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Hi my name is Veken Bakrad. For the last 3 years, I have been struggling to become a successful investor. I have blown away $36,000 dollars on quick rich scheme products that promised me the world. I have tried every single strategy under the sun. E-commerce, penny stocks, forex, real estate, Shopify, and everything else you get advertised to on Youtube. I have also dropped out of college thinking I will become next Warren Buffett. I left my decent 9-5 job to pursue something that my family considers gambling. After maxing out credit cards, line of credit, savings, 401k and losing all my money I became broke. 1 step away from becoming homeless. This led me to become overweight, depression, stress, kind of suicidal and mid-life crisis. Trying to get back on my feet, no one wants to hire me because of my bad credit.I’m most thankful for my parents, giving me a roof to live under, and having food in the fridge. I’m also thankful to my girlfriend, knowing all of this she still decided not to run away or give up on me. During those times I couldn’t afford to take her out on an ice cream date. I guess true love is based on someone believing in you and support you through hard times. So why am I telling you this?

Because I know how you feel and if you haven’t experienced what I just said, you might experience it when you try to become financially free.I believe this is the price you pay to learn what it takes to become successful. Just like how you pay college tuition to learn something.

This is why I still haven’t given up. Whether it’s true or not, I make myself believe there is a light end of the tunnel.

Now you’re saying to yourself, Thanks Veken for making me feel like shit. What’s next? I have a dream of becoming financially free just like you, but what many people don’t talk about is how hard it is to become successful. The amount of time it requires. How to deal with the struggles. And most importantly how to get started with a small capital when you don't have 20k 50k sitting around.

Honestly, I’m sick and tired of being broke and always running out of money and as you can tell I come from a middle class who doesn’t care about achieving financial freedom. No one in my close circle of family or friends are a millionaire or have any interest in achieving financial freedom. They don’t care about growing their money or learning about financial markets, real estate, bitcoin or trading. All they do is talk about the la la la land… one day I will have this and that.

I have tried to succeed on my own and I have failed multiple times in the last 3 years. I decided this time to do it all over again but record my journey with you. My last resort is to create a podcast that documents my journey, struggles, pain, and the lessons I learn on the way to becoming a successful investor. I’m tired of listening to podcasts with amazing guests that just make it seem so easy to become real estate investor or stock trader. I want to know the truth. What shifted in their brain that they started seeing results. How can I get started with small capital or no capital. How hard is this shit! Don't beat around the bush. Do you know how many times I have fallen for Instagram influencers and youtube influencers that have a Lamborghini car in the background? Yes, that is a disease I have. It’s called Shiny Object Syndrome. I also deal with Paralysis Analysis disease. I’m still here and I haven’t given up. Why? Because I just need to be right one time and all of this will pay off. However, if I give up and years will pass by.. on my deathbed I will sit there regret not trying. What if I tried little harder? What if I didn’t give up so easily? what would my life be like? This is why I push myself and why I started this podcast.

I’m scratching my own itch that I wish there was 3 years ago. Every podcast I have listened to so far the guest makes it seem so goddam easy. They say yeah I just took my savings money about 200 apartments no big deal. Yeah, I just sold my commercial building for 2.5 million no problem. Oh yeah, I traded this stock and it gave me 1534% return on investment. I wish some of these guests can hear me coz I’m usually screaming on my phone. HOW THE FUCK DO YOU GET RETURNS LIKE THAT! WHERE DID YOU GET ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY 200 APARTMENTS? This is why I decided to create a podcast that documents my struggles to become successful investor. I know you might be in the same position like me where you feel like you have a million questions and none of them are answered.

I personally love stock trading, real estate, peer to peer lending, and a little bit of bitcoin. In the last couple of months, I have been thinking about how can I get into real estate and obviously I don’t have 50k 100k sitting around to invest like the big shots. Instead of crying and complaining I looked for alternative ways to invest in real estate. I ran into a company that does crowdfunding for real estate. Basically, everyone chips in as much money they can afford and they have a portion of a property. You can get up to 15% return on investment. I believe this is a great way to get started when you don’t have 20-30k to buy your own property. Other things you can also do is loan out your money and get interested on it. You basically become the bank. The website does all the background check on that person and you pick someone with high credit or low credit and your returns are based on how risky that person is. I have seen some people get up to 23% ROI on their money. The best part about these platforms is that you can get started with $500 dollars.

Some of the links/products that I mention on the podcast are affiliate links, which means that if you choose to make a purchase, I will earn a small commission. This commission comes at no additional cost to you. If I share any product with you I will most likely talk about my experience, journey, struggle, the pain I was suffering and how this product gave me the results or performance I was looking for. I might also do an interview with the product owner to break down how to get started step-by-step without skipping any steps and because you’re are a subscriber you might get an extra discount or better rates depending on the service or product.

Please understand that I have experience with all of these companies, products before I bring them on the show. I only recommend them because they are helpful and useful, not because of the small commissions I make if you decide to buy something. Please do not spend any money on these products unless you feel you need them or that they will help you achieve your goals. Thank you in advance for contributing to this podcast. I’m sure you’re going to love this podcast and stop looking for anything else.

I need your feedback. I would love to talk with you. Tell me about your experience and some of the struggles you’re going through right now. I personally reply to all emails. I can also take your questions and ask the investors and have them teach us both something new. Remember you’re not alone in this. I’m trying to build a community of like-minded people to help one another. Ask me anything you want. If I can’t answer your question, I will have one the guests help us, so we can both learn from it. On the podcast, my attention is to interview some of the best investors on this planet. I want to break down their success so you and I can replicate their success.

I would like to also state before this I have never done any interviews so in the first couple episodes I might stutter while I talk is because I’m nervous. I promise to improve myself week by week.

Some of the topics we will cover on this podcast are: Bitcoin, trading, real estate, peer to peer lending, venture capital, side hustle, Personal finance, Tax Lien, Small Business and much more.

I have a small gift for you. Recently, I got a new Mamas & Papas job. After my first paycheck, I realized that even though I’m not making so much money I needed to start over and not give up. I wanted to save $1,000 dollars and then take that start investing it. After hours and hours of searching online, watching videos and reading blog posts they all were starting to make a budget, give up on lattes or drinks with friends and cut back on anything I loved. Which sounded miserable to me.

So then I decided to do my own research to find a better way that I can put in 20 percent work and get 80 percent results. After 7 days I figured out a way to save $1,000 dollars in 7 days. After I saved the money, I thought to myself $1,000 dollars is not enough money to get started. Bullshit! This is more than enough. So then I was like okay so where do I invest my first $1,000 dollars? After 48 hours of research and no sleep, i figured out the best way to diversify my money in real estate, bitcoin, stock trading and peer lending with only $1,000 dollars. Crazy I know!

If you want to learn how to save $1,000 in 7 days than this free ebook is for you. If you want to learn how to invest your first $1,000 dollars or what is the best way to invest $1,000 dollars than this for you as well. You can get the free ebook bundle at InvestMoneySchool.com/Subscribe

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