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MFREE 099 Trailer # 3 with Lane Kawaoka: What's The Linear Path?

Shelon Hutchinson Season 3 Episode 99

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We’re all taught to follow the “safe” path—get a degree, land a good job, contribute to a 401k, buy a house, and grind it out for decades. But what if that path is actually the slow lane to financial freedom? 🤔

In this episode, Lane Kawaoka break down how one decision—renting out a home instead of just living in it—flipped the script on wealth-building. What started as a side hustle quickly turned into a roadmap to escape the rat race, proving that real estate can be more than just an investment—it can be the key to freedom.

Key Takeaways:

  1.  Why cash flow changes everything 
  2.  The power of questioning the "safe" career path 
  3. How to leverage what you already have to create wealth 
  4. Why taking action early makes all the difference 

If you’ve ever felt stuck in the career cycle, this episode might just be the wake-up call you need. 

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Speaker:

You spent tens of years, going through high school, college, and also building a career as a civil and industrial engineer, help us to understand that journey and how it brought you to real estate.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, they call it the linear path, right? We're all taught to study hard, do the 401k thing, buy a house to live in, it works, takes a long time, I think I just by luck, I, bought a house to live in. Again, this is all part of the linear path that we're taught to do. And because I was traveling all over for work, never really, on Saturday I was home. It was silly for me to have this big house to myself. So I just started to rent it out. And this is in my early 20s. just a couple years after college, I got the taste of cash flow and I was like, Whoa, what if I just rinse, wash, repeat, do this a few more times, and I'll be able to quit the rat race, get out of this job I don't really care for too much. And that was, that was You know, what unlocked it for me.