Our Family Invests Podcast

Our Family Invests
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The Our Family Invests Podcast is a conversation with inspiring couples and individuals who have built meaningful lives and are thoughtful about how they invest their time, energy, relationships, and capital. Hosted by Mike and Caroline Neubauer, each episode features honest, casual conversations about how people think, make decisions, stay aligned, build wealth and legacy, and what it actually takes to build an intentional life together. New episodes every Tuesday.

  1. 6d ago

    Autism Kept Him Silent for 31 Years. Then He Finally Spoke. - Neil + Lori Rogers | Our Family Invests

    For 31 years, Neil and Lori Rogers believed their non-verbal autistic son Craig was listening, even when the world had stopped expecting him to respond. In this episode, they share how a method called Spelling to Communicate finally gave Craig a way to express thoughts that had been there his entire life. Craig was diagnosed with autism at two and a half. Neil and Lori spent three decades trying everything: diet changes, sensory therapy, speech and occupational support, even founding a nonprofit for special education in their school district. Nothing cracked the barrier until 2022, when Craig, then 31, sat down with a simple letter board and spelled out "black holes" in response to a question about Stephen Hawking. An eye-tracking study later confirmed these kids are choosing their own letters, not being guided. Within months, Craig spelled his first words to his younger brother: "Cam, I love you." He told his practitioner he doesn't want to be called autistic, because to him that word means stupid. His words: "I am a human with apraxia." What Else You'll Learn: Why apraxia, not intelligence, is the real barrier for many non-verbal autistic peopleHow an eye-tracking study validated these kids are spelling their own thoughtsWhat changes in a marriage when a non-speaking child is finally heardWhy Craig rejects the word "autistic" and what he prefers insteadSubscribe to The Weekly Compass, our free weekly newsletter with short practical tips for building wealth, aligning your family, and living intentionally: https://OurFamilyInvests.com

    Autism Kept Him Silent for 31 Years. Then He Finally Spoke. - Neil + Lori Rogers | Our Family Invests

  2. Aug 4

    He Sold $1 Billion in Real Estate, Then Co-Founded GoBundance - Pat Hiban | Our Family Invests

    Pat Hiban was the #1 real estate agent in the world in 2004, then did it again in 2006 at a different brokerage. He sold over $1 billion in homes before walking away from active selling at 46, with no buyer for the team he built and no big payout waiting on the other side. In this episode, Pat tells Mike and Caroline what it actually looked like to dismantle the machine he spent 25 years building: laying off 22 people in a single year, shrinking an 8,000 square foot office down to almost nothing, and eventually just closing the business because he couldn't find anyone to sell it to. He also opens up about losing $1.2 million in nine months during the 1999 stock crash, the same year he first thought he'd made it as a millionaire, and why he says today's market feels eerily familiar. Why Pat walked away from real estate at 46 with no buyer and no big payoutThe "barrel of monkeys" framework for knowing if a mastermind is worth staying inHow he lost $1.2 million in nine months during the 1999 stock crashWhat happened when he got fired from the leadership role he left his own brokerage forThe investing edge that made his Section 8 and college rental properties workHow GoBundance grew from a free hiking trip into a 1,500-member mastermindPat also talks about 33 years of marriage, why his wife's trust made his riskiest bets possible, and the line from his mentor that's stuck with him for decades: fear of loss is a greater motivator than the opportunity to gain. It's a rare, unpolished look at what walking away from the top actually costs, and what it builds in its place. Subscribe to The Weekly Compass, our free weekly newsletter with short practical tips for building wealth, aligning your family, and living intentionally: https://OurFamilyInvests.com

    He Sold $1 Billion in Real Estate, Then Co-Founded GoBundance - Pat Hiban | Our Family Invests

  3. Jul 28

    How to Use AI as a Skill, Not a Search Engine, with Eliot Prince | Our Family Invests

