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Sports medicine physician Dr. Annie Purcell spent 13 years running her own private practice before a COVID shutdown gave her something she hadn't had in over a decade: time to sit still. What she found wasn't clarity, it was insomnia, spiraling anxiety, and a body that had been sending warning signs for years while she stayed too competent to notice.

Annie tells Mike and Caroline what it actually looked like when her body forced the stop her mind refused to make, including the moment her own doctor told her flatly it wasn't her thyroid, and the line she wrote that stopped us cold: you can be highly competent and completely disconnected from yourself, and sometimes the competence is how the disconnection survives.

What you'll learn:

• Why high achievers are often the last to recognize their own burnout
• The physical warning signs that show up before the mental ones do
• How Annie used a CARES Act 401k withdrawal to fund her first rental property
• How real estate professional status combined with a W2 can work for a two income household
• What it actually costs to keep performing instead of pausing to ask why

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Stephen Scoggins built and exited multiple companies, one approaching nine figures, and hosts the BUILD podcast with over 48 million views. But this episode isn't about that climb. It's about what happened after he got everything he thought he wanted and felt nothing.

Stephen opens up about the season after his exit, when a comment from his son Tyler at a taco shop cracked open just how absent he'd been while being present. He walks through the Five Constraints that quietly derail founders and families (arrogance, ignorance, impatience, fear, insecurity), why his dyslexia became an operational advantage instead of a source of shame, and the jet boat moment in New Zealand that gave his upcoming book its title. Fair warning: figuring out you're not who you said you are is a lot less fun with a life jacket on.

What you'll learn:

• Why Stephen calls his homeless-to-nine-figures story the least useful part of his journey
• The five internal constraints that quietly sabotage founders and families
• How to build a daily rhythm that protects presence without relying on willpower
• Why dyslexia became one of Stephen's sharpest operational tools
• What a stranger on a jet boat in New Zealand told him that reshaped his next chapter

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Whitney Elkins-Hutten is a partner in over $800 million of real estate and her team just crossed $560 million in loans originated through their debt fund. She breaks down the risk-tiering system she uses to sort a portfolio into cash, debt, and equity, so market volatility doesn't take her by surprise.

She explains why she's valuing cash flow more than ever, how uninterrupted compounding at 9% can quietly outperform a "perfectly executed" real estate deal, and a tax mechanic on debt funds that almost nobody talks about. She also names the specific red flags to watch for in private credit right now: leverage stacking, high loan-to-value funds, and operators who cherry pick their best loans out from under investors.

And apparently an $800M portfolio still leaves room for high-altitude half marathons, which might explain the discipline.

• How to sort a portfolio into risk tiers before the market forces you to
• Why uninterrupted compounding can beat a "perfect" equity deal over time
• The tax structure that lets debt fund income offset passive losses
• Red flags in private credit and debt fund deals
• What her $560M debt fund targets and how it's structured
• Why she's leaning into cash flow over growth right now

Connect with Whitney Elkins-Hutten: passiveinvestingwithwhitney.com, ashwealth.com, or her book Money for Tomorrow, available on Amazon.

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Redevelopment sits in a strange gap. It's too small for institutional developers and too complex for passive investors, which is exactly why Katie Neason has built a career inside it. Katie is a fourth generation Bryan, Texas native who left corporate banking after missing her son's first steps, and turned that decision into a decade of flipping houses, then over ten years redeveloping her own downtown.In this episode, Katie breaks down her real first deal, a townhome project that nearly died over a five foot zoning gap, and how one blunt comment to the city ended up saving the whole thing. She also covers financing redevelopment deals, working with local governments, and why she calls this asset class "one investment, two returns."HIGHLIGHTS:

• Why deals between $1M and $5M are too small for institutions, too big for passive investors
• How to get past the gatekeeper and into a real meeting with your city planner
• The questions that reveal if a city actually supports your project
• How to de-risk your first redevelopment deal
• Why local investors build healthier communities than outside developers

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Anna Lecat moved to China alone at 17 with no idea where the country even was, then built her first manufacturing company there at 19 in rooms with no other women. That same skill, building trust across difference, is what she teaches now as a conflict and intimacy consultant and author of Loving Conflict.

Anna joins Mike and Caroline to break down how to fight better in marriage, business, and parenting without losing the relationship along the way. She walks through how to spot conflict before it surfaces, why calming yourself comes before calming anyone else, and how her weekly family meetings (with her own three kids holding her accountable too) turned conflict into a skill instead of a threat.

What you'll learn:

• How to notice conflict building before it boils over
• Why self-regulation comes first, every time
• How Anna earned trust with Chinese business partners at 19
• The family meeting structure that teaches kids to handle conflict for life
• Why "loving conflict" only sounds like a contradiction
• What the best leaders learn from practicing how to follow

Anna's line from this one is worth sitting with: every conversation you don't have still sends a bill.

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Sharon Lechter co-authored Rich Dad Poor Dad, the personal finance book that sold over 27 million copies in 51 languages. But it started as a brochure written to help sell a $200 board game, the one her husband Michael first saw scrawled on a roll of butcher paper in his law office.In this episode, Sharon and Michael trace the full arc: a 1992 credit card scare that turned into Sharon's lifelong financial literacy mission, the chance meeting with Robert Kiyosaki that built the Rich Dad empire, and what came next when Sharon walked away after ten years and the Napoleon Hill Foundation came calling. She revived Think and Grow Rich for a new generation and personally rescued Outwitting the Devil, a manuscript that sat in a drawer for nearly 75 years. Michael also breaks down what builders need to know about protecting their ideas, whether that's a board game, a book, or something still in beta.What You'll Learn:- Why "stop digging" is the real first step out of debt- The difference between exchanging time for money and investing it- What "Henrys" are and why high earners stay broke- How a brochure became a 27 million copy franchise- What to know before talking to an IP attorney- Why Outwitting the Devil almost never got publishedSubscribe to The Weekly Compass, our free weekly newsletter with short practical tips for building wealth, aligning your family, and living intentionally: https://OurFamilyInvests.com/newsletter

Chaz Wolfe sold the things most entrepreneurs spend a lifetime building. By 29, he was a multi millionaire who had scaled an Edible Arrangements franchise from one location to seven across three states. Then his wife pulled him aside and said she was still there. That conversation changed how he ran every business after it.

