Bill Fanter

Former bank executive with 35 years of experience | Options trading expert who has taught 500+ students | Join my Masterclass to learn the strategy I used to create a 6-figure income stream

Want to break free from the 9-to-5 grind?

When I was stuck in the 9-to-5 cycle:

- I felt trapped, exhausted, and unfulfilled.
- The daily grind left me with little time for my family, friends, or personal passions.

I knew there had to be a better way to live—
- A way to achieve financial freedom, flexibility,
- And a more fulfilling lifestyle.

That's when I discovered the power of trading stock options.

I escaped that 9-to-5 grind with it.

Learn how I did it and built a 6-figure income stream from trading.

Reach out to me if:

- You want financial security and independence.
- You're looking to supplement your current income.
- You'd like to build location freedom, time freedom, or both.
- You crave lifestyle improvements and luxury experiences.
- You're interested in options but feeling a little bit skeptical.

I can feel you because I was you when I was in that 9-to-5 cycle.

I'll teach you my method that has:

- Daily ROIs of 30-300%
- Documented win rates of 78-80%

And I can even help you turn your spouse into a believer.

Ready to achieve financial freedom, build a reliable second income, and enjoy a flexible lifestyle?

Great! What are you waiting for?

Reserve your spot in my next course at www.BillFanter.com.

Still skeptical?

I get it. My husband used to be a skeptic, too.

Just send me a DM and we'll grab a few minutes to talk.

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• “I never anticipated that this training would be so incredibly comprehensive from start to finish.”

• “I have already made my investment back and then some on the first day of trading.”

• “This class has been pure gold!”

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• “This has been, by far, one of the best investments (if not the best) I've ever made in my own education.”

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The longest relationship of my life wasn't with a person.

It was with pretending.

For most of my life, I played a character that everyone else seemed to want me to be. 

I married a woman because bank executives in the 90s were homophobic and I was terrified of what would happen if anyone found out who I really was. 

I drank too much to numb the feeling of living someone else's life. 

I showed up to work every day and smiled and hit my numbers and climbed the ladder and the whole time there was this voice in my head saying "this isn't you."

I don't know when exactly it stopped. There wasn't some dramatic moment where I threw off the mask and everything changed overnight. It was more like a slow thaw, honestly. 

But over the course of my life, little moments started to pile up. Little moments where I let myself be a little more honest.

And then I met Fraymond.

And for the first time in my life, I didn't have to pretend to be someone I wasn't just to be loved.

I think about this a lot on Valentine's Day because so many people spend their whole lives in relationships where they feel like they have to perform. 

It shouldn't be like that and it doesn't have to be like that.

You don't have to spend your life pretending, and you don't have to wait until your 50s to finally be seen. 

Happy Valentine's Day to everyone who's still searching for that feeling. It's out there. I promise. ❤️

Live trading with 30%-300% returns | Options trading expert who has taught 1,450+ students | Learn how to rent stocks for pennies a day.

They like me 
They really do like me 

I get over 50,000 profile views a year and 27% of them come from US Bank employees. 

Either they are cheering me on or waiting for my demise. 

Based upon how I talk about how awful the bank is run with a bunch of consultants… I’d vote for the latter. 

Regardless, I still love you all! ❤️

In Austin Powers, Dr. Evil wakes up after being frozen for 30 years.

He demands: "ONE MILLION DOLLARS!"

His henchman replies: "A million dollars isn't exactly a lot of money these days. Virtucon alone makes over $9 billion a year."

Dr. Evil was frozen in 1967.

Back then, $1 million was like $9.5 million in today's money.

And people even laughed at that in 1997.

And 1997 was almost 30 years ago now.

Still think a million dollars is a lot?

Day drinking at a speakeasy in Vegas. 

Hope your boss is cringing in his tighty whities that I’m posting this here. 

Screw Facebook when I can cause shenanigans right here on LinkedIn. 

Follow me for more nonsense and useless content which will make you smile. 

Cheers!!

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Ready to make a fortune on Monday with me? 

Bitcoin falls below $64,000 as Israel launches strikes on Iran.

Over $100 million worth of levered longs have been liquidated in 15 minutes.

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. 🤡

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Block just laid off 4,000 employees - nearly HALF their workforce - and blamed it on AI.

Jack Dorsey didn't sugarcoat it: "We are choosing to shift how we operate... to move faster with smaller, highly talented teams using AI to automate more work."

This is the canary in the coal mine.

