How Ryan Lee Built a 10-Year Retirement Plan with Rental Properties

Hear how Robert Allen inspired Ryan Lee to use rental properties and passive income to build wealth outside Wall Street. 👉 Want to build a cash-flowing rental property portfolio from anywhere? Watch my free training on how to buy turnkey rental properties in the most investor-advantaged U.S. real estate markets: https://www.maverickinvestorgroup.com... Ryan Lee shares how losing much of his retirement savings during the 2008 financial crisis pushed him to rethink traditional retirement planning and build wealth through rental properties, passive income, and real estate investing. Inspired by Robert Kiyosaki’s Rich Dad Poor Dad and Robert Allen’s “retire in 10 years” framework, Ryan explains how he transitioned from the corporate world into building a real estate portfolio designed to generate financial freedom through cash flow rather than dependence on Wall Street. He shares the lessons he learned scaling from his first single-family rentals into a long-term passive income strategy, why he believes financial freedom must be measured in time rather than just net worth, and how systems, leverage, and investor mindset helped him accelerate his results. Ryan also breaks down his approach to using life insurance, turnkey rental properties, and real estate cash flow as part of his broader “wealth outside Wall Street” philosophy and discusses his book: Retire In 10 Years or Less. Full show notes with direct links to everything discussed are available here: https://www.maverickinvestorgroup.com... Chapters: 00:00 Introduction & Ryan Lee’s Path to Financial Freedom 01:16 Ryan’s “Knucklehead” Beginnings 02:26 The 2008 Crash & Realizing Wall Street Was Broken 05:13 Rich Dad Poor Dad & the Mindset Shift That Changed Everything 06:29 Buying His First Rental Property in Utah 08:01 Scaling Too Fast & Turning Real Estate into a Stressful Side Hustle 10:12 The Tenant Nightmare That Changed Ryan’s Investing Strategy 13:01 The “Electronic Push Buttons” Insight from Think and Grow Rich 14:44 Discovering Turnkey Real Estate & Scaling to 17 Properties 15:50 Becoming Your Own Banker & Using Life Insurance as a “Vault” 19:30 How the Passive Income Machine Makes One Dollar Do Two Jobs 20:35 Building Wealth Outside Wall Street & Coaching Hundreds of Investors 24:03 Designing the Passive Income Machine for Financial Freedom 26:30 Co-Authoring a New Book with Robert Allen 27:50 Lesson #1: Take Back Control & Raise Your Financial IQ 30:03 Lesson #2: Take Imperfect Action 31:28 Lesson #3: Freedom Is Cash Flow & Control of Your Time 33:38 Retire in 10 Years or Less & How to Connect with Ryan 35:49 Matt’s Journey from Nonprofit Work to Turnkey Real Estate Investing 38:02 Free Training: How to Buy Turnkey Rental Properties