On this episode of Our Family Invests, Chaz walks Mike and Caroline through what it actually took to step out of the operator seat in seven locations at once, the daily phone reminder he uses to send his wife a specific appreciation text, and why he bought his 12 and 10 year old kids a vending machine business instead of waiting until they were older. He also talks openly about not meeting his own father until he was 23, raised instead by his mom, his sister, and a houseful of women, and how that absence shaped the kind of husband and dad he decided to become.

Chaz now runs Gathering The Kings, a mastermind for family driven entrepreneurs built on one idea: most high performers isolate when they don't have to, and a room full of people who actually understand the weight changes everything.

What You'll Learn:

• The system he used to get out of day to day operations across seven locations
• How a daily phone reminder changed the way he shows up for his wife
• Why most entrepreneurs isolate, and what changes when they don't
• What it looks like to build a business with your kids before they're teenagers
• The three layers of freedom Chaz works toward with his coaching clients

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For 31 years, Neil and Lori Rogers believed their non-verbal autistic son Craig was listening, even when the world had stopped expecting him to respond. In this episode, they share how a method called Spelling to Communicate finally gave Craig a way to express thoughts that had been there his entire life.

Craig was diagnosed with autism at two and a half. Neil and Lori spent three decades trying everything: diet changes, sensory therapy, speech and occupational support, even founding a nonprofit for special education in their school district. Nothing cracked the barrier until 2022, when Craig, then 31, sat down with a simple letter board and spelled out "black holes" in response to a question about Stephen Hawking. An eye-tracking study later confirmed these kids are choosing their own letters, not being guided.

Within months, Craig spelled his first words to his younger brother: "Cam, I love you." He told his practitioner he doesn't want to be called autistic, because to him that word means stupid. His words: "I am a human with apraxia."

What Else You'll Learn:

• Why apraxia, not intelligence, is the real barrier for many non-verbal autistic people
• How an eye-tracking study validated these kids are spelling their own thoughts
• What changes in a marriage when a non-speaking child is finally heard
• Why Craig rejects the word "autistic" and what he prefers instead

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Pat Hiban was the #1 real estate agent in the world in 2004, then did it again in 2006 at a different brokerage. He sold over $1 billion in homes before walking away from active selling at 46, with no buyer for the team he built and no big payout waiting on the other side.

In this episode, Pat tells Mike and Caroline what it actually looked like to dismantle the machine he spent 25 years building: laying off 22 people in a single year, shrinking an 8,000 square foot office down to almost nothing, and eventually just closing the business because he couldn't find anyone to sell it to. He also opens up about losing $1.2 million in nine months during the 1999 stock crash, the same year he first thought he'd made it as a millionaire, and why he says today's market feels eerily familiar.

• Why Pat walked away from real estate at 46 with no buyer and no big payout
• The "barrel of monkeys" framework for knowing if a mastermind is worth staying in
• How he lost $1.2 million in nine months during the 1999 stock crash
• What happened when he got fired from the leadership role he left his own brokerage for
• The investing edge that made his Section 8 and college rental properties work
• How GoBundance grew from a free hiking trip into a 1,500-member mastermind

Pat also talks about 33 years of marriage, why his wife's trust made his riskiest bets possible, and the line from his mentor that's stuck with him for decades: fear of loss is a greater motivator than the opportunity to gain. It's a rare, unpolished look at what walking away from the top actually costs, and what it builds in its place.

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Most people open an AI tool, type a question, and move on. That's using AI like a search engine. Eliot Prince, UK-based AI educator and former SEO consultant, teaches thousands of business owners how to actually build with AI: creating systems, automating drudgery, and reclaiming real hours every week.

Eliot joins Mike to break down the full AI skill-building framework: why there's a genuine learning curve, how to structure Claude projects so your AI actually knows your business, what skills are and why they outperform prompt libraries, and the three-tool stack he runs his entire operation on. If you've ever felt like AI works for everyone except you, this episode is the unlock.

• Why AI is a skill that takes 20 hours to learn and 40 to 60 hours to make habitual
• How Claude projects, memory, and custom instructions work together as a real system
• What Claude Skills are and why they cut token usage and beat prompt libraries
• The difference between Claude Chat, Cowork, and Code and which fits where you are
• Why context rot is quietly killing productivity for people stuck in one "perfect chat"
• Eliot's three-tool stack: Whisper Flow, Granola, and Claude

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Raw land investing has produced 300 to 1,200 percent returns for Mark Podolsky across 6,500+ deals since 2001. He has never lost money on one. His business runs on about two hours a week. Mark, known as The Land Geek, joins Mike and Caroline to break down exactly how the system works and why most people talk themselves out of an investment vehicle that quietly keeps printing.

Mark walks through the full model: buying rural parcels at 25 to 35 cents on the dollar from delinquent tax owners, seller-financing them back out via land sale contracts, and automating collections through his own software, GeekPay. He also gets into the risks, the due diligence process, why the margins have barely moved in 24 years, and what he calls the second mountain shift that turned a personal win into a broader mission.

• How to find and buy raw land at 25 to 35 cents on the dollar using delinquent tax records
• Why seller financing via land sale contracts eliminates foreclosure costs entirely
• How GeekPay automates note management across thousands of active deals
• The remote due diligence process Mark runs without ever visiting the property
• Why raw land margins have held at 300 to 1,200 percent for over two decades
• The three entry points Mark offers: self-directed, done-with-you, and done-for-you

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Bernadette Joy and AJ Maulion paid off $300,000 in debt in three years, became millionaires before 40, and retired together at 41 and 44. This episode covers how they did it and what nobody prepared them for once they got there.

The mechanics are specific: the debt snowball applied across 12 separate student loans, a side hustle stack that included AJ doing background acting on Homeland, Bernadette's $1 per use rule that rewired her spending habits entirely, and printing out a seven-page amortization schedule and shrinking it one page at a time as their milestone system.

But the more interesting conversation is what came after. They sold all their properties, rented for three years, let the market work, and bought their forever home in cash. Then came the part no one talks about: figuring out what freedom actually means when you arrive earlier than you planned.

