Ep 365 - 2022 Highlights & Sneak Peek into 2023

Hey, everybody. Flip and Danny here, founders of the Freedom Real Estate Group family of companies, and welcome to the final episode of our daily podcast.

And that podcast is called Freedom Through Passive Income.

This is episode number 365. And you can see my shirt. If you're listening and not watching. I'm wearing my baseball jersey that says. Well, I think it just says Freedom. It doesn't say anyway. But this is the final episode and this is the. The 22. 2022 in review and 2023.

Yes. Yeah. Super, super exciting. And what's funny is I thought I packed my Freedom Through Passive Income shirt and I can't find it anywhere. So if I did pack it, it's.

Somewhere I can go get it for you.

Yeah, Toss it to me through the screen. So instead I wore my shirt, my Peter Pan shirt. Second star to the right and straight on till morning. My inspiration for.

It's our everyday motto.

Yes. Inspiration for 2023. Yeah. So we're super excited about this final episode. To do a quick review of 2022, which we did a little bit of in the most recent 2022 Good Times and Bad Times episodes. So this is just going to be the highlights and we're really going to dig into 2023. So I'll start with the first one, the FCI team. We grew to a team of nine. So here are our most amazing team members. Well, excluding Flip and myself, there's seven more.

Not amazing.

Stop it. You're incredible. Our team members are Joe, Jody, cj, Ben, Eric, Della and aj. Thank you so much for being dedicated to fci because you guys are the team members that are solely dedicated to fci. And so we just want to say thank you because there's lots of other team members across our family of companies that we even have on our website because they do touch FCI in some way, shape or form and help us build. In building the six company and helping us operate the six company. But our core team members are the seven people we mentioned. We just want to say thank you to them because they came in while we were bootstrapping it. Right. While we were building from scratch. And you have to be. There's a particular type of person who can enter a company at that stage of it and we're very, very, very grateful to have you guys as a part of the growth of this six company. We are excited about its future and where it's going, especially in 2023.

Yeah, I mean, for the first year, I mean, I know we're going to talk about what it did in the first year. But for, you know, I remember the, the, the thought process of starting this company in the pool in Cancun, you know, when we decided this is what we wanted to do and you know, for it to not only get put together, but then next thing you know, what we did last year in its first full year. I mean, most people wish that this was their year five.

Yes.

You know, so it's just absolutely astounding.

Yes. And what Flip is alluding to there is when we talk to different people in multifamily commercial syndication funds, that type of thing, many of them are aiming for four acquisitions per year. And that gives them, you know, the time and patience to find, you know, the really good deals. So one per quarter is, is, is the goal and you don't have to push yourself too hard and you can be confident in your ability to raise money. And some people can't even do four per year. But four per year is kind of a, a common theme for a goal for some of the people that we've met. And so we didn't actually even set a goal of four for 2022, but yet we accomplished for in 2022. And it's partly how we structured our company from the ground up, who we brought on as team members and the people we surrounded ourselves with as far as coaching and partners and the extended partners partnerships that we've created in this commercial arena, which is a requirement. This is one of the companies that you don't build and do on your own. It is critical to have those extra people surrounding you that have different boots on the ground in different areas, different expertise for different types of assets, different role, like the segregation of roles of who's doing what in these bigger style transactions. This is just a partnership game. And being able to very quickly form these partnerships because of our reputation and the people that know us, I think led to the success of what we had this year. Plus, plus the team that said, hey, we know that you're starting this company from scratch, but we've seen what you've done with the other five. We're happy to jump in and we're excited to bring on those team members and they've helped us get to where we are as well, because we couldn't have done it without them. So it's been really exciting to be able to do four deals in our very first year of business. So we bought four and we also had three dispositions. So one of the deals that we already had was in 2021. Not even counting 2022. So we went into 20, the 384 unit and also the 56 unit that you and I had already purchased in 2020. So that's how we walked into this first year of business. And then we still bought four more. And then we sold the 384. We sold an eight unit, and we refinanced Pine Ridge. And so that is a banger of a first year in business. And again, it's just all about our network and the people that we surrounded ourselves with. We have really great people around us. And I'm so, so excited how 2022 rolled out for FCI.

