​​Randy Hughes, Mr. Landtrust, started life out on the wrong side of the railroad tracks. His father was an alcoholic, and left his mother to raise four children on a clerk’s wages. None of his relatives owned their own business . . . everyone worked for wages.

His father charged the weekly groceries so that the family would have food on the table. There was no stable income for any future education much less the current needs of the family.

Randy knew that there MUST be a better way to live. He decided to break the cycle of poverty in his family genes. Education came first. Randy graduated from Eastern Illinois University and began buying single-family homes for rental while in college. After college, Randy tried many different types of businesses but always came back to the Single-Family Home as the IDEAL investment. Since purchasing his first rental house in 1969, Randy hasn’t looked back! 

Today, Randy has purchased over 200 houses. He has lived the life of having nothing and will not let that happen again. Randy’s primary goal now is to teach others how to break the cycle of poverty. Randy teaches real estate investment courses throughout the United States. He has written Privacy and Asset Protection books as well as home study courses. Randy’s most popular publications are his Land Trust Made Simple® home study courses and live seminars.

 He has taught real estate classes at the University of Illinois and has been an expert witness on Land Trust issues in the California and Illinois court systems. Randy has been a licensed Continuing Education Instructor for the Illinois REALTORS® for 25 years. He also speaks to real estate investment clubs throughout the United States.

Randy Thomason is the CEO of Arkansas Property Buyers and of the Arkansas Real Estate Investors Association (ArkREIA). 

He has over 30 years experience in real estate investing and has developed many specialty skills to complete more transactions than most others. 

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Since beginning his real estate career, he has successfully completed commercial, multi-family, and residential transactions with over 300 different investors, and with many repeat clients that he has worked with for over 33 years closing over 25,000 units. Ed has also Participated in over $400,000,000 dollars in closed sales transactions and over $400,000,000 dollars in closed listing transactions.

Ed was also the host broker for 34 week-long real estate tours in conjunction with a national company from Utah for 7 years. During these “tours” investors from all over the country came to OKC for a week, and in one weekend alone, Ed and the team wrote over 128 offers.

Ed enjoys using his experiences to help be a part of investors' success in reaching their real estate investment goals. He does so by teaching classes on multifamily investing, such as “How to Analyze Apartments”, “Multifamily Wealth Workshop”, “Single-Family VS Multifamily”, and now “Multifamily Investing Advanced Training Weekend”.  He also makes this happen by owning Millionaire Possibilities REIA.  This is the largest Real Estate Investors Association in Oklahoma with monthly meetings.  This association has invested in investors for 15  years.

Through Zinnamon Real Estate Investor Services he offers coaching, consulting, and asset management.

Ed Zinnamon is the owner and principal broker of Zinnamon Real Estate Broker Services. He has grown up in the multi-family business with a family history of building, owning, and managing thousands of units. 

In 1989, Ed obtained his real estate license in Arkansas and quickly focused on investment and commercial properties. This led to him moving to Oklahoma City in 1997 and opening Zinnamon Real Estate Broker Services (Formerly-First Commercial Real Estate Services OKC.)

As seasoned entrepreneurs and real estate investors with 14 years of experience, Mike and Rachel have established a solid reputation for buying, rehabilitating, and holding residential real estate, with a particular focus on Section 8 properties. Their portfolio includes both single-family and multifamily properties, and they specialize in revitalizing distressed properties to generate consistent cash flows through rental income. In early 2024, they expanded their expertise to include flipping, which has proven to be a rewarding area of growth. Mike and Rachel’s success extends beyond their properties. They are recognized as experts in the field, often invited as guest speakers at Millionaire Possibilities Real Estate Investors Association meetings, and have mentored several successful investors. Additionally, they self-manage their properties.  Having started their journey in the Oklahoma City metro area in 2010, they expanded into the Chickasha market in 2022 and Guthrie in 2024.

His goal and the goals of his companies are “helping people.”  Through Arkansas Property Buyers he helps people needing to sell their houses by structuring transactions few others know how to create, and by doing so he solves seller’s problems.  His specialty is helping people transitioning into senior care facilities, especially Medicaid.  

He has taken his experience and knowledge to a new level by creating ArkREIA.  He shares his knowledge and experiences with others by teaching and mentoring them how they too can invest and change their financial future, while at the same time helping others who need to sell a property. 

Randy has 6 children and one grandchild.  He enjoys family time and traveling to countries all over the world to experience different cultures and ways of life.