Why Your 3% Raise Is Keeping You Poor

Why Your 3% Raise Is Keeping You Poor

After 150+ episodes, I'm launching a new chapter. In this one I share why my "successful" W-2 life and a solid rental portfolio still left a gap and why my wife Andrea and I sold properties to build a $10M assisted living development. This is the launch of Own Your Upside: how I'm building in parallel, 20 minutes a day, until the day job becomes a choice instead of a requirement.

The Real Estate Crisis Nobody's Talking About (Until It's Too Late)

Most real estate investors are chasing cash flow. We're building for a problem that's about to reshape the country. My wife Andrea and I left a portfolio of single-family rentals to develop two luxury assisted living and memory care homes in Houston. The reason is simple: the population is aging far faster than we have the capacity to care for them, and once you see that gap, you can't unsee it. In this conversation, recorded at Michael Zuber's One Rental at a Time event with Matt the Lumberjack Landlord, we get into: — Why we walked away from traditional rentals for ground-up senior care development — The lease-to-operator strategy that bridged us from rentals into this space — How we de-risked a first-time eight-figure development through zoning, market analysis, and team — The bank that pulled out five days after we closed our raise, and what we did next — Why we believe this asset class will endure whatever the market does If you're a W2 professional looking for a path with real demand behind it, this is the thesis in full. EVERWOOD RESERVE everwoodreserve.com

How We Built a $9.4M Project Before Quitting Our Jobs

Most people quit their W2 to start building. We did it the other way around. My wife Andrea and I raised $2.8M, broke ground on a $9.4M senior care development, and built our entire team before I ever handed in my notice. This is what the Parallel Build actually looks like in practice. In this conversation: - How we went from 8 single-family rentals to a $9.4M ground-up development with no prior development experience - The team architecture that made a first-time eight-figure project lendable - What the $2.8M capital raise really looked like, including the bank that pulled out five days after we closed - How Andrea and I aligned our vision as a couple on a project this size - What it actually feels like to build something at this scale when the math is against you If you're a W2 professional trying to build something real on the side, this is the full arc.

Your Investment Goals Keep Stalling (And How to Fix It)

You’re ambitious. You want to build wealth. Maybe that means buying your first rental property, launching a business, or pursuing a bigger project. But here’s the reality most high-performing professionals face. Your calendar is already full. Between work, family, and everything else life demands, there’s never a clean block of time where you can just “focus on the big thing.” So most people stay stuck in planning mode. They read books. Listen to podcasts. Analyze deals. But the big projects never actually move forward. Today I’m going to show you the quarterly planning system I use to make meaningful progress on big projects without burning out or sacrificing the parts of life that matter most.

The Real Bottleneck Keeping You From Your First Real Estate Deal

You've read the books. You've watched the videos. You've run the numbers on deals you never made offers on. And you're still at zero properties.The bottleneck isn't knowledge - it's that you're not having enough high-trust conversations with the right people. In this episode, Dave (host of the Property Profits Real Estate podcast and 2,000+ episode veteran) breaks down how a simple, structured 20-minute conversation can open doors that years of studying never will. Including how one of his clients turned 260 conversations into 80 new investors on their roster.If you're a busy professional stuck in research mode wondering why you haven't made your first move yet — this one's for you. 00:00 Intro04:09 Podcasting Reality Check05:50 Podcast Closing Breakthrough09:24 Monetize Without Huge Audience11:02 Host The Guest First14:13 Podcast Time And Team16:51 Set Goals And Strategy21:59 Attention And Speaking Skills23:40 Three Part Trust System26:51 Post Interview Soft Pitch30:29 Results And Reciprocity32:16 Wrap Up And Contact