Alex Schloe breaks down the five most common chronic health conditions that lead seniors into assisted living — and what every operator needs to know to better support their residents. 🏡🩺 Here’s what we cover: ✅ Alzheimer’s & Dementia – why memory care training and secure environments matter 🧠 ✅ Parkinson’s Disease – managing tremors, fall risk, and precise medication timing ⏱️ ✅ Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) – spotting early ...
In this week’s episode of the RAL Room Podcast, Alex & Charlie sit down with Kaaren Hall, CEO of UDirect IRA Services and author of The Self-Directed IRA Handbook from BiggerPockets. 💰🔥 Here’s what we cover: ✅ How to tap into over $40 trillion in retirement accounts to fund your next RAL deal 💎 ✅ What a self-directed IRA is—and how investors use them for real estate 🏡 ✅ Rules & restrictions every capital raiser must know (and how to stay compliant) ⚖️ ✅ The new legislation th...
In this week’s episode of the RAL Room Podcast, Dr. Alex sits down with Sonya Paige Hall, a certified Assisted Living Core Trainer and Administrator based in Fort Myers, Florida. 🇺🇸✨ Here’s what we cover: ✅ The powerful story of how her grandfather’s tragic experience in care inspired her to change the industry ❤️ ✅ What it takes to become a certified RAL administrator in Florida 🏠 ✅ The most common mistakes new owners make—and how to avoid them ⚠️ ✅ Why understanding ...
In this week’s episode of the RAL Room Podcast, Dr. Alex sits down with Dr. Chloe Kilman and her husband Nick Blanchard, co-founders of Bloom Homes—to talk about their journey building Mississippi’s first 16-bed Memory Care Mansion. 🏡💐 Here’s what we cover: ✅ How a geriatric physician and an engineer teamed up to reimagine dementia care 👩⚕️👨🔧 ✅ Why they chose to build new instead of retrofitting an existing home 🏗️ ✅ What makes the Memory Care Mansion model so powerf...
In this week’s episode of the RAL Room Podcast, Charlie sits down with Marina Sky, a certified functional medicine practitioner and former corporate executive turned holistic wellness expert. 🌿💪 Here’s what we cover: ✅ What functional medicine really is—and how it’s transforming senior care 🩺 ✅ The surprising story of how Marina helped her mom avoid surgery through nutrition and gut healing 🙌 ✅ The most common chronic issues in assisted living (and natural ways to address them) 💪 ✅ S...
In this week’s episode of the RAL Room Podcast, Charlie sits down with Ken Moss, founder of The Home Well Group, who has over 22 years of experience, nine residential assisted living homes, and a thriving brokerage and consulting firm. 🏡🔥 Here’s what we cover: ✅ How Ken went from caring for his grandmother to owning nine RAL homes 👵➡️🏠 ✅ Creative financing strategies—including SBA 7(a) loans and seller financing 💵 ✅ Lessons learned from his first home (and the mistakes new o...
In this week’s solo episode of the RAL Room Podcast, Dr. Alex Schloe unpacks the real answers to the most common questions new RAL operators and investors ask. If you’re serious about getting started, this one’s for you. 🏡🔥 Here’s what we cover: ✅ How much it really costs to launch a residential assisted living home (renovation, ground-up build, or lease-to-operate) 💰 ✅ Licensing & regulations—what every state requires and how to navigate them with confidence 📝 ✅ Staffin...
Today on the RAL Room Podcast, Dr. Alex sits down with Johnny “Cashflow” Mazariegos and Ricardo Garcia, co-founders of Angels Haven Care in Southern California. These guys went from zero to five assisted living homes in just over a year 🚀—and they’re just getting started. Inside this episode, we dive into: ✅ Their journey from real estate & engineering to building a purpose-driven assisted living business 🏡 ✅ Why they walked away from transactional investments (Airbnb & mu...
Today on the RAL Room Podcast, Charlie sits down with Michele Magner, caregiver, dementia practitioner, and founder of Inspired Caring. This is a can’t-miss episode where we dive into: ✅ Michele’s journey from family caregiver to educator and life coach for assisted living families 👨👩👧👦 ✅ Why so many caregivers burn out—and how Inspired Caring helps break the cycle 💔➡️💡 ✅ The #1 struggle families face when moving a loved one into assisted living (hint: it’s guilt) ✅...
Today on the RAL Room Podcast, Dr. Alex sits down with Chuck Bongiovanni, Co-Founder & CEO of Majestic Residences and Founder of Care Patrol. This is a can’t-miss episode where we dive into: ✅ Chuck’s journey from social worker to building the largest franchise system for placement agents (Care Patrol) ✅ What it’s really like to sell your company to private equity 💼 ✅ Why he launched Majestic Residences during the pandemic—and how it’s grown to 19 homes (and counting) 🏡 ✅ The franchis...
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