Wealth Formula Podcast

Can Trump turn it around? Is he the new Reagan? Who knows. What I can tell you is that he faces substantially more challenges than Reagan did. He did not enter office in the middle of a giant asset bubble as we have now. He had a sluggish economy and high inflation but at least he had monetary policy to work with to get things under control with Paul Volker.  

Robert Helms and Russell Gray are known best as "The Real Estate Guys." This radio show and podcast is the number one real estate show in the world.   Many of you already know them and listen to them. What most of you probably don't know, however, is that Robert and Russ are also very good at real estate development. In fact, they are currently developing the first Hilton in Belize which will be the largest hotel on the island of Ambergris Caye--the number one island destination in the world according to Trip Advisor.   In this episode of Wealth Formula Podcast I will discuss the pros and cons of international investing with Robert. In addition, we will talk about the Belize market and specifically the Hilton project which they have been working on since 2013 but will be complete in about one year.  

  Dr. Tom Burns is another guy who was investing for cash flow before Kiyosaki's work. He was finishing orthopedic surgery training in the early 90s when he realized that, despite loving his profession, his profession was being attacked by HMOs and other external forces and that reimbursement would likely suffer over the course of his career. He was right. So after training, he began investing in real estate.    Tom is an interesting guy. In fact, he was one of the first to even read Rich Dad Poor Dad and is even acknowledged in the second edition of Kiyosaki's classic (for more on that, listen to the episode).  

Today's show will feature a couple of guys who have really created their own destiny by taking massive action. Listen to the story of Jake and Gino from Wheelbarrow Profits as they go from being a drug rep and pizza guy to a powerhouse apartment investing team. It is truly inspiring and thoroughly entertaining. While you listen, think about what you could do today to start heading in the direction that you want and how you are going to get there. Some of you may decide that you want to go all in like Jake and Gino. Others may want to take a more passive role and invest through communities such as my own investor club, other syndication groups, or through turn-key providers.  

Everyone has to protect their assets. The problem is that most of us don't think about it very much until it's too late. Garret Sutton is one of the guys on my side. He also happens to be Robert Kiyosaki's asset attorney. Although this topic may not sound SEXY...you're going to want to listen to this week's interview with him on Wealth Formula Podcast. There are simple, inexpensive ways to protect yourself and you can even use Kiyosaki's guy to get it done for you

I wanted to talk to Dr. Jim Dahle, he is a practicing board certified emergency medicine doctor and the editor of whitecoatinvestor.com.   Both Jim and I strongly believe that financial education and investing is critical to your future.   First, I interview Jim, and then you will hear me get interviewed by Pete Mathew of The Meaningful Money Podcast.   My show focuses on all high paid professionals and entrepreneurs, not just doctors. The other, more pronounced difference, is that his views of investing are more traditional than mine. As you all know by now, I am a hard asset investor and I personally refer to stocks, bonds, and mutual funds collectively as  "garbage.

My goal with the Wealth Formula Podcast is to build a community of likeminded individuals who can learn from one another. A community implies some level of interaction. Therefore, every once in a while I like to do a little show called “Ask Buck”. In this week’s Ask Buck episode, we had some pretty interesting questions about gold, debt, and inflation. I bet you will find some real value in it. As a reminder, you can leave questions for me by going to wealthformula.com and clicking on the “ask Buck” icon. Also, if there is a topic that you think I should cover, let me know. Even if I don’t know anything about the topic, I bet I can find the right person to interview! Also make sure to let me know how I’m doing by leaving a review on iTunes and sharing the show with friends and colleagues. Thanks to those of you who have reached out to me. It helps to know that I’m not just talking to myself :)

I have been talking to many high paid professionals like you lately who have found some inspiration from the guests that I have had on the show. Whenever I get a chance to ask people what kinds of things they want to invest in, they rattle off a lot of great stuff like real estate, mortgage notes, and even gold. Virtually everyone, including me, wishes they had all the money in the world to buy things and invest with others. It’s stuff that actually has a good chance of making money and well…it’s kind of fun isn’t it? In many of the conversations I’ve had, the idea of using retirement funds to invest in some of these real assets has come up. What I realized is that most of you don’t know that you’re retirement account does not have to be limited to the garbage your wealth advisor recommends…namely stocks, bonds, and mutual funds. I spent all of my last podcast episode trashing these volatile and nonsensical derivatives so I won’t do it again. But what really gets me irritated is the fact that Wall Street is b

When you put aside money for retirement, who’s advice are you taking? Are you taking the advice of the wealth advisor who makes money every time you make a deposit? Why do you trust your wealth advisor? Is he or she wealthy? These are questions that are critical to ask yourself if you want to avoid dying broke. That may sound ludicrous to you. After all, you might be making $200,000 or $300,000 per year right now. How could you ever die broke? Well, if you ever did a deep dive into the formulas used to help guide you to your golden years, you would understand. The reality is, the formulas used by wealth advisors to guide retirement saving/investing through conventional wisdom are outdated and dangerous. We live in unparalleled times. The stock market has essentially been sideways for three years. Earnings from major companies are poor yet their stock valuation are at record highs. Why? Because interest rates have been essentially zero for eight years and institutional investors can borrow money for free. That

The words “real estate investing” conjure up many different images. For some, it might make you think of Vanilla Ice’s reality show on flipping homes. For others, The idea of real estate makes you think of real estate moguls such as Donald Trump. The reason for these very different images is because real estate is a very large industry with multiple different niches. Going through all of the different niches is a show in and of itself and we are not going to do that today. Instead, the focus of this week’s Wealth Formula Podcast is a discussion on real estate as a business versus real estate investing. Both can be lucrative, but they have very different intents and outcomes. Andrew Holmes, called by some, aka the “king of cash flow” in Chicago, has experience and active participation in both kinds of activities. Therefore, he is the perfect guy to discuss this distinction. This is a great show and a must listen for anyone involved in real estate or even contemplating it. I hope you enjoy it and make sure to s

Let’s talk, for a minute, about how a bank works. You deposit money in the bank. These days, they pay you less than 1 percent interest. Because they are a bank, they are able to lend out most of the money you deposited. This is called the fractional reserve system. It’s complicated and best addressed in detail on another episode. However, in a nutshell, this is how it works. The bank only needs to keep a tiny percentage of what you deposit and can lend out the rest. So, say you deposit $10. The bank lends out $9 and keeps your $1 in the bank. Of course you never told them to do that. You assume your money is in the bank and that you can access it anytime you want. And…in theory…you can. That is as long as everyone wants there money back at the same time. So, when the bank lends out your money to a borrower, they charge a much higher rate than what they are paying you and they make a lot of money. Did they pay you for putting your money at risk? Hardly. Wouldn’t it be nice if a bank told you what it was doing

Your typical wealth advisor stresses the importance of a diversified portfolio. However, to them, that means investing in a variety of stocks, bonds, and mutual funds. I believe in portfolio diversification, but diversification should NOT be limited to different classes of paper assets that react to the emotional whims of normal geopolitical undulations. Diversification should […] The post 018: Cashflow from Specialty Coffee in Panama! appeared first on Wealth Formula.

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