What You'll Learn:

• How the debt snowball worked across 12 student loans and two mortgages
• The $1 per use rule and why it never felt like sacrifice
• Why they paused 401k contributions entirely to accelerate payoff
• How they used an amortization schedule as a gamified milestone tracker
• Why they exited real estate, went liquid, and bought their next home in cash
• What managing freedom actually looks like when you get there

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In 2019, Matthew Efird and his wife Hannah learned their unborn son Noah had Trisomy 13, a condition incompatible with life. They chose to carry him to term. Noah lived 57 hours. What followed reshaped how Matthew leads his businesses, loves his wife, and spends his time.

Matthew is the founder and CEO of three businesses, bestselling author of Even Though We Will, a speaker, and host of the Pillars of Purpose Podcast. He and his family now travel the country full time in an RV with their three sons while he runs his companies from the road.

This conversation covers grief, marriage, empathetic leadership, and what it actually takes to build a business that survives without you.

What You'll Learn:

• How Matthew and Hannah built a two-question check-in that protected their marriage through six months of anticipatory grief
• What Noah's death revealed about the gaps in his leadership and how he rebuilt his team around them
• Why empathetic leadership means accepting that your employees bring their whole lives to work
• How a 45-day sabbatical proved whether he'd built a real business or just a high-paying job
• What selling their house and buying an RV had to do with a conviction about time

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Dr. Rob Yonover is a PhD geochemist, inventor of the military-approved SeeRescue Streamer, Shark Tank veteran, and full-time caregiver for 19 years while building a company, raising two kids, and carrying $600,000 in debt. His invention was rejected by all five Shark Tank sharks. It later flew to the International Space Station on a SpaceX rocket.

Rob has taken the ALVIN submersible two miles below the ocean surface, navigated DARPA funding and military contracts, and written four books, including the Caregiver's Survival Guide, a love letter to his late wife Cindy, who was paralyzed by MS. He runs his business lean, without investors or employees, and has no plans to change that.

What you'll learn in this episode:

• What Rob and Cindy's partnership looked like before and after her MS diagnosis
• How an accidental gluing mistake made the SeeRescue Streamer actually work
• Why all five Shark Tank sharks passed, and what happened next
• What outside capital really costs beyond the equity
• How to protect an idea before you have money to spend on attorneys
• What it looks like to take your business back and run it entirely on your own terms

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Self-doubt doesn't go away when you get more successful. It just gets louder at each new door. Mike Neubauer opens up about the confidence gap that has followed him through every chapter of his life: the kid who worked out alone so no one could laugh at him, the guy who almost didn't apply to the real estate mastermind, the firefighter who paused at the door while everyone else ran in.

This solo episode is about what actually builds confidence, and why waiting for it to show up before you act is the wrong move entirely. Mike shares the Four C's framework, his morning meditation practice, what Dan Martell still struggles with, and the one reframe that changed how he thinks about doubt.

What You'll Learn:

• Why doubt signals growth, not failure
• The Four C's framework for building confidence before you feel ready
• How fear and excitement are the same thing, differently framed
• Why the people around you already see the version of you that you're still working toward
• A simple meditation practice that takes 10 minutes and actually works
• Why where you are right now is the perfect place to teach the person you used to be

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A massive wealth transfer is already in motion. Over the next 10 to 15 years, an estimated $60 trillion will move from the silent generation to baby boomers and Gen X. The question isn't whether you'll see some of it. The question is whether you'll know what to do when you do.

Mario Sicari has been a wealth manager since 1994. He oversees more than $300 million in private client assets, holds an Accredited Investment Fiduciary designation, and just finished his second book on building and preserving wealth. He's been through every major market cycle since dot-com and still shows up because he genuinely loves talking to people who want to learn.

This conversation covers what a fiduciary advisor actually does, the three-bucket strategy for managing money across your lifetime, what Mario does with his own portfolio during market volatility, and why the Roth conversion decisions you make at 65 directly affect your Medicare costs at 73.

What You'll Learn:

• Why a fiduciary designation changes what your advisor is legally required to do for you
• The three-bucket strategy for short, intermediate, and long-term wealth management
• What a 30-year wealth manager does with his own money when markets get loud
• The $60 trillion wealth transfer already underway and how to receive it wisely
• Why Roth conversions between 65 and 73 can save you tens of thousands in Medicare premiums
• How couples who invest together, on the same page, consistently build more wealth than those who don't

Connect with Mario: www.bgscapitalmanage.com | LinkedIn

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Brien Sonzogni is a nationally recognized marketing strategist who helped put Black Desert Golf Course on the PGA Tour map. Emily Sonzogni is the founder of Prickly Pear Pediatric Therapy and the first speech language pathologist in southern Utah certified in Childhood Apraxia of Speech. They are also two college athletes who sold their house on a Thursday, bought one on Monday, and moved to a city they had never visited.

This episode covers the marketing strategy behind one of the fastest-rising golf brands in the country, what it looks like when a child who has never spoken finds their voice in a clinic for the first time, and what it actually takes to build two thriving businesses while raising two kids and staying aligned as a couple.

What you will learn:

• How Brien turned down a VP role in Dallas to move to St. George on a gut feeling, and what followed
• Why Emily went an inch wide and a mile deep in a small market with a rare specialty
• The story behind Black Desert Golf Course and its first PGA Tour event in Utah in over 60 years
• How Brien used AI to preserve the voice of golf architect Tom Weisskopf after his passing
• What relationship-driven entrepreneurship actually looks like in practice
• How this couple balances two businesses, two kids, and intentional family time without burning out

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74: A Bike Crash Built His Empire - Jens Nielsen | Our Family Invests

Jens Nielsen left Denmark at 23 with a backpack and no particular plan. After 27 years building a career in IT and telecom, a mountain biking accident in Colorado put him in the ICU and forced a question he'd been avoiding: what do you actually want? By 2020, he walked away from corporate for good. Today he's a general partner on over 2,000 apartment units valued at more than $250 million, a Certified High Performance Coach, and one of the more candid voices on what syndication really looks like when the tide goes out.

