Welcome to Point Me to First Class, the only show for employed professionals, entrepreneurs,

and business owners who are looking to optimize their higher than average expenses to travel the world.

I'm your host, Stephen Gimbleimble and I believe that your expenses are your

greatest untapped asset if you know how to leverage them. Ready to dive into the world

of credit card points and miles so you can travel more, travel better, and travel often.

Let's get started.

Hey everybody and welcome to this week's

podcast.

Today I am joined by two guests to talk about a points earning opportunity

that you may not be aware of, but that can potentially earn you hundreds of thousands,

if not a million or more American Express membership

rewards points. Now you've heard me say many times on this podcast that your expenses are

assets because they can be leveraged to earn lots and lots of points.

And for many people the single largest expense or purchase they may ever make in their lifetime is buying a house.

But did you know that you can actually earn points when you purchase a home?

That is exactly what we're going to be talking about today because we are going to be diving

in to the RBN program. RBBN stands for real buyer network, which is a real estate platform and referral brokerage

that has a network of buyer and listing agents who pay a referral when clients complete a real estate transaction with them.

Through RBN, you get connected with a real estate agent in your area who helps you find and

buy a home, and then you can earn American Express membership rewards points at a rate of one Amex point per dollar spent on the sales price of the home.

So for example, RBN says that if you buy a home with a purchase price of $750,000, you can earn 750,000 American Express points.

Now according to RBN, they say that there is no limit on the number of points that you can earn.

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