

Wealth Formula by Buck Joffrey
Buck Joffrey
Financial Education and Entrepreneurship for Professionals
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Jun 27, 2021 • 44min
270: Is a Wave of Mortgage Defaults Coming?
In recent years, I have made some pretty darn good bets that have made me a lot of money.
Now I know you are thinking that I am referring to my investments. And you are correct. But I am not referring to financial investments.
The investments that have made me the most money over the past few years are investments into relationships. One superpower that I have been blessed with is the ability to read people—what might be best characterized as “Spidey Sense”. I am, of course, referring to Peter Parker and his web-slinging alter-ego’s ability to sense imminent danger.
By the way, I must give Wealth Formula Network member, Ian Kurth, credit for giving my superpower this name. As ridiculous as it may sound, I credit it for staying out of a lot bad deals and away from the many charlatans out there in the investment world.
Don’t get me wrong, early in my investment career I got burned too. In retrospect though, the signs were always there. If I had harnessed my senses better, I could have probably avoided those mistakes.
To be clear, there is always risk in investing. There’s always a chance you are going to lose money. I’m ok with that. As long as you win a lot more than you lose, you are going to do just fine. Believe me.
The way you mitigate the losses, however, is to align yourself with competent individuals with high integrity. Know, like and trust are requirements for me when it comes to partnering or investing with anyone. However, they also have to be damn good at what they do.
That’s why the saying “your net worth is equal to your network” is so true.
Having relationships with people who you trust and who are incredibly smart and good at what they do is absolute gold. For me that includes guys like Dave Steele, Tim McLeary and Dante Andrade.
It also includes one of my favorite entrepreneurs and one of the smartest guys I know, Jorge Newberry. I can honestly say that whenever I have a problem, Jorge is one of the first guys I call.
He knows his stuff and he’s always got great wisdom to share. This week on Wealth Formula Podcast, Jorge updates us on the area that he knows best—the single family residential market. And…well, he sees some trouble on this horizon. Make sure to listen to why!
Jorge P. Newbery Is On A Mission To Help Americans Crushed By Unaffordable Debts.
He is CEO and Chairman of AHP Servicing LLC and American Homeowner Preservation LLC, which crowdfund the purchase of nonperforming mortgages from banks at big discounts, then share the discounts with struggling homeowners. He is also Founder and CEO of Debt Cleanse Group Legal Services, a nationwide legal plan to help consumers and small businesses get out of debt. He is also a non-attorney Partner in Activist Legal LLP, a law firm in Washington, D.C.; Founder and CEO of preREO, an online marketplace for lenders offering defaulted first mortgages secured by vacant- and tenant-occupied properties to local investors; and a Board Member of the Group Legal Services Association, which is committed to advancing access to quality legal services through legal service plans and industry collaboration.
A 2004 natural disaster triggered the financial collapse of Newbery's former business, leaving him with $26 million in debts he could not pay. Newbery rebuilt himself through AHP, sharing what he learned from his challenges to help families at risk of foreclosure stay in their homes. In 2018, he founded Debt Cleanse Group Legal Services to assist consumers and small business owners resolve all types of unaffordable debts.
He authored Burn Zones: Playing Life's Bad Hands; Debt Cleanse: How To Settle Your Unaffordable Debts For Pennies On The Dollar (And Not Pay Some At All); and Stories of the Indebted.
Shownotes:
Jorge talks about how Covid affected the housing marketIs there a difference in terms of what happens with the housing markets at the high end versus the middle and lower end?Jorge talks about how an upcoming crisis happening in the mortgage space will affect rentals and apartment buildingsWhat is AHP Servicing?

Jun 20, 2021 • 54min
269: Is the IRS Going to Audit You?
I remember when I got out of surgical training and started my new life as an adult (at 33 years old), I was terrified by anything related to audits or legal issues.
Any time I got a letter from the IRS about anything, I broke out into cold sweats. Every time I got a letter from an attorney I would do the same—-even though most of those letters were actually advertisements.
Now, 47 years old and owner of multiple businesses and complicated financials, I don’t have visceral reactions to any of this stuff anymore.
Why? Well, when it comes to taxes, I would venture to say that any business owner making a lot of money will likely get audited eventually. After all, what is an audit?
An audit is an inspection. If you aren’t doing anything wrong, then what are you worried about? I’ve been through three tax audits now.
In all cases, I did nothing wrong. I broke no laws. The audits mostly focussed on documentation. In some cases, the documentation was not done as well as it could have and that’s what the auditor wanted to focus on.
In my experience, the tax audit process is just a negotiation. If you get audited, they are going to find SOMETHING no matter how ridiculous it may seem. Then you come to some kind of settlement.
The legal system in general works on these principles. That’s why I don’t really fear frivolous lawsuits anymore. Very rarely do things go to court. The dirty little secret is that whoever has the most money usually wins disputes simply by draining the opposition of financial resources that cover legal fees.
Once you realize that complexity of the real world, it’s much easier to sleep at night with audits and legal issues.
One more point. If you have good asset protection, that’s another reason not to worry about frivolous lawsuits or even legitimate personal liability. Talk to my attorney friend Doug Lodmell about that one.
But getting back to taxes, I want to emphasize that most of the tax code is gray and you need to have a quality tax professional on your side rather than a robot who just keeps telling you why “you can’t do that”.
As you know, my CPA is Tom Wheelwright and I highly recommend you consider someone on Tom’s Wealthability team. However, it’s really good to get different perspectives as well. That’s why this week’s interview with tax attorney, Stephen Moskowitz was really eye opening for me. If you make a lot of money and worry about taxes and audits, you are not going to want to miss this episode of Wealth Formula Podcast!
Steve Moskowitz knows that clients’ lives – and livelihoods – can be upended or even destroyed when tax trouble arises. As a tax attorney for more than 30 years, Steve has made it is his personal mission to help business owners and individual clients successfully resolve tax issues and go on with their lives. With extensive knowledge of tax law, a desire for swift and vigorous defense, and decades of experience with tax authorities and in the courts, he has unusually perceptive judgment in assessing the best way forward, and the right resources to achieve resolution.
Steve started Moskowitz LLP because he saw that while big corporations were consistently navigating the tax code to their advantage, smaller businesses and individuals were not. With prior experience as a CPA at a national accounting firm, and with extensive experience in the corporate world, Steve knew he could help smaller businesses and individuals by applying what he knew, and wanted to make the critical difference in businesses and individual lives that protected them from the powerful government and enabled them to keep and enjoy the fruits of a lifetime of work that otherwise could be taken away from clients by the government in just one action.
Today – together with a full team of tax attorneys, CPAs, enrolled agents and other professional staff – Moskowitz LLP helps business and individual clients across the country and overseas to resolve a wide variety of tax matters. The Moskowitz LLP team also creates strategies to utilize the tax code and relevant treaties to clients’ benefit, and provides ongoing tax support and tax return preparation.
Steve understands that clients need high quality representation but do not have unlimited budgets, and that cost predictability is important. Unlike most firms, Moskowitz LLP clients pay a flat fee and are not subject to hourly rates.
Shownotes
Cost Segregation AnalysisShould you be scared of audits?What is the difference between being represented by a CPA and being represented by a tax attorney?What is the discriminate income function?

Jun 13, 2021 • 40min
268: What is Tribevest?
One of the secrets to my own success as an investor has been to involve myself into a variety of tribes.
What I mean by that is that I am around other intelligent, successful people who have a wealth of experience collectively as investors.
For me, that has resulted in introductions to people with whom I have partnered over the years and who have made me money.
It is important not to underestimate the power of collective intelligence. In saying that, I must make the distinction between collective intelligence and heard mentality.
Herd mentality bias refers to the tendency of investors to follow what others are doing rather than by their own analysis.
I differentiate that with collective intelligence where a group of individuals independently analyzes opportunities and vets them together. In other words, it involves having intelligent conversations with one another and coming to collective conclusions that might be more accurate than any individual one.
A good example of this kind of tribe is our own Wealth Formula Network. This is our private community where we interact over Facebook and also do biweekly Zoom video calls.
I think about personal finance a lot in case you haven’t noticed. But I am not arrogant enough to think I know everything and I am also very open to changing my mind if people can convince me with good data. In that regard, Wealth Formula Network has been at least as valuable for me as anyone else in our group.
On a more practical level, investment groups can sometimes allow you to participate in private offerings to which you might not otherwise have access. That’s been a huge advantage for me I must say.
Finally, investment “tribes” can actually make it possible for you to invest in more opportunities with limited resources. For example, you might be interested in opportunities for which minimum investments are $100K.
If you want to invest in 7-8 opportunities in a year that’s quite a bit of money. However, using the tribe model, my guest on Wealth Formula Podcast this week has figured out an ingenious way for you to participate with less money yet maintain the broad investment exposure you want.
If you want to invest in more opportunities than you have money, you won’t want to miss today’s show with Tribevest founder, Travis Smith!
P.S. If you decide to sign up for Travis’ service with your tribe, go to TribeVest.com/wf and he will give you $50 to start. Use the code “BUCK50”
Tribevest CEO, Travis Smith, dreamed out loud about building generational wealth and forever altering our family’s financial trajectory. However, he’d never been introduced to ways of private investing, and wealth-building seemed out of reach. Travis and his brothers realized that they could overcome our lack of experience and know-how if we worked together.
But they had to confront the more obvious and immediate barrier — we lacked the capital required to break into wealth-building, freedom investments. By forming and funding an Investor Tribe, they unlocked a new future and the secrets of the wealthy.
Shownotes:
The primary use of TribevestWhat is the advantage of using Tribevest?The growth of Tribevest in the past 2 yearsHow do you start your own Tribe?TribeVest.com/wf and use the code “BUCK50”

May 30, 2021 • 32min
266: Ask Buck! Q2 2021 Part 3
Lots more questions to answer on this week's “Ask Buck”! This episode includes questions on life settlements, Wealth Formula Banking, passive income, asset protection, and more.
Listen HERE!

May 23, 2021 • 51min
265: Ask Buck & Ian!
This week’s episode features a discussion with Ian Kurth—radiologist and highly sophisticated investor. Ian is a member of Wealth Formula Network and one of its major assets.
He is doing exactly what, in my opinion, every high-paid professional ought to be doing. He has really transformed himself into a sophisticated investor and thought leader on personal finance for our demographic.
The current discussion is inspired by a 90-minute Wealth Formula Network call around how to think about bitcoin and cryptocurrencies.
It’s important to note that just a couple of years ago, Ian was a bitcoin skeptic. So you are going to want to understand how he has transformed into a very pro-bitcoin investor despite his conservative nature! Listen HERE!
P.S. Ian has also compiled a list of resources that he has found helpful in his journey to becoming crypto-competent. He has kindly permitted me to share them below:
Podcasts
https://www.theinvestorspodcast.com/bitcoin-fundamentals/page/2/ - Recommend starting with - (#1, #3, & #5 first - links below)#1 - https://www.theinvestorspodcast.com/bitcoin-fundamentals/bitcoin-common-misconceptions-w-robert-breedlove/ #3 - https://www.theinvestorspodcast.com/bitcoin-fundamentals/bitcoin-a-deflationary-world-w-jeff-booth/ #5 - https://www.theinvestorspodcast.com/bitcoin-fundamentals/bitcoin-michael-saylor-a-masterclass-in-economic-calculation/ This is an outstanding 9 podcast series. Muscle through the sometimes amateur audio production quality. Michael Saylor is a visionary, who has overqualified background experience. - The "What is Money?" ShowThe Ultimate Bitcoin 101 with Vijay BoyapatiWhat Bitcoin DidTim Ferris Show - Balaji Srinivasan Many, many more podcasts are available depending on which direction down the rabbit hole you choose.
YouTube
BTC vs. Gold debate“The Best Bitcoin Debate Ever Recorded (Anthony Pompliano vs. Mike Green)”Michael Saylor - CNBCRoss Stevens (NYDIG)
Articles
The Bullish Case for BitcoinThe Case Against BitcoinWhy Bitcoin, The SeriesNorwegian Billionaire Investor Letter on Bitcoin InvestmentIlluminating the Path Forward - NYDIG
Books
The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central BankingInventing Bitcoin: The Technology Behind the First Truly Scarce and Decentralized Money Explained - Here is a referral code to download this book free: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/Kurthian?gc=yanbook1020&utm_campaign=yanbook1020 Bitcoin: Hard Money You Can't F*ck With: Why bitcoin will be the next global reserve currency
Websites
Case Bitcoin. Lots of solid info/compilations of news/articles/pricinghttps://www.lopp.net/bitcoin-information.htmlhttp://billybitco.in/https://www.keepitsimplebitcoin.com/bitcoin-security-guide/
Graphs
https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/ https://www.lookintobitcoin.com/charts/stock-to-flow-model/ https://dcabtc.com/
Corporate custodianship and legal issues
Microstrategy Corporate adoption conference
Twitter
Raoul PalPreston PyshLyn AldenPlan BWilly WooRobert BreedloveGreg Foss
Buying Crypto
If you decide to buy on a crypto exchange, I recommend coinbase PRO b/c it has the cheapest transaction fees. (https://www.coinbase.com/join/kurth_6)If you want to do daily buys at a cheaper trx fee, and then auto send to a cold storage device, I use Swan Bitcoin. I like to dollar cost average on a daily basis. https://www.swanbitcoin.com/Kurthian If you'd like to earn % interest on your bitcoin, you can explore BlockFI. You get some money for signing up.For other digital assets that are not on Coinbase Pro, I use Crypto.com. Use code 2grceqsvjv for $25. Voyager is decent for more exotic coins.https://www.bitwiseinvestments.com/ is a good private equity index type option that I have used since 2017.From a brokerage account, GBTC and ETHE are reasonable bitcoin proxy investments, particularly in qualified retirement accounts.
Dr Ian Kurth is the poster child of successful high paid professionals taking ownership of their personal financial situation. He is a neuroradiologist and he is also a member of our private community Wealth Formula Network. He’s an active participant there and in Investor Club and Physicians Wealth Formula.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ian-kurth-19836569/

May 16, 2021 • 40min
264: Ask Buck! Q2 2021 Part 2
It’s time for another round of “Ask Buck”. This week’s episode includes questions on Wealth Formula Banking, cryptocurrency, taxes and multifamily real estate investments.
Listen HERE!

May 9, 2021 • 48min
263: Is Hedera the Best Long-term Alt Coin Investment Today?
If you have been ignoring distributed ledger technology, you will regret it if you don’t start paying attention.
I understand why people get suspicious of the space. The cryptocurrency ecosystem is full of scammers and hype. Talk of “lambos” and “mooning” can hardly be taken seriously by sophisticated investors.
But amidst the din, lies technology that will fundamentally transform the world. I see the current crypto market as very similar to what happened in the 90s with the dawn of the internet and related technology companies.
Yes…most of the dotcoms went out of business. There was ridiculous hype and valuations of companies that had no revenue-generating product and certainly didn’t even come close to making money.
And when the dotcom crash came, the skeptics all said, “I told you so”. Indeed, they were right about the hysteria. But if they ignored the technology completely, they also missed out on early investments into companies that would eventually become the largest companies in the world.
Recovering from the ashes of the dotcom debacle were companies like Amazon, Google, and Apple to name a few. The dotcom period of the 90s was, therefore, hardly a failure.
Cryptocurrency skeptics look at the current technology craze the same way. However, just like in the dotcom era, there will be some big winners that come out of the frenzy and will become household names. Don’t you want a chance to be part of that?… to go back in time and invest in companies like Amazon and Google in their infancy?
If so, you have to change your perspective on what’s happening now. Try to weed through the useless stuff like dogecoin and start looking at these projects like you would look at any other project in which you might invest.
Learn, at a high level, what this whole distributed world is all about and why it’s such a big deal. Then learn about individual projects. Look at them like you would any other investment. Who are the developers? What is their mission? What do they aim to do and what have they already done?
Cryptocurrency is not going away. Bitcoin is here to stay and will become a globally recognized commodity like gold someday. And while most other projects will die, others will become the fabric of a new decentralized world. As an investor, opportunities like these to be part of the new evolving economy don’t happen very often and may never happen again in our lifetime.
I recognize that and, while I have no idea who the winners and losers will be, I can tell you that Hedera (Hashgraph) is my personal pick for a company that will become a household name over the next few years. And, full disclaimer, its native token HBAR, is by far and away my biggest cryptocurrency bag.
In this episode of Wealth Formula Podcast, you will learn why I’m so bullish on Hedera as I welcome back co-founder and CEO Mance Harmon to the show. Don’t miss it!
Mance Harmon is an experienced technology executive and entrepreneur with more than 20 years of strategic leadership experience in multi-national corporations, government agencies, and high-tech startups, and is Co-founder and CEO of Hedera. His prior experience includes serving as the Head of Architecture and Labs at Ping Identity, Founder and CEO of two tech startups, the senior executive for product security at a $1.7B revenue organization, Program Manager for a very-large scale software program for the Missile Defense Agency, the Course Director for Cybersecurity at the US Air Force Academy, and research scientist in Machine Learning at Wright Laboratory. Mance received a MS in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts and a BS in Computer Science from Mississippi State University.

May 2, 2021 • 39min
262: Ask Buck! Q2 2021
It's time for our next series of "Ask Buck" episodes. These shows have become extremely popular over the years and, if you are new to the Wealth Formula community, are particularly useful to "catch up" on recurring themes in our world.
Tune in now for the first "Ask Buck" episode of Q2!

Apr 25, 2021 • 34min
261: Teaching Your Kids about Money
I’m always fascinated by stories of entrepreneurs showing early signs of interest in the world of business as children. Warren Buffett was apparently inspired by a book he checked out from the Omaha library at the age of seven called: One Thousand Ways to Make $1000. He went on to pursue several childhood business ventures such as selling gum and Coca-Cola bottles and, of course, the rest is history.
Stories like these attached to big-name entrepreneurs are fun to think about. And I certainly see some of my children’s friends with unusual enthusiasm for making money at a young age. I can’t wait to see what they do in the years ahead.
However, my experience as an entrepreneur amongst entrepreneurs is that most of the time, the narrative doesn’t quite go that way for entrepreneurs.
What I have noticed is that most entrepreneurs stumbled their way into the world of business and surprised everyone around them, including themselves.
I identify as an entrepreneur who happens to be a doctor. If someone looked at my childhood trajectory, I don’t think they would guess that I would end up doing what I did.
For one, I was a good student who fit well into the professional tract. The only question that someone might have had about me during high school or college is whether I would end up in law school, business school, or medical school like I actually did. The idea of entrepreneurship never crossed my mind. I was trying to figure out what kind of job that I wanted.
It wasn’t until accidentally stumbling upon Robert Kiyosaki’s Cash Flow Quadrant that the idea of entrepreneurship ever crossed my mind. And boy did it…like a bolt of lightning. And while I don’t agree with everything Robert says, I do owe him a debt of gratitude that, apart from my parents who brought me into this world, I owe no one.
Now once you are in the entrepreneurial mindset, you can see opportunities everywhere. Not surprisingly, therefore, most entrepreneurs do what I did. They learn a business from somewhere that they are working and have that moment of clarity when they think to themselves: “I don’t have to work for this guy. I’m doing all the work. I can make more money on my own”
This, I guarantee you, is the number one on-ramp to entrepreneurship.
Now, the interesting thing is that the type of business an individual typically pursues is often dumb luck. Let me give you a couple of examples to illustrate my point.
One of my buddies has a tile company that supplies a bunch of major retailers like home depot. He does pretty well for himself. He makes a half million dollars a year and lives comfortably in a great place to live. This is a big deal considering the fact that he came from nothing. His story? Well, you guessed it. He worked for a tile guy who gave him all the responsibility while he played golf. My friend learned the business and started his own shop.
Now another guy I know had a similar story. Except in his case, his job involved energy arbitrage. The company he worked for bought energy from countries where costs were less and sold it to countries where it was more expensive. Of course, that brokering came with a nice little commission on the trade—meaning millions of dollars per transaction.
Well, one day this guy looked at his coworker and said, “You know, we could do this by ourselves.”. And that’s how he ended an entrepreneur. However, lucky for him, his job gave him the inside knowledge to execute a business that was quite a bit more lucrative than tiles or medicine. He didn’t work harder than the rest of us and I don’t think he was any smarter. He was just in the right place at the right time with the right mindset.
When I think about these guys and myself, I can’t help but think how random fortunes can be. I also think to myself whether there is a way to systematize this seemingly arbitrary reality of fate so that we can better guide our children.
Based on what I’ve seen, the advice I have for any young person looking to find their way or their jackpot is to get as much exposure to life as possible.
College teaches you some things, but it might be best as a resource for the people you meet. College graduates should look at their first few jobs after school as paid education. Furthermore, they should be quick to find other employment once they learn the skills available at that position.
Not everyone aspires to be filthy rich, but anyone who has an interest in entrepreneurship should make sure that the business that they are going to rip off and make their own be lucrative. After all, working hard has very little correlation with being rich.
I have three little girls-the oldest is only 12. Given my own interest in entrepreneurship and investing, people often ask me what I’m doing to provide them a financial education.
Sure, we talk about money once in a while. I explain taxes to them by taking away half their ice cream..that kind of thing. But I think the best thing I can do for them right now is to simply encourage them to learn as much about different things as possible.
After all, whether it’s solving a problem and turning into a business as most entrepreneurs do or finding the best investments, it all comes down to having exposure to as many possibilities as possible.
Speaking of children, this week’s episode of Wealth Formula Podcast will be a little bit different. In the spirit of trying to figure out how to educate our own children, I interview an 18 year old self-proclaimed entrepreneur and investor.
If you have you have kids, make sure to tune in. It may give you some ideas of how to approach your own duty as a parent to guide your children’s financial literacy.
Jack Rosenthal is a 18 year-old entrepreneur and investor. He is the founder of one of the largest teen-only investment organizations in the world with close to 100 members and over $115,000 in assets. He has been featured in several news and television programs.
Shownotes:
How Jack became an entrepreneur and investorHow do parents get their kids interested in financial education?What kinds of online education does Jack use to educate himself?Jack's personal investing philosophy.Books: Teen Investing and Teen Entrepreneurship

Apr 18, 2021 • 40min
260: Does Crypto Have a Role in Real Estate?
In case you didn’t notice, we are in the middle of a massive cryptocurrency bull market. We haven’t been here since 2017 and who knows how long it will last. For those of you with solid positions, enjoy the run but don’t get greedy!
I certainly learned my share of lessons from the last cryptocurrency bull run. I could have come away from it with a lot more money than I did if I had done things differently.
However, like anything in life, investing is about learning from your mistakes and trying not to repeat them. Let me give you an example of one of the lessons I learned.
In 2017 I invested in an initial coin (ICO) offering on a project that I liked. ICO’s were all the rage back then but have since been banned by the SEC in the United States.
I invested $50,000 into that project. One day the guy who told me about the project in the first place shot me a text that read "you must be happy you bought into that ICO!”
Indeed, when I looked up the price of the token, my $50,000 was worth $4 million! Now there are times to buy and hold, but this was not one of them. That kind of profit on a token that really represented an idea more than anything else was a sell for sure in my humble opinion.
The problem was that I couldn’t sell. You see, first of all, the only platform where the token was trading was not open to Americans. My friend who texted me is Canadian so he didn't have that problem.
So, for several months, I watched handcuffed as the euphoria around the project drained out. By the time it was on a platform where I could theoretically trade it, it was worth $500K.
That was still 10X so nothing to scoff at. But then I ran into another problem. There was virtually no liquidity on the platform where I could trade it. In other words, the token I had may have been theoretically worth something, but there weren’t any buyers.
By the time the token was on sizable trading platforms available to Americans and had some liquidity, crypto winter was upon us. Soon, my $50K that was worth $4 million was worth only $20K.
What a miserable story right? You’re right but I can’t say I ever let it bother me that much. This kind of stuff happens once in a while when you are an active investor or trader. The key is to learn something and don’t repeat the mistake again.
For those of you who are holding on to significant profits in alternative coins right now, make sure you can sell them if you want to. You might even consider very slowly moving out of the token into something traded on Coinbase where everything is liquid.
Anyway, I thought I’d share that story with you for you to learn from my experience. Crypto is the wild west still, despite tons of added regulation. Have fun and try not to lose money. In frenzies like this, that is very easy to do.
Speaking of frenzies, beware of charlatans in times like these. Just like last bull run, you are going to see a lot of unnecessary tokenization and random companies adding the word blockchain to what they do in order to create a buzz.
Here's a case study: an iced tea company called Long Island Iced Tea. The company made beverages from 2015-2017. But suddenly, in December of 2017 at the peak of the crypto market, the company changed its name to Long Blockchain Corp. (LBCC). The company never really made its mark in anything related to blockchain and, in a press release stated, “there can be no assurance that the company will be successful in developing blockchain technology, or in profitably commercializing it, if developed.”
In other words—they were just using the name to pump the stock price. And sure enough, the share price increased by 500 percent!
The moral of the story is that in times like these, it is important as ever to ask questions. Yes, I do believe blockchain and, more broadly, distributed ledger technology is the biggest technology advance since the internet. But make sure when you hear people using crypto terminology actually have a real purpose for it other than marketing.
There certainly are some potential use cases. My guest on this week’s Wealth Formula Podcast, for example, wants to securitize real estate ownership via security tokens. Does it make sense to do so? Well, listen to this interview and decide for yourself!
Jason Ricks, CCIM, is chief operating officer of Liberty Real Estate Fund, the world's first net lease security token fund. He is a native Texan, real estate investment expert, and security token pioneer. Mr. Ricks is a principal with Concordia Equity Partners, LLC, and was vice president at AMLI Residential (Morgan Stanley), an $11 Billion+ private REIT; BH Properties and Tarantino Properties. He is also a published author and has been featured on real estate and investing podcasts.
Shownotes:
What would be the benefit of a single-tenant property within an investment portfolio?What are Net LeasesWhy would you choose to invest in a fund if you can just afford to go out and buy some triple net real estate?How the security token workslibertyfund.io