Mike and Jens talk through the real story behind leaving a 27-year career mid-pandemic, why Jens stopped doing multifamily deals for over two years while most syndicators kept pushing, and what he's building instead in industrial and flex-space real estate.

What You'll Learn:

• How a near-fatal crash compressed a 10-year exit plan into two years
• What changes inside you when you're investing other people's money
• Why Jens walked away from multifamily and what he found in flex-space and industrial
• The $80K broker commission surprise and how to hedge tenant risk during due diligence
• What to look for in a syndicator before you commit as an LP
• How high performance coaching helped him stop talking himself out of his own next move

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What does it actually take to build a marriage that thrives? Lee Baucom has spent 30 years answering that question for thousands of couples, and he's been testing his answers inside his own 38-year marriage the whole time.

Lee is a PhD, marriage coach, author of seven books, and host of the Save The Marriage Podcast and Thriveology Podcast. In this episode he breaks down the Pause Button Marriage, the three levels of connection every relationship needs, and what it genuinely looks like to move from surviving to thriving as a couple.

He also shares the question his wife Kathy stopped him mid-argument with. Short, direct, and worth stealing.

What You'll Learn
• What the Pause Button Marriage is and why it sneaks up on couples with the best intentions
• The three levels of connection (physical, emotional, spiritual) and how to rebuild them
• Why "you and me" becomes "you vs. me" and how to build a real "we"
• The difference between understanding your spouse and agreeing with them
• How to lead with your values instead of your emotions in conflict
• What a genuinely thriving marriage actually looks like

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Jeffrey Holst hasn't had a bad day since he was 17. Not through leukemia. Not through personal bankruptcy. Not through a divorce he didn't see coming. If that sounds like a bumper sticker, this episode will change your mind.

Jeff is an entrepreneur, real estate investor, and author of No Bad Days. He went from negative net worth to financially retired in six and a half years, has visited all seven continents, climbed Kilimanjaro, and built a life most people only postpone. He did it through a framework he calls the Extraordinary Life Formula, and in this conversation he breaks it down from the ground up.

We cover the night he was 17 with a knife in his hand and made a decision that changed everything, what happened when he nearly broke his 30-year streak while packing suitcases in Puerto Rico, and why he says the bankruptcy hit harder than the cancer diagnosis.

What You'll Learn:

• The real origin of "no bad days" and why it has nothing to do with toxic positivity
• How Jeff rebuilt from negative net worth to retired in 6.5 years
• The Extraordinary Life Formula: EXT + RA + ordinary
• The "Morocco Moment" filter for saying yes before you're ready
• Why integrity is alignment between thought, word, and action
• How to start living more intentionally without blowing up your life

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Susan Obrant is a Grammy-nominated illustrator, fine artist, and creator of wearable crochet sculptures so original they're unreproducible even by her. She built her career as a single mother, showed in galleries and museums, and dressed a New York City dance company. Through it all, including the years her husband Robert's Alzheimer's has quietly progressed, she hasn't stopped creating.

Every morning she carries cappuccino up two flights of stairs to Robert. He used to make it for her. That ritual says everything about what this episode is really about: what commitment looks like when circumstances change and love doesn't.

What you'll learn:

• Why Susan never stopped creating even as Robert's Alzheimer's progressed
• How a single crochet stitch at age 8 became a decades-long creative legacy
• What it means to have a partner who believes in your work more than you do
• How to stay focused on building when caregiving demands everything else
• The one word Susan says is the foundation of everything she has ever created

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Functional medicine practitioner Ryan Kennedy breaks down the real reasons behind brain fog, chronic fatigue, and poor sleep and what you can actually do about them. This episode covers the gap between a standard 30-marker blood panel and the 120+ markers that reveal what's really going on in your body, plus why some of your "healthy" foods might be working against you.

Ryan explains how stress, gut health, meal timing, and your breathing mechanics are all connected, and why the biggest needle movers are usually simpler than people expect. He also gets into breathwork as a nervous system reset, the truth about longevity supplements, and what it means to show up fully as a parent and partner when your own tank is running low.

What You'll Learn:

• Why your annual blood panel is missing the markers that matter most
• The root causes of brain fog and fatigue that have nothing to do with aging
• How meal timing and sleep environment affect your recovery more than most supplements
• Why kale, spinach, and kombucha may not belong on your superfood list
• The breathwork technique that calms your nervous system in under three minutes
• How to track your sleep data and actually use it to change your habits

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Jay Papasan co-authored one of the best-selling business books of the last decade. Wendy leads one of Austin's top real estate teams and co-founded Her Best Life. Together they have 18 rental properties, six businesses, and 26 years of building wealth as a couple.

It started with a net worth of $2,200, including a Toyota Tercel. Six and a half years later, they crossed the millionaire threshold. This episode is the honest story of how they did it: tracking the number that matters, staying aligned across multiple businesses, surviving 2008 with their conviction intact, and the one mistake Jay says most couples make when they think they're building wealth together.

They also get into Wendy's take on why women stepping out of the workforce is one of the most underestimated financial decisions a couple can make, and why Jay, at this stage of life, is deliberately re-engineering his friendships from scratch.

What You'll Learn:

• How a $2,200 net worth became the starting line, not an obstacle
• The ONE Thing framework applied to marriage, time, and investing
• Why most couples building wealth together are more siloed than they realize
• What Wendy would tell women about earning, stepping back, and financial independence
• How Jay and Wendy stayed aligned across 18 rentals and six businesses
• Jay's "missing persons report" for re-engineering community on purpose

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Bob Andersen woke up from a car accident with five dollars in his bank account and spent the next 40 years building over $1.3 billion in completed property developments. Hilary Saxton raised her kids alone, renovated her way out of survival mode, and eventually built a mentoring program that helps everyday people step into property development from wherever they are starting. They met on a plane, argued over a taxi, and built a life and a business so integrated they can't always tell where one ends and the other begins.

This is a conversation about property development, partnership, and what it actually looks like to build something real together. No prerequisites required. Their oldest active mentoring student is 85 and currently running three deals at once.

