Latest Investinyourself Podcast Episodes
Top 3 Ways to Fund Your Residential Assisted Living Home
Assisted Living Network Podcast - May 10, 2024 09:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings"Using your own money for investment is a lazy approach." That is the sentiment of famed author and businessman, Robert Kiyosaki. In this episode, we'll dive into the importance of using other people's money (OPM) to fund your assisted living ventures and why relying solely on your own resourc...
Our Caregivers DON'T Live-In!
Assisted Living Network Podcast - May 03, 2024 09:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsThe housing dilemma facing the 76 million aging baby boomers is creating new opportunities in residential assisted living facilities. In this episode, we’ll discuss the pros and cons of having live-in caregivers to help inform the staffing decisions for your own assisted living home. We will e...
Dr. Dolittle's Assisted Living?!
Assisted Living Network Podcast - April 26, 2024 09:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsShould assisted living homes allow seniors to bring their pets? In this episode of the Assisted Living Network podcast, we're exploring an interesting question. Pets can provide comfort and emotional support for older adults, but they also come with some practical challenges in a care home envi...
How COVID-19 Helped Us Grow Our Senior Housing Business!
Assisted Living Network Podcast - April 19, 2024 09:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsThe COVID-19 pandemic reshaped many industries, but one of the most profoundly impacted was senior and assisted living facilities. In this episode, we discuss the effects of the pandemic on big-box facilities versus smaller residential assisted living (RAL) homes and what that means for residen...
Why Our Homes Are Better Than Theirs
Assisted Living Network Podcast - April 12, 2024 09:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsDid you know there are no mandated staffing ratios in the assisted living industry? Concerned? You should be. In this episode, we discuss why resident-to-staff ratios are central to providing high-quality care and provide some insights into appropriate and recommended ratios for smaller residen...
Should You Quit Your Job to Take Care of Mom?!
Assisted Living Network Podcast - April 05, 2024 09:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsWith 10,000 baby boomers turning 65 every day, many families are facing difficult decisions about eldercare. Is it cruel to move your loved one out of their home into an assisted living facility? In this episode, we’ll explore the compassionate and practical reasons why you want to consider this...
4 Ways to Get Started in Residential Assisted Living
Assisted Living Network Podcast - March 29, 2024 09:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsAre you considering opening a Residential Assisted Living home but not sure where to start or how long it will take to get up and running? Good news! In today's episode, we’re diving into the nitty gritty of timelines and preparation methods for getting a residential assisted living facility up ...
Save Yourself From $50k in Mistakes
Assisted Living Network Podcast - March 22, 2024 09:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsHave you considered opening your own assisted living facility? With over 76 million baby boomers in need of senior housing, it can be an incredibly lucrative move. However, costly mistakes in the startup process could derail your plans and rapidly drain your funds. In today's episode, we reveal ...
What’s the Difference Between Memory Care and Residential Assisted Living?
Assisted Living Network Podcast - March 15, 2024 09:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsDeciding if your loved one needs more advanced memory care can be an incredibly difficult decision. In today's episode, we’ll break down the key differences between assisted living and memory care to help you determine what level of care may be required. We’ll also provide some telltale signs th...
Business Plans For Opening An Assisted Living Home
Assisted Living Network Podcast - February 18, 2019 17:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsThe number one reason to have a business plan is for you, so that you have clarity of vision of who you are, what you're doing and where you're going. The second reason for a business plan is to help raise capital. No private investor or a lender is going to give you the money you need without a...
Transforming Your Home Into Senior Housing
Assisted Living Network Podcast - February 04, 2019 17:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsYou can turn your home into senior housing anywhere from independent living up to Assisted Living. Independent living is senior safe. I mean grab bars, smoke detectors, wider doors, trip hazards removed. That home itself maybe has four bedrooms. There's four different people living there. Now if...
You Don’t Have To Be The Caretaker Yourself
Assisted Living Network Podcast - January 28, 2019 17:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsAs our family ages they start to need more. Their independence is gone and they don’t want to admit that they may not be capable emotionally or physically. So I think a lot of times we just assume that we should take care of our own mom, our own dad. The reality may be we just aren't desig...
Assisted Living Explained
Assisted Living Network Podcast - January 22, 2019 02:53 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsA long time ago Assisted Living meant a big institution. Today it is completely different. When you think about living at an Assisted Living home, it has all of the comforts of home and there's other people in that home. It's a group of 8, 10, to 12 seniors in a home with peers their own age, li...
Marketing Offline Helps Build Personal Relationships
Assisted Living Network Podcast - January 14, 2019 17:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsOffline Marketing is having brochure, flyers and business cards. The brochures should match your website and your online presence. You only get one chance to make a first impression. One of your biggest and probably the most important way to market your business is referrals. Referral mark...
Hospice - Who Really Pays For It?
Assisted Living Network Podcast - December 31, 2018 17:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsHospice provides benefits for people at end of life care.The money that pays for it is provided through the government, which comes from our tax dollars. When somebody is on hospice, the services are provided to them at no cost to them. That company that is providing them the hospice provider, t...
