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Epic Real Estate Investing
Hosted by Matt Theriault · EN
In the spirit of Robert Kiyosaki's Rich Dad Poor Dad and Gary Keller's Millionaire Real Estate Investor, and as an alternate to the Dave Ramsey, Jim Cramer, Motley Fool and Suze Orman shows, Matt Theriault, real estate investor, entrepreneur and author will show you how to create wealth through conventional and creative real estate investing while improving your financial education so you will have the option to realistically retire in the next ten years, or less… and enjoy the good life while you're still young enough to do so.
This free podcast and course in real estate investing serves as a portal to multiple real estate investing courses making it a complete step-by-step and comprehensive real estate investing program and resource.
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Two Words on the Deed and Two Thermometers at the Fed: The Free Fix Nobody Told You About, and Why the New Fed Chair Just Changed His Mind
2d ago00:26:30Tap to summarizeThis week Matt walks through the two-word difference on your deed that decides whether your spouse inherits the house free and clear or gets dragged into probate court -- a fix that costs nothing and takes ten minutes at the kitchen table. Then he unpacks the flip nobody's covering: the new Fed chair, Kevin Warsh, promising price stability with his mouth while quietly swapping to a friendlier inflation gauge that trims out the prices you actually pay. Matt lays out both branches of the story, why fixed-rate homeowners still win either way, and the one date to circle on your calendar. Where Matt sends people for the trust setup: protectwhatsmine.com. Where the crypto IRA piece lives: epicrealcrypto.com.
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Supreme Court Blesses a Home-Equity Trap + The 5-State "Exit Tax" Toll Booths Spreading Fast
1w ago00:32:59Tap to summarizeMatt argues states are building "toll booths" to capture homeowner equity on the way out, often under softer names, and walks through five examples: New Jersey's 10.75% gain/2% sale-price withholding on nonresident home sales; Massachusetts' 4% "Fair Share" surtax over $1M that can hit one-time home-sale gains and has raised $5.7B since 2022; Washington's newly signed 9.9% tax over $1M starting 2028 that he says can reach former residents; California's proposed 2026 Billionaire Tax Act with a retroactive measurement date and constitutional changes enabling future wealth taxes; and a New York City proposal to cut the estate-tax exemption to $750k and raise the top rate to 50%. He also covers a unanimous Supreme Court ruling involving a Michigan tax foreclosure where a $194,400 home sold for $76,008 over a $2,242 bill, with compensation tied to auction price, and urges viewers to verify property taxes are paid and review assessed value.
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How Your Insurance Company Is Quietly Gutting Your Coverage (And What to Do This Week)
2w ago00:24:34Tap to summarizeYour insurance premium goes up every year — but the protection you're actually buying? It's been shrinking. In this episode, we expose the five specific moves insurers use to hollow out your policy while you keep paying full price, and exactly what to do to protect yourself. In this episode: The Frozen Limit – Why your dwelling coverage hasn't kept up with rising rebuild costs, and why 2 out of 3 American homes are now under-insured by 20% or more The Roof Schedule Switch – How carriers bury an actual cash value clause in the fine print that turns a $20,000 roof claim into a $5,000 check The Non-Renewal Map – Non-renewals have exploded across all 50 states — including yours. How to check if your county is on the government's risk map The Mismatch Clause – The "cosmetic damage" loophole that leaves you with a two-toned house and no recourse, plus the $25/year fix they should have never removed The Claims Score Gatekeeper – The secret LexisNexis CLUE report that follows your house for 7 years and can raise your rate before you ever file a claim Plus: The insurance industry posted $166 billion in profits in 2024 while paying out only 62 cents per premium dollar. This isn't about survival — it's about design. BONUS SEGMENT – The Inflation Number They Want You to Believe: Why the official CPI is a statistical hallucination, how hedonic quality adjustments and owner's equivalent rent hide the true cost of living, and why a temporary drop in gas prices could quietly shrink Social Security raises for 70 million people.
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The Fixed Payment That Isn't & The Letter JP Morgan Didn't Send You
3w ago00:26:58Tap to summarizeThis week on Epic Real Estate, two stories about money moving quietly in the background while the headlines look fine. First, why thousands of homeowners with locked-in fixed-rate mortgages just opened their mailbox and found their payment jumped $200 a month -- and the two "passengers" riding inside every fixed payment that nobody warned you about. Then, the private letter JP Morgan sent its billionaire clients with a three-word instruction -- "inflate the debt away" -- and what that means for your house, your savings, and the dollars you're sitting on right now. If you need help fighting your assessment, shopping insurance, or getting your gold position right, Matt put the resources at hedgethefed.com and in the show notes below.
