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Today's guest, Curtis May, has been wealth planning for individuals for over 35 years taking the "anti wall street" investing approach to educate the masses. On the episode we'll discuss how to help you save money while becoming financial free by reshaping your viewpoints on your action plan to freedom. Key Points From This Episode: Why Curtis is the anti wall-street financial advisor Why you shouldn't listen to Suze Orman or Dave Ramsey 4 Rules that make banks work against you Accumulation theory vs. velocity strategy When cash flow is more important than Equity Privatized/Infinite banking and its role in your finances 5 Personal Finance Principles 3 Rules of Investing Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode: https://www.practicalwealthadvisors.com (Curtis’ Website) Recommended Book: Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki http://beforethemillions.com/book (Listen to this book for free with Audible!) Lifestyle Design App: https://evernote.com/ (Evernote)

Blake Templeton, today's guest, has built a financial fortress through real estate and cryptocurrency investing. Learning from the ancient secrets of King Solomon, he's created a 3-dimensional investment model that has become recession proof. On todays show, we'll discuss Blakes humble beginnings and how he grow to create a real estate business that has completed over 300 transactions with 100M assets under management with self storage and mobile home parks. Key Points From This Episode: Blakes start: Renovations and Foreclosures Pro's and Con's of Hedge Funds vs. Syndications Today's Strategies: Self storage & Mobile Home Parks "34% of all money in history was printed in the last 18 months" Explanation of Bitcoin and Blockchain How and why to implement 3-dimensional investments Why bitcoin is "digital gold" Becoming a 3rd party consultant (when feeling overwhelmed) 6 step process for overcoming Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode: http://boroncap.com/ (Blake’s Website) Recommended Book: Scale by Jeff Hof

Today's guest, Cody Bjugan, has a been developing raw land and residential homes for the past 20 years. His land developing model is rather unique. Instead of the traditional land development deal or land flipping deal, Cody find off-market raw land with development potential and take it through the steps (entitlement and political approvals) to sell it to homebuilders. Being involved at the beginning of a land deal but only in on a sliver of the process has allowed Cody to create 7 figure returns on some deal. Today we sit down with Cody to discuss this unique business model and exactly how it works. Key Points From This Episode: Cody's outlook on purpose, impact and fulfillment Examples of political approvals Why Cody stopped doing horizontal construction on his deals How Cody is making 10X returns and 7 figure exits Value-Add on land deals Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode: https://vestright.com/ (Cody’s Website) Recommended Book: The Speed of Trust by Stephen M. R. Covey http://beforethemillions.com/boo

Growing tired of building bombs and traveling for the Air Force, Tyler Austin - today's guest, got started in real estate when he was 24 as a way to achieve personal and professional freedom. After a failed $10,000 marketing campaign for his first deal, he’d built a successful investing business that broke him out of debt over the next 2 years. Soon after Tyler founded REISift, a bootstrapped SaaS in Proptech helping real estate investors scale their sales and marketing. Key Points From This Episode: $10,000 "wasted" in first Direct Mail campaign The $30,000 profit deal that made Tyler quit his job The importance of List Stacking How to properly run your CRM How to systematically account for your motivated seller leads How to get the most profit out of your list www.beforethemillions.com/sift Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode: https://beforethemillions.com/sift (Tyler's Website) Recommended Book: The Go Giver by Bob Burg http://beforethemillions.com/book (Listen to this book for free with Audible!)

