Real Wealth Show: Real Estate Investing Podcast

This podcast reveals an intriguing real estate success story. But it’s not just about the daughter of immigrants who knew that real estate was the key to wealth, or the steps she took to create a $5,000,000 portfolio from just $10,000. It’s also about how she dealt with the downturns of real estate and the stress and worry that can haunt an investor. Moneeka Sawyer describes herself as a “blissful millionaire” who worked just 5 to 10 hours a month building her real estate wealth. She’s now on a mission to help other women do what she has done with her podcast, “Real Estate Investing for Women.” She’s also a TEDx speaker, has shared the stage with well-known female entrepreneurs, and has appeared on major broadcast channels to share her message about blissful real estate investing. If you’d like to learn more about how you can build real wealth with cash flowing rentals, go to realwealthshow.com and sign up for free. As a member, you’ll get access to the Investor Portal where you can see sample properties and connect with our network of resources. That includes experienced investment counselors, property teams, lenders, 1031 exchange facilitators, attorneys, CPAs and more. And please remember to subscribe to our podcast and leave a review! Thank you!

The housing market meltdown in 2007 dealt a rough blow to many developers. In this episode, you’ll hear from someone who lost a lot of money back then, but he managed to stage a successful comeback. He did that by discovering a backdoor into the real estate development business. Instead of developing the land, Cody Bjugan arranged to have it approved or entitled for development, which is often one of the toughest parts of any big project. Cody is now a full-fledged developer with 30 projects and 2,300 residential units under his belt. But he also founded a company called VestRight to teach people how to do entitlements. He says it’s a simple way to create 5- to 7-figure paydays from off-market land deals, without owning or developing the land, without debt, and with very little cash at risk. If you’d like to learn more about the real estate business and how you can buy cash flowing rentals, go to realwealthshow.com and sign up for free. As a member, you’ll get access to the Investor Portal where you can see sample properties and connect with our network of resources. That includes experienced investment counselors, property teams, lenders, 1031 exchange facilitators, attorneys, CPAs and more. And please remember to subscribe to our podcast and leave a review! Thank you!

If you like to dream big, you'll love this podcast. In this episode, Kathy and Rich Fettke celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary with a conversation about their marriage and their investing experience. They were supposed to be skiing down some wild terrain in Utah after getting dropped off by helicopter on a snowy mountaintop, but weather conditions delayed those plans. Instead, they are safely inside their hotel room, with some amazing memories and stories about where they’ve been, where they are now, and where they are going next! Rich and Kathy are the co-founders of the real estate investing company RealWealth, as well as the creators of this podcast, The Real Wealth Show! They launched the company in 2003 which currently has almost 63,000 members. It’s free to join and you'll gain access to hundreds of free webinars, articles, and podcasts. You will also get access to the Investor Portal where you can make an appointment with an investment counselor and connect with our network of property teams nationwide. Please join RealWealth at realwealthshow.com, and remember to subscribe to the podcast and please leave us a review! Links: Rich mentions taking a RealWealth Assessment in the podcast, which you can access here. Kathy mentions a Couples’ Adventure Weekend which you can inquire about by emailing her assistant Tonya at: tonya@realwealth.com.

In this episode, you’ll hear the amazing story of a 12-year-old boy who wanted to upgrade his family home, so he called a real estate agent and said: "I want to buy a house!" He did the legwork, and closed on a home that put his family on a path to financial freedom. And today, he's helping others do the same. Our guest, Larry Taylor, has been a real estate investor for more than four decades. He’s now the CEO of a Malibu-based investing company called Christina, which focuses on the Westside region of Los Angeles. He shares his personal story in this interview, along with his experience as an investor who’s lived through various political and economic cycles, and can explain how they relate to investor concerns today – concerns like inflation, asset values, rent growth, where people want to live and work, and finding a good deal as an investor. If you’d like to learn how to invest in cash flow rental properties in the fastest growing metros in the U.S., go to realwealthshow.com and sign up, for free. Once you're there, you can set an appointment with one of our very experienced investment counselors who can help you find the best market and property teams to help you with for your investing goals. And please remember to subscribe to our podcast and leave a review! Thank you!

When I started investing in real estate, I didn't run into a lot of women on the job sites. And, I certainly didn't see very many women doing the renovation work themselves. But that's exactly how today's guest got started and her hard work has paid off because she's now a big-time real estate boss-lady. As a single mom, Kelly Stumphauzer bought a fixer upper for $46,000 and moved in with her three young kids. She was making about $13,000 at the time. Now, just a decade later, she runs a large renovation and property management company and has been featured on the front page of the Wall Street Journal for her success. She shares her story in this episode. If you’d like to learn more about how you can buy cash flowing rentals, go to realwealthshow.com and sign up, for free. As a member, you’ll get access to the Investor Portal where you can see sample properties and connect with our network of resources. That includes experienced investment counselors, property teams, lenders, 1031 exchange facilitators, attorneys, CPAs and more. And please remember to subscribe to our podcast and leave a review! Thank you!

Some people get stuck in analysis paralysis, meaning no matter how much they study, they just can't take the plunge. Meanwhile, others jump right in. In this episode, you’ll hear from someone who couldn't wait to get started in real estate, so he made his first acquisition while he was in high school! Kyle Nott wasted no time. He attended what he calls “Windshield University” to educate himself about real estate. That’s the time he’s spent driving from one construction job site to another listening to podcasts, and learning from other investors. And here he is now, educating others on my podcast. He shares the ups and downs of his journey in this interview, which is both inspirational and educational. Thank you for joining me here on the Real Wealth show. I want to let you know I'm giving my 2022 Housing Forecast during the first week of January. If you want to get my take on where real estate is headed, considering that rate hikes are on the way, just visit realwealthshow.com. You can join for free and get access to the upcoming webinar, or the replay, along with recordings of all our past webinars. You’ll also have access to the Investor Portal where you can see sample properties and connect with our network of resources. That includes experienced investment counselors, property teams, lenders, 1031 exchange facilitators, attorneys, CPAs and more. And please remember to subscribe to our podcast and leave a review! Thank you!

