Today I still working as an Airfield Engineer and Licensed Professional (PE) Civil/Industrial Engineer (LinkedIn Profile), thus the reason for the graphs and numbers in the posts. Shortly after college graduation, I spent my first 7 years of my career working for a For-Profit Private company.  I supervised a traveling, union-based crew.  In my mid-twenties, it was cool being on expenses all the time and all the airline/hotel points I collected, but then I realized how dumb it was... the only people who cared about my Platinum Status was the other suckers in first class who did not have any other family, no hobbies, no life. Although I am grateful that I had a well-paying job post-2008 recession, I traded the most important resource, time for money. Then after almost being fired I vowed to never be in a vulnerable position where someone else controlled my fate.

In 2009, after doing these silly things…I was able to save for an A-class rental that rented for $2200/a month in the Pacific Northwest (how embarrassing a Rent-to-Value Ratio of 0.5% – see a video). After my 2nd acquisition of a duplex in 2012, I was looking to make a 3rd but the market was appreciating and I saw the numbers would yield negative cashflow.

With this realization, I converted my portfolio to markets with stable multifaceted job markets and Rent-to-Value Ratios that would yield healthy $250-$400/month spreads between the rents and expenses (mortgage, vacancy, professional management, repairs, and capital expenses).

As of 2016, my portfolio consisted of 11 single family homes in Birmingham, Atlanta, Indianapolis, and Pennsylvania. This was the most difficult part of building this portfolio. This is not a get rich scheme.

Update 2018 and beyond... Moving from single family to multifamily and syndication investing.

Previous Experience:

Co-owner of MFPE Investments LLC:

15 Apartments Buildings Purchased, 2 Manufactured Home developments, and an Assisted-Living Facility
2,100+ Total Units
10 US Markets - AL, GA, IN, OK, LA, IA, TX, HI, WA, PA

Current Holdings:

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Lake Charles, Louisiana - 80-unit Assisted Living Facility (2018)

Greenville, Texas - 176-unit Class A Apartment (2018) - Video only for Club members

Gulfport, Mississippi - 101-unit Class C Apartment (2018) - Video only for Club members

Fort Worth - Texas - 168-unit Class C Apartment (2018) - Video only for Club members

Moberly, Missouri - 77-space Mobile Home Park (2018) - Video only for Club members

Huntsville, Alabama - 49-unit Class C Apartment (2018) - Video only for Club members

Huntsville, Alabama - 42-unit Class C Apartment (2018) - Video only for Club members

Huntsville, Alabama - 70-unit Class C Apartment (2018) - Video only for Club members

Atlanta, Georgia - 114-unit Class-C Apartment (2018 July) - Video only for Club members

San Antonio, Texas – 253-unit Class B Apartment (2018 April) - Video

Des Moines, Iowa - 52-unit C+ Class Apartment (2018 March) - Video

Lake Charles LA – 199-unit RV / Mobile home development (2018) - Video

San Antonio, Texas – 192-unit Class B Apartment (2017) - Video

Houston, TX - 125-unit Class C Apartment Building (2017)

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – 170-unit C-class apartment (2017) - Video

Oklahoma City, OK - 110-unit Class C Apartment Building (2017)

Panama – Half acre of Turnkey Coffee Farm (Own yours!) (2017) - Video

“Infinite Banking” Life Insurance - (2017) Webinar - Email me for the lowest fee guy

$60K in American Home Preservation Fund (2016) - InvestinAHP.com

Indianapolis, Indiana – 1 B- Class Single family home (2015)

Atlanta, Georgia – 5 C+/B- Class Single family home (2015)

Birmingham, Alabama – 1 B- Class Single family home (2014)

Montesano. WA - 18-Unit Class C Apartment Building (2004)

Previously Held Assets (Why we sell? Return on Equity):

A bunch of Private Lending deals:

In field videos - Fix and Flip to Retail Birmingham AL - Video

Rehab to Retail PML 3909 4th Ave Birmingham AL - Video

Rehab to Retail PML 577 60th St S, Birmingham AL - Video

New Castle, Pennsylvania – 1 Single family home (2013-2017) - Failed syndication as LP

Seattle, Washington – 1 A- Class Single Family Home (2012-2017) - Air-Bnb Fail Video

Seattle, Washington – 1 B+ Class Duplex (2011-2014)

Seattle, Washington – 1 A Class Single Family Home (2009-2013) - Video

Atlanta, GA - Shopping Mall (Failed Syndication as LP, 2010-2011)

