Money Monopolizers Podcast

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Episode 39: Be Memorable or Be Forgotten - Real Estate Investing as a Millennial & Building Your Brand with Rashauna Scott Apr 30, 2020

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In a world where attention is the new currency, everyone has a brand, whether you're aware of it or not. When someone thinks of you. what do you think their first thought is? Whatever it is, that's your brand. People may not always remember what you say, but they'll always remember how you made them feel.
Today, Rashauna Scott, a real estate investor and agent in Chicago, talks about the impact that building your personal brand has on how you occupy the mindshare of others. She is one of Chicago’s top ranked agents based on social media influence and has been branded as the investors real estate agent. Despite not seeing anyone who looked like her when she first started in real estate, she has built a real estate empire and is empowering other women of color to do the same.

Check her out on IG @rashaunascott

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Episode 38: Don't Live Below Your Means, Increase Them - Paying Off $114K of Debt in 23 Months and Starting a 6 Figure Cleaning Business with The Hartzogs Apr 16, 2020

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Most people approach debt in two ways: 1) They let it linger and make minimum payments for their entire life or 2) They significantly decrease their spending and use the extra money to aggressively pay off the debt. Although the latter is a better option than the first, few people ever think to increase their income and use the extra money to pay down debt. That way you are able to continue your accustomed way of living. That's exactly what today's guests did.
Anthony and Jhanilka Hartzog paid off $114K of debt in 23 months by taking on numerous side hustles and throwing all their extra money to the debt. In today's world there are so many ways to make money that they have re-defined the definition of a side hustle. One of their side hustles has even taken off and become a full fledged business generating $20K of revenue per month.
Tune in to this episode to learn more about their journey and how you can apply their strategies to your life.
Check them out on IG @thehartimony
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Episode 37: Using Creativity to Build a $2M Real Estate Portfolio in 3 Years with O'Neil Parker Apr 09, 2020

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Most of the time when people say they want to get into real estate, they believe the largest barrier to entry is a lack of capital. However that's usually because most people aren't thinking creatively or outside of the conventional down payment box. There are usually so many ways to structure a real estate deal that no one method is the unequivocal best.
On this episode we got to kick it with O'Neil Parker, a 26 year old real estate investor in Lafayette, Lousisana who started investing in real estate just 3 years ago. O'Neil uses various creative strategies to make deals work in his favor. This skill has allowed him to build a rental portfolio consisting of 19 rental units.
Tune in to this episode to learn more about some of his strategies and the advice he has to offer.
Also be sure to check out his IG @realestate.entrepreneur for additional free game!
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Episode 36: The Millionaires in the Cubicle Next Door - Retired by Age 40 with Christina and Amon Browning Apr 02, 2020

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One of the biggest things that prevents people from building serious wealth is their desire to keep up with the Jones'. In this day & age, far too many people are worried about impressing people that don't even care about them. An ability to spend less than you earn and not having the desire to impress others is a serious formula to building wealth. Our guests on this episode are the epitome of that. Eight years ago Christina and Amon Browning set out to retire early. Through saving 70% of their income, taking on side hustles, and investing in the stock market they accomplished that goal and moved to Lisbon, Portugal.
Now they are on the frontlines of the F.I.R.E movement as real teachers. They have over 200K subscribers on YouTube where they are teaching people how they can create a path for early retirement as well.
You don't want to miss this episode. It's packed full of free jewelry. Tune in to learn more about their journey.
Check out Christina and Amon on IG @richjourney and on their YouTube channel 'Our Rich Journey'
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Episode 35: It’s Not What You Make, It’s What You Keep - Financial Literacy with former NFL Player Darius Butler Mar 18, 2020

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When most people see pro athletes they instantly think that they're all millionaires that are set for life, then we see time and time again another one ending up broke. In fact, according to one study 35% of NFL players are broke within 3 years of retirement from the league. 100% of the time this is due to a lack of financial literacy. Our guest on this episode is far from being a part of that statistic. Darius Butler played 9 years in the NFL primarily with the Patriots and Colts, a career length 3x the average. He has been able to transition a lot of the principles he used to stay in the league for 9 years into the start of an exciting second act as an investor.
Tune in to hear more about Darius' journey from the sport of football to the sport of business and what investment he thinks has the best return.
Also check him out on IG @dariusjbutler
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Episode 34: My Kids Will Never Know Poverty - True Generational Wealth with Pongee Barnes Mar 12, 2020