What You Will Learn

• Why Bob believes property development is open to anyone regardless of background or starting capital
• How a car accident with $5 left in the bank became the catalyst for a 40-year career
• What Hilary brought into the business that Bob's operation was missing and why the combination works
• How they structure their intentionally small 20-client mentoring program and what unlimited access really means
• The common thread Bob and Hilary see in every student who succeeds
• What Bob would tell his younger self about moving at a thousand miles an hour with no time to breathe

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Rob and Alexia Hoffman built an 80-door rental portfolio in four years, including a converted elementary school turned into 10 apartments and a 13-bedroom fraternity house that cashflows better than most conventional rentals. They had four daughters in 30 months. And somewhere in the middle of building all of it, their marriage hit rock bottom.

This episode is an honest conversation about what happens when ambitious couples build so fast that alignment gets left behind, and what it actually takes to find your way back without burning down everything you have built together.

Rob and Alexia talk about the moment their marriage broke open, the decision to briefly separate, and the deliberate choices they made to rebuild, not just the relationship, but the entire structure of their life and businesses around what actually matters. They also get into the real estate strategy most investors overlook: student housing, fraternity properties, and small-town multifamily deals hiding in plain sight.

If you and your partner are building hard and starting to feel like you are doing it in separate lanes, this one is for you.

💡 What You Will Learn

• Why success quietly erodes alignment before most couples realize it is happening
• The 8-to-4 rule Rob and Alexia use to protect family time across five businesses
• How Alexia cut her workweek from 60 hours to under 10 without losing revenue
• Why fraternity houses and student housing outperform conventional rentals
• How to delegate and build systems so your business runs without you at the center
• What it looks like to move your family across the country on pure faith with four kids under four

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Ben Gottfredson started with a pickup truck and a trailer in St. George, Utah. Less than a decade later, Big Storage Ventures manages 15 self-storage facilities across the Mountain West and Southeast, and Big Ben's Moving has scaled into a regional fleet operation. The business is real. So was every rejection, depleted savings account, and moment of not knowing what came next.

But this episode isn't really about storage. It's about what it costs to build something this big while keeping your family, your faith, and your marriage intact. Lauren, a former college basketball player and entrepreneur who built her own healthy cookie business, made the deliberate choice to anchor the home when the growth demanded it. That tension is honest and worth hearing.

There's a moment in this conversation, out on a boat at Lake Powell, when Lauren asked Ben a question every couple building something will eventually face: when is enough enough? His answer, and how she responded to it, is one of the most grounded exchanges we've had on this show.

What You'll Learn:

• How Ben scaled from one moving truck to 15 storage facilities in under a decade
• Why staying in your lane, not diversifying, drove the exponential growth
• What questions every passive investor should ask before writing a check to a syndicator
• How Ben and Lauren navigated a two-year breakup, a spot proposal, and building a business together
• Why massive imperfect action beats waiting for the perfect plan
• How they keep family and faith centered in a business that's still scaling fast

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What does it actually take to build wealth without sacrificing your marriage, family, or peace of mind?

In this episode of the Our Family Invests Podcast, Mike and Caroline Neubauer sit down with Robert Fukui and Kay Lee Fukui, founders of Thriving in Tandem and advisors to married entrepreneurs who want to grow their business without destroying their relationships.

Robert spent 25 years launching major brands with companies like Coca-Cola, Novartis, and Bristol-Myers Squibb before a life-changing event forced him to rethink everything he believed about success, money, and ambition. Together, Robert and Kay Lee now help entrepreneur couples and married business owners scale their companies while protecting the most important asset they have: their marriage.

They call it the Lazy Millionaire Strategy, a philosophy built around simplicity, long-term investing, disciplined systems, and building wealth without hustle culture or burnout.

In this conversation we explore:

• Why hustle culture quietly destroys many entrepreneur marriages
• The Lazy Millionaire mindset and how it applies to business and investing
• How married entrepreneurs can grow a business without losing family alignment
• The role of passive income, long-term investing, and financial discipline in building wealth
• Why automation, delegation, and simplifying your business can unlock growth
• Weekly rhythms and boundaries that protect both business and marriage

If you are building a business, investing for financial freedom, or navigating entrepreneurship as a couple, this episode will challenge how you think about success.

You’ll walk away with practical insights on business systems, wealth building, marriage alignment, and long-term thinking.

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She gave him 90 days to quit his job.

Cliff Ravenscraft was next in line to take over his family’s insurance business. Stable income. Predictable future. Three kids at home. A financial crisis unfolding.

Stephanie Ravenscraft looked at him and said, “It’s time.”

In this episode of The Our Family Invests Podcast, Cliff and Stephanie Ravenscraft share the real story behind walking away from security to pursue entrepreneurship, podcasting, and financial freedom as a married couple.

What followed wasn’t instant success. It was burnout, hospital visits, $11,000 income years, and the pressure of building a business while raising a family.

This conversation explores:

• What it really means to bet on yourself
• Entrepreneurship inside a marriage
• The hidden cost of hustle culture
• Personal development and mindset shifts
• Leaving a safe job to build financial independence
• How belief from your spouse can change your future

Cliff Ravenscraft, known as the “Podcast Answer Man,” opens up about risk, reinvention, identity, and the internal stories that shape our decisions.

If you care about marriage, business, alignment, and building wealth without sacrificing your family, this episode will resonate.

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Build with intention. Let it Compound.

What do you do when there is no safe path forward?

In this episode of the Our Family Invests Podcast, we sit down with Levi and Stephanie Ware, founders of the Melodic Caring Project, a nonprofit bringing live music into hospital rooms for children facing serious illness.

What began as one improvised livestream became a 15-year journey built on patience, belief, and alignment. Along the way, Levi and Stephanie faced uncertainty, financial pressure, and decisions that forced them to choose values over guarantees.

This conversation is about the long game.

We talk about:
• Why nothing meaningful happens fast
• Making big decisions when certainty disappears
• Building purpose without sacrificing family
• How alignment matters more than optimization
• Creating impact that compounds over decades

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Build intentionally. Let it compound.

What does growth actually cost ambitious couples?

Jeremy and Shelly Beland sold their home, downsized with five kids, and started building a real estate business with $11,000 and a decision most people would never make.

