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Have you ever asked yourself why financial planners don't present you with real estate as an option to invest? Well, as Michael Soulek explains, there's both a historical reason, as well as current incentives for this. But, over a lifetime, you actually stand to lose more money than you hope to gain with a 401k and IRA. There's no better explanation of this than a comparison with the 5 ways Lifestyles Unlimited members make money with real estate.

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Today, we’ll discuss how the U.S. educational system and our overall culture changed in the era of the Industrial Revolution to favor specialized skillsets over critical thinking, a paradigm shift that Del argues stifled the intuitive, resilient thinking necessary for individual large-scale financial success. Follow Del as he uses many examples, including his own life experiences, to drive this point home.

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After three major hits from the stock market, 2 separate financial planners and a career in trial law with no end in sight, you would think that the words “early retirement” would not be in Tim’s vocabulary. But, with real estate, they very much are. See how the Lifestyles Unlimited real estate investment model gets at the heart of the retirement crisis facing many high-income professionals.

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Today, Del broaches the topic of personal finances with his listeners. But, instead of only breaking down the do’s and don’ts for personal financial growth, he relates this daunting topic to his hobby of gardening. Here, listeners can expect a relaxing conversation geared towards producing a stress-free perspective about growing one’s wealth.

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Two of the biggest retirement problems in the country have the same solution. Michael Soulek discusses why broken retirement plans, like the 401k and the IRA, and not saving enough for retirement in general, can be overcome with income-producing rental properties. Simply putting in the hours is no longer going to cut it. Finally, we discuss different real estate investments, such as "value plays" and "yield plays," and what they can achieve for you.

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Citing results from a survey on GoBankingRates.com, Michael shares statistics, covering different age groups, showing savings shortfalls, including the 6 most prominent reasons savings goals aren't met. Driving the point home further, we discover financial planners are completely missing the financial behavior/necessities of retirees. Then, Michael gives his listeners 5 tips to move towards a better retirement choice.

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“How do you get yourself into a situation where you don’t even know what you don’t know? Well, that’s every new thing you ever tackle in life,” says Del illustrating the importance of mentorship and education from people who do. On this show, Del Walmsley tackles the DIY life, bringing front and center the problems associated with this approach to success, namely that most end up nowhere near where they planned.

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Owner financing, Subject 2’s, Wrap Around Mortgages, Lease-to-Contract Agreements… The “Wild West” of real estate investing was not that long ago and it may be coming back. Del brings us along for the ride across an entire landscape of financing on today’s show – “the good, the bad and the ugly” – to bring about a larger understanding of the real estate investing world you thought you knew.

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The core topic of today's show is the power of life-improvements over time for massive change, and nowhere else is the need for life-improvement more necessary than in the context of a 401k or IRA. Host, Michael Soulek talks about how just 2 single family rental homes have the power to obliterate these outdated retirement plans. In so doing, we'll take an in-depth look at the six ways real estate investing makes money and the major downsides of the 401k in particular.

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Del drives home that “playing to win” in life and playing to keep from losing are two very different things. Also, to cap things off at the end of the show, Del delivers impressive data from the ALN 3rd Quarter Multifamily Occupancy & Rent Review to take action on! Here, we find various staggering rental growth rates for individual markets and the nation as a whole!

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