The Broke Millionaires

U-Haul offered $6.3 million cash for a self-storage facility. Joe Downs offered $6.5 million with seller financing, and won. The seller's reason had nothing to do with price. Roughly 80% of storage facilities are still owned by mom-and-pop operators, and that's the market Joe says the big players can't touch. In this episode: - How Joe beat U-Haul's $6.3M all-cash offer, and th...

Robert Howell owns 23 mobile home parks and over 200 lots. People assume he's rich. He says the checks are nowhere near what you'd think. Robert breaks down what mobile home park investing really pays, how he buys parks with seller financing, and the tax bill that sent him right back into buying mode. In this episode: - Why 200+ lots doesn't mean a fat bank account yet, and when the...

Chris Gavre buys raw land for about $30,000 a lot, sets a brand new double wide on it, and sells it for $222,000 to $230,000. He did 50 to 60 of these last year and is on pace to do it again. Almost nobody is teaching this strategy, and he thought he invented it. In this episode: What a land home package is, and the dealer's license that lets you buy a brand new home at wholesale straight fro...

They didn't have $200 for diapers, let alone a down payment — and a decade later they own 50 rental properties. Brandon and Chessie Hollibaugh share exactly how they climbed out of $50,000 in credit card debt on a Navy paycheck and built a real estate portfolio using creative financing and almost none of their own money, including the two deals that nearly took it all back. In this episode: -...

They didn't have $200 for diapers, let alone a down payment — and a decade later they own 50 rental properties. Brandon and Chessie Hollibaugh share exactly how they climbed out of $50,000 in credit card debt on a Navy paycheck and built a real estate portfolio using creative financing and almost none of their own money, including the two deals that nearly took it all back. In this episode: -...

Compounding is the real engine behind almost every dollar of wealth we've built — and it's the one strategy most people give up on too early. In this episode we break down how we stack it across real estate, knowledge, and long-term investing to build wealth on an everyday income. The hardest part isn't the math — it's the one uncomfortable habit that makes compounding actually...

Follow us on Instagram: @thebrokemillionaires_ We own $7 million in real estate — and just got turned down to rent a modest home. If you've ever felt like you're building something real but can't prove it on paper, this episode is for you. We're sharing the raw truth about selling two properties, pivoting a 10-year business, moving with no destination, and what it actually take...

Follow us on Instagram: @thebrokemillionaires_ Your equity might be your biggest liability. In Episode 52, we pull back the curtain on the exact strategy we're using to sell properties, eliminate tax bills using bonus depreciation, and redeploy trapped equity into multiple cash-flowing assets — all while AI quietly replaces the humans doing these deals. If you've ever wondered whether ho...

Join our FREE Broke Millionaires Skool community for weekly Office Hours Call where we break down podcast episodes and apply them to your real-life situation. skool.com/brokemillionaires What if everything you've been told about getting rich through real estate is wrong? Cory Jacobson of Wealth Juice — who started with $25K and a house hack while earning $35K/year at the Philadelphia 76ers —...

Join our FREE Broke Millionaires Skool community for weekly Office Hours Call where we break down podcast episodes and apply them to your real-life situation. skool.com/brokemillionaires They own multiple properties, have a waitlist of tenants, and once turned down a six-figure Airbnb booking — and they're still checking their bank account before grocery shopping. In Episode 50, the Broke Mil...

Join our FREE Broke Millionaires Skool community for weekly Office Hours Call where we break down podcast episodes and apply them to your real-life situation. skool.com/brokemillionaires What happens when a fully permitted, ground-up rebuild in one of California's most in-demand neighborhoods stops making financial sense to hold — and selling it could generate up to $800K tax-free? In Episode...

Join our FREE Broke Millionaires Skool community for weekly Office Hours Call where we break down podcast episodes and apply them to your real-life situation. skool.com/brokemillionaires In this episode, we sit down with Lorenzo Mercado —a pediatric nurse turned real estate investor and podcast host—who shares the real side of building wealth while still working a full-time job. From losing money...

