The Mom's Wealth Club Podcast with Lynn Plata

Most people spend their lives trying to fix their weaknesses, never realizing that their greatest opportunity may be hiding in the strengths they already possess. On this episode of The Mom's Wealth Club Podcast , Lynn sits down with Bridgette Ruiz , a Gallup Certified Strengths Coach, HR executive, entrepreneur, and real estate investor, to explore how understanding your unique strengths can...

What happens when a woman who spent over 20 years climbing the corporate ladder, managing a $500 million budget, juggling calls with London at 6 a.m. and Singapore at 10 p.m., breast pump plugged into the cigarette lighter on the Edens Expressway finally decides enough is enough? She gets back in the driver's seat. And she starts learning what nobody ever taught her. Lisa Schwartz is a nurse, scie...

Keila Torres bought her first multifamily property in Chicago in 2022, right before interest rates skyrocketed. She had no real estate education, inherited tenants she wasn't prepared for, and figured out landlording on her own. Two and a half years later, she and her team have closed 27 properties and they're buying one a week. In this episode Keila breaks down how they actually fund these deals....

What if the biggest thing holding you back isn't your circumstances, your education, or your opportunities? What if it's a subconscious belief you don't even realize you're carrying? In this episode of The Mom's Wealth Club Podcast, Lynn sits down with psychotherapist, TEDx speaker, and author Kristen Jacobsen to explore how childhood experiences, developmental trauma, anxiety, perfectionism, and...

"There is never a perfect time for anything." Melissa Asbury didn't wait for the perfect moment to start investing in real estate. She started with a baby on her hip, young children at home, and a vision for building a better future for her family. Today, she and her husband own 14 rental properties, operate successful short-term and mid-term rentals, and help other investors create...

What happens when you realize the traditional path may not be the right one for you? In this episode of The Mom's Wealth Club, Lynn sits down with 19 year old entrepreneur Tatiana Frankl to discuss her decision to leave college, start her own business, and begin exploring the world of real estate investing. Tatiana shares how faith, mentorship, and surrounding herself with the right people have he...

Most women were taught how to work hard. Very few were taught how wealth actually works. In this episode, Heather Bundgaard joins Lynn Plata for an honest conversation about business, investing, AI, financial education, and what it looks like to start learning wealth strategies later in life. Heather spent years building a successful business before realizing that working hard and building wealth...

In this follow-up conversation, Bella Marrero shares a side of her journey that goes far beyond business and financial success. After years of stress, trauma, and putting herself last, Bella made the decision to take back control of her health, mindset, confidence, and purpose. She shares how she lost 55 pounds naturally through discipline, accountability, and consistency, and how that transformat...

Most homeowners and even many real estate investors have no idea how serious permit violations can become. In this episode of The Mom’s Wealth Club, Lynn sits down with Bella Marrero of Permit Busters to talk about the hidden side of homeownership, code violations, unpermitted work, liens, contractor fraud, and the heartbreaking reason Bella became passionate about helping families navigate these...

Lily Duong built her business differently than a lot of people in real estate. She didn't go build a huge online brand. She didn't try to become a different personality. And she did not fake confidence through a bunch of sales training. She focused on relationships, systems, good people, and learning how to stay ahead as the business keeps changing. In this episode, we talk about what tran...

What does it take to start over in a country where you don't speak the language, your credentials don't transfer, and you have $1,200 to your name? Oriana came to the US from Venezuela as a practicing dentist. She cleaned homes, lived in a stranger's living room, and gave herself a military-level English regimen because failure was not an option. What she didn't know was that she w...

What do you do when the money says no? Not the bank. The money. In this episode of The Moms Wealth Club Podcast, Barb Posada shares how she and her partner acquired their first RV park saving the seller from foreclosure using creative finance. An attorney brought them a distressed RV park owner in Texas. No traditional loan product would solve his problem. Foreclosure was looming. Instead of forci...

In Part 2 of my conversation with Urania Smith, we go deeper into the vision behind MyOS, a human centered operating system for life. Urania explains how the idea began, why the system is designed to conform to the person, and how MyOS is built in three layers: Life, Founders, and Forge. We talk about what it looks like to create real clarity, how people can turn vision into day to day execution,...

In this episode, Lynn sits down with real estate investor Maricela Hernandez for an honest conversation about what it really takes to become a real estate investor. Maricela shares how she got started investing at a young age, the curiosity that led her into real estate, and the real lessons learned through partnerships, private money, renovations, refinancing, and long term ownership. This conver...

In this episode of The Moms Wealth Club Podcast, I sit down with Leticia Zertuche, owner of Roca Construction. Leticia shares her journey from the hotel industry in Cancun, to studying in Spain, to building a successful construction company in Chicago rooted in faith, integrity, and hard work. They discuss what it takes to succeed as a woman in construction, why construction knowledge is critical...

In this episode, Amber McCollum shares her journey from wholesaling to private lending to fund management and explains how everyday investors can begin raising capital with confidence. Amber breaks down what accredited and non accredited investors need to know, how fund structures work, and the mindset shifts that help you grow wealth with integrity and clarity. We also talk through real examples,...

Urania Smith brings real estate, design and creativity together in a way that is completely her own. She shares the emotional story of buying her first investment property in Bronzeville, the same neighborhood where she grew up. From surviving the streets as a child to sitting at the closing table as an investor, her journey is powerful and honest. We talk about her work as a writer, designer, inv...

In this episode I sit down with my daughter and business partner, Grace Plata, to talk about how she built her career in private lending at twenty two. Grace shares her early foundation in entrepreneurship, the real estate crash course she received through wholesaling, and what pulled her into the world of private lending. She explains DSCR loans in simple terms, breaks down fix and flip funding,...

Lizane didn’t set out to become an RV park investor, but every hard lesson led her to the vision she prayed for, even if it didn’t look the way she expected. In this episode of The Mom’s Wealth Club Podcast , Lizane Colón Mayer shares how burnout from traditional real estate led her to a business model that finally matched her purpose, lifestyle, and values. We talk about: – RV park investing and...

➡️ How to use insurance not just for protection, but to build real wealth. We cover: 💸 What an Indexed Universal Life (IUL) policy really is (in plain English) 🛡️ Why “living benefits” might be one of the smartest financial tools 🏠 How to protect your business and real estate with umbrella and key person policies 🤝 What to do if you’re a creative real estate investor with wrap buyers or subject...