FamVestor Podcast

048 | Everyone is Homeschooling; 25 Activities for Kids

March 19, 2020 11:37 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MB

25 of our all-time favorite activities we do with the kids at home: https://www.famvestor.com/048 Create a Leprechaun Trap http://www.scholastic.com/learnathome Table Topics Discussion Questions Make slime/silly putty Food Coloring Mixing Baking Soda & Vinegar Balloon Dry Ice Fun Freeze and Excavate Rubber Animals Create a Claymation Video House Treasure Map Hunt House Obstacle Course Race Kids Yoga / Family Acroyoga Connect Four, LCR Game, Red-Light Green Light I-...

047 | How to Buy a House

March 12, 2020 10:24 - 39 minutes - 27.5 MB

Sunny and Sunmarie are closing on their fourth property! They share the proper step-by-step process of buying a home including a few uncommon tactics to secure a purchase in competitive markets. https://www.famvestor.com/triplexcasestudy/ The Steps Covered: Property Search Criteria Pre-Approvals, Realtors Offers OPRA Requests Attorney Review Due-Diligence Phase Mortgage Process Appraisals Closings

046 | Time Freedom: Journey to 170 Rentals

March 05, 2020 11:19 - 1 hour - 46.2 MB

Gabriel Hamel is a Real Estate Investor with a 170-Unit Real Estate Portfolio. From humble beginnings, a book on Real Estate, and a strong desire for financial freedom, Gabriel set out to find creative ways to start purchasing income producing investment Real Estate. Time-Freedom, Family, Health, Wealth, and Happiness are most important to Gabriel. He focuses his time and energy learning, living and growing in these areas. Gabriel has a beautiful wife and two amazing son’s with lots of e...

045 | MicroAdventure Lifestyle

February 27, 2020 11:10 - 22 minutes - 16.2 MB

We discuss Short Middle of the Workweek Overnight MicroAdventures, and why getting out into Nature and disconnecting from technology and the drudgery of day to day tasks is essential for raising a healthy vibrant family. https://www.famvestor.com/045 Links: Harriman NY State Park: http://www.myharriman.com/lean-lean-camping/ Dark Skies PA State Park: https://cherryspringsstatepark.com/stargazing/ Watkins Glen NY State Park: https://parks.ny.gov/parks/142/ Robert Treman NY State Park...

044 | Debt-Free College

February 20, 2020 12:14 - 1 hour - 69.8 MB

Jeannie Burlowski is a full-time academic strategist and author of the book LAUNCH: How to Get Your Kids Through College Debt-Free and Into Jobs They Love Afterward. On this episode we discuss how parents can set their kids up to graduate college debt-free and move directly into careers they excel at and love. https://www.famvestor.com/044 Links: Jeannie's Website: https://jeannieburlowski.com/ LAUNCH Debt-Free College Book: https://amzn.to/39LZ8r5 http://Getintomedschool.com Stre...

043 | The Art of Allowance

February 13, 2020 11:23 - 1 hour - 53.7 MB

John Lanza is on a mission to help families raise money smart, money-empowered kids so that they can live happier, more fulfilled lives. He has written the art of Allowance along with three other childrens picture books. On Today's episode we discuss the importance of not tying allowance to any sort of chore, but to use it empower your children to manage their money with mastery. https://www.famvestor.com/043 Links: John's Website: https://themoneymammals.com/ Art of Allowance Book: h...

042 | Natural Labor and Birth

February 06, 2020 11:00 - 47 minutes - 33.3 MB

Dr. Aristizabal is a OBGYN who has delivered 1000's of babies, and has two of her own. She runs her own private practice specializing in low-intervention and unmedicated birth and has recently published a book on Natural Labor and Birth. https://www.famvestor.com/042 Links: Birth Plan & Hospital Bag Checklist: https://www.famvestor.com/resources Hypnobirthing Book: https://amzn.to/2U5JCBK Natural Labor and Birth Book: https://amzn.to/2RCJSXb

041 | Birth Story

January 30, 2020 11:00 - 57 minutes - 40.1 MB

Sunmarie shares a first-hand account of what it is like to give birth. We delve into all 3 of our children's natural births, covering everything from contractions to turning babies in the womb. A great episode packed with lots of golden nuggets about what to expect. https://www.famvestor.com/041 Links: Birth Plan & Hospital Bag Checklist: https://www.famvestor.com/resources The 4 Decisions at the Hospital: Vitamin K, Eye Goop, Hep-B Vaccine, & Circumcision Hypnobirthing Book: https://...

