Informal conversation among Land Geek community members (Matt Forbes, Mike Zaino, Scott Bossman) about the value of being part of the Land Geek community: networking, shared learning, accountability, and friendships. They describe concrete community activities (Facebook group, accountability groups, in-person meetup in Nashville, boot camps run by Mark Podolski) and encourage newcomers to plug in. Practical details mentioned include a planned Nashville meetup in June, an Airbnb costing about $380/night (~$700 per family for the stay), and an upcoming Zoom boot camp on April 23–25 with a possible in-person boot camp in August.
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Matt Forbes, Mike Zaino, Scott Bossman (Mark Podolski also mentioned).
April 23–25.
A private meetup in Nashville in June (three families booking an Airbnb).
About $380 per night; roughly $700 per family for the stay (four nights).
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Okay, moving on.
Okay, moving on. So power the community. Well.
That'S.
It is a really awesome community. What? Community? Community, Cutie. Community. Sorry.
This is not a goofy topic. No, no, it's a goofy topic. What's great.
I'll start out. I'll start Scott.
Okay.
Okay.
We always say don't Google it, Land geek it, because our community has talked about such a wide array of. Of topics that you could go into our Facebook group and you could type in anything. Excuse me. Of interest relative to land, and you'd find something that would pop up. Multiple discussions, multiple points of views, multiple answers.
It's a. It's a Bevy. It's a bevy of resources. Right?
Bevy Always got to outdo me on words. Bevy.
Whoa.
Excuse me while I Google that. Excuse me. Like Google Bevy. Carry on.
It's a community. Right? I've met some of my, like, kind of my best friends in this whole business. It's hard to find people who like to talk about land. None of my friends do.
Right.
My, like, my regular. We should give them a name like. Like non magic people in Harry Potter, whatever. They're called the Muggles. The Muggles. But, you know, I mean, look, I get together with an accountability group. We all met in the land geek community. We literally booked. I booked flights today for the three of the three families to get together. We're going to rent an Airbnb and talk land for four days in June.
That's going to be an incredible assemblage.
Wow.
It's going to be like that today. We're just going to throw down words we don't fully understand.
Bevy. Just so you all know.
Yeah, okay, so maybe I use the word incorrectly. That's quite possible. I do that sometimes.
Wait, where are you guys meeting Matt? What? What? You don't have to give specifics, but what, Middle of the country? West coast? East coast?
No, we just randomly picked Nashville. Somebody's like, hey, never been a Nashville. And I'm like, let me just. As long as it's an easy flight for all of us. We don't. We really. Nobody really cared. And we got an Airbnb. It was like $380 a night. So it's got three sets of master bedrooms and a big rooftop deck, and it's 700 bucks for each family for the week, for four nights or something. Whatever the math is on that. So it's great. Yeah, it's like our own little get together. It's going to be great as long.
As it's not happening during the third anniversary of Nightcap. What did we schedule that around that we did.
Yeah.
Yeah. I mean, I have priorities. Get a hold of yourself.
So.
So that assemblage.
Yeah, that's pretty amazing, Forbes, if you think about it. Because not only have you met, I mean, you, you've connected with these people in a way that they are most likely going to be lifelong friends. But you guys have your own little thing going on where you, you're gonna go hang out with these people on that weekend and have a lot of fun and make personal connections. But you know what else you're gonna do that weekend? The think tank.
Oh, that.
Yeah.
The think tank is gonna make you.
Money, but also honky tonking. So there's that. Cause we're in Nashville. But no, we're not going to like necessarily hang out. I mean, we're going to work on the businesses and trade ideas and talk shop. Gonna be good. It's gonna be good.
That's all good, dude. So. And all I would say, I would just say it's. It's a res. You know, this community for, for everybody watching who's new to this. You gotta plug in. You gotta plug into the hive mind, the hive mind and do exactly what Zano said. You gotta just scroll through the Land Geek group, Land Geek, you know, search terms. You'll see every post that's ever been written about certain things. You're gonna see name after name pop up that becomes familiar to you. Make a connection with someone. Make a connection with someone who says something that I don't know, that rings, that speaks to you. And you know, there are all sorts of ways in this community to make a connection. Not only to learn from others, but to hold each other accountable. You can make money with other people, you can fund deals. It's just a really, really great, really, really great thing I think we got going on.
No, it's a good community. It's hard because especially if you're new, your friends don't want to talk about raw land in Colorado. They don't care. They think you're freaking crazy anyways. You don't really want to talk about it with them because you are afraid that they think that you're crazy. And then eventually, like, you don't care what they think because you're making money, but they still don't want to talk about it with you. So, you know, there's a whole group of people and that's, you know, if there's one thing that unites all people in the land business, they're all really happy to talk about land like no other business I've ever met where, like, everyone would go out and have a cup of coffee with anybody if they could just talk shop for, you know, 45 minutes. So, yeah, make the connections. That's. I don't know. I think that's a big part of land Geek. Right? I mean, is that whole side of it. My business would be nowhere without the people that I've met, you know, including YouTube monkeys. Right. I mean, you know, especially you, Zaino. So, yeah, it's a good. I mean, it's a real deal.
I agree with you, though. This is some unique business where people who've been doing it for several years or more still love talking about it because there's some excitement about it. You know, it's. It's very unique in that regard.
You got some bunch of comments there.
Yeah, we got some comments coming in, so. So anyway, that was a topic from last week we didn't get to. Again, just encourage everybody who's watching to plug in. You know, I really do think I'll just end on this. I really do think this trickles down from the top, right? Mark Podolski is an authentic person. He is a brilliant guy, and what he has done truly has trickled down to the rest of us. And, you know, he cares about how his students do, which is pretty awesome. So, you know, you see that come through, and I would encourage everybody who hasn't been to a boot camp go to a boot camp. You're gonna see that on a lot of different levels. Not only with Mark, but the people who assist Mark and. And, you know, our coaching clients, our flights with students, all that. It really rings true. But next flights.
When's the next boot camp?
Next boot camp coming up? April 23rd through the 25th.
Okay, so not coming up. All right, fair enough.
Yeah, it's about, well, a month and a half away, so be here before you know it.
Yeah.
April 23rd to the 25th, Zoom Boot Camp, and then hopefully in August. It's not finalized yet, but hopefully we're meeting in person.
Whoa.
You think we could twist your arm, Forbes, to come meet your buddies for.
A weekend, depending on the week in August? Yeah, I would go. I. I miss you guys, dude. I miss Mark. I missed Kate. I miss everybody.
Miss you too, buddy.
I love boot camp. You know that. I'm a boot camp junkie.
