Episode Summary

In this episode of Million Dollar Flip Flops, Rodric sits down with David Webb, better known as “The No Money Millionaire.”

David grew up in inner-city Detroit with a single mom on welfare, surrounded by people who believed you trade hours for dollars, hope for overtime, and pray it’s enough. No one talked about cash flow. No one modeled passive income.

Today, David buys real estate without using a dime of his own money and helps others break the mindset that says:

“I can’t do that. I don’t have the money. I don’t have the credit.”

He shares how he stumbled into his first two no-money deals, stayed stuck in old beliefs for a decade, and how one apartment building he refused to walk away from in 2020 changed everything.

If you’ve ever said, “That doesn’t work for people like me,” this episode is exactly the interruption you need.

🔑 In This Episode, You’ll Learn

•. How David went from inner-city Detroit & welfare to “The No Money Millionaire”

•. Why “I don’t have money/credit” is usually a mindset problem, not a money problem

•. The story of the apartment building in 2020 that forced him to figure out creative, no-money financing

•. Why going to the bank can be the worst way to fund your deals

•. How he helped a tenant go from “I’ll never own a home” to closing on a triplex with no money out of pocket

•. The Midwest hourly-wage mindset (Big Three culture, overtime, and car-payment math)

•. Why all-commission sales is often the bridge from employee → entrepreneur

• How thoughts, energy, and belief shape what you create in your life and business

•. The old-school book that changed his money mindset: The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace Wattles

•. David’s definition of success & why surrounding yourself with like-minded people matters

🕒Highlights & Timestamps

[00:00] – Early real estate & the 2020 turning point

Buying property since the mid-90s, making mistakes, reading books that all felt like “French”… until one apartment building he had to own forced him to figure out no-money financing.

[01:00] – Welcome to Million Dollar Flip Flops

Rodric sets the stage for business owners who want more freedom and time.

[01:30] – Who is David Webb?

David introduces himself as The No Money Millionaire, buying property without his own money and helping others fix their mindset.

[02:30] – Growing up in Detroit

Inner-city Detroit, single mom, public schools, welfare. No one owned homes, let alone talked about passive income.

[03:30] – Two no-money deals… and still stuck

Even after two deals with no money down, David kept chasing down payments, perfect credit, and tax returns because that’s all he’d ever been told.

[04:30] – The apartment building he refused to let go

2020: wanting one particular property so badly that he had to figure out creative financing. Once he solved that, the floodgates opened.

[05:30] – Rodric’s story: raising private money on a deadline

Rodric shares how a banker pulled out last minute, and he funded a deal with a simple promissory note and his network instead.

[06:30] – How to know if you need David’s help

If you’re still saying “this is BS” or “that doesn’t work for people like me,” you probably need a mindset reset. David tells the story of a tenant who believed he’d never own… and now owns a triplex with no money out of pocket.

[08:00] – The Big Three & the hourly mindset

Overtime, raises, and how many hours it takes to make a car payment. Why that mentality keeps people stuck for decades.

[09:30] – The ceiling of $40/hour

Massage therapy at $40/hr sounds great—until you realize you’re capped in income and wrecking your body.

[11:00] – All-commission sales & powerful...

What if you stopped living in fear, stopped buying the story you’ve been fed, and actually designed the life you want — on purpose?

In this episode, Rodric sits down with Dennis Meador (DM), a lifelong entrepreneur who now lives on an island in San Pedro, Belize, running a seven-figure business largely from his laptop.

Dennis has been in marketing for 30+ years, with over 22 years focused on the legal industry, and has built multiple businesses that don’t require him to be in the office, the country, or even the same continent.

They dig into:

1. How DM went from mowing lawns at 14 to building multi-million-dollar marketing machines
2. Why he stopped consuming mainstream media during the pandemic and never went back
3. The truth about nomadic living (hint: it’s often cheaper than your current life)
4. The mindset shift from “it must be nice for you” to “why not me?”
5. Burnout, breakdown, and how he rebuilt his life around pace, purpose, and presence

If you’ve ever thought “I’d love to live abroad / travel more / work from anywhere, but it’s impossible for me,” this episode is for you.

