Money Curious

Our first guest of season 2, is Adam Craig, a real estate investor based out of Cleveland, OH. After earning a B.A. in finance from Kent State University, Adam began to peruse his passion for real estate investing. Since 2013, Adam has closed more than 70 deals and accumulated a rental portfolio topping 8 million dollars in residential and commercial real estate. 

In this episode, Adam shares his experiences utilizing the BRRRR (Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat) strategy to expand his RE portfolio and lessons he's learned in his nine and a half years as an investor.

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Welcome to a new season of the Money Curious Podcast! Get to know the hosts, Laura and Essien, and have a casual chat with them on everything money. Take a quick listen to check out what's in store for future content. Have questions? Reach out to us at [email protected].

Taking a big leap from the safety net of a 9 to 5 job into entrepreneurship can be so scary! Our guests today are Izzy and Tommy from @freedombyfi. They are one of the few people that trusted their guts and took a leap of faith into the entrepreneurship world. In this episode we talk about the ins and outs of their business and how they were able to prepare themselves to take on this journey. We also talk about their debt pay down journey, how they discovered the FIRE movement, and their big plans for the future!

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Have you ever been in massive amounts of debt and had no idea how to get out of it? Does that journey seem impossible? Baafi was in a similar situation coming out of school with $150,000 of debt! After school he was on a mission to pay this off so he could live his best life. Through that journey he learned more about himself and educate himself on financial literacy. After 3 long years, he was able to pay off ALL of his debt and start investing in the stock market. He has had so much success in building a six figure stock portfolio and becoming debt free, all while in his twenties, that now he is committed to helping others do the same thing through his platform @Blacktycoontalk. Get ready for some gems in this episode!

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With less than 24 hours after graduating college, Chris Hanna began traveling the country counting cards as a professional blackjack player. Woah! Two years later, he worked 5 simultaneous gig-jobs to continue pursuing his dreams as an entrepreneur. Today, Chris brings all his experiences to financial coaching by helping UFC fighters and entrepreneurs manage their money to gain peace of mind, spend more time doing what they love, and build wealth with confidence. Join us in this episode to learn the difference between gambling vs investing and how to build 3 powerful financial habits to improve your life.

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Real Estate and Stocks are the some of the most common assets that people can choose to invest in. But which one is better? Or a better question is, which one is better for YOU? Well, look no further as we get into a showdown between the two big players of the finance game! They both have great attributes that make them lucrative investments for everyone, but they also come with their fair share of risk as well. Today we'll cover a few of those characteristics that come with each. If you ever want to invest, but not sure which one to get started with, here is a great place to start!

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Join us in our last episode of 2021 as we share our biggest lessoned learned since discovering Financial Independence (FI). We cover misconceptions and new realizations that broke down those views and gave us the opportunity to kickstart our journeys. Here are the misconceptions we breakdown, and we hope can shatter these too:

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See you in 2022! 

Got a promotion? Raise? New job? Great! All of this comes with more opportunity, recognition, and validation that you're on the right track! But what else does this come with? Money. Hopefully with this new opportunity you're going to be getting a higher pay. Now the question is, what are you supposed to do with all of that money? Don't worry because we have just recently been through this. In this week's episode, we'll describe how we like to think about this new raise and how to approach our finances. We'll provide an easy framework that will help you get the most out of the extra money you have coming in, so you can watch your wealth grow!

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