Fritz Gilbert retired in June 2018 after more than three decades in Corporate America, where he progressed through various levels in a multinational corporation serving the global aluminum industry. His award-winning blog, The Retirement Manifesto, is focused on “Helping People Achieve A Great Retirement.”

In this episode, we are talking about retirement but not just about the numbers and financial aspects. We are talking about how to stay fulfilled in retirement, how to retire, how to get ready to retire, how to know you’re ready to retire, or maybe you shouldn’t retire at all—and being mentally prepared with your lifestyle to retire.

You can connect with Fritz on Facebook @TheRetirementManifesto, Twitter @RetireManifesto, and Instagram @the_retirement_manifesto. Visit his website https://www.theretirementmanifesto.com/

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Chris Mamula used traditional retirement planning principles, combined with creative lifestyle design, to retire from a career as a physical therapist at age 41. He is also the primary author of the book Choose FI: Your Blueprint to Financial Independence.

Today we are talking about his story of getting into financial independence. We also get into the lessons he taught in his book and things you can do to prepare for early retirement.

You can connect with Chris on https://www.caniretireyet.com/.

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I had the pleasure of speaking with the real estate investor, Arn Cenedella. Arn has an extensive real estate background focused on single-family properties. He has been involved in the real estate world for 40 years. Arn has recently transitioned from single-family properties to passive syndicated investments and is now enjoying a more relaxing investor’s life.

Let’s dive into Arn’s story of how you can succeed in real estate by doing it at your own pace and doing things step by step.

You can connect with Arn on LinkedIn @arncenedella. Send him an email at [email protected]. Give him a call, 650 575 6114. Visit their website http://www.investwithspark.com/

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I had the pleasure of speaking with entrepreneur, real estate investor, and owner of Jevons Properties, Enrique Jevons. Jevons Properties buy, sell, and manage a range of large and small apartment complexes, single-family homes, duplexes and provide high-quality housing solutions for tenants and drive higher profit margins for owners.

Let's dive into Enrique's story on how you can passively earn money through private lending strategies.

You can connect with Enrique on https://www.biggerpockets.com/users/ejevons. Send him an email at [email protected]. Visit his website https://www.jevonsproperties.com/ to learn more.

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I had the pleasure of speaking with the real estate investor and founder of EarlyRetirementNow.com, Karsten Jeske. Karsten had a long career in Finance and Economics, and after accumulating assets through investing in index funds and private equity real estate, he is now enjoying his early retirement with his family since 2018.

Let's dive into Karsten's story of how you can accumulate your assets by investing in index funds and private equity real estate.

You can connect with Karsten on Twitter @ErnRetireNow or send him an email at [email protected]. Read his blog at https://earlyretirementnow.com/.

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Tom Olson is the owner of the Olson Group Network and the founder and president of Good Success. Good Success works around their four core values: charity, stewardship, community, and growth. Tom is also a real estate investor and dreams of making the world a better place for everyone.

Let’s dive into Tom’s story of how you can succeed in real estate and get the financial freedom that you desire.

You can connect with Tom on LinkedIn @tom-olson-0b40161or visit their website https://goodsuccess.com/ and https://www.buyolsongroup.com/.

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I had the pleasure of speaking with entrepreneur, real estate investor, and co-founder of Trident Multifamily, Mike Vann. Trident Multifamily acquires multi-family apartment complexes with value-add opportunities that force appreciation and deliver strong returns for their investors.

Let’s dive into Mike’s story of how you can succeed in real estate and how to acquire a large portfolio while being a busy professional.

You can connect with Mike on LinkedIn @mike-vann-65767225 or email him at [email protected]. Give him a call 417-576-8850

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Want to replace your W-2 income with an online business? Learn from those who have done it! Rob Berger from Dough Roller and Forbes joins us to talk about building his business, leaving his day job behind, then ultimately selling the business he built and living the life he wants to live.

Rob normally doesn't talk on this topic - typically you'll find him writing and talking about personal finance on his blog at Dough Roller, on his podcast, or on Forbes.

Topics you'll learn about:

The best source of traffic for your online business

How to monetize and make money from your site

What it takes to stick it out until results happen!

Rob's 3 best investments he's made

Get in touch:

www.robberger.com

https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertberger/#54bc1be126b2

www.doughroller.net

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Cost Segregation is all the rage in the real estate world these days. After all, why shouldn't it be? Some of the cost segregation proponents out there say it promises to reduce our tax bill to almost nothing! But does it really?

 

Michael Plaks, CPA, joins us to teach us the other side of cost segregation. Aka how cost segregation is sold to you and unsuspecting investors.

 

We discuss a recent situation with one of his clients, who was sold a cost segregation study by an unscrupulous salesman, who promised Michael's client the moon. His client, who didn't fully understand cost seg studies, bought it and paid the price.

 

Don't get him wrong! Michael teaches us that cost segregation can have immense value for investors and can be used as an important part of a successful tax strategy. We get into the nuances of how cost segregation can factor in to an overall tax strategy, and how we as investors should see cost segregation.

 

Get in touch:

 

https://www.michaelplaks.com/

Sensei Gilliland joins us to teach us his strategy for providing remote rehab properties to investors. You'll learn what remote real estate investors should look for when selecting a market and a property, what it takes to succeed as a busy business owner - Sensei Gilliland owns multiple businesses, from his real estate investment company to a series of martial arts gyms - very impressive!

Get in touch:

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Sensei Gilliland's Bio:

“Sensei” Sean Gilliland of Southern California, Founder and President of Black Belt Investors began his investing endeavors in 1995. Since that time, Sensei has created cash through wholesale real estate, obtained wealth through rental properties and continues to teach his methods through seminars, personal training and club meetings helping people to achieve their financial dreams.

As a young karate student, he became heavily involved in martial arts competition during his high school and college years. Before long, Sensei received the honor of being ranked one of the top three martial artists in the United States for five years straight. His first year out of high school Sensei opened the doors to his own martial arts school, and to this day owns and operates several schools from which he continues to teach actively.