1. Why mindset is everything
2. How outliers choose not to live in fear, refuse to be “good employees” on autopilot, and instead design lives that fit them.
3. Born vs built entrepreneurship
4. DM’s take on being “natural born and trauma built,” and how early life experiences accelerated his entrepreneurial skill set.
5. How he designed an island lifestyle
6. The practical choices and business structures that let him live in Belize, travel Europe for months, and still grow his company.
7. The myth that nomadic living is expensive
8. Real numbers and examples: Airbnbs, trains, and why two SUVs at 8% interest often cost more than two months in Thailand.
9. Why most people are anchored by stuff
10. Going from big houses, storage units, and “the Joneses” to an 800 sq ft house on the beach and a goal of just a carry-on + backpack.
11. Media, fear, and your perception of reality
12. Why DM stopped consuming mainstream media, how constant negativity distorts your view of the world, and how to opt out.
13. How travel changes everything
14. From Romania to Belize – seeing communism through local eyes, understanding...

If LinkedIn still feels like “that place bankers go to hire people,” this episode will change how you see it.

Rodric sits down with Al Kushner, author of The AI LinkedIn Advantage, to break down how to use AI + LinkedIn together to save time, show up strategically, and position yourself as a thought leader — without living on the platform 24/7.

Al has been on LinkedIn for over 20 years. He’s watched it shift from stiff online résumé storage to a powerful professional social network where content, video, and personal branding actually matter.

They talk about how to optimize your profile, use AI to generate content ideas, newsletters, and video scripts, and how business owners, entrepreneurs, and job seekers can all use LinkedIn more intentionally to open doors and opportunities.

1. Why content is still king on LinkedIn
2. And how AI can help you generate article ideas, newsletter topics, and even scripts for short, engaging videos.
3. How to use AI to show up as a thought leader
4. Not to fake expertise, but to organize your ideas, polish your messaging, and stay consistent.
5. The foundation: your profile
6. Why your profile is your first impression, why it needs to be updated at least quarterly, and which sections matter most (headline, photo, banner, About, and more).
7. How business owners should really be thinking about LinkedIn
8. It’s not just for job seekers — it’s for prospecting, partnerships, recruiting, and credibility.
9. What The AI LinkedIn Advantage book will help you do
10. From choosing the right photos and headlines to using premium tools like Sales Navigator and doing strategic outreach.
11. Why being active matters more than being perfect
12. Posting, commenting, and engaging regularly beats having a “perfect” profile you never touch.
13. A simple mindset shift if you “hate LinkedIn”
14. How to see it as a tool to showcase your real-world abilities and connect with real humans, not just a place to upload your résumé.

(Times are approximate and based on the flow of the conversation.)

[00:00] Content is king (especially on LinkedIn)

Al opens with why content drives everything on LinkedIn — and how AI can brainstorm article ideas, draft newsletter content, and write scripts for the videos LinkedIn loves.

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Episode Summary

In this episode, Rodric sits down with entrepreneur and former teacher Billy Sammons, founder of Live Local Warm Marketing, to talk about ditching cold leads and building a business on relationships instead.

Billy shares how a simple decision to film a free commercial for a local brewery turned into a repeatable strategy for meeting business owners, becoming the “mini mayor” of his town, and growing his business for 16+ years without buying leads or getting yelled at on cold calls at 9am.

They dig into why builders and other local pros can’t afford to just sit in their trucks waiting for million-dollar jobs to fall from the sky, how to become the person everyone in your town knows and trusts, and why old-school human connection is about to matter even more in an AI-saturated world.

You’ll also hear Billy’s simple 3-step warm marketing framework, his barebones video setup, and a powerful conversation about burnout, time, and only saying yes to opportunities you’d be willing to do tomorrow.

