The Hidden Industry Paying $50k/Month (No Experience Needed)
Dropping Bombs
Brad Lea
4.9 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 20 February 2026
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Today's Dropping Bombs episode features Phoebe Walker, who returns to reveal the hidden industry where ordinary people can build $25k–$50k+ monthly recurring income.
As my co-founder at Real Merchant Services, Phoebe breaks down the exact playbook: how one agent hit $23k/month in under 18 months, why your business is bleeding tens of thousands of dollars or more in credit card fees, and the referral program that pays you forever.
Whether you're stuck in a dead-end job, running a business, or looking for your first real recurring revenue opportunity, this is your blueprint to stop trading time for money and start building wealth that pays you while you sleep.
🔗 Connect with Phoebe
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itsphoebewalker/
✅ Real Merchant Services
Company Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realmerchantservices/
Website: https://www.realmerchantservices.com/
Work with us: https://www.realmerchantservices.com/WorkWithUs
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| 0:00.0 | I remember like when I hit $50,000 a month and I was like, oh, holy shit, you could literally |
| 0:03.9 | replace your income within a couple of months. It won't take long. Now you're making a couple |
| 0:08.1 | hundred thousand dollars a year. If you didn't get out of bed, if you're really hungry, you can make millions of dollars. You don't have to be good at sales. You don't have to be good closing you have a check coming in every month that's 25 35 35 45 $55000 I don't even leave my |
| 0:21.8 | house anymore there's people out there that need to make more money. This is how. I'll help you make more money. I'll train you how to make more money. Absolutely free. I'll give you the opportunity to make more money. Quit making excuses. You can be sitting on $50,000 a month in recurring revenue and not even know it. Why isn't everyone doing this? |
| 0:38.5 | Why is anyone working a job? And here's the crazy part. |
| 0:45.4 | What it is, Brad Lee back again with another episode of dropping bombs today in the studio. |
| 0:50.2 | Folks, I got a real treat for you, Phoebe Dupre, back in the house. |
| 0:54.3 | What is this? |
| 0:54.7 | Your third time? Yes, it is. Third time. Folks, if you guys don't know Phoebe, you can check her out on Instagram at Phoebe. Dot Dupre. D-U-P-R- No, Walker. Wait, I changed it. We've been married since. It's Phoebe Walker. It's Phoebe Walker? at it's Phoebe Walker. |
| 1:11.5 | And that's F or that's P-H- It's Phoebe Walker. Yes. At it's Phoebe Walker. |
| 1:11.4 | Yes. |
| 1:12.1 | And that's F or that's P-H-O-E-E-E-E at Phoebe or it's Phoebe Walker. |
| 1:18.0 | Folks, she's the co-founder and president and badass of a company called real merchant |
| 1:24.5 | services. |
| 1:25.6 | And the reason I have her here is because she's in town visiting. |
| 1:28.8 | She's my partner in a merchant processing company. |
| 1:31.6 | She's the one that's got me to start it. |
| 1:33.5 | And we've been helping businesses like crazy. |
| 1:36.5 | Companies growing fast. |
| 1:38.3 | And I just figured, hey, you know what? |
| 1:39.7 | A lot of people that listen to the show run businesses. |
| 1:43.3 | And you know how I want to help people so why don't we help ourselves and help them at the same time and talk about what's the latest and greatest in merchant processing yeah it sounds like a because everybody takes credit cards yeah everybody's processing payments. And if they're not, well, |
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