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Unlocking True Wealth: The Essentials of Land and Resources

Ken McElroy Show

Ken McElroy

Business, Investing, Education, Business News, News

4.8692 Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Ken McElroy and Chris Martenson discuss the true meaning of wealth, contrasting real assets with fiat currency. Discover how understanding the hierarchy of wealth can protect and enhance your financial future.

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ABOUT KEN: Ken is the author of the bestselling books The ABC’s of Real Estate Investing, The Advanced Guide to Real Estate Investing, and The ABC’s of Property Management. With over two decades of experience in real estate investing, Ken McElroy is passionate about sharing the good life by helping real estate investors grow and prosper. This podcast is a place for Ken to discuss numerous topics connected to real estate investing, including finance, budgeting, the entrepreneur mindset, and creating passive income. Ken offers a wealth of personal experiences, practical advice, success stories, and even some informative setbacks, all presented here to educate and inspire. Whether you’re a new or seasoned investor, the information and resources on this channel will set you on a path where you and your investments can thrive.
 
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0:00.0

Welcome to the Real Estate Strategies podcast. Let's get right into this episode.

0:05.4

So Chris, I read your book to Crash Course as we know 15 years ago and I did a lot of

0:11.1

the things inside of there and they've made me very, very rich. So thank you. First of all,

0:16.8

I wanted to say thank you. You are most welcome and thank you for taking action because it doesn't matter if nobody

0:23.1

takes action.

0:24.6

I know, like a lot of people know because I talk about it, you know, I went and bought that

0:29.1

that resort that had its water rights and that's one of your, you know, that's at the bottom

0:34.6

of your pyramid.

0:35.6

I ended up buying silver, gold, timber, oil, all the things, you know, that's at the bottom of your pyramid. I ended up buying silver, gold, timber, oil,

0:38.6

all the things, you know, that that you have at the very bottom. And I think, you know,

0:43.5

just that visual pyramid that was in your book really, really helped me a lot. I use it a lot on

0:50.0

the channel. Well, great. Yeah, it's a really important concept because, you know, we're marketed

0:54.2

to that money is well, but when you study it a little, you find out it's not money. It's something

0:59.8

called currency. In fact, it's a specific type of currency. It's fiat, debt-based money, which

1:05.4

as, listen, that has characteristics, but it's not wealth, right? It's a marker for wealth,

1:10.1

and you can use it to get wealth,

1:11.7

but what you just described is actual wealth, land, water, oil, like that's real wealth.

1:17.6

Can you walk through this for our listeners? I'd be glad to because this is really important

1:23.7

concept. So this is real wealth and we're going to talk about what wealth

1:29.0

really actually means here. Then I'm sure a lot of your listeners already know this because

1:33.1

they're in real estate. But right at the bottom, what we're calling real assets here,

1:37.1

this is your primary wealth of the land. So let's imagine two, you know, country A and country B.

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