✔️An awesome interview with Michelle Marki regarding how she modeled her investing philosophy on Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger.

It was great speaking with Michelle as she is a Podcaster, YouTuber, and value investor, just like me and many millennials! I am thankful for our conversation and hope it will help you along your personal finance journey.

👉 Feel free to check out Michelle's YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@MichelleMarki

👉 Michelle's co-hosted podcast:

https://www.michellemarki.com/podcast/

👉 Michelle's website:

https://www.michellemarki.com/

I asked Michelle several questions during this conversation which included:

► Can you tell us about your investing philosophy and how you approach finding value in the market?

► Your channel often features in-depth analysis of individual stocks. How do you conduct research and analysis for your stock picks, and what criteria do you use to determine if a stock is undervalued?

► How do you balance risk and reward when selecting stocks to invest in, and what strategies do you use to manage risk in your portfolio?

► How do you stay disciplined and avoid making emotional decisions when investing in the stock market?

► What was the biggest mistake you made in your investing journey?

► What are the most valuable lessons you learned from Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger?

► What advice would you give to new investors looking to adopt a value investing approach?

► How did you grow your social media presence, including your YouTube channel?

► What other influencers in the value investing space would you recommend?

► What is your favorite book either for investing or personal improvement in general?

⭐️ If you're interested in learning how to take control of your finances and start becoming an investor like Warren Buffett, check out Michelle's free PDF guide: https://michellemarki.com/resources/

💜 I look forward to connecting with more investor friends! Please like and subscribe if you learned something or enjoyed my video. Thank you! :)

✔️ Summary: In this episode, Dr. Erin Hudson shared so much gold about the benefits of investing in real estate, especially large multi-family rental properties, as a full time real estate professional.

She's had it with working hard as a doctor only to let Uncle Sam take away 50% of her income. When she discovered the power of multi-family investing as a wealth generation and wealth preservation vehicle, she jumped in with both feet - she moved to Texas, sold her chiropractor practice, and focused on being a multifamily syndicator / operator.

She also talked about mindset - one shouldn't find excuses for not being able to do something, but instead, think about "creative" ways to make it happen. If she can achieve what she's achieved, being a full time doctor, a mom of five, and owning a side insurance business, anybody can do it as long as they put their heart to it.

⭐️ About Dr. Erin Hudson:

Dr. Erin Hudson a chiropractor, business owner, licensed financial professional and real estate investor.

Her journey into real estate began when her business coach advised her to delegate the $10-hour jobs in her wellness center and focus on being a doctor. She used the new schedule to venture into real estate and acquired 26 rental properties with her husband over two years. They later created a turnkey company that helped family and friends acquire investment properties. She developed negotiation skills through the process and transitioned to multifamily investing, allowing others to invest in the field.

Erin is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Quattro Capital, a multi-family syndicator / operator. She is responsible for cultivating investor relationships and raising capital to fund the acquisition of Quattro properties.

She has also been a licensed insurance professional to help people reach financial freedom. Her passion for giving back and helping others led her to lead a team of 34 insurance professionals.

She is a proud mom of five, an outdoor enthusiast, and a marathon runner. Erin aims to teach financial literacy to her children and help others exceed their financial goals through Quattro Capital.

☞ You can find more about Dr. Erin Hudson: 💕

Website: https://www.thequattroway.com/dr-erin-hudson.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-erin-hudson-550904a/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/erin.c.hudson

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/erin_hudson_7/

✔️ Summary: In this episode, Pili, an actress turned real estate investor, talks about her amazing journey as an entrepreneur. She started her career as an actress in NYC, worked many different jobs and ultimately decided to get into real estate with her husband Jason. Their venture into real estate has included heavy construction, flipping houses, wholesaling houses, and now multifamily apartment buildings and storage facilities. They also provide education and coaching to aspiring real estate investors. She has so much great advice on having faith in yourself, being authentic, focusing, finding your own path, and more!

⭐️ About Pili Yarusi:

Pili Yarusi loves to help people and “Lead with Aloha”.

She is a founder and Investor Education and Relations Director for Yarusi Holdings, a multifamily investment firm that has acquired over 2000 units valued at $180 Million since 2016. The firm repositions properties through operational efficiencies, moderate to extensive renovations, and complete rebranding. Pili is a co-founder and coach at 7 Figure Multifamily - focusing on Real Estate Syndication and Multifamily Investing and trains others on the success formula for buying apartment buildings at www.7FigureMultifamily.com.

Pili is a co-host of The Multifamily Live Podcast providing actionable content and tools to build and strengthen your multifamily business.

She is also the co-host of The Jason and Pili Guide to Real Estate Investing - a fun and interactive YouTube channel that features all the great things that she and Jason are working on.

She and her husband Jason have three awesome children, Luke, Lily, and Leo, and an English Bulldog, Jill.

✔️ Teaser: If you read the news at all, you probably remember the bad rap Meta had experienced late last year. Meta is the worst company. Do not invest in Meta. Meta’s Metaverse is garbage. Meta already lost the Metaverse war to Microsoft. Mark Zuckerberg’s net worth dropped by over $ 60 billion in 6 months in 2022.

Hold on a second, despite all that, Personal Finance Cat is talking about investing in Meta??? Well, before you turn me off, spoiler alert, I want to show you how I doubled my money investing in Meta in just a few months, using the formulas inspired by non-other than the Oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffett.