Are Mom And Dad In A Home You Feel Good About?
Assisted Living Network Podcast - December 24, 2018 17:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsYou probably haven’t even considered putting mom or dad into a home. You just got to a point where it was harder than you thought and you didn't have the time, the skills or maybe the heart. You weren't designed to be that caregiver. You needed that help and you know they did too. In your heart,...
3 Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting In Assisted Living
Assisted Living Network Podcast - December 17, 2018 17:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsLearn from other people's success. Learn from other people's mistakes. Learn from other people's experience who's actually doing it, not just talking about it. The most expensive lesson is the expense of doing it ourselves, getting to the end and saying, “I wish I knew that before I started.” Y...
Making Money Or Helping People - Do You Have To Choose?
Assisted Living Network Podcast - December 10, 2018 17:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings20 years ago when we first heard about assisted living, we all heard about the silver tsunami that was coming.They were sharing it from the business perspective but there was nobody there to show how it's done. But when it comes to real estate, it's just bricks and sticks. You can fix it, flip ...
RAL Isn’t Easy, But It’s Worth It
Assisted Living Network Podcast - December 03, 2018 17:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsYou're going to work at something, you're going to get good at something, the question is what. And what are you willing to do in order to get the return that you say that you want? If you could create a business where you're making all the money you need to pay your bills, well then you can d...
3 Signs It May Be Time To Move Into Assisted Living
Assisted Living Network Podcast - November 26, 2018 17:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsThere are 3 main signs that it is time to move to assisted living. Number one is that there there was an event, maybe they fell and the doctors say they could fall again and if they do, who's going to be there in the home to see it and pick them up or bring them in or call 911. Mobility issu...
Life Doesn’t End At 70 Years Old
Assisted Living Network Podcast - November 20, 2018 16:22 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsStaying active is incredibly important. If you just simply lie on the couch things are gonna slow down. They can still do something, but maybe it's volunteer. Maybe it's where they're passing on their wisdom or helping somebody else reach their goals. They're at the point in life where they're g...
Is It Time For Assisted Living? - Part 2 - What’s Best For Them And You?
Assisted Living Network Podcast - November 13, 2018 04:37 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsYou're going to have the conversation with the parents about moving into assisted living and if you really focus on what's good for them it’s good for you. Many times older relatives will sell their house and move after all of the kids are out of the house. They want to move to a warmer environm...
Is It Time For Assisted Living? - Part 1 - Having The “You Need Assistance” Talk
Assisted Living Network Podcast - November 05, 2018 17:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsIt's important to have the conversation with your parents when it's time to move into assisted living. It’s going to be very awkward and feel uncomfortable and a lot like the roles have reversed. At some point, they may need assisted living. Let me show you the conversation that you need to have...
Rise Up And Take Care Of The Greatest Generation
Assisted Living Network Podcast - October 30, 2018 00:52 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsThere's a crisis out there. And there is the opportunity to help, to be a part of something big and important. The question is, are you going to be a part of the solution or part of those who complain about it and do nothing? One of the saddest things In our society today is that more than hal...
We Are Losing Our Seniors And Their History - One Brain At A Time
Assisted Living Network Podcast - October 23, 2018 02:46 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsWe're losing our seniors one senior at a time, and I don't just mean physically, but their history, what's in their mind, their head, their thoughts, and their heart. Grandma's still here, but some day she won't be. I wonder how many of their kids or grandkids have even heard their stories, They...
The Must Haves - Looking For An Assisted Living Home
Assisted Living Network Podcast - October 16, 2018 02:20 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsThe top three criteria are location, price, and the staff. The resident is going to move in once, but the family is going to be the ones going to visit them, so it has to be conveniently located. Usually, 20 minutes so that way somebody can drive over after work and get home, and it only takes a...
Robots & AI in Assisted Living
Assisted Living Network Podcast - October 08, 2018 16:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsI'm sure a lot of you have heard that AI, artificial intelligence, robots in homes, is coming. They have robots in hospitals right now and we do assisted living in a residential setting. But imagine, a senior having something around their wrists that would geolocate where they are and at any tim...
What Should Assisted Living Look and Feel Like?
Assisted Living Network Podcast - October 01, 2018 16:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsWhen we talk about the look and the feel of Residential Assisted Living, it's a home so it should obviously look like a home. Usually, there's a roof, a door, windows, it looks like a house. It should have landscaping and driveways where people can pull up with walkways so somebody can get from ...
The Importance of Having a Business Plan
Assisted Living Network Podcast - September 24, 2018 16:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsThere's two primary things or reasons why you have a business plan. One is for you, you need a roadmap, directions to get to where it is that you're going. It's a map showing you how to get to where you're going. If we have the map, you know how to get there faster, accomplish more, and go farth...
Is Assisted Living the Business for You?
Assisted Living Network Podcast - September 17, 2018 16:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsI want you to think about where you're at today. Some of you are at a point in your life where you're just going through the paces. You're not quite sure what you really want or how to get out of the rat race. You're saying you want more but you're afraid to start something new. You are scared b...
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