First to a Million - Guiding Your Teens to Early Financial Freedom| POF137

I was so excited to talk to my guest, Dan Sheeks, and learn more about how he teaches teens to achieve early financial freedom.   When I look around at the cost of real estate where I live, I wonder how my kids will ever afford their own house. It’s not unusual for a simple home to go for a million dollars.   If I think too much about it, it makes me worry…BUT I feel a MILLION times better (see what I did there? ;)  after talking to Dan!  Dan shares so many practical tips with me and in his book, “First to a Million” where he teaches how to build wealth and stay away from the mistakes many people make.   In this episode, we talk about: Motivating young adults to plan for their financial future before they make common money mistakes Best practices for teens and young adults to build a solid credit score Strategies and tactics young people can use to help them avoid working in the rat race until they are 65 years old Why personal finance education is not emphasized in the public school system and what we can do to change that How a young person can begin investing in real estate before they turn 21 To buy Dan’s book, go to www.biggerpockets.com/teen  Discount code “Future” for the membership section To download a copy of Dan’s “7 Ways to Screw Up Your Kids”, log into or join the Parent toolbox.  www.parent-toolbox.com About Dan Sheeks Dan is a high school Business/Marketing teacher, real estate investor, and personal finance advocate in Denver, CO. In his 18 years of teaching high school, he has taught a variety of business subjects including personal finance, entrepreneurship, and marketing. Dan’s passions include working with teenagers, advocating for personal finance education, investing in real estate, and promoting the FIRE movement. Embedded in his classes is the co-curricular DECA club in which students travel, compete, acquire leadership skills, do community service, and have fun! His students have competed at the national level in entrepreneurship, personal finance, marketing, and hospitality services with much success over the years. Dan launched SheeksFreaks in late 2019, which is an online community dedicated to helping young people learn money management skills, start investing in real estate, and pursue early financial independence. The SheeksFreaks community aims to help teens use specific methods of saving, earning extra income, and investing to set them on a track to purchase real estate investment properties in their early 20s and achieve financial independence at a young age. Contact Information: Email: [email protected] Social Media: Website: https://www.sheeksfreaks.com/ SheeksFreaks Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sheeksfreaks/ Dan Sheeks Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dsheeks/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sheeksfreaks/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-zSyE5oX0L_npo00xDCsYw LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-sheeks-0ab489106/ Thanks for listening! It means so much to me that you listened to my podcast! If you would like to purchase my book or other parenting resources, visit me at www.yellingcurebook.com With this podcast, my intention is to build a community of parents that can have open and honest conversations about parenting without judgement or criticism. We have too much of that! I honor each parent and their path towards becoming the best parent they can be. My hope is to inspire more parents to consider the practice of Peaceful Parenting. If you know somebody who would benefit from this message, or would be an awesome addition to our community, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a note in the comment section below! Subscribe to the podcast If you would like to get automatic