Block isn't struggling. They're not going bankrupt. They just reported strong earnings and beat analyst expectations. They laid off 4,000 people because AI can do their jobs better, faster, and cheaper.

Here's Dorsey's chilling prediction:
"Within the next year, I believe the majority of companies will reach the same conclusion and make similar structural changes."

Translation: Your job isn't safe. No one's job is safe.

The brutal math:
• 10,205 employees → 6,000 employees
• Same revenue, same growth
• 40% cost reduction overnight
• Stock is up 18% in premarket

Wall Street is rewarding companies for replacing humans with AI.

This isn't about "enhancing productivity" anymore. This is about wholesale replacement of human workers with intelligent systems.

The uncomfortable truth: If a payment processing company can cut their workforce in half using AI, what industry is immune?

The question isn't IF this will happen to your industry - it's WHEN. 

Are you building skills that complement AI, or are you waiting to be automated away? 

Why not let me help you before it's too late?

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Every Sunday, I send 1 free email that gives you the same breakdown I share with my paid community – before the market opens Monday.

Here's what you get:

-> The specific price levels I'm watching on every major name. Not "watch for support," but the exact number where I'm taking action.

-> Which days to stay home and not trade at all. (There are days every month where trading is basically handing your money to market makers.)

-> The macro news that actually moves prices (and the 90% that's just noise designed to make you overtrade)

-> How to spot where institutional buyers and sellers are already positioned before you even place a single order

-> The setups I absolutely won't touch no matter how good they look. These "traps" blow up more accounts than bad trades ever will.

-> Second-order thinking breakdowns on the headlines everyone else is reacting to. Most traders stop at the news but I will show you what they're missing.

No "buy the dip" nonsense.

Just the same analysis I use to trade my own money delivered completely free to your inbox every Sunday.

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I get all kinds of unsolicited financial advice here on LinkedIn. 

You should buy an Airbnb 
You should invest in our LLP 
You shoud trade Cryptocurrency 
You should buy a boring business 
You should buy Commercial Real Estate 

Then I think to myself? 

Why would I do any of that when I can get a 73% ROI in 2 minutes? 

No customer complaints 
No tied up capital 
No receivables 
No employees 
No inventory 
No nothing 

So I’m just going to keep focusing in on what I know best. 

Trading stock options! 

Come watch us do it live each and every day of the week. 

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Focusing on skill rather than money is essential in trading. 

When we prioritize developing our abilities, the financial rewards often follow.

Here are the key principles I emphasize:
- Risk management
- Patience beyond imagination
- Trading the charts and not your emotions

For those interested in seeing these strategies in action, send me a direct message for free access for a week. 

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"Won't AI replace traders too?" 

Maybe eventually.

But you know what's happening right now? 

Every retail trader with a $20 ChatGPT subscription thinks they've got an edge. They're all running the same RSI signals, the same moving average crossovers, the same pattern recognition.

Which means they're all getting the same buy/sell signals at the exact same time.

Which means they're a herd that we can make money off of. 

The 10 AM retail rush gets STRONGER every month as more people day-trade from home. 

More predictable behavior = more exploitable opportunities for people who actually understand what they're doing. 

I've never been trying to outsmart anyone. I've always just taught my students how to take the other side of retail mistakes. We're pattern-matching – not predicting anything. 

Could AI eventually automate all retail trading? Maybe. 

But your VP job could in the next restructuring cycle. And that timeline feels a lot more important.

Trading skills based on reading human behavior under stress has  a longer shelf life than "Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives."

Jobs where you can make $3,334 in a day:

-> Neurosurgeon (after 16 years of training)
-> Orthopedic surgeon (after 15 years of training)
-> Partner at a top law firm (after 15 years of training)
-> Options trader (after learning a system)

And one of these doesn't require a decade of debt and 80-hour weeks!

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My students after they learn how to trade and live a life where they don't have to dread Monday mornings:

Going to college is such a waste of time and money nowadays! 

Instead, spend it on 1:1 coaching which is guaranteed money in the bank.

But it’s only guaranteed if you do what we teach. 

If not, then it’s just a waste of time and money as well. 

We teach you all the technical skills 
We trade live with you for reinforcement 
We show you all the charts and levels 

We literally give you the answers to the test. 

Not sure how this isn’t a slam dunk if you apply yourself.

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Want me to whisper in your ear too? 

I do it every morning with 200+ individuals so you can learn while you earn. 

Now doesn’t that sound way better than a zoom call with your boss talking about a bunch of nonsense? 

At least with me you’ll get paid what you’re really worth. 