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Most people say that they want to give their kids a better life than they had growing up. But most just say it without putting action behind those words. Not this guest. In this episode we spoke with Pongee Barnes. Pongee has been investing in real estate in the Chicago area for nearly two decades, and she's only 35. But her strategy for building wealth is straightforward and can be replicated by anyone that has patience. She has accumulated a majority of her rental properties without bank financing, which has enabled her to achieve financial freedom with only a few properties. Now she's focusing on scaling her monthly income and setting her kids up for a huge financial head start. However, that's not even the best part about her story.
Tune in to this episode to learn more about her strategies in real estate and also how she has decided to begin educating her kids on financial literacy. You do not want to miss out on this one.
Check her out on IG @realestateandchill to learn more
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Episode 33: Love ain't Gonna Pay the Bills - Relationships & Finances with Ellie and Ashonzay Matlock Mar 05, 2020

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The third leading cause of divorce among couples in America is not being on the same page in about finances. Typically in these relationship each person has little to no financial intelligence prior to getting together, so when they do wind up joining forces it results in a major failure. On this episode we had Ellie and Ashonzay Matlock from @debtfreeandfitness on Instagram. This couple is the epitome of teamwork and cooperation when it comes to relationships. When they met they were nearly $100K in debt but through discipline and sacrifice they've attained a $100K net worth! Now they've built a brand around finances and fitness to show people that you can be strong physically and financially.
Tune in to this episode to hear more about their journey with debt pay off, what it takes to build wealth, being in the same financial lane with your partner, how to avoid scrubs when dating. Shoutout TLC!
Check them out on Instagram @debtfreeandfitness to learn more
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Episode 32: Financial Freedom in 5 Years through 20 Rental Units with Kyara Gray and Khalil Uqdah Feb 27, 2020

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For a lot of people, fear and ignorance are what keeps them from achieving great things. They're the most common reasons most people never even get started chasing their dreams. So they usually end up staying as just that, dreams. On this episode of the podcast we got to speak with Kyara Gray and Khalil Uqdah, aka, Charm City Buyers. This young couple are the epitome of embracing fear and being solution based rather than complaint based. They started their entrepreneurial real estate career immediately after graduating college and both were able to quit their 9-5 jobs within 5 years of that time.
Since then they have accumulated 20 rental units and have also been bringing others in Baltimore along on the journey with them through mentorship and coaching. Tune into this episode to learn more about how they got started and the challenges they faced. Also if you are interested in signing up for their Next Gen mentorship program, sign up and mention "Money Monopolizers" as the referral.
Check them out on Instagram @charmcitybuyers for more info
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Episode 31: Student Loan Crisis - Is College Right for Everyone? Feb 20, 2020

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For most people, since we were kids we were told the same thing growing up, "Go to school, graduate, and get a job." This is the conventional way of thinking that became known as the American "Dream". However, have we ever thought about what we are actually doing when we tell 18 year kids to go to school and incur thousands of dollars of debt? How many 18 year olds actually realize the impact a decision like that has on their financial future? Not many, because society has conditioned everyone to believe it's normal to have thousands of dollars of student loan debt just to graduate and make $46,000 per year. But let's keep it real, the world we live in today is a lot different than the world when the notion of the American "Dream" became commonplace. So that being said, surely there has to be another way, right?
Tune into this week's episode to learn more about the how the present-day student loan crisis is affecting millennials and people alike. And whether the effect it has on people's financial future makes college worth it as a whole.
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Episode 30: Don't Hate the Player, Hate the Game - Why The Rich Don't Pay Any Taxes & the Middle Class Pays the Most Feb 06, 2020

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A wise man once said, "two things are certain in life, death & taxes." But if you're wealthy, probably not the latter. We live in a society where most people will complain about things not being fair, but let's be honest, a fair is where they judge pigs. It's known by most that many of the world's richest people & top corporations don't pay income taxes, legally. Amazon, Netflix, GE, etc. Most people ask the question "why do they not pay any taxes, but I do?". However, that's the wrong question to be asking, you should be asking "how do they not pay any taxes & how can I do the same?". Well, tune in to this episode and we'll break it down.
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