Cashflow Diary | Influenced By Robert Kiyosaki Of Rich Dad About Real Estate Investing, Cash Flow And Passive Income.

Melinda  F.  Emerson,  SmallBizLady,  is  Americas  #1  Small  Business  Expert.  She  has been  a  thriving  entrepreneur  for  nearly  20  years  and  is  an  internationally  known  keynote speaker  and  expert  on  small  business  development  and  social  media  marketing.  She publishes  a  resource  blog www.succeedasyourownboss.com   Her  small  business advice  is  widely  read  reaching  more  than  3  million  entrepreneurs  each  week  online.  A pioneer  in  social  media  marketing,  she  is  the  creator  and  host  of  #Smallbizchat,  the longest  running  live  chat  on  Twitter  for  small  business  owners.  Forbes  magazine  named her  the  #1  woman  for  entrepreneurs  to  follow  on  Twitter.   Podcast Highlights   Who is Melinda Emerson? Melinda is a dedicated single mom, dragonslayer, and entrepreneur. Early on Melinda looked around and saw there wasn’t a lot resources available for small business owners so she decided to take charge of the situation. After creating one of the fas

Neil  Evans  has  the  unique  profession  of  Cost  Recovery Consultant,  finding  hidden  money  for  U.S.  Businesses  in  the  form of  specialized  tax  incentives  and  cost-recovery  programs.  He  and his  company  work  on  a  contingency  basis, meaning  that  if his  firm does  not  uncover  financial  benefit,  the  client  owes  them nothing. He  is  passionate  about  helping  businesses  survive  and  grow. To date, his  company  has  found  more  than  half  a  billion dollars  for  its clients.   Podcast Highlights   Who is Neil Evans? Neil’s dad was an entrepreneur who owned a restaurant during Neil’s childhood. Watching his father work and helped him understand the fundamentals of business and stoke his creativity. Neil later on went to work at BeachBody and fell into the role of optimizing the money that was spent in the company.   After leaving the corporate world in 2010, Neil got into the Cost Recovery space because he found he really enjoyed helping businesses save money.   Good, Fa

Brad  Chandler  has  successfully  flipped  over 2,100  houses  since  2003.  He  is currently  the  CEO of  Express  Homebuyers  –  a  real  estate  investing empire  that  does  more  than  200  deals  per  year without  his  assistance.  Brad  wrote How  to  Wholesale Real  Estate  for  Profits  Without  Bank  Loans to  help others  achieve  their  real  estate  investing  dreams.   Podcast Highlights Who is Brad Chandler? When Brad was ten years old, he parents divorced and his family was facing down going into public housing. His experience lead him to reading How to Buy Real Estate With No Money down and it inspired him to make real estate the foundation of his education. After living paycheck to paycheck for a few years, he met an investor that purchased his neighbour’s house and he opened Brad’s eyes to the world of flipping houses. Eight months later he managed to find his first deal. Wholesale Real Estate Myths When people think of real estate, they think of banks and capital heavy investment. T

Andrew Yang is the founder of Venture for America and former CEO of Manhattan Prep. He previously served as Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship under President Barack Obama's Administration. He is the author of the bestselling book Smart People Should Build Things: How to Restore Our Culture of Achievement, Build a Path for Entrepreneurs, and Create New Jobs in America.  

Aaron  Muller  is  the  founder  of  Lifestyle  Business  Owner  Academy  and  a  serial  entrepreneur  who currently  owns  eight  multi-million  dollar  companies  that  run  without  him,  including  an  eco-friendly truck  washing  company,  a  search  engine  optimization  company,  three  auto  repair  shops, an  auto glass  franchise,  a  green  pressure  washing  company,  a  matchmaking  service,  and  an  online  business selling  eco-friendly  pet  hair  removers.  He  is  the  bestselling  author  of  The  Lifestyle  Business  Owner: How  to  Buy  a  Business,  Grow  Your  Profits,  and  Make  It  Run  Without  You.  Aaron  spends  his  time helping  entrepreneurs  succeed  because  it  is  what  he  enjoys  doing.  Over  the  last  15  years,  Aaron  has mentored  thousands  of  small  business  owners  as  a  business  broker,  consultant,  and  coach.  His specialty?  How  to  make  a  business  run  without  you.     Podcast Highlights Who is Aaron Muller? Aaron’s story starts in the fifth g