Come see what it’s all about! 
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Trading often gets labeled as gambling, but it's essential to recognize the nuances involved. 

Yesterday we identified a losing trade, highlighting that nothing in this field is perfect or guaranteed. 

However, when you zoom out and consider the bigger picture, the returns we generate consistently are impressive. 

All our trades are time-stamped as proof and executed while the market is open. 

If you're curious to see our results for yourself, feel free to send a direct message, and I can share the link. 

It's free for a week, and you might just discover a new skill that could help you move beyond that job with a modest 3% annual raise. 

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Options gives you the ability to exponentially move your returns directionally.

Most people don't realize the full potential of what options can actually do for your portfolio.

Here's what I mean:

Let's say you're holding NVIDIA stock. Instead of just sitting there hoping it goes up, you can sell an out-of-the-money call, collect a premium, and improve the yield of your overall portfolio.

This isn't just about buying calls or buying puts.

You can deploy complex strategies that work in ANY market condition:
• Call spreads for bullish moves
• Put spreads for bearish setups
• Iron condors for sideways markets
• Selling premium for consistent income

The real opportunity most people miss:
You don't have to choose between "buy the ETF" or "trade options." You can literally do both.

Use ETFs for your core holdings. Use options to enhance returns, hedge risk, and generate income from positions you already own.

This is how you exponentially move your returns directionally - by layering strategies that work together instead of putting all your eggs in one basket.

The market gives you tools. Most people only use 10% of them.

What if you could enhance every position in your portfolio while managing risk? 

That's the power of understanding options beyond just buying calls and puts.

Time is the only asset you can't get back - so why are you trading it for pennies?

I spent 30 years in banking, trading 40+ hours a week for a paycheck. Good money, but terrible math.

Here's what I realized:
• 40 hours = 1 week of my life
• 2,000 hours = 1 year of my life
• 80,000 hours = My entire career

Every hour I spent in meetings, dealing with office politics, or hitting arbitrary sales targets was an hour I'd never get back.

The breakthrough came when I learned options trading:
Instead of trading 40 hours for money, I could trade 60-90 minutes for the same (or better) results.

Think about that math:
• Banking: 40 hours = X dollars
• Trading: 1.5 hours = X dollars (or more)

Time arbitrage is the ultimate edge.

Most people are stuck in the "time for money" trap. They think working MORE hours equals making MORE money.

Smart money thinks differently: How can I make the same money in LESS time?

The goal isn't to work harder. It's to work smarter. To compress income into smaller time windows so you can actually live your life.

Your time is finite. Your earning potential isn't. Which are you optimizing for?

What’s going to move the stock market this week? 

As we head into a new trading week, there are a few important things investors should keep an eye on.

Not because every one will move every stock, but because they set the backdrop for market sentiment and volatility.

First, economic data will be center stage. 

Investors will closely watch February’s U.S. employment report on Friday to see whether job growth is slowing or staying strong. 

That number often drives broader market direction because it influences expectations around Federal Reserve policy and interest rates and when rates stay higher for longer, stocks can react more strongly. 

In addition to data, earnings continue to matter. 

Several big names, including retailers like Target and Best Buy, consumer staples, and tech-related companies are reporting results throughout the week. 

Stocks often move ahead of these reports and after they come out as traders react to both the numbers and the company’s forward guidance. 

Finally, geo-political news and macro themes are adding volatility. 

Ongoing Middle East tensions have lifted oil prices and can influence risk sentiment across global markets, and that kind of uncertainty tends to make correlations between stocks stronger. 

This week isn’t about one big event, it’s about a mix of employment data, earnings catalysts, and macro uncertainty. 

Each of them on their own might not move every stock, but together they’ll shape how the market behaves.

Grab my FREE video weekly watchlist and let me show you how I’ll trade some of the most popular names.

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Real Estate Investor and CEO at MAK Capital | Luxury Storage Developer | 200+ CRE units | Financial Freedom Mentor

I’m Marc Kuhn and in 1994 I started my construction career with my Dad. I started at $1 per hour and got a $1 raise every year as I worked for my dads construction company. 

In 2010, I left my hourly job with $2,500 in my bank account. 

I started my entrepreneurial path and opened MAK Construction, my first business. I’ve grown the construction company to over $25 million a year. We develop commercial projects both 3rd party and investment projects for our investors. 

Since 2018, we have added over 200 units in the Midwest. The benefits of real estate have given me the freedom of time. My goal is to help investors reach financial freedom through real estate. 

