Practical Ways To Become Financially Independent

On this week’s episode of The Art of Passive Income, Mark and Scott welcome real estate investor, best-selling author, professional speaker, former financial advisor, and business owner, Rachel Richards to the show.

Rachel Richards is a real estate investor, best-selling author, professional speaker, and business owner. She began investing in real estate in 2017 and currently owns 35 rental units. At age 27, Rachel is already retired and living off a five-figure monthly passive income stream. 

Richards published her first book, “Money Honey: A Simple 7-Step Guide for Getting Your Financial $hit Together,” in 2017. It has been sold and downloaded over 10,000 times and has over 400 five-star reviews on Amazon. Her book “Money Honey” is a sassy and humorous take on personal finance that has resonated with female millennials.

In her newest book, “Passive Income, Aggressive Retirement,” Rachel dives deep into the topic of passive income and financial independence. She explains why building self-sustaining income streams is so brilliant and doable for anyone and everyone. She outlines 28 different passive income models and how to start creating them.

Listen in as they discuss:

• How Rachel got started in finance at a young age
• The model she currently uses
• Tips and advice to achieve a lifestyle that suits you
• The nest egg theory
• Practical steps to financial independence 
• Three things people lack when venturing into something new

Go from a scarcity mindset to an abundant mindset knowing that you can have the best of both worlds if you increase your income

Rachel Richards

Rachel also shares some of the worst advice she has heard given to millennials in her area of expertise.

TIP OF THE WEEK

Mark: My tip of the week is to learn more and check out Rachel Richard’s books, programs, and blogs at moneyhoneyrachel.com.

Scott: Check out playhouse.so, it’s a TikTok for Real Estate!

Rachel: My tip is one of my all-time favorite books called The Millionaire Fastlane by MJ Demarco, it really helps shift my mindset and to be able to see the world not from the consumer perspective but from a producer perspective, snd how entrepreneurship can help you build massive wealth. So it’s an eye-opening book and it also has some income ideas, I highly recommend that one.

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On this week’s episode of The Art of Passive Income, Mark and Scott welcome Author, Trainer, and Founder of Amentora Inc, Robert Raymond Riopel to the show.

Robert Raymond Riopel is the best-selling author and podcast host of Success Left a Clue.  He is also the creator of the interactive web platform and app called AmentorA. Robert started his journey in personal development with guidance from complete strangers. This has led him to find his true passion for learning and teaching others.

During his extensive travels teaching around the world, he recognized that success has left clues everywhere. These are in the form of insights that people, like himself, have come to learn through experience and trial and error that they now pass on to those who follow, allowing others to bypass obstacles and obtain results sooner.

Listen in as they discuss:

• Robert’s journey to success
• The difference between being a manager and a leader
• The difference between a like-minded person and a growth-minded person
• Clues to look out for to live a successful life

“Follow the system, get the success that has been proven by the system so that now have the success.”

Robert Raymond Riopel

Robert also shares with us the worst advice he has seen or heard given in his area of expertise to people who want to achieve success and improve their lives.

TIP OF THE WEEK

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Robert: My tip is just to be yourself, show up for who you are. Whatever you do, either people are going to like you or they don’t. If they like you or not that’s awesome, how much time do we waste trying to please people and be something they want. So, just be you! Also, my first book that I wrote which is an international best-seller, is called Success Left A Clue. What I would love to do is for people to go to my website robertriopel.com, they can download the entire digital copy as a gift for them. But it does come with a caveat, I wrote the book as a workbook, which means there are action steps. At the end of the book, I’d always say, “Did you do the action, if not, stop and go back. Do the action before you continue reading.” I would love for them to download, read it and do the action steps. Success is not only money; it’s mental, emotional, spiritual, physical, and financial.

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On this week’s episode of The Art of Passive Income, Mark welcomes the Principal at US Tax Advisors Group, Inc, Joseph Viery to the show.

Joseph Viery is the Principal at US Tax Advisors Group, Inc (USTAGI). He began his career as a cost segregation professional in 2008 and since has helped property owners defer or eliminate millions of dollars in income taxes by leveraging IRS compliant cost segregation studies. 

Joseph is a regular presenter and podcast guest as he has a natural ability to turn a complex set of guidelines into easy-to-understand topics. He is also able to bridge the gap for independent residential real estate investors by providing an affordable modeling approach. In addition to cost segregation studies, Joseph is able to offer 179d and 45L energy tax credits as well as Research and Development (R&) tax credits.