Today's guest, Chad Keller, is a real estate investor and Facebook marketing expert. Chad has extensive experience doing Facebook marketing for both large and small companies, but after investing some of his agency profits into rental properties, he and his business partner realized that true wealth comes from real estate investing. Now, in addition to investing in real estate, Chad uses his Facebook ads experience to help other investors find quality leads.  Key Points From This Episode: How to target motivated seller using facebook ads What is the facebook special ad category for real estate The ad, copy and targeting mix for high performing ads How to track and measure conversions Creative financing and facebook ads Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode: https://motivated-leads.com/ (Chad Website) Recommended Book: How To Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie http://beforethemillions.com/book (Listen to this book for free with Audible!) Lifestyle Design App: https://slack.com/ (Slack)

Walli Miller, financial coach, entrepreneur and today's guest is passionate about all things money - including spending it. This wasn't always the case - growing up Walli picked up traits from her environment that hindered her success with money early on. She became self aware of her relationship with money and bad money habits as she approached 6-figures at her 9 to 5 job. Doubt, shame and self sabotage began to creep in. As Walli started to course correct, she submerged herself with knowledge from books, podcasts and other financial coaches. She started investing more and saving less. She started to foster an actual relationship with her money and take control of her life. Today she makes more money with her investments than at her 9 to 5 job and is on track to exit the rat race any moment from now. Key Points From This Episode: 5 Way to establish a better relationship with money How to systematically achieve financial independence The power behind affirmations and positive thinking Wealth building 101 Link

Today is an amazing opportunity to review your money beliefs and preconceived notions. On this show Daray and today's guest, Bob Wheeler, help conquer your money shame as an entrepreneur. Bob Wheeler’s crusade for personal growth has cross-pollinated with his accounting practice to create a new approach to personal finances. His passion is to help others gain insights about how their emotions trigger financial decisions. Combining finances with behaviors, Bob explores his personal concept of creating a healthy relationship. Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode: https://www.themoneynerve.com (Bob’s Website) Recommended Book: The Power of Focus by Jack Canfield http://beforethemillions.com/book (Listen to this book for free!) Lifestyle Design App: https://quickbooks.intuit.com/ (Quickbooks Accounting)

When it comes to the world of real estate investing, there doesn't have to be a difference between doing well and doing good. Enter Dave Holman, today's guest, a man on a mission to use real estate to solve problems and improve communities. More specifically, Daray and Dave discuss the use of real estate to help place new immigrants and asylum seekers in affordable housing - they discuss the advantages and disadvantages of opening your rental or home for sale to international immigrants settling on new soil. There's a bit more money to be made but more importantly, there's a "do good" component attached to each case. Whether tenant or buyer, you're placing individuals that would otherwise have no access to housing and home ownership in each one of your units (sometimes even at a premium). Key Points From This Episode: How to increase your rental rate by working with Governmental housing programs How to create more predictable income, even during a recession The housing problem for refugees in America The macr

In this episode Antonio and Daray take a look into the inter-workings of an investment club started by friends for friends. If you and your friends have considered putting your resources together to invest in something profitable for passive income but haven't yet figured out how to structure everything then this episode is for you. Key Points From This Episode: Antonio's Club Intake Process Operating Agreement considerations The types of investment opportunities Antonio has pursued Schedule, minutes and communication channels Title, roles and responsibilities of each club member Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode: https://www.waveapps.com/ (Wave Accounting) https://beforethemillions.com/kiva (Kiva Lending)

On today's show, Jeff Badu, real estate investor and entrepreneur joins us to discuss all things business and passive income. After quitting an unfulfilling corporate job as a Big 4 accountant, Jeff started renting his personal car for $1,000 to aide in the growth of his upstart tax business. Through this process Jeff quickly realized the power of passive income and grew the car rental fleet to produce an automated 6-figure business before fully focusing on building out his tax business. His segue into real estate came as a desire for more passive income and to restore underserved communities. Today this serial entrepreneur has acquired over 100 units of residential and commercial real estate and sits with Daray to discuss life as a former employee turned business owner. Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode: https://jeffbadu.com (Jeff’s Website) Recommended Book: Rich Dad, Poor Dad http://beforethemillions.com/book (Listen to this book for free!) Lifestyle Design App: https://robinhood.com/us/en/ (Robinhood)