Today I own and operate three successful companies that do eight figures a year. 

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He built 480 hotels. One a month for 40 years.

He's North Dakota’s first billionaire: 

Meet Gary Tharaldson.

His wealth didn't come from chasing trends or hype. Just one simple "boring" business, repeated relentlessly.

In 1982, he bought a single Super 8 in Valley City

His business philosophy was a simple mix of grit, playing the long-term game, and perfecting his process for acquiring and operating profitable hotels.

Over four decades, he scaled small, no-frills hotels across the country.

In 2006, he sold 130 of them to Goldman Sachs for $1.2B.

Then he took that money and doubled down:

→ Land
→ Ethanol
→ Commercial development

Now he’s the richest man in North Dakota.

People ask why I don’t chase 20 deals a year. Because I’m not playing the volume game.

I want 4–5 real estate projects a year that:

→ Fit our model
→ Hit our returns
→ Scale with our playbook

That’s how we’ve built MAK Capital and Mega MAK Storage:

Boring, repeatable, high-demand luxury storage facilities where demand outpaces supply.

Tharaldson proved you don’t need to be exciting to build real wealth.

You just need a boring play you can run with discipline for the next 20 years.

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I was "dumb" enough to drop out of college at 22.

12 credits short. No backup plan.

Dumb enough to start MAK Construction with $2,500, bidding on jobs I wasn't qualified for.

Everyone around me had an opinion about it.

"You need a degree."
"You need more money saved."
"You need a safer plan."

I ignored all of it.

Instead I built a concrete crew from scratch.
Invested every dollar I made back into the company.
Started multiple businesses along the way.
Started investing and developing real estate.
Asked people smarter than me for help.

And kept betting on myself when nobody else would.

That "dumb" kid built a $65M portfolio, an awesome portfolio of companies with amazing people, and a pretty damn good life.

Reminder for anyone betting on themself:

When people project their fears onto your decisions, don't confuse it for good advice.

Take risks.
Bet on yourself.
Unfollow the Herd.

That's my best advice after 15 years of doing this for myself.

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CEO @ MAK Capital | CRE Developer | Guiding You to Wealth with Passive Investments in Luxury Storage & Multifamily Real Estate

10 years ago, a $200K job felt massive. Today, we do $500K jobs just to stay busy for the month.

That shift didn't happen because I got better at concrete. It happened because I learned to let go.

At 27, I thought I had it figured out.

I was making over $250K a year, building my own house, and finally "successful."

I truly believed that was the peak.

But I was also stuck at $1M in revenue because I was the bottleneck in everything. I had to:

→ Approve every bid
→ Oversee every pour
→ Warm up the skid steer for 10 minutes every morning

Breaking through that $1M ceiling required me to do things that felt completely wrong:

→ Hire foremen, trust them to run jobs without me
→ Pay people who had more experience than I did
→ Let someone else drive the equipment
→ Take on projects I didn't have the track record for yet

At every level, I had to let go of something that got me there. 

That's how it should be.

The version of you that got you here won't get you to the next level.

You have to let that person go.

Have you gotten to this point in your business yet?

My dream is to do $50,000,000 in revenue next year.

So why am I building boring buildings in rural North Dakota?

In tight economic times…

We go out and find the margin jobs.

The top-line revenue number isn’t flashy.

But the margins can be incredibly attractive.

It’s good to have big goals.

And you certainly never want to sell yourself short.

But 100 pennies spends the same as a dollar bill.

Flashy is good for attention.
Efficiency is good for success. 

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P.S. If you want to passively invest in these "boring" buildings, DM me "passive" and I'll send over more details.

A doctor making $500,000 a year can still be broke.

I don't mean cash poor. 
I mean wealth poor.

Here's the difference:

Income is what hits your bank account when you work. Wealth is what hits your bank account when you don't.

The doctor earns $500K.

But if he stops working tomorrow:

- Income stops
- The mortgage still runs
- The car payments still run
- The lifestyle still runs

He's not wealthy. He's leveraged to his own labor.

I grew up without money.

So when I started making real income in construction, the first thing I did was study the people who had actual wealth.

Not high earners. Owners.

What I found:

→ Wealthy people own assets that produce income
→ High earners trade time for money

The gap between the two isn't income level — it's ownership.

You can earn $500K a year and build zero wealth.
You can earn $80K a year and build a $10M portfolio.

The variable isn't the paycheck.
It's what you do with it.

- Are you buying assets or liabilities?
- Are you building equity?
- Does 100% of your income require your time?

