From Collapse to Comeback: Rebuilding Smarter w/Adit Shah | TBN 013

Описание: This episode of The Builder Nation Podcast follows the journey of Adit Shah: Navy veteran turned real estate developer. He discusses how he scaled from small residential deals into syndicated hotel acquisitions. He shares hard lessons learned when those hotels went south, and then how he rebuilt both his business and his reputation around radical transparency and investor-first integrity.

Along the way, he breaks down how to responsibly raise capital with experienced operators, how to deeply vet partners, and why every deal should have “one neck to choke” when things go wrong.​

The conversation then shifts to rebuilding trust after losses, including personally paying back investors even when legal documents did not require it, and using public vulnerability about failures as a long-term trust-building strategy.

Adit also shares how serving others through free coaching, consistently asking “how can I help?”, and staying humble has made him a sought-after voice in high-level communities like Action Academy and Military to Millionaire, illustrating the concept of “return on proximity.”​

The episode closes with a deeper discussion on what freedom really means after years living abroad, why money is only useful to the point it enables choice and impact, and how the guest now defines success as building a fully vertically integrated housing company in San Diego while living a life of service.

Listen, and you'll walk away with a framework to find your own intersection of unfair advantage, community need, and personal “why” so you can build businesses that both drive your economic engine and leave you feeling genuinely fulfilled.


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