The Rich Immigrant

Send us Fan Mail The Great resignation (or the great realignment) is real and people are switching jobs in record numbers. What more? There are a lot of opportunities specifically in the tech space and this means more people are negotiating job offers with equity compensation. The truth is, job offers can be difficult to fully understand. Today's episode helps you understand your compensation...

Send us Fan Mail  I first 'met' Vivienne a few years ago on Instagram as she shared a love for travel. Since then, I've gotten to know her personally and follow her on her journey. What a GEM! Vivienne Okafor is a creative content director, brand coach, and storyteller with a mission to build people. She focuses on helping you discover the essence of who you are through your gifts,...

Send us Fan Mail I first 'met' Vivienne a few years ago on Instagram as she shared a love for travel. Since then, I've gotten to know her personally and follow her on her journey. What a GEM! Vivienne Okafor is a creative content director, brand coach, and storyteller with a mission to build people. She focuses on helping you discover the essence of who you are through your gifts, s...

Send us Fan Mail When I first started at my full-time job 12 years ago, benefits enrollment was a foreign language to me. With no one to talk to, I read part of the jargon, make my elections, and kept it moving for SIX years. It would take me that much time to realize that I'd been probably selected the wrong health insurance plan and that I should have selected the HSA.  It's that time...

Send us Fan Mail How much money is enough? This is a loaded question so let's talk about it. This podcast was initially inspired by the recent phenomenon of being doubly employed and conversations with friends on the topic. In this episode, I share personal examples and I talk about: 1. How much is enough when I don't compare myself to other people or chase the next sexy round number 2....

Send us Fan Mail Season 4 is coming back starting in three days! I'm super excited and I hope you are too! Catch up with me on Instagram, on the blog, and on the last 3 seasons of the podcast! Season 4 is here, the first episode drops on Wednesday! Thank you for listening to this episode of the Rich Immigrant podcast, please rate, review, subscribe, and share this episode on iTunes. Here are...

Send us Fan Mail Many people know that they should be saving for retirement but it is often difficult to delay more immediate needs. Further, too many of us believe that investing is for the rich. This could not be further from the truth and I wish someone broke this down for me earlier. Investing is for EVERYONE. In this episode, I share some tips on how to start investing with as little as $50 -...

Send us Fan Mail The media just LOVES to glorify the perfect immigrant, but the truth is, while those grass to grace stories are great, there should be room for all immigrants to thrive. Thrive without having to live up to the accomplishments of the 'ideal immigrant.' In this episode, I share my perspective on the pressure to be a perfect immigrant, one that has it all together. I talk a...

Send us Fan Mail As with anything new, we're all bound to make mistakes on our investing journey. I know I sure have! I have an entire episode dedicated to sharing my money mistakes. In this episode, I'm sharing 7 common investing mistakes and how to avoid them. 1. Not investing at all 2. Waiting for the right time to invest/trying to time the market 3. Putting money in an investment acc...

Send us Fan Mail Tune in for a 100% real mid-year update/conversation where I share (unscripted) on the year so far. In this episode, I talk about: 1. My crypto losses 2. What's going on in the housing market and whether I'm still in the market for a home 3. How my portfolio is doing and hitting the first $100k net worth 4. What's happening in the car market. Should I sell my car in...

Send us Fan Mail Rashidat (Shida) and I picked up from where we left off in part 1 of our conversation.  Rashidat is a 1st generation immigrant and the founder of Investing Padi,  an online community that aims to educate immigrants, minorities, and women about the value of investing in the stock market. Her community started after discovering that many people just like her miss out on low barrier...

Send us Fan Mail Rashidat (Shida) is saving and investing for her future Rich Auntie self! I don't know about you but that resonates with me so much! This is yet another conversation I wish I had when I first started working, saving, and investing as an immigrant without parents to show me the way. Please listen and share this episode. Rashidat is a 1st generation immigrant and the founder of...

Send us Fan Mail There are more ways to invest in real estate than many realize. On this last day of National Homeownership Month, I'm sharing five different ways to invest in real estate.  Here are five ways to invest in real estate (even with little money): 1. Investing in REITs (you can start with less than $50) 2. Real Estate Crowdfunding platform 3. House Hacking 4. Buying Investment Pro...