040 | From DINC to Staying Home with Twins

January 23, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 67.6 MB

Kayo and Jesse were two full-time Federal Employees saving a good portion of their paycheck and enjoying their dual income lifestyle. Listen in on how their strategies and plans for Financial Independence shifted once they found out they were having Twins! Links: https://www.famvestor.com/040 Kindle Self Publishing: https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/ Kayo's Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07ZY88G1F https://www.facebook.com/groups/20Booksto50k/ https://www.youneedabudget.com/ The Wo...

039 | Our Airbnb Story: We Earned $2,000 in Our First Month From Our Old Storage Room

January 16, 2020 11:27 - 47 minutes - 44.3 MB

We started an airbnb 3 months ago, we had 20 days booked in our first month. In this episode we dive deep into how we got started, our process, and the good and the bad of airbnb. https://www.famvestor.com/airbnb/

038 | Crafting Your Life of Integrity

January 10, 2020 02:51 - 1 hour - 48.3 MB

Dr. Kevin Basik is a Retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel has been studying and sharing about values-based leadership for the last 23 years. He is a happily married father of 2. Dr. Basik explains the importance of aligning our actions with who we want to be, he explains that we are constantly crafting who we are, and the best thing we can do is to try our best to live with integrity moment by moment. He shares with us tools, like his eavesdrop letter, that help him stay committed and ...

037 | Goals, Habits, and Life Planning

January 02, 2020 11:03 - 30 minutes - 21.7 MB

Sunny & Sunmarie discuss goals setting strategies, and the habits needed to attain those goals! www.FamVestor.com/037

036 | Live Hard: Life With No Excuses

December 26, 2019 02:23 - 1 hour - 45 MB

Jason & Pili have 3 kids and talk to us about spending the last 75 days working out twice a day, giving up alcohol, reading at least 10 pages a day, taking cold showers, drinking a gallon of water a day, and challenging themselves to be the best they can be... oh and during this time, Jason thought it would be a good idea to run a 100 miles in 21 hours. The best part of it all is how they do it all as a team, Pili and their 3 kids were his support team throughout the 100 mile race! This ep...

035 | Florida Family Vacation, a Case Study of Frugal Travel

December 19, 2019 11:00 - 32 minutes - 22.5 MB

We use our recent family trip to Florida as a case-study of how to vacation affordably. We cover lodging hacks, cooking on the go, meal hacking, entertaining kids on long trips, multi-generational travel, and frugal fulfilling experiences while traveling. https://www.famvestor.com/035

034 | Eliminating $200k of Debt in 2 years

December 12, 2019 11:00 - 52 minutes - 48.9 MB

Denis & Katie paid off over $200,000 in debt in less than 2 years. Find out the strategic paths they took to do it, and listen in on why lending to friends might not be such a good idea. Links: Denis & Kate's blog & podcast: https://chainofwealth.com/ Digit App: https://digit.co/ Stash App: https://www.stashinvest.com/ https://www.FamVestor.com/034

033 | BOLD

December 05, 2019 11:00 - 33 minutes - 23.3 MB

Sunny & Sunmarie discuss the benefits of being bold, and the journey they took to become more BOLD! "Its not who you know, its who knows you." www.FamVestor.com/033

032 | Dealing with the Unexpected: Death, Medical, Wills, Twins

November 28, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 49.5 MB

Holly & Tad share their journey of overcoming half-a-million dollars of medical expenses after Holly's Father unexpectedly passed away. They share tons of tips from insurance rules to negotiating with collection companies. Holly also shares about why creating a legacy binder and will is critical. Lots of gems throughout the podcast. Holly Grosvenor is a personal financial coach at Microstuff.com. She provides one-on-one coaching on basic personal finances (goals, debt reduction, spending a...

031 | Tidying Your Life

November 21, 2019 11:00 - 34 minutes - 24 MB

We discuss the life-changing magic of tidying up, its step by step application, and the effect it has had on us over the last few weeks. We thought we were a minimalist family of 4, but we gathered from all over the house 75 pairs of shoes. We were able to get rid of 31 pairs of spark-less shoes. Marie Kondo's Recommended Order of Cleaning 1. Clothing 2. Books 3. Papers 4. Common Misc. Stuff 5. Sentimental Things Other Tips: * Use Clear Containers * Open Book Cases in closet...

030 | The 100 Mile Dad

November 14, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 47.9 MB

Byron Yoder is a 36-year-old entrepreneur. He is married and has 3 kids. He just finished running a 100-mile race, up and down the mountains fo Wyoming. Prior to this race, he had never even run so much as a 5k, and trained for less than a year.... and the best thing is out of the ~300 racers that started, he placed 9th! We dig in with Byron about mental toughness, discipline, family, freedom, entrepreneurship, time management, and the mental fortitude to achieve your goals. https:...