In this episode, I am going to walk you through how I applied the 3 methods described in the best selling book Invested by Danielle Town:

👉 Ten Cap Method

👉 Payback Time Method

👉 Margin of Safety Method

🚨Check out my website at https://personalfinancecat.wixsite.com/personal-finance-cat for blogs and other resources!

✔️ Summary: In this episode, Vivian Chen talks about her journey climbing the corporate ladder. In particular, she was able to successfully transition from a technical PhD scientist to a strategy and operations professional at a multinational pharmaceutical company. I find it especially fascinating her take on why the pharmaceutical industry may be better than the tech industry, at least for some people, including herself.

⭐️ About Vivian: Vivian is currently the Director of Portfolio and Strategy at AstraZeneca. Prior to AstraZeneca, Vivian was a Senior Consultant within Deloitte’s Supply Chain & Network Operations practice where she successfully advised, implemented, and operated business and digital transformations for life sciences clients. Her other professional accomplishments include eight years of project and product management experience working in the scientific instrumentation industry for corporations including Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, Agilent Technologies, and Bruker Daltonics. During her tenure she managed and supported product development of both custom software and hardware for pharmaceutical and biotech, clinical labs and hospitals, forensic labs, chemical and energy, environmental, consumer packaged goods (CPGs) and university clients. She has supported products and clients in 40+ states in the United States and 4 overseas countries, such as Spain, Germany, China, and Japan.

✔️ Summary: In this episode, Calanthia Mei, Co-Founder at Masa Finance, talks about her career journey as a female, first-generation immigrant, minority entrepreneur in the fintech and web3 space.

⭐️ About Calanthia: Calanthia's work has been featured on CNBC, Blockworks, CoinDesk, TechCrunch, CoinTelegraph, FinTech TV, Crypto Coin Show, and more.

Prior to Masa, Calanthia has been a serial entrepreneur / investor. She was a founding member of PayPal’s Venture Capital arm, a Venture Partner at SoGal Ventures, an Investment Partner at the Community Fund, as well as the Vice President of Business Development at Fast.

►About Masa: As a web3 soulbound identity protocol, Masa is on a mission to bring the next 1 billion people to web3 by building the identity passport for users and developers.

✨ In this episode, we have Kelly An, a web 2.5 startup founder based in Singapore, to talk about her experience going from a software engineer, to venture capital investor, to startup founder. Her journey covers China, United States (both east and west coasts), France, Singapore, and wherever else it may take her!

👉 About Kelly: Kelly An is a software engineer, impact investor, and experienced community builder. At PayPal, she was recognized with the Top Inventor Award for two consecutive years, co-authored two patents, and was a leading member of its Singapore global headquarters’ Innovation Lab team. As a Chapter Head of SoGal Foundation and Limited Partner in SoGal Ventures and Hustle Fund, she helps to empower diverse entrepreneurs around the world. She holds a MBA from INSEAD, two bachelor degrees in Computer Science and Psychology from top U.S institutes. She was a scholarship recipient to attend Stanford University's 500 Startup's VC Executive program. Now she’s building a web2.5 startup to help traditional brands to explore the web3 marketing solution to create a deep engagement and loyal with their customers.

Evelyn is currently a Software Engineer at Microsoft. She changed her career from political science, to international development, to software engineering. It took her 17 months to break into tech by teaching herself how to code while having a full time job and raising two kids. She first got accepted into the Microsoft LEAP Apprenticeship Program in less than one year after she wrote her first “Hello world!” program in Python. She came to the US for college all by herself more than a decade ago, and worked really hard to become a successful career woman, in the field of her dreams. Her story is truly inspiring, and I hope you enjoy listening to this episode! 

Summary:

What excites me the most about the Metaverse is the fact that with the brand new platform (aka web 3.0), there will be brand new business opportunities. Web1.0 and web 2.0 brought about all the amazing businesses we know and love (or love to hate) today. It added so much convenience (think about search), liberated people from traditional career paths (think about social media), and elevated how traditional businesses operate (think about websites and apps). Web3 is what many people, myself included, believe can take everything to a whole other level. If you are excited about this as well, then listen on because I will share some brand new business ideas that were not available previously in web 1.0 or web 2.0.

References:

1. Mark Zuckerberg interview on the Joe Rogan Podcast
2. https://www.shopify.com/blog/shopify-ar-examples
3. VR AR Association

Summary:

In this episode, we’re going to talk about another exciting opportunity in the Metaverse industry - manufacturing hardware such as VR headsets. Do you know that among all the billionaires in the world, one of the top 3 industries is manufacturing? I don’t know about you, but I always thought the top industry would be tech by far, but turns out, according to Forbes, of the the 2,668 billionaires on Forbes’ 2022 World’s Billionaires list, the top 3 biggest industries are actually finance/investment, manufacturing, and tech, in that order. In other words, the manufacturing industry produced more billionaires than tech, at least for 2022. As they say, you should choose your profession carefully. Well, if you want to choose a business to own and operate, the same line of thinking applies. Listen to this episode to find out how you can start a manufacturing business for the Metaverse!

References:

1. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesodonnell/2022/04/06/how-to-become-a-billionaire-these-industries-have-the-most-people-on-the-2022-forbes-list/?sh=73df64f66898
2. https://www.thomasnet.com/articles/top-suppliers/virtual-reality-companies/
3. https://www.constantcontact.com/blog/how-to-start-a-manufacturing-business/
4. https://www.thevrara.com/events