207. Johnny McIntyre & Amy Cortes: Love is Blind success love story break down the first year of marriage, venturing into the content creator space, and talking all things $$$

Summary

Trading Secrets: Episode 207 - Johnny McIntyre & Amy Cortes

Release Date: November 4, 2024

Hosts: Jason Tartick and David
Guests: Johnny McIntyre & Amy Cortes
Podcast: Trading Secrets by Audioboom Studios

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1. Introduction

In Episode 207 of Trading Secrets, host Jason Tartick welcomes Johnny McIntyre and Amy Cortes, a married couple who emerged as fan favorites from Season Six of Netflix's reality dating show Love is Blind. The episode delves into their first year of marriage, their transition into the content creator space, and comprehensive discussions on finances and career changes.

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2. Background of Johnny and Amy

[08:34] Johnny McIntyre:
"Johnny and Amy walked away from season six of Netflix's Love is Blind as the only couple happily married."

Johnny and Amy share their journey from being highly educated professionals to securing their relationship on national television. Their experience on Love is Blind required balancing intense personal connections with professional commitments, laying the groundwork for their post-show endeavors.

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3. Navigating Careers Post-Marriage

[10:46] Johnny McIntyre:
"Professionally, you're in tech sales. Did you lose your job when you went on the show?"

Both partners faced significant career considerations during and after filming. Johnny maintained his role in IT sales by negotiating a flexible work arrangement but ultimately decided to step back to focus on content creation. Amy, on the other hand, transitioned from a corporate role to full-time influencer work, seeking greater flexibility and alignment with her personal values.

[11:43] Amy Cortes:
"We got married in such a fast-paced process, and we just want to enjoy it."

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4. Financial Alignment and Transparency

[12:18] Johnny McIntyre:
"In IT tech sales, your compensation typically includes a base salary and commissions, potentially doubling your earnings."

Johnny provides insight into the financial structures of IT sales, highlighting the potential for high earnings through commissions. Both discuss their approaches to managing finances as a newly married couple, emphasizing transparency and strategic planning.

[19:08] Amy Cortes:
"We talked about finances and how to balance our different approaches."

They address the common financial tensions in relationships, detailing how they navigated differing money management styles by creating joint accounts and setting personal spending allowances.

[45:23] Amy Cortes:
"We started funneling all our content creation income into a joint business account."
[45:30] Johnny McIntyre:
"From the income, we decide how much to allocate for personal expenses, allowing each other financial freedom without judgment."

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5. Health Issues and Insurance Challenges

[66:44] David:
"I had a calcium score test that revealed significant calcium buildup, leading to insurance issues."

David shares a personal health story about undergoing a comprehensive Prenuvo scan, which revealed several health concerns despite his outward fitness. This proactive approach to health uncovered financial challenges when his insurance provider terminated his coverage due to pre-existing conditions detected early.

[71:04] David:
"Understanding your health is crucial, and preventive measures like calcium scoring can save lives."
[72:38] David:
"Check out the Prenuvo scan. It's a life-changing investment in your health."

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6. Future Plans and Goals

[24:02] Amy Cortes:
"I’m enjoying the flexibility of content creation and the increased income it provides, allowing me to support my family better."
[28:39] Amy Cortes:
"We plan to reassess our career paths by the end of the year, ensuring we remain aligned with our personal and professional goals."

Johnny and Amy discuss their aspirations, including potential real estate investments in Charlotte, expanding their content creation efforts, and the possibility of starting their own business ventures. They emphasize the importance of flexibility and continuous evaluation of their career trajectories to maintain a healthy work-life balance.

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7. Relationship Dynamics and Communication

[16:55] Amy Cortes:
"We have consistent conversations about finances, kids, and personal growth to ensure our relationship remains strong."

The couple highlights the critical role of open communication in their relationship, especially regarding finances and future planning. They share strategies for avoiding resentment by maintaining transparency and supporting each other's individual interests and responsibilities.

[41:13] Amy Cortes:
"We eliminate resentment buildup by having open and honest conversations, ensuring no issues are swept under the rug."

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8. Insights and Conclusions

[56:48] Johnny McIntyre:
"When you're feeling comfortable, that's the best time to make a move and do something different."
[57:23] Amy Cortes:
"Follow your intuition and trust where it guides you."

Johnny and Amy conclude the episode by sharing their personal "trading secrets." Johnny emphasizes the importance of taking risks and stepping out of comfort zones to foster growth, while Amy advocates for trusting one's intuition to navigate life's uncertainties. These insights underscore the episode's themes of personal development, strategic financial planning, and the significance of maintaining a strong, communicative partnership.

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Notable Quotes with Timestamps

• Johnny McIntyre [56:48]:
  "When you're feeling comfortable, that's probably the best time to make a move and do something different."

• Amy Cortes [57:23]:
  "Follow your intuition and your gut and just trust where it'll guide you."

• Johnny McIntyre [41:13]:
  "It's about finding compromise and understanding each other's differences."

• Amy Cortes [19:08]:
  "We might not meet in the same place in the beginning, but we could potentially meet in the middle."

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Conclusion

Episode 207 of Trading Secrets offers an in-depth look into the complexities of balancing personal relationships, professional careers, and financial responsibilities. Johnny McIntyre and Amy Cortes provide valuable insights into effective communication, financial transparency, and the importance of aligning personal values with career choices. Their story serves as an example for listeners navigating similar transitions, emphasizing the significance of adaptability, mutual support, and strategic planning in achieving both personal and professional success.

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[Johnny McIntyre]

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[David]

Together and you have to deal with career changes and finance changes, all the moving parts like the mayhem that a situation like that can present. And these two are here to talk about it. Now, a quick update from the market. First and foremost, I hope everyone has voted. If you haven't, get your ass out there and get it done. Once this episode releases, there's very finite time and by next week we will know who the future President United States is. And with that, there's going to be changes. So I would tell you this. The next three to six months in the market, real estate market, stock market, all the things, let's just use one word and say interesting. And anyone out there that says it's perfectly predictable is incorrect. Another thing you should know about just we're going in the holiday season shopping. I read a stat today that 73% of consumers said they are slow shopping this year. It is a trend that is moving towards more mindful buying decisions. As we're going into peak holiday season, people are planning in advance. They're using alternative areas and places to save money. They are buying proactively as opposed to reactively. And pay attention to my Instagram because I have a hack coming out that can show you how to save a bunch of money when you are shopping this holiday season. When you get to the recap, stay tuned because we are talking about some big health insurance things that have impacted my life. I think it's really important for everyone to hear whether you have an older parent or grandparent or you're like me and you're in your 30s. There's some shit that happened to me. And you're going to hear that in the recap. That also connects to something everyone should know about. It's the pre novo scan. It's P R E N U V O. Go to their website and you can see where in the United States you can get a prenovable scan. It was the craziest thing. I did it. Now it retails. We talk money here, of course, right? So you should know it retails at $2,500. But you go into an MRI machine and from your head to your toe they scan for everything. They scan your nervous system, your respiratory system, your circulatory system, your endocrine system, your urinary system, your reproductive system, your digestive system and your musculoskeletal system. And then each of them it'll tell you the findings it found. For example, I'm on the app and I'm in the nervous system and I can look at my brain. There were no adverse findings in my brain and there are about 30 different things in my brain that they scan for. When I click on those, I can actually see the scan. Now if I go into my spine, I could see three minor findings. And in the minor findings it'll show me exactly where in my spine there's a minor finding. What I should think about what the level of it is. All the things in this scan I found out some interesting things. I found out that in my respiratory system, I have a lung nodule at.05 cm. So I have to keep an eye on that, make sure it doesn't grow. It should be benign, but if it does grow, we have some issues. If it doesn't, it was just from a lung infection. I found out from the scan that I'm by both of my kidneys. I have cysts and I know exactly the size of those cysts and they are both benign, which is good. I know that my knee has some inflation. I know that in my urinary system that when it comes to everything regarding my bladder and my liver and in prostate, everything looks good. I tell you all this because I am blown away from the information from my brain to literally my ankles. The pernuvo scan has it all. And you would expect something like this to be an exorbitant amount that is unaffordable or unattainable. And why understand 20$500 is a lot to think about. The fact that you can prevent the spread of something that could be much bigger is unbelievable. So I know this is a gift that will be giving both of my parents for the holiday season. You guys should check it out. And I will make sure to put the prenuva link in our show notes. A little update for my personal life. I was back in Rochester last week with David. I went to a wellness retreat this week. It was unbelievable. Miraval, and it's in upstate New York and they have one in Arizona and it's very focused on classes. So we did like breath work and therapy and a lot of internal work. It was such an unbelievable reset. It was everything I needed and more. Some of the biggest takeaways from the breathing is you should always be breathing through your nose. And I always thought breath work, I kind of just discredit. I'm like, oh, good breath work. The breath work we did there changed my life. There was one type of breath work pretty intensely, did it for 10 minutes to music and all of a sudden my face started getting tingly, my hands were getting tingly, and I just started crying. It was crazy. From breathwork. So anyway, check it out. I would highly recommend it. You could see all the classes you could take there. It was life changing. It was life changing. And then I got an invite to Heidi Klum's Halloween party. And typically with these things, I'm going to be honest with you, I was thinking about Kelsey Anderson's Trading Secret. We had her on where she was like, go to things by yourself. I always like to go with someone but they only gave me an invite for one. I went by myself and I had the best time. I had so much fun there. It was great. Stayed a few hours and went back home and I stayed with Evan over in Stanford. But it was just the costumes. Oh my God. It was. I, I don't know. I honestly can't put into words. The, the costumes I saw there were the best costumes I will ever, ever see in my life. I could tell you stories for the whole podcast. I'm looking at the time. You know what? I'll save those stories for another time. If you want to give us five stars in the reviews, give us five stars. If you want more Heidi Klum stories from her Halloween party, just let us know. Maybe we'll do a full episode on it because there was a lot of action there. And then this week I'm really excited. I got asked for a very large company that is publicly traded to speak to their executive group at TikTok headquarters in New York this week. So that is on my radar. It's been again, personally, again do a whole episode, but just really trying to dig in and, and do a lot of work on myself and just, it's just a lot. It's just a lot. It's just a lot. But we're getting there. Day by day, we're getting there. And yeah, I gotta figure out what's next. I don't know what next is. It's a big question mark for me. There's nothing anymore tying me to Nashville, Tennessee. So I really got to figure out what I'm going to do and what the future looks like. I don't know. I don't know. As I put it together, I will let you guys know. Let's ring in the bell with Amy and Johnny.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Welcome back to another episode of Trading Secrets. Today we are joined by Love is Blind's newest successful love story and fan favorites, Johnny McIntyre and Amy Cortez. Johnny and Amy walked away from season six of Netflix hit reality dating show as the only couple happily married. Now, after just surpassing their one year wedding anniversary on the show, Johnny and Amy are continuing to grow into their lives together as a married couple. During their time on the show, Johnny and Amy did not hold back on the tough conversations around physical intimacy and financial stability. Two very important topics for any new couple, especially with Trading Secrets. So how have things progressed over their first year together? What have they done to better themselves as a couple? What struggles have they run into? What are their goals both personally and professionally? Moving forward, we are going to touch on it all. Johnny and Amy, thank you so much for being on Training Secrets.

