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85: How to Utilize Conventional Mortgage Financing to Build Your Portfolio of U.S. Rental Properties with Caeli Ridge

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05/18/20 • 74 min

Caeli Ridge shares her entrepreneurial journey and her path to becoming the owner and CEO of Ridge Lending Group.

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She talks about her own real estate investing experience buying over 40 rental properties of her own and also helping tens of thousands of real estate investors build their rental property portfolios with conventional mortgage financing. Caeli takes us behind the scenes. explains the profit model of a mortgage lender and breaks down the various fee structures of how lenders make their money. She then explains the larger eco-system of how mortgages are sold, closed, serviced, and then re-sold on the secondary market as mortgage-backed securities. She then explains why the 30-year fixed mortgage is such a uniquely advantageous product and why it is not offered anywhere else in the world. Caeli then gives historical context about the mortgage lending dynamics that contributed to The Great Recession of 2008 and why The Great Shutdown of 2020 is entirely different with respect to both lending and home price dynamics. She also talks about the “mortgage forbearance” provision of the CARES Act and what to be cautious of when exercising it. She then explains mortgage qualification guidelines and breaks down the criteria for a credit score, assets, and debt-to-income ratio. She explains that qualified buyers can still get up to 10 mortgages (what she calls “10 Golden Tickets”) but shares which guidelines have tightened up during The Great Shutdown. She then talks about how to transfer your properties into an LLC and the legal nuances of which you should be aware when doing so. And, finally, she explains how and why the 30-Year-Fixed Rate Mortgages could possibly disappear in 2021. FULL SHOW NOTES AND DIRECT LINKS TO EVERYTHING DISCUSSED IS AVAILABLE HERE.

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275: Queer Travel Tips and Resources, Palestine Solidarity, and Hosting the "While She's Away" Podcast with Dianni Hall

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03/11/24 • 43 min

Learn tips for Queer travelers, Queer dating in the digital nomad lifestyle, and being in solidarity with Palestine.

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This is Part 2 of Matt and Dianni’s afternoon wine sesh. Dianni shares travel tips and resources for Queer digital nomads. She also talks about Queer dating in the digital nomad lifestyle. Next, Dianni talks about hosting the “While She’s Away” podcast and discusses one of her interviews with a Palestinian guest. She describes her journey learning about the Palestinian struggle, and why she is now committed to both using her online platform and protesting in the streets in solidarity with the Palestinians. Finally, Dianni reflects on the impact all of this travel has had on her as a person. FULL SHOW NOTES INCLUDING DIRECT LINKS TO EVERYTHING DISCUSSED ARE AVAILABLE HERE.

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278: How To Use NomadMania's Free Tools and Resources to Plan and Track Your Travels with Harry Mitsidis

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04/01/24 • 56 min

Learn how NomadMania’s free platform helps you to design, plan, track, measure, and visualize your travels over time.

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In Part 2 of my interview with Harry Mitsidis, we start off talking about travel ethics, including how to avoid voyeurism and objectification of local communities, particularly low-income and vulnerable groups. Harry shares tips on how to travel in ways that are more socially responsible and environmentally sustainable, and how to design culturally immersive experiences. He then talks about his platform, NomadMania, and explains how it has divided the world into 1301 culturally distinct regions to visit. Harry describes the free tools and resources available on the NomadManaia site for travelers to plan, track, measure, and visualize their travels. He also explains the gamification, awards, verifications, and how travelers can improve their ranking for both the slowness of their travel and the recency of their travel. Harry then talks about NomadMania’s “Series” lists of travel ideas by category, including the DARE (Distinctive Alternative Remote Extremes) list, as well as their in-person events and trips. Finally, he reflects on how travel has impacted him, how his conception of travel has changed over time, and why he continues to travel today. FULL SHOW NOTES INCLUDING DIRECT LINKS TO EVERYTHING DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE ARE AVAILABLE HERE.

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279: Wander Woman: How to Reclaim Your Space, Find Your Voice, and Travel the World Solo with Beth Santos

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04/08/24 • 68 min

Learn the real nuances of travel safety, develop a personal risk profile, leave your comfort zone, and travel better.

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Beth Santos returns to The Maverick Show and starts off talking about the latest developments in the Wanderful community and what it offers to female travelers today. She then talks about the upcoming WITS Travel Creator Summit and Bessie Awards that Matt will also be attending. Next, Beth discusses her new book: Wanderwoman: How to Reclaim Your Space, Find Your Voice, and Travel the World Solo. She reflects on her choice of the title and her decision to platform the voices and perspectives of a very diverse array of travelers. Beth then explains the importance of challenging and reframing the women’s travel safety narrative, creating a personal risk profile, and intentionally leaving your comfort zone. She also talks about how to make more thoughtful economic, environmental, and cultural choices while traveling. Beth reflects on a major travel lesson she learned in an Istanbul barbershop and offers some tips on navigating relationships with loved ones who haven’t had the same transformative travel experiences that you have. She also explains why travel doesn’t automatically make you a more enlightened person. Finally, Beth gives tips on finding travel experiences wherever you are and how we can be at home wherever we find ourselves. FULL SHOW NOTES WITH LINKS TO EVERYTHING DISCUSSED ARE AVAILABLE HERE.

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281: How to Enhance Your Aliveness and Presence by Creating a Deeper Relationship with Nature with Dom Francks

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04/22/24 • 71 min

Learn how to overcome distraction, overwhelm, and disempowerment to become more present, creative, courageous, and wild.

