Millionaires Unveiled

Vien, a refugee at birth, now resides in Australia and works as a pharmacist. She has a current net worth of 1.6M with 1.2M in real estate, 200K in her business, 90K in cash, and the remainder in retirement accounts. She discusses her career, allocating money between her business and other investments, and her financial goals for the future. Vien also shares that part of her financial motivation i...

Joe has a current net worth of 1.75M. He works in IT and allocated his money 80% stocks and 20% bonds. Within that allocation, he chooses 60% domestic and 40% international holdings. Joe reached is first million at age 39 and expects the second million to come much faster. He dabbled in single stock investing and real estate, but prefers investing in mutual and index funds. His household range of...

Michael Blank, a multifamily investor and host of the "Apartment Building Investing Podcast" shares his passion for multifamily investing and why he believes multifamily real estate is a fantastic investment.  Michael shares his background and investing failures, how to find your first deal, what to look for in a deal, and frequent mistakes made by real estate investors. He also discusses single f...

Today's guest, Jaime Masters, is a business coach and hosts the popular podcast, "Eventual Millionaire" where she interviews millionaire business owners. We discuss numerous topics including how to allocate money between one's business and other investments, finding success in the journey, the role of coaches and masterminds, and when to make new hires and the process of doing so. Check out the fr...

Amber has a current net worth of 1.2M with 400K in a paid for home, and about 700K in traditional investments and retirement accounts. She also has money in HSA's, stock options, and an education savings account. The house was paid off in her early thirties and she wants to retire at age 45 with a net worth of 1.5M. Amber discusses mistakes (including overspending on credit cards) and offers terri...

Cubert has a current net worth of 1.4M. He has 500K in a traditional 401K with 100% of the funds invested in a Vanguard S&P 500 index fund. He also has 250K in home equity, and 600K in other real estate holdings including a condo used for airbnb. Cubert discusses how he went from virtually nothing to millionaire status in ten years including building up his real estate portfolio to four single fam...

Jake, 41 years old, has a current net worth of 3.3M. He has a 700K house, about 2M in retirement accounts (including roth and traditional holdings) as well as investments in REITs, 529 plans, angel investments, and one rental property. Within his retirement accounts, he primarily invests in index funds. He has four children and discusses how he teaches them about money as well as his current thoug...

Tom Wheelwright, CPA is best known for making taxes fun and understandable. He specializes in helping entrepreneurs and investors build wealth through permanently reducing taxes. We discuss the new tax law including issues of divorce and alimony, real estate depreciation, car depreciation, business structuring, and how involved one should be with their own taxes. Check out his recent book "Tax Fre...

In this episode Frogdancer Jones shares her story of financial success. Following her divorce 21 years ago, she started her journey with less than $100, a mortgage to pay, and four young kids. She discusses how frugality played a large impact on her success and how her teaching career, with an average salary of 70K, helped cover her needs. She shares motivational ideas for saving money, her portfo...

Rick is a Canadian marketing manager with a net worth of 1.2M. He is married with two kids and has worked for the same company for 15 years. He holds 550K in a paid for house, about 350K in investments, and nearly 250K in his employee pension fund. Of the 350K, 90% are held in equity securities and 10% in bonds. He further breaks out his investments between US, Canadian, and international holdings...

This episode features Beau with a current net worth of 5M. He holds about 3M in an HR outsourcing firm - his core business. He also has 800K invested in the market, a paid for house valued at about 700K, and other small business ventures and land. We discuss his journey and strategy as an entrepreneur during which he's owned several businesses including an auto parts store, health clubs, and nutri...

In this episode we provide a recap of our last 10 interviews and discuss the lessons and trends we've learned from interviewing nearly 50 millionaires. Thus far, our interviewees have a combined net worth of nearly $100 million. We also provide updates on the show including future guest interviews with Robert Kiyosaki and Tom Wheelwright.