[Amy Cortez]

Thanks for having us.

[Unknown]

Thank you, Jason.

[Johnny McIntyre]

And happy one year. How does the last year.

[Unknown]

How's it been? It's been wild. It's been kind of like a whirlwind of different things coming because there's been so much different change going on. But it's all, like, very positive. But we're basically. It's like, were we really planning for something like this? And then how do we really make sure that we're capitalizing on it and making sure that we're going to be basically the best versions of ourselves while doing it, too?

[Johnny McIntyre]

Yeah. Let's go chronologically back to once upon a time. Love is Blind finds you both. You guys are extremely educated, you're doing well in your careers, and then Love is Blind comes your way. How did they find?

[Unknown]

So for me, it was kind of odd. They found me via LinkedIn. LinkedIn? Yes, LinkedIn.

[David]

Wow.

[Unknown]

Very random. I feel like it's impossible to know if you even are in a relationship when you're on LinkedIn. But they messaged me. I thought it was like a recruiter. So I messaged back and I was like, you know what? Why not? I'm free in the next 20 minutes. Let's hop on. A quick call. And I'm like, oh, I thought this was a kind of a scam, or, like, maybe not real, but, like, it was very real. And I didn't really know kind of what to expect from it. In my previous day in life before this, like, it was working out good, but I was having trouble just kind of getting a little bit deeper. So that's why I thought Love Is Blind was really going to help me show was just getting deeper with, like, those relationships.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Because professionally, you're it tech sales, right? So you're working full time. You tell your employer you're going to go on a dating show. Was there any risk of losing your job then? Did you lose your job? Did you come back to it? What it looked like?

[Unknown]

Initially, it was very positive because I had limited pto. They said, you can take off roughly the three weeks that you're going to be completely, you know, no phone, no connection, the outside world, and you can come back and have your job right back afterwards. Then as we shifted more towards filming, they basically said, hey, you know, you should probably quit, like, the company and then reapply for a job after it's all done.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Interesting.

[Unknown]

So it was basically kind of like a little game internally of do I really want to take this opportunity, Do I want to move forward with this? And if I do, what's kind of the next step for me professionally? Because it's not gonna be aired for another year, so how am I gonna basically pay my bills? And it was very just like, I don't know, kind of like an internal battle. I was like facing myself. So I went back to my HR department. We were able to get a unpaid leave of absence while I was going to be on the show, which worked out perfectly.

[Johnny McIntyre]

We'll get into the current state later. But right now you film and then after the show you go back to work.

[Unknown]

Exactly.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Because the other thing too is you guys don't actually know if your season will be picked up.

[David]

Right. Or how long.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Right. Once you finish filming, it might be three years, it might be picked up. They might not even showcase you even though you got married. So there's obviously a lot of risk as you're planning your career. So you take a leave of absence, you go back to your career. Before I go to you, Amy, we talk financial transparency here. Just for educational purposes. Anybody that's looking at IT tech sales, how does the structure work of compensation for it?

[Unknown]

Basically like kind of SaaS sales is going to be, you get a base salary and then normally your on target earnings is going to be roughly double that.

[David]

Oh, interesting.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Johnny McIntyre]

So let me take a shot at base salary. Base salary is going to be somewhere in the 75 to 90 range probably. Yeah.

[Unknown]

Depending on like your market. If you're going to be the small to mid size, mid mid sized market or like enterprise sales.

[Johnny McIntyre]

And that depends into what company size you're selling into. And you can do up to two times a base on compensation and commission.

[Unknown]

Yes, but then you have people who are earning a lot more than that because they just exceed their commission plans.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Okay.

[Unknown]

Some people, my company were making probably three, four times the amount too.

[Johnny McIntyre]

So you know, some people in your company IT sales are making like seven figures.

[Unknown]

Exactly.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Wow.

[Unknown]

So. And that's normally in other companies too that's more focused towards like cybersecurity or like cloud based solutions.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Good to know. That's very educational. IT tech sales, if you're interested in making a transition, sounds like you can make a couple bucks there. Amy, we're going to you master's degree, University of South Carolina Focus in international business. You got that bachelor's degree at University of North Carolina at Charlotte and you're E commerce retail specialist for the past three years. You tell them you're going on love is blind what happens with the job.

[Amy Cortez]

So that's actually a funny story because I had applied to be a part of the show six months before filming. So before filming, I had applied in September of 2022. So my friends told me about the opportunity, and I applied myself. Instead of being scouted, I actually applied for it. However, it took so long, and you don't know, like, what life is going to look like. So I had planned trips and stuff, and so I was supposed to be gone for the duration of filming, so I wasn't going to do the show. A trip got canceled, and that was kind of what opened the gateways to me even partaking on the show. And what I did immediately was call my manager, and I was like, hey. Sobbing, like, expect me at work next week because I'm not going to France anymore. And, like, this is all happening. And then I'm also being told at the same time that I got chosen for the show, but I had told them no, because I was gonna go on the trip and I was gonna go to. And, like, I was just, like, rambling. And she was like, okay, okay, Amy, like, let's take a step back. And this was literally probably like a week and a half to two weeks right before filming. My company did have unlimited pto, and that was my favorite aspect of the job. But, you know, especially if it's three weeks, you have to make sure that you have that coverage. She was like, okay, let's take a step back. Let's see what we can do so that you can take on this opportunity. I'm gonna talk to hr. And I was, like, super nervous. What am I putting myself into? Like, you're so crazy. But no, like, HR was able to make it happen for me, and they were so supportive. My job was absolutely supportive.

[Johnny McIntyre]

So you. So you're working your company supportive and similar to Johnny, you finish, you're married, and you go right back to work.

[Amy Cortez]

Yeah.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Just waiting to see what happens and when it gets aired. So you go through this crazy experience. You're married, you're going back to work. How long after you get married from filming do you find out that the show will air this spring?

[Unknown]

Well, I think first things first, too, is that. So basically, the three weeks we had during filming was really going to be like, no phone, no outside connection.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Of course, as soon as we're done.

[Unknown]

Those three weeks, though, we were still filming. But Amy right away had to go back to her job. So her schedule was basically 8:00am to 5:00pm of working the corporate job. Then 5:00pm to like close to like 11 or 12:00 at midnight filming for the show. And that was basically three days out of like the week and then all weekends too.

[Amy Cortez]

And the thing is, is I actually like, while filming I had gotten promoted and I didn't know. So I come back with a new fiance, living in a new place with a new role and more responsibilities, which was a huge honor. But it was something that I wasn't expecting. So it was a lot to kind of acclimate to that. And I think we found out maybe like a couple months before, maybe like November, December. So maybe like two to three months before that. The show was coming out in February.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Okay, talk to me about this.

[David]

I know you film for three weeks.

[Johnny McIntyre]

But eight days you get married. You two have been very open about personal, professional and financial aspects of your relationship.

[Amy Cortez]

Yeah.

[Johnny McIntyre]

The biggest question I have is after eight days, do you have enough time to even talk about your finances? Are you considering a prenup? Are you even given the chance to have those discussions or do you just have to possibly if you want to do a post Nup. Because it all happens so fast. No one can, no one probably in the world other than this show can relate to that speed, but they can relate to trying to have tough conversations that are sometimes pressed in the cans, being kicked. So I'm curious, what was your experience there?

[Unknown]

It is scary because it's very fast. Luckily in the pods though, it's kind of staggered. So like day one you're actually dating all the women for I think it was about maybe like 15 minutes each. Then that's 15 of them. Then the next day you're only seeing eight of them and it goes to maybe like half hour long dates. So the next day it's only maybe like six of them and it's an hour long date each. So each day you're getting more and more time with them. So towards like the last couple days, well, we actually decided that we were going to be, you know, just exclusive on day five. And this is. We were probably at maybe like three hour long dates at this point.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Yeah.

