From Corporate to Cash Flow

Ep. 54: 1 Year of Podcasting: What We Learned From 52 Episodes with Andrea Cannon & Liz Schwab

We made it! One full year and 53 published episodes of **From Corporate to Cash Flow** podcast — and we're sitting down (well, Andrea's literally on the floor of her new house) to celebrate, reflect, and share everything we've learned along the way. In this special anniversary episode, hosts Andrea Cannon and Liz Schwab pull back the curtain on the real behind-the-scenes of running a podcast while holding down demanding W-2 jobs, traveling constantly, building real estate portfolios, and doing private lending, all at the same time. No guests. Just the two of us getting real about what worked, what didn't, and where we're headed next.   --- **In This Episode:** - How the podcast got started over a conversation in Sedona a year ago - The real logistics: StreamYard, Podbean, a Google intake form, a shared calendar, and a VA - Why we hit publish on imperfect episodes (and why you should too) - The stat that will make you proud we're still here: 90% of podcasts never make it past 20 episodes - How doing this podcast has changed our real estate perspectives — and our investing strategies - Andrea's biggest mindset shift: why she was building **net worth** when she should have been building **cashflow** first - Liz on being an **introvert** who actually loves podcasting (and why it makes sense) - **Imposter syndrome** — Andrea's honest take on almost not starting as a podcast guest herself - The short-form content challenge: why clips over 20 seconds just don't get engagement - What we want to do differently in Year Two **Biggest Takeaways from Year One:** - *"It sounded so much more intense than it actually was — getting started and working through the thing IS the thing."* — Andrea - *"It's me talking to me from a year or two ago — not 15 years ago."* — the relatability principle - The cashflow-first vs. net worth-first framework (from Benjamin Wong's laundromat episode) - Every guest has said some version of: your network and community are everything - Defining success on YOUR terms — not Pace Morby's, not anyone else's ---   **We want your feedback!** If you've been listening — what do you want more of? Leave a comment below. We read every single one. --- **About From Corporate to Cash Flow** Hosted by Andrea Cannon and Liz Schwab — two pharmacists building time and financial freedom through real estate investing and private lending while working their day jobs. New episodes every week. **Subscribe** so you never miss an episode!    Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theandreacannon [https://www.instagram.com/theandreacannon]  Subscribe to my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAndreaCannon [https://www.youtube.com/@TheAndreaCannon]

Ep. 53: She Lost Everything at 40 — Then Built a Real Estate Business From Zero with Kristin Boekhoff

What do you do when you lose your company, your savings, your apartment, and your job — all on your 40th birthday? For Kristin Boekhoff, the answer was to start over, reinvent herself as a single mom by choice, and build a thriving real estate investing business from the ground up. In this episode of the From Corporate to Cash Flow Podcast, hosts Andrea Cannon and Liz Schwab sit down with one of the most extraordinary guests to grace the show. --- **WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE:**  **[00:00 – 10:00]** Kristin's journey from PWC management consultant to NYU real estate master's graduate to VP managing $7 billion in real estate funds at Related Capital — by age 30.  **[10:00 – 14:00]** How a single Cornell lecture about global poverty led her to apply for a Fulbright Fellowship, quit her job, donate everything she owned to charity, and move to Bangladesh — a country she'd never visited.  **[14:00 – 19:00]** The hard truth about her eight-year project in Bangladesh: building an eco-resort, raising equity from the country's top businessmen, and ultimately losing everything when a key investor's wife died of brain cancer. What she learned about resilience, failure, and the real cost of education.  **[19:00 – 30:00]** Her path back to U.S. real estate, from commercial brokerage to a W-2 at a design-build firm, discovering the BRRRR strategy on BiggerPockets, and accidentally getting fired (and why she hugged the woman who let her go).  **[30:00 – 39:00]** The two habits that transformed her productivity as a full-time real estate investor: calendar time-blocking and building detailed SOPs from Day 1. Plus her buy box for fix-and-flip deals in Maryland and Central Florida. --- **KEY TAKEAWAYS:** - Don't wait until you have all the answers. Grit matters more than degrees. - Treat early losses as tuition, just don't bet your entire savings on your first deal. - If you have a W-2, don't get into flipping. Match your investment strategy to your time. - Save 10–20% of your income off the top before you do anything else. - Build SOPs from your very first deal — your future self (and your VAs) will thank you. --- Kristin is actively looking for:  Fix-and-flip deal flow in Baltimore County, Prince George County MD, and the Space Coast to Tampa corridor in Florida (ARV ~$650K, purchase at ~60% ARV)  Private money lenders for her flip properties ---  **From Corporate to Cash Flow** is hosted by Andrea Cannon and Liz Schwab — two pharmacists building time and financial freedom through real estate investing and lending while working their day jobs. Subscribe so you never miss an episode.  Leave us a review — it helps more people find the show! ---  Connect with Kristin:  Check out Kristin Boekhoff’s profile on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristinboekhoff [https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristinboekhoff] https://www.instagram.com/brightdoorhomes [https://www.instagram.com/brightdoorhomes]  https://www.tiktok.com/@brightdoorhomes [https://www.tiktok.com/@brightdoorhomes]  Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theandreacannon [https://www.instagram.com/theandreacannon]  Subscribe to my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAndreaCannon [https://www.youtube.com/@TheAndreaCannon]

Ep. 52: He Lost His W2 Mid-Deal — Then Made $31K and Never Looked Back with Trevor Hicks