In This Episode, You’ll Learn

• Why Billy walked away from cold leads after one week and built his business through warm, local relationships instead.
• How a free commercial for a local brewery became the blueprint for Live Local Warm Marketing.
• The power of serving business owners first so they open their audiences up to you.
• How builders and other pros can stop “doing nothing” for marketing and start attracting ideal clients locally.
• Billy’s simple 3-question framework for warm marketing: who you need to meet, how you can add value, and what they actually need.
• The minimal tech setup for effective local video: phone, tripod, and lapel mic.
• Why handwritten notes, lunches, and “hand-to-hand combat” will always beat passive social media alone.
• How to think about burnout, boundaries, and time so you can keep adding value without working yourself into the ground.
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Highlights & Timestamps

[02:30] Who is Billy Sammons and what is Live Local Warm Marketing?

Billy introduces himself and explains how he teaches entrepreneurs to grow with warm marketing instead of cold leads, paid lists, and miserable cold calls.

[03:40] The brewery commercial that started it all

Billy shares his “superhero origin story”: a new local brewery, a free commercial, and how that one act of generosity turned into more videos, more relationships, and a thriving referral network.

[04:50] From growing an audience to serving business owners

Billy realizes that the real niche isn’t just building his own audience—it’s meeting business owners, giving them something valuable, and letting their audiences discover him in return.

[05:45] Builders doing “nothing” for leads

Rodric talks about home builders who spend $0 on marketing, sit in their trucks waiting for million-dollar jobs, and then wonder why they don’t have leads. They riff on simple lead magnets, real value, and how warm marketing fits in.

[07:45] Case study: becoming the preferred builder for a big employer

Rodric shares a client example: a builder who approached a major trucking company to become the preferred builder for their C-suite. Billy breaks down why it’s smart and how he’d think about adding value to larger companies.

[09:30] Finding pain points and adding value (including short-term rentals)

They brainstorm ways builders can help with relocation, short-term housing, and solving real problems for big employers—then tying that into permanent home builds.

[10:30] Where do you start if you’re overwhelmed?

Billy walks through a starting point using real estate as an example: lenders, title companies, breweries, bakeries, charities, schools, and other local...

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In this powerful conversation, Holly Porter shares the near-death experience that completely rewired her life, business, and beliefs.

After 70 days in the hospital with COVID, multiple intubations, sepsis, and a trach, she left her body, visited what she calls “the stadium,” met an entity in the in-between, and came back with a simple but life-altering message: “Love them where they’re at.”

Holly and Rodric explore what happens when your definition of success shifts from hustle and achievement to happiness, purpose, and service—and how to actually live that in business.

• [00:00] Meet Holly – mom of 8, 19 grandkids & serial entrepreneur Holly introduces herself, her family, and her long history of running multiple businesses with her “calm to my storm” husband.
• [05:00] 70 days in the hospital: COVID, sepsis, trach & the edge of death. Holly walks through how a “perfectly healthy” woman ended up with a 70-day hospital stay, two intubations, and life-threatening infections.
• [07:30] Out-of-body, spiritual experiences & the full NDE She explains the three types of experiences—out-of-body, spiritual transformative (STE), and classic near-death—and how she had all of them.
• [10:30] The stadium of souls, angelic music & telepathic conversations Holly describes being rolled through the hospital in her bed, suddenly arriving in an enormous stadium full of floating souls, blinding light, and music from all directions.
• [13:30] The life review & two clear instructions from God Holly only sees the “good” in her life review and is given two specific assignments:
• Don’t partner with a billionaire-backed software company (even though it would be “faster”).
• Start a nonprofit called Adventure Bucket Wish—with no mission yet, just the name.
• [17:00] The in-between, the entity named Darby & why she felt “kidnapped”. Through hypnosis, Holly revisits her NDE and meets an entity in the in-between who wanted her light. She realizes this is why she came back feeling kidnapped—and why she kept spelling “KIDNAP” to her sister on the alphabet board.
• [20:30] 11 leaves, 11 roots & the language of symbols. How the tree in her software logo and the rose quartz hearts in her nonprofit gift bags later revealed themselves as confirmations of her experience (and the 11:11 thread that runs through her life).
• [24:30] Two years of “hell” after the hospital & the lesson of loving people where they are. Holly openly shares the darkest season that followed—family turmoil, long COVID, PTSD—and the single message from God that changed everything: “Love them where they’re at.”
• [28:30] Rebuilding business: retreats, software, and a redefined mission. Holly explains Retreat R & R, her retreat leader software and concierge brand, and how she shifted the nonprofit’s mission when she got the clear download that long COVID was no longer her path.
• [31:00] Purpose, money & philanthropy Rodric and Holly talk about making money to do good—how building, scaling, and selling businesses can fund philanthropy rather than ego, and why both of them are obsessed with impact over...

