#55: Brandon Turner
The BetterLife Podcast: Wealth | Real Estate Investing | Life
Brandon Turner and Cam Cathcart
4.8 • 767 Ratings
🗓️ 25 March 2024
⏱️ 83 minutes
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Summary
Brandon Turner is the founder of Open Door Capital and the BetterLife Tribe among other businesses. He controls 10,000 units worth $900 million and previously hosted the BiggerPockets Podcast.
In this episode marking the 1-year anniversary of the show, producer Alex Felice interviews Brandon about why he left BiggerPockets; his extreme abundance mindset and commitment to hiring teams; his vision for ODC and BetterLife; paying $50,000 for private coaching; and much more.
Brandon also talks about:
- The banking job that convinced him he could never be an employee
- The biggest mistakes he made as a young real estate investor
- The moment he knew he needed to leave BiggerPockets and go out on his own
- How he mitigated the risk of leaving a “comfortable” gig
- The two things you should do before quitting your job
- His mission to become the “Dave Ramsey of real estate”
- How he plans to give away $1 billion, with a “B”
- The books and people that have changed his life the most
- His faith and how it him manage stress
- Why success requires a certain amount of “brutalness”
Books Mentioned:
- A Million Bucks by 30 by Alan Corey
- ABCs of Real Estate Investing by Ken McElroy
- Investing in Duplexes, Triplexes, and Quads: The Fastest and Safest Way to Real Estate Wealth by Larry Loftis
- The ONE Thing by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan
- Red Rising by Pierce Brown
Connect with Brandon:
Open Door Capital: https://odcfund.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beardybrandon/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@beardybrandon?lang=en
Connect with us!
Website: https://abetterlife.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/betterlife/?hl=en
Show Sponsor:
- The BetterLife REI Summit May 3-5 in Denver, CO. The most actionable “how to” real estate event for new and experienced investors. Grab your tickets here: https://reisummit2024.com/
Interested in building wealth without losing your soul? Join the BetterLife Tribe here: https://join.abetterlife.com/tribe
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome, friends. Today we're doing a little bit something different. My, how the turntables. I, |
| 0:09.8 | not Brandon Turner, am your host of today's show, Alex Felice, the producer of the show. That's why it's still great. |
| 0:15.7 | And I'm going to be interviewing our good friend, Brandon. What else did you want to say? |
| 0:19.7 | That's it. That's it. |
| 0:21.5 | Get ready. |
| 0:27.9 | Welcome to A Better Life with Brandon Turner. |
| 0:31.7 | That is me, where world-class guests share their wisdom on building a better life. |
| 0:35.9 | Join me as we explore the habits, the actions, and the beliefs that have guided their journey with the aim of helping you apply those lessons to your own. |
| 0:56.1 | Brandon Turner. |
| 0:56.9 | That was still loud. |
| 1:01.8 | I know you as a prolific podcaster. |
| 1:07.6 | Previous host of the Bigger Pockets podcast, host sometimes, of the Better Life with Brandon Turner podcast. |
| 1:09.0 | A Better Life with Brandon Turner. |
| 1:10.6 | Founder. Name changing. Of Open Door Capital. Turner podcast. A Better Life with Brandon Turner. Founder. |
| 1:11.3 | Name changing. |
| 1:12.3 | Of Open Door Capital. |
| 1:13.6 | Keep going. |
| 1:14.3 | A 900 plus million dollar real estate company. |
| 1:18.0 | 980, baby. |
| 1:19.1 | Founder of the Better Life Tribe, a private community of real estate investors whose |
| 1:23.6 | mission is to give away 100% of charity away to fight human trafficking. |
| 1:28.2 | You live full time in Maui. |
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