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Dom Francks joins Matt from a van in the Western U.S. for a virtual wine night and begins talking about the role of sports in his life growing up. He reflects on achieving excellence in golf, nearly going professional, and the lessons on peak performance he has taken from that into other areas of his life. Dom also talks about the origin of his passion for climate activism, his professional career in the climate-tech space, and his choice to pivot into becoming a wilderness guide so he could connect more deeply with nature. He shares some of his top experiences in nature, from competing in The Grand Traverse, to riding dog-sleds across the Boundary Waters, to his most epic downhill ski experience. Dom also talks about wilderness guiding in Chilean Patagonia, Alaska, and explains why the High Sierra in California is his favorite place in the world. He then talks about his experience studying with the Animus Institute and the Conscious Leadership Group, and eventually developing his own program: The VIVIFY Regenerative Leadership Program. He explains how Maverick Show listeners can participate in VIVIFY and get a special discount. And, finally, he explains “the nature pyramid” and gives tips on how busy people in urban areas can better connect with nature. FULL SHOW NOTES AND DIRECT LINKS TO EVERYTHING WE HAVE DISCUSSED AVAILABLE HERE

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277: Visiting Every Country Twice, Being Imprisoned in Yemen, and Gorilla Trekking in DR Congo with Harry Mitsidis

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03/25/24 • 50 min

Hear travel stories and lessons from 1 of only 3 people on the planet who has visited every country in the world twice.

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Harry Mitsidis joins Matt for a wide-ranging discussion of his extensive travels. He starts off talking about his cultural background, and how his interest in sociology overlapped with his passion for travel. He then shares about his experience learning 10 languages, including Serbian, and gives detailed recommendations for places to visit in Serbia. Next, he talks about his experiences in Ukraine and Palestine, and why both places are special to him. Harry then shares stories from his 4 visits to Yemen, including his experience getting arrested and spending a night in jail. Matt and Harry then reflect on the bribery economy in certain places around the world. Next, Harry talks about his road trip around Nigeria, his visits to Somalia, and his travels across the Democratic Republic of Congo, including his experience going gorilla trekking there. FULL SHOW NOTES INCLUDING LINKS TO EVERYTHING DISCUSSED ARE AVAILABLE HERE.

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197: How to Pick Dividend-Paying Stocks, the Beauty of Andalusia, and Understanding Financial Markets with May Ling Lai

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08/12/22 • 72 min

May Ling Lai returns to the Maverick Show and starts off by talking to Matt about wine and travel experiences in Italy, France, Spain, Colombia and Vietnam.

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She then performs a Spanish language song acapella. Next the conversation turns to May Ling’s YouTube Show “Markets with May”. She discusses Matt’s appearance on “Markets with May” and then talks about her motive for starting the show. Next, she talks about her experience and lessons from reading the annual reports of every company in the S&P 500. May Ling also offers suggestions for how beginners can approach the “Markets with May” show. She then shares some basic fundamentals on how she decides which companies she is bullish on and breaks down the keys to understanding dividend-paying stocks. May Ling shares her top 4 favorite dividend-paying stocks at the time of the interview. And, finally, she offers her opinion on cryptocurrency as an investment, it’s volatility, Warren Buffett’s crypto-skepticism, and how beginners should approach the asset class. FULL SHOW NOTES AND DIRECT LINKS TO EVERYTHING DISCUSSED IS AVAILABLE HERE.

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192: Digital Nomad Life During the War in Ukraine with Orest Zub

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07/07/22 • 65 min

Orest Zub takes us on his journey growing up in Lviv, Ukraine, developing his passion for travel, making friends through tennis while traveling, becoming a digital nomad, and traveling to 129 countries.

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He shares the story of how he met his wife, proposed on an airplane, and has since been traveling the world with her for the past 10 years. Orest talks about the impact of not being in Ukraine during the 2014 revolution and how, in the leadup to the 2022 Russian invasion, he made the decision to go back home and report on the war from inside Ukraine. He reflects on his experiences as the war began, safety considerations for his family, and his first live stream from Ukraine after the bombing began. Orest explains how he converted his businesses assets, professional network, and marketing skills into a media and PR operation to get information out to the world and cultivate international solidarity to support Ukraine. He talks about the importance of supporting Africans in Ukraine, provides some additional political and historical context for the war, and shares specific ways that you can make humanitarian contributions to Ukraine at this time. FULL SHOW NOTES AND DIRECT LINKS TO EVERYTHING DISCUSSED IS AVAILABLE HERE.

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280: How to Live Free in a Dangerous World and Write a Decolonial Memoir with Shayla Lawson

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04/15/24 • 79 min

Learn about black community building across geography & language, challenging the gender binary & decolonizing ourselves.

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Shayla Lawson joins Matt for a wine night and starts off talking about growing up in Kentucky, becoming a poet, and documenting her travel experiences. Shayla talks about writing “How to Live Free in a Dangerous World: A Decolonial Memoir”. They reflect on the African Diaspora Renaissance in Lisbon, the impact of James Baldwin, and how to travel in a way that allows it to play a role in personal growth. Shayla then reflects on B/blackness globally, being in solidarity with other colonized people, and the Black community building beyond geography and language. They then talk about they/them pronouns, colonial enforcement of the gender binary, and the anti-LGBTQIA+ bills in Ghana and Uganda. Shayla also reflects on liberation and the importance of decolonizing ourselves. They then open up about living and writing with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, and traveling as a disabled person. Finally, Shayla talks about their writing process and gives tips on how to turn your travel experiences into great writing. FULL SHOW NOTES AND LINKS TO EVERYTHING DISCUSSED ARE AVAILABLE HERE.

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