Those questions will tell you exactly which path you're on.

I didn't figure this out until my late 20s.

When did it click for you that income and wealth are two completely different games?

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At 30, I said Yes to every real estate deal I could.

At 36, I say No to 15-20+ deals a month.

Grew MAK Construction to $30M revenue saying Yes.
Grew MAK Capital to a $60M portfolio saying Yes.

Yes to building houses.
Yes to the random real estate deal.
Yes to anything that would pay the bills.

That’s how most people start: Hustle Mode

But what gets you from $0 to $10M won’t get you to $100M.

At some point, saying yes becomes a liability.

You say yes to too many things, and suddenly:

You’re busy, but not growing.
You’re working harder, but not wealthier.
You’re stuck in the weeds, missing the bigger picture.

In 2026, I’m saying No more than ever.

• No to building 10 homes (eats time, doesn’t scale)
• No to chasing small deals and shiny objects
• No to being everywhere, for everyone

Instead, I’m doubling down on:

→ Luxury storage developments in markets we love
→ Large multifamily projects, strategic acquisitions
→ Scaling what’s working—without spreading thin

Saying No to 10 small projects so I can say Yes to the 1- 2 large opportunities that move the needle.

Great things are built by doing less, better.

Are you in the Yes phase of your career? 
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I learned a lesson in my 20s that helped me build a $60M real estate portfolio in by 36:
 
Nobody is going to do it for you. 
 
• Making money 
• Starting businesses 
• Leveling up your skills 
• Figuring out how to grow 
 
But here's the good news: 
 
You can ask for help and speed things up. 
 
In my 20s I was a concrete guy. 
 
Dropped out of college and built a 7-figure business that was drowning me... 
 
• Doing all the jobs 
• Micromanaging my crews 
• No clue how to delegate 
 
Result: I ended up in the hospital from exhaustion with a Doctor asking me: 
 
"𝗪𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗸𝗶𝗱𝘀 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝗽? 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗜'𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗡𝗢𝗪." 
 
This wake-up call led to a new skillstack. 
 
• Self-education 
• Hiring mentors 
• Reading books 
• Going to conferences 
 
Nobody is going to succeed for you. 
Self-education is the only way. 
 
How are you investing in self-education for 2026?

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I ran a $20/mo experiment on one land parcel.

It leased our storage units 40% faster:

50% of self storage units = no heat.
Other half the units = climate-controlled.

Same location, development, and marketing.

The climate-controlled units leased up 40% faster and commanded a rent premium that held every single month.

For the extra operating cost of about $20/month per unit in utilities.

That was it.

That one test became the proof of concept for what is now a 500,000 sq ft self storage portfolio.

Not a spreadsheet model. Not a mentor's advice.

A real experiment, with real numbers, on real dirt.

Most people chase asset classes based on what's trending on YouTube.

We built our Mega MAK Luxury Storage product around what I could physically test in my own backyard of Grand Forks, North Dakota.

→ Climate-controlled leased faster than standard
→ Better tenant profile came with the better product
→ Higher rents with almost no incremental expense

That's still how I operate today.

Build. Test. Look at the numbers. Scale what works.

What small tests have led to massive results in your career or business?

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Everyone's chasing Austin. Phoenix. Charlotte.

Why are we investing in rural North Dakota?

The numbers make more sense than anything I've seen in a sunbelt market.

Land in the Midwest runs 60-70% cheaper than coastal metros.

Permitting is faster. Local politics are predictable.

And the premium tenant we need for luxury storage are everywhere.

- HVAC contractors who need climate-controlled space
- Electricians and plumbers storing equipment
- Small business owners who can't afford industrial leases
- RV owners who want real security — not a padlock

They're not just in big cities. They're in every mid-sized market in America.

That's where we build.

Not because it's flashy.
Because the math works.

→ Lower land cost means better YOC from day one
→ Less competition means faster lease-up
→ Business-friendly states = fewer regulatory surprises

Everyone piling into the same sunbelt corridors is competing for the same land, the same permits, the same tenants.

We're in markets where we're often the only luxury operator in town.

You stop following the crowd to where the hype is.
And you start going where the numbers are.

What's a market everyone else is ignoring that you think is underrated right now?

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A friend called me and asked if I could install a ceiling fan for $300. Saying Yes changed my life.

That night I told my wife: "I think I could actually make some money doing this."

I was 21. Recently fired from my W2.
We'd just sold her car to cover bills.

The next move: ask my future mother-in-law to co-sign a skid steer loan.

