71. Achieving Early Financial Independence in Your 20s with Dan Sheeks

Join Mike Cavaggioni with Dan Sheeks on the 71st episode of the Average Joe Finances Podcast to discuss achieving early financial independence in their early 20s. Dan is the founder of SheeksFreaks, an online community dedicated to helping young people learn money management skills, real estate investing, and early financial independence. He shares how he helps teens learn financial literacy. He is also a BiggerPockets author!

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• A passionate high school teacher helping teens get educated in terms of finances
• Why someone with a mentality of reaching financial independence is a “freak”
• Job traps that most people, typically young, get caught in
• What the FIRE movement is all about, and who is it for
• The Happiness Curve and how it affects one’s financial independence journey
• And much more!

About Dan Sheeks:

Dan is a high school Business/Marketing teacher, real estate investor, and personal finance advocate in Denver, Colorado. He and his wife have a variety of real estate investments, including multifamily, single-family, Airbnb, and out-of-state BRRRRs (buy, rehab, rent, refinance, repeat).

Dan launched SheeksFreaks in late 2019, an online community dedicated to helping young people learn money management skills, start investing in real estate, and pursue early financial independence. The SheeksFreaks community aims to help those between 15- and 25-years old use specific methods of saving, earning extra income, and investing to set them on a track to purchase real estate investment properties in their early 20s and achieve financial independence at a young age.

Find Dan Sheeks on: 

• Website: https://www.sheeksfreaks.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sheeksfreaks/
• Personal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dsheeks/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-sheeks-0ab489106/
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-zSyE5oX0L_npo00xDCsYw
•  Bigger Pockets Book Link https://biggerpockets.com/teen
• 7-Day free trial mentioned in the show: https://averagejoefinances.com/sheeksfreaks/ (Use code: "averagejoe" all lower case)
• Dan's email: dan@sheeksfreaks.com
• Get the book: https://amzn.to/3IO8tAb

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