Listen in as they discuss:

• What is cost segregation
• Who needs and should use cost segregation
• Passive and active ownership in real estate
• How to find the right cost segregation company for you
• The IRS top seven methodologies

Joseph also shares with us what led him to found his business USTAGI and much more!

TIP OF THE WEEK

Mark: That is also my tip of the week, go to www.ustagi.com. There’s a lot of information there!

Joseph: My tip is if you own any kind of investment property, please do some tax planning. Don’t try and do it on your own, get somebody who knows real estate. Get a tax planner that understands, and if you have questions or he has questions then go to our website www.ustagi.com.

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On this week’s episode of The Art of Passive Income, Mark and Scott welcome author, investor, and entertainment CEO Todd Miller to the show.

Todd Miller is an entertainment CEO who has extensively researched and aggressively experimented with the work-life equation for over twenty-five years. He authors the book “ENRICH” where he incorporates time-honored business processes that teach skills to create optionality, even in the most uncertain times.

Todd has been featured in The Asian Wall Street Journal, CNBC, BusinessWeek, and numerous publications and podcasts around the world. He has addressed international conferences ranging from the United Nations Environment Program and the BusinessWeek Leadership Forum. At age 53, Todd has stepped back from a full-time career and is now retired on the Andaman Sea in Thailand, where he devotes his time to enriching connections with people and projects.

Listen in as they discuss:

• Todd’s background and how cash flow helps him to reach his goals.
• The importance of creating more than one stream of income.
• How to build financial security

And, more!

Todd also shares with us the reasons behind the cash-flowing assets he acquired and why he wrote his book ENRICH.

TIP OF THE WEEK

Mark: My tip of the week is in enrich101.com; create wealth in time, money, and meaning. Learn the enriching way of creating more control, time in your life, and many more. Check out enrich101.com and get the book Enrich!

Scott: Check out the article On a Journey on Newsweek. Basically, if you want to conquer a major goal: Think big, start small, take action, and follow the steps in the article then you will achieve it.

Todd: My tip is to act intentionally to create your financial security. What 75% of Americans do not do is make financial planning. Once you make that plan, take ownership with that plan, then wake up each day and ask yourself, “What can I do this day to help advance and to actualize that financial plan?” If you act with such intention, you can thank me later because the results are profound and it enables me, for example, to fast track my financial freedom. Same for anyone, but it’s the question of acting intentionally and taking control.

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On this week’s episode of The Art of Passive Income, Mark and Scott welcome Author, Real Estate Investor, and the Founder and Managing Partner of Next-Level Income, Chris Larsen to the show.

Christopher Larsen is an author, a real estate investor, and the founder and managing partner of Next-Level Income. With over 20 years of experience in investing and managing real estate, Chris has been making waves in the industry. He acquired his first single-family rental at the age of 21 all while completing his degree in Biomechanical Engineering and M.B.A. in Finance at Virginia Tech. Since he has expanded into development, private lending, buying distressed debt as well as commercial office, and ultimately syndicating commercial properties. 

 In 2016, Chris began syndicating deals and has been actively involved in over $500M of real estate acquisitions. In addition to real estate, Chris has invested in equities, oil & gas, and small business lending, as well as being active in Venture South, one of the nation’s Top 10 Angel Investing groups. Today, he dedicates his time to helping others become financially independent through education and investment opportunities.

Listen in as they discuss:

• How Chris got started in real estate investing
• How to determine the value of residential real estate
• How is a business valued?
• What is the role of a syndicator and how does syndication works
• Who is an accredited investor and what are their functions?

Chris also shares with us what separates him as a syndicator from all other syndicators worldwide.

TIP OF THE WEEK

Mark: My tip of the week is going to move a needle in your eyes, nextlevelincome.com, check it out, and learn more. Also, get their book!

Scott: I know we love to eat so check out this iPhone app, Cibo Visual Menu Translator. You just point your phone at the menu and it will start to give you pictures of what you’re about to eat.

Chris: I’m a big fan of Dan Sullivan, and my theme of the year is “Who Not How” by Dan Sullivan. Who Not How is a really nice concept to figure out how to make the most of your time, how to value your time, and how to find others what they’re doing, what they love, and what they’re good at.

