Rat Race To Fi Podcast

Diego Corzo and Felipe Mejia have a great conversation with Stacey Johnson, and dig into her story that started in Hawaii, then California,  and back to Hawaii. She shares how she worked 80 hrs a week as an  engineer and began flipping real estate part time. She speaks about her  wins but also her major loss of 30k on her first deal.  

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On this episode real estate investors, Felipe Mejia and Diego Corzo   discuss lessons learned in the Limitless Financial Independence Expo.  They dive into topics such as : 

- Head space and multiplying yourself to scale your business faster.   

- Time Blocking and being present in the moment 

- Time debt, over extending yourself, and not saying yes to evertthing 

- Having Plans, and Goals -v...

Henry Washington began his real estate investment journey 4 years ago.  He bought his first unit with only $1000 in savings in his account, and  getting creative with a 401K fund. Henry now has accumulated over 70  units in his portfolio and has scaled his business to include educating  others through courses, masterminds and the social media.   

To get in touch with Henry Washington , follow him on In...

Real estate investors Robert and Ayoka began their journey in New York City as wholesalers. Later they made the decision to move to Chattanooga Tennessee where they started as wholesalers and then moved on to buy and hold units, building their portfolio to 24 doors in a short amount of time. 

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Emelyn Fernandez is a Dominican Republic native turned New York native.  She immigrated to the United States over 17 years ago speaking no  English and having very little. She went to a high school with over  5,000 students and while she had a lot of “hallway friends,” she focused  on her classes and did her thing.

When it came time to apply to  college, the harsh realities of being an undocumented...

We feature yet again one of our very own Rat Race To FI Mastermind  members Anton Zherelyev (refer to Show #20). In this episode, we delve  deeper into his Rat Race To FI journey and what he’s been up to in the  last nine months since our first episode together.  It all started with an Instagram Live which led to a mastermind call  which led to wholesaling which led to a cold caller business. Going forward,...

Updates on your host Felipe Mejia and Diego Corzo. What are they up to  in Q2 of 2022? They also share some tips on investing in real estate  during a shifting market where interest rates are rising. 

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Matt King is David Osborn’s right hand man, working as his COO and chief of staff. He’s lived in Austin, Texas for the last seven years, partly thanks to our very own Diego Corzo. But before financial freedom, multiple businesses, and entrepreneurship, Matt came from humble beginnings.

Born and raised to a middle class family, Matt grew up with his parents pretty much working their whole lives. Because of that, he learned early on ...

Born and raised in East Bay, California, Xavier Marin was a timid, shy  kid. And if that wasn’t bad enough, he was also on the heavy side.  Growing up, he had struggled with self worth, identity, and confidence.

Fast  forward to college, he was thrown into the ocean and met people from  all over with all sorts of different backgrounds. He learned very  quickly that it was up to him to become who h...

Connections, Partnerships, and Survival with Sebastian Rodriguez

Born  and raised in Columbia, Sebastian Rodriguez immigrated to the US seven  years ago when he was 25 years old. Coming from the banking industry  back home, he was a nobody here. So what started out as dreams of  becoming a Wall Street stockbroker quickly became a reality of  bartending, bussing, and waiting in Miami, Fl.

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Born and raised in Southwest Kansas, Trista Brown Priest is a third generation cattle farmer. Coming from a very small town, she went to school with all the same people, all 19 of them.

So naturally, wrapping up high school, she had aspirations to settle down in some bigshot city and never come back. Sure enough, she graduated college with an MBA in 2008 and couldn’t get hired for the very degree she had just spent the last couple ...

Born and raised in White Plains, New York, Ali Garced grew up in a diverse family as a second generation immigrant child. And that allowed her very unique experiences in life. She witnessed the back breaking work her parents went through in order to support her and her sister. And because of that, she felt that she owed it to them not to drop the ball for the next generation.

While a rebellious teenager, she never got into too much...

We welcome back Episode #48 featured guest, Jason Drees, to delve deeper  into his story and how he became the man he is today.  Above and beyond helping someone achieve their goals, Jason is a  performance coach who helps individuals achieve their maximum potential  by removing their resistance to success.  Jason was in technology sales since the 90s and did that for over two  decades. And up until th...

After a full stint in college, Jacqueline Marshall basically got her  degree and had nothing to show for it. There was no career or million  dollar job waiting for her on the other side. Not really knowing any  better, she bought a cafe and learned how to run it after attending two  years in the school of hard knocks.

Her partnership dissolved and  she went back to school to be a dental hygienist. ...

Born and raised in Miami, Florida, and son of two Cuban refugees Michael Castano was an only child and an introverted one at that. Wasn’t all that into sports, but he was a math and science whiz, he took after his father.

Growing up with very little, Michael learned naturally the importance of money management and through mentorship with teachers, was able to get admitted into MIT. While he was pushed by his family to become a lawy...

We welcome back Episode 25 guest Naaman Taylor and Episode 27 guest  Diana Oceguera.  Since the last time they’ve appeared on the show, they have since become  leaders in their own respective Microtribes, Diana for short term  rentals (AirBNB) and Naaman for wholesalers.  Yet, one of the important things to note in this episode is that neither  Naaman nor Diana were born-entrepreneurs  or inherite...

Zasha Smith, Hawaii born and raised, didn’t really have a whole lot  going for her growing up on the island. Sure, the culture was great, but  other than that, there wasn’t much else to experience. So naturally,  going into grade school and even college, she got by doing the bare  minimum.  But the trajectory of her life really began to shift for the better when  she developed a mentor relationship wit...

New York born and raised, Atlanta turned investor Cristina Mineo  grew up as a quiet, shy kid in school who put her head down, worked  diligently, and did what was required to succeed.

Even in  college, the story was more of the same. And it was around this time she  met her would be husband not too long after. Because of the lifestyle  differences and demands, Cristina knew early on that her “norm...

Growing up, Tiffany Hendricks was a daughter of someone who flipped real estate. But of course, she didn’t really know any better. She just understood it as dad’s work and I helped out.

One thing she did know, however, was how big of a life she wanted to live. She always told herself that she’d be a millionaire and nothing short of that. So clearly, it was just a matter of time until real estate crossed her path again.

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