Andrea Cannon   Mon, Apr 27, 3:06 PM (1 day ago)     to me       He was three months away from hitting 10 years of nonprofit service (close enough to qualify for public student loan forgiveness) when he got let go from his physical therapy job. He had one fix & flip deal in mid-progress, a partner he'd just met, and a $31,000 check waiting on the other side. That check changed everything. In this episode of From Corporate to Cash Flow, Andrea Cannon and Liz Schwab talk with Trevor Hicks — physical therapist, fix & flip investor, hard money lender, wedding photographer, and adventure retreat founder — about his fast-moving first year in real estate and what he's building next. What you'll learn in this episode:  How Trevor's first deal came together through Facebook Messenger rapport-building — and the $31K profit that lit the match  How he moved from transactional funding → fix & flip → hard money lending — and why he realized lenders make money even when flippers don't  How he pulled $100K out of the stock market and rolled old employer IRAs into a self-directed IRA to fund his lending business  His buy box for fix & flips in Central Florida and why he now limits lending geography to states he can drive to  The Savannah deal that went sideways — from lender to accidental owner, breaking even after 10 months  His 2026 goals: buy a business, 6+ flips, 10 hard money loans, and launch adventure retreats  The dream he and his wife are finally chasing: an outdoor wedding venue with on-site cabins, epic views, and no drunk driving  Bucket list: Havasu Falls hike, World Cup 2026 in Seattle (their 12-year anniversary trip), adventure retreats in Zion   Connect with Trevor: https://www.instagram.com/trevor_ryan7 [https://www.instagram.com/trevor_ryan7]  Fix & flip inquiries / capital: trevorAndrobert.com Adventure retreats: epicadventureretreat.com/zion [http://epicadventureretreat.com/zion]    Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theandreacannon [https://www.instagram.com/theandreacannon]  Subscribe to my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAndreaCannon [https://www.youtube.com/@TheAndreaCannon]

Ep 51: 50 Wraps a Year: The Creative Real Estate Strategy Banks Don’t Want You to Know - Gina Weibel

She's an engineer-turned-real-estate-investor who ran a music school and swimming school for 20 years and now she's buying subto properties and wrapping them in Florida at a pace of one deal per week. In this episode of From Corporate to Cash Flow, Andrea Cannon and Liz Schwab sit down with Gina Weibel, co-founder of Easy Dwell, to break down one of the most creative and legally bulletproof seller-finance structures in real estate today. What you'll learn in this episode:  How Easy Dwell acquires sub-to properties in Florida — and why they specifically target 3BR/2BA homes with PITI under $2,300  The Florida-specific LLC structure that replaces the traditional wraparound mortgage and eliminates the need to foreclose if a buyer defaults  The numbers: $250K–$350K home values, $20K–$25K average down payments, $700–$800/month cashflow per property  How their investment club model works: pool $500K, buy 8–10 homes, deliver 80% of cashflow + 20% of down payments back to investors (16% cash-on-cash in 2025)  The warning every real estate investor needs to hear: why incompetent operators are just as dangerous as malicious ones — and how to vet anyone you're considering investing with  Gina's unconventional productivity philosophy for ADHD-wired entrepreneurs: ditch time blocking and use an "intentions list" instead  Connect with Gina: https://www.instagram.com/easydwellhomes [https://www.instagram.com/easydwellhomes] https://www.instagram.com/gweibel [https://www.instagram.com/gweibel] Facebook: Gina Moyes Weibel  Email: acquisitions@easydwell.com [acquisitions@easydwell.com] , thisisginayes@gmail.com [thisisginayes@gmail.com]  Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theandreacannon [https://www.instagram.com/theandreacannon]  Subscribe to my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAndreaCannon [https://www.youtube.com/@TheAndreaCannon]

Ep. 50: She Parks Semi-Trucks for Passive Income, Here's How with Becky Plaza Peace

A college counselor and professor who moonlights as a semi-truck parking investor, land developer, and airport community dealmaker, Becky Plaza Peace is the definition of a compassionate capitalist. In this episode of From Corporate to Cash Flow, hosts Andrea Cannon and Liz Schwab sit down with Becky to unpack one of the most underrated, under-the-radar real estate niches you've probably never heard of: semi-truck parking facilities. Becky didn't start with a roadmap. She got into real estate when her husband was already investing, dove deep during COVID, discovered Bigger Pockets, found Pace Morby and Jamil Damji's community, and eventually had Pace point her out in front of 3,000 people at Squad Up Summit 2025 as the "self-storage go-to." That moment sent her down a rabbit hole that led her to semi-truck parking, and she hasn't looked back. In this episode, we discuss: - Semi-truck parking is a niche of self-storage with a low barrier to entry, you need flat land, gravel, fencing, lights, cameras, and bathroom facilities. - The ideal buy box: 10+ acres within 1 mile of a major highway or freeway. - California is a top semi-truck parking opportunity zone, a logistics hub with almost zero dedicated truck parking. - The 403(b) retirement account traps many educators, a self-directed IRA or solo 401(k) gives you far more investment flexibility. - "Compassionate capitalism" means building wealth in a way that also lifts others: Becky's mission is to help fellow educators get started in real estate. - The ADHD hack that Becky uses to balance a W2 and investing  Connect with Becky: https://www.instagram.com/BeckyPlazaPeace [https://www.instagram.com/BeckyPlazaPeace] https://www.youtube.com/ [https://www.youtube.com/] ⁨@beckyplazapeace⁩  [https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCDTE6M-Xyh6Atn_QIhUsTuA]  Email: BeckyPlazaPeace@outlook.com [BeckyPlazaPeace@outlook.com]  Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theandreacannon [https://www.instagram.com/theandreacannon]  Subscribe to my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAndreaCannon [https://www.youtube.com/@TheAndreaCannon]