Today, they’ve completed more than 500 off-market real estate deals. But this episode isn’t about tactics. It’s about alignment under pressure.

In this conversation with Mike Neubauer, we explore:

• What growth really costs
• Why comfort is often the first sacrifice
• Building wealth without growing apart
• Real estate wholesaling and off-market investing
• Protecting your marriage while scaling a business
• The discipline behind intentional living

Jeremy and Shelly share the tension of blending families, quitting stable careers, facing financial pressure, and choosing long-term alignment over short-term comfort.

This episode is for ambitious couples who are building something meaningful together and want financial freedom without sacrificing their marriage or family in the process.

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Build intentionally. Let it compound.

We learn. We share. We grow.

At 21 years old, Zac Spencer became a father while feeling broke, overwhelmed, and unsure he was built for the responsibility in front of him.

Then Zoe McDonald entered his life, and became the green flag he couldn’t ignore.

In this episode of the Our Family Invests Podcast, Mike and Caroline sit down with Zac and Zoe to explore what it really takes to build belief before proof... in business, in relationships, and in yourself.

From launching a garage gym during the pandemic to building a global online coaching brand… from shame and scarcity to shared vision and growth… this is a story about mindset, resilience, and family alignment.

We talk about:

• Becoming a young dad under pressure
• Turning pain into purpose through fitness and entrepreneurship
• Building an online business from scratch
• Competing naturally in bodybuilding
• Scaling a business while protecting your relationship
• Why “reward the effort, release the outcome” changes everything
• How belief from one person can completely alter your trajectory

If you care about financial freedom, entrepreneurship, marriage, family alignment, and intentional living, this conversation will hit.

This episode is about more than fitness. It’s about becoming the kind of partner, parent, and leader your future requires.

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Build intentionally. Let it compound.

What happens when you leave a six-figure career to buy a failing business and invest in real estate at the same time?

In this episode of the Our Family Invests Podcast, Mike and Caroline sit down with Luke and Morgan Hoffman to unpack the hardest year of their entrepreneurial journey.

Luke walked away from a fast-rising corporate role, bought a struggling manufacturing company, and started building a rental portfolio in the same season. Within months they were navigating bad tenants, a property fire, no salary, and three young kids at home.

No safety net. Just long-term conviction.

This conversation is about real estate investing, reinvesting cash flow, building systems, and designing a life of financial freedom without sacrificing your marriage or your family in the process.

We unpack:

• How to scale a real estate portfolio without burning out
• Why “safe” jobs can carry hidden risk
• The discipline of reinvesting instead of upgrading
• Building business systems that buy back your time
• Designing your life first, then letting the business support it

If you’re pursuing financial independence, building family wealth, or trying to align business with your values, this episode will resonate.

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Build intentionally. Let it compound.

What happens when your business is growing, but you’re the one carrying everything?

In this episode, we sit down with Mike and Ashley Coates, builders of multiple businesses where standards matter and leadership can’t disappear. From residential care facilities to construction, real estate, and a long-standing restaurant, they’ve lived the pressure of being the bottleneck.

At one point, everything ran through them.

This conversation is about the shift that changed how they work and live:
Less hustle. Better systems.

We talk about stepping out of hero mode without lowering the bar, building businesses that don’t require constant emergencies, and protecting your family while still building something that lasts.

This episode is for business owners and parents who care deeply about quality, feel the weight of responsibility, and want growth that actually works long-term.

In this episode, we explore:
• Why hustle eventually stops working
• How systems reduce burnout and create margin
• Dividing roles based on strengths, not ego
• Building businesses that don’t depend on constant presence
• What kids actually learn by watching how you work

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They went to bed believing they were set for life.
They woke up with everything gone.

In this episode, we sit down with Brent and Daniela Phillips, founders of Milk and Honey Ranch, to share one of the most honest and intense stories we’ve ever recorded.

After selling a software company, Brent and Daniela thought the financial pressure was finally behind them. Overnight, the acquiring company collapsed, the stock cratered, and the security they trusted disappeared. As they worked to rebuild from nothing, life delivered another blow when Daniela was involved in a devastating car accident that nearly took her life.

This conversation goes far beyond money or business. It’s about joy as leadership, staying emotionally grounded under extreme pressure, protecting your family when fear is loud, and what faith looks like when there are no clean answers.

We talk about marriage under stress, parenting through trauma, rebuilding a business in survival mode, and how Milk and Honey Ranch was born in the middle of uncertainty, not clarity.

If you’ve ever felt like the plan fell apart and you still had to lead anyway, this episode is for you.

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Mike Brockway and Gabriell “Gabby” Carney are the couple behind some of Denver’s most sought-after luxury Airbnbs. These are top 5% stays where design, systems, and guest experience are dialed all the way in.

Then life got louder.

While managing 20+ short-term rentals and expanding their real estate business, Mike stepped into the national spotlight on Netflix’s Love Is Blind. Overnight visibility brought opinions, pressure, and a real test of how to stay grounded and aligned as a couple building something together.

In this episode, we talk about:

• What actually separates top 5% luxury Airbnbs from the rest

• Why STRs are harder now and how great operators stay competitive

• Gabby’s move into real estate and joining the business full-time

• Low-cost upgrades that create outsized returns

• How they divide roles, communicate, and protect their relationship

• The reality of reality TV, edits, and mental resilience

This conversation is for couples building businesses together, operators navigating the evolving short-term rental space, and anyone learning how to grow without losing their peace or their partnership.

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Bryce Leung and Kristy Shen, bestselling authors of Quit Like a Millionaire, have been financially independent for over a decade after leaving their engineering careers in their 30s.

In this episode, we talk about financial runaway, the moment compounding starts working so powerfully it feels like your money grows faster than you can spend it. Bryce and Kristy also explain how geographic arbitrage helped them lower risk early by living well in lower-cost places while their investments continued to grow.

We get real about identity after leaving a paycheck, parenting with intention, and why money is ultimately an abstraction of time.

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Build intentionally. Let it compound.

Morgan and Ashlin Shaver, founders of Orchard Avenue Designs, don’t just build homes. They build a life with intention, one bold project at a time.