In this episode, Rodric sits down with entrepreneur, speaker, and financial literacy coach Angela Goodman to unpack the truth behind “money problems.”

Angela shares the hard-won lessons from leaving corporate HVAC, surviving (and choosing to exit) the restaurant world, and coaching business owners who are great at their craft but broke on paper.

They dig into discernment, boundaries, self-worth, and communication—and why most entrepreneurs don’t actually have money problems… they have people problems and self-valuation problems.

You’ll also hear about fearless experimentation (including cutting into a dream hot rod to learn welding), human design, and why you wouldn’t desire the thing if you weren’t capable of doing the thing.

• Why Angela walked away from corporate America and bought a restaurant she’d “never do again.”
• How short-term rentals, multifamily, and restaurants can make you question humanity—and what those experiences taught her about boundaries.
• The link between communication, self-worth, and cash flow (and why it’s almost never “just the money”).
• How to become radically picky about clients and partnerships—and why Angela tests people before they know they’re being tested.
• Rodric’s Four Futures framework and the moment you hit “no more” and never go back.
• The real cost of refusing to invest in help, even when you’re leaving millions on the table.
• What human design and spiritual work have to do with business, money, and why you’re on earth.
• A simple but powerful reframe from Channel Panel:
• “You wouldn’t desire to do the thing if you weren’t capable of doing the thing.”

Angela describes herself as “just a girl from Virginia,” but the resume is a little bigger than that:

• Started in commercial HVAC, one of the few women in the industry.
• Climbed into leadership managing large teams and a $25M business.
• Left corporate to buy into a restaurant franchise, grinding 24/7, surviving COVID, and ultimately choosing to exit.
• Invested in multifamily and other ventures that taught her hard lessons about partners, discernment, and trusting the wrong people.
• Today she works with business owners on financial literacy, communication, and culture, helping them stop being “poor entrepreneurs” and start running profitable companies aligned with who they really are.

You’ll find her speaking to rooms of accountants, trades, and entrepreneurs on money, leadership, and communication—then heading off to Antarctica and beyond for bucket-list adventures.

00:00 – Antarctica, Easter Island & Lifetime Trips

Rodric and Angela open with travel talk: Antarctica, Machu Picchu, Easter Island, tennis majors, and why Angela wants to go where nobody else has been.

03:23 – “I’m Just a Girl from Virginia” – Angela’s Origin Story

Angela shares how she went from commercial HVAC to buying a restaurant franchise, and why she’s now exiting to focus on helping business owners “figure out their sh*t.”

06:36 – Restaurants, Airbnbs & Questioning Humanity

They compare war stories: restaurant guests, short-term rentals, multifamily tenants… and how certain businesses can make you seriously rethink how much you like people.

08:49 – Learning Discernment the Hard Way

Angela talks about bad partnerships, being owed hundreds of thousands of dollars, and realizing she trusted the wrong people....

Ryan Fahey (pronounced “Foy”) — consultant, speaker, and author of four books helping educators launch and scale as entrepreneurs.