Send us Fan Mail Over memorial day weekend, I talked with my friend, Suzanne, about her real estate investing journey. This is the second in a two-part series. In the first part (episode 25), we talked about buying her first property in New York as an immigrant woman, how she assesses an investment property and the biggest resource for newbie real estate investors. Suzanne Brume is a management co...

Send us Fan Mail Buying your first property as an immigrant can be tough, but Suzanne has not only done so, but she has also expanded her real estate portfolio. I sat down with my friend and colleague and she shared the inside scoop on her journey (you will not see this anywhere else). Suzanne Brume is a management consultant (an executive at that), an avid fitness enthusiast, real estate investor...

Send us Fan Mail Who's ready for a hot girl/hot guy summer? How about a rich immigrant summer? I love the great summer energy and the good positive vibes. But I've got a confession; I don't know about you but summers are the toughest season on my budget so I'm refreshing my budget accordingly. What better time to refresh your finances than the summer? Let this be your summer fi...

Send us Fan Mail I don't know about you but I love graduations and I'm a sucker for a good graduation speech. Something about that transition from being a student to adulthood (such a scan btw) always has me in my feelings about the journey culminating in those moments where we don our caps and gowns. Celebrating the accomplishment and looking ahead with great hope for the future. When N...

Send us Fan Mail It is summer, we are getting vaccinated in the USA, we are feeling hopeful again. What better time to visit the topic of living our best rich lives than now? We have been reminded to live life to the fullest, to make each moment count, to hug our loved ones.  Here are 4 key steps to living your best rich life right now? 1. Define what a rich life looks like for you 2. Write down t...

Send us Fan Mail Season 3 is coming back starting next week! I'm super excited and I hope you are too! Catch up with me on Instagram, on the blog, and on the last 2 seasons of the podcast! Season 3 is here, the first episode drops next week! Thank you for listening to this episode of the Rich Immigrant podcast, please rate, review, subscribe, and share this episode on iTunes. Here are the bes...

Send us Fan Mail In this last/bonus episode of Season 2 of the podcast, I talk with my friend, Korm Aguh-Stuckmayer about starting a business as immigrants. This episode was inspired by a listened question sent in about a month ago.  Korma did out start out looking to be an entrepreneur. Today, she works as a business analyst 9-5 and runs Afrocontigbo 24/7. In this episode, Korma and I talk about:...

Send us Fan Mail We're almost at the end of Season 2 of the Rich Immigrant Podcast! In this episode, I'm answering 6 questions that you asked me. Nothing was off the table. I'll do another episode like this perhaps later in the year where we just sit and chat and I answer your questions. In this episode, I answer your questions about: 1. My  journey from student visa to my current s...

Send us Fan Mail Moving abroad is a big deal! Many times we do it for better opportunities, for education, for our careers, for love, for our children, or for a different life experience. Sometimes being financially prepared is an afterthought in the migration journey, but it shouldn't be. In this episode, I share 7 things to do to prepare your finances as you move abroad. These include: 1. H...

Send us Fan Mail Too many of us start off on the wrong foot when it comes to building our credit. Whatever your credit is today, know that you can take steps towards a better credit score. In this episode, I share 5 ways to improve your credit score today: 1. Payment history 2. Credit utilization 3. Keeping your oldest credit cards 4. Using a secured credit card 5. Having a mix of credit types (mo...

Send us Fan Mail Better late than never, this episode is my most personal one to date. I sit and ponder on 2020 from a few different angles and I wanted to share it with you. I hope you'll grab a cup of coffee/tea or a glass of wine and let's chat. In this episode, I cover: How I went into 2020   One goal I had at the beginning of 2020 that I shared with two people How things changed qui...

Send us Fan Mail It's the first episode of 2021 and it is the day after the US just gained its first female, first black, first asian, Vice President. Madam VP Kamala Harris. I did not plan to record the episode on this historic day but I'm so glad it worked out this way. A Rich Immigrant is in THE White House!!!  Asides from that, I am coming clean on this episode. In keeping with the t...