Jeanne  Bliss is  Founder  and  President  of  Customer Bliss  and  Co-Founder  of  The  Customer  Experience Professionals  Association.  She  is  the  bestselling  author  of  Chief  Customer  Officer  2.0:  How  to  Build Your  Customer-Driven  Growth  Engine  and  the  new  book  WOULD  YOU  DO  THAT  TO  YOUR  MOTHER? The  "Make  Mom  Proud"  Standard  for  How  to  Treat  Your  Customers.    Podcast Highlights Who is Jeanne Bliss? Jeanne is the daughter of a man who owned a Buster Brown shoe store. In the course of selling shoes, Jeanne’s father became a part of his customer’s lives and people stood in a line two blocks long to say goodbye when he closed the store. He instilled the spirit of entrepreneurship in his children on the way. Even when Jeanne was working in the corporate world, she was very entrepreneurial and her focus on the experience of the customer and the employees lead her to become the conscience of the company she worked for. She went on to work for Mazda, Coldwell Banker,

Tom Cafarella always dreamed of following in his grandfather’s footsteps (a very successful landlord) and become a successful real estate mogul. Instead, he followed everyone’s advice and took on a traditional 9-to-5 job as an accountant. The problem: his heart was in real estate investing. It didn’t take long to get fired from his job due to his daydreaming about his passion. On this episode of the CashFlow Diary Podcast, Tom shares that if he were to go back and do it all over again he would find a coach that is successful in whatever field he was looking into and align himself with them. The hardest part of going out on your own is the trial and error process, if you can shorten that time you will make money a lot faster and ramp your business up a lot quicker. By having some you can work with that’s a little bit ahead of you, you can limit your downside.

If you want to diversify your portfolio, listen to this episode with Chris Rawley and Austin Maness. Emerging markets don’t have the same opportunities that traditional farmers have and that’s the sector Chris and Austin are trying to serve. Agriculture is changing and what is being provided to the world is evolving, which is part of the reason Chris and Austin believe it’s a good investment opportunity. Start doing your research if your dream is to start your own agricultural operation, traditional or non-traditional, and give Chris and Austin a call when you are ready to make it a reality.

Lior has been nicknamed “Globeionaire” by millionaire entrepreneurs, investors, and businessmen who have seen him in action. He has a global approach to life and business, and that’s where the name originates from. Over the past 16 years, Lior has built, run, and managed various exciting ventures across 2 continents. With Wealth Research Group, Lior provides a glimpse into his inner thoughts and work processes, so loyal members get to grow and expand their financial expertise along with him. His drive to consistently outperform the markets with an elevated degree of safety on one end and his commitment to seek out and find the most explosive “under the radar” opportunities on the other end will be clear to you with every word you read. Lior’s essential goal is to help you become wealthier by arming you with advanced strategies and a rich plethora of tools. Lior’s background is the ultimate blend of dividend and value investing, specialized high-yield companies for retirement, and the inner circle of venture c

Kelly Riggs is an author, speaker and business performance coach for executives and companies throughout the U.S. and Canada. Kelly is a former sales executive and two-time national Salesperson of the Year with well over two decades of executive management and training experience. His new bestselling book, Counter Mentor Leadership: How to Unlock the Potential of the 4-Generation Workplace, offers practical, actionable advice that improves workplace culture and enables organizations to bridge the generational divide.   Podcast Highlights   Who is Kelly Riggs? Kelly started off going to school for engineering but quickly realized that wasn’t the path for him. He found himself in a sales position where he didn’t know enough about it to be scared. He approached his work from a blank slate, ready to jump in and learn and found he was willing to outwork nearly anyone.   You can do lot with people that have passion and perseverance and Kelly certainly qualifies.   Team Building with the Right People People lear

Jorge P. Newbery is on a mission to help Americans crushed by unaffordable debts. He is Founder and Chairman of American Homeowner Preservation LLC and AHP Servicing LLC. AHP crowdfunds the purchase of non-performing mortgages from banks at big discounts, then shares the discounts with struggling homeowners. AHP Servicing LLC will bring social responsibility and a willingness to do the right thing to an industry often devoid of caring, compassion and basic human decency. On this episode of the CashFlow Diary Podcast, Jorge explains that the most important thing is to take that first step. Then the second step, then the third step. List the steps and take the first one. Don’t look all the way to the finish line, work on getting through the first mile. Break it down into achievable bites that get you closer to your goal.

