Grant Sabatier, the bestselling author of Financial Freedom, returns to the show for the third time to talk all about entrepreneurship.

Inside the episode we cover:

* How to come up with business ideas
* What makes a successful entrepreneur
* Why 9/10 small businesses fail
* Grant's perfect business formula
* Growing, scaling, and marketing a business
* The biggest mistakes made by entrepreneurs
* Following your passion vs. following the money

and so much more.

Grant's latest book, Inner Entrepreneur, is a fantastic resource for anyone looking to advance in business.

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Links from The Episode

* Inner Entrepreneur
* GrantSabatier.com
* Grant's Community
* Grant's Instagram
* Grant's First Appearance on The FI Show

YouTube Interview
https://youtu.be/dw5pxLC7CYQ
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Today we bring you our first episode since Justin hit the road on his six-month journey across Asia and Europe.

Luckily, Justin loves documenting the numbers so you'll get the most in-depth breakdown of expenses you could hope for.

Listen in to see how he's living it up in paradise for $55/day.

That number includes accommodation, restaurants, groceries, gyms, activities, government fees, random purchases...literally everything.

Here's a high-level breakdown for Justin's half of the first 37 days expenses:

* Transportation: $305
* Accommodation: $590
* Activities: $838
* Restaurants: $134
* Groceries: $82
* Gov Fees: $32
* Misc: $20
* Gym: $51

That's only $2k for 37 days!

Some highlight activities include:

* 4 day/3 night island hopping tour
* Mount Batur sunrise jeep excursion
* 10-hour private driver tour
* So many beaches and waterfalls
* Three separate hour-plus massages
* Three additional days of boat tours in the Phillippines
* and more

Want all the data?

Check out Justin's detailed spreadsheet

We hope you enjoyed this in-depth check-in and look forward to periodically bringing you these over the next few months.

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Links from The Episode

* Traveling the World for $46/day
* Justin's Detailed Trip Expenses
* Justin's Substack (to follow along with his travels)

YouTube Interview
Video coming soon...
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Dustin Heiner returns to the show after a long 5 years to share what he's been up to since his last appearance (a lot!).

We discuss

* His recent 355-unit apartment building and multiple hotel acquisitions
* How he's built a podcasting network
* His fast-growing real estate conference
* His daily and weekly routine and how he balances work and life
* What it really takes to build passive income

And so much more.

Dustin's goal is to help 1,000,000 people start investing in real estate, and he's already made huge progress.

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Links from The Episode

* REWBCon (Use code "Cody" for 10% off)
* Dustin's Free Real Estate Investing Course
* Dustin's Instagram
* Dustin's YouTube
* Master Passive Income
* Dustin's First Appearance on The FI Show

YouTube Interview
https://youtu.be/5ok7JGOhVwE
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Today we bring you our goals for 2025 along with some upcoming changes to the podcast.

Every year, we like to map out some of our goals and what we aim to accomplish.

We break these down into the following categories:

* Money/Finance
* Fitness
* Family/Relationship
* Other

Some examples of Cody's goals include:

* Doubling down on what works for business and finance
* Completing an Ironman
* Cutting out bad relationships and doubling down on good ones
* Completing the build for his "forever" home

Some of Justin's Goals include:

* Running a sub-22-min 5k and completing a half-marathon
* Simplifying the investment account sprawl
* Coming away from his trip with a short list of slow travel locations
* Writing more

In the episode, you'll get the full breakdown of all the goals and why some of these are the focus for 2025.

We hope you enjoyed this goal-setting episode and are inspired to make some big moves in 2025.

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Links from The Episode

* Traveling the World for $46/day
* 2023 Recap and 2024 Goals

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Today we bring you a Christmas special of sorts.

The 12 money lessons as a play on the 12 days of Christmas.

These are some of the most foundational takeaways we've realized during our financial journey.

We truly believe if you master these lessons, you'll have a clear path to hitting your money goals.
12 Money Lessons We Cover:

Retirement is a number, not an age

4% rule or cash flow method




Your first investment should be in yourself

$10K toward self-betterment will likely go a lot further than it will in the S&P or RE at the beginning of your journey




Compound interest is insane 

Investing $500 a month from 25 - 45 and then stopping will give you ~$1M in retirement at 65. Investing $1,000 a month from 45-65 will give you only $500,000. Start Early.




The 80/20 of spending

Focusing on the “big 3” (housing, transportation, food) will do way more for you than penny-pinching in other categories




There’s no “right way” to reach financial independence

If someone tells you the X is the only way, they’re lying or trying to sell you something. Can be done via index funds, RE, corporate job, digital products, etc.




Action > Information

You will learn way more by actually doing the thing, than reading books, listening to podcasts, or watching YouTube videos about it.
Now is not a bad time to start

Almost anytime you look back 4 years at investing you’ll wish you would have bought even more which is just a sure sign that if you feel like you need to wait to invest, you’re probably wrong






Do the experience

You’ll probably never regret the money spent on a memorable activity with friends and family




It’s not about the money

Yes, you’ll need to focus on money for a while and build up a nest egg but it the end the money is just a tool to give you the freedom to focus on the things you really care about, it’s not about lavishness or material obsession. Saving up a ton of money doesn’t make you a greedy person




Don’t make a plan, make a contract

Investing will have turbulence and that’s when people are most likely to make bad decisions. This happens when we let our emotions get involved. Instead of making a general plan, make some hard contractual-type promises with yourself so that when times get tough, you don’t even consider making rash decisions




You’ll adjust to anything

This can be an advantage or disadvantage. The advantage is that you can live a lifestyle very different to others and find that you can still reach a very high level of happiness. The disadvantage comes when we have lifestyle inflation and our spending keeps increasing but the novelty wears off and we don’t feel any different but our spending has increased dramatically




You can’t know where to go,  if you don’t know where you are

Getting an accurate state of your finances and spending is critical. You don’t have to fixate on creating a budget right away but definitely track your spending with extreme accuracy for a few months so you have real data to work with
It’s not about how much you make, it’s about how much you keep (there are people making $200k living paycheck to paycheck, and people making $50k saving 50%)




Be informed

I try not to tell people what they can and can’t spend money on,