Join Robert & Kim Kiyosaki LIVE on March 31st, 2011
The Real Estate Guys™ just got back from an awesome visit with Robert Kiyosaki and the Rich Dad team in Scottsdale, Arizona – home of spring training for the World Champion San Francisco Giants! And courtesy of Rich Dad’s Real Estate Advisor (and our own Summit at Sea™ faculty member) Ken McElroy, we got a chance to take in a few innings before heading to the Rich Dad offices to interview Robert Kiyosaki for an upcoming episode of The Real Estate Guys™ Radio Show.
Our interviews with Robert Kiyosaki are always fun and enlightening. You can always count on Robert to tell you what he really thinks! So watch for that interview, which you can listen to online or via iTunes. To make sure you don’t miss it, or any of the shows, be sure to subscribe to the free podcast.
In the unlikely event you don’t know, Robert Kiyosaki is the author of mega-best seller Rich Dad Poor Dad. We’ve had many of our listeners tell us how Robert’s teachings has changed their lives. Some people in the conventional financial industry and media are critical of Rich Dad (and the feeling is mutual), but the success of the Rich Dad message speaks for itself. The conventional industry fosters dependency and profits on the public’s financial ignorance. Rich Dad is committed to empowerment through education. We like it.
So what’s on Robert Kiyosaki’s mind right now as America struggles to recover from the Great Recession?
Robert Kiyosaki says it’s more important than ever to have a solid real world financial education. Wall Street, the Federal Reserve and Washington DC aren’t to be trusted with your hard earned money. There are games being played at high levels that victimize the poor and middle class. And it doesn’t matter which party is in power. He calls it “the conspiracy of the rich” and wrote a best selling book by the same title. For years, he’s been saying the rich will get richer, while the ranks of the poor will swell as the middle class is pushed down. Don’t believe it? Just read the headlines every day.
So the question isn’t whether or not it’s happening. The question is: What are YOU going to do about it?
Kiyosaki says (and we agree) that the first and most important thing to do is to make a COMMITMENT to your own financial education. There are a few things in life that you cannot afford to be ignorant about, and money is one of them. Otherwise, the people who understand money will find a way to take yours. The old adage is true: when experience meets money, the money gets the experience and the experience gets the money.
The VERY GOOD NEWS is that YOU get to decide which side of the equation you’re on. And your success begins with education. We support the Rich Dad organization because they are committed to education, just as we are at The Real Estate Guys™ Radio Show. It’s that common bond that keeps us supportive of one another.
So we highly encourage YOU to be in the live or virtual audience on March 31st to discover how YOU can gain an Unfair Advantage through education. Learn to protect and build your wealth and prosperity – even in (and because of) difficult times.
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1/2/11: The Art & Science of Setting Goals – Utilizing All You Are to Achieve All You Want
Happy New Year!
Everyone here at The Real Estate Guys™ Radio Show wishes you and yours the happiest, healthiest and most prosperous year of your life! And to help make that happen, we decided to kick off 2011 with a unique episode on Goal Setting.
We’ve noticed that people are attracted to real estate because of the huge amounts of money that can be made with relatively low risk and front end investment. What other investment allows you to put a small portion down, get cheap money from the bank, and then pay it off over time with someone else’s (the tenant’s) money? And if you’re careful about the property type and area, the odds are very good that it will be worth a whole lot more than you “paid” for it down the road!
But is it really the real estate that you love? Be honest. For most people, the answer is no. It’s the MONEY! Or is it?
Most people don’t really want the money. They want the lifestyle that money will buy!
So it’s REALLY about the lifestyle. Real estate and the resulting money are merely the tools we use to build the lifestyle.
But like a master builder, before construction starts, there is one absolutely essential tool which will make or break the project: the blueprint! Unless the architect provides a well designed plan, no matter how skilled the builder is or how hard he works, the project is doomed before it starts.
So it is with your life.
Most people cobble together a life, putting together a job, relationships, investments and recreation without any real cohesive plan. No wonder so few people are living the life of their dreams.
No matter what your age, social status, income or resources, as long as you expect to be around for a lot more tomorrows, then today is the perfect time to develop, refresh or refine your life plan. What lifestyle do you really want to build? Only then will you know how to invest in your time, energy and money in real estate – or anything else.
So this episode of The Real Estate Guys™ Radio Show features Robert Helms, and it isn’t about real estate. It’s about YOU. And how you can get clear about who you are, what you want and what you want real estate to do for you. Dream big because we all have a lot more potential and resources than we realize. The secret is to figure that out early in life and get to work while you have lots of time to build something awesome. And only you can define what “awesome” is for you.
So we recommend you grab a pen and paper (maybe some tissue), find a quiet place to listen and take notes. Then schedule some regular meetings with you, to stay focused and moving forward toward the life you design.
In the classic words of Zig Ziglar, “See you at the top!”