NFL athletes are notorious for being ill-prepared for life outside of football. It is not uncommon for former players to fall into financial distress or bankruptcy soon after their athletic career ends. Sports Illustrated reported that 78% of NFL players are broke within three years of retirement, not the case for Thomas Smith. His preparations for a post-football career began before his time in the NFL. On this episode of the CashFlow Diary podcast, Thomas encourages us not to pay attention to the outside voices, just listen to the inner voice. But you have to understand why your inner voice may be telling you something negative and be willing to make a leap of faith. Once you take action, don’t worry about the how of getting things done, just put together a plan and start doing. The how will come to you as you move through life. The passion, will, and determination to succeed will make it happen. Don’t quit and keep going.

Joe Yazbeck is the Founder and President of Prestige Leadership Advisors whose mission is to facilitate leaders in becoming dynamic powerful communicators so they can significantly influence the world around them. Joe has worked with heads of state to leaders of major corporations as well as high-ranking military officers, political candidates to best-selling authors.

David Greene is a real estate investor/agent, author, entrepreneur, and police officer in the San Francisco Bay area of California. David’s goal is to achieve total financial independence through real estate, and help others to do the same. When David is not out hunting for bad guys, he hunts for deals and loves talking real estate. This episode is all about the world of long-distance real estate investing.

Joel Solomon is Co-Founder and Chair of Renewal Funds, Canada's largest mission venture capital firm at $98m, investing in Organics and EnviroTech in Canada and the USA. With Founder/Funder Carol Newell, he spent 14 years implementing a "whole portfolio to mission" strategy as leader of her activist Family Office. On this episode of CashFlow Diary Podcast, Joel shares how you need to find the mentors, voices, and the influences that you believe will help you think through the kinds of questions you are going through. Entrepreneurship is almost like a religion in many areas of the world, the number of resources available is immense.

Kevin Van Eekeran started his career as a logistic officer for a SWAT team, which gave him insight into the criminal justice world, and he soon found that through training SWAT teams better he could reduce the use of force while bettering the national security of our country. Fulcrum Tactical was born out of that idea, and within 18 months he expanded it from a charity to a for-profit company. On this episode of the CashFlow Diary Podcast, Kevin shares how the first thing you should do is to get outside opinions. Once you get some positive feedback, take the amount of money you think it will take to get started and double it. It will probably still be too small of an estimate.

Back in 2008, Kean Graham was working as a digital marketing manager, but lost my his job during the global financial crisis. With his career on hold, he decided to do the one thing he loved: travel. Standing on a mountain overlooking Machu Picchu, Kean realized he never wanted to stop. From that day forward he’s been combining my passion for entrepreneurship with his love of travel. Kean shares on this episode of the CashFlow Diary podcast that even if you don’t have an idea yet, write down every idea you’ve had and do the research. Just enough to narrow it down to one or two then reach out to potential clients and assess the opportunity within. Once you find the one that feels right, dig in and commit. Learn how to bring your client’s value and keep working at it. Get started and stay started.

David Pogue is the tech critic for Yahoo Finance, having been groomed for the position by 13 years as the personal-technology columnist for the New York Times. He’s also a monthly columnist for Scientific American and host of science shows on PBS’s "NOVA." He’s been a correspondent for "CBS Sunday Morning" since 2002. With over 3 million books in print, David is one of the world’s bestselling how-to authors. He wrote or co-wrote seven books in the "for Dummies" series (including Macs, Magic, Opera, and Classical Casino Music); in 1999, he launched his own series of complete, funny computer books called the Missing Manual series, which now includes 120 titles. On this episode of the CashFlow Diary Podcast, David shares the only way you can break out of the dollars for time paradigm is if you create something of value. Create a company, write a book, compose a song, do something that you can be paid for way out of proportion for your time and starting generating geometric income.

Neale Godfrey is the CEO and President of Green$treet Commons and Chairman of The Children's Financial Network. She is also the #1 New York Times bestselling author of nearly 30 books empowering children and their families to take charge of their financial lives. In this episode of the CashFlow Diary Podcast, Neale shares how to lower the noise of the people surrounding you who are saying you can’t do it. If it’s you, stop saying that. You need to have the goal and the vision and the tactics to get there.