Flexibility Is Freedom Yang Tom Qiao

In this episode, I discuss my business results for March 2022 and then deep dive into my thoughts on building a defensive portfolio (split into 1/3rds) to weather the inflationary (and possible recessionary) storm that is coming.

Overall, my defensive portfolio is as follows:

1. Real Estate (1/3rd)

2. Cryptocurrency, especially Bitcoin (1/3rd)

3. Defensive Stocks (recession-resistant and inflation indexing), such as Chewy.com

In this special episode, I review my 2021 annual report (available here: https://flexibilityisfreedom.com/annual-report-2021/), including my business results and activities, rebuilding TheDermDetective.com, outsourcing results, and strategic pivot into real estate.

In this episode, I summarize what was a busy month to start off the new year. I moved into my new house, continued to work my full-time job, began planning my renovation project, and managed my small team of freelancers.

In this first episode of 2022, I review my December 2021 business performance, 2021 overall performance, and share some of the highlights of my 2021 year from both a business and personal perspective.

In this episode, I share an overview of my November business results - hitting another milestone thanks to Black Friday & Cyber Monday sales - as well as discussing the risk of inflation and my preferred plan to hedge against the upcoming erosion of purchasing power.

I also share my opinion on real estate investing as a source of passive income and compare it to digital assets.

In this episode, I provide a brief discussion of October results for TheDermDetective.com and my outsourcing & scaling efforts to build a more hands-off process. I started a new job as an SEO analyst at Treefrog Inc. this month as well. Finally, I spend most of the podcast discussing the different types of passive income based on volatility (variance), risk tolerance, and level of active management.

Cheers,

Tom