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8/22/10: What is Your Risk Paradigm? A Life or Debt Decision
Protecting your money in today’s highly uncertain economy is surely very challenging. Remember when real estate equity and bank accounts were considered among the SAFEST places to keep your savings? Today, real estate equity has disappeared – and for many people even getting access to whatever equity they still have is next to impossible. Boy, do we miss those equity lines of credit with their checkbooks and debit cards!
And even though you can still write checks on your cash deposits at a bank, with record bank failures even that old saying “sure as money in the bank” seems a little outdated. Add horribly low interest rates and, to compound the injury, taxes on your meager interest earnings, it’s enough to make you wonder what this financial world is coming to.
Well, we have good news. There’s a new way to look at an old product – one that is time tested and has survived its fair share of economic turmoil. And we got such a positive response to our first foray into this topic, we decided to re-visit it with a new guest.
In the radio lifeboat for another voyage into broadcasting brilliance:
- Host and head lifeguard, Robert Helms
- Co-host and lifeboat inflater, Russell Gray
- Seasoned sailer of stormy economic seas, the Godfather of Real Estate, Bob Helms
- Special guest, “infinite banking” expert, Patrick Donohoe
Right out of the gate we need to set the table, which is no small task with the lifeboat bobbing on the waves: what does life insurance have to do with real estate investing? Think about what a bank account has to do with real estate investing and you’re on the right track. But unlike a bank account, our guest explains that certain types of life insurance – thought greatly misunderstood – offer far greater flexibility than bank accounts. And though they aren’t FDIC insured, insurance companies are arguably more stable and conservatively run. Unlike banks right now, you don’t hear a lot about record number of life insurance companies failing.
We also address why so many CONSUMER financial gurus are down on cash value life insurance, yet corporations like Wells Fargo and Wal-Mart buy tons of it. Could it be there are BUSINESS purposes that make it very useful for BUSINESS people? We say all the time that real estate investing is a business, so it makes good sense to see how businesses are using this financial tool. For example, how’d you like you to take a tax deduction for making a deposit in your bank account? Hmmm….that’s an interesting concept! What about getting a loan against your equity without having to qualify? Try doing that with a property! And unlike property, the value isn’t determined by market forces, so your equity doesn’t disappear in a market downturn.
The point of this episode is that insurance can do a lot more than manage risk and pay a benefit. Our job is to expose you to some of the possibilities. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to explore those possibilities, learn how to use this powerful tool, and decide when and where to use it to advance your real estate investing program. It seems the economic storm isn’t over yet, so it might be a good idea to know how to operate the lifeboat. It’s a matter of life and debt.
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8/15/10: How Capitalism Will Save Us – An Interview with Steve Forbes
The Real Estate Guys™ sit down and talk with Steve Forbes about jobs, the economy and real estate.
We don’t know about you, but any time a billionaire, a CEO of a major company, a best selling author or a legit presidential candidate is willing to sit down and chat, our response is always, “Yes!”. In this case, our special guest for this episode, Steve Forbes, is ALL of those things wrapped into one. So we’re super jazzed to bring this exclusive interview to you.
In the broadcast booth at the Freedom Fest conference in Las Vegas:
- Your Host and interviewer extraordinaire, Robert Helms
- The just-happy-to-be-here Co-host, Russell Gray
- Special guest, Forbes Magazine CEO, Steve Forbes
Mr. Forbes was the keynote speaker at the Freedom Fest conference and remained in attendance for the entire event. In spite of a recent neck surgery, he was very accommodating and so Robert was able to sit down with Mr. Forbes for an impromptu interview.
Steve Forbes with Russ and Robert at Freedom Fest. Russ wrestled Steve into doing the interview, which broke Russ' glasses and injured Steve's neck. But the interview went well and we were all smiles afterwards.
We decided to ask him about his latest book, Why Capitalism Will Save Us – Why Free People and Free Markets are the Best Answer in Today’s Economy. Mr. Forbes’ thesis is that too much government is bad for business because it increases costs, diminishes productivity and takes too many resources away from creating jobs for an ever-growing population. He calls for “sensible rules of the road” to provide a basic framework in which free people can conduct business. Of course, the great debate is over what’s “sensible”. His position is that less is more.
What we’re really interested in is jobs. Jobs are where our tenants get their rent money. It’s where home buyers get the income stream to make the mortgage payments that prop up the property values that create passive equity. Jobs are near the top of our due diligence check list when evaluating a market to invest in. It’s one of the reasons we like Dallas right now. Among U.S. markets, it’s doing pretty well. Ironically, another great job market is Washington DC, but if there’s a changing of the guard over the next couple of elections, that could change. But we digress…
So Mr. Forbes shares his thoughts on the economy, job creation and the role of government in real estate, specifically Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. In his position as the CEO and editor-in-chief of Forbes Magazine, he gets to talk with many of people who shape, interpret and respond to public policy. We really enjoyed our time with him and hope you will too!
On a side note, Steve Forbes is the nicest billionaire we’ve ever interviewed. Actually, he’s the only billionaire we’ve ever interviewed. But he’s still a very nice guy. So, if you’re a billionaire and want to come on the show and be nice to us, just give us a call. Our door is always open. 
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