Ep 167 - Week 24 Live Progress Update

Hey, everybody. Flip and Danny here, founders of the Freedom Real Estate Group family of companies, and welcome to another episode of our podcast, when our podcast is called Freedom through Passive Income. That's right. And welcome to another one of our live. Live episodes. This is week 24. We're almost halfway. Halfway is in two weeks.

Oh, yeah, right.

Yep. But we're close to halfway with viente quattro.

Is that how you say it? For real?

Viente quattro.

Okay.

I looked it up.

Oh, dang.

And I've been studying my Spanish in my spare time, so. Welcome to another Live. This is one of our live updates, and we literally just got off the road, so if this seems a little long and tired.

I'm so sleepy.

And while Danny's talking, if I nod off, you understand why. So. So I want to start with the first one. Can I tell the first one over 10,000 downloads.

Yes. We broke 10,000.

I couldn't believe it. I couldn't believe it. And. But what's funny, we're going to talk about where we were the last couple of days.

Yes.

And they were talking. This one guy who's got this major podcast was talking to this other guy who's got these major podcasts who actually has their own platform to put out podcasts. These guys are like, you know, podcast kings. Yes, right. These guys are like the mecca of podcasts. And he said, yeah, I wanted to get this one guy on my podcast, but they said we. That they wouldn't look at my podcast until I averaged a thousand downloads per episode. And I went, how many do we have? Oh, we're not even close to that. So. Good. Good thing we don't want to get the rock on one of our podcasts.

That is funny.

So. But anyway, we're super excited about that. I know that next week we'll talk about where we're at on the YouTube views, which I think is over 4,000 as well, or something like that. Yeah, I can't remember, but the 10,000. It was like. That was like.

Yes. And I know Pat sent us the email with the views, but I just forgot to check it before we came in here and recorded.

Yeah, I was in a different state, literally a different state when I saw that email.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. This one is actually. I'm going to kind of. I'll say it, but I'm going to hand it over to you to talk about it, because you've been teasing everybody about it for a little bit on different episodes. We're super, super excited to announce that we are opening up an apparel store for Freedom Capital Investments and this podcast, Freedom through Passive Income. And Flip has been in charge of designing the shirts and the baseball caps. And because I wear baseball caps all the time and jackets, I think that we have. And I'll let you. You can go and talk.

Yeah. So there's. So there's some different shirts and we wanted to try to think of things that. Well, number one, that we would wear. And so we've got some Freedom Through Passive Income T shirts. We have a funny shirt that says Invest Smart, Live Happy. We also have something that you and I live by, which is perseverance.

Yes.

And so there was a little bit of, a little quote for us in there, another T shirt. And I think that was it for the T shirts, wasn't it? I think so, yeah. Because there's different colors and there's different versions. And what's cool about this shop is you can go in there and you can select. Oh, I like, I like the white lettering. And so there's like a couple different shirts that have white lettering and then there's a couple different shirts that have blue lettering, you know, and so you get to select the shirt, you get to select your shirt size and you know, shipping, whatever. But it's not a store just letting you know beforehand. So it's not like Amazon, you're not going to order it and get it tomorrow or later today.

Sorry about that.

So it's a really cool store for. And it's for companies like us that are small, that, you know, you know, so when you order it, it's not like we have inventory. When you order it, they make it and then they ship it to you.

Yes.

So it takes about, I think 10 to 12 days or whatever for them to ship it to you and then a few days to ship it to you.

I mean, we just ordered a couple hundred dollars worth of stuff.

Right.

We're like buy, buy, buy. Now that's all created. Buy, buy, buy, buy. Because we wanted, you know, that's why we created it. We wanted to wear this stuff. Yep.

