194: Dutch Mendenhall Tells Us About Investing in the Survivalist Movement

Invest Like a Boss

Sam Marks Johnny FD Derek Spartz

Business, Investing

4.8 • 518 Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2021

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Derek catches up with RAD Diversified CEO Dutch Mendenhall 6 months after his first ILAB appearance Episode 178. This time around, they talk about the American Survivalist Project, of which RAD is invested in. They talk about emergency plans, future growth in the segment and how it ties into their investment strategy. Then Johnny and Derek come on to talk about what they would do in the case of an emergency and how this would fit into their plans.

Dutch Mendenhall left the baseball world to pursue his business career after having coached at the University of San Francisco, a top Division I team. He began his business career as an executive recruiter in a billion dollar company specializing in commercial real estate and banking. He excelled in less than 12 months to become the # 1 producer in the entire company.

Today Dutch runs a Real Estate Education company where he mentors thousands of students across the country to invest safely and securely in Real Estate. Dutch’s specialty is in Tax Sales and he runs 3 Investment funds that have amassed over 7 million dollars in properties and 3 million dollars in profit over the last 12 months.

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Sam Marks – Andora/ IG @imsammarks
Derek Spartz - Venice Beach / IG @DerekRadio

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Time Stamps:

07:25 – Can you give us a brief overview of the American Survivalist Project?
15:41 – What are your projections for 2021 after a very successful first 2 years?
18:38 – Where is the farm located?
20:41 – How many People can the farm support?
25:52 – What percentage of the portfolio do you see the farm in 2 years?
27:09 – How does it work if you are a member of the American Survivalist Project?
31:08 – What are the tiers of the American Survivalist Project?
33:29 – What's the minimum investment in RAD Diversified?
36:01 – Is there still a 5% dividend for Covid-19?
38:49 – How do you sign up for the American Survivalist Project?
41:44 – How do you apply for RAD Diversified?
46:39 – Johnny and Derek review

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Invest Like a Boss podcast. I'm Sam Marks and I'm Johnny FD. We're self-made entrepreneurs who invest our own money and use modern technology to invest like a boss.
0:08.8	Join us each week for exclusive interviews with our network of modern investors, business owners, and multimillionaires to discover new ways to invest our hard-earned cash.
0:19.6	Hey boss, this is Johnny FD and welcome to episode episode 194, the Invest Like a Boss podcast. I'm in Kyiv,
0:26.1	Crane. Derek just woke up in still sunny California, Los Angeles, Venice Beach. Welcome to show.
0:33.0	Johnny, I think you're a curse because every time we talk, you say sunny Venice Beach and it's not
0:37.3	sunny.
0:38.1	The Marine layer is doing its thing right now, but hopefully in like the next hour or so it'll
0:42.4	burn off and I think it's going to be a nice day.
0:44.6	How is it looking over there?
0:45.8	It's actually probably the last week of sun here in Ukraine and then it's autumn and then
0:52.0	winter is coming.
0:53.2	Just because winter is coming doesn't mean the sun goes away necessarily.
0:57.1	I don't know.
0:57.9	I feel like it's going to be gone.
0:59.9	Did you get your big parka and you got you're all set?
1:02.9	I bought a Rick and Morty sweatshirt for $18.
1:08.2	That's all I have so far.
1:09.3	I feel like knowing it came from Kiev, it's not an officially licensed Rick and Morty's sweatshirt. Yeah, I don't think anything here is. I went to a shop and all, like they had everything like Nike, like Adidas and, you know, all those crazy, like, and all those expensive brands too, like, Balencia and stuff like that.
1:27.8	I was like, none of this is real, but it's in a mall. Yeah, so, uh, sounds real to me if it's in a mall.
1:34.8	There you go. Yeah. So life here is going to, you know, keep on ticking on. I feel like Ukrainians are
1:42.2	survivors. I think people in California and other warm
1:45.9	places are weak and they can't handle, you know, things getting thrown at them because they're
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