She handed me the paperwork and said: "This is the last time you ever ask me."

That was the last time I asked anyone for a handout.

Here's what happened after that $300 fan installation:

- First winter: grinding snow removal
- Chelsie suggested a home show (almost skipped it)
- Walked out with 70+ leads
- Booked out for a full year
- Hit $1M in revenue

Then I started a concrete division.
Then upsells and better clients.
Then real estate investing.
Then luxury storage development.

16 years later, multiple companies, a team of 50+, growing real estate portfolio, and growth ahead for MAK Companies.

→ It all started with a $300 job I wasn't qualified to do
→ The first step was embarrassingly small
→ The compounding took 16 years to show up

You can't build anything great (company, real estate portfolio, wealth) from a standing start.

You build it from wherever you are right now with whatever you have right now.

Even if that's a borrowed truck and a ceiling fan you Googled how to install.

What was your version of the $300 fan installation — the embarrassingly small first step that led to where you are now?

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The hard truth about financial freedom:

The world wasn't designed for it.

If you want to pay your bills, build wealth, and step off the 9-5 hamster wheel to buy your time back...

You'll first have to understand it the system you were raised by wasn't designed to make you financially free.

Not grade school.
Not high school or college.
Not most well-meaning life advice.

None of them are focused on teaching you how to become free.

It was designed to get you to:

- Trade your time for income
- Spend that income on a lifestyle
- Save whatever's left (if anything)
- Give your best years to a company
- Retire when you're too tired to enjoy it

It's designed so you help build toward's someone else's goals.

Your labor builds someone else's equity.
Your spending builds someone else's revenue.
Your savings sit in instruments someone else manages for a fee.

I grew up in a house that never talked about assets, equity, or leverage.

But I watched people around me spend 40 years doing everything right by conventional standards...and end up with almost nothing they actually owned.

That was enough.

The one thing that changes the math:

Ownership.

Ownership of something that produces value whether you show up or not.

→ A business with systems that run without you
→ Real estate that generates rent while you sleep
→ Equity in assets that appreciate while you work on the next thing

I'm not special.

I didn't have connections, capital, or a college degree.

I just decided that ownership was my goal and said I'd learn whatever skills I needed to in order to achieve it.

Ownership of my time.
Ownership of my future.
Ownership of my work.

Yes, ownernship in assets that paid me and grew in value. But even moreso the ownership of my life and where I wanted it to go.

Was there a moment you decided you were going to own your future — and changed your actions to get there?

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What if you make all the right moves in life...

And still end up broke by 65?

• You saved diligently.
• Maxed your 401k.
• Never missed a payment.
• Did everything "right."

And 20, 30, 40 years later you're sitting on $800,000 wondering if you can actually retire.

Because inflation ate 40% of your purchasing power.
Because healthcare costs $1,500/month.
Because you still have a mortgage.

This is the "safe path" everyone told you to take.

Meanwhile, the guy who started a boring plumbing business at 30 sold it for $4M at 55 and retired a decade before you.

The woman who bought rental properties in her 20s has $12,000/month in passive income and hasn't worked since 45.

The contractor who went out on his own at 25 built a $20M company and owns the building you're renting.

They all did what everyone said was "risky."

You did what everyone said was "safe."

Who actually took the bigger risk?

I'm not saying quit your job tomorrow.

I'm saying the real risk is betting your entire future on one income stream controlled by someone else.

The real risk is working 40 years and hoping $800,000 is enough. The real risk is never starting because you're afraid of failing.

At 22, I bet on myself and started a company.

→ I had no idea what I was doing
→ I lost money on jobs
→ I made every mistake possible
→ People told me I should get a "real job"

But I kept going.

Because working for someone else my whole life felt riskier than betting on myself.

15 years later:

• Real estate that pays me every month
• Ownership in multiple businesses
• Income from multiple assets
• Time freedom I wouldn't have if I played it safe

None of that happens without taking the "risk" of starting.

The conventional advice is designed to keep you comfortable, not wealthy.

→ Save 10% of your income
→ Invest in index funds
→ Wait 40 years
→ Hope it's enough

That's not a wealth plan. That's a survival plan.

Real wealth is built by:

→ Starting before you're ready
→ Betting on yourself when no one else will
→ Putting skin in the game on deals that scare you
→ Building assets that pay you while you sleep
→ Failing forward and learning from it

You're going to fail at something either way.

Would you rather fail trying to build something?

Or fail by never trying at all?

If you want to play it safe, follow the path that 99% of the herd is on.

