MyFinJourney
MyFinJourney
Podcast Description
Welcome to MyFinJourney, the podcast that breaks down the barriers of traditional finance and explores ways people are growing their wealth.
People often think, "You need money to make money."
But what if that isn’t true?
Whether you have a lot of capital or just a little, you can challenge conventional wisdom and create opportunities to build financial freedom.
In this podcast, Mustafa Ladha dives deep, uncovering different ways guests have made money and how you can too. Each episode, we will understand their journey and how their mentality has changed along the way.
Here’s the secret, we’re creating a playbook for you to build financial freedom.
If you’re ready to learn and grow, this is the podcast for you.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast focuses on themes of financial literacy, entrepreneurial strategy, and personal growth, featuring episodes such as strategies for scaling businesses, overcoming public speaking anxiety, and leveraging artificial intelligence for career advancement, all designed to empower listeners in their financial journeys.
Welcome to MyFinJourney, the podcast that breaks down the barriers of traditional finance and explores ways people are growing their wealth.
People often think, “You need money to make money.”
But what if that isn’t true?
Whether you have a lot of capital or just a little, you can challenge conventional wisdom and create opportunities to build financial freedom.
In this podcast, Mustafa Ladha dives deep, uncovering different ways guests have made money and how you can too. Each episode, we will understand their journey and how their mentality has changed along the way.
Here’s the secret, we’re creating a playbook for you to build financial freedom.
If you’re ready to learn and grow, this is the podcast for you.
Most people think real estate means houses, rentals, or Airbnbs. But there’s a quieter, lower-risk niche almost nobody talks about: flipping vacant land. Mike Deaton buys land for as little as $5,000-$15,000 and resells it for 2-3x — and he’s been doing it for 10 years.
In this episode of MyFinJourney, Mustafa Ladha sits down with Mike Deaton, who along with his wife Ligia left corporate America (after being laid off by Microsoft in 2016) to build a land flipping business that now out-earns their old salaries. Mike breaks down exactly how the model works, why land is one of the lowest-risk real estate plays, and how owner financing creates years of passive income.
⏰ TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 — Introduction
03:00 — The Microsoft layoff that changed everything
05:46 — Do you NEED a crisis to change your life?
14:24 — How the land flipping model actually works
22:23 — Why bigger land deals are actually LESS risky
25:06 — Where to find land for $5K-$50K across America
27:39 — The exact buy-low, sell-high model explained
30:24 — Owner financing & building passive income
32:49 — Where Mike sells land (Facebook Marketplace, MLS & more)
36:54 — Does he make more than he did at Microsoft?
41:46 — The $50K coaching bet that 10x’d their business
What you’ll learn:
→ How to buy vacant land for pennies on the dollar
→ Why land is one of the lowest-risk real estate strategies
→ How owner financing turns land into passive monthly income
→ Where to find cheap land anywhere in the U.S.
→ Why direct mail still beats every fancy marketing tool
→ How a layoff became the catalyst for financial freedom
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
🔗 Connect with Mike Deaton:linkedin.com/in/michaelbdeaton
Website: FlippingDirt.us (free resources at FlippingDirt.us/freedom)
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
🎙️ Subscribe to MyFinJourney→https://www.youtube.com/@myfinjourney
Apple Podcasts → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast
Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/show/5UmpEcn
🔗 FOLLOW Mustafa on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mustafa-ladha/
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
📍 Chapters
00:00 Intro — flipping land & building real wealth
01:39 What “growth” really costs beyond the socials
02:14 Flipping houses as a kid → corporate America
03:00 The Microsoft layoff that changed everything
05:46 Do you NEED a crisis to change your life?
09:08 Why he pays for coaches and communities
09:55 Letting go of the fear of failure
12:33 Who he became 2.0 — the entrepreneur shift
13:00 Why real estate is still “old school”
14:24 How the land flipping model actually works
17:04 Why nobody responds to sellers (your opening)
18:24 Why most employees never stand out
19:01 The levers Mike pulls to make more money on demand
22:23 Why bigger land deals are LESS risky
25:06 Where to find land for $5K-$50K in America
27:39 The exact buy-low, sell-high model
30:24 Owner financing & building passive income
31:45 The interest rates Mike charges on land
32:49 Where he sells: Facebook Marketplace, MLS & more
33:33 What buyers actually do with the land
36:54 Does he make more than he did at Microsoft?
37:22 Why he started coaching land investors
41:46 The $50K coaching bet that 10x’d his business
42:47 How to connect with Mike Deaton
Disclaimer
This podcast’s information is provided for general reference and was obtained from publicly accessible sources. The Podcast Collaborative neither produces nor verifies the content, accuracy, or suitability of this podcast. Views and opinions belong solely to the podcast creators and guests.
For a complete disclaimer, please see our Full Disclaimer on the archive page. The Podcast Collaborative bears no responsibility for the podcast’s themes, language, or overall content. Listener discretion is advised. Read our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy for more details.