Four Millionaires Share the #1 Advice That Made Them Millions.
The BetterLife Podcast
Brandon Turner and Cam Cathcart
4.8 โข 831 Ratings
๐๏ธ 27 January 2026
โฑ๏ธ 63 minutes
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Summary
I had two millionaire real estate investors visit Maui last week. So naturally, we sat down and recorded a podcast.
Craig Curelop (house hacking legend, founder of The FI Team) and Mike Brockway (luxury short-term rental expert) joined Cam and me to talk about the single pieces of advice that completely changed our financial trajectories.
Here's what's wild: none of us became millionaires because we worked harder. We became millionaires because someone gave us advice that shifted how we thought about building wealth.
In this episode:
The BiggerPockets forum post that changed my entire life (and why I still have it printed out 20 years later)
Why the "bucket vs. pipeline" story from Cashflow Quadrant made me a MULTI-millionaire
Craig's house hacking journey and why "living like no one else" is more than just frugality
Mike's short-term rental empire and the power of getting around the right people
Cam's BRRRR breakthrough (and why it doesn't work the same way in 2026)
The difference between advice that makes you a millionaire vs. advice that makes you a MULTI-millionaire
Why systems beat hustle every single time
How to surround yourself with people who make the impossible look like a Tuesday morning
The thread throughout this entire conversation? None of this was complicated. But it required us to actually listen and implement instead of just nodding our heads.
REI Summit 2026 is happening April 1โ3 in Austin, Texas. Grab your ticket at REISUMMIT2026.com and use code CAM10 for 10% off.
Connect with Craig Curelop: https://www.instagram.com/thefiguy/?hl=en
Connect with Mike Brockway: https://www.instagram.com/mikebrockway_/?hl=en
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Better Life podcast. |
| 0:01.9 | I'm your host, Brandon Turner, here with my co-host, Mr. Cam, Cathcart. |
| 0:05.3 | Thanks for watching the show today. Today we've got two special guests. We'll introduce them in just one minute. But two quick announcements. Number one, Cam looks good today. And number two, REI Summit, 26 is happening April 1st, second, and third. It's going to be in Austin, Texas. It's going to be amazing. I don't remember the URL, so go to the description below the video. |
| 0:21.8 | I think it's like BetterLife Summit, |
| 0:23.2 | 2026.com. |
| 0:24.3 | Do you have a promo code? third, it's going to be in Austin, Texas, is going to be amazing. I don't remember the URL, so go to the description below the video. |
| 0:21.7 | I think it's like Better Life Summit, 226.com. |
| 0:24.3 | Do you have a promo code? R-E-I Summit 226.com. That's probably it. I'm sure the promo code. I think Cam 10. Oh, Cam 10. And I think I'd get another 10% on top of that. Look at that. |
| 0:33.8 | All right, Cam 10, C-A-M-10, |
| 0:35.8 | gets you 10% off. |
| 0:36.6 | That could be so wrong. |
| 0:37.7 | We'll make it work. |
| 0:38.4 | Yeah. |
| 0:38.6 | We'll make it work. |
| 0:39.3 | And it's going to be amazing. |
| 0:40.4 | So R-E-I, Sun. look at that all right cam 10 c a m 10 gets 10% off that could be so wrong we'll make it work yeah |
| 0:38.5 | we'll make it work and uh it's gonna be amazing so r e i summit 2026.com uh we're gonna be there together hanging out in austin and having a good time it's can be blast all right those are your two announcements and uh today's episode actually uh we've got two buddies in town and we're gonna talk about the advice that made us rich or the advice that made us wealthy. And so we're going to give each, we'll go through one at a time talking about that. Before we get to that, we'll get a little introductions out of the way so you know who we're dealing with. You've heard of them before. They're big deals. But just in case you haven't, let's introduce them right now. Fellas, welcome to the show. Thanks guys. Thanks for having us, yeah. Yeah, awesome. All right. So you guys are visiting Maui right now, and you're not from Maui. So, Gilles, where are you from? Where do you live right now? And what do you do in the real estate world, wealth world, business world, whatever? Why are you a big deal? Yeah, I guess I'll go first. |
| 1:29.0 | An awkward question to answer. |
| 1:30.2 | Why are you a big deal? Well, I would argue that I'm not a huge deal, but... Huge. Huge. Huge. Huge. I live up in Cordillane, Idaho, but most of our business is done in Denver, Colorado. So we... I'm the leader of Denver's number one team of investor-friendly realtors. |
| 1:44.2 | So we help people buy and sell investment properties all around Colorado. So we, I'm the leader of Denver's number one team of investor-friendly realtors. So we help people buy and sell investment properties all around Colorado. And we help people figure out exactly what works in such a high appreciating market. And just so happens that we also invest in what works in our high appreciating market. And what that thing is, is co-living. So that's kind of what we're all in on there. So we buy, you know, large houses, single-family duplexes, tri-flexes, quads. We, instead of renting out per unit, we rented out by the room. You get great cash flow. You get the wonderful appreciation of Denver, Colorado and other appreciating markets around the nation. And that's my two-minute range. You wrote a book for Bigger Pockets, right? |
| 2:18.0 | I did write a book for better. |
| 2:19.0 | Was it called? |
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