Today's episode features "Still-In" from MilitaryMillions.com. He has served in the military for 17 years, and has a current net worth of 4.2M including a government pension valued at 1.2M. His paid off house is worth over 400K, and he holds over 2M in traditional investments held primarily in Vanguard funds. We discuss his current allocation between Stocks and Bonds, and Domestic vs. Internationa...

Today's guest, Coach Carson, is an active real estate investor, coach, and author of the new book, "Retire Early with Real Estate" (https://www.amazon.com/Retire-Early-Real-Estate-Investing/dp/1947200038/). We discuss how he started investing, his current real estate portfolio, and tips for investing success. He provides advice on goal setting, health insurance, teaching kids about money, leverage...

Today's guest, debt free doctor, has a current net worth of 2.4M. He discusses his story of overcoming 250K of debt and unveils how he's been able to financially strive since being debt free. He has numerous investment vehicles including, but not limited to, home equity, real estate syndications and crowdfunding, taxable investments, IRAs, 529 plans, and HSAs. He invests primarily in Vanguard inde...

This episode features Jeff, a school custodian with a net worth of 1.4M. He has worked for the same school district for over 30 years and currently makes 40K a year. He has 1M in retirement accounts, and 180K in home equity. We discuss happiness and confidence levels as savings and net worth grew, sacrifices made along the way, and how he was able to reach millionaire status. Jeff shares his life...

Eric is a small business owner with investments in both the stock market and real estate. He grew up in a middle class family, served in the military for four years following high school, and studied finance in college. He has about 300K invested in the market, 100K in cash, 10K in Gold and Silver, and 1M in real estate (He currently owns two rental properties). Eric discusses his investments, sma...

John has a current net worth of 3.1M, is in his late 40's, and is married with two children. At the age of 30, he had a net worth of nearly zero. His investments are split between financial securities and real estate. On the securities side, he has a 401(k), IRA's, and college savings accounts; they are primarily invested in target date retirement funds. On the real estate side, he owns two primar...

The Dividend Diplomats are two twenty something friends with a shared interest of dividend investing and frugal living. On this guest episode we discuss the benefits of dividend investing, why they've chosen dividend investing, and how much they each earn from their investments. They explain "dividend aristocrats" and which companies fall into this category. Both Lanny and Bert divulge how they go...

Today's episode features a CPA who has worked in both public and private accounting. She has continually strived to be frugal, invest, and grow her net worth. She has a current net worth of 1.2M. Dora mentions that she used to be a workaholic, but now works for the government in a job with better work-life balance. Her range of income during her working life has been $19,000 - $180,000. We discuss...

Today's episode features a radiologist with a current net worth of 3.0 million. He hit his first million at age 45 and his second million just two years later. He holds 500K in his 401K, 500K in a standard brokerage account, and 500K in syndicated real estate deals. We discuss the mantra that doctors are bad with money and how he thinks that's changing. Furthermore, he shares his investing insight...

KT has a current net worth of 1.9M. He's 51 years old with the goal to retire in four years, at age 55. He was almost a millionaire, and then inherited one million dollars from his father. KT discusses the inheritance, gives advice for those who receive one, and talks about the art of saying no. He's invested in numerous different real estate deals, has 250K in home equity, and holds up to almost...

In this episode we do a quick recap of the last 13 interviews, episodes 27-39. Not counting the two guest interviews, the combined net worth of the 11 millionaires interviewed in this segment is 28.2M. We discuss investing trends, different strategies, and share a brief summary of each interview. 

Anthon is a millennial with a current net worth of 450K. He currently works in software sales and has been working full time for five years. His allocation is 45% real estate, 30% financial securities, 15% cash and 10% in other categories including cryptocurrency. He owns a second home which cash flows about $500 per month. Anthon discusses his current portfolio, what he's doing to grow his invest...

Adam, a product manager, has a current net worth of 1.25M. He has 200K in retirement accounts and over one million in other brokerage and investment accounts. He's a big proponent of the Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund (VTSMX) - a fund that claims over 40% of his holdings. He also as over 20% in Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund (VGTSX). Adam also has around 5% of his portfolio...