Yeah, no kidding. It's like, I don't even. I'm. I'm glad that no one said you can't do this in your first year or whatever, because we, we just don't know better. We're just gonna go do it.

That's right.

One closes and we're like, all right, what's next? Let's close another deal. You know?

That's right. That's right. I love it. And then you want to start us off on our sneak peek flip. Yeah.

So 2023, I mean, this is. We're still. We're recording this a day or a day or two early because of the planning of everything. But today is that you're watching this is December 31st, New Year's Eve, and we already have things lined up for 2023, of course.

Yep.

You know, so we're going to be doing more speaking events. We're going to be doing what's called a podcast tour. And, and no, that doesn't mean we're going to take this podcast and go on a tour.

That'd be funny.

We've done that. Trying to think of all the different cities we've been in this year for this podcast. Too many to number, too many to name. But we're going to be, you know, on many other people's podcasts and, and promoting their podcast as well as promoting our podcast. So it's kind of like a cross pollination podcasting. And you already, you've already been asked to speak at an event in just a couple weeks.

Yes. Yeah. So I'm gonna be in Kentucky going back to the cold. You actually chose not to go with me because you're like, it's cold there.

Do you want to go with me? I'm like, where's it at? She said Kentucky. I'm like, nope.

So, yeah, Raised Fest is a. It's a. It's put on by Hunter Thompson. He's just. He's just an amazing human and he's put together a great group of people. I'm in one of his master masterminds. And so I'm excited to speak at that. At that event. And I've actually got people saying, hey, I want to go, and I want to be a part of that and I want to listen. And so that's just really cool. Kind of start off the year that way. Right. Because we said we were going to do it, and then here it is, January, and we already have something booked. So that's exciting to see that launch off in such a positive manner and such at such a great event. So that's exciting. And then we've got some other stuff. I'm gonna let you talk about some of the other stuff.

Yeah, you know, we just talked about last year, how we did four deals and three dispositions. And of course, this year we're looking at doing bigger and better things. But that wasn't enough. So Danny hired not one, but two marketing companies to help with us, to help us with what we're planning doing in 2023. And so one of those things that we're going to be doing is writing a book, because that's what I like to do in my spare time, is write a book. Oh, wait, also, we're going to be. We're working on a course because that's also one of my favorite pastimes. And so I'll let you talk more about those, of course.

Yeah. It's just. So as we rolled into 2023, I knew that we wanted to expand. In order to expand, you got your. You have to get your brand out there. You have to get your name out there. So I talked with multiple marketing companies trying to figure out how we do that. And I've said many times on this podcast, and I have a love hate relationship with social media because I want to be focused on the business and the growth of what we're doing. And yet I know how powerful social media platforms are in sharing that business and that growth and allowing others to get to know what you're doing. It's just not like who I am. I don't like going on there and going, look what he did. Even this podcast is a little bit out of sorts for us, but we know that we have to get the word out. If we don't get the word out, we can't help people. So talking to different marketing companies, there's a couple that just really aligned for us. One was a social media team or part of their offerings was social media management. And I was just like, oh, please, please, please, will you please take this over for us so that we don't have to do that? And then another one was somebody who has done launches like this for himself with a book and courses and communities and things like that. And so we talked to him and just really, really, he's one of. In one of our masterminds as well. And actually both of them, we met through masterminds. So that's just the power of masterminds really has grown our network. It's just incredible. But they both just rang true to, you know, who we are as people. They align with our values and we just really look up to them in terms of their professionalism and what they do in their niches. And so we're really super excited to be working with them. And so we're launching a lot of things because of their help. Certainly we are not doing all of the work, but it is our voice and, you know, we are approving everything that kind of comes to us. We're doing a bunch of brain dumps. My entire team did this huge brain dump for the course and for the book. So we're all just going blah. And they're taking that and then they're, you know, making it, you know, nice and pretty so that we can get it out and start sharing some of that stuff with everybody. So that's super, super exciting to finally be. To do, but not necessarily be in charge of.

