Why Most People Stay Broke (And What the Military Taught Him About Wealth) I Episode 111
The David Greene Show
David Greene
4.9 • 701 Ratings
🗓️ 27 January 2026
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of The David Greene Show: Real Talk Real Estate, David Greene sits down with real estate investor, entrepreneur, and financial coach Devon Jarvis (DJ) for a real, grounded conversation about military discipline, money, and financial freedom. After meeting at BPCON, Devon shares his nearly 20-year journey in the U.S. Air Force, starting with enlisting out of high school, commissioning through ROTC, and eventually flying unmanned attack aircraft, including the confidence-building moment of his first solo flight. He explains how becoming a parent pushed him into financial coaching and shaped his belief that mindset is the true starting point for building wealth. Together, they talk through why fear and failure derail so many people, the difference between a poor mindset and a rich mindset, and why creating real value, not chasing free handouts, is what the market rewards, while also offering practical insight into goal setting, money habits, and defining what a rich life actually looks like.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Real Talk Real Estate, the show where we cover how to build wealth in real estate with no fluff, no BS, and no sales pitches. I'm David Green, and I've been doing this for over 10 years. I've seen the ups, the downs, and everything in between. This is the show where we pull back the curtain and show it to you too. So if you want to build wealth through real estate or you just love learning about it, you found your home. What's going on, everyone? Welcome to Real Talk Real Estate. |
| 0:23.7 | This is the David Green Show. wealthy real estate or you just love learning about it. You found your home. What's going on |
| 0:21.7 | everyone? Welcome to Real Talk Real Estate. This is the David Green Show. And I'm joined today by Devon, |
| 0:26.7 | who is a real estate investor, entrepreneur, and someone who coaches other people into understanding |
| 0:32.2 | financial literacy, how to be good with money and sort of retrains their brains from thinking |
| 0:37.2 | about it the wrong way to the right way. And he's blessed us with coming on the show to talk about some of the things that he thinks that more people should understand and what you can do to start building wealth today. So if you're somebody who doesn't have experience with real estate, maybe listens to the show, but isn't sure where to get started. I think you're going to get a lot out of it. |
| 0:54.6 | DJ, welcome. |
| 0:56.1 | Thanks, brother. |
| 0:56.9 | Glad to be here. Yeah. So you and I ran into each other at BPCon, and I'm surprising you with this. I'm kind of hitting you with the curveball here. What were your thoughts when you saw me there? You could be as raw as you want to be. There's no curtain here. this is all behind the curtain yeah no absolutely so i saw you walk i was like oh man there's david um i |
| 1:13.9 | was like |
| 1:12.2 | oh man there's david um i was like i got to go say hi so um we were sitting down um at a lounge |
| 1:18.5 | i had a a few people with me you know we were kind of networking i saw you come sit down so |
| 1:22.7 | you know i told the the waitress to you know uh you know put their first round of drinks on me. And as I was |
| 1:29.3 | getting up and I was walking away, I just stopped over to say hi because I didn't want to miss the |
| 1:33.4 | opportunity. And I forget, I would never forget, I told my wife this. I called her and I said, |
| 1:39.2 | I just met David Green. And the first thing he said to me after he shook my hand was, your hands are so |
| 1:43.9 | soft. And I was. green and the first thing he said to me after he shook my hand was your hands are so soft |
| 1:44.3 | they're very nice hands man you got some pillows i know she she knows i'm serious like i make |
| 1:53.7 | sure i'm wearing my gloves in the gym and i'm always you know exfoliating and everything but i thought |
| 1:57.4 | it was funny um yeah man it was um years of careful training have finally paid off yeah exactly but no it was uh it was thought it was funny um but yeah man it was uh years of careful training have |
| 2:01.3 | finally paid off yeah exactly but no it was uh it was such a pleasure to um run into you um i |
| 2:07.4 | was watching you know you and brandon on um the bigger pockets um you know podcast for quite a while |
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