    Most people open an AI tool, type a question, and move on. That's using AI like a search engine. Eliot Prince, UK-based AI educator and former SEO consultant, teaches thousands of business owners how to actually build with AI: creating systems, automating drudgery, and reclaiming real hours every week. Eliot joins Mike to break down the full AI skill-building framework: why there's a genuine learning curve, how to structure Claude projects so your AI actually knows your business, what skills are and why they outperform prompt libraries, and the three-tool stack he runs his entire operation on. If you've ever felt like AI works for everyone except you, this episode is the unlock. Why AI is a skill that takes 20 hours to learn and 40 to 60 hours to make habitualHow Claude projects, memory, and custom instructions work together as a real systemWhat Claude Skills are and why they cut token usage and beat prompt librariesThe difference between Claude Chat, Cowork, and Code and which fits where you areWhy context rot is quietly killing productivity for people stuck in one "perfect chat"Eliot's three-tool stack: Whisper Flow, Granola, and ClaudeSubscribe to The Weekly Compass, our free weekly newsletter with short practical tips for building wealth, aligning your family, and living intentionally: https://OurFamilyInvests.com/newsletter

    How to Use AI as a Skill, Not a Search Engine, with Eliot Prince | Our Family Invests

  4. Jul 21

    Raw Land Investing: 6,500 Deals, Zero Losses, Total Freedom - Mark Podolsky: "The Land Geek"| Our Family Invests

    Raw land investing has produced 300 to 1,200 percent returns for Mark Podolsky across 6,500+ deals since 2001. He has never lost money on one. His business runs on about two hours a week. Mark, known as The Land Geek, joins Mike and Caroline to break down exactly how the system works and why most people talk themselves out of an investment vehicle that quietly keeps printing. Mark walks through the full model: buying rural parcels at 25 to 35 cents on the dollar from delinquent tax owners, seller-financing them back out via land sale contracts, and automating collections through his own software, GeekPay. He also gets into the risks, the due diligence process, why the margins have barely moved in 24 years, and what he calls the second mountain shift that turned a personal win into a broader mission. How to find and buy raw land at 25 to 35 cents on the dollar using delinquent tax recordsWhy seller financing via land sale contracts eliminates foreclosure costs entirelyHow GeekPay automates note management across thousands of active dealsThe remote due diligence process Mark runs without ever visiting the propertyWhy raw land margins have held at 300 to 1,200 percent for over two decadesThe three entry points Mark offers: self-directed, done-with-you, and done-for-youSubscribe to The Weekly Compass, our free weekly newsletter with short practical tips for building wealth, aligning your family, and living intentionally: https://OurFamilyInvests.com/newsletter

    Raw Land Investing: 6,500 Deals, Zero Losses, Total Freedom - Mark Podolsky: "The Land Geek"| Our Family Invests

  5. Jul 14

    How One Couple Paid Off $300K in Debt and Retired Before 40

    Bernadette Joy and AJ Maulion paid off $300,000 in debt in three years, became millionaires before 40, and retired together at 41 and 44. This episode covers how they did it and what nobody prepared them for once they got there. The mechanics are specific: the debt snowball applied across 12 separate student loans, a side hustle stack that included AJ doing background acting on Homeland, Bernadette's $1 per use rule that rewired her spending habits entirely, and printing out a seven-page amortization schedule and shrinking it one page at a time as their milestone system. But the more interesting conversation is what came after. They sold all their properties, rented for three years, let the market work, and bought their forever home in cash. Then came the part no one talks about: figuring out what freedom actually means when you arrive earlier than you planned. What You'll Learn: How the debt snowball worked across 12 student loans and two mortgagesThe $1 per use rule and why it never felt like sacrificeWhy they paused 401k contributions entirely to accelerate payoffHow they used an amortization schedule as a gamified milestone trackerWhy they exited real estate, went liquid, and bought their next home in cashWhat managing freedom actually looks like when you get thereSubscribe to The Weekly Compass, our free weekly newsletter with short practical tips for building wealth, aligning your family, and living intentionally: https://OurFamilyInvests.com/newsletter

    How One Couple Paid Off $300K in Debt and Retired Before 40

  6. Jul 7

    What Losing a Child Does to Your Marriage, Family, and Business - Matthew Efird | Our Family Invests Podcast (ep.79)