029 | The Art of Landlording and Maximizing Rental Income

November 07, 2019 14:37 - 1 hour - 48.7 MB

Al Williamson is a professional engineer, full-time real estate investor and the author of several real estate books. He began investing in 1996. Al is best known for publicly documenting his quest to maximize the cash flow of a small portfolio so it can generate enough income to replace his middle-class job. Al is a proud family man who now spends his day managing and expanding his corporate housing business in Sacramento, California. Links: * https://leadinglandlord.com/ * https:...

028 | Intentionally Homeless Family of Five Travels the World

October 31, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 57.4 MB

William and Jessica Swenson lived a typical suburban lifestyle in the San Francisco Bay Area until 2017. That year, they left their jobs, home, and stuff behind in exchange for a trip around the world. During that year, they experienced 20 countries together with their three hooligans. Now, they're digital nomads, homeless by choice, who world-school their children and keep costs down by housesitting around the world. William is an accountant working remotely, Jess is a professional phot...

027 | Creating a Life Plan and Raising Creative, Resilient, and Resourceful Children

October 24, 2019 10:06 - 1 hour - 41.7 MB

Financial Coach Rocky Lalvani is the millionaire next door. He started out with basically nothing when his parents immigrated to the United States when he was 2 years old and his dad was 42. It was his parents second big move in life and they were starting over again to create the American dream. In spite of a lot of struggles and his Mom passing away when he was 7, he has been able to achieve financial success and wants to share the lessons he has learned along the way so others can achie...

026 | Passive Real Estate Investing through Syndications

October 17, 2019 10:09 - 1 hour - 46.8 MB

Annie Dickerson started investing in real estate over ten years ago, first through house hacking duplexes, then went on to invest in out-of-state rentals and eventually started investing passively in real estate syndications. Annie is a co-founder and managing partner at Goodegg Investments, a company that helps people learn about and invest passively in real estate syndications. To date, Goodegg Investments has co-syndicated over $700 million of real estate assets in multifamily, self sto...

025 | Retired at 38 with 3 Kids: Living off $40k Year in Passive Income

October 10, 2019 10:00 - 59 minutes - 41.4 MB

Lue and his wife retired at age 38 with 3 kids. In order to retire early, Lue and his family moved from the expensive New York City area to North Carolina, where they are able to live comfortably on $40,000/year of passive residual income. http://www.FamVestor.com/025

024 | Voluntary Hardship: An AntiVice to Mediocrity

October 03, 2019 10:18 - 40 minutes - 28.5 MB

"A little bit of inconvenience can lead to a lot of happiness." In this episode we discuss the benefits of delayed gratification, developing mental resilience, mind-body unity, remembering gratitude, and exploring past your comfort zones. https://www.FamVestor.com/VoluntaryHardship/ Quotes: A little bit of inconvenience can lead to a lot of happiness. - Goodbye Things Life begins at the end of your comfort zone. -Tony Robbins Training and managing your own mind is the m...

023 | Airbnb to Unlock your Freedom

September 26, 2019 10:06 - 47 minutes - 32.9 MB

Julian Sage learned to live mortgage-free by listing his basement unit on Airbnb. We discuss the different models of airbnb businesses including rental arbitrage where you don't even need to own any real estate. Julian is host of two podcasts where his goal is to help people learn about short term rental investing in order to create financial freedom in their lives. Links/Resources Discussed: * Julian's Website: https://shorttermsage.com/ * Short Term Rental FB Group: https://www.fac...

022 | Buying Big Bargains and Thrifty Living

September 19, 2019 10:00 - 47 minutes - 33.2 MB

Buy your Freedom by buying big bargains and maximize every single dollar. We discuss picking up great things on bulk days, best places to buy used, asking for discounts, asking for concessions, specific and strategic ways I buy new or slightly used items. Links discussed: Free Pentagon Tour: https://pentagontours.osd.mil/Tours/ Slickdeals: https://slickdeals.net/ http://famvestor.com/triplex

021 | From Nothing but a Dream; One Family's Journey to 73 Rentals

September 12, 2019 10:13 - 1 hour - 55.4 MB

Harve and Kori Jones are parents of 3 sons and have been married for 18 years, they started investing in real estate in 2005 with just $10k cash. Since that first duplex purchase, they’ve grown their portfolio over the last 14 years to $4 million in assets and a total of 73 apartments! www.FamVestor.com/Podcast Books: How to Get What you Want: https://www.erichuber.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/HowToGetWhatYouWant_Wattles.pdf The 4 Hour Work Week: https://amzn.to/34HLsM8 Contact:...

