{"podcast":{"title":"The Rich Somers Report","slug":"the-rich-somers-report-5905323","podcast_index_feed_id":5905323,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/2615786.rss","website_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2097110","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/fx3qp0rh61orflokht6ojaspu4hw?.jpg","author":"Rich Somers","episode_count":524,"summary":"Join host Rich Somers, as he interviews top real estate investors, entrepreneurs, and athletes from all over the world to discuss all things real estate, business, and wealth related. His first guests include Tarek El Moussa - real estate investor & TV personality, and Cliff Avril - former Seattle Seahawks player & Super Bowl XLVIII Champion. Rich is an active real estate investor and entrepreneur holding a portfolio of apartment buildings, boutique hotels, and short-term rentals valued in excess of $80M. He was an air traffic controller for the government for 11 years, and cashed out his 401k to get his start in real estate investing. Connect with Rich on Instagram: @rich_somers","last_synced_at":"2026-07-31T02:20:08.647699+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rich-somers-report-5905323"},"episode":{"title":"How He Went From Homeless To Making $60M/Yr | Alex Vela E516","slug":"how-he-went-from-homeless-to-making-60m-yr-alex-vela-e516","published_at":"2026-06-13T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rich-somers-report-5905323/how-he-went-from-homeless-to-making-60m-yr-alex-vela-e516","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rich-somers-report-5905323","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2615786/episodes/19339207-how-he-went-from-homeless-to-making-60m-yr-alex-vela-e516.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2615786/episodes/19339207-how-he-went-from-homeless-to-making-60m-yr-alex-vela-e516.mp3","summary":"Accredited Investors: Catalina Island deal closes soon. Join waitlist: somerscapital.com/invest From sleeping in a car to running a $60M brand in just two years—Alejandro Vela’s story doesn’t even sound real. In this episode, Rich sits down with Alejandro (El Barbas Hats) to break down how he went from failed restaurants, tow trucks, and street food hustles to building one of the fastest-scaling hat brands in the world. From selling at swap meets to collabs with Mexico’s biggest artists an...","meta_description":"Accredited Investors: Catalina Island deal closes soon. Join waitlist: somerscapital.com/invest From sleeping in a car to running a $60M brand in just two…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4738,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-rich-somers-report-5905323/episodes/how-he-went-from-homeless-to-making-60m-yr-alex-vela-e516/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rich-somers-report-5905323/how-he-went-from-homeless-to-making-60m-yr-alex-vela-e516.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}