[Unknown]

So for day five, day six, day seven, we were having those like really deep conversations about, okay, well let's talk about finances. Let's talk about, you know, really kind of crazy hypotheticals. What happens if, you know, something happens with your dad and we have to basically be the caretakers for her family. How are we going to balance that and just like different things too entirely.

[Amy Cortez]

Yeah, I feel like we were getting super deep and obviously there's just not enough time. But I feel like judging the character and asking the right questions to judge the character will help you assess like how everything else is going to kind of play out. Obviously we talked about finances and we talked about kids and like hypotheticals and stuff like that. But I feel like coming into this experiment if like we're both ready cause we're ready for that next phase in our life. But to like really test that is all about asking like the right questions and getting to know that person in depth. For example, I had asked him, what have you done to better yourself as a man? Like, do you read self help books? Because I felt like I was doing my work to get to where I am and becoming the woman that I am. And I wanted my partner to match me. So I wanted to see how he answered that. Then he surprised me very much in like how he went about those answers. He talked about how he meditated, how he journaled, how he did read self help books. He listened to, you know, some out. And it was just like I could relate to him so much at that level. And I feel like that taught me that, okay, he's open minded, he wants to work on himself, he's dedicated. Like it told me like certain qualities that would kind of play out into harder conversations. So when, you know, finances come to play, I feel like we might not meet in the same place in the beginning, but we could potentially meet in the middle. Cause there's that open mindedness.

[Johnny McIntyre]

It's such a hard place to step into and you don't even see each.

[Unknown]

Other too and you're talking about these in depth conversations. So it's like we're really trying to figure out like what the foundation is going to be like for the rest of our lives in this relationship. And that's, I think what was really the biggest thing in those like eight days in the pods was is it going to be enough like this foundation of, you know, talking, communicating, being open to really, you know, hearing what she's saying and trying to find a good middle ground to meet for compromise in certain situations. Can we do that in these eight days? And if so, okay, when we actually see each other in person and we actually start living together and start working together, how is it all going to really just transpire?

[David]

Correct?

[Johnny McIntyre]

Exactly. Well, I've talked to a lot of couples that have come off the show. I still have never heard one that got a prenup. Did you even, did the conversation even come up regarding prenup?

[Unknown]

No, I think it came up later on because we didn't really know exactly what to do around that whole situation. And my sister and brother in law are both corporate lawyers and they're just saying that, hey, you guys should really probably think about this because it's not just basically me versus Amy or Amy versus Johnny. It's basically how are we going to really just got figure things out when it comes to the state versus us?

[Johnny McIntyre]

Yeah, that's, that's exactly. I'm, I'm pro prenup because one, of course she's stepping the conversation and two, you're exactly right. Right. It's the state laws. Once you get married, you all have a prenup. It's just the state laws. Do you want to customize them? Yeah, but I just have to imagine there's how, how could you have that conversation in that time period? Yeah, it's like, it feels like it's like almost impossible to go to that level. But, but that's, I mean, the whole thing's fascinating. The show obviously crushed it this season. There was 907 million minutes of view. The U.S. 78% came from that demo that every show is trying to Capture, which is 18 to 49. And obviously that's had a big impact on both of your lives. You know, one of the things that I wanted to ask you guys about is now, today, when you think about professional lives, like we talked about where you guys were, the show blows up. You get social media following, you're get, you're married, you're happily married. Where do you go from here in this crazy world? What has the professional world and navigation looked like from the day the season finished airing to now?

[Unknown]

So it's really weird because. And Amy, I guess do you want to go first with kind of like the way you decide to do like corporate life afterwards?

[Amy Cortez]

Yeah. So essentially right when everything was about to come out, I was fighting for my life. Literally. I was going through all these physical challenges. I had like the worst chest pain and then I was like going through other things. It was awful. And I think it was really the stress that I was dealing with after.

[Johnny McIntyre]

The show when I was on. Just because you're not, I don't know if you felt this. You're just not used to that attention. And I actually just talked to Joey from the Bachelor about this too. There's so many physical things in your.

[Unknown]

Body that change from it.

[Johnny McIntyre]

I dealt with a lot of those.

[Amy Cortez]

Things too, but that was before the show. I was like.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Before it aired?

[Amy Cortez]

Yeah, before air because of my job and Like, I. I loved my job.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Yeah.

[Amy Cortez]

But it wasn't. I don't even want to put it on my job fully. It was just that there were so many new things happening in my life changing all at once. I went from super single to very much married and then a promotion at the same time. And it's just like, so many changes in my life. And I, you know, I would say that I have awful anxiety. I feel like I've gotten better from it. I feel like that's one thing I've, you know, learned since the show came out is how to kind of better myself in that area. But anyways, I feel like I struggled. I was struggling a lot at the end of last year, beginning of this year. And then with the show coming out, I was like, oh, my God, what am I gonna do? Like, how. I feel like I'm going to just combust right now. I need to take a breather and. But at the same time, I'm such a workaholic. But Johnny was like, you should really take a step back. Like, I got us while the show comes out, and then maybe, like, you can go back into that space. And I'm just like, honestly, why not? I thought long and hard about it because I was very back and forth. I was very passionate about what I did, but, like, at the same time, I knew that it could have affected me while balancing everything else.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Yeah.

[Amy Cortez]

So I made the decision to leave. I would have done a leave of absence, but unfortunately they didn't offer that at that moment. But they were very open to me reapplying if that, you know, ever came to be. So I left my corporate role and so have kind of been stepping into the. Influencing life.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Yeah.

[Amy Cortez]

Honestly, it's fun.

[Unknown]

Yeah, it's really good. And you kind of a knack for that, too.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Before we go into that, Johnny, talk to me, Amy, about what does it look like now? Is it where you expected it to be? Do you see the future in continuing to put all your energy towards it? If we fast forward to that decision. Which was when? Like, March. Ish. March, February. We're now in June. Talk to me a little bit about, like, where it stands, staying, what the vision is.

[Amy Cortez]

Yeah. So transparently, I didn't expect the show to boom as it did. I didn't think that there would be the opportunities that have come from it. I was just kind of like, I'll leave and then I'll go back.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Sure.

[Amy Cortez]

But if there are opportunities that come, then I'll. I'll tap into it and See what there is in that space. I'd like to say I'm a very creative person. I did study marketing and all of that, so I do love the side of influencing and really tapping into that at the same time. This is still kind of a new space. Like, I don't want to be like, I'm going to be doing this forever. Like, it would be cool. But I also want to be realistic, especially when there are, you know, in the future, when there are new responsibilities that come in. It's just like, I don't know how that will look. Like I'm just kind of more focused in the present. But at the same time, I know that I have a great education under my belt, I have great work experience, so that if I end up doing corporate life again, I can definitely tap into that or maybe even try both. So it's just kind of like a question mark. But right now, enjoying the ride.

[Johnny McIntyre]

You got that insurance plan, too. Talk to me about this, though. Are you on, like, the trajectory, or have you earned more in this space than you could in your previous space?

[Amy Cortez]

Yes, so I definitely have earned more in this space than I have in the previous space. And at the same time, there's more flexibility. I mean, I love to travel. That's one of the main reasons why I studied what I did. And so now getting to do it with the person that I love and having the flexibility to tend to my family. I mean, I have. Other than my parents, my grandma and her two sisters are, you know, elderly. Live with my parents, and, you know, being able to support my family and being there for them is so huge to me. So there's a lot of flexibility and, like, more income that comes from it, so.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Exactly. Johnny, I'm coming to you in a second. One thing I want to ask you, though, is. I don't want to make this assumption, but just looking at your resume and your master's and just your whole track, it's very traditional, just like mine was. Right. As a result of that, I find that sometimes when you take a shot like you're taking, there's probably a lot of outside noise from very afar and possibly in your inner circle. I'm only saying that because I dealt with it. Have you dealt with that at all in your inner circle? Outside noise, saying, what the hell are you doing? You got your master's.

[Amy Cortez]

Great.

[David]

Two great schools.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Why are you doing this? Like, have you dealt with that? And if so, how have you overcome it?

[Amy Cortez]

I feel like. I feel like more so from my grandma, for example, she's very involved, but she's more traditional. I feel like my dad, now that he sees where I am, how happy I am, the fact that Johnny and I have such a great relationship, which is, like, the most important thing of all, and that, you know, we're doing well right now, he's so supportive of it. He was all about, you know, getting the education and following that traditional path, but I think he sees my happiness, and he weighs that. And I feel like my grandma just doesn't understand what influencing is or what that looks like. So she's just like, I don't understand. But I think she's also following that same path as my dad, where it's like, she sees that I'm happy and that's all that matters. But other than that, like, everybody around me, like my close friends and the rest of my family, have been super supportive in terms of, you know, following what I feel like is best for me intuitively. But I feel like if anybody holds me back, it's myself, because I have told Johnny time and time again, like, what if I can do both? Like, there's a tie, Because I feel like I did study so much to. To kind of go back to that corporate lifestyle. Like, it's kind of like, you know, I don't want to say it's a toxic relationship because my job wasn't bad, but it's just kind of like, you see, like, what better things you could do, and you still kind of have that tie pulling you back. So I feel like that's what I kind of struggle with. But I don't know. I just want to do it all.

[Johnny McIntyre]

My take on that would be if you do both, which, of course, you could do both. You do whatever you want to do. I think individually, each of those paths will suffer a little bit.

[David]

Right?

[Johnny McIntyre]

So as opposed to being able to give 100% to one and accelerating, you'll be giving. You'll have. I mean, just, you'll have to give 75%, 75% of what Amy could do. And so maybe that's an answer, though. Maybe that works best for you. You got to figure. Figure that out. Last question I got for you, and I'm coming to you. Johnny is in the small startup space, they call it burn rate.