And so. And the jackets will have like embroidery. Embroidery. This is Invest Smart, Live Happy. And then Freedom Capital Investments on the back. And you know, so they're cool shirts and there's screen printed shirts and then there's an embroidery and then the hats are embroidered Invest Smart, Live Happy. So. But no, we're super excited. And I'll be working today and tomorrow on getting it onto our website. So that way people can just go to our website, freedomcapitalinvestments.com and it'll say online store. And then you can just go in there and order whatever you'd like. And I think that's all I was just gonna say.

If you have ideas, lots of people have ideas for shirts that are fun. So, like, if you have an idea about a shirt that we could create about passive income or whatever it is, we love that type of.

Or if you say, oh, boy, you know what? What I'd really like is I'd like a coffee cup that said that or I like a notebook that says that.

Y.

The thing about this is this. We've only scraped the tip of the iceberg with this company that we're working with because they've got just a bazillion products, and we can put whatever we want on any of their products. And so, you know, they've got tote bags and umbrellas and shorts. I mean, I'm not going to put invest smart, live happy on my shorts, but where would I put that?

Right across the tushy.

Yeah. So if you have ideas of things that you'd like to see, and we're not going to say, hey, you asked for this, you have to buy it because we just put it on the store and if no one buys it, no one buys it. But it's something there for people to buy.

Yes.

So that's what's really cool.

Yeah, we're super excited about that. And the reason why we're so tired today is because we just got back from a mastermind in Nashville, Tennessee.

You know, like somebody said, hey, you know what, we should drive.

It was only like five hours. Yeah, but it's five hours of flip having to pay attention to the road and I end up working. I think I tried to sleep and just never, ever was able to sleep.

You did. You're like, I'm super tired. I'm gonna lay down five minutes later. Nope, can't sleep.

My brain just kept on going. But anyways, it was power room Mastermind. We really, really love that mastermind. We hit every single event that they have. Next one's in Lake Tahoe. Super excited about going there. But anyways, we got to hear speak the CEO of Cardone Ventures. So if you are familia Grant Cardone and his 10x brand. The CEO of Cardone Ventures was there and he spoke to us and it was mind blowing.

I swear, the guy is just like, just take Grant Cardone and just. It's just another Grant Cardone.

Yeah. Except for, like, tame down. Not as like, okay, so he doesn't.

He doesn't go to, he doesn't go to 11. He only goes to like a 9.5. Yeah, yeah, yeah, but, yeah, but it's still just the mind on this guy.

Yeah, yeah. It's insane. Michael Hyatt was there. You want to talk about him?

Yeah. So he spoke for a little bit over an hour and it was just, he talked about his new book that he just put out, Full Focus. And he talked not about work life balance, but about how to. What, how did he just, just the, the be able to the. Your work and your, your life, you know, just not, not a balance, you know, because he says, I work out for 45 minutes and then I work for six hours. I don't want to work out for, for six hours. And then, you know, work for six hours. So it's not that kind of a balance. But. And he talked about that and how, you know, how we suggested to it. And it was, that was really cool.

Yeah, it was very cool. And we even on our way home talked about the rituals and things that we wanted to implement and change in our lives as a result of his talk. We had lots and lots and lots of great notes. We might do an actual episode about some of the lessons that, you know, he taught us in that talk. It was really, really great. And we have another work life balance episode that I'm sure that our team will put a link to. But we talked about the very same thing, that there is really no such thing in our opinion of work life balance. It's the appropriate amount of time you want to dedicate to a certain activity and you feel like you are participating in life and in business in the amount of time, neither one is overwhelming you. Right. It's not too much life, you know, whatever. So we have an episode where we talk about that.

I like when he had his coach and his coach said, are you willing to turn your phone off at six o'?

Clock?

Yes. Are you willing to not take your phone with you on vacation? Yes. And am I allowed to contact your wife to see how you're doing? Yes.