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The Wrong Line: Why Sellers Are Quitting and Why Your "Safe" Bank Note Isn't
Jun 2200:28:01Tap to summarizeThis week, Matt unpacks two stories the headlines are getting wrong on purpose. First, sellers are pulling homes off the market at the fastest rate since 2020 -- and the press wants you to picture another 2008. Matt shows why this is a standoff, not a crash, and what Warren Buffett quietly did last week that tells you everything about where real estate is headed. Then, a deep dive into a sentence buried in Wells Fargo's own filings -- and the $150 billion in "safe income" bank notes being sold to retirees who have no idea they're standing in the wrong line if the bank ever stumbles. Two stories, one pattern: the people who read the fine print win, and the people who trust the pitch get stuck. Don't buy gold before you take the free dealer interrogation audit -> HedgeTheFed.com If you've felt off about the market or your savings lately, this episode will tell you exactly why -- and what to do next.
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Pickpocketing in a Tweed Jacket: The Quiet Heist Coming for Your Savings and Your Home Equity
Jun 1500:30:53Tap to summarizeThis week Matt connects two stories most of the press is filing as background noise. First, a brand-new Fed chair just took the oath, the old chair never actually left, and the smart money is already positioned for a move nobody at the podium will admit out loud. Then, our biggest foreign lenders are quietly walking away from the table after 40 years of bankrolling America — and that's the single biggest threat to the equity in your home right now. Matt walks through the playbook, the receipts from JP Morgan's private bank, and the regular-person version of the move the family offices and Ivy League endowments already made. Where Matt points listeners for help putting inflation on their side → inflationdefense.com
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Jun 800:29:25Tap to summarizeThis week Matt unpacks two quiet heists hiding in plain sight. First, why your paycheck and savings feel like they're shrinking even when the official numbers say everything's fine — and the Harvard-written playbook the Treasury is using to pay down the national debt with your purchasing power. Then, the $250,000 home sale tax break Washington promised back in 1997 — half of it has already been silently nuked by inflation, with one in three homeowners now on track to owe capital gains on what they thought was a tax-free sale. Senators Cruz and Scott are pressuring Treasury Secretary Bessent to fix it, but you don't have to wait — Matt walks through documented strategies you can use right now to protect what you've built. Where Matt parks his cash to stay ahead of inflation → stackmybanks.com Where Matt goes for the tax planning he mentions in segment two → protectwhatsmine.com
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Bureaucrats Walking Out With Your Equity and Money With an Expiration Date
Jun 100:34:15Tap to summarizeTwo stories this week about who's quietly grabbing the things you thought were yours. First, a Michigan family lost $118,000 in home equity over a $2,242 tax bill they had already won in court -- and the Supreme Court spent an hour deciding whether the bureaucrat in your county should still be allowed to do the same thing in five states (yours might be one of them). Then, a World Bank paper, a 246-page bill nobody read, and a Larry Fink quote that should keep every homeowner awake at night -- the rails under your money are being rewired so a line of code can freeze, burn, or expire your savings without a judge in the loop. Three moves under $1,500 to put your house outside the reach of any of it are at protectwhatsmine.com, and we go through them in plain English. Take one action this week before the rules quietly change on you.
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Powell's Spare Key: Warsh, Fed Regime Change, and the New Exit Taxes Coming for Your Home Equity
May 2500:38:14Tap to summarizeThe episode argues that Jerome Powell's decision to remain a Fed governor and keep his vote through January 2028—breaking 78 years of precedent since Marriner Eccles—is a warning about Kevin Warsh's promised "regime change" at the Federal Reserve and growing political pressure on monetary policy. It connects this to historical parallels (the 1951 Treasury-Fed Accord and the Nixon–Burns era inflation) and claims JP Morgan's billionaire clients are shifting heavily into alternatives and underweighting the US dollar. The host outlines three suggested actions: move idle cash to high-yield savings, build defensive hedges (including precious metals and credit lines), or pursue inflation-arbitrage via fixed-rate leveraged rental real estate. The second half describes "exit tax" style policies targeting homeowners and movers in five states—New Jersey, Massachusetts, Washington, California, and New York—and says six more states are drafting similar measures.
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The Equity Trap: Six Moves Before They Tax Your House and the Florida-Texas Beta Test for Taking It
May 1800:32:23Tap to summarizeThis week on the podcast, two things happening at the same time that almost nobody is connecting. First, the new Fed chair's plan to quietly cancel $39 trillion in national debt -- and why a side effect of that plan is the single greatest gift your fixed-rate mortgage will ever receive. Then, a California ballot measure that just hit 52% in the polls and lays the framework for taxing what you already own -- your savings, your car, and the equity sitting in your house. Two stories, same playbook -- the system has decided where the money is coming from, and it's looking at you. Park your savings somewhere that actually keeps up with inflation -- the list of high-yield options Matt uses --> stackmybanks.com Pull equity out of your home without giving up your low rate -- the three-way breakdown --> houserichcashready.com
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