Welcome to the third episode of Military Spouse to Millionaire! Today's episode I openly talk about my career in the real estate industry and how much money I make. I discuss the good and the bad, pulling back the curtain on what it's like to actually be a real estate agent. Everyone these days wants to be a real estate agent, think you could hack it? Listen to this first!

In this episode we will cover:

• 1:00 Episode 3 Begins
• 4:38 My business model and the type of clients I specifically work with.
• 7:26 Getting into depth about my commission.
• 11:32 Reasons people say they want to be a realtor.
• 13:34 Not all agents operate the way I do and how I've become a top producing agent.
• 14:30 There is no work life balance.
• 16:01 Breaking down the hours I spend on a single transaction.
• 19:04 If you want to set your own schedule this is not the career for you.
• 19:16 In year one, 75% of realtors fail in their first year.
• 21:24 An example of what my day looks like.
• 23:32 Having that level of confiendence and knowledge in the market is not easy.
• 23:50 That's just realtor work, but there's more...
• 25:18 Real estate agent work is just not acurately represented in media, online, or on tv.
• 27:12 That passion is what sees you through.
• 27:40 The rewarding feeling I get and my favorite part of doing my job.

Connect with me:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pcstohawaii/

Website: https://www.findinghomepcs.com/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@findinghome-hawaii6733

Welcome to the second episode of the Military Spouse to Millionaire Podcast! I’ve already promised that this is where I get real, raw, and transparent. Today’s episode proves that I’m a woman of my word. What I’m sharing is not Instagram-worthy or pretty by any means, but it’s going to help you learn a major lesson that I wish I had known sooner.

I’m spilling the details about the biggest mistake that I have made in my real estate career to date. This was a messy and painful experience that’s still pretty fresh, but I’m finally ready to share the details. Join me in pulling back the curtain as I dish out the bullshit and give you pointers on what to avoid when scaling your business.

In this episode, we’ll cover:

• 2:03 - Why you need to triple-think who you give power to in your business.

• 8:35 - Getting your real estate license isn’t what most people think it is.

• 9: 45 - How I began working with my ex-business partner.

• 12:05 - The first mistake I made with my ex-business partner.

• 14:50 - When I decided to fire her.

• 15:25 - How I lost clients because of my mistakes.

• 18:35 - Why I regret not educating my clients about my partner’s role in the business.

• 20:00 - The financial aspects of my mistake.

• 22:15 - How I split profit from transactions when I shouldn’t have.

• 27:45 - How I shot myself in the foot trying with my broker and my ex-business partner.

• 31:00 - Why this mistake is important for business owners in any industry to know.

• 38:50 - How I thought all of my partner’s eggs were in the Finding Home basket.

• 40:20 - The first red flag my ex-partner showed me.

• 43:05 - What she did to make me realize she was checked out.

• 48:50 - When I realized it was time to sever my relationship with her.

• 52:38 - My real estate warning for you.

• 54:10 - Why you should be proud of your own accomplishments.

• 54:38 - I share my biggest takeaway from the whole experience.

Connect with me:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pcstohawaii/

Website: https://www.findinghomepcs.com/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@findinghome-hawaii6733

Welcome to the Military Spouse to Millionaire Podcast! I am so excited to finally bring this podcast to you and launch it out in the world. This has been a long-time-coming dream of mine, and after struggling to get it off the ground for fear of it not being “perfect,” here I am, jumping in and doing it, because I have important things to say that I need people like you to hear!

As a military spouse, realtor, and self-made millionaire, I’m here to help you learn how to do the MOST with your military entitlements while you’re active duty so you can set yourself up for success and generational wealth in the future. This is a podcast where I’ll be spilling the good, the bad, the ugly, and everything in between when it comes to real estate and military life. Join me for this episode where I’m sharing who I am and why the hell you should listen to me!

In this episode, we’ll cover:

• 01:05 - Welcome to the Military Spouse to Millionaire Podcast.

• 02:35 - Who shouldn’t waste their time listening in.

• 05:17 - How I’m using this podcast platform to show up unapologetically.

• 07:30 - How you can invest the money you make as a military family in a smart way.

• 08:20 - Who should listen in and what I’m going to help you with and teach you.

• 10:15 - My passion for real estate, especially for military families.

• 11:55 - Who I am and why you should listen to me.

• 12:10 - The beginning of our story buying a house in 2009 in Fort Carson, Colorado.

• 16:15 - Owning the place where you make your memories is different from renting it.

• 17:03 - Our opportunity to move to Germany in 2012.

• 17:55 - Our first entry into being landlords and renting out our Colorado house.

• 20:18 - How we bought our 2nd home in Fort Carson.

• 20:44 - Our opportunity to move to Hawaii and extend for 3 years.

• 21:43 - Why we sold our 2 single-family Colorado homes to free up our VA entitlement and buy a house in Hawaii.

• 22:14 - How much we made selling our homes.

• 23:28 - What finally snapped inside of me about using your VA loan to invest in homes and property.

• 24:45 - Being educated on the benefit of putting no money down on a home as a military family.

• 24:52 - The start of my real estate career and helping military spouses.

• 27:20 - What came from my 6 month hiatus with no business.

• 28:12 - When I closed my first transaction and how it changed our lives.

• 29:00 - The foundation of helping military families find a home.

• 29:40 - How nervous I was about the housing market in Hawaii when we moved here.

• 30:40 - Building our property portfolio.

• 31:45 - Realizing that passive income through rental properties is the way.

• 32:14 - Short term sacrifice for long term gains.

• 32:55 - The difference between the wealthy and the middle class.

• 33:25 - Why on-post housing will NEVER make you any money.

• 34:55 - My goal of educating you on real estate and investing the smart way.

• 37:04 - What you can expect coming up next on the podcast.