There was also a marketing company there, a couple marketing companies, both of which were giving them a call this week to potentially work with them. Just that the caliber of speakers at these events are just. It's amazing and it's what allows us to keep on growing is the network and the people that we surround ourselves with is why we continue to grow at the pace that we do. And I know that there are some people going, are you growing too fast. And I said, you know, sometimes I think the same, but it's like the network and the team that we have supports it and continues to support it. And so it's been pretty exciting. The more and more we keep on growing. And then the last one, the speaker, the guy who writes like the signature talks for like, people like Tony Robbins and.

Didn'T do Grant Cardone.

Yeah, I think he does. Yeah.

And who else was it? But he listed off like three or four guys, and we're just like, wow. And you're like, well, okay. Right. So he writes these guys speeches. Okay. You know, like five minutes into his thing, I'm just like, yeah, because he's just dropping gold bomb, you know, gold nuggets after gold nugget after. I'm just like, I don't take notes. And I'm just like, I need to write that down.

I was taking notes, but it was a really great event. So we just wanted to kind of talk about it. We love that group. And then today we're actually obviously recording this video, but we're back in the office, a little sleepy, but we are watching a virtual event self storage conference. And so again, I've got my iPad out and I'm just seriously taking notes while Flip is going to edit this video and get it over to Pat so she can get it out to you. But it's just, it's always cool to be learning new things and so excited to be getting into the self storage space and partnering with other people that are really, really good at what they do in this space.

I need a Betty come into my Office every like 45 minutes and poke me.

Just make sure. Yeah, yeah.

Make sure I'm away.

Yeah. One of the things I will say about the self storage is one of the slides that we just of the speaker, we just listened to. He was talking about if you invested $100 in 1994 and then you cashed out at 20 at the end of 2021, compared all these industries, well, manufactured homes was at the very top at like $3,751. Apartments was not like two steps down at like 2,800 and something. But then he flashes on self storage, it's like $7,700 and something dollars. And he's like, you know, when you talk about things that give you a high return and survive through recessionary times and ups and downs of the market, self storage is at the top. And you guys have hear say that the types of investments that we want to be focused on as we continue to grow is multifamily self storage, manufactured homes and assisted living. It's the four boxes that we want to go in. And it's because of all the reasons of the growth in those market and the resistance to the ups and downs and their ability to survive and thrive in any market. So super, super excited about that.

Yeah, no, I'm looking forward to it.

Yeah.

But look at this.

I know. Sorry, we're a little over. See, we're a little tired and we just started chatting and chatting.

Yeah, but wait, tomorrow's gonna be another live episode.

Yes.

And then on Saturday, you know what Saturday is?

Saturday? What is Saturday?

I looked it up just to make sure. Saturday is day one of our 12 part series.

Oh, boom. Yes, it is.

Yes. So someone, and for those of you listening and not watching, I'm pointing at Dann. Someone wanted to do a 12 part series on the day in the life of Flip. No, I'm just kidding.

That would have been interesting.

It wouldn't have been 12 parts day one. Done. So, like, what is the. What do we call it? The 12. Oh yeah, that's right. Our journey. Yes, it's a 12 part series.

You're gonna hear that every day for 12 days.

For the next 12 days. But anyway, so it's a 12 part series and it starts on Saturday and it's our journey and it's every step of the way from where we first started to. I was born a small boy.

Stop it. We did not start there.

I was gonna quote the line from the Steve Martin and the Jerk, but I didn't quote that because, boy, you can't say those, those quotes anymore. Anyway. But anyway, so it's a 12 part series on our journey.

Yeah. And did you remember to say that? Because we're going long. Because our journey, by the way, is not eight minutes just like this one. We're going long. It's like 20 minutes each time.

No, they're not. They're 15. Okay, but still, if you would know.

Because you edited them.

Yeah, there was. There was a couple that are above 15, but they're not our normal six to eight minutes. And yes, this one's going along too, so. Yeah, but I knew I wanted to say something about it yesterday on Saturday.

Maybe we need to take a nap before recording anything else so that we just can keep to our six to eight.

I like, I like where your head's at.

All right.

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