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On this week’s episode of The Art of Passive Income, Mark and Scott welcome Author, Epigenetic Atelier & Executive Health Consultant, Julian Hayes II to the show.

Julian Hayes II is an author, a nutrition consultant, and the founder of The Art of Fitness & Life. He helps business leaders, executives, and performance-driven companies lead better lives by recharging and upgrading their health.

Julian strongly believes that one’s aging is optional and with the right approach to a healthy lifestyle, entrepreneurs, executives, and high-achieving professionals can have an extra 60+ years of optimal health, energy, and productivity to impact the world while experiencing life to its fullest. His model provides a precise roadmap and system that accommodates his clientele’s unique biology and demanding lifestyle so they can make aging irrelevant, focus on what they do best, and experience life to its fullest.

Listen in as they discuss:

• Julian’s journey to where he is at now
• Epigenetic and its meaning
• Recommendations for people who want to achieve a fitter and healthier lifestyle
• Systems that work for a healthier lifestyle

And, more!

TIP OF THE WEEK

Mark: My tip of the week is to go to theartoffitnessandlife.com. Learn more about what Julian Hayes is doing and how you could improve your life.

Scott: Check out this one, this would be good for talking to your computer, recording maybe an email, or a process that you want to document -go to speechtext.ai. It allows you to get a chrome plug-in, it will allow you to do transcriptions right from your browser.

Julian: I’m going to say, go to Spotify. It finds you a good playlist, create you a good playlist of whatever type of music you like that gets you in a flow state and gets your emotions in a positive state. The reason I say this is because there are a lot of distractions in the world right now and can really affect our emotional and mental state which can then affect our physical state, so let’ use music as a benefit to have something positive on.

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On this week’s episode of The Art of Passive Income, Mark and Scott welcome the founder and CEO of QuantmRE, Matthew Sullivan to the show

Matthew Sullivan is the founder and full-time chief executive officer and director of QuantmRE. QuantmRE is a real estate finance platform that originates and funds Home Equity Agreements. The QuantmRE platform has also been designed to enable a wide range of investors to fund Home Equity Agreements. This allows investors to build, model, manage and trade individual portfolios of fractionalized Home Equity Agreements.

Matthew is also the founder of the real estate crowdfunding company Crowdventure, LLC. He has worked alongside Richard Branson and his corporate finance team where he was appointed a director and Trustee of Virgin’s London Air Ambulance service. Matthew went to Westminster School in London, UK, and studied Law at Birmingham University before pursuing a career in finance and stockbroking, specializing in the South East Asian markets. He was an early internet pioneer and has founded companies in the United Kingdom, India, Australia, and the United States in the finance, telecommunications, technology, and real estate sectors.

Listen in as they discuss:

• What is QuantmRE and what problem does it solve?
• How to protect the investors’ investment
• What is the biggest problem for an investor  from an equity standpoint
• How much equity do you need to be a part of this program
• Why  invest in residential real estate

And more!

TIP OF THE WEEK

Mark: My tip of the week is going to disrupt everything, check out quantmre.com, it’s a phenomenal website. The site is for marketing purposes, you should go and check it out.

Scott: If you’re into stuff about changing the way that the address system works in America or the world, check out smartaddress.io. They use more of a bigger block system than every little word, so you actually get a real address or something that looks like a real address.

Matthew: I’m a great fan of David Allen and his book called Getting Things Done. All of you who are lying awake at 4 am on a Sunday night thinking about all the things you’re going to do for the following week, this is a great book because it’s going to help you stop doing that and not clog your brain up. I would recommend this to those who are hardly figuring out how to be more productive. This is just a very straightforward book and has a lot of common sense.

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On this week’s episode of The Art of Passive Income, Mark welcomes Certified Financial Planner and Financial Transitionist, Josh Patrick to the show.

Josh Patrick is a certified financial planner and chartered financial consultant based out of South Burlington, Vermont. He is the Founding Principal at Stage 2 Planning Partners where he specializes in creating business value, private business wealth management, and business succession planning. 

Josh has over 23 years as a financial advisor and works very closely with blue-collar private business owners. His passion in life is to help these individuals create extraordinary value with their businesses and lives. He has taught over 200 seminars and hundreds of companies over the past 35 years. 