    In 2019, Matthew Efird and his wife Hannah learned their unborn son Noah had Trisomy 13, a condition incompatible with life. They chose to carry him to term. Noah lived 57 hours. What followed reshaped how Matthew leads his businesses, loves his wife, and spends his time. Matthew is the founder and CEO of three businesses, bestselling author of Even Though We Will, a speaker, and host of the Pillars of Purpose Podcast. He and his family now travel the country full time in an RV with their three sons while he runs his companies from the road. This conversation covers grief, marriage, empathetic leadership, and what it actually takes to build a business that survives without you. What You'll Learn: How Matthew and Hannah built a two-question check-in that protected their marriage through six months of anticipatory griefWhat Noah's death revealed about the gaps in his leadership and how he rebuilt his team around themWhy empathetic leadership means accepting that your employees bring their whole lives to workHow a 45-day sabbatical proved whether he'd built a real business or just a high-paying jobWhat selling their house and buying an RV had to do with a conviction about timeSubscribe to The Weekly Compass, our free weekly newsletter with short practical tips for building wealth, aligning your family, and living intentionally: https://OurFamilyInvests.com/newsletter

    What Losing a Child Does to Your Marriage, Family, and Business - Matthew Efird | Our Family Invests Podcast (ep.79)

  7. Jun 30

    Shark Tank Rejected His Invention. NASA and SpaceX Didn't. - Dr. Rob Yonover | Our Family Invests Podcast

    Dr. Rob Yonover is a PhD geochemist, inventor of the military-approved SeeRescue Streamer, Shark Tank veteran, and full-time caregiver for 19 years while building a company, raising two kids, and carrying $600,000 in debt. His invention was rejected by all five Shark Tank sharks. It later flew to the International Space Station on a SpaceX rocket. Rob has taken the ALVIN submersible two miles below the ocean surface, navigated DARPA funding and military contracts, and written four books, including the Caregiver's Survival Guide, a love letter to his late wife Cindy, who was paralyzed by MS. He runs his business lean, without investors or employees, and has no plans to change that. What you'll learn in this episode: What Rob and Cindy's partnership looked like before and after her MS diagnosisHow an accidental gluing mistake made the SeeRescue Streamer actually workWhy all five Shark Tank sharks passed, and what happened nextWhat outside capital really costs beyond the equityHow to protect an idea before you have money to spend on attorneysWhat it looks like to take your business back and run it entirely on your own termsSubscribe to The Weekly Compass, our free weekly newsletter with short practical tips for building wealth, aligning your family, and living intentionally: https://OurFamilyInvests.com/newsletter

    Shark Tank Rejected His Invention. NASA and SpaceX Didn't. - Dr. Rob Yonover | Our Family Invests Podcast

  8. Jun 23

    077: Fear Guards The Door - Mike Neubauer | Our Family Invests

    Self-doubt doesn't go away when you get more successful. It just gets louder at each new door. Mike Neubauer opens up about the confidence gap that has followed him through every chapter of his life: the kid who worked out alone so no one could laugh at him, the guy who almost didn't apply to the real estate mastermind, the firefighter who paused at the door while everyone else ran in. This solo episode is about what actually builds confidence, and why waiting for it to show up before you act is the wrong move entirely. Mike shares the Four C's framework, his morning meditation practice, what Dan Martell still struggles with, and the one reframe that changed how he thinks about doubt. What You'll Learn: Why doubt signals growth, not failureThe Four C's framework for building confidence before you feel readyHow fear and excitement are the same thing, differently framedWhy the people around you already see the version of you that you're still working towardA simple meditation practice that takes 10 minutes and actually worksWhy where you are right now is the perfect place to teach the person you used to beSubscribe to The Weekly Compass, our free weekly newsletter with short practical tips for building wealth, aligning your family, and living intentionally: https://OurFamilyInvests.com/newsletter

    077: Fear Guards The Door - Mike Neubauer | Our Family Invests
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The Our Family Invests Podcast is a conversation with inspiring couples and individuals who have built meaningful lives and are thoughtful about how they invest their time, energy, relationships, and capital. Hosted by Mike and Caroline Neubauer, each episode features honest, casual conversations about how people think, make decisions, stay aligned, build wealth and legacy, and what it actually takes to build an intentional life together. New episodes every Tuesday.

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  • Creator
    Our Family Invests
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    84
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © Our Family Invests
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