The company that I was working for was winding down.

The writing was on the wall, and I was, you know, looking for my next step.

And what I realized is that I just, I really didn't want to sign up, again, sign up for a paycheck.

I was searching for a way to escape that.

Welcome to the real estate and financial independence podcast. My name is Chad Carson.

You can also call me coach. And this is a show all about investing in real estate,

achieving financial independence, and doing more of what matters.

It's great to have you here, as always, listening to another episode, whether you're listening on your podcast player or watching it on YouTube, I appreciate you being here.

If you have any feedback or comments for me about this show or just in general, be sure to

leave some comments below on YouTube or send me an email to podcast

at coachcarsen.com. I'm really excited about today's episode because I'm going to interview

someone named Marizio Rubio. Marizio is from New York. Originally has some apartments in Manhattan

that he has rented out. He and his partner and his family also got into the vacation rental

business. And this interview is all about his story, which is fascinating to me of how he

went from being an investment banker and in the e-commerce business and kind of got fed up with

the grind and selling out, you know, selling for your time for dollars and transitioned

into real estate investing,

both with renting long-term rentals with some apartments and condos there in Manhattan,

but also pivoting and diversifying and getting into other things like some vacation rentals

within a driving distance of New York. So some on the beach, some in the mountains. And I think

you're just really going to enjoy like I did Mauritio's attitude, his story, his background, and some of the lessons he learned from his parents, his dad, who was a taxi driver, his mom, who's a seamstress. And just how he's built upon that. And I've learned so many things from Mauritio and enjoyed talking to him. We have a commonality of his family is from

Ecuador. And when I was in Ecuador and spent 17 months there, we connected. He reached out to me

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