And then with this, you're creating a community. And when you first told me about that, I immediately thought of like, the, the. What is that? The island of Misfit Toys. Just kidding. But, but, so, yeah, but you're building a community of all the people that were gathering because of all of this, right?

Yes. Yeah, that's going to be exciting because it's going to be. We started some Facebook groups in a LinkedIn group that really just. It hasn't really taken off because I've had. Haven't had the pour into it like I wanted to. And so this is going to be a community that's going to be off the social media platforms, I believe. And it's going to be a way for our, our entire team to be able to get in and help and, and go back and forth with people and they can ask questions and then. And potentially that's where we're going to have monthly webinars where we do live Q and A and get, you know, people more engaged. In the growth of their journey of freedom through passive income. And I think that that will likely tie into that community. I'm not sure exactly how it's all going to work, but I know that it's exciting because our original idea of doing the Facebook community or the group was to have that community and be able to do that. And it's just I have not personally had the time to be able to pour into it as much as I. As I wanted to. We still post in there and we still do lots of things and we still answer questions. I just want it to take off more. And so I think that Facebook Facebook group will likely still continue to grow. The LinkedIn group will pay more attention to. But we're really going to probably focus more into that community, and it's going to be very. Yeah, it's going to be very exciting. I'm excited to see it.

Yeah. And even with the. With the monthly webinars, you know, like. Like you said, their Q A. And even if you don't have questions, you should still listen because somebody else might have a question like, oh, I never thought of that.

Yeah. Yeah.

And so I know that you and I in the past have attended those. Those types of webinars going into it, going, well, I don't have anything, but, you know, well, let's just listen. And we go, wow, get all those gold nuggets.

Yeah.

So it's. So you really. You never know what's. Because since it's not scripted, you know, it's like, what's going to happen this time?

That's right. That's right. And then we also have our funds being launched. So again, that's taken longer than we anticipated, which is typical for me. I always take a set, aggressive goals. But then on top of, you know, that life has happened and here we are, and I am in Arizona. And so we're getting through that process, but we still intend to launch it in 2023. That was the goal anyway. I was just in my mind going, maybe I can launch it end of 2022. But so it's still coming out. We've got a liquidity fund and $100 million fund that we're going to be opening up. And a lot of the goals behind that was to meet your goals as an investor, including ours, because there's funds that we have that we want to put into the liqu. And there's lots of things that we've got coming up. They're going to be created through these new vehicles. So we're super excited to get those launched once they are ready. And then flip, this is the big one. You ready?

Yeah. We meet. I think we mentioned it possibly once in this podcast. We're officially as of. You're watching this on December 31st. So as of tomorrow, January 1st, Freedom Capital Investments will now be known as Freedom Family Capital. But if you still go to freedom capitalinvestments.com it will. It'll forward you over to the new website. But we're rebranding everything to Freedom Family Capital. And this is with working with these marketing companies. We wanted to make sure that everything was all aligned, everything lined up, you know, straight, you know, just nice and hunky dory. Well, then we found out somebody else was. There was another Freedom Capital Investments. And we said, who on you? We're going somewhere else.

Yeah, we really just didn't want to spend a bunch of money on marketing this name when there was another person out there with that name. And it was already on. You know, you can find them on. On Google. And nothing against that company. We know nothing about the company. We just wanted to have our own unique name. Right. So when people searched for us, they would find us and only us. Also Freedom Family. That's very much about our Freedom Family of companies. You Google Freedom Family, you're seeing a whole lot of all of our companies and who we are. And so we really thought that that change of name just aligned with the rest of our companies and who we are. And we are always talking about family, and that includes our investors. So we thought it was just perfect. So we're excited about that name change. It was nothing other than our marketing team going, hey, there's another Freedom Capital Investments out there. We went, oh, I guess we don't want to spend all of this money promoting that name. So super excited about it. Freedom Family Capital, baby. Ffc.

