
REAL ESTATE • WEALTH • STRATEGY • VALUE
Conversations with accomplished professionals sharing expertise, strategies, and perspectives designed to bring meaningful value to real estate owners, investors, business leaders, and the professional advisors who serve them.
Hosted by David Hayward
ABOUT THE PODCAST
Conversations Built Around Value
The Valuman Podcast brings together experienced professionals from across the real estate and professional advisory community for thoughtful conversations about the ideas, strategies, and expertise that create value.
Episodes explore topics spanning real estate investing, taxation, estate planning, private lending, brokerage, property valuation, wealth strategy, and other areas affecting today’s property owners, investors, entrepreneurs, and families.
There is no rigid interview format. Each conversation is shaped around the guest’s individual expertise, experience, and perspective—with the goal of giving listeners useful knowledge and meaningful takeaways from every episode.
VALUE • STRATEGY • EXPERTISE • WEALTH • REAL ESTATE
THE STORY BEHIND THE NAME
Why Valuman?
For more than three decades, valuation has been at the center of David Hayward’s professional career. The name “Valuman” originated many years ago from that connection to property valuation and has remained part of David’s identity ever since.
Today, the name represents something broader.
VALUATION STARTED THE STORY.
VALUE DEFINES THE CONVERSATION.
The Valuman Podcast extends that idea by bringing accomplished professionals together to share knowledge, experience, and perspectives that can create genuine value for the people listening.
THE CONVERSATIONS
What We Talk About
The Valuman Podcast explores the interconnected disciplines that influence real estate ownership, investment, wealth, and long-term decision-making.
01
Real Estate Tax Strategy
Strategic tax planning, real estate advisory, cost segregation, accelerated depreciation, bonus depreciation, specialty tax incentives, and related strategies.
02
Trust & Estate Planning
Advanced estate planning, trusts, lifetime gifting, charitable strategies, risk management, real estate holdings, wealth transfer, and planning for high-net-worth families.
03
Real Estate Investing
Acquisition, ownership, development, buy-and-hold strategies, flipping, wholesaling, passive investing, portfolio strategy, and lessons learned from experienced investors.
04
Private Money & Capital
Private lending, real estate financing, deal structure, capital strategy, risk assessment, and the changing landscape of real estate finance.
05
Brokerage & Property Valuation
Real estate brokerage leadership, market trends, business growth, valuation, market analysis, feasibility, and informed real estate decision-making.
OUR GUESTS
Voices Worth Hearing
The Valuman Podcast features experienced professionals whose knowledge and perspective can help others make better-informed real estate, financial, and strategic decisions.
01
Certified Public Accountants
Real estate advisors, tax strategists, cost segregation specialists, and CPAs serving property owners and investors.
02
Trust & Estate Attorneys
Attorneys advising high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals and families on sophisticated estate and wealth-planning matters.
03
Real Estate Investors
Experienced owners, operators, developers, and investors with meaningful strategies, lessons, and perspectives to share.
04
Private Money Lenders
Capital providers and lending professionals actively involved in real estate finance and investment.
05
Real Estate Leadership
Owners and executives of established real estate firms and brokerages with experience building, operating, and growing successful organizations.
WHO LISTENS
Real Estate Investors.
Property Owners.
Business Owners.
High-Net-Worth Individuals.
And the Professional Advisors Who Serve Them.
Our goal is to create conversations that provide useful insights for people making consequential decisions involving property, capital, taxation, investment, estate planning, and wealth.

MEET YOUR HOST
David Hayward
President & Certified General Real Estate Appraiser
Hayward Appraisal Company
David Hayward has spent more than 35 years in the real estate valuation profession as a Certified General Real Estate Appraiser and President of Hayward Appraisal Company.
His professional work spans real estate appraisal, expert testimony, estate planning valuation, partial-interest discounts, market analysis, feasibility studies, cost segregation, and instruction.
Throughout his career, David has worked alongside property owners, investors, attorneys, CPAs, lenders, and other professionals navigating complex real estate decisions.
The Valuman Podcast extends those conversations beyond appraisal—bringing together knowledgeable professionals from complementary disciplines to share their experience, insights, and expertise with a broader audience.
THE BEGINNING
Now Recording Our Inaugural Season
The Valuman Podcast is currently recording its inaugural season and welcoming its first group of featured guests.
We’re inviting accomplished professionals with meaningful expertise and real-world experience to join David for thoughtful, conversational interviews centered on the subjects they know best.
Be part of the conversation from the beginning.
If you’ve been invited to appear on The Valuman Podcast, we’d welcome the opportunity to learn more about you and explore the topics that could make for a valuable conversation.
Every potential guest begins with a brief 15-minute Intro Chat with David. It’s simply an opportunity to meet, discuss your expertise, consider potential conversation topics, answer questions, and determine whether the podcast is a good fit.
Schedule an Intro Chat
Podcast participation is complimentary.
There are no guest fees and no sales presentation.