The Co-Living Show

Many of us dream of working from the comforts of a faraway beach and traveling the world, all the while earning through passive income streams. In this episode, Meghan Hunter shares her ten-year journey of working towards her dream life. This week, Craig and Zeona are ecstatic to welcome Meghan Hunter, a travel and finance expert who has made it her mission to educate people on how to live a “work...

When first getting into real estate, you’re bound to face rejections, failures, and all kinds of speed bumps in the road. However, setbacks shouldn’t discourage you from pursuing your goals. With a simple perspective change, you’ll find that success is much easier than you thought. Join us as Craig interviews Jason Drees, a renowned life coach and author of Do The Impossible: Unlock Your Full Pote...

The most common question that comes to mind with real estate investing is: where do I start? While there’s no one right answer, this week’s guest is passionate about sharing one the easiest way to get into real estate investing: Airbnb co-hosting! This week, Craig and Zeona are joined by Natalie Palmer, a certified Airbnb Ambassador with 17 Airbnb Superhost awards and 9 rentals under her belt. In...

"The hard times you've had are what molds you into a stone that can't be broken when times get harder later." In this episode, Craig takes the wheel as his co-host Zeona has recently tied the knot. However, Craig won't be lonely because he is joined by Nick Beveridge, an experienced real estate agent, and investor who survived numerous challenges, including bankruptcy, for...

One of the hardest life questions to answer is how can you take care of your loved ones when you’re gone? Saving your hard-earned cash in the bank doesn’t cut it anymore in this economy. In this week’s episode, real estate expert Ruben Garcia shares how you can multiply your assets and secure your family’s financial future through real estate investments. From a dead-end job at UPS to managing mul...

Every year, tax day comes as a major headache for most real estate investors. However, what most don’t know is that working with an accountant that specializes in real estate tax can actually save you thousands of dollars yearly! In this week’s episode, our hosts welcome Natalie Kolodij, founder of Kolodij Tax & Consulting, a tax firm that specializes in minimizing tax costs for real estate in...

Like most things in life, real estate investing comes with its own challenges and triumphs.  In this episode, Craig and Zeona are joined by Cam Cooper, a former tenant, certified house-hacker, and co-founder of a Real Estate Pro Meetup group in Atlanta. Although relatively new in the game, Cam has already managed to survive every investor’s nightmare—a terrible tenant and the unexpected costs that...

Despite his six-figure salary and a sophisticated corporate job, this episode’s guest lived from paycheck to paycheck. Like many people, he did not understand what it truly meant to be financially free — until he got married and needed to provide for his family.   Craig and Zeona are joined by Henry Washington, a former software developer turned real estate investor with hundreds of transactions a...

Do you see yourself working on the same corporate routine ten years from now? How about in the next forty? In this episode, we get to meet a former software engineer who had to pack his things and let go of everything to strive for his dream of financial freedom. Craig and Zeona are joined by such a passionate realtor who once found himself intimidated by the real estate industry. Antonio Cuccinie...

What is a more inspiring success story than a success that sprouted from humble beginnings? At a young age, our guest’s mind was enlightened on the concept of financial independence—learning from her environment in the private school she attended and comparing to her family’s financial situation.  In this week’s episode, Craig and Zeona get to meet an empowered woman who has found success for hers...

It’s the time of the year to wrap things up for 2022! Throughout the whole year, we are graced with such amazing personalities each week on the show. However, in this episode, the show gets its unique spin as our hosts take over! On triumphs and setbacks, they are covering every key takeaway of their year-round adventure. In this year-end special of Invest2FI, we get to put our real estate portfol...

It is likely to be known that one of the essences of building a business is problem-solving!  Started in 2015, a man with extensive sales experience in the healthcare sector turned the accommodation needs of travel nurses and other clinicians into a profitable opportunity. Providing reasonable and comfortable accommodation, he learned and studied to do things differently in his real estate game. O...

If your money mindset is always focused on negativity, you cannot eliminate those blocks that hinder you from achieving financial freedom. Dave Mason chose to focus on the positive side of making money, which unlocked many thriving opportunities in his career. In this episode, he talks about running a thriving real estate business in the United States while living in Israel. Dave delves into his p...