[David]

Right?

[Johnny McIntyre]

Like, how much cash do you have until your company goes out of business? Like, how many months can you support the operations? When you think about your path in this space, do you have an idea just about going back? Like, is it like, okay, I'm gonna go back to corporate in 2 months, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months. Like what does that burn rate look for?

[Amy Cortez]

Yeah, we actually have had that conversation. I feel like as of right now will probably be good for the rest of the year. I feel like it's something that we'll consistently like reevaluate.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Of course, yeah.

[Amy Cortez]

Just to make sure that we're staying on top of and having that communication. But I think right now we're just going to continue enjoying our marriage. We got married in such a fast paced process and so we just kind of want to do anything and everything and really enjoy it. And so I feel like that does give us that flexibility in doing so. But I feel like it's something that we might, you know, reconsider next year and see like where we're standing if we need to consider that as an option and.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Cool.

[Amy Cortez]

We can keep doing what we're doing now.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Okay. There's what the future path looks like at least till the end of this year. All right, Johnny, you're in IT sales. You talked about the money of it. You get married, you go on the show. Today we fast forward the show has aired. You've had some success, some great success on social media. What does it look like today? What is the professional career outlook look like today? You still in IT sales?

[Unknown]

So no. So actually Amy left when the show was about to air. I decided I wanted to try to really kind of make it work and see if I can do that, you know, still work my normal job and still trying to be an influencer and really create content. Honestly, that's just like what you said, giving 75. 75. It was very much that my attention wasn't on one full thing. I was always thinking about work when I was trying to create content. And then my focus was always on creating content when I was at work. And it just wasn't really working out too well. So I had a conversation with like my bosses, with my managers, like everybody else, and we came decision that you know what, probably should like a step back from this.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Yeah.

[Unknown]

So end up closing out the rest of like my like larger deals I had for like that quarter and they stepped away pretty recently. So it's now probably three weeks in total.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Oh my gosh.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Wow. So this is like, this is recent news here.

[Unknown]

Exactly.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Yeah. I. So like in my situation, I was kind of very similar. Like when the corporate world and the social media world come together, it can create, especially like when you're selling it to your level C level executive and stuff, it could create a Lot of touch points, let's say. And so this was, for me, it was back in 2019, so it was even before there was more understanding of the space. And they pretty much. They're just like ultimate. Like, you're done with that or you're here, or you're here and you're done with that. Was it somewhat similar to that scenario?

[Unknown]

It was pretty similar.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Pretty similar.

[Unknown]

It got to the point where. So my role was basically more of like a hybrid role. So I was in the office for like two days, working from home three days. And I feel like I could have kind of managed everything, but then travel came into play. Kind of like what I was mentioning before we started filming this, we had a lot of different trips planned, from going to Puerto Rico to going to my brother's graduation, to going to LA to film certain things. And I got to the point when they said, hey, you can do this, but you can't do this. Even though it was, you know, I was seeing my number, I was doing well, my job, they wanted me to be more so kind of in the office opposed to doing my job outside of it.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Let me ask you this. Do you think it was control because they were focused on performance, or do you think there was a little bit of control because of envy of what you were doing?

[Unknown]

I really can't say for sure.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Yeah, I know. I could say certain. It was 100% envy. It was like the more the opportunities came, they were. They didn't. They didn't put any expectations on the other people the way they were putting them on me. And I know it was. It had to do with a little bit of, like, we're gonna try and control this situation.

[David]

I don't know.

[Johnny McIntyre]

That's. That was my thing.

[David]

But yeah, all right.

[Unknown]

Yeah. Impossible to say for sure.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Sure.

[Unknown]

Other people are thinking their mind if they don't actually say it, of course.

[Johnny McIntyre]

All right.

[Unknown]

Really? Who knows?

[Johnny McIntyre]

All right, give me this. You've been doing it your whole life.

[David]

A lot of change.

[Johnny McIntyre]

You're now three weeks into it. Give me one professional high and professional low since making that decision.

[Unknown]

So one professional high has just been the work life balance, I would say.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Okay.

[Unknown]

It's very easy to do things kind of on your own schedule when you're just going to be content creating. So you're allowed to take trips, you're allowed to visit family, you're allowed to work on Saturdays and Sundays, opposed to Monday at 9am you're logged in for a, you know, 9am meeting. So it's a Lot more flexibility with that. And that's something that I really like. And ultimately, I don't know if I'm going to be. And this might be a question for later on, too, but ultimately, I'd love to be able to go back to some sort of selling capacity. But at the same point, this lifestyle I'm seeing right now is something that I would love to have as, like, a parent when I'm older so I can actually be there for my kids. If the kids have a soccer game or a baseball game or wrestling match, I can actually go there. I can be a coach while still being able to provide for my family financially because I am still working in some capacity.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Yep, exactly.

[Unknown]

So that's, I think, is probably the biggest high for me from stepping away and actually being able to do content creation. The low is more so kind of getting out that mindset of I need to be busy 24 7. I feel like I'm still kind of in that mindset. And I feel like when it comes to, like, the corporate world, you have to be doing, you know, what you're doing 24 7, be plugged in, grinding right away, and you can have a little more of a balance of maybe taking things for yourself and maybe taking a second to really kind of gather your thoughts before going into the next thing.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Interesting. So you think when you're in that corporate grind, it was a lot of, like, checkboxing, and now that you're in this new space, it's like you don't even. Sometimes you don't feel as accomplished because you're not checkboxing, but in reality, you're actually giving yourself more space to, like, think with intent. Like checking those corporate boxes.

[Unknown]

Exactly.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Yeah.

[Unknown]

I feel like there's a lot of, like, you get the anxiety that, you know, you could be doing more, especially in sales. It's like you could make a couple extra calls, could be doing something else that goes above and beyond to set yourself apart from somebody else.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Yeah.

[Unknown]

But if you're not doing that, is it really going to be that negative in this space?

[Johnny McIntyre]

Okay.

[Unknown]

Because in sales it might be, but in this space it might not necessarily or might just not be necessary.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Okay. We talked about Amy and what your thought process was with the burn rate. Is yours similar to you? Are you on the same page with, you'll give it a shot till the end of the year for sure and maybe a full year, or is there a different timetable for you?

[Unknown]

So right now it's definitely going to be give it to the end of the Year. So December is going to be when we really have that hard decision of what do we want to move forward? Do we want to continue this? Do we want to maybe change and shift focuses? Do I might want to switch to another career path too? Whether it be going back into software, sales, going into IT sales, going into maybe some more flexible, like even real estate, too. Yeah. Because I do like selling. I do like, you know, meeting people and working with them. But at the same point, I do like this flexibility to have right now. So maybe a different capacity, but at least until the end of the year, we do want to give this a shot and really just bend ourselves and see how far we can take this.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Okay.

[Unknown]

And then from there, really just kind of figure out what we're going to do next.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Cool. This is a question for. I know my listening audience. They'll say, okay, it's amazing. I love what they're doing. I'm excited about it. I'm inspired by it. What about benefits? You guys had all these benefits with big corporate. How do you guys have benefits? Say, what does it look like? What'd you do?

[Unknown]

So I think it was when the show first came out, we actually working with our talent company rewired. I did have a call with you right away.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Yeah.

[Unknown]

And it was really focused around benefits as far as, hey, how do we actually get health insurance? How do we get vision dental?

[Johnny McIntyre]

I got to be honest. I swear, obviously we have talked before you were rewired. There's a lot of conversations. Like, I forgot about that until I just brought that up. Swear to God. Now I'm. Now I'm. It's like, oh, coming back to me. Because that was like the. That was a long time ago.

[Unknown]

It was the first four or five months ago. I forgot about it.

[Johnny McIntyre]

That was the first. Because you reached out to Megan about that and that was, I swear, like, with everything in my body. Totally forgot about that. Yeah. Yeah. So what did you end up doing?

[Unknown]

So we end up going basically two different paths. So I. I don't know. I went with the kind of the route that you went down originally. So I had the United Healthcare golden plant.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Yeah, that one.

[Unknown]

I actually just got enrolled in it about a week ago.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Nice.

[Unknown]

So having it use yet, which is really great.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Cool. You're good.

[Unknown]

But that's really started doing with that. And then that's really healthcare focus as far as retirement. We've met with a bunch of like, financial planners around that to really help out with what should we continue to contribute while we're still Paying our bills while we're still trying to really figure out what commission or just what we're going to be making in this space, like as a whole.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Yeah.

[Unknown]

So we meet with them to discuss like the retirement benefits and the retirement planning and then also just different people, like just kind of like a CPA or like a.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Sure.

[Unknown]

Just to kind of set up like everything as far as like a business expense goes.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Okay, cool. I love it. So you went with the golden rule, guys, with a recap. I'll break down all the different insurance options if you decide to become self employed. Amy, I'm curious though. You said it's different. What did you end up doing?

[Amy Cortez]

Yeah, so I ended up going with Blue Cross Blue Shield Advantage just because I have health condition. I. I stay struggling.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Yeah.

[Amy Cortez]

Unfortunately he is more of a healthy boy and he barely goes to the doctor. But I need a little bit. Some like I needed something more that could offer a little bit more. So that's kind of the route I went on.

[Johnny McIntyre]

So talk to me. I know they're going to ask. Money mafia. You already said it. Pricier. Give me the. How much you pay per month for your insurances?

[Unknown]

So right now I think I'm paying about 200 for everything. So it's going to be for medical, for vision, for dental. That's really going to be it right now.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Yep, that is exactly. I think I was paying with the golden rails. Paying like 175 or so.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Johnny McIntyre]

I'll tell you what I'm currently paying after. Amy. Amy, what are you paying?