Listen in as they discuss:

• Josh’s journey into the financial industry
• The reasons why he chose to offer service to a specific demographic
• The biggest challenge for private business owners and how they can be resolved
• What happens when you are operationally free from your business
• The worst advice Josh has seen or heard given in building a business
• Identifying your unique ability
• Elements that make a business work
• How important is culture and value in business

You cannot be an expert at your job unless you are personally responsible

Josh Patrick

Josh also discusses with us one of the major mistakes businesses make when recruiting or hiring employees.

TIP OF THE WEEK

Mark: My tip of the week is to learn more about Josh Patrick, what he’s doing, and go to stage2planning.com.

Josh: We tackled all these issues of our friend (Who’s he going to transfer the company to, how’s he going to transfer his company, how’s he going to have money when he retires, what’s he going to do after he retires) in this book, The Sale Ready Company, you can find it on www.salereadycompany.com. You can buy the book for $7.95 and you get eight or nine bonuses which will tell you what exactly you’re going to do to implement the stories in the book.

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On this week’s roundtable podcast the Land Geeks welcome Author, Podcast Host, and Real Estate Investor Jas Takhar to the show.

Jas Takhar is a Toronto native who has been in the sales and service industry for over 26 years. Soon after indulging in real estate, he founded REC Canada under Royal LePage which he has successfully managed to keep in the top 3 in the country for over 5 years. His company has advised and assisted over 625 buyers, sellers and investors, yearly, across the Greater Toronto Area, resulting in a total of over $2.1 billion in transactions.

Jas’s passion for service and sale has led him to become an expert in helping investors build out their real estate portfolios. He shares his knowledge and experiences through his book “Real Estate Intelligence” which teaches anyone how to buy and sell real estate on their own. Jas is not only the host of one of the top business podcasts in North America, “The Jas Takhar Podcast” but he is also the founder of the media company, “From The Ground Up Media” where he helps other real estate agents produce quality content. His hope is to provide inspiring education through his guides, seminars, and content to aid others in removing the friction from their own life in order to help them get from where they are, to where they want to be. 

Listen in as the Land Geeks go around the room and ask Jas questions about:

• How he got started in real estate
• Advice for anyone who is just getting started in the game
• What can a person do to increase their confidence when it comes to sales
• How to stay motivated when your business or team is not performing to your expectations

Jas also shares with us the worst advice he has seen or heard given in his area of expertise of sales and real estate investing.

TIP OF THE WEEK

Mark: Learn more about Jas Takhar at https://jastakhar.ca/. Check out his podcast and all the other information on his website.

Jas: Ready, Fire, Aim. Pull the trigger as much as you can and then adjust along the way.

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On this week’s episode of The Art of Passive Income, Mark welcomes entrepreneur, and New York’s Times bestselling author, Randy Gage to the show.

Randy Gage is a thought-provoking critical thinker who will make you approach your business and your life in a whole new way. He is the author of 14 books that have been translated into 25 languages. He is best known for the New York Times bestsellers “Risky Is the New Safe” and “Mad Genius.” His latest, “Radical Rebirth” is a guide to killing off the old you and reinventing yourself.

Randy has spoken to more than 2 million people across the globe and is a member of both the Speakers Hall of Fame and the Direct Selling Hall of Fame. When he is not prowling the podium or locked in his lonely writer’s garret, you’ll probably find him playing 3rd base for a softball team somewhere.

Listen in as they discuss:

• How Randy helps people to become more prosperous and breakthrough their barriers in life
• The type of person you need to be to become prosperous
• The process one should go through to be reprogrammed
• The steps in radical rebirth
• How to manifest prosperity

Randy also shares with us the worst advice he has seen or heard given in his area of expertise.

TIP OF THE WEEK

Mark: My tip of the week is also, check out randygage.com and all the good is there. Also, while you were speaking, I thought of one of my favorite spiritual authors Jay Christiamershi, and something he would say is, We’re always in an internal state of revolution, you should always be internally ready for a complete change. Whenever you say you’re going to try to do something or try to form a habit. When our emotions want us to do something, we just do it. Don’t put it off, just do it. Make yourself accountable.

Randy: RandyGage.com, that’s my start-click command site. You can find my blog there. I have my Power Prosperity Podcast that I do every week, all of my books and stuff would be there, so check me out there. Here’s the tip of the week, what are you holding on to that you need to release in order to attract what you really want? What are you holding on to that you need to release in order to really accept the abundance you’re looking for

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