First to a Million: A Teenager’s Guide to Achieving Early Financial Independence with Author Dan Sheeks

In this podcast, I interview Dan Sheeks, teacher and author of his new book “First To A Million” which explores the pathway for early financial independence. Dan writes this book particularly for teens. Listen as Dan shares an overview of his book and his passion for personal finance, financial literacy and personal financial independence for teens.

Be sure to check out Dan’s book “First To A Million: A Teenager’s Guide To Achieving Early Financial Independence” - https://bit.ly/3I1FsS7

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Episode Links & Resources: 

How To Develop Freakish Money Skills with Dan Sheeks - https://youtu.be/O_lheoqd1z8

Guest bio:

an Sheeks is the newest BiggerPockets Publishing author, with his forthcoming book, First to a Million: A Teenager’s Guide to Achieving Early Financial Freedom. The book introduces teenagers to the strategies, concepts, and the mindset needed to achieve early financial freedom. Dan is a high school Business/Marketing teacher, real estate investor, and personal finance advocate in Denver, CO. In his 19 years of teaching high school, he has taught a variety of business subjects including personal finance, entrepreneurship, and marketing. Dan’s passions include working with teenagers, advocating for personal finance education, investing in real estate, and promoting the FIRE movement.

Embedded in his classes is the co-curricular DECA club in which students travel, compete, acquire leadership skills, do community service, and have fun! His students have competed at the national level in entrepreneurship, personal finance, marketing, and hospitality services with much success over the years. Dan launched SheeksFreaks in late 2019, which is an online community dedicated to helping young people learn money management skills, start investing in real estate, and pursue early financial independence.

The SheeksFreaks community aims to help those between 15- and 25-years old use specific methods of saving, earning extra income, and investing to set them on a track to purchase real estate investment properties in their early 20s and achieve financial independence at a young age. Dan and his wife have a variety of real estate investments including multifamily, single family, Airbnb, and out-of-state BRRRRs. They currently have 15 units in Colorado and Michigan. Dan is also a contributing blog writer for Bigger Pockets, having written several articles regarding a variety of subjects for young investors. In his free time, Dan enjoys the Colorado outdoors with activities such as mountain biking, road biking, hiking, camping, and golfing. He lives just outside of Denver, Colorado, with his wife, Vanessa, and their son, Callum.

Guest Links:

First to a Million: A Teenager’s Guide to Achieving Early Financial Independence: https://bit.ly/3I1FsS7

SheeksFreaks Community: https://bit.ly/sheeksfreaks106 (discount code: betterwealth )

SheeksFreaks Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sheeksfreaks/

Dan’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dsheeks/

Dan's email: dan@sheeksfreaks.com

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