The Real FI Podcast - Real Estate Investing to FI

Success doesn’t happen by accident, and it doesn’t happen without massive amounts of effort. Our guest, Felipe Mejia, learned this after being rejected from his dream career as a police officer. But when one door closes another opens. Felipe took that opportunity to figure out life and he immediately jumped into real estate. From flipping a mobile home to now managing a wholesaling business, call...

“Out of the hottest fire comes the strongest steel.” After facing countless challenges in life, Tereva Jacobson discovered that she was the only person standing between her success and failure. While Tereva was at a later stage in life when she decided to get into real estate and start her business, it wasn’t too late. Her inspiration for getting into real estate and taking the leap came from watc...

Not everybody gets to live in paradise while building their real estate empire, but Zasha Smith does! From the outside looking in, many real estate investors might see Hawaii as being a nearly impossible market to break into. It’s expensive, it’s niche, and it’s far, but none of those limiting beliefs stopped Zasha from creating a super successful (and fulfilling) real estate business. Zasha start...

Jessica Geisler is kicking butt with her wholesaling business. Jessica’s real estate business began in 2015 with her first fixer upper and it continued to be a slow process until 2020 when she finally decided to take action and invest in herself. After participating in some coaching classes to learn about wholesaling, her real estate business really took off. Jessica was able to turn a $3,000 inve...

You’re not going to want to miss this episode with Bradley LaBrie. Bradley identified the key to ingesting in real estate and growing his business, and was able to grow his investment portfolio to 14 properties within 8 years, all worth more than $2.5M! Bradley is well on his way to financial freedom and has a lot of great experiences to share. You can connect with Bradley LaBrie on Instagram @bra...

Blaine & Lily started their journey as teachers but quickly jumped into their first househack and AirBnB opportunity. They took the leap and made moves without hesitation, and that’s no exaggeration. For their first AirBnb they took photos of their home as it existed and posted it … and then it booked! They found temporary housing and then jumped into their next project, a live-in flip! From t...

The great debate! Cash flow versus appreciation. When it comes to investments and real estate everyone always argues about whether you should focus on cash flow or appreciation. There are plenty of pros and cons to both sides, and Patrick and James dive in to give their perspective.  Investing is a delicate balance, and the biggest takeaway from this episode is that for any investment, make sure t...

Casey brought the heat in this episode. He shares his experiences with managing his own property portfolio with his partner, Austin, and building his portfolio up to 60 self-managed units. Casey learned so much that he was able to reduce all of his landlording and management experiences to a comprehensive book called How to Win in Rental Real Estate After the Deal. You can find a copy of Casey’s b...

Danny & Christine Bellish were never the couple that accepted the status quo ... and COVID-19 was an eye-opening experience for them. They took a look around and realized that paying $3,000/month to live in a high-rise apartment in New Jersey (while the city was in lockdown) wasn’t getting them any closer to their long-term financial goals. And so began their personal finance journey. Danny &a...

There is one entity that controls the pricing of nearly every asset in the world--the United States Federal Reserve. While the entity may not be completely federal, and it might not hold much in reserve, the Fed is the foundation for how we determine interest rates and the price of our assets. We aren't experts on the topic, but it's an important subject to be informed of! Do you have an...

Our guest Ryan Cushman didn’t want to be stuck in corporate life forever, so he decided to take control of his finances and find an escape. It all started by listening to one episode of Bigger Pockets with The Short-Term Shop on how to generate huge amounts of cash flow with short-term rentals. From there Ryan has been able to build up a solid STR portfolio that allows for his family to have more...

Investing in a hot seller's market can be really difficult for real estate investors. The best deals seem to be bought up super fast, often for terms that make the numbers difficult to justify. When the pickin's are slim, turning to off-market deals can be the best way to find some value in this crazy market. Patrick and James discuss finding deals through various avenues, including mail...

Evan started his financial independence journey all the way back in college and after he bought his first deal he had $200 in his checking account. He put it all on the line. A lot of people figure out reasons for why getting started with investing is difficult, but Evan found out how to get it done.  You can connect with our guest on Instagram @chasing_rentals Do you have any questions you'd...

Growing your rental portfolio happens one deal at a time. On today’s episode, our guest Chantz Ireland has successfully scaled up his real estate portfolio to larger multi-family deals through creative strategies like 1031 exchanges. Chantz is well on his way to reaching financial independence and has a ton of great advice to share. You can connect with Chantz on Instagram @investorchant Do you ha...

Debt sucks, but there are ways to pay it off and make it work to your advantage. In today’s episode Patrick and James discuss the different kinds of debts that exist, strategies for paying debt off as quickly as possible, and also how to use debt to your advantage as a savvy investor. Will you let debt ruin or build your wealth? Do you have any questions you'd like for us to answer on the sho...

Heath Chavis, a CPA located in Gaithersburg, Maryland joins your hosts to discuss how you need to have a proactive relationship with your CPA in order to ensure the best tax outcome, which, of course, is means paying as little taxes as possible! Your hosts also discuss specific tax questions as they relate to real estate, crypto, and other strategies to reduce tax liabilities for the upcoming year...

Patrick and James do a deep dive into the digital world and discuss bitcoin, the metaverse, NFTs, and crypto. There are a lot of changes occurring in this industry and it might pay to dig in and see if there is some value to be found! Just like any other investing strategy, there are opportunities to buy and hold digital assets for appreciation and also cash flow. What are your thoughts on the dig...

Justin Hill has a long history of finding creative ways to grow multiple streams of income. From selling items on Amazon and Ebay to acquiring a real estate portfolio, Justin has leveraged his W2 income to pursue passive sources of income that don't require much time to grow . Learn from Justin as he explains his path to netting $20,000 per month in passive income! Do you have any questions y...

It's a new year and time to put in the work to make it your BEST YEAR EVER. James and Patrick sit down to chat about some strategies for jumpstarting your 2022 and building up some positive momentum with your goals and pursuit of financial independence. Get knowledgeable. Start searching for opportunities. Analyze deals. Build out your systems. Connect with like-minded people. Build out your...

Nate is a stay-at-home dad that's been working to grow his real estate portfolio one deal at a time. He's narrowed down his pursuits to wholesaling land and RV park development as his means of working towards financial independence. Join us in our conversation with Nate as we discuss how his real estate strategy offers the flexibility and potential for massive passive income to support a...

The Real FI Podcast is here and ready to help make you financially independent! We're super excited to share our financial experiences with you and  introduce you to some amazing guests who are well on their way to becoming financially free. Do you have any questions you'd like for us to answer on the show, or a success story you'd like to share? Shoot us an email to info@TheRealFI....