In this episode, Mike and Caroline sit down with the husband-and-wife team behind the design-and-build studio that’s turning rundown buildings into vibrant community anchors, crafting East Coast-inspired homes in rural Utah, and raising four kids through all the beautiful chaos.

From buying three dilapidated buildings on Main Street, to launching Leona’s Bistro with zero restaurant experience, to flying to Hawaii on 24 hours’ notice to design for the Bucket List Family, Morgan and Ashlin share the mindset that allows them to step into projects most people would run from.

Inside the episode, they open up about:• Building a business as a couple without losing yourselves
• Why instinct often guides their biggest leaps
• How their kids stay woven into everything they create
• The identity shifts that come with scaling a business
• What to do when a project feels way over your head
• How chaos, creativity, and intention can actually coexist

If you're building anything as a family, a business, a home, or a life that feels true, this conversation will expand the way you think.

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Kyle and Ariel Tresch have helped businesses scale into the tens of millions, yet the biggest growth lesson they ever learned came from inside their marriage. When the pressure of entrepreneurship nearly pulled them apart, they rebuilt their foundation and created a framework that has now helped thousands of couples grow stronger as they grow their companies.

In this episode, we explore the idea that every business has one bottleneck that determines how far it can grow. When you identify that bottleneck and solve for it, you create clarity, focus, and momentum. When you ignore it, you create confusion, frustration, and burnout.

Kyle and Ariel break down:
• How to find your real business bottleneck
• Why founders often become the constraint without realizing it• The key differences between zero to one million and one to ten million
• How couples can stop debating priorities and start building alignment
• The conversations that saved their marriage and sparked a movement

This is a practical, encouraging episode for any couple building a business, chasing growth, or trying to create success without losing connection.

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What happens when your life hits a breaking point and the old plan stops working? For founders Adam Cirlincione and Rachel Bacheler, that moment became the beginning of Dr.’s Remedy, a doctor-developed clean nail and foot care brand now serving customers around the world. With a newborn at home, financial pressure rising, and career paths shifting, they chose to build something new in the middle of real uncertainty.

In this conversation, Mike and Caroline explore how this couple started a business while working full time, raised three sons through every pivot, rebuilt their identity more than once, and stayed grounded as a family. This episode dives deep into the messy and meaningful parts of entrepreneurship, marriage, parenting, and choosing aligned action when fear tries to freeze you.

You’ll learn:
• How to start a business when your life is already full
• Why taking action reduces anxiety more than waiting for clarity
• The real early struggles behind a wellness brand
• How to build a company with your spouse without losing your connection
• What it looks like to raise independent, emotionally honest kids
• How health scares and hard seasons shape your priorities
• Why business ideas evolve and how to evolve with them

If you’re a parent, entrepreneur, or anyone standing at a crossroads wondering whether to leap, this episode will give you perspective, courage, and practical wisdom for the road ahead.

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What happens when you walk away from a thriving real estate career to raise your kids for a decade? Trey and Erika Stone did exactly that. After 21 exits and more than 139 million dollars in created value, they pressed pause on multifamily investing to pour everything into family, presence and purpose.

In this episode, Trey and Erika share how they met, why they stepped away at the peak of their career, and what ten years at home taught them about identity, marriage and raising grounded kids. They talk about the fears they carried from childhood, the values that shaped their reset, and why coming back to real estate now feels completely different.

If you’re building wealth while trying to build a healthy family, this conversation will speak to your soul.

In This Episode• How Trey built a massive portfolio before age 40• Why they chose a decade of full presence with their kids• What the pause revealed about worth, success and identity• How Erika became the anchor of their home and business• The personal growth that came from stepping back• Why they’re re entering real estate with intention• How they transform the communities they buy in

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What if financial independence wasn’t the end of the story, but the beginning of a more meaningful one?

In this episode, we sit down with Stephanie Myers + Gillian Batt, the couple behind Our Freedom Years, who reached financial independence in their 30s and 40s, sold nearly everything they owned, and spent four years traveling the world with their two dogs.

Their journey took them from Toronto to Singapore to dozens of countries across Europe, Asia, and Latin America. Along the way, they discovered that real wealth is connection, community, time, and purpose.

We talk about how they reached FI while living abroad, the reality of life as full time nomads, the loneliness that surprised them, and how they transitioned from adventure to impact through volunteer work, dog rescue, and serving their local community.

In This Episode:
• How Stephanie + Gillian built financial freedom abroad
• What global travel taught them about wealth and belonging
• The mindset shift from adventure to purpose
• How they found their way back to community
• Why “freedom of purpose” matters at every stage

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If you're building a life that feels intentional, grounded, and aligned with your values, this conversation will expand the way you see freedom.

What if the hardest seasons of your life were actually the ones shaping you into the strongest version of yourself?

In this episode of The Our Family Invests Podcast, we sit down with Brody and Andrea Fausett, a Maui-based couple who built their life on faith, family, and intentional growth. From door-to-door sales to financial freedom, from nursing to building a movement for women, and from the Lahaina fires to rebuilding community, their story is a powerful look at resilience in real time.

They share the moments that stretched them, the mindset shifts that helped them stabilize, and the family rhythms that keep them grounded when life gets loud. If you’re craving clarity, confidence, or a renewed sense of purpose, this conversation will feel like oxygen.

What You’ll Learn:
• How Brody went from knocking doors to building real estate freedom• What Andrea discovered about identity, purpose, and calling• How faith shaped their resilience through the Lahaina fires• Rhythms that keep their marriage aligned in busy seasons• How to help your kids feel seen and supported• Simple shifts to strengthen your mindset and protect your peace

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Grant and Laura Francke share how they built a family-first life through real estate, intentional routines, and a strong sense of why. Grant spent over a decade working unpredictable railroad shifts before discovering real estate and building a path to financial freedom. Laura is a CPA who brings stability, clarity, and structure to their journey while raising their kids and balancing a career she loves.

Together, they’ve built a rental portfolio, designed a life that prioritizes presence, and created a rhythm that supports both their family and their goals.

