Co/nversations with Aaron Edelheit

CO/nversations

Hosts Sam DiFiore and Aaron Staley have a conversation with Aaron Edelheit. Aaron shares his fascinating career journey looking for solutions and opportunities that other people don't see.
Aaron's passion for the investment industry and dedication to research shine through as he speaks about his experiences in:

• Investing in small-cap and value stocks
• Buying and renting over 2500 foreclosed homes
• Writing a book about the business case for taking a day off
• Establishing the Mindset Value Fund and newsletter
• Launching a cannabis investment fund
• Creating a non-profit as a scalable solution to transition people out of homelessness

"Investing in cannabis is like investing in a 3rd world country". Aaron reveals the story of why cannabis is illegal, explains the conflicts between state and federal government, and shares his knowledge about the cannabis market and how legalization effects the surrounding areas.
California housing shortage and homelessness - Aaron joined a group of business people and formed a non-profit called DignityMoves - DignityMoves works to end unsheltered street homelessness in our communities by building Interim Supportive Housing with rapid, cost-effective, scalable solutions. Learn more about DignityMoves here!

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1. Co/nversations with Aaron Edelheit (00:00:00)

2. Aaron's background story and how he got interested in investing (00:01:54)

3. Writing a book, joining a startup, launching a cannabis investment fund, and creating a non-profit (00:05:35)

4. Biggest lessons learned (00:07:30)

5. Homelessness in California - Launching Dignity Moves (00:09:40)

6. The community reaction to Dignity Moves (00:16:00)

7. Why is cannabis federally illegal right now? What conflicts occur between state and federal government? (00:20:35)

8. Will legal cannabis be more of a commodity product than a brand? (00:35:00)

9. What is the hysteria that surrounds the big Canadian names like Canopy? (00:41:26)

10. Gray Markets - How do hemp stores popping up around the U.S. affect the market? (00:45:00)

11. How do you view downside protection investing in cannabis? (00:49:07)

12. How much of a benefit do these companies have being a first mover in the industry? (00:51:14)

13. Have you seen local areas grow and prosper due to cannabis legalization? (00:53:11)

14. What are your views of the current macro environment? How do you feel we should proceed over the next 12-24 months? (00:55:39)