Billionaire Fireside Chat: Grant Cardone on Raising Capital, Real Estate & Bitcoin

In this exclusive billionaire fireside chat, Richard C. Wilson sits down with Grant Cardone to talk about cash, scale, real estate, and why he’s now blending apartment cash flow with Bitcoin liquidity.

From taking a $350M Boca Raton asset out of bankruptcy from Blackstone, to raising $1.8B+ in equity directly from investors instead of Wall Street, Grant walks through how he thinks about capital, risk, and building a portfolio designed to last decades.

What you’ll learn:
💰 Why Grant never trusted cash — and how that shaped his entire wealth strategy
🏢 The single rule in real estate he says should be repeated 13 times, not three
📈 Why he avoids 3–5 year PE-style real estate funds and insists on 10-year holds
🌍 How he uses YouTube + social media instead of JP Morgan to raise capital
🧠 His mental model for scaling from billions to many billions (“leave what’s good”)
🏗️ The four levers that really control a real estate deal — and where you tap out
₿ The “$40B lesson” from not layering Bitcoin over 12+ years of cash flow
🤝 Why ethical operators should raise money — and how it turns clients into lifelong partners

Recorded live at the Family Office Club Super Summit, this conversation is aimed at CEOs, founders, family offices, and serious operators who want to think bigger about capital, distribution, and durable wealth.

⏱️ Chapters

00:00 – Cash, Inflation & Why Grant Never Trusted Cash
01:24 – What People Misunderstand About Grant (Clips vs Real Life)
02:20 – Skipping JP Morgan: Raising Capital Directly Through Social Media
03:02 – The $235M Boca Deal: Taking a Blackstone Asset Out of Bankruptcy
04:30 – Rooms vs Zoom: 500 People Live vs 30,000 Online
05:27 – Why All His Real Estate Syndications Are 10-Year Plays
06:16 – Mental Models to Scale: Leaving Your Comfort Zone & Outgrowing Your Circle
07:26 – The Hard Limits of Real Estate: Acquisition, Operations, Debt & the Economy
08:22 – From Cash to Apartments: Converting Earned Income Into Hard Assets
10:02 – Why He’ll Never Build & What He Learned From Sam Zell
10:59 – The $40B “What If”: Layering Bitcoin on Top of Real Estate Cash Flow
12:13 – Blending Illiquid Real Estate With 24/7 Bitcoin Liquidity
14:47 – High-Velocity CEO: Call Filtering, Time Management & Inbound Noise
16:40 – The Hardest Game in Success: Never Being “Satisfied” While You’re Winning
17:27 – Why Good, Ethical Operators Should Raise Money
18:20 – From Customers to Partners: 20,000 Investors & $8.3M/Month in Distributions
19:10 – “Location x13”: The One Thing You Can Never Unwind in Real Estate
20:33 – Branding Buildings, Letting Tenants Invest & Smart Forced Appreciation
21:55 – 2026 Challenge: Question Everything You Think You Know About Money

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