The Curious Investor

On this episode we have Sarah Weaver, the co-Author of "30 Day Stay" published by Bigger Pockets. This episode is a one-stop-shop to medium-term rentals. Sarah goes through the process of sourcing properties for medium-term rentals, how she analyzes these deals, her tenant selection process, how she runs her MTR's and much more. She also dives into her Digital Nomadic lifestyle. She runs all her real estate properties while traveling the world. This was a value packed episode that you will not want to miss! Hope you guys enjoy! Get 10% off Sarah Weaver's book "30 Day Stay" with promo code "SARAH" here --- https://store.biggerpockets.com/products/30-day-stay Check out Sarah companies and everything else she has going on here --- https://www.sarahdweaver.com/ If you happen to love the show, please leave a review on Apple Podcast and Spotify! It really helps us move up the charts and keep bringing on great guests! The link to those platforms are here --- https:linktr.ee/thecuriousinvestor Please subscribe, like, and leave a comment!  You can also find us everywhere you find podcasts!  Follow us on Instagram and Twitter! --- https:linktr.ee/thecuriousinvestor  Thank you for listening!

This week we have a very special episode with real estate investor and flipper Hector Martinez! He is the founder of UJAM Group and he is also a Future Flippers coach. On this episode, Phil and Paulino dive into Hector's real-estate investment journey. Last year alone, Hector successfully flipped over 60 real-estate properties and in 2022, Hector projects that his company will flip about 100 houses! Hector also spoke about his first real estate flipping deal, how he finances his deals with hard money or private money lending, and how he builds relationships with realtors and people in the industry. In addition, Hector speaks on the importance his faith has in his journey through investing. There is so much to unpack on this episode of The Curious Investor Podcast. Hope you guys enjoy! Check out Hector Martinez's Instagram here --- https://www.instagram.com/hectormartinez.rei/ Hector's Youtube channel here --- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGTlOcHC5tk-smCg_j7lOSA/videos Check out Hector's company UJAM Group here ---https://ujamhomebuyers.com/ If you happen to love the show, please leave a review on Apple Podcast and Spotify! It really helps us move up the charts and keep bringing on great guests! The link to those platforms are here --- https:linktr.ee/thecuriousinvestor Please subscribe, like, and leave a comment!  You can also find us everywhere you find podcasts!  Follow us on Instagram and Twitter! --- https:linktr.ee/thecuriousinvestor  Thank you for listening!

This week on The Curious Investor Podcast, Phil and Paulino have a conversation with Connor Abel. Connor Abel is a former Marine, an insurance broker, a land flipper, and he runs an e-commerce business with his wife. Connor really was adamant about surrounding yourself with like-minded people so that you can fast track your wealth-building. Some ways that you can build your network is by joining an online Mastermind, just like Phil did, going to meetups, or simply messaging people you know that are successful. Another interesting topic that was discussed, and this was a first on this podcast, was the evolving world of digital real-estate within the Metaverse. This is a very new world that is in its infancy. It is fascinating how people are utilizing this platform to add value to peoples lives as well creating unique investment opportunities that most people do not know much about yet. Everyone has a unique entrepreneurial path in their lives and Connor's journey is no different. We really enjoyed this conversation with Connor and we hope you guys enjoy it as well! You can find Connor Abel on Instagram here --- https://www.instagram.com/connorabel7/?hl=en Here is a link to Connor Abel's website --- https://connorabel.com/ If you happen to love the show, please leave a review on Apple Podcast and Spotify! It really helps us move up the charts and keep bringing on great guests! The link to those platforms are here --- https:linktr.ee/thecuriousinvestor Please subscribe, like, and leave a comment!  You can also find us everywhere you find podcasts!  Follow us on Instagram and Twitter! --- https:linktr.ee/thecuriousinvestor  Thank you for listening!

In this episode we had the pleasure of having Jay Helms, the founder of The W2 Capitalist on the show! Jay has had a really interesting journey, from working a well paying 9 to 5 job in the IT sector to then being laid off during the pandemic. After he got laid off he wasn't sure what he was going to do next but once he gave it some thought, he decided to double down on real-estate investing and take it full time. During this time he also began ramping up his real estate mastermind The W2 Capitalist, which is a community of various different types of real estate investors joining together to grow and to have a group of like-minded people to go to for questions and conversations about real estate.  We also discussed how he got into some really profitable syndication deals, how people get out of the paralyzing analysis stage before making their first real estate offer, short-term rental (Airbnb) investing, investing while working full-time and much more. This episode is definitely worth a listen. Hope you guys love and fine value in it! Jay also wrote an AMAZON BEST-SELLING book called "Make An Offer", it's a guide for a first time real-estate investor. It's a MUST READ! Check it out here --- https://w2capitalist.com/makeanoffer/ If you happen to love the show, please leave a review on Apple Podcast and Spotify! It really helps us move up the charts and keep bringing on great guests! The link to those platforms are here --- https:linktr.ee/thecuriousinvestor Please subscribe, like, and leave a comment!  You can also find us everywhere you find podcasts!  Follow us on Instagram and Twitter! --- https:linktr.ee/thecuriousinvestor  Thank you for listening!

