Financially Free at 30: On “Rat-holing” & Leveraging Your Active Income

In today’s episode, I’m joined by my good friend, Templeton Walker. He’s an awesome entrepreneur and a man I’ve learned so much from because of how he has built his life and his businesses. Templeton Walker is an investor, entrepreneur, and Realtor. Starting as just a single agent, to then a top team leader, to a business owner, Templeton now runs 5 vertically integrated, stabilized companies and he achieved massive financial freedom at age 30.

Being a Realtor is great, but until we start thinking like investors, and taking advantage of our earning potential, we’re going to be stuck on a really nice hamster wheel (but a hamster wheel nonetheless). Most agents are going to be stuck on this wheel because of how we think of the flow of money.

In real estate, we have the cheat code for financial freedom, only if we completely flip the financial script, and use the money we earn to create an infinite cycle of cash flow. By “rat-holing” his money, and pouring it into cash-flowing assets, Templeton now gets to have fun, be a beacon for opportunity, and execute on a really big vision.

Cited below for your convenience are timestamps that will direct you to various points in the video. Feel free to watch the full message, or use these timestamps to browse specific topics at your leisure:

02:33 – Templeton’s unique approach to owning and building businesses, and how he uses vertical integration to his advantage.
05:20 – How Templeton got into his real estate and his progression towards freedom, and why we can earn exponentially more by staying in our lanes.
17:16 – The dangers of being dependent on your real estate commission checks and how to flip how your money flows.
30:00 – How Templeton applied the Profit First model to his business and why he has gained freedom by “rat-holing” his money.
38:12 – Becoming a beacon of opportunity and all the amazing ventures made possible by Templeton’s financial approach.
46:22 – Rapid fire round where Templeton shares some interesting tidbits of information about himself.

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