The wealthy know safe is the riskiest bet of all.

What's a risk you've taken in life that paid off?

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What's the difference between making $10,000 in your 9-5 job and $10,000 from real estate?

$10K paycheck:

• Taxed at 40–50%
• Trades hours for dollars
• Stops when you stop working

$10K from a real estate deal:

• Taxed close to zero with depreciation
• Keeps paying you while you sleep
• Grows equity in a real asset

Most people spend 40 years chasing the paycheck.

But freedom is on the otherside of ownership.

I learned this in my early 20s. Started trading my time pouring concrete, building a construction company.

But the smartest thing I ever did was buy my first office building and lease out the unused space.

"Holy sh*t I didn't know you could do this."

The tax benefits in the first year alone were enough to get me hooked and eventually start MAK Capital in 2020, going all in on multifamily and luxury storage.

Since then, we’ve built and acquired $60M in commercial real estate across the Midwest.

And every time we pay out investors from a property we own...

I’m reminded: 
That $10K from a real estate deal is more than money.

It’s time back with my wife and kids.
It’s leverage for creating generational wealth.
It’s doable to go from $0 to millionaire with time.

Don't get caught in the earn a lot, spend a lot game.

Use a paycheck to buy assets and become an owner. 

That's the game.

What was your first “aha” moment that made you realize real estate was the path to real wealth?

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Public Storage doesn’t own 100% of its facilities.

Marriott owns less than 6% of its hotels.

These $50b+ companies see the biggest opportunity in:

• Owning the brand.
• Controlling the operations.
• Licensing and franchising.

This is where we’re taking MAK luxury storage inside our development company.

For years, self-storage was a commodity business.

• Cheap facilities
• Little to no branding
• Premium options were hard to find.

But we saw something different in 2019 when we broke ground on our first luxury storage development.

• Business owners needed contractor shops.
• E-commerce sellers needed fulfillment space.
• People need secure, climate-controlled storage for their boats, RV, and assets.

But the crappy tin can storage units didn't serve their needs.

So we built the Mega MAK Storage brand and started talking about it on podcasts, LinkedIn, and with our investors.

We're not just building a business, we're leveraging a brand and blueprint that lasts for generations.

Our goal is to build 5-10 million square feet of luxury storage by 2035.

My biggest lesson so far?

Don't wait for opportunities to come to you.
You're better off creating them for yourself.

What opportunities are you creating for yourself in 2026?

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What percentage of 401k accounts have at least $1,000,000? (I'll tell you): 
 
1.6%. 
 
I recently ran across this number in an article that analyzed 401(k)s at Fidelity 
 
I knew the number of "401(k) millionaires" in the U.S. was low — but I didn't realize it was that low. 
 
And the crazy thing? 
 
The article talks about how that number was "surging"...all the way up to 1.6%. 
 
And then the kicker: 
 
Another Fidelity study showed that workers estimate they'll need ~$1.8M to retire comfortably. 
 
So by those numbers, about 98.4% of Americans won't be able to retire comfortably with their 401(k)s. 
 
𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴: 
 
The number of 401(k) millionaires is so low because wealthy people build it through businesses and real estate. 
 
→ 401(k)s won't give you cash flow 
→ 401(k)s won't give you depreciation 
→ 401(k)s won't give you 1031 exchanges 
 
If you're relying on your 401(k) alone... 
let this be a wake-up call. 
 
It's a tool, not the complete plan. 
 
This is why I diversify with real estate 
(using a self-directed IRA). 
 
So should you. 
 
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You hit $100K and plateau. Or $250K. Or $500K.

21 mindset shifts to grow your net worth:

Here's exactly when you need to change how you think about money at each level of wealth.

$0 TO $100K:

1. You need equity, not a steady paycheck.

2. You invest money, you don't save it.

3. You understand good debt vs bad debt.

4. You ask "How can I afford it?" not "I can't afford it."

5. You work on higher-value activities, not harder.

6. You ship imperfect work instead of waiting for perfect.

7. You invest every windfall, you don't spend it.

$100K TO $250K:

8. You build a business, you don't stay the business.

9. You delegate your lowest-value work.

10. You measure profit, not revenue.

11. You build assets that pay you now, not just at 65.

12. You fire bad customers and keep great ones.

13. You invest first, then spend what's left.

14. You find mentors who've already done it.

$250K TO $1M:

15. You work on the business, not in it.

16. You hire because you can't afford NOT to.

17. You build equity while collecting cash flow.

18. You figure it out as you go instead of waiting until you're ready.

$1M TO $5M:

19. You make your money work harder than you do.

20. You treat tax strategy like wealth strategy.

21. You grow profitably, not at all costs.


The pattern most people miss:

$0-$100K thinking will sabotage you at $250K.
$250K thinking won't get you to $1M.

