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Proven strategies and insights from successful STR investors and wealth-building experts. We share methods that help high-income earners protect their income, build lasting wealth, and compound their finances for the long term.
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- From Zero to $60K in Tax Savings at 26 (The Year-One STR Q&A With Mei and Ray) · 45 min · Episode 110Most people spend years thinking about buying their first investment property. Mei and Ray did it in 6 weeks, got married in the middle of it, and saved $60K in taxes in their…
- Why I’m Still Buying STRs at 7.5% (And the Done-For-You Shortcut That Will Get You Audited) · 22 min · Episode 109Interest rates are climbing again. Most investors are frozen. And a wave of done-for-you services is promising to handle everything for you while you collect the tax benefit. Two…
- How She’s Getting Her Third Hamptons STR for Free (The Equity Strategy Nobody Talks About) · 34 min · Episode 108Most STR investors obsess over cash flow. Ann-Marie Folan is playing a completely different game, and it’s working. In this episode, Michael sits down with Ann-Marie Folan…
- Making More But Keeping Less (The 3-Part Wealth Framework High Earners Miss) · 31 min · Episode 107Most high earners are winning the income game and losing the wealth game. They make great money, hand half to the government, park the rest in a savings account that doesn't beat…
- What 10 Years of STR Mistakes Bought Us (And Why We're Now Teaching You to Skip Them) · 39 min · Episode 106If you're earning good money and still handing a massive chunk of it to the IRS every April, there's a better way. We built it the hard way so you don't have to. In this episode…
- What Your CPA Gets Wrong About the STR Tax Loophole (100% Bonus Depreciation Is Back) · 42 min · Episode 105Most high-income W-2 professionals are leaving six figures on the table every year because their accountant doesn't fully understand the short-term rental tax loophole. And with…
- Why We Launched the Mentorship Program (And Why We're Sharing the Whole Playbook) · 20 min · Episode 104Most high earners are stuck paying 40% in taxes year after year, trading time for money, and wondering if there's actually another way. There is. We know because we lived the…
- Finding the Right Property Is Just the First 10% (The Full Blueprint for a 90th Percentile STR) · 17 min · Episode 103Most STR investors spend months finding the perfect market and the perfect property. Then they buy something "turnkey," take their own photos, skip the specialist designer, and…
- Stop Using AI as a Better Google (3 Ways It Actually Makes You Money in STR) · 22 min · Episode 102Most people using AI like a search engine are leaving serious money on the table. If you're typing one-off questions on a free plan and calling it a day, you're running one of…
- We Wasted Time on a Real Estate License (The 100-Hour Strategy for W-2 Couples) · 18 min · Episode 101Most high-income couples assume getting a real estate license is the shortcut to real estate tax benefits. We made that exact mistake in 2018, and it cost us years of going down…
- The Empty Nester Problem Nobody Talks About (Identity, Marriage, and $1.5M in Tax Savings) · 23 min · Episode 100Most couples don't realize the empty nester transition is three separate problems, not one. And most of them hit all three at the same time, completely unprepared. In this…
- How Our 8 STRs Let Us Live in Taiwan for 7 Weeks (And Why the Money Was Never the Point) · 19 min · Episode 98Most people building passive income are chasing a number. We were chasing something else entirely. In this episode, Michael and Liz sit down together from Taipei, Taiwan, where…
- How One STR Property Can Save $370K in Taxes (And Why We're Never Selling It) · 23 min · Episode 99Most investors think the endgame is to buy, hold, and eventually sell. But selling might be the most expensive decision you ever make. In this episode, Michael and Liz share a…
- The Skill Corporate America Punishes That Real Estate Rewards · 30 min · Episode 97Corporate America trained you to be guarded, competitive, and quiet. That mindset will keep you stuck in real estate. In this episode, I sit down with my co-founder and wife…
- Productivity Isn't About Doing More (It's About What You Stop Doing) · 18 min · Episode 96Most people think being productive means doing more, working faster, or squeezing in one more task. That's not how we do it. In this episode, I sit down with Liz to break down…
- $220K in Taxes Saved From One Purchase (The STR Formula Even Real Estate Attorneys Miss) · 36 min · Episode 95Most people think owning Hamptons real estate means success. Ann Marie Folan had two properties there and was still throwing cash at them every month just to keep the lights on…
- REPS vs. the STR Tax Loophole: The $25,000 Mistake We Made (And How to Avoid It) · 14 min · Episode 93Most W2 earners think REPS and the STR tax loophole are the same thing. They are not, and confusing the two could be costing you tens of thousands of dollars a year. In this…
- 100% Bonus Depreciation Is Back Permanently (And Most High-Income Professionals Still Don't Know It) · 32 min · Episode 94For years, high-income professionals watched the STR tax loophole phase out and assumed it was gone for good. It's not. And the window to act is open right now. In this episode…
- There Is No Perfect Time to Buy (And Why Waiting Is the Most Expensive Mistake STR Investors Make) · 17 min · Episode 92You've done the research. You've looked at the markets. You've run the numbers. So why haven't you bought yet? In this episode, Michael and Liz break down the most common trap…
- The Real Cost of Doing Your STR Journey Alone (And the 4 Phases Where Most Investors Get It Wrong) · 32 min · Episode 91Most high-income professionals think they can figure out short-term rental investing on their own. The cost of that assumption is higher than you think. In this episode, I sit…
