Educated Investor ep29 Late Bloom, Big Boom 14 doors in 4 years starting at age 50. Richard Mercado
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This episode's guest is Richard Mercado who went from 0 to 14 doors in 4 years after starting his investing journey at age 50. Richard has done everything from house hacking, full gut rehabs, long distance investing and is now doing ground up construction in South Pasadena. Richard shares the lessons that he learned from:investing in a flood zone where a property that he purchased was destroyed 4 months after purchasing it, dealing with contractors during covid, and how he has been able to problem solve his way to a thriving portfolio of over 14 doors that he owns without any...
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Lessons on becoming a financially free beach bum
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Joe Ramos describes himself as a financially free beach bum, and is the host of the Financial Freedom Podcast. He has a Real Estate portfolio with properties in southern California, Georgia, Ohio, and Florida. Joe has done everything from commercial deals, to starting a fix and flip fund with private money for short term rentals in Florida.
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From CP to ROI: A Real Estate Investor's Journey with Cerebral Palsy
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Jason Malabute is a Real estate investor and former CPA. He shares his journey investing in real estate long distance, pursuing real estate full time in the multifamily syndication world, and how he has navigated these worlds also born with Cerebral Palsy. Jason has not let his cerebral palsy limit his vision for his life, and continues to lead the multifamily masters meetup in Pasadena every month.
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Financial freedom, epic adventures and managing a portfolio from thousands of miles away
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Sarah Weaver has been relentless on her journey to financial freedom. To list the number of successful business that Sarah has developed all with her living as a digital nomad is beyond impressive. She has a successful business that furnishes medium term rentals for real estate investors, she leads real estate investors on international trips, self manages her portfolio using systems and processes that allow her to operate them remotely, and is an incredible real estate coach and author. Sarah's new book is entitled 3 Join us as we go on the journey to find out how Sarah does...
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From Lingerie to Apartment buildings. Lessons learned doing business from recessions to boom times.
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Joe Hara is proud to say that over 40 years in business, he has never been issued a W2. Joe Hara had done everything from selling hair care products in Africa, Lingerie throughout the U.S. and industrial warehouse space in Los Angeles. He nearly lost everything through different booms and busts, and now owns over 60 multifamily units in Los Angeles by himself. Joe shares the highs and lows of a lifetime as a serial entrepreneur. [email protected] #realestate #realestatelife #realestateinvesting #investment #investmentproperty #financialliteracy #financialfreedom...
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A lifetime of empowering investors to take control of their financial future
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From a young age Jaden Sterling knew that his path would involve empowering other to take control of their life through financial education. As a financial advisor he consistently helped his clients achieve outsized returns, and learned from his wealthiest clients the focus necessary to achieve financial freedom. Jaden has done everything from affordable housing development to developing an app for selecting the stocks aligned with his clients vision for the future.
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Building a thriving business as an educator and mental health advocate for youth.
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Ross Szabo has built a thriving business career as an author, speaker and the founder of a school that puts mental health advocacy and mental health education first. After experiencing traumatic events in his youth Ross struggled openly with Bipolar disorder and depression. His own journey towards healing and sharing his challenges publicly led to a speaking career at age 17 and eventually to the launch of Books, wellness curriculum developed for use on College Universities, and today the founding of a school that teaches student's the skills necessary to develop their Mental...
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From touring musician to 300 units of AUM in 5 years
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Aaron Bernbach was waiting tables and touring as a musician when he caught the real estate bug and decided to go all in. He shares his story of what it takes to build a thriving business as a real estate agent doing everything from cold calls to door knocking to get his first leads, to building strategic partnerships to take down apartments through syndications. Ig: @ IG: @
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How to go from 0 to the biggest coffee producer in Colombia in 5 years
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Cole Shephard is the founding partner of Legacy Group and the Green Coffee company. Cole started his journey working with Price WaterHouse Cooper coordinating large capital transactions of everything from purchasing Gold Mines, and skyscrapers to international Banks. After feeling constrained in his position, he chose to start his own investment firm, and in 5 years went from flipping houses in Colombia to founding and expanding his company the Green Coffee Company into the largest Coffee producer in Colombia. Listen as we take on the journey of how he did it. Website - ...
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How renters can become owners through co-ownership of real estate
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This episode we interview Eric Chebil the founder and CEO of CHER whose goal is to make first-time homeownership simplified through co-ownership. By providing access to loans, homes, realtors, legal documents, and acting as a digital co-buying concierge, Cher enables low to middle income (LMI) renters an opportunity to transition into co-ownership and build equity. Eric takes us on the journey of what it takes to start a company from an idea to Reality
info_outlineSandra Plata shares her story of coming to the US as an immigrant raising her daughter as a single mom, and taking on the life of an entrepreneur. Sandra's first work in the US was as a hostess at California Pizza Kitchen, and through her customer service skills, began to rise up in the corporate ladder. Her skills eventually got her noticed by future business partners, with whom she opened her first co-working space in the South Bay. In the years since, Sandra has built a thriving business, bought out her original partners, and created a life for herself where she has the ability to learn from other entrepreneurs, and even flip real estate in other countries.