Oak Harbor, WA - 4 Unit Class B Apartment Building (2003-2016)

Port Ludlow, WA - 1 Class A Home General Contractor (2005-2006)

Seattle, WA - 1 Class A Single Family Home (1998-2006)

Seattle, WA - 1 Class A Home (2004)

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Des Moines, Iowa - 52-unit C+ Class Apartment (April 2018) - Video

San Antonio, TX - 192-Unit Class B+ MFH (March 2018) - https://youtu.be/-5h2GKZ3I58

San Antonio, TX - 253-Unit Class B+ MFH (March 2018) - https://youtu.be/vj8ZMteppfg

Oklahoma City, OK - 170-Unit Class C MFH (March 2018) - https://youtu.be/3n4Kan6fmAw

Networking with other Buy-Hold investors I discovered two things:

1) Passive investors are hard to spot out among the typically ‘active’ RE crowd, therefore trading best practices was very difficult and

2) Passive investing is often boring since this is not a get rich quick method of building wealth and uneventful (if things are going well there aren’t too many cool stories).

This podcast and blog are meant to distill content just to the golden nuggets for the passive Real Estate Investor.  I plan to go beyond the newbie tips that clutter the internet and cocktail parties because lets’ face it, as a passive investor your time should be spent on things that you love to do and those who are important to you (not trolling real estate internet forums or making makeshift plumbing repairs on your property).

As I get more experienced, I recognize that there are a lot quicker ways to make a lot of money in Real Estate such as apartment investing, flipping high-end properties, or development but for the time being I have a full-time job that is alright and until that changes this is the path that I have zeroed in on. So if you are like me, join me on this train and if you don’t like your job and want to quit you can get on board too we will wake you up when it’s your time to escape the rat-race.

Real Estate has empowered me financially I wanted to give back to the investor community.

My Motivation For Creating this Site:

1) Begin with the end in mind and decide now what you want your obituary to read. We are only here on this earth for a finite period. I like this picture because this is what will probably be on the welcome table at my funeral. I hope you can make it! Rich Cohen wrote that there are four rungs of being remembered after death: “newly dead; dead but remembered; dead and all those who knew you dead; dead and all those who knew those who knew you dead.” In terms of YOU…All that matters is what happens when you’re alive. Your legacy will offer you no pleasure after you’ve passed so live how you dream but know that there are some unconventional paths that you have to take (like buying cashflowing rentals not in your home state). And for myself…fame will do you no favors for me once I die but at least people can use SimplePassiveCashflow.com to get out of the rat race. And if that does not get your going listen to the wisdom of Frank Ostaseski.

2) Create a repository of information where my unborn children or others can reference with some context into what I was thinking. Plus I got tired of telling my friends who never took action on the advice I gave. Creating a podcast has greatly impacted my life by allowing me to meet with so many people and many of those I have built strong relationships with even outside of money and real estate.

Why a Podcast?

I jumped on the podcast ban-wagon in 2007 while I was working on the road when I did not have a friend near me. It got me into Crossfit in 2008, Paleo in 2009, Real estate investing in 2010, intermittent fasting in 2013, internet marketing in 2015, and led to meeting and creating friendships with a lot of you because we are aligned on the same wavelength. Yes... The phrase "we met on the internet" is totally acceptable! Obviously, a few of these interests have come and gone but in the macro sense, podcasts have instilled a lifelong interest and ability to learn.

Vinney Chopra calls it Automobile University.

3) While I am alive I want to teach/empower others to fish for themselves. In real estate, we use leverage and by teaching others, I am leveraging other people to achieve their financial goals in hopes that they will pay it forward. I poke fun at MLMs a lot but I would like to create a pyramid scheme of philanthropy.

I'll be honest when I almost got fired from my W2 job for nothing that was my fault (https://youtu.be/GsBDxzw6Ass) and saw how much Wall Street/mutual funds rob people, I get pissed. Which got me through the first six months of building this platform. As you know anger can only take you so far... As you will read in my book I realized the positive impact I was making which ultimately is a more sustainable fuel source for the mission that is SimplePassiveCashflow.com.

What is the change that you want to make in the world even if its a 1% move in the needle?  Financial education - people have such struggle so much to make ends meet.

I was baptized on Easter 2016 and searched for a way to give back.  I want to help others but I struggle with giving money away because I know I can grow my money much faster and I am much more frugal than any philanthropic organization. Bill Gates gave back only after he amassed a fortune. Tithing as you go along has a smaller cumulative impact. My end game is to give away my wealth to rightful causes via a Charitable Remainder Trust. As I grow my local community in Hawaii, I try to surround myself with like-minded people who want to help other good people financially... (not like having some sort of lame for-profit coaching business based of referral fees). I don't know how this is going to come together but I am conscious of running a non-profit entity the right way.