Many people in the industry start their real estate investing journey later in life. However, this episode's guest got her start in high school. Getting hooked from helping her mother's real estate career, Dominique Gunderson had an early start in the industry. Now, she is a real estate investor and owner of Gunderson Homes . She joins Craig Curelop and Zeona McIntyre to share with us ho...

Many who pursue a real estate career want to get out of the limiting corporate space and write their own success stories. This mindset pushed Bailey Kramer to invest in this space even before graduating college. Now, he manages short-term rentals across four states. He joins Craig Curelop and Zeona McIntyre to share how he started in multi-family, tried fix and flip, and did long-term rentals befo...

As cliché as it sounds, the only thing that is ever truly constant is change. Bearing this in mind, the only way we can take control of the situation is by preparation. And in a changing market, nothing beats having multiple tools in your tool belt to face the changes head-on. Craig Curelop and Zeona McIntyre invite a very timely guest who can provide us with one of those: creative finance. In thi...

It's only when you are faced with death is when you start to realize your why. Firefighter Andrew Tom faced this decision when he was literally face-to-face with fire. He realized at that point that he should be building for financial freedom, and he found that in real estate by house hacking. Join Craig Curelop and Zeona McIntyre as they talk to Andrew Tom about his house hacking experience....

Wealth building can be ten times more exhausting if you measure it against the successes of others. Slaving away to grow that number can take out the feeling of freedom you wanted in the first place. This episode's guest is light years ahead, maturity-wise, letting her journey simply be for herself and to do the things she loves. Ali Garced joins Craig Curelop and Zeona McIntyre to share her...

Are you looking to get started in real estate investing? You might learn a thing or two from today’s guest. Ashley Kehr is a real estate investor and the host of BiggerPocket’s Real Estate Rookie Podcast . Her real estate journey started when she began looking into ways to build her wealth and gain financial independence. In this episode, she chats with Craig Curelop and Zeona McIntyre about how s...

Want to know how today’s guest doubled her cash flow by switching from long-term to medium-term rentals? Sarah Weaver is a coach, speaker, real estate investor, and entrepreneur. She joins Zeona McIntyre for a deep dive into their book, 30-Day Stay: A Real Estate Investor’s Guide to Mastering the Medium-Term Rental . Sarah has found success investing and managing medium-term rentals, but that wasn...

House hacking can change your life. You get to keep your property and all the benefits while someone else has to pay your mortgage. This is all done in your house. You just need to find a tenant or a friend you trust to lease it with you. It is one of the best ways to reach that financial freedom you have always wanted.   Join Craig Curelop and Zeona McIntyre as they talk to real estate investor J...

Is acquiring Airbnb rental properties more profitable than a rental arbitrage model? The short answer is yes, and today’s guest will tell you why. Eric Yu is a short-term rental Airbnb expert and a real estate agent. He chats with hosts Craig Curelop and Zeona McIntyre to share his real estate journey and discuss why acquiring properties for Airbnb short-term rentals is the better way to maximize...

Megan Blythe, a real estate investor, shares her path on how she pursued real estate investing after she listened to Bigger Pockets and read the book, The Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey. Before COVID and the market went insane, Megan acquired her first property and redid the house, almost by herself, after her debt-to-income ratio increased. In this episode, Megan shares the rest of the story of ho...

Falling in love too soon can go both ways. And for real estate, it can make you miss details you should have noticed if you were not too caught up in the process. These are just a few of the lessons that new investors learn the hard way. And to save you from falling into the same trap, Housing Market Analyst and VP of Data & Analytics at  BiggerPockets ,  Dave Meyer , shares the do's and...

Anything is possible as long as you take action.  Jabbar Adesada  was always the different kid in school, and he decided that he was going to fit in when he was rich. Now, he’s a full-time military and got $10,000 of passive income while only being 20 years old! He’s done short-term rentals and house-hacking and even has a deal in the Great Smoky Mountains. Join Craig Curelop and Zeona McIntyre as...