Welcome to the
Freedom Podcast!
Welcome to the Freedom Podcast!
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The Financial Freedom with Real Estate Investing podcast is about helping you achieve financial independence and control your time through apartment building investing. Michael Blank interviews experts in real estate, business, and investing.
From learning how to invest in multifamily real estate to navigating entrepreneurship, you will learn the keys to success in your journey towards financial freedom. Previous guests include Grant Cardone, Robert Kiyosaki, Ken McElroy, Robert Helms, Brandon Turner, and Hal Elrod. Whether you're new to real estate investing or a seasoned investor, you'll enjoy stories from our expert guests as well as hear from people who quit their jobs and are living life on their own terms because of investing in multifamily real estate.
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MB 188 with Grant Cardone
MB 160 with Robert Kiyosaki
MB 165 with Hal Elrod
MB513: Why Multifamily Is the Fastest Path to Financial Freedom – With Michael Blank
In this episode, I walk through the ceiling I hit with flipping and small rentals and the math that forced me to rethink everything. I share what happened with my first 12-unit deal, what I got wrong, what finally worked, and why apartments changed the way I look at income, scale, and risk.
MB512: Why This Real Estate Investor Walked Away From 100 Deals (and What He Did Instead) – With Steve Libman
In this episode, we break down Steve Libman leveraged his existing team, investor base, and deal experience to transition into multifamily and self-storage — and why that shift accelerated his net worth faster than seven years of single-family investing. If you want to build real scale, align profit with purpose, and understand what it actually takes to grow beyond small deals, this conversation lays it out clearly.
MB511: How to Use AI, Data, and Market Timing to Gain an “Unfair” Advantage in Multifamily — With Neal Bawa
Despite strong capital availability and better-than-expected economic stability, rent growth has stalled nationwide and concessions are climbing toward record highs. Neil explains why the final wave of supply has been harder to absorb than expected, why distress hasn’t hit the market the way many predicted.
MB510: What Separates the Winners: Multifamily Lessons from $50M Lost and Rebuilt – With Rod Khlief
In this real, no-BS conversation, Michael Blank sits down with Rod Khleif to talk about what’s really happening in the multifamily world right now—and what’s coming next.
MB509: Market Outlook – Investing in 2024-25 vs. 2026 (Different Risk Profile) – With Michael Blank
In this solo episode, Michael Blank breaks down what actually happened in 2025, what’s driving this year’s market, and why now is the time to get off the sidelines.
MB508: How High-Achievers Sabotage Great Deals (And How to Stop) — With Derrick Lind
In this episode, he shares how analysis paralysis nearly held him back — and what finally pushed him to get in the game.
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