4) I hope my blog/podcast will help families realize the powerful wealth-building effects of real estate so they can spend their time on more important, instead of working long hours and worrying about their financial troubles. There are a lot of successful families with good jobs (teachers/engineers/programmers/finance) yet they struggle to make ends meet financially. It is their kiddos who ultimately get the short end of the stick. (Cool graphs on this subject) Being a Latch-Key Child growing up, both my parents had to work and I was left home alone after school to fiddle with my thumbs.

With Real Estate you are able to grow your wealth exponentially faster than the conventional 401K’s and stock investing, therefore you are able to escape the dogma of working 50+ hour weeks at a job that is unfulfilling. And if you are one of the lucky ones who happen to do what you enjoy... well good for you 😛

Money is not everything but it is important because it gives you the freedom to live life on your terms.

It is a great time in history to be alive with general peace and technological convinced, I see a silent war being waged upon the shrinking Middle Class. This is the Civil Rights movement of my time. In a way, people are having a Stockholm Syndrome with Wall Street profiteers being the captors. Let’s work together to redirect money from the Wall-Street casinos and corrupt financial institutions…To help the endangered ‘Middle Class’ savers find safer, more profitable investments in Main Street opportunities benefiting local communities.

"I walked the linear path for much of my life. Raised as part of the disappearing “middle-class” programmed me to study hard in school, checking the boxes on extracurricular activities, cramming for the SATs, and getting a high GPA to get into college, all to live a “practical” life. Growing up, we were told to “waste nothing” and turn off the lights every time you leave a room. I still feel guilty to order a soft drink at a restaurant as opposed to tap water." excerpt from "The One Thing That Changed Everything"

Why this podcast/website/syndicating deals is the perfect storm:

The average of the millionaires GPA is 2.9.. (I know all you statistics folks out there are calling "bad data" because if the range of most GPAs is 2.0-4.0 of course that's the average) but if you chill out, it makes sense..

Personally, I had a 3.01 undergrad GPA, just enough to get me into my competitive major as an industrial engineer. The writing was on the wall back then in 2007.. I don't think I am a terrible engineer nor am I a very good one.. My rationalization is that I don't enjoy it which is a big intermediate to success.. But can you blame me? Why would you want to build someone else's dream?

1) I don’t have kids. After learning about hundreds of listens situations via free calls I hear that this sorta complicates things... 😛

2) I am an ISTJ (introversion, sensing, thinking, judgment abbreviation used in the publications of the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator). I don't really know what the last three manifest in my life but I am a recovering introvert - a side hobby is this group I started to help others get out of their shell. I believe an introvert has nothing to do if you like people or if you are loud and annoying. Your affinity is determined where you derive your energy. Going to the day job and working with you know "others" was really tiring for me. The weirdest thing is that when I talk to others over the phone or in-person I get so excited and sometimes a little too passionate. That's how I knew I was on to something. I'll say it many times but what really fires me up is redirecting money from the Wall-Street casinos and corrupt financial institutions…To help the endangered ‘Middle Class’ savers find safer, more profitable investments in Main Street opportunities benefiting local communities. Part of the reason I moved back to home to Hawaii was to bring back what I have learned to 1) impact professionals who bought the house, commute two hours every day, but still struggle with finances and 2) help displaced immigrants to Hawaii who do not mind going homeless and don't embrace entitlement or education. My Vision is that I can partner with a group like Projectdestined to make social change in my hometown. Just as we crowdsource deals, if you have any ideas, please let me know. I will be honest, at this point, to use an airline analogy, I am "still trying to put my oxygen mask on first."

SPC GET ‘ER DONE PLAN:

1. Email me any feedback or questions at [email protected]. 
2. Hopefully, you will rate me 5-stars on Itunes… but if not email me how I can improve.  For a limited time, if you leave me a 5-star review on Itunes please send me an email and click here to schedule a complimentary 15 minute think tank/coaching session.
3. Check out the Podcasts and Blog articles I recommend starting here. If you are want to know the day-to-day things I manage to keep my portfolio progressing see the “My Story” posts.
4. “You can get everything in life if you just help others,” said Zig Zigler. Are you always asking for and taking? If you have a scarcity mindset, you need start living with an abundance mindset.