Yep. And then the one marketing company said, well, we want to really promote you guys. And I'm like, no, just do the company. We need to promote you guys. And like, no, just do the company. And so I couldn't fight it anymore. And so they're really launching it. And you might have seen it on Facebook. It's been coming out for the last, I think, week or two now, but they're just really promoting Flip and Danny Robinson. And, you know, on Facebook, it's Flip and Danny Robinson. And then on Instagram, it's. It's at Flip the letter N. Danny Robinson. But if you type Flip and Danny Robinson, you'll. You'll find us on Both on both platforms. I think we actually might even have a TikTok account.

Yes. I think they. They have four accounts. So they're. These new accounts are on Facebook, Instagram, Tick Tock, and then our YouTube channel that you have been watching us on. If you're listening, you haven't been going to the YouTube channel, but for those watching, you've been going to our Freedom Capital Investments YouTube channel that is being rebranded to Flip and Danny Robinson. Since this is where everybody has been watching us over the course of 2022 build out this sixth company. This is really kind of our journey now in life is freedom through Passive Income. So we decided this channel was appropriate to be changed over to the Flipping Danny Robinson because we're just going to continue, you know, these podcasts and these videos, it's all going to stay in the same place so you don't have to go to another place to find more information. So find us, find these new channels. We're excited about building them out and we're excited there's another team actually doing it.

Y. Yeah, exactly. And for those of you wondering, I did lose the bet and I wanted to do the quarterly podcast, but we are transitioning Freedom Through Passive Income into a weekly podcast.

That's right.

And so there won't be one next week, the first week of January, but the week of the 9th, the second week of January will be the first episode of the weekly podcast. Gosh, I don't know if I can do one a week. That's like. Seems like that's going to be a breeze. But anyway, it's going to be a new podcast. It's. It's. I mean, it'll be a lot of the same format, but we're going to be doing.

We are going to have a guest speaker. So for the very first time on any of our podcasts, we have. We've got two podcasts running right now. We've never had guest speakers on them. So this Freedom Through Passive Income podcast is going to start having guest speakers. We also will do some, you know, Flip and Danny episodes where we're just kind of talking about our business and just keeping you guys in the loop as to our path and our journey and how things are going. But I would say I think we're looking at a ratio of three to one. So every single month we'll have four episodes being released, assuming four weeks in a month, and three of them will have guests, and one of them will be just Flip and I, you know, just talking about our journey and talking about what's going on. And yeah, we're super excited about that type of format because we get to mix it up a little bit but still share a little bit about what's going on. So we're going to take a week off because I am still here in Arizona until January 5th. And so January 5th, I fly back. That allows us to be able to record our first episode together in Florida. That will be Flip and I. And in the meantime, we're going to be lining up guests to start being with us here in the new year. So the type of guests that we're going to be looking for are probably people like you that are listening. And you are on this journey of freedom through passive income. And no matter where you're at in the journey, whether you're beginning or in the middle or at the end, we want to hear from you. And so if you've invested with us or if you are just somebody who has a story to share, we want to talk to you. We are going to be. We've got some other people in mind for guests as well who are very well known and can share topics that I think are relevant to those who listen to this type of podcast. So we're going to be inviting them as well. But we want a little mix of both things that are going to help you on your journey and then people who are on your journey, too, sharing their stories and their successes and their challenges. And, you know, we can just do life together as we all work towards this financial and time and geography freedom that we all want.

Exactly. Exactly. Well, I think that's. I. Well, I don't know if there's any more that we can speak about 2023 that I know of.

This is all we can fit into 2023. Let's just leave it at this.

Unless there's other deals that I don't know about. That's always possible. So. But we hope that you enjoyed this last episode of our daily podcast. Make sure you're heading on over to our website or one of them, Freedom Family Capital or Freedom Capital Investments. They'll take you to the same place.

Yes.

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