020 | Flipping Their Way to Financial Freedom with 5 Kids

September 05, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 60.1 MB

Jordan & Leah share how they started their lives together with a live-in flip when Jordan was just 19, and how 15 rental properties and 5 kids later - they've achieved Financial Freedom at the age of 36. The Klints have made real estate investing a fun and integral part of their lives, and through it are teaching their kids real-world life skills that will equip them in the future. https://www.famvestor.com/podcast/ The Klint's Tenant Criteria: 600 Credit Score or more 3x Gross ...

019 | 19 Cars by Age 24; An Introduction to Car Flipping

August 29, 2019 10:16 - 41 minutes - 29.2 MB

This was the start of my short but successful career as a car flipper. Flipping Cars is what paid for my college tuition. In the span of seven years, I sold 18 cars, averaging about $1000 in profit per sale. https://www.famvestor.com/podcast/

018 | The Military Guide to Saving $144k in 4 Years

August 22, 2019 10:09 - 1 hour - 58.9 MB

Paul Stephan shares his story of humble beginnings, joining the Air Force as a means to escape accumulating debt, and eventual pursuit of financial independence. This episode serves as a guide to anyone in the military to optimize savings, and maximize benefits to secure your financial independence. Paul shares specific tips on housing, food, vehicle, and education. https://www.famvestor.com/podcast/ Paul's "Financial Stuff" Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/8496321...

017 | The 50 Actions I Took Towards Financial Independence

August 15, 2019 10:02 - 31 minutes - 22.2 MB

From work-promotion tips to tricks I use at restaurants to save money, this podcast will dive head first into what it actually means to be frugal and the concrete steps to create formidable wealth for yourself. www.FamVestor.com/Podcast [Jobs] -Started Snow Shoveling -Selling things on Ebay -Fundraised with Glowsticks around 4th of July to Buy a Motorycle -Worked as dishwasher and Custodian -Worked at Taco Bell as a Cashier -Used Taco Bell capital to start flipping cars -Selli...

016 | Natural Family Planning with Jill Cherrey

August 08, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 50.7 MB

Discover the truth about Natural Family Planning, Fertility, and the full story of the hormonal birth control pill. Jill has been happily married for 30 years, has 3 kids that she homeschooled. She has taught marriage preparation to over 8,000 couples and the SymptoThermal Method of Natural Family Planning to over 200 couples. https://www.famvestor.com/podcast/

015 | Tips to Nurture a Healthy Family and Maintain a Solid Dad Bod with Dr. Peter Scordilis

August 01, 2019 10:08 - 1 hour - 53 MB

Movement is life… Dr. Peter Scordilis shares his life-long learning in the study of human health and what we can do to better live our best lives. Peter is married with 2 kids and manages a thriving chiropractic practice, he passively invests in real estate, and enjoys running triathalons. Peter is a wealth of information, we discuss family health tips from, back-pain, headaches, colic, birthing, insomnia, and even weight loss. Links: House-Closing Vlog Video: https://youtu.be/7tHpm-...

014 | Prioritizing Your Dreams and Maximizing Every Moment with James Masotti

July 25, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 46.4 MB

Everyone has the same 24 hours in a day, this episode will inspire you to maximize yours. James Masotti is 32 years old, on top of being a Husband and Father and working Full-time, he still manages to run a real estate enterprise, read books, and train for a marathon. James Shares his tips for optimizing your schedule to prioritize what really matters and enjoy your life. We discuss how even when working full-time how much of an impact Financial Independence can have on your confidence...

013 | Life, Amazon-FBA, and the Pursuit of Happiness with Jonathon Jesper

July 18, 2019 10:00 - 53 minutes - 37.1 MB

Jonathan Jesper is an entrepreneur running a multi-million business all from his laptop. He sells products on Amazon without ever needing to touch them. He is Father of 2 and thrives on turning failure into success. He shares his pursuit of Internal & External Excellence and believes that Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal. Jonathan shares his mindset as he faced many obstacles in his business, and what drives him to succeed. To learn more about how to get...

012 | Sunny Burns' Ultimate Resources

July 11, 2019 10:00 - 10 minutes - 7.76 MB

Sunny gives an update on what has been happening with the podcast and shares his best resources & golden nuggets: including his personal resume that got him a 6-figure job Rental property lease and 14 other landlording forms and much more...

011 | Freedom to Travel the World with his 4 Kids by Mastering Passive Income with Dustin Heiner

July 04, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 49.4 MB

Dustin Heiner at the age of 37, while homeschooling his 4 kids with his wife, did something incredible... he quit his job and "retired"! In this episode, now 3 years later, we dive into how he did it! We discuss: Why and how he retired at 37 How after retiring he took a 6-week trip to Japan with his entire family How he only has to work 1 hour a month to maintain his families lifestyle The 3 things he does every single day to make his wife happy His system for teaching his kids ...