In this episode you will learn:
• How Grant left the railroad through repeatable real estate investing
• The mindset shift behind The Unlikely Investor
• The role Laura’s W-2 plays in stability and risk
• How they teach their kids about money, values, and value creation
• Why presence matters more than any vacation destination
• The habits and routines that transformed their family life

If you want financial freedom without losing your family, this conversation gives you a real path forward.

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What if freedom wasn’t something you waited for… but something you built on purpose?

In this episode of The Our Family Invests Podcast, we sit down with Steven + Lauren Keys, the couple behind Trip of a Lifestyle. They reached financial independence in their 20s by living intentionally, investing consistently, and keeping their happiness tied to simplicity, not spending.

Steven + Lauren break down how they bought their freedom one intentional choice at a time — from tracking their net worth together to turning frugality into fun. We also dive into how they built a tutoring business, traveled across the country, and created a life that pays them back in peace, not stress.

What You’ll Learn:
• How to “buy back” your time through intentional living• The mindset shift that helps you see money as freedom, not pressure• Why tracking your net worth can change your future• How to align your spending with your values• The power of partnership in reaching financial independence

If you’ve ever wondered how ordinary couples build extraordinary lives, this one’s for you.

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Today we’re sitting down with Dustin and Megan Bunnell, a husband-and-wife team who built a family-first life that actually works. He runs Jum-Pawn-It, a thriving chain of pawn shops across California and Arizona. She’s a life coach helping women hustle less and sparkle more. Together they’ve traded corporate comfort for freedom, structure, and a life built on intention.

In this episode, we dig into their Power Hour Strategy, the simple one-hour weekly habit that helps them balance business, family, and sanity. They share how to design a schedule that supports your values, create peace in your week, and still grow a business that doesn’t run your life.

What You’ll Learn:

• The Power Hour framework that keeps their family aligned

• How to plan your week around purpose, not pressure

• Why structure creates more freedom, not less

• The mindset shift from busy to productive

• How to build businesses that serve your life, not steal it

  
  

On The Our Family Invests Podcast, we sit down with inspiring entrepreneurial couples to uncover the habits, mindsets, and strategies they use to build wealth, freedom, and legacy without sacrificing what matters most.

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Ever feel like everything hits at once? Finances, family, and faith all being tested at the same time?

That’s the season Kyle and Danie Wallitner are currently walking through. A government shutdown, a property fire, and an empty home still carrying a mortgage. Instead of breaking under pressure, they are choosing calm, alignment, and gratitude.

In this episode, we talk about what it means to lead your family through hard seasons, teach your kids about money, and build freedom that actually feels good. Kyle and Danie remind us that storms don’t last forever… and sometimes the hardest moments bring the most growth.

What You’ll Learn:

• How to lead your family through hard financial seasons

• Teaching your kids about money and responsibility

• What real resilience looks like in marriage and business

• Why alignment matters more than hustle

• How to find peace when life feels uncertain

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Jonathan and Jynafer Yanez built their dream life two hours at a time. Between bestselling novels, film productions, homeschooling, and marriage, they’ve learned that consistency creates freedom and structure fuels creativity.

In this episode of The Our Family Invests Podcast, Mike and Caroline sit down with the couple behind Wolf Pack Entertainment and Archimedes Books to talk about what it really takes to live in alignment. Jonathan breaks down his “Two Hour Rule,” the daily rhythm that helped him write over seventy novels and build a business that supports his family. Jynafer shares how faith, focus, and purpose guide their creative process and parenting.

This conversation is packed with lessons on discipline, alignment, and the power of doing small things with big intention.

🎧 You’ll Learn:• How the “Two Hour Rule” builds momentum and consistency
• Why alignment and faith drive their biggest decisions
• What it takes to run multiple creative businesses as a family
• How discipline protects creativity
• The mindset that turns daily effort into long-term freedom

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High school sweethearts lose $35K on their first flip, then build a thriving remote real estate business while raising their baby boy.

In this episode, Janelle and Don Carlson share how they flipped that failure into freedom, managing 30+ deals a year from anywhere in the world. From systems and schedules to mindset and marriage, they break down the real steps to building wealth that doesn’t cost your family.

💡 What You’ll Learn:

• How to flip houses remotely (and make it sustainable)
• The systems and tools Janelle uses to run her team out of state
• How to define roles as a couple and avoid burnout
• The mindset shift from chasing doors to building freedom
• Lessons learned from losing $35K on their first deal

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On The Our Family Invests Podcast, we sit down with entrepreneurial couples to uncover the habits, mindsets, and strategies they use to build wealth and legacy without sacrificing family.

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Most people live in reaction mode. They wake up to notifications, scroll through chaos, and let everyone else set the tone for their day. But real growth comes from alignment, not more hustle.

In this solo episode, Mike Neubauer breaks down The Elevate Method, a simple seven-step framework to help you realign your energy, mindset, and purpose when life feels off track. You cannot elevate what you do not evaluate.

On The Our Family Invests Podcast, Mike and Caroline Neubauer share stories, frameworks, and conversations that help couples and families pursue freedom, wealth, and purpose without losing what matters most.

👉 How to reset your energy using the “Energy Triangle”👉 Why letting go of old identities creates space for growth👉 The Purpose Formula: pain + passion + people = purpose👉 A five-minute visualization practice to build clarity👉 How to act in faith even when fear shows up👉 Why tracking your wins builds momentum👉 How gratitude expands capacity and anchors peace

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Robin and Shani Casper never set out to build an empire. He was leading multi-million dollar embassy projects overseas. She was raising four kids, managing chaos, and keeping their family grounded. Somewhere between rocket attacks in Israel and renovations in New York, they quietly built a 70-unit real estate portfolio—and a life of freedom most families only dream about.

In this episode of The Our Family Invests Podcast, we sit down with the Caspers to uncover how they built wealth while raising a family, stayed aligned across continents, and turned challenges into fuel for freedom.

You’ll learn:

• How Robin scaled from Navy Seabee to 70-unit investor

• The untapped goldmine in historic properties

• The surprising stability of student athlete rentals

• Shani’s take on balancing family, fitness, and freedom

• What “family first” looks like when life feels like a circus

Follow the Caspers’ journey from embassies to cash flow, chaos to connection—and learn how to build your own version of freedom without sacrificing what matters most.

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