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Want to grow your money at 30% to 50% per year—without the stock market rollercoaster, soul-crushing 80-hour workweeks, or gambling on risky get-rich-quick schemes?
Do you crave financial freedom but feel stuck in the outdated “work harder, save more, retire someday” model?
Welcome to The Growing the Money Podcast, where host Rich Lennon pulls back the curtain on the wealth-building strategies the banks, billionaires, and ultra-wealthy use every day to grow their fortunes—strategies that YOU can start using today.
If you’re ready to take control of your financial future, this podcast is your shortcut to creating sustainable, long-lasting wealth. Forget Wall Street’s 4% “safe” retirement model or risky investment fads. Instead, Rich will show you how to build wealth smarter, faster, and with less risk—all while keeping your time and sanity intact.
Whether you’re a:
- Real estate investor looking to scale your portfolio without overleveraging...
- Private money lender searching for higher, more predictable returns...
- Entrepreneur ready to grow your income streams and outsmart traditional financial systems...
- Or a professional tired of working harder just to stay stuck in the rat race...
This show is your blueprint to financial freedom.
Every week, Rich shares his proven money frameworks—strategies designed to grow your wealth faster and more sustainably, all while protecting what you’ve worked so hard to build. You’ll learn how to:
- Achieve 30% to 50% annual returns without relying on the stock market or complex schemes.
- Put your money to work for you, so you’re not trading your time for dollars.
- Avoid the pitfalls that keep most people broke and stressed about money.
- Unlock the same wealth-building secrets banks and the rich use to grow their empires.
But this is more than just a podcast—it’s a movement to help you flip the script on your financial life.
If you love podcasts like The Suze Orman Show, The Dave Ramsey Show, or BiggerPockets Money Podcast, or if you’re inspired by money minds like Grant Cardone, Robert Kiyosaki, or Tony Robbins, you’ll feel right at home here.
No fluff. No gimmicks. