Jorge Contreras, expert in Airbnb arbitrage, shares his inspiring story of overcoming challenges and building a 7-figure business. He explains the concept of Airbnb arbitrage, the benefits and low-risk nature of this strategy, and how to get started. Topics include finding properties, approaching landlords, attracting guests, legal considerations, and using software tools. A must-listen for those interested in earning STR income without owning real estate!

Today's episode features John Eringman a.k.a John E Finance who left his accounting job at age 25 to pursue content creation full-time. From the beginning, John was doing everything "right". He got good grades, landed an accounting job, and was saving a decent % of his income. But John knew that something was missing. As a fun side project, he started recording short videos covering basic personal finance topics: student loan debt, credit cards, budgeting, etc. All things that he wished he was taught in school (despite having a degree in Finance). What John didn't expect was how quickly these videos would gain traction. Within just a few months, he had amassed hundreds of thousands of followers across TikTok and Instagram. And better yet, he started to out-earn his day job through sponsorships and affiliate marketing. Today, John works as a full-time content creator and shares financial education with millions. If you loved John's story as much as we did, please share it with a friend! Links From the Episode John's TikTok John's Instagram John's YouTube John's Website YouTube Interview https://youtu.be/nOu6u3WJQds Join the Community We’d love to hear your comments and questions about this week’s episode. Here are some of the best ways to stay in touch and get involved in The FI Show community! Grab the Ultimate FI Spreadsheet Join our Facebook Group Leave us a voicemail Send an email to contact [at] TheFiShow [dot] com If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a rating/review! >> You can do that by clicking here << Learn More About Your Hosts CodyDBerman.com (Cody’s Blog) Saving-Sherpa (Justin’s blog)

In this episode, Cody and Justin share their goals and strategies for 2023. The goals were loosely broken into a few groups. Finance Justin: Hitting $2k/month from covered calls, eliminating car payment, covering half of the mortgage via Airbnb & Turo Cody: Solo 401K, tax optimization through real estate, syndications, angel investing, spending more on time-saving services Business Cody: Doubling down on Gold City Ventures, podcast growth, rental properties Justin: Upskilling his direct reports and finding them leadership opportunities Travel Cody: Slow travel & workations Justin: Take his dad on his first international trip, more trips w/ close friends, establish a Trusted House Sitter profile Fitness Cody: Gym 5-7 days per week, less screen time before bed, daily walks, limited alcohol Justin: Maintaining low body fat % and increasing muscle, a full year without getting drunk Other: Justin: Building up skills in 3d printing/laser engraving Cody: Always putting people before business/money We think 2023 will be a great year for The Financial Independence Show and for all of you as well. Make sure you pop over to our Facebook group and share your 2023 goals! We'd love to cheer you on and keep you accountable. Links From the Episode Covered Calls with Daniel Alonzo Trusted House sitting with Britt Solo 401ks The Topia App with Logan Leckie Join the Community We’d love to hear your comments and questions about this week’s episode. Here are some of the best ways to stay in touch and get involved in The FI Show community! Grab our FREE Budget Planner Join our Facebook Group Leave us a voicemail Send an email to contact [at] TheFIshow [dot] com If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a rating/review! >> You can do that by clicking here << Learn More About Your Hosts CodyDBerman.com (Cody’s Blog) Saving-Sherpa (Justin’s blog)

Today's episode features Graham Cochrane from GrahamCochrane.com and Recording Revolution. Graham can now proudly say he's running some incredibly profitable businesses... but it hasn't always been that way. After moving to Florida in 2009 with his wife to help a friend start a church, he got laid off from his new job. Trying to find decent-paying work during a global recession proved to be difficult. So Graham started doing freelance music work again. Although he was making some money, he was also on food stamps to help make ends meet. Graham stuck with it though and over the next decade went from $500/month to $5,000/month to $50,000/month and beyond. All from his online business. In today's episode, we cover topics like: How to generate business ideas How to validate business ideas Finding your ideal avatar The best ways to scale a business What it takes to create a successful business and a whole lot more. If you loved Graham's story as much as we did, please share it with a friend! Links From the Episode Graham's Personal Site Recording Revolution Graham's YouTube YouTube Interview https://youtu.be/2SvsZ5thOeY Join the Community We’d love to hear your comments and questions about this week’s episode. Here are some of the best ways to stay in touch and get involved in The FI Show community! Grab the Ultimate FI Spreadsheet Join our Facebook Group Leave us a voicemail Send an email to contact [at] TheFiShow [dot] com If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a rating/review! >> You can do that by clicking here << Learn More About Your Hosts CodyDBerman.com (Cody’s Blog) Saving-Sherpa (Justin’s blog)

Today's episode features Larry Ludwig who created and sold Investor Junkie for $6M back in 2018. Larry has had a long, successful business and entrepreneurial career. He has always been at the forefront of technology, digital marketing, and online business since he started working on the internet in 1994. Since then, he's created websites for Fortune 500 companies, built his own web hosting service, and consulted some of the top online brands. In this episode, we get to pick Larry's brain on how the internet really works. We cover topics like SEO, affiliate marketing, keyword research, creating content, customer journey, website monetization, ranking on Google, and a whole lot more. If you loved Larry's story as much as we did, please share it with a friend! Links From the Episode LarryLudwig.com Larry's Twitter Larry's LinkedIn YouTube Interview https://youtu.be/oRc0jIrqtzQ Join the Community We’d love to hear your comments and questions about this week’s episode. Here are some of the best ways to stay in touch and get involved in The FI Show community! Grab the Ultimate FI Spreadsheet Join our Facebook Group Leave us a voicemail Send an email to contact [at] TheFiShow [dot] com If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a rating/review! >> You can do that by clicking here << Learn More About Your Hosts CodyDBerman.com (Cody’s Blog) Saving-Sherpa (Justin’s blog)

Today's episode features Jeff Rose from Good Financial Cents. Jeff began his adult life as a Veteran who transitioned into civilian life as a Certified Financial Planner. He began working for a firm but found himself questioning the ethics of his compensation. This ultimately nudged him toward entrepreneurship where he started creating personal finance content through his blog and later his YouTube channel. Even though his original goal was just to impact a few hundred people, he's now reached millions and has built himself a multi 7-figure business. If you loved Jeff's story as much as we did, please share it with a friend! Links From the Episode Goof Financial Sense His Book Soldier of Finance Jeff Rose on Twitter Jeff's Wealth Hacker YouTube  YouTube Interview https://youtu.be/3MRAx9AA4uw Join the Community We’d love to hear your comments and questions about this week’s episode. Here are some of the best ways to stay in touch and get involved in The FI Show community! Grab the Ultimate FI Spreadsheet Join our Facebook Group Leave us a voicemail Send an email to contact [at] TheFiShow [dot] com If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a rating/review! >> You can do that by clicking here << Learn More About Your Hosts CodyDBerman.com (Cody’s Blog) Saving-Sherpa (Justin’s blog)

Today's episode features Tom Brickman aka The Frugal Gay. Tom actually bought his first property at age 21 while working at The Gap making only $8.50/hr. He would go on to buy 20 additional properties. Did he get some huge pay increase? Not really. Tom worked at a movie theater where he started off making $32k and eventually maxed out in the $70k range. He also did this all at a reasonable pace, taking 18 years in total to acquire all of his doors. That's what's so powerful about Tom's story. He never made a ton of money, he didn't buy 10 houses in a year, he didn't take out some crazy loan, and he never got some crazy inheritance. Now he's retired at 39 and is earning double his day job income through real estate and side hustles. If you loved Tom's story as much as we did, please share it with a friend! Links From the Episode The Frugal Gay Tom's Instagram Tom's Twitter Tom's LinkedIn YouTube Interview https://youtu.be/xtB8mffYrY0 Join the Community We’d love to hear your comments and questions about this week’s episode. Here are some of the best ways to stay in touch and get involved in The FI Show community! Grab the Ultimate FI Spreadsheet Join our Facebook Group Leave us a voicemail Send an email to contact [at] TheFiShow [dot] com If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a rating/review! >> You can do that by clicking here << Learn More About Your Hosts CodyDBerman.com (Cody’s Blog) Saving-Sherpa (Justin’s blog)

