What if the secret to success in real estate had nothing to do with real estate?

In this episode of Soul In The Game, Soumya Parthasarathy sits down with Kiran Vedantam — founder of Kosh Realty, author, speaker, mortgage professional, and serial entrepreneur based in Arizona.

Kiran came to the United States from India chasing the corporate dream. He landed at Intel as a software engineer. And then he broke the mold entirely — walking away from the conventional path to build one of Arizona's most people-first real estate businesses.

But what makes Kiran different isn't his portfolio. It's his philosophy.

Make friends first. Understand people deeply. Add value before asking for anything. The transaction happens naturally.

In this conversation we explore:

• How a software engineer from India became a leading Arizona real estate entrepreneur
• Why Kiran always builds relationships before business
• The story behind Kosh Realty and his expanding Arizona business portfolio
• His approach to buying properties at auction and creating wealth through real estate investing
• What wealth and happiness actually mean when you've built them from scratch
• The immigrant entrepreneurship journey and breaking cultural stereotypes

Kiran also owns Makutu's Island and Flooring America of Chandler — proof that his people-first philosophy scales across industries.

If you're curious about Arizona real estate, entrepreneurship, investing strategy, or simply what it looks like to build a business rooted in genuine human connection — this episode is for you.

What does a psychological operations officer actually do?Ashley Holzmann spent over a decade inserting information into conflict zones to change behavior, reduce crime, and bring terrorists to the peace table. Not with weapons. With strategy, sociology, and social science.In this conversation we go deep on how influence actually works — from Afghanistan's $50 million research program to North Korea's social media campaigns targeting Americans today.But what surprised me most about Ashley wasn't the military story.It was the artist. The soccer coach. The scout leader. The human who manages his entire life in 1-2 hour calendar blocks and says "the world won't end if I set it down."Everything — war, art, parenting, scouting, writing — comes back to one thing for Ashley - Problem solving.This is one of the most layered conversations I've had on Soul In The Game.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. And this conversation might be one of the most important ones you'll hear this month.

What happens when a software engineer with 20 years of experience hits her own breaking point — and finds her way back through healing?

Anjana spent two decades in technical roles before something shifted. Quietly. Painfully. She found herself crying every night, not wanting to wake up. A life coach helped her heal over 5-6 years of deep inner work.

And then she asked one question: "Why so much pain? If I felt this — do other women feel it too?"

That question became her calling.

Today Anjana is a transformative coach specializing in family trauma healing — combining NLP, neurosomatic practices, and a programmer's curiosity to help women heal from the inside out. She brings a unique gift: the ability to ask the exact right question that helps clients see themselves clearly — and the results speak for themselves.

This is a conversation about courage, transformation, and what it really means to help someone heal.

Because sometimes the most qualified healers are the ones who have walked through the darkest rooms themselves.