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What if you could invest alongside a mastermind — with just $5,000?

Scott Meyers welcomes Brian Davis, co-founder of Spark Rental, to dive deep into the world of passive investing.

Brian shares his winding journey from subprime mortgages to building an investment club that democratizes real estate deals, giving everyday investors access to big-league opportunities.

Together, they explore risk, reward, due diligence, international living, geo-arbitrage, and the lessons hard-earned from surviving 2008.

This conversation will challenge how you think about wealth building — and maybe even make you want to book that one-way ticket abroad.

WHAT TO LISTEN FOR

1:02 – From Psychology Major to Hard Money Lender

3:13 – How 2008 Wiped Out My Job and Portfolio

6:59 – Inside the Spark Rental Investment Club

15:22 – Expat Life: Abu Dhabi, Brazil, and Beyond

24:20 – Why Sponsor Risk Trumps Market Risk

35:24 – How 50 Investors Spot What One Might Miss

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This is a Replay of an episode first published in November 2023.

Rick Gibson made his living successfully as a lawyer for nearly four decades. But it was a noteworthy book that made the case for him to think about investing.

Rich Dad, Poor Dad.

That book inspired Rick to leave corporate America and form an investing team with his sons in real estate.

Today Gibson's portfolio includes mobile home parks and storage facilities, which he was able to grow and sell to a real estate investment trust.

And along the way Rick has come to see the importance of community in the self-storage industry, highlighting the value of Scott’s mastermind group in providing resources and support.

WHAT TO LISTEN FOR

4:16 The Role of Family and Legacy in Business

10:30 The Importance of Community and Networking

18:16 Adapting and Thriving Through Economic Cycles

21:16 Leveraging Experience and Collaboration for Success

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ABOUT RICK GIBSON

Rick was a lawyer by trade in the St Louis area for 37 years. As an investor, his family business owns 80 single family rentals, six mobile home parks and nine storage facilities. He’s also involved in passive investing with another half dozen storage facilities and three different storage funds.

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This is a Replay of an episode first published in December 2023.

You might call Mark Hutchinson an active passive investor. He takes pride in using the Infinite Banking Concept (IBC) to build capital.

IBC involves using specially constructed dividend-paying whole life insurance as a means of building capital and then borrowing whenever interest would be paid to others.

Mark explains the concept is a flexible and self-governed system that allows for investments in a variety of asset classes without restrictions. However, it requires discipline and time to build capital.

WHAT TO LISTEN FOR

5:30 The Infinite Banking Concept

11:56 Flexibility and Control in Financial Management

20:24 Strategic Use of Policy Loans for Investments

29:51 Building Liquidity and Tax Advantages

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ABOUT MARK HUTCHINSON

Mark is a seasoned investor over the last four decades.

But the global economic crisis 2008 was the last straw for Mark. Like others, he suffered significant losses an realized the importance of finding strategies that could mitigate or remove market risk. That’s when he connected with the Infinite Banking concept.

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