In this episode, Cody and Justin reflect on 2022 and all of the changes that have happened. Cody utilized a vision board going into the year... and Justin was a bit less planned, but both guys came away with some amazing updates and insights. Some topics included: Justin found a lot more purpose and happiness with work Cody more than tripled revenue in his main business, Gold City Ventures Justin increased his salary by 23.5% Cody launched 2 Airbnbs and is flipping his first property Both guys did a ton of traveling Both guys put a lot of time and energy into their relationships and friendships Justin started focusing a lot on physical health (working out, dieting, and mostly eliminating alcohol). Cody found a great charity program called Givewell and now donates $1k per month to various causes There's a ton the guys go over in this episode and also a proposition at the end of the episode. They'd love to highlight listeners who want their opinion or advice on their current situation. Just a few small tweaks could reduce your time to retirement by several years. We just actually published a poll in the Facebook Group if you'd like to participate. And as always, thank you for listening. The show wouldn't exist without you. 2022 was a great year for The Financial Independence Show and we can't wait to see what 2023 has in store. If you got value out of this episode, please share it with a friend! Join the Community We’d love to hear your comments and questions about this week’s episode. Here are some of the best ways to stay in touch and get involved in The FI Show community! Grab our FREE Budget Planner Join our Facebook Group Leave us a voicemail Send an email to contact [at] TheFIshow [dot] com If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a rating/review! >> You can do that by clicking here << Learn More About Your Hosts CodyDBerman.com (Cody’s Blog) Saving-Sherpa (Justin’s blog)

Today's episode features Hassan Thomas, founder of FYI FLI which stands for -- “For Your Information, Financial Literacy & Investing”. FYI FLI is a brand that aims to promote financial literacy while eliminating financial illiteracy and teaches millennials how to manage and grow their money through its financial literacy app, website, and other financial literacy resources. In this episode, Hassan covers: Life as a student-athlete Becoming a content creator Why learning needs action Inputs vs. Outputs The right time to quit your W-2 and so much more. It's clear that Hassan is trying to fill a massive gap in financial education for college athletes and he's already making huge ripples in the space. If you loved Hassan's story as much as we did, please share it with a friend! Links From the Episode FYI FLI Podcast Hassan's LinkedIn Hassan's Instagram FYI FLI Facebook Page Hassan's YouTube YouTube Interview https://youtu.be/Gv37CzXns04 Join the Community We’d love to hear your comments and questions about this week’s episode. Here are some of the best ways to stay in touch and get involved in The FI Show community! Grab the Ultimate FI Spreadsheet Join our Facebook Group Leave us a voicemail Send an email to contact [at] TheFiShow [dot] com If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a rating/review! >> You can do that by clicking here << Learn More About Your Hosts CodyDBerman.com (Cody’s Blog) Saving-Sherpa (Justin’s blog)

Today's episode features Brian Luebben, founder of The Action Academy Podcast. Brian's entrepreneurial resume starts back in college where he built his first company, GreekBeats DJ/Entertainment, that allowed him to graduate debt-free. Shortly after graduating – he made it to the top of a Fortune 500 Company in a sales role earning multiple six figures per year, only to realize quickly that “retirement at 65” and corporate life simply was not for him. Through a combination of real estate and entrepreneurship, he was able to retire from that corporate job at age 27. He now runs a successful podcast “The Action Academy” where he talks to seven, eight, and nine-figure entrepreneurs on how to earn freedom in life and business. His goal is to build a $10M business with The Action Academy and to impact as many entrepreneurs as possible along the way. If you loved Brian's story as much as we did, share it with a friend! Links From the Episode Action Academy (tell them we sent you) Brian's Podcast Brian's Instagram From W2 to World Travel - Free Ebook YouTube Interview https://youtu.be/RXDXBDq7tRs Join the Community We’d love to hear your comments and questions about this week’s episode. Here are some of the best ways to stay in touch and get involved in The FI Show community! Grab the Ultimate FI Spreadsheet Join our Facebook Group Leave us a voicemail Send an email to contact [at] TheFiShow [dot] com If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a rating/review! >> You can do that by clicking here << Learn More About Your Hosts CodyDBerman.com (Cody’s Blog) Saving-Sherpa (Justin’s blog)