🔥 Are You Overpaying the IRS? Take Our Free 60-Second Survey and Find Out.https://bit.ly/taxquiz2026🔥 Connect With Cody📖 Book: https://retireby30book.com/💻 Website: https://codydberman.com/🎯 Youtube: @codydberman 🎤 Podcast: @TheFIShow 🎯 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/codydberman/Cody Berman is an entrepreneur, real estate investor, personal finance educator, and author of Retire by 30. He reached financial independence at 25 through online business, strategic investing, and intentional living, and now helps others achieve freedom on their own terms. He’s the creator of an award-winning personal finance podcast and has built multiple seven-figure businesses.🔥 Everyone assumes early retirement requires a MASSIVE salary — and that assumption is exactly why most people work until 65.In this episode of Stacks Over Tax, Mark Lewis, EA sits down with Cody Berman — founder of Gold City Ventures, co-host of The Financial Independence Show, and a real estate investor who reached financial independence at just 25 years old. Cody breaks down the exact framework he used to get there, and the money myths that keep everyone else stuck.If you own an LLC, an S-Corp, or you're building wealth as an entrepreneur, this conversation reframes how you think about your income, your expenses, and the biggest "asset" most people never question — their home.🔥 In this episode: - How Cody reached financial independence at 25 - The "maximize the gap" method between income and expenses - Why house hacking turns your home into a cash-flowing asset - The grandfather's-house story that proves your home may be a liability - Nest-egg (4% rule) vs. cash-flow paths to freedom - The "big three" expenses eating 67% of your budget - Why you may never want to pay off your house - The "enough bar" and escaping the scarcity mindset⭐️This channel is dedicated to helping entrepreneurs legally reduce taxes, protect assets, structure LLCs correctly, build generational wealth, and avoid the financial traps most business owners never see coming.00:00 Meet Cody Berman: FI at 2503:20 "Retire by 30" and what FIRE really means07:45 Maximize the gap: income minus expenses13:10 Where to invest the gap (index funds, not lottery-ticket stocks)19:30 House hacking explained: FHA, low down, rent the rest26:15 The grandfather's house: why your home is a liability33:40 Nest-egg vs. cash-flow paths to freedom40:05 The "enough bar" and the moving-goalpost trap46:20 Values, money dials, and the annual review ritual🔔SUBSCRIBE TO MY CHANNEL ⭐️Connect with Us:http://www.executivemoneystrategies.com/🔥 Take the free 60-second tax reduction survey:http://bit.ly/taxquiz2026📖 Get Your Copy of Mark's Newest Book: "Turn Your $60,000 Salary Into $1 Million"https://bit.ly/60KtoMillion 📧 Email Mark: mark@marksmoneysecrets.com💻 Watch: https://www.youtube.com/@MarksMoneyStrategies🎯IG https://www.instagram.com/marksmoneystrategies/ 🎯FB https://www.facebook.com/marksmoneystrategies🎯TT https://www.tiktok.com/@marksmoneystrategies#LLC #SCorp #BusinessTaxes #TaxReduction #AssetProtection #BusinessOwner #Entrepreneur #WealthBuilding #TaxPlanning #SmallBusinessTaxes #MultiMemberLLC #HoldingCompany #AugustaRule #BusinessDeductions #SelfEmploymentTax #GenerationalWealth #WealthPreservation #BusinessFinance #FinancialFreedom #CorporateStructure #Trust #EstatePlanning #CashFlowInvesting #AdvancedTaxStrategies #FamilyWealth #BusinessConsulting #TaxLoopholes #MarkLewis #FIRE #HouseHacking© 2026 All Rights Reserved | Mark Lewis, EA | Executive Money Strategies---