How to Build a Life Your Family Actually Wants with Dr. Alex Schloe

🎙️ Welcome back to another powerful episode of The Physicians and Properties Podcast with your host, Dr. Alex Schloe!

Today’s episode takes a heartfelt turn as Dr. Schloe steps back from real estate to reflect on something even more important: presence, purpose, and the legacy we leave as parents and partners.

Drawing from the example of his own father — a man who woke up at 4 a.m. every day, not to chase success, but to be present at every baseball game, wrestling match, and family moment — Dr. Schloe shares the values that shape how he leads his family and builds his businesses today.

As he prepares to take his wife and children on a month-long camping trip to Yellowstone, the Tetons, and Glacier, he challenges fellow physicians and entrepreneurs to ask: What are you really building? And who are you building it for?

💡 What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

✔️ Why your real estate portfolio is not your legacy — your relationships are
 ✔️ The power of showing up with consistency, love, and intention
 ✔️ How physicians can build wealth without sacrificing their families
 ✔️ Why modeling a strong marriage is one of the greatest gifts for children
 ✔️ How to audit your "why" and build from a place of abundance, not fear
 ✔️ What true time freedom looks like — and how to use it well
 ✔️ Why being present matters more than being perfect

🔥 Key Takeaways:

✔️ Presence over profit — legacy is built in the quiet moments
 ✔️ Kids don't need fancy vacations — they need time, attention, and love
 ✔️ The relationship you model becomes the relationship your kids seek
 ✔️ Spouses must feel seen and prioritized for families to thrive
 ✔️ Choose time over toys — and connection over convenience
 ✔️ Great lives aren’t built for Instagram — they’re built at home

This episode is a powerful reminder that real estate is just a vehicle — not the destination. Dr. Schloe encourages every listener to keep building, but never lose sight of the deeper reason why.

If you're chasing freedom, make sure you're also building the life your family actually wants to live in. This episode will help you realign your priorities and build something truly meaningful.

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  Dr. Alex Schloe: So here's what I learned from my dad.  You don't have to be perfect to be present.  You just have to show up every day with love, integrity, and intention.  That's what I hope my sons remember about me.

 Welcome to the Physicians and Properties Podcast, the show where we teach you how investing in real estate can give you the freedom to practice medicine and live life how you want. Doctor, doctor, doctor, doctor, doctor. Now here's your host, Dr. Alex Slo.

 Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of the Physicians and Properties Podcast.  As you know,  this podcast is usually about real estate and entrepreneurship. It's to create freedom in your life as a physician so you can practice medicine and live life how you want.  But today I wanna zoom out because  what good is financial freedom  if the people  that you love  aren't there to enjoy it with you?

So many of us are chasing wealth, time, freedom, and autonomy, and that's a beautiful thing, and we talk a lot about that on the podcast.  But today I want to talk about  why we are chasing it  and more importantly, who are we doing it for?  Let me take you back.  My parents divorced when I was young,  but through all the change and the challenges, one thing remained rock solid.

My dad, he was and still is my hero.  This is a man who woke up at four in the morning.  Every day and drove over an hour in Northern Virginia traffic to go to work,  not because it was convenient. Of course the traffic was less,  but it was because it meant that he could be off at two o'clock so that he could attend  every one of me and my brother's baseball games.

He attended every baseball game,  every wrestling match, every cross country match  everything.  He never missed a game.  He never missed a moment.  I mean, to this day, my dad still texts me  good morning every morning.  In fact, one of the only times I did not receive that good morning text was because he was in a car accident and broke his back.

Other than that,  he texted me every morning.  I actually knew that something was wrong  because I did not receive a text from him. That's how much  I can rely on my bad. My dad,  he also texts goodnight  every evening.  No matter how busy life gets, he's always there.  I know I could call my dad right now and say,  Hey, dad, don't ask questions.

I need you to take off work and fly to Colorado.  And he would be there.  He didn't chase wealth to prove anything. He prioritized. He prioritized his family. He prioritize presence over profit,  and that legacy  has shaped  how  I want to live as a father.  A husband and an entrepreneur.  So  let me ask you,  what are you really building?

It's so easy, especially as physicians, to convince ourselves that we're providing,  or we're just doing this for our family or for our patients.  We grind, we take extra shifts. We chase the next deal or the next raise  or the next opportunity, and we tell ourselves it's all  for the family.  What if your family just wants you?

Your spouse might rather have you home for dinner  than a bigger house.  Your kids might rather have  Saturday morning pancakes than a trip to Disney.  Don't build a life  that feels perfect on Instagram,  but  feels empty at home.  So, let me be blunt here.  Your real estate portfolio, that is not your legacy.

Your relationships are,  does your spouse feel seen and prioritized?  This is something that I'm constantly working at.  Because my marriage is the cornerstone of our family,  and if I can't get marriage right,  I can't be a good husband,  I can't be a good father,  and so I'm really looking forward to having some time to connect with my family.

I'm getting ready. In fact, tomorrow we are leaving for a three and a half to four week  camping trip  to Yellowstone, the Tetons and Glacier, and I am so excited to have that time with my family.  Sure, I'm gonna do a little work along the way. Thank you  for starlink.  But I'm gonna prioritize what matters most, and that is being with  my family.

That is spending that quality time connecting with my wife.  Do your kids know you're available? Not just when it's convenient.  Does  your dad  show you?

Does your home feel like a safe? Peaceful place  or is it a pit stop between sprints,  a pit stop between the next shift,  the next patient,  the next thing  my dad showed me, that presence is power.  And now I'm building a life that honors that same truth.  That's what this is really all about ultimately,  and here's how I'm trying to build freedom the right way,  and I invite you to do the same  audit your why  are you building what you're building from love?

Or is this from fear and trying to  keep  yourself from fear? Is this an  abundance mentality or this is a scarcity mentality?  Lead with legacy.  Teach your kids what real value really looks like and let them see how you work, how you serve, how you rest.  That  is really important.  Prioritize your spouse.  Your kids are watching,  the relationship you model  becomes the relationship that they seek.

How they see us love our spouse is how they are gonna love their future spouse in the future.  That is huge, absolutely huge, and we have to prioritize that.  Choose time over toys.  You don't need to impress your kids,  you just need to be there  to be consistent, to be present.

So here's what I learned from my dad.  You don't have to be perfect to be present.  You just have to show up every day with love, integrity, and intention.  That's what I hope my sons remember about me.  Not how many properties I owned,  but that I attended every game  that I read them. Tons of bedtime stories,  that I snuggled them when they needed it most, and that they truly felt seen and truly felt heard.

So at every physician listening right now, yes, keep building.  Okay. Keep building  financial freedom is important for time freedom.  It is important to build that time,  but never lose sight of what you're building it for.  Actually never lose sight of who you're building it for. That's what's most important.

So let's build the lives our families want to live in.  I know this is a little different episode, but this is just something that I've been reflecting on and thinking about a lot lately, especially as I've had more time  as I'm transitioning out of the Air Force.  So if this episode hit home for you,  share it with someone else who's chasing this dream  so they don't forget the why behind it.

And if you haven't,  please subscribe and leave a review. That's how this podcast grows.  That's how more physicians can learn about. These things that are so important.  So share it with a friend if you don't mind.  Until next time, this is Dr. Alex Schloe  with the Physicians and Properties Podcast signing off.

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