[Amy Cortez]

So mine is at, I believe three.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Yeah.

[Amy Cortez]

Wow. 344.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Yeah.

[Amy Cortez]

Self care and then 34.

[Johnny McIntyre]

So I'll tell you guys my story in the recap. But I was on the golden rule. I then had to. I got kicked out of the golden rule. I did a, I did a. I'll tell the full story in the recap. But essentially I did a proactive health exam for preventative that just one of my friend's fathers had a heart scare. And I said, What? And he's 74. He's worked in healthcare. So what's one thing you would have done differently? Because he had a quadruple bypass. Like he should have died. It was four arteries are blocked. And he's like, this is, this is the thing I would have done. I would have got this scan. I go to get that scan. I had a little bit of a hiccup in it. And then golden rule kicked me out. So I had to go to Affordable Care act because I Got kicked out of Golden Rule, and now I pay 375 too. But I'll tell you all the specifics in the recap. So more to come on that, but I know people are fascinated with that. Now that we know everywhere you're at, professionally, financially, and where you're at, this is what we got to talk about. It's a big thing that people listen, and you guys have talked about it on your social media and you've talked about it on tv. What's next in a relationship based on what you guys have talked about? Possibly creating a family. But with family and children, there becomes a lot of things that you want to achieve personally and financially. Big discussion topics for each of you. And let's just go back to Love is Blind. There was, you know, on tv, there was you guys talking about, like, the whole idea of even being intimate because you wanted to make sure you were personally and professionally and financially aligned. Let's first start there. Talk to me about that thought process when you were holding off on intimacy because you wanted to make sure the foundation was there before even taking a chance at that. I think that also connects to preparing professionally and financially as well as you think about kids.

[Amy Cortez]

Yeah. I feel like that thought process, kind of like the whole conversation initiated because we were on, like, opposite ends of the spectrum in terms of our life experiences and, like, where we kind of stood at that moment. So when we talked about it and we were just like, what if something happens? We were just trying to, like, cover all the bases. I feel like we are very much overthinkers and planners, which is so opposite.

[Johnny McIntyre]

From the norm most people come out of the show. Total opposite. Exactly. Yeah.

[Unknown]

I think the big thing that really got to like me, though, is the fact that it was just very fast paced.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Yeah. And it's true.

[Unknown]

We expedite the dating process, expiring the, you know, being a fiance, like.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Yeah.

[Unknown]

Space. And then we got married right away.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Yeah.

[Unknown]

The last thing I want to do was just export the next process.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Here comes again.

[Unknown]

It's like, that is just very, very fast. I'm just not comfortable right there.

[Amy Cortez]

And, I mean, neither was I. And I feel like we both align on our timeline on when we wanted to have kids, how many kids. Like, we aligned on that.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Amy Cortez]

But we talked about, like, the what if? And like, me not being on birth control did raise that risk. So it was just an important conversation to have and be cautious around.

[Unknown]

Yeah. But I think more so, like, that conversation really sparked that. How are we going to start having These actual difficult, difficult conversations in the future. And kind of going back to what I said before, like leaving that foundation of, you know, when we're just starting to talk, how are we going to be having these conversations? Is it going to be very much, no, I'm right, you're wrong. Like, that's it. Or is going to be, hey, let's actually figure out why you're thinking this way. Or why I'm thinking this way.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Yeah.

[Unknown]

And kind of dive deeper into, okay, well, you know, growing up, this is the expectation versus this was the expectation.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Sure.

[Unknown]

This led us to thinking this way. So as a couple, we can, you know, again, meet in the middle, in a certain kind of middle ground.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Yeah. Very, very, very mature approach. I mean, when I wrote my book Talk Money to me, one of the big stats was 3/4 of relationships deal with money tension issues and their material tension issues. And half of those, over half of them have decreased intimacy because of money issues. So it's interesting that you guys kind of reverse engineered it and the fact like, hey, let's proceed with caution to make sure everything is aligned first. That is extremely mature. It's very intelligent and it's. Obviously it works for both you too. So let me ask you this then. What. When you have these financial conversations, because you guys are doing them at such a fast speed compared to all Americans statistically, where has the biggest disconnect come?

[Unknown]

When you're.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Because it's hard to step in these. Because when you step into them, you're going to disagree. That's why it's hard to step into it. Where has been like the biggest disconnect with the financial discussions?

[Amy Cortez]

I wasn't just.

[Unknown]

Spending.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Is it earning?

[David]

Is it like the idea, like, what.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Is it, though, specifically that you've identified?

[Amy Cortez]

I feel like initially it was just more so. I mean, he studied finance. That was like his major. Like, that's his thing, which I absolutely loved, because I feel like that wasn't my strong suit. You know, I had graduated grad school and then just was starting out my career and my life. So it was just a lot of new territory for me. You know, I had my savings account, but, you know, I didn't know about, like, high yields. I didn't know about investing. Like, I hadn't like really dove into that. So I feel like my thing was like, I like to live more in the present and like, I didn't really think much about the future, but I know that there's an importance in the future. But I feel like I gave more importance to the present, whereas he was more so focused in the future and not so focused in the present. So I feel like that's where we were kind of very much opposite, but we did meet in the middle to create that balance. And I feel like, you know, that's something that we did have consistent conversations about, and I feel like to this day, it has helped us in both ways. I feel like I've learned so much from him and from the resources that we've seeked, but he's also been able to live more in the present and have fun and all that stuff.

[Johnny McIntyre]

So I think I'm hearing. Tell me if I'm wrong, but I think I'm hearing you're maybe more of a spender and you're more of a saver. Is that correct? So then just getting that on the same playing field. I always say, like, we associate spenders immediately with negative connotation or savers with great connotation. And there's pluses and minuses to both. You nailed one of them. Savers sometimes have a tough time, like, enjoying the resources that they've earned because they're worried about it. Right. That's typically where I am. But spenders also have a ton of great qualities. They could see opportunities and capture them. They probably have higher risk tolerance, which means that they'll be able to probably earn more on riskier things that they do with their mice.

[Unknown]

Like, there's. There's.

[Johnny McIntyre]

It doesn't mean one's right or wrong. I think it's finding the compromise and going and figuring that out.

[Unknown]

And I feel like it's also, like, growing up, we were definitely both rooted, like, different financial kind of, like, beliefs.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Yeah.

[Unknown]

As far as, like, with me, it was very much every penny you make. Save at least a little bit of it.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Yeah.

[Unknown]

Versus, like, other aspects might be, hey, like, I have this now. Like, I want to spend on it right now, too.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Yeah.

[Amy Cortez]

Yeah. Well, that's the thing. Like, I mean, even with my family, my dad was also very much of a huge saver, but also, like, you know, being that provider in the family. And so I feel like we both came from lower economic, you know, you know, backgrounds. And I feel like with that, it can either go either way.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Yeah.

[Amy Cortez]

And I feel like that's exactly what happened. So with him, he kind of adapted that belief system. And I also. I didn't. I just was like, I want to live my life because I'm so sheltered. And I was like, I'm going to spend all this and do all this but, you know, I felt like us, you know, being together really helped us learn so much in so many different aspects and kind of meet in the middle.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Okay, cool. Talk to me about tactics. Have you. Are there any specific tactics that you've implemented? Have you created a joint account? Do you review financials once a month? Do you, like, tactically do anything that has been very helpful or that's worked?

[Amy Cortez]

Yeah.

[Unknown]

So the big thing is that we did start doing a. More like a joint, like, kind of business account.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Cool.

[Unknown]

So as far as content creation goes.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Yeah.

[Unknown]

Everything is kind of funneled to that account. That's basically how we know kind of what we're making, what we have for, you know, just the month or, like, you know, up to this point.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Right? Yeah.

[Unknown]

From there, we have kind of like our, you know, business expenses and also, like, our personal expenses. So we take a certain amount each month towards, like, our personal expenses. And that's, hey, honestly, get whatever you want to get. I could care less about exactly what you're picking out or what you're choosing. You get whatever you want to get. Treat yourself to that one. And I'll do the exact same thing on my end, too.

[Johnny McIntyre]

That's. So you guys have the business pool. The income goes in, and then from the income, you'll decide how much you could do with it personally. And you just do whatever the hell you want to do. Do your thing.

[Amy Cortez]

Also not to that extent. Like, we also will put a good.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Amount of money and you'll save it, too. You know, I think it's. You know what else I love, too, is it's. It's not. You're eliminating this whole shame and guilt of where you're spending your money. It's more like, hey, let's make it together. And then what we have and you want to do if. If your priority was spending. This is A, B and C, go do that. Like, that doesn't mean it's my priority, but it makes you happy. So I think that's a great system.

[Unknown]

I feel like growing up, too, I did see other families that were very much like, the husband's kind of a hawk on the wife and like, oh, why'd you buy this? Why'd you buy that? Or vice versa.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Or vice versa. Yeah.

[Unknown]

So it's like, let's not even do that if you really want this.

[Johnny McIntyre]

I can't stand when a buddy of mine is like, ah, she got 1500Amazon packages that you. I just saw you put $2000 on a game. Okay. And you lost it. So the Point is, it doesn't mean that one's right or wrong. Well, it does based on the amount of stuff.

[David]

But if.

[Johnny McIntyre]

If that's what makes her happy and that's her number one priority, let her do that. And if gambling's your form of entertainment, your number one, whatever it might be, you. And then, you know, the other areas where it's lower on the priority list, assuming you can afford it all cut there. But, like, I think the judging, weaponizing, shaming, it's just. It's. It's. It just creates resentment. And then we know with the Money and Love Game, the resentment decreases, intimacy, decreases, connection, leads to, like.