This is a Real Wealth Story about focus, discipline, connection, and working together with your partner! Our guests started off with nothing when they got married, but were determined to get rid of their student debt, and work toward a financial strategy that gave them as much free time as possible. They are now in their early 30’s, own several investment properties, and recently hit the one million dollar net worth milestone. In this episode, Rich and Kathy interview their good friends, Dusty and Cecily Breeding, who share their secrets for a successful marriage and the building of wealth together toward a common goal. They met at Pepperdine University, graduated in 2010, and were married in a village outside of Nairobi, where they spent their first year of marriage working with homeless teenagers. After returning from Kenya, the Breedings spent the last decade paying off their student loan debt. Dusty worked as a minister and Cecily, as a photographer. They bought their first property through RealWealth in January of 2019 and currently own five properties with a total of nine doors in two states. They have both become job optional, and recently launched the Skull and Bones Society, which is a life coaching practice that helps others intentionally live well. Link for Skull and Bones Society: https://www.skullandbonessociety.co Join Real Wealth for free: https://tinyurl.com/joinrealwealth Subscribe to the podcast: https://tinyurl.com/RWSsubscribe

If you’re interested in becoming a landlord and would like to avoid some of the mistakes that other investors have made, you’ll learn a lot from this interview. Our guest became an accidental landlord and found out the hard way that active management of rentals can be a lot of work. He quickly learned that having good property managers that send you checks every month is the way to go. In this episode, Jim Pfeifer tells some interesting stories about the mistakes he’s made so you don’t have to repeat them. Jim is a former financial advisor and stock market investor who has turned his attention to real assets. It wasn’t his choice to become a landlord at first, but after he saw the potential for passive wealth, he was hooked. He’s been involved with single-family and multi-family rental units as a landlord, but is currently focused on syndications. He has more than 45 passive syndications under his belt including apartments, mobile homes, self-storage, private lending and notes, ATM’s, commercial and industrial triple net leases, assisted living facilities and international coffee farms and cacao producers. As the founder of Left Field Investors, he also helps other people get started in passive real estate syndications. And, he’s the host of the podcast: Passive Investing from Left Field. You can learn more about the ins and outs of passive real estate investing with good property management at our website, RealWealthShow.com. Sign up for free, and get access to the Investor Portal where you can see sample properties and connect with our network of resources. That includes experienced investment counselors, property teams, lenders, 1031 exchange facilitators, attorneys, CPAs and more. And please remember to subscribe to our podcast and leave a review! Thank you!

Billions of dollars are being poured into build-to-rent communities and the industry is booming! Are developers able to keep up with demand for new rental homes? How long will it take to balance demand with supply? Is “now” the time to invest in this kind of rental property? Or maybe developers are overestimating future demand for this kind of rental and will end up flooding the market? In this episode, you’ll hear from housing market economist Brad Hunter on this mushrooming segment of the real estate industry. Brad has been doing market analysis for 35 years and has conducted hundreds of housing demand studies at national and local levels. His market insights are available for builders, developers, investors, and lenders through his company, Hunter Housing Economics, in West Palm Beach, Florida. His opinions and forecasts are also widely covered in the media. Past positions include chief economist and national director of consulting at Metrostudy, managing director at RCLCO, and chief economist for HomeAdvisor. Brad was recently quoted in the following articles: Building and Renting Single-Family Homes Is Top-Performing Investment - WSJ Built-to-Rent Suburbs Are Poised to Spread Across the U.S. - WSJ This is a piece he wrote as a special contribution to Forbes: Ten Billion Reasons Why There Is A Built-For-Rent Land Rush - Forbes You can also follow him on Twitter: @bradleyhunter Thanks for listening to the Real Wealth Show! Like what you hear? Subscribe to the Real Wealth Show on Apple Podcasts (or all other major platforms) and leave a rating and review, we really appreciate it! And if you haven't yet, join RealWealth for free today at www.realwealthshow.com. As a member, you have access to the Investor Portal where you can view sample property pro-formas and connect with our network of resources, including experienced investment counselors, property teams, lenders, 1031 exchange facilitators, attorneys, CPAs and more.

Congress is tinkering with the rules for IRA accounts. It’s part of a crackdown on individuals with millions in their retirement accounts, tax free. According to the Senate Finance Committee, the number of mega IRAs has grown substantially in the last decade. In 2011, there were about 8,000 taxpayers with $5 million or more in their accounts. In 2019, the data shows more than 28,000 taxpayers had that much in their accounts, and another 500 taxpayers with much more than that. (1) The legislation has set off alarm bells among investors who use self-directed IRAs to buy real estate. In this episode, Kaaren Hall joins me to talk about the proposed legislation and the changes that lawmakers are likely to adopt. She is the founder and CEO of UDirect IRA Services which provides self-directed account management. She started the company in the midst of the Great Recession after the stock market crashed. She's been helping people move their retirement funds into self-directed IRAs since then, so they can invest in things like real estate, land, startups, and more. Before that, she spent 20 years in mortgage banking, real estate, and property management. If you’d like to learn more about self-directed IRAs and real estate investing, you’ll find articles on our website at realwealthshow.com. While you are there, please sign up. It’s free and will give you access to our Investor Portal where you can view sample properties and connect with our network of resources, including experienced investment counselors, property teams, lenders, 1031 exchange facilitators, attorneys, CPAs and more. And please remember to subscribe to our podcast and leave a review if you like what you hear! Thank you!