Enjoy this wide ranging conversation with Nate Barger, today's guest and former criminal mastermind. His story is compelling, yet inspirational as we navigate through cocaine drops to million dollar real estate deals. From apartments and industrial buildings to hotels, Nate has a knack for putting together deals with very little down and outsized returns. Key Points From This Episode: Why Nate started dealing cocaine at 15 years old Under investigation with the FBI and 4 felonies later Nate finds his way How Nate bought his first property for $6,000 Early investing mistakes - going bankrupt Nates first retirement at 40 years old with $35,000 in passive income How Nate acquired 1,800 apartments, Hilton Hotels, Marriott Hotels, IHG Hotels, Staybridge Hotels, Hampton Inns and more The BRRR hotel investment strategy Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode: https://www.natebarger.com (Nate’s Website) Recommended Book: 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Stephen Covey http://beforethemillions.com/book (Listen to this bo

Whether you're a new investor or seasoned investor, business credit has the power to bolster your results by providing you with the much needed capital to grow your business. Some people turn to hard money and pay exorbitant fees to borrow money for their real estate deals. But what if you could borrow money from your own line of credit? - At much lower rates, or even free with 0% interest offers. Today's guest Mike Banks works at a company that has helped 20k+ businesses establish over $1 Billion in Business Credit providing most of their clients with $50k-$250k individual with 0% interest Business Credit. We brought him on the show to ask him how... Key Points From This Episode: Running a 10M per year business Sole proprietorship vs. LLC Personal credit vs. Business credit Negotiating for business credit approval Why not to do hard money loans $30,000 to $100,000 credit in 4 weeks? Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode: https://beforethemillions.com/credit (Mike’s Website) Recommended Book: Rhinoceros for

Alicia Jarrett is back! In episode 186 we discussed with Alicia how she created a virtual real estate business in the US all the way from Australia. As an avid traveller, long time flipper and land investor, she realized early on that her team would be the key to her success. 'Help isn't cheap' or is it? On today's episode we'll dive into the Virtual Assistant / Customer Service industry as it pertains to a real estate investors business. Learn how to hire, what to look for in team members and how to set up the pay structure with them. Key Points From This Episode: Using and agency to source a Virtual Assistant How to properly vet team members when hiring timetohire.com $5 per hour VA's? What you need to know. Alicia's RAFT-B Success Model for team members Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode: https://beforethemillions.com/podcast/episode186/ (Alicia's prior appearance on BTM186)

Danny Johnson, today's guest, has been doing wholesales and fix n flips since 2003. What started out as 6-10 deals per year quickly ramped up once Danny figured out a better way to market. Rather than market to properties on the MLS, Danny shares how is started marketing directly to sellers then watched his business explode practically overnight. Key Points From This Episode: How relevant is Driving for Dollars in 2021 and beyond Why investors should stay away from the MLS The mindset of a seller that goes through your marketing How to remain relevant in a hot market Why so many investors throw away most of their good leads Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode: https://forefrontcrm.com/ (Danny’s Website) Recommended Book: Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki http://beforethemillions.com/book (Listen to this book for free!) Lifestyle Design App: https://www.ninety.io/ (Ninety.io)

Starting out as a broke landscaper in 1996, todays guest Dave Lindahl’s goal was to simply create a better life for him and his family. In David's first few years as an investor, David studied the markets closely and found creative ways to buy property with none of his own money. Since then he has gone on to create a portfolio of over 9,000 units, become a New York times Best Seller Author - twice, and is now know as the premier expert in the study of emerging markets sharing stages with the likes of Robert Kiyosaki and Tony Robbins. Key Points From This Episode: Being mindful of where you get advice How to become an expert without formal education The 2 indicators of market movement The lifecycle of markets The best markets to invest in for growth in 2021 How David became a 2x best selling author The effectiveness of micro repositioning David's morning routine as a Dad and Triathlete Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode: https://rementor.com/ (David’s Website) Recommended Book: Awaken the Giant Within by Tony

