Podcast Episode #427: Building Your Freedom Plan – Utilizing Your Practice as the Economic Engine to Freedom (Part 2) – Christopher Sands
Episode #427: Dentist Freedom Blueprint Podcast
Building Your Freedom Plan – Utilizing Your Practice as the Economic Engine to Freedom (Part 2) – Christopher Sands
We are back with the second half of my interview with Christopher Sands. (If you haven’t heard the first half of the interview, be sure to listen to episode 426 first.) Today we’ll jump into what Chris considers to be the most underutilized business metric, why it’s so important to have an understanding of taxes—even if it’s only from a high level—and more.
Listen in to hear about how the traditional financial model just doesn’t work and how Chris is building his own freedom plan B through real estate. He shares his first property investments and emphasizes the importance of paying down debt and creating cash flow as quickly as possible. This conversation is one that you don’t want to miss if you’re looking for the best way to find opportunity and growth while navigating a tricky marketplace.
Minute Markers:
1:23 – The most underutilized business metric.
2:50 – How to understand the basics of tax planning for your business.
7:12 – How there’s never enough focus on debt.
9:57 – Christopher’s first real estate investment and how he first became committed to it.
15:22 – The most important things in finance.
17:21 – What you need to be focused on in the business.
19:19 – How to take advantage of opportunity in the marketplace.
Featured on the Show:
Christopher Sands: Website
Profit First by Mike Michalowicz
Robert Kiyosaki
P.S. Whenever you’re ready, here are some other ways I can help fast track you to your Freedom goal (you’re closer than you think) :
In this episode, we finish up the second part of my interview with Rob Swanson and his eight rules of investing. (If you haven’t listened to part 1, be sure to go back and give that a listen before jumping into this one.) Today, we pick up where we left off, covering rules four through eight and talking about everything from decision-making to cash flow and risk reduction.
Listen in as Rob shares his incredible insight and experience in real estate and investing to give us a few rules that help make our decisions and investments more solid. You will hear about the importance of looking at margins before buying and what boxes need to be checked when it comes to predicting a solid income stream. Rob also discusses how to define and mitigate the different risks involved so that you can come out on top.
Alastair MacDonald is a private advisor to established entrepreneurs, investors, and business owners, as well as a TEDx speaker who lectures on economic, social, and financial forecasts. Join me today to hear part two of our conversation at the Freedom Founders Mastermind, where we dive into the concept of certainty, how to hedge against a volatile economy, and why the abdication model is no longer one that works.
Listen in to learn the reasons why Alastair is not worried about consumer price inflation (and what he’s really worried about instead) and why the 401(k) is not always the investment that it is made out to be. You’ll learn why he is most concerned about the issue of division and polarity in the Western world, why your business is your best asset in a volatile economy, and how you can maintain its viability to weather the most intense economic storm.
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