Big ideas & highlights

• Authentic > algorithmic: why clear opinions outperform beige, AI-generated content.
• The “last 20%” of growth: being fully yourself so the right people follow.
• Teachers → founders: turning buried skills into offers, pricing with confidence.
• Speaking starter kit: assets to collect before chasing stages.
• “Add value daily”: the habit that compounds in life and business.
• Impact beyond the balance sheet—and why sticking around wins the long game

Timestamps / chapters

• 00:00 – Cold open, baseball talk, PEI & Blue Ridge vibes
• 03:55 – Who is Ryan Fahey? Dad, husband, entrepreneur, speaker, author
• 05:40 – Authenticity as the growth unlock (“the last 20%”)
• 07:50 – AI everywhere vs. human voice; why 1 real video beats 100 clones
• 09:25 – “Don’t be the mayor of vanilla town”: have an opinion, repel & attract
• 11:45 – Niche & offers: helping educators become entrepreneurs
• 14:45 – Humble pricing, buried skills, and making the leap efficiently
• 16:50 – Should you write the book first? Sequencing brand → book for lift
• 17:55 – Speaking: assets, testimonials, and building your page
• 18:40 – First stage stories and the virtual keynote era
• 21:33 – Listener chain: “What keystone habits make you unstoppable?”
• 22:15 – Impact goals that don’t show up on a P&L
• 23:53 – Rodric on service, time studies, and keeping energy-rich work

Ryan Fahey Quotes:

• “Don’t be the mayor of vanilla town.”
• “People follow real people. One piece of you beats 100 pieces of fake you.”
• “If you add value daily, the market will reward you over time.”
• “Most teachers already have the skills— they’re just buried.”
• “Stick around long enough and you win the long game.”

Resources & mentions

• Ryan’s site: faheyconsulting.org
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fahey-consulting/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wellnessrf88/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wellnessrf
• Rodric’s foundation: Send a Student Leader Abroad (SASLA)
• EF Tours (context around student travel)
• Books referenced: Robin Sharma

Housekeeping

• Ryan’s question for the next guest: “What keystone habits make you unstoppable?”
• Pronunciation note: Fahey = “Foy.”

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Ready to transform your business and your life while making a difference? Grab your copy of *Million Dollar Flip Flops*—the ultimate guide to creating a life and business that feels just as good as it looks. And here’s the best part: 100% of the proceeds go directly to our foundation, Send a Student Leader Abroad, with a goal of sending 1,000,000...

Scott Kelly, founder/CEO of Black Dog Venture Partners, shares 30 years of lessons helping tech and consumer brands fund, sell, and scale.

We dig into why “sales is a lost art,” why your network is your real funding source, and how to build relationships that lead to opportunities.

Plus: keystone habits, outworking 21-year-olds at 61, and why you should love practice as much as the game.

• 0:00 Meet Scott Kelly — exits, accelerators, and why he never really “retired”
• 2:42 What success actually looks like (solve problems, create opportunities)
• 4:13 Sweet spot: early-stage tech & CPG; why sales often fixes everything
• 5:00 The lost art of asking for the sale (and handling “no”)
• 6:37 Stop doing $5/hr tasks when you’re paid for $500/hr outcomes
• 8:02 “Wozniak & Jobs” — know your lane; if you can’t sell, hire it
• 8:45 Learn the ratios: leads → calls → closes (practice, not theory)
• 9:55 Investor-readiness: your pitch, story, questions, & live “VC Fast Pitch” reps
• 11:25 Follow-up matters: most wins happen on touches 5–6+
• 11:45 Money is in your list: coffees > cold banks; DM your “couch money”
• 12:24 Daily relationship reps: LinkedIn to real conversations; 100 lunches challenge
• 13:49 Don’t pitch-slap investors on first contact; relationships first
• 13:57 Old school still works: direct mail & handwritten notes that close deals
• 15:26 Keystone habit: “obscene work ethic” — love the grind, love the practice
• 17:29 Parting advice: never stop learning, be confident & humble, don’t give up

• “Sales is a lost art. Ask for the money—and be okay hearing ‘no.’”
• “Stop doing $5/hour tasks when you’re paid to produce $500/hour outcomes.”
• “Relationships lead to opportunity. Don’t pitch-slap on the first message.”
• “If you can’t sell, be honest—find someone who can.”
• “Love the practice as much as the game.”

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• Rodric’s books: Million Dollar Flip Flops and The Magnet, The Method and The Machine
• Send a Student Leader Abroad (SASLA) — 100% of book profits support the mission

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