You have to evolve as you grow.

Which level are you working towards now?

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I took on debt to grow my company and real estate portfolio in my 20s with a wife and baby.

Some LinkedIn guru would call that reckless.

I call it the best financial decision I ever made.

We've been trained to believe stability comes from employment.

But true stability comes from ownership.

A job is a single point of failure with someone else's finger on the trigger.

Think about what you actually own at a W2:

- Your employer can eliminate your role tomorrow
- Your income stops if your body stops
- Your raises are decided by someone else's budget meeting
- Your retirement depends on a market you don't control

That's not stability. That's outsourced financial control dressed up as a benefits package.

I'm not saying quit your job tomorrow.
I'm saying understand what you're actually trading.

You're trading ownership, upside, and control for the feeling of security.

Meanwhile the people signing the front of your check are compounding equity you'll never see.

→ The risk of building something is real but finite
→ The risk of building nothing compounds forever
→ Playing it safe is the longest path to being broke

I started with $2,500 and a mother-in-law who co-signed one loan and told me never to ask again.

Today MAK Companies and our real estate assets are worth close to 9 figures 16 years later.

The riskiest thing I never did was keep that W2.

At what point did you stop seeing a job as security and start seeing it as a ceiling?

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When you start buying RE: "How can I afford this?"

When you scale (100+ units): "How can I structure this?"

After my first few rental properties, I realized another duplex wasn't the move. 

I wanted more scale, large multifamily and commercial properties. Ground up developments leveraging our construction company.

But first, I had to make a mindset switch that every new real estate investors goes through (if they want to scale their portfolio).

I stopped asking if I could afford a 20% down payment.

I started asking how I could structure it with seller-financing and other strategies the top 1% of investors were using.

Early in my career I looked at deals the way most people do.

• Do I have the down payment?
• Can I qualify for the loan?
• Is this the right time?

That thinking kept me smaller than I needed to be.

Then I started studying how deals actually get done.

Not how banks want you to do them.
How operators actually do them.

Seller financing, creative loan structures, joint ventures, capital from people sitting on cash earning 3% in a money market.

In 2025, I bought $4,700,000 in real estate for $17,957 out of pocket.

Not because I was lucky.

Because I stopped asking "can I afford this?" and started asking "how do I structure this so I can?"

→ Conventional thinking produces conventional results
→ The right deal structure creates value
→ Creative financing is a skill

The people I know who built real portfolios that pay their bills every month weren't smarter than everyone else in the room.

They just asked different questions.

What's the deal you almost didn't do — and what changed when you looked at it differently?

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He turned $400,000 into a $1 trillion empire.

Stephen Schwarzman didn’t wait for perfect timing.

In 1985, he walked away from his Wall Street job with a mentor, a whiteboard, and $400,000 in seed capital from his own pocket.

No AUM.
No name recognition.
Just conviction.

But two years later, his dream of building the best investment firm in the world was almost destroyed.

Black Monday hit on October 19, 1987.

The Dow Jones fell by 22.6% in a single day—the largest one-day percentage drop in its history.

Markets crashed.
Wall Street panicked.

But Schwarzman raised Blackstone’s first $800 million fund during the chaos.

In 2025, Blackstone is now the largest alternative investment firm in the world—owning real estate, private equity and credit across the globe.

If Schwarzman was like the average investor, turning a market crash into an excuse to stay on the sidelines, Blackstone wouldn't exist today.

→ $1 trillion in assets
→ Dozens of billion-dollar deals
→ A personal net worth of around $43 billion

He didn’t build in the boom. He built through the biggest crash in history at the time.

The lessons for all entrepreneurs:

You don’t need perfect timing. You need a playbook and skills that work in any market conditions.

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"Hey, just saw someone put up a lot of luxury storage units like yours."

^ I get this text often.

I don't mind seeing others build luxury storage. In fact, it validates what we've been saying:

There's a huge gap in the market between traditional storage units and full contractor shops.

And that gap isn't going away any time soon.

While others are just starting to build, we already have:

• Worked out the kinks.
• Refined our unit layouts.
• Gotten to 100% occupancies.
• Built relationships with lenders.
• Developed an efficient construction process.

And in 2026, we're ramping things up even more.

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