[Amy Cortez]

That's the key word. And I feel like that's something that we talk about all the time, is like, how can we eliminate resentment buildup in the future?

[Johnny McIntyre]

Yeah.

[Amy Cortez]

And it's by, like, having open and honest conversations, not letting things get, like, swept under the rug.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Yeah.

[Amy Cortez]

And just like that. Like, in terms of finances, like, allowing us to be us as individuals. Because, you know, my personality is. I like, you know, the good things.

[Unknown]

Yeah. We are very similar in a lot of ways, but we're also very different in a lot of ways, too. And I don't want to say, oh, no. Like, your way is right or wrong.

[Amy Cortez]

Yeah.

[Unknown]

I want you to be your own person. We are together because we are good together. But we're only good together because I am Johnny and she is Aim.

[Amy Cortez]

Yeah.

[Unknown]

If we were just lumped together, we probably wouldn't be very good together.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Yeah. You guys are gonna have to write a love and money book. I mean, you got joint accounts, you got a spending plan. You talk about it, you know it. You understand each other's differences. It is. It's quite impressive. All right, I want to go into this transition. Let's talk a little bit about Netflix. We love Netflix. We love their shows. We love their talent. I'm curious, though, with the Bachelor, if you can. I don't know if you can share this or not. I don't think it's anything that you couldn't share. But with the Bachelor, sometimes people come on and they'll. They'll pay for your ring or they'll help with the wedding or things like that. Has there been anything like that? Like, does Netflix help out with the rings or the wedding plan or anything like that? When it comes to finances and your personal lives, now that you're married, because of the show, what's it look like?

[Unknown]

So production was very good with basically kind of giving us all the resources that we needed. To essentially get married. So the cost for the ring, that was covered. They obviously provide the ring to us too, which is really, really nice.

[Johnny McIntyre]

That's awesome.

[Unknown]

The wedding also covered too, wedding planning. They were able to just basically kind of get what our thoughts were on this, like, what kind of style we wanted, and they were able to basically do that for us.

[Amy Cortez]

Yeah, they kind of just. Just made it into reality because I feel like we were so busy with balancing everything out that we didn't really give as much time as I would have wanted. And thank God it came out like, as it did. But, like, I feel like we didn't give it too much thought as to like, what a wedding. Like, I hadn't even thought about, like, how to plan a wedding before that. So it was just like so much new stuff for us all at once. But I feel like we just kind of talked about what we liked, the aesthetic that we liked, and they brought it into fruition and they did an incredible job.

[Johnny McIntyre]

I love. You know what? Cause there's so many. I mean, listen, you're given an opportunity through a show, and then it creates so much opportunity that you might be able to leave your jobs and create a different direction. And then so many individuals leave the shows and then try and point the finger at the shows and beat them up. And it's so great to hear like, that they help you with all that financially, planning wise, the time commitment, et cetera. That is. That's awesome.

[David]

All right.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Go Netflix, go. Love is blind. Do you see a future in tv? Netflix, reality tv. What does it look like? Give me odds here. We talked numbers here. Give me the percentage that we might see on another reality show in some capacity.

[Unknown]

I'd say a probably solid 20%.

[Johnny McIntyre]

20%. Okay. What kind of show would it be? If you want.

[Unknown]

If it was. It has to be some sort of like a. Like a challenge type of show.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Yeah. Well, certainly it'd be a dating show.

[Unknown]

Definitely not a dating show. I feel like we are check that box off more than successfully so.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Oh, God.

[Unknown]

But have to be something like that.

[David]

That.

[Unknown]

But the way I see it is that it was very fun, it was very cool. But I feel like you leave a lot up to chance and I don't know, I kind of like to be in control of certain things.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Yeah.

[Unknown]

So that's why it's very kind of like lower on the spectrum right now as far as if put out content. Like, I want to be able to see the concept before it comes out.

[David]

Okay.

[Unknown]

Yeah, yeah.

[Johnny McIntyre]

You've rolled the Dice enough? Yes.

[Unknown]

And I got extremely lucky. Like, it worked out absolutely perfectly for us. We want to kind of come out as winners as opposed to like going back in and then see what happens afterwards.

[Johnny McIntyre]

I know you guys have talked a lot about buying a house and real estate. Definitely staying in Charlotte for the foreseeable future.

[David]

Yeah.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Okay.

[Amy Cortez]

Yeah, for the next like three years, I feel like. Yeah, well, we'll see once Amy's family.

[Unknown]

Is still located here. My family is spread out across like Maine, New Hampshire, now Texas as well. So it's basically, we have family here. Why not stick by it? Because if not, it's okay. We go to either somewhere where we're going to be completely isolated or by half of my family when it could be Amy's whole family.

[Johnny McIntyre]

You guys are making it tough to find holes. I'm like, where are the holes? How many? I want your honesty here. I'm going to say a couple numbers and I want you to just tell me if you know the numbers about each other. Okay. Just be honest though. Do you know one another's credit score around.

[Amy Cortez]

I literally. It's funny because I just checked my credit.

[David]

I found a hole.

[Unknown]

I found a hole.

[Johnny McIntyre]

What is it? Give me a roundabout.

[Unknown]

Wait, you want me to guess first?

[Johnny McIntyre]

Yeah, guess first. Usually I'll have like the pad and paper. We can write it down, but I just came from the flight, so.

[Unknown]

Take a shower.

[Johnny McIntyre]

This is the honesty policy.

[Unknown]

I want to say 727 15. Somewhere in that kind of range.

[Amy Cortez]

I think it was like 747.

[Unknown]

40.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Okay. A little higher. Not a big deal. Let's go take a shot at Johnny's.

[Amy Cortez]

God, I see this is something that we.

[David]

I know this was.

[Johnny McIntyre]

I found a hole, baby. I did my job. After an hour, I think I'm going.

[Amy Cortez]

To guess like 7:58.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Wow.

[Unknown]

Exact number two. No, it took a hit. So I'm sitting at about 7:30 right now.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Okay. You know what's really good? It's last time we did this on the show, credit karma came in and did sponsor working on sponsorship. So yeah, they got a. They got a deal from that. So while we're on it, if you don't mind sharing what Just because someone could learn from it, what happened that created a hit on their credit.

[Unknown]

So basically it was. We've did a lot of travel and some of it was covered but others of it wasn't. So basically it all went on the credit card that went up a lot and now in the process of basically paying it down.

[David]

Got it.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Okay. So that's really cool. There you go. Let me ask you this. Do you know one another's around annual spend?

[Unknown]

Oh, I don't know.

[Johnny McIntyre]

If you had to guess or monthly spend. If you had to guess, monthly spend.

[Unknown]

Might be a little bit easier.

[Amy Cortez]

Yeah, you spend a lot. I'm like, I'll buy you stuff.

[David]

Let's play the game.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Let's play the game. What do you think? Give it again. This is approximation. They're not getting technical. Approximation. How much a month you think?

[Amy Cortez]

I would say maybe like close to 6K.

[Johnny McIntyre]

What do you say?

[Unknown]

I'd say it's pretty accurate.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Okay, let's go. Amy.

[Unknown]

I was going to say for Amy, it was probably going to be around maybe five to six.

[Johnny McIntyre]

No less or more.

[Amy Cortez]

I feel like less. Yeah, I would say maybe three.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Good for. And you said you were the spender. This is some bullshit here.

[David]

Yeah.

[Unknown]

When it comes to dinners, it's, oh, here you go. Here, use my car. We're not going to use Amy's right now. And that kind of adds up a little bit.

[David]

You're going to have to start using.

[Johnny McIntyre]

That Joy business card. It's called business dinner. Right.

[Unknown]

That's what it is now.

[David]

I love it.

[Johnny McIntyre]

All right, well, we did find at least one or two holes financially because it seems like everything has been perfect. Let's. Let's end with this one because it's a fun one.

[David]

What do you think?

[Johnny McIntyre]

There's one thing that Johnny overspends on, and unless Johnny goes broke, he's going to continue to overspend on it. What do you think answer is then, Johnny? Let's go to what the answer is.

[Amy Cortez]

So sometimes he does get impulsive, but it's also like nothing crazy.

[Johnny McIntyre]

What is he overspend?

[Amy Cortez]

I want to say dinners, but that's because it's me.

[Johnny McIntyre]

I'm the problem. Bitters, what do you overspend on? Unless you're broke, you're gonna keep spending on it. What's the answer?

[Unknown]

Just food in general. Like, I'm. I like. I love going to dinners. I love just like having a full fridge.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Yeah.

[Unknown]

And just like food. What are the options? Options I can have tonight. Okay. We can cook this tonight. We can do that tonight. We can do whatever. Like. So my little sister, ironically enough, Melster, posted a Snapchat that I took probably about two years ago.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Yeah.

[Unknown]

I was trying to cook rice.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Okay.

[Unknown]

And it turned into just like a weight.

[Johnny McIntyre]

So I was able to like, pick the rice.

[Unknown]

No, no, no, no. It was like the three pound, like, weight of just Rice that was together and, like, you can, like, drop it on the counter. It didn't move. It didn't spread apart. It didn't break. It was just solid.

[Johnny McIntyre]

How much butter did you put in there?

[Unknown]

I guess not. Nothing.

[David]

Not much for.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Way too much. Are you a good cook?

[Amy Cortez]

I'd like to think I am, baby.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Oh, okay.

[Unknown]

Her grandma, her mom, and her aunts taught her very well. So as far as Puerto Rican food goes, she's really good at it.