We have a great episode this week with James Lowery from Rethink The Rat Race! On this episode of The Curious Investor Podcast, James discusses how he and his wife, Emily, reached financial independence in their 20's! They reached this incredible feat by being incredibly frugal and investing every extra dollar they made into real estate and the stock market. He discusses how it felt to finally quit their jobs and go full time with their long term and short term rental real estate business. They travel the world while being able to manage their properties remotely which is so interesting and more achievable than you think. It's incredible to see how they can make the most out of life while also being financially independent. James goes into so many other stories about his journey on this episode. We hope you all enjoy! Here's a FREE calculator that compares how your long-term rental property can perform as a short-term rental property (Airbnb, VRBO, etc). Thank you James! --- https://rethinktheratrace.com/calculator/   Follow James and Emily on Instagram here --- https://www.instagram.com/rethinktheratrace/   Check out their website here --- https://rethinktheratrace.com/   Please subscribe, like, and leave a comment!    You can also find us everywhere you find podcasts!    Follow us on Instagram and Twitter! --- https:linktr.ee/thecuriousinvestor    Thank you for listening!

In this jam packed episode of The Curious Investor Podcast, Phil and Paulino talk to Gold City Ventures Co-Founder and financial independence guru Cody Berman. Cody is a financially independent entrepreneur that has his hand in many different financial ventures. Some of these ventures include selling digital products on Etsy and Shopify, writing an e-book, investing in real-estate, having an extremely successful online course, and much more.    We dive into how Cody started his financial journey. He went from doing anything possible to make money, to now building an incredibly diverse system of PASSIVE INCOME streams. We learned a ton from Cody in this episode and we think you guys will too. Check out all the links to Cody's socials and also his company Gold City Ventures. He was also kind enough to offer the listeners of The Curious Investor Podcast a FREE e-book that he wrote himself called "The Seasonal Products Secret". Check the link below for that. Hope you guys enjoy the episode as much as we did!   Follow Cody Berman on Instagram here --- https://www.instagram.com/codydberman/?hl=en   Check out Gold City Ventures here --- https://goldcityventures.com/   FREE Gold City Ventures Ebook "The Seasonal Products Secret" download here --- https://c.goldcityventures.com/seasonal-products-secret-ebook   Check out the rest of Cody's entrepreneurship ventures here --- https://codydberman.com/links/   Please subscribe, like, and leave a comment!    You can also find us everywhere you find podcasts!    Follow us on Instagram and Twitter! --- https:linktr.ee/thecuriousinvestor    Thank you for listening!

On this episode of The Curious Investor Podcast, we interview Ian Tvardovskaya! He is a real-estate investor out of Ohio and tells his story about how he dropped out of law school to pursue real-estate full-time. He shares insight on how investing in low cost areas can lead to very high cash-flow, the obstacles of owning distressed home, and how he is transitioning to purchasing commercial/mixed-use properties! An interesting topic discussed on how he was able to utilize seller-financing on on a dream property. There's so much to unpack in this weeks episode. Hope you guys enjoy it!   If you'd like to watch this epsisode, check us out on Youtube here --- https://youtu.be/awV7q5u1JfM Follow Ian on Instagram here --- https://www.instagram.com/iantvard/?hl=en Please subscribe, like, and leave a comment!    You can also find us everywhere you find podcasts!    Follow us on Instagram and Twitter! --- https:linktr.ee/thecuriousinvestor    Thank you for listening!

 On this episode of The Curious Investor Podcast, Phil and Paulino talk to Ronny Tiburcio, a partner of Freedom Home Buyers. Ronny left his government job in the New York Department of Transportation that provided him with the comforts of state benefits, a pension, and a good salary for an opportunity to pursue a career in real estate investing with Freedom Home Buyers out of New Jersey.    Some of the topics that they discussed in this podcast include how Ronny got started in real-estate, how to get out of the analysis paralysis phase and start investing, how having more freedom is effecting his life, and much more.    Check out the Freedom Home Buyers Youtube channel and Instagram here:  Youtube -- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtf2FJKjWMLG9V0mHiuW9MQ Instagram -- https://www.instagram.com/freedom_home_buyers/?hl=en  Also find Sales with Jay and Ron Youtube channel here -- https://www.youtube.com/c/SaleswithJayandRon/featured  Please subscribe, like, and leave a comment on Youtube!    You can also find us everywhere you find podcasts!    Follow us on Instagram and Twitter! -- https:linktr.ee/thecuriousinvestor

Phillip Costa and Paulino Marques, the hosts of The Curious Investor Podcast, are two Civil Engineers looking to find the best way towards financial freedom. The Curious Investor is a show that brings people on from the world of finance and real estate so that they can share their advice and stories of how they are achieving their financial goals. In this episode, Phil and Paulino discuss their first time investing, how money was viewed in their household growing up, the mistakes they made with investments and much more. Please like, share, and leave a review! Watch the video version of the podcast on Youtube! Link here ---> https://youtu.be/ab0nqKuJMOo You can also find us everywhere you find podcasts! Thank you for listening!

On this episode, Phil and Paulino talk with Lalit Devraj. Lalit is a management consultant, stock investor, crypto investor, credit card expert, real estate investor and much more. Lalit has also traveled the world to compete and organize professional beat-boxing competitions.    This episode provided us with so many insights that we can apply to our investment strategies. He dove into personal stories about his investment journey, how he grew up abroad, and much more. You're not going to want to miss this one.    Please like and leave a review!   You can also find us everywhere you find podcasts!   Follow us on Instagram and Twitter! --- https:linktr.ee/thecuriousinvestor   Thank you for listening!