Van Sturgeon, today's guest has many titles.. real estate investor, home builder, renovator, general contractor and high performance coach. With over 1,000 properties in his portfolio, he's been able to semi retired from those titles but is still pushing forward to help new investors with their rehab projects. On today's show, we'll discuss the world of a contractor and equip you with the knowledge the successfully execute an on time rehab (within budget) and with profit. Key Points From This Episode: Why inexperienced contractors under charge and flame out How to find the best General Contractor for your job The difference between traditional rehabs and rental grade rehabs If you are a real estate investor, why you should act as your own GC. What is the correct order of operations in a rehab How to create a scope of work Why you should have a no tolerance attitude towards contractors How to systematically pay your rehabbers Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode: http://www.vansturgeon.com/ (Van’s Website) Recom

Tony Javier, today's guest, owns an INC 500 Real Estate Investment Company. Tony has been investing since the dot com bubble and has done just about 1,000 - most of which have been with no and low money down strategies. On today's show, we are focused on the marketing aspect of his business. Tony has found a niche with TV Commercials that's bringing his real estate business a 10X return and popularity in his local community as the "We Buy Houses" guy. Key Points From This Episode: Doing 1,000 deals with none of your own money The best marketing channels for investors in 2021 How TV Commercials can 10X your returns Using "Radius Letters" as a Direct Mail strategy How to cut costs paying for TV Commercials The best shows, channels and demographics to target How a coach helped Tony automate his business Tips on masterminding with your peers The trap of Parkinson's Law Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode: http://www.tonyjavier.com/ (Tony’s Website) Recommended Book: Indestractable by Nir Eyal 12 Week Year by Brian

Gabriel DaSilva, today's guest, has been coined “Mr. Add-A-Level” for his extensive knowledge of construction heavy renovations - but where did it all start? How do you start a real estate business that gains momentum overtime? On the episode, you will learn about the different ways to add value in fix n flip deals. As you do more deals, you will want to grow your team so Gabe gives us a first hand look into team structures for real estate entrepreneurs and investors. For outsized returns, you will need to provide outsized value and Gabe's out of the box thinking is just what the doctor prescribed. Key Points From This Episode: Adding Value vs. Taking Advantage Gabe's transition from the restaurant business to fix n flips Gabe's "act like a guy who buys deals" personality The transition from solopreneur to business owner The initial and most important members of your team Creative ways for flippers to add more value Why Gave believes that cash is trash and leverage is king 75 Hard the lifestyle Morning Routin

Edward O'Daniel, today's guest, is a disabled Army Veteran that owns rental real estate and a property management company. Edward enjoy doing deals on cruise ships in the middle of the ocean but also enjoys adding value to new investors and property managers alike. So if you're in the market for a property manager, learning to be one, or want to learn about the lifestyle design of our 4 hour work day guest, then this episode is for you. Key Points From This Episode: Doing deals through networking with Agents & Investors Edwards unique technique for new property management clients Edwards favorite marketing and motivational podcasts The deceptiveness of "turnkey" rentals Edwards 4-hour daily work schedule The low overhead in property management Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode: https://edwardodaniel.com/ (Edward's Website) Recommended Book: Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki http://beforethemillions.com/book (Listen to this book for free!) Lifestyle Design App: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/micro

On todays episode, we interview the brand new author of Profit First for Real Estate Investing, David Richter. David is a long time property investor that has been apart of over 850 deals in his lifetime and through his experiences has learned how best real estate investors can manage their finances as well as their mindset on money. We take abstracts financial concepts and implement tactical strategies on this episode to be great stewards of our own finances on todays show. Key Points From This Episode: Infinite banking for real estate investors Understanding the importance of "passthrough" bank accounts 3 month reserve for potential deals? David's opportunity to author a new version of Mike Michalowicz's "Profit First" but for real estate investors Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode: https://simplecfosolutions.com/ (David’s Website) Recommended Books: Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki Boundaries by Henry Cloud and John Townsend http://beforethemillions.com/book (Listen to these books for free!) Lifestyl