Investing doesn’t always go to plan, especially when family is involved. So how do you balance the financial responsibility of being a property owner with the emotional and perhaps even traditional aspects of helping your family members? I admit, this is somewhere I struggle so I’m grateful for people like Mamoudou who are honest and forthright about their journey to do something I think so many of us want to do.

This is a story about buying property for your family. How to balance the benefits of ownership with the desire to support your people. This is the Duty of Family with Mamoudou Keita. I hope you enjoy!

Another member, another deep dive into investing success! Amanda Vyfuis is a member of the Simple Real Estate Membership, like Rory and

Minnae and Elesyia and I invited her one, because like them, she is OUT HERE DOING THE WORK.

Amanda originally came to the membership because she wanted to transition more into multifamily properties in order to pay for her babies college tuition! Are you listening? She recognized at birth, she couldn’t save enough to pay for their tuition in 20 years and took matters into her own hands. Initially, I was fully onboard with the multifamily plan! Remember, that’s my whole schtick. BUT it’s based on the research I’ve found in MY MARKETS. This interview is how we used that same process and found a different answer with Amanda as we planned for the long term.

This is “Don’t Be In A Rush” with Amanda Vyfhuis.

How much do you believe in yourself to just figure it out? I mean you can see the opportunity, you can identify the benefits. But you are fully aware you don’t have the skillset on day one to achieve that goal. How much can you sit with that discomfort of both being responsible for the outcome and unsure of how to get the task done?

I would argue that’s what makes Rory so successful. When he sees opportunities, he doesn’t think, “what’s everything I need to finish the plan?” His focus is, what do I need to get started. No reason to let step 10 keep me out of the game. That will come in due time. Step one is what gets me in the ring. I want you to hear from another black investor, in another big expensive city finding the same purpose and profit I’ve found in rural America. It can be done.

This is Rory Boone, a member of the Simple Real Estate Membership based in Seattle Washington. I can’t wait to hear what you think.

The last two podcast interviews we posted were about New York City investors. Showcasing how black investors are thriving even in large cities. But I feel like on my page the east coast gets a lot of love and attention (which makes sense, it’s where I’m from), but are black investors doing big things on the west coast in big cities? Absolutely they are.

The next two interviews are about west coast investors going above and beyond in Seattle, one of the biggest markets on that side of the country. Today’s interview is with one of my dear friends Ashley, a familiar face to a number of y’all. She’s been a speaker at my conferences, she’s a part of my traveling mastermind. And Ashley is here to talk to you all about DEVELOPMENT. How do you go from dirt, literal soil, to a multifamily complex? Not just having the dream but a full overview of concept to reality (along with some exit strategies and boutique business ideas).

This Ashley Gallagher going from dirt to development. Enjoy our continued black history month series!

How many of you are willing to follow your dreams? And by dreams, I truly mean the dreams you have when you’re asleep and your mind wanders and you hatch a plan unlike any other you’ve had. That’s what happened with Ms Wanda.

She dedicated more than a decade of her life to a dream she had. A dream where she owned a piece of Harlem, and then used that home to invest across the country.

This episode is titled “A Dream Come True” with Wanda Richardson. I can’t wait to hear what you think!

Long time listeners of the podcast have heard Ms Regina before and she was such a hit I asked her back to share once again.

Now I’ve heard these stories over and over but I leave with something new every time. Truly. And this time it was how we’re each affected by someone else’s vision.

Someone other than you has put a lot of thought into what you should be doing and how you should be investing and where you should be living and how you should be spending. Maybe it’s your parents. Maybe it’s your government.

And Ms Regina’s take, is that you get to decide who you want to align with. You get to choose which options work best for you and what you decide, the vision you choose to follow is what your future success will be based off of.

This episode is titled “The Benefits of Another’s Vision” with Regina Watson. I hope you enjoy.

Children of homeowners are more than twice as likely to own a home themselves. That’s less than a 10% chance for you to be an investor if your parents rented all of their lives. So when Elesyia saw her mother FIGHTING to be a homeowner, she knew had to pay attention.

Now things are a little different. Mom’s a homeowner. Elesyia is an investor and now her daughter talks about rentals. Three generations - each stepping a little further than the last. Changing experiences, building expectations.

This episode is titled from Habitat to Homeownership with Elesyia Outlaw Evans. I hope you enjoy it!

I’ve known Jameel since before I was a teacher. He was a chemist who transitioned into teaching, so he was the perfect match to mentor me - a chemist transitioning into teaching.

That’s why I was so proud to help HIM transition into an investor. I mean he’s been listening to me ramble about the benefits of investing before I had even purchased my first house. Now with this interview you get to see what it could look like to invest well into your career without having to give up the profession you’ve worked so hard to build.

This is “I’m Not an Investor” w/ Jameel Dennis. Enjoy!

If you don’t want to hear about yourself, don’t call Tamara. If you’re not ready to run the race with greats, let me tell you don’t call Tamara. Because Tamara knows what she wants, and puts in the work. For her it’s that simple. Investment isn’t about generating SOMETHING, it’s about generating the ONE thing she’s looking for.

Today’s interview is a different spin on the whole concept of investing and I knew it would be. I knew it. That’s why I wanted you to hear her story. Not only are there multiple ways to succeed, there are multiple perspectives driving each of our goals.

This is my dear friend Tamara. Hopefully you’ll leave as inspired as I always am.