010 | Living Life on Purpose and Taking Massive Action

June 27, 2019 10:11 - 30 minutes - 21.4 MB

Everyone is struggling to attain happiness and avoid misfortune. In this episode we dive into how to find and manifest our Life Purpose through doing: what we love, are good at, can be paid for, and what the world needs. Then we uncover success principles and massive action steps we can take to think about what we want, visualize our future, and make manifest through massive action our true life purpose. https://www.famvestor.com/straightedge

009 | Three Principles for a Thriving Marriage

June 20, 2019 10:16 - 44 minutes - 31.4 MB

We discuss how to Marry Well, preparation steps to take, the three core guiding principles we use to make marriage work, and share our proposal story. Principle#1: Pursue The Greatest Common Denominator Principle#2: Be On The Same Team Principle#3: Never Take Each Other For Granted www.FamVestor.com/Podcast

008 | Teaching our Kids about Money

June 13, 2019 09:55 - 25 minutes - 18.3 MB

An episode for Parents who do not want spoiled, privileged, financially-oblivious children. We share about how to teach Earning, Saving, Spending & Giving. We cover Allowances, Age Appropriate Chores, Lemonade Stands, 529's, Roth-IRA's, and the steps to make your child financially resilient and responsible with Money.

007 | Barefoot Running, NFP, Natural Birthing, Homeschooling and other Crunchy Parenting Ideas

June 06, 2019 10:08 - 59 minutes - 41.4 MB

We discuss our journey towards a more holistic and natural life, as well as many tools, techniques, and lifestyles you may have never heard of to create an intentional thriving family. Its a great podcast where we cover why you should consider barefoot or minimalist running to prevent injuries. Natural Family Planning (NFP) as a holistic natural method to prevent or achieve pregnancy. Natural Birthing and why 32% of babies in the United States are born via c-section, as opposed to only...

006 | Backpacking Europe with a Baby & Other Family Travel Tips

May 30, 2019 10:10 - 35 minutes - 24.8 MB

3 Week Backpacking Trip to Europe with a 6-month old with no luggage, visiting 5 countries, all under $2400. https://www.famvestor.com/backpackingeurope/ We also share other Family Travel Tips, like MultiGenerational Travel, Cooking on the go, Meal Hacking, Entertaining kids on long trips, and Cruising for Cheap.

005 | Live for Free with your first House-Hack, Use the Second to Buy your Freedom

May 22, 2019 10:14 - 40 minutes - 28.2 MB

Learn how Sunny and his Wife - a family of four on one income - were able to house-hack their way from $0 to $1 million in real estate in less than 2-years... ...and how just those two houses (Quadplex in Garfield & Triplex in North Arlington), bring in $100k/year in gross rents... and how these two properties alone will eventually Buy their Freedom https://www.famvestor.com/1millionrealestate

004 | Manage your Money with Mastery | How we Saved $75k in 2-years

May 16, 2019 09:50 - 36 minutes - 25.4 MB

How to create a Sure-FIRE Plan for Financial Success, Introduction to the Finja Spreadsheet, and touching on Roth IRA's, 401k, 403b, TSP, Savings Rate, and Net Worth. www.FamVestor.com/Spreadsheet

003 | Ten Tips for having your Dream Wedding for under $3,000

May 11, 2019 22:41 - 37 minutes - 26.1 MB

The average american wedding today costs around $33,000 dollars. Ouch… that’s a lot of dough to blow on a one day event that you will be paying back for years to come, but we’ve got a secret… www.FamVestor.com/wedding

002 | Fly for Free: a Travel Hacking Case-Study after $10,000 in Free Flights

May 11, 2019 22:35 - 34 minutes - 24 MB

How we flew to Japan, Europe, Alaska, Colorado, & Cali for Free in 3-years time. www.famvestor.com/travelhacking/

001 | The FamVestor Podcast: Our Quest for a Frugal, Fantastic, Financially Independent Future

May 09, 2019 00:16 - 22 minutes - 15.8 MB

The FamVestor Podcast is all about Family, Finance, and Freedom. This weekly show will focus on creating passive income streams, being frugal, living optimally, and designing a wholesome lifestyle all for the purpose of investing in your family. In the first few episodes Sunny and Sunmarie Burns share about travel hacking, living for free via real estate investing, saving money, travel with kids, weddings for cheap, and lots more. Visit www.FamVestor.com

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