How Adam Crosley Builds Wealth by Paying Himself First
Loan Officer Freedom
Carl White
4.9 • 753 Ratings
🗓️ 24 December 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Episode 609
If you want help getting clear on your numbers, your income, and a smarter path to long term freedom, schedule a free strategy call at LoanOfficerStrategyCall.com.
Welcome to Loan Officer Freedom, the #1 podcast in the country for loan officers, hosted by Carl White.
In this episode, Carl sits down with Adam Crosley, a regional manager with Crown Home Mortgage, for a candid conversation about money, investing, and what it really means to make work optional. The discussion kicks off with Adam sharing how he saved over $8,400 in a single month by consistently paying himself 25% first, and why that habit alone puts him ahead of the vast majority of Americans.
Carl and Adam dive deep into real numbers around real estate investing versus the stock market, pulling from decades of firsthand experience. Carl openly shares lessons learned from single family rentals, negative cash flow, and underestimated maintenance, while comparing those results to long term investing in the S&P 500 and precious metals. The conversation strips away theory and focuses on what actually builds wealth with fewer distractions and less stress.
They also explore multi unit real estate, leverage, tax strategies, liquidity, and why most investors underestimate the true cost of time and opportunity. Throughout the episode, the message stays clear and practical: save consistently, know your numbers, and keep your focus on the activities that produce the highest return.
If you want a real world conversation about building long term wealth while staying focused on your mortgage business and your family, this episode will challenge how you think about money, investing, and freedom.
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| 0:00.0 | Adam Crosley |
| 0:08.0 | How we doing, buddy? |
| 0:09.8 | I'm doing good, man. |
| 0:10.6 | So you sent me, actually, I sent you a text first. |
| 0:14.7 | Yep. |
| 0:15.7 | And I'm going to read it here. |
| 0:17.7 | I said, hey, man, is it okay if I share how much you saved for the month? Because you're on a |
| 0:26.3 | savings plan, right? Yeah. And the number was, gosh, do you remember the number off top of your head? |
| 0:32.6 | $8,407. $8,407. $8,407 saved for the month. |
| 0:40.2 | Correct. |
| 0:40.8 | Right. |
| 0:41.3 | And I just want to clarify to everybody. |
| 0:43.2 | And by the way, first of all, I asked you why the odd amount? |
| 0:46.9 | And you responded, 25% of my income. |
| 0:50.3 | That's it. |
| 0:51.0 | Yeah. |
| 0:51.8 | And so just to clarify to everybody, the $8,407, $8,407 was not saved to pay your mortgage or your car or your student loans or your vote or that's your freedom account for investing or saving or putting in a pillowcase or whatever you do with your money to make it so that work is optional someday, if it's not already, that it's optional someday. |
| 1:17.2 | So awesome, man. |
| 1:18.5 | So congratulations, brother. |
| 1:20.0 | What percentage of America do you think saved $8,407 or more last month? |
| 1:26.7 | Probably in the single digits. |
| 1:30.0 | For sure, it's in the single. |
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