Our Family Invests Podcast

Our Family Invests
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Real estate investor and former Maui firefighter Mike Neubauer and top-producing Maui realtor Caroline Neubauer talk with guests who've actually built the life they teach, not the ones who just talk about it. Every conversation runs through one of four pillars: Wealth, Growth, Mindset, and Family, because money without the rest of it isn't the win most people think it is. No theory. No hype. Just what worked, and what it cost to get there. Build intentionally. Let it Compound. New episodes every Tuesday.

  1. 5h ago

    The Asset Class That's Too Small For Wall Street - Katie Neason | Our Family Invests

    Redevelopment sits in a strange gap. It's too small for institutional developers and too complex for passive investors, which is exactly why Katie Neason has built a career inside it. Katie is a fourth generation Bryan, Texas native who left corporate banking after missing her son's first steps, and turned that decision into a decade of flipping houses, then over ten years redeveloping her own downtown.In this episode, Katie breaks down her real first deal, a townhome project that nearly died over a five foot zoning gap, and how one blunt comment to the city ended up saving the whole thing. She also covers financing redevelopment deals, working with local governments, and why she calls this asset class "one investment, two returns."HIGHLIGHTS: Why deals between $1M and $5M are too small for institutions, too big for passive investorsHow to get past the gatekeeper and into a real meeting with your city plannerThe questions that reveal if a city actually supports your projectHow to de-risk your first redevelopment dealWhy local investors build healthier communities than outside developersConnect with us! Instagram | OurFamilyInvests.com

    The Asset Class That's Too Small For Wall Street - Katie Neason | Our Family Invests

  2. Sep 1

    Loving Conflict: How to Fight Better in Marriage, Business, and Parenting | Our Family Invests

    Anna Lecat moved to China alone at 17 with no idea where the country even was, then built her first manufacturing company there at 19 in rooms with no other women. That same skill, building trust across difference, is what she teaches now as a conflict and intimacy consultant and author of Loving Conflict. Anna joins Mike and Caroline to break down how to fight better in marriage, business, and parenting without losing the relationship along the way. She walks through how to spot conflict before it surfaces, why calming yourself comes before calming anyone else, and how her weekly family meetings (with her own three kids holding her accountable too) turned conflict into a skill instead of a threat. What you'll learn: How to notice conflict building before it boils overWhy self-regulation comes first, every timeHow Anna earned trust with Chinese business partners at 19The family meeting structure that teaches kids to handle conflict for lifeWhy "loving conflict" only sounds like a contradictionWhat the best leaders learn from practicing how to followAnna's line from this one is worth sitting with: every conversation you don't have still sends a bill. 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/newsletter

    Loving Conflict: How to Fight Better in Marriage, Business, and Parenting | Our Family Invests

  3. Aug 25

    Rich Dad, Napoleon Hill and Their Next Chapter: Sharon + Michael Lechter | Our Family Invests

    Sharon Lechter co-authored Rich Dad Poor Dad, the personal finance book that sold over 27 million copies in 51 languages. But it started as a brochure written to help sell a $200 board game, the one her husband Michael first saw scrawled on a roll of butcher paper in his law office.In this episode, Sharon and Michael trace the full arc: a 1992 credit card scare that turned into Sharon's lifelong financial literacy mission, the chance meeting with Robert Kiyosaki that built the Rich Dad empire, and what came next when Sharon walked away after ten years and the Napoleon Hill Foundation came calling. She revived Think and Grow Rich for a new generation and personally rescued Outwitting the Devil, a manuscript that sat in a drawer for nearly 75 years. Michael also breaks down what builders need to know about protecting their ideas, whether that's a board game, a book, or something still in beta.What You'll Learn:- Why "stop digging" is the real first step out of debt- The difference between exchanging time for money and investing it- What "Henrys" are and why high earners stay broke- How a brochure became a 27 million copy franchise- What to know before talking to an IP attorney- Why Outwitting the Devil almost never got publishedSubscribe 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

    Rich Dad, Napoleon Hill and Their Next Chapter: Sharon + Michael Lechter | Our Family Invests

  4. Aug 18

    He Built, Scaled and Sold Multi Million Dollar Businesses. Then He Built a Tribe - Chaz Wolfe | Our Family Invests

    Chaz Wolfe sold the things most entrepreneurs spend a lifetime building. By 29, he was a multi millionaire who had scaled an Edible Arrangements franchise from one location to seven across three states. Then his wife pulled him aside and said she was still there. That conversation changed how he ran every business after it. On this episode of Our Family Invests, Chaz walks Mike and Caroline through what it actually took to step out of the operator seat in seven locations at once, the daily phone reminder he uses to send his wife a specific appreciation text, and why he bought his 12 and 10 year old kids a vending machine business instead of waiting until they were older. He also talks openly about not meeting his own father until he was 23, raised instead by his mom, his sister, and a houseful of women, and how that absence shaped the kind of husband and dad he decided to become. Chaz now runs Gathering The Kings, a mastermind for family driven entrepreneurs built on one idea: most high performers isolate when they don't have to, and a room full of people who actually understand the weight changes everything. What You'll Learn: The system he used to get out of day to day operations across seven locationsHow a daily phone reminder changed the way he shows up for his wifeWhy most entrepreneurs isolate, and what changes when they don'tWhat it looks like to build a business with your kids before they're teenagersThe three layers of freedom Chaz works toward with his coaching clientsSubscribe 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 Built, Scaled and Sold Multi Million Dollar Businesses. Then He Built a Tribe - Chaz Wolfe | Our Family Invests

  5. Aug 11

    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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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
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Real estate investor and former Maui firefighter Mike Neubauer and top-producing Maui realtor Caroline Neubauer talk with guests who've actually built the life they teach, not the ones who just talk about it. Every conversation runs through one of four pillars: Wealth, Growth, Mindset, and Family, because money without the rest of it isn't the win most people think it is. No theory. No hype. Just what worked, and what it cost to get there. Build intentionally. Let it Compound. New episodes every Tuesday.

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  • Creator
    Our Family Invests
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    88
  • Rating
    Explicit
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