Join our FREE Broke Millionaires Skool community for weekly Office Hours Call where we break down podcast episodes and apply them to your real-life situation. skool.com/brokemillionaires Most people try to preserve wealth before they even have it. In this episode, Kam Dasani reveals why he quit his $250K Silicon Valley job to become a full-time options trader—and how his copy-paste swing trading s...

Join our FREE Broke Millionaires Skool community for weekly Office Hours Call where we break down podcast episodes and apply them to your real-life situation. skool.com/brokemillionaires What if the biggest thing holding your business back… is you? In this episode, Justin Lund joins us to break down the real reason founders get stuck, overworked, and secretly trapped—even after hitting 7 figures....

Join our FREE Broke Millionaires Skool community for weekly Office Hours Call where we break down podcast episodes and apply them to your real-life situation. skool.com/brokemillionaires Real estate investing and passive income are often marketed as effortless paths to financial freedom, but in Episode 45 we unpack the truth about rental properties, value-add real estate, property management, cash...

Join our FREE Broke Millionaires Skool community for weekly Office Hours Call where we break down podcast episodes and apply them to your real-life situation. skool.com/brokemillionaires In Episode 44, Lauryn and Joshua talk about a key lesson reinforced by Dan Martell’s coaching: when sales are going down and a product is consuming your time without paying you back, it’s time to sunset it—not emo...

Join our FREE Broke Millionaires Skool community for weekly Office Hours Call where we break down podcast episodes and apply them to your real-life situation. skool.com/brokemillionaires Brent Bowers (thelandsharks.com) joins Joshua and Lauryn to break down how he went from broke Army officer, deployments, and debt to building freedom through vacant land investing. Brent shares the exact moment la...

Join our FREE Broke Millionaires Skool community for weekly Office Hours Call where we break down podcast episodes and apply them to your real-life situation. skool.com/brokemillionaires In this episode, Joshua and Lauren pull back the curtain on one of the hottest topics they keep getting asked about: co-hosting midterm rentals. They break down what co-hosting really is (and what it isn’t), why t...

Join our FREE Broke Millionaires Skool community for weekly Office Hours Call where we break down podcast episodes and apply them to your real-life situation. skool.com/brokemillionaires In this episode of The Broke Millionaires Podcast , Joshua and Lauryn unpack a powerful wealth-building concept that most investors completely overlook: creative lending itself can be the investment. The conversat...

CLICK HERE for a FREE download of the ALLLL Method™ blueprint.  Join our FREE Broke Millionaires Skool community for weekly Office Hours Call where we break down podcast episodes and apply them to your real-life situation. skool.com/brokemillionaires In Episode 40, Joshua and Lauryn record for the first time in their new studio , celebrating a major milestone after nearly a year of filming at kitc...

In Episode 39, Joshua and Lauryn sit down for what they hope is their final recording from home before moving into their newly built studio. This episode is a transparent look at their current season—exhaustion, setbacks, celebrations, and the goals they’re setting for the year ahead.  They open with life updates: missed recordings, illness that sent Lauryn to the ER, juggling four kids, and the c...

🎙 Episode Summary After an unplanned month-long break brought on by illness, recovery, and life chaos, Lauryn and Joshua return with one of their most transparent episodes to date. Episode 38 takes listeners deep into what life really looks like behind the scenes when you’re raising four kids, running multiple businesses, and building wealth in a down economy. Recording late at night—on their 8th...

In this episode, Lauryn and Joshua open with personal life updates before diving into a core entrepreneurial principle: buying back your time . As their lives grow busier—especially with four children at home—they reflect on why doing everything themselves is no longer sustainable. They explore how to delegate intentionally, retake control of their schedule, and focus on the high-leverage tasks th...

We sit down for several updates with our projects and dive into how we go about setting up a furnished rental out of state. One of the programs we talk bout is the Ladder Up Home Loan Grant from City National Bank. This is for CA, NJ and NY residents. We also talk about the  No Tax on Home Sales Act which aims to eliminate the capital gains tax on a primary residence. This is huge for us personall...

In this episode we dive into some interesting statistics and talk about where you live and how you look can drastically improve your mental health and improve your ability to keep moving forward with your wealth building goals.  We are looking for guests that have something helpful to share. If you or someone you know could make a good guest on the show, drop us a line to see if it would be a good...