[Amy Cortez]

I know. It's so funny because the whole, like, that was just white rice. And I remember in the beginning of our relationship, I made just white. I mean, I'm like, it's the most basic thing. And he was like, wow, this rice is, like, the best I've ever had.

[Unknown]

What'd you put in this? Like, it's, like, a good idea.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Let's go the aisle.

[Unknown]

I'm in. Sold.

[Johnny McIntyre]

All right, last one we'll do. Got to go to Amy. What's one thing you think she overspends on? Unless she's completely broke, she'll keep spending on it. What do you think it is?

[Unknown]

Oh, skincare. 100% skincare.

[Amy Cortez]

Oh, actually, yeah.

[Unknown]

Skincare Million.

[Johnny McIntyre]

What were you going to say?

[Amy Cortez]

It was going to say traveling.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Traveling.

[Amy Cortez]

I mean, even, like, you know, like, we'll do our couple's things. But I love going out with the girls, too. So I'm like, if they're ready to go somewhere, I'm. Here's my card. I'm putting my money down.

[Johnny McIntyre]

But you got to have that girl.

[David]

Yeah, I love it.

[Amy Cortez]

So I would say, yeah, Traveling and skincare.

[Unknown]

Like, I think skincare, because I feel like every day I come back, there's always, like, either an Ulta bag or Sephora bag, and, like, it's always there, and it's like, oh, what's this? This is a different size bag than yesterday. It's like, this one's, like, this big. This one's, like, this big. Like, it's always something different.

[Amy Cortez]

But I put him on.

[Johnny McIntyre]

There you go. Oh, you're on the seat.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Both you guys, great skin. So you know what? There's benefits to that spend. All right, well, let's wrap with your trading secret. Can't learn it from a professor. Can't learn it from a TikTok or YouTube tutorial. Only from your life experience. It could be a financial tip, professional tip, or personal tip. Who wants to give their trading secret first?

[Unknown]

We'll probably go first.

[Johnny McIntyre]

All right, Johnny, give us a trading secret.

[Unknown]

I feel like the biggest thing Is like, when you're feeling comfortable, that's probably the best time to make a move and do something different, because it's very easy to stay in the same place year over year and just stay in that same mindset. So it's best to take a chance on yourself and do something that might be out of the box because you really never know how well it's going to work out.

[David]

I love that. I love it.

[Johnny McIntyre]

And also with tough, I think a lot of what you've done too, is stepped into tough conversations, and I think it's tough to do that. But when you do step into those, it could be so preventative of tough situations down the road, which is something you've clearly done. All right, Amy, one trading secret. What can you leave us with?

[Amy Cortez]

It's so cliche, but I would say follow your intuition and your gut and just trust where it'll guide you. I feel like I'm very happy where I am right now. I'm glad I took that risk. But it's one of those things that it could change in the future and my intuition might lead me somewhere else, so. So it just kind of all comes down to, like, serendipity and, like, what comes across your path and what to take on, so.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Absolutely. And I think anyone can relate to questioning your intuition because of other people's perspective or judgment, especially on social media, but in all areas and so trusting. That is huge. And it's everything. All right, well, if people want to find more of Amy and Johnny, where can they find everything you guys got going on?

[Amy Cortez]

Yeah, Instagram.

[Unknown]

Instagram's really the main one. So you can follow me at Johnny McIntyre, because apparently there is a Johnny McIntyre already.

[Johnny McIntyre]

But yeah, don't screw that up too. Don't go give that guy a follow. Okay. And are you on Tik Tok as well?

[Unknown]

Tik Tok as well. I'm not very present on Tik Tok, but I'm trying to start making a lot more content on Tik Tok.

[Johnny McIntyre]

And we know if you want to get a hold of Johnny, just go to his LinkedIn, Snapchat. Oh, and Snapchat too. Yeah, gotta figure out how to use Snapchat. We had one person come on the show who at 8:18 in five weeks made over a million dollars.

[Amy Cortez]

That's crazy.

[Johnny McIntyre]

18 years old.

[Unknown]

That's crazy.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Where can people find you, Amy?

[Amy Cortez]

So Instagram is Amy Tiffany with one Y and then Tick Tock is Amy Tiffany with two Y's.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Oh, you guys are keeping people guessing with these At Handles. I love it. We'll give Amy and Johnny a follow. We're gonna have to do a follow up in a year from now to see if you're back in the corporate grind or still doing your entrepreneurial thing. We're excited to see. But thank you for trading. All the secrets are coming on today.

[Unknown]

Thank you so much, Jason. I appreciate it.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Ding, ding, ding.

[David]

We are closing the bell with the one and only the curious Canadian talking all things Love is blind. We know that Love is Blind season seven is out right now and generally it's mixed reviews out there. A lot of critics are saying that this could be the potential decline of the show because of the show's authenticity. We know, right? Look at the Bachelor. It's been around, I don't know, 24 years. And of course, the biggest thing that's always been said for the right reasons, I think we're starting to question right now is love is blind. Are those people in it it for the right reasons? Especially when we saw the massive, massive success of last season show. I mean, you had some serious stars on there making serious bucks. But David, we got Amy and Johnny on here. Beautiful, lovely couple. Very well spoken, very articulate. Almost every perfect dancer for two perfect people. What are you thinking, David?

[Unknown]

Well, I'm thinking a lot of things. Let me touch on the first thing that you talked about. Love is Blind season seven. The first season of Love is Blind Mind I have never watched. I know that you already said to me before we hopped on Jay, he said, what use am I to you if the curious Canadian has fallen off his reality tv? But you know what? I, whether, whether it wasn't hyped enough, whether I didn't see it on my socials enough, I haven't been gravitated to watch this season. So I'm curious from your point of view how the ratings are. I just wonder, am I getting over the hill? Am I getting out of the game? Or is this a consensus amongst a lot of people here about season seven, the first off locations in Washington, D.C. you can't find a more boring location to me than Washington, D.C. to get excited about seeing people in. But I digress. I can see your brain work and I think you're doing your ratings thing. So let me talk about Amy and Johnny. I watched their season. I loved them. I thought they were great. I actually think that Johnny reminds us, reminds me a lot of our buddy Hawk. He's got the right things to say. He talks about his work the same way that Hawk talks about his Work. He's very on point with the words. He's very professional. And they're a great couple. Dare I say, Jay, Dare I say. Too perfect of a couple. I mean, these guys were zinging and zanging. They were ying and yanging. They were finishing each other's sentences. You know, the only thing that they didn't know was their. Their credit scores opposed from each other, and they were about 10 off. So that's. That was my take. I mean, they. They seem to have this thing down pat. They seem to be in it for the right reasons. They were authentic on the show. They came off authentic on the podcast. You were in the room with them. I wasn't. Did you get that same feeling?

[David]

Oh, they're great. I mean, honestly, they were great. They were very sweet, very good. Almost. I agree with you.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Almost.

[David]

Like, I. I almost want to be like, come on, give me something here. Like, this is literally just perfect out here.

[Unknown]

But he doesn't brush his teeth before he goes to bed at night. Or maybe he only, like, you know, he. He only makes his bed, but not that well. Like, I need something.

[David]

Yeah. Like, we're talking about, like, I don't know who's. Who's picking up the. The clothes off the floor at worst case scenario here. So I'm just.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Yeah.

[Unknown]

Who doesn't do the dishes?

[David]

But they're cute. They're adorable. And it was. It was fun. It was fun to talk to them because they're very smart people. You know, it's interesting. I'm reading some right now in Variety. It said Love is Blind has once again returned to the Nielsen ratings streaming top 10. The series re debuted in third place with 1.1 billion minutes watched from September 30th to October 6th, during which was the first six episodes of season seven that were available for the first five days. So the first five days, Love is Blind was crushing it. But then when I go and look up David about the reunion and what just happened. Right. I'm seeing something on screen rant right now, which, like, screen rant, whatever, you know, take the source for what it is. But I'm convinced Love is Blind Season 7's reunion was the worst yet. The show is failing after unsuccessful seasons. So when they're con, when they're talking about failing, I think they're referring to the actual relationships. But it looks like there's a lot of critics out there saying that as this season went on, it just got worse and worse. But, you know, David, let's take it back from Love Is Blind to Amy and Johnny. Anything specific in this episode that I asked you to bring up or you want to talk through?

[Unknown]

Yeah, you got this insurance story that you were really eager, you're really eager to tell the people. It seemed like you were going to dig into a little bit of detail on the episode. He said, let me wait. Sounds like a recap thing. So I don't know anything about the story. You're going to tell it, I'm going to react, we're going to go from there.

[David]

I'm glad you brought this one up, David. I'll tell you why, but this is the craziest story probably in, in my life, truly.

[Unknown]

Wow.

[David]

So my good friend's father gets a quadruple bypass. We're sitting together after he makes it out. They said, tell me the story. He said, I woke 74 and he wakes up in the middle of night and he's feeling a little out of breath. And his wife said to him, does it feel like an elephant on your chest? And he said to his wife, no, but it feels like maybe a baby elephant. 3:30 in the morning. Now, I want everyone right now to think about 3:30 in the morning. You feel like a baby elephant's on your chest at 74. Or what are you gonna do? Probably go back to bed, right? Like, oh, I'll get it off. His wife says, no, we're going to the hospital. They go to the hospital while he's sitting there in the ER not knowing what's going on. They're literally telling him his body's having a heart attack. He has to immediately be rushed into surgery. Blockages everywhere. Quadruple bypass. The doctor said to him, if you went to bed that night, you wouldn't have woken up blown away. So I said to him, I said, okay, there's a lot of learning lessons here. So much to learn. We talked for a while, but I said, what is one thing if you're my age or if I talk to my parents who are in their 60s, like, what is one thing they could do to maybe prevent this, given the fact that you didn't see this coming? He said, there's a bunch, but I'll give you one. Go get your calcium score now. Your calcium. And for my doctors out there, I apologize if this is off a little bit. This is a very non doctor description, but think about your blood vessels, right? Like your, your, your, your blood vessels where they, where the blood is flowing. Think about it like traffic on a highway. Everyone's moving right well around the barriers. If you Think about your blood vessel. As a cylinder, calcium can build up. And as calcium builds up, it's a slower vessel for the blood to move through it. And when calcium builds up too much, there could be blockage which could connect to a heart attack. So he said, just go get your calcium score. So I called my parents, mom, dad, go get your calcium score. My mom gets it done. Perfect. Couldn't be better. My dad gets it done. My dad works out six days a week. The guy's got a six pack. Yeah, he's an animal. His calcium score is off the charts bad. Like literally the cardiologist can't believe his eyes. How much calcium he has built in up. Now he's gone through AKGs, now he's gone through stress testing. He's done die placement through his arteries to make sure that the blood is flowing properly. He's doing all the right things. He's on statins, he's me with the cardiologist. But thank God he did this at 64 and now he's ahead of it. So I said to myself, man, if dad's is that bad, I'm going to go, okay? So I go, I get my calcium score done. I work out four or five times a week. I eat pretty healthy, body fat is probably less than 5%. Like I'm a healthy guy. I always have bend. My calcium score is off the charts. Like what the hell? So now I am on a stat and I meet with a cardiologist. I have to get my calcium score checked out. All because of my friend's father giving me a piece of advice. Now here's the kicker with insurance, I was on a small business policy or it's more of like an entrepreneur policy where it has a five year term term. So my term was coming up when they found out I had calcium buildup at any level on my score. They kicked me off.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Wow.

[David]

Kicked me off. And I fought it. My cardiologist fought my cardiologist. Like this is super early. There's nothing to be worried about. This is just early detection. Insurance said we don't care. They kicked me off and if it wasn't for Affordable Care Act, I would, and I don't have my, my, you know, because of, I'm not, it's not, it's not very, it's not that affordable. I'm not getting any discounts or anything because of, of income and stuff like that. But without Affordable Care Act, I wouldn't have qualified for any insurance and therefore I would have had zero health insurance because of A test that I did to preventatively identify something in my body. When I went to my doctor, David, and I told him I want a calcium score, he looked at me like I had eight heads. He goes, dude, you're 35 and healthy. Your blood work's perfect. You're not getting a calcium score. I said, order me a calcium score. It's like, fine. And then he saw my results. He almost fell off the chair. Crazy. Crazy how medicine, like, it's not preventative in places. We need it to be in certain areas. This is one of them. It was a learning experience.

[Unknown]

A couple things stick out for me. 1,5% body fat. I mean, that's right.

[David]

That's what. That's your test. Hey.

[Unknown]

It's unbelievable.

[David]

You know what?

[Johnny McIntyre]

No.

[David]

When you're stressed and a mess. Yes. You lose weight. Okay. I've lost 12, 13 pounds. I don't have 13 pounds to lose.

[Unknown]

All right? So that's just. That's amazing. Second. That's crazy.

[David]

And wait, that reminds me of your comment. So I was at the Heidi Club Halloween party. Yeah. And David and I, like, five days before, we're crushing pizza with subs. He's like, how is it possible you pulled that off based on what we ate five days ago? It's like, that's because I probably haven't eaten since then.

[Unknown]

It's ridiculous. It's like, why don't my look like that? No, I. I can't believe that in 2024, soon to be 2025, we're not at a place where medical practices. You like. You know when you go to the airport and you put your hands over your head and they do the thing. How are we not at that. Where you do something similar and you get a body scan. It shows all your organs and your. And your. And your kidneys and your blood. And it just kind of goes through that and highlights the bad things that are.

[Johnny McIntyre]

Got to stop you.

[David]

Because in the intro, I talk about this. I actually did the prenu. I didn't. You don't listen to the intro until the episode comes out.

[Unknown]

I talk about privy to that.

[David]

Yeah, I did the pruvo scan. Okay? Now this is probably the most life changing thing I've ever done. 2500 bucks retail. They put you in a scan for 50 minutes, head to toe. They give you all the information you could possibly imagine about your circulatory system, your respiratory system. They scanned every area of my brain. They gave me my liver, my kidneys, my lymph nodes, my lungs, everything. And then they give you no activity found. Minor activity or moderate. I found out through this scan that there are a couple things. Either from some lung infection. I have a lung nodule. It's 0.5 cm. I know that I have cysts on both kidneys now, but they're benign. I know that on my lymph node, I also have a cyst. I know that I have. Have three areas in my spine that are minor, but I got to watch out for. They do a full scan. Every single organ, your prostate, every. Your knees. They. They saw inflammation in my knees. They give me the X ray. Craziest thing I've ever done in my life. David Pruvo scan, Life change. My. That for my holiday gift for my parents. At the very least, that's where I'm starting. They're both getting their scanned.

[Unknown]

See, that's also because I just feel like how many things are there about our health that we're just not told about or that we're not, like, educated on or that we don't know are available? It's our health. Our health is the most important thing available. And you say $2500, like, it's like, you know, that's not that much money considering all the things that we spend on. And it's related to the number one thing that we should all have the education on or at least the peace of mind on. It's kind of. And you'd think if that was a little more readily available, maybe that's something that, as we talked about in this episode, employers might offer as a benefit or something like that to be able to get that done for their employees once a year. I don't know. I'm just saying when I talk, like.

[David]

When I talk to my, like, friends about this and I, like, show like. Or let's say it's my parents or their parents friends, and I tell them it was 2500 bucks, they can't believe it. Now, David, let me show you. Like, this is respiratory. So they have, like, all these things. They have my sinus, my lungs, all this stuff. Look at. I'm going to show you the scan of my lungs. They give and all the information. So here's the scan of my lungs. So David's looking at this right now. You can see. Look at the scan of my lungs. It shows the exact nodule. You see that red circle?

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[David]

And it shows how big it is. And I know if that thing grows at all, at any capacity, I have to keep an eye on it. And it would help to immediately Come out. It then tells me the recommendations, it tells me the description, it tells me what can cause a lung nodule.

[Johnny McIntyre]

And then after you do this thing.

[David]

I met with a doctor for an hour and they went over everything A to Z. It's incredible.

[Unknown]

It's nuts. That's nuts out there.

[David]

Look at that. Look.

[Unknown]

Look at all of this info we're packing in this episode from Johnny and Amy. Just, you know, and all an all American reality TV that's like, you know, that's what it's all about these days. They're just doing it and they're doing it right and they're, they're fabulous. So I loved the episode. I loved hearing about your stories, love educating myself on, on some health things. It was great, David, great job to.

[David]

Bring it back to money for just a second. Yeah, wrap up. That's the podcast about, right? How much did they say their health insurance was? I just want to compare it.

[Unknown]

Johnny was at 200amonth and she was three. Was 344amonth.

[David]

Okay, so the plan I have that's through Affordable care Act, about 440. So just put them in perspective. Yeah, yeah. Okay, cool. Well, go get your calcium score checked, everybody.

[Unknown]

Yes.

[David]

Check out the prenuvo scan. I think 25, 500 bucks, if it could save your life, is worth getting one scan to make sure there's nothing abnormal. And Love is Blind season seven. David, you're the reality TV guy. You're the, you're the guy that's supposed to be scrolling social media. Knowing all this. You got to get back in the game.

[Unknown]

Yeah, I might, I might hate watch it. You know, if I hate watch something, I usually crush it pretty good. So I might, I might give a little hate watch and go from there.

[David]

All right. I like it.

[Unknown]

I might actually like it. Who knows?

[David]

I like it. David, there's still one thing we got to do. You're going to look at the reviews and you're going to pick three people who gave us reviews in Apple and just list off their usernames and we have three gifts for them. So if you guys are listening to this, we're going to do it again. We have two more gifts. We did three this week. We'll do two next week. Just give us five stars. Let us know your biggest takeaway or a guest you want to have on. But David, list off the three usernames and if your username is called, just shoot us an email trading secretsasontartic.com and we will send you your winning prize.

[Unknown]

All Right, here we go. Great listen from Trading Secret. S E C R E A T is the username. Kind of sneaky in there. Love the positive, positive outlook on life. Just a good all around good listen. Love the variety of guests. There you go. There's one there. Yep, let's go. Informative and entertaining from Brit P301. I love this podcast because it's so informative. I find finances so intimidating, but I'm learning so much more from just listening. I always get my pop culture fix with some of the guests, lol. One guest I would love to see on is Perez Hilton. Last one we got is Ali Silv. What a crew. Exclamation mark. This group is what dreams are made of. Justin was absolutely right when he said you all have something special besides being on tv. Follow all of you independently and love to watch how you all continue to grow. Amazing job. There you go. There's three influencer closet winners right there.

[David]

There you go. Ding ding ding. David, I'm glad you called them out. Make sure those three people sent us an email. Trading secretsasontaryk.com and if you are listening to this podcast, go to Spotify or Apple. Give us five stars. We're gonna do two gifts next week. It's the holiday season so it's time to give back and give out.

[Johnny McIntyre]

If anyone has anything else.

[David]

David, before we wrap.

[Unknown]

Wrap it up, Wrap it up.

[David]

Thank you for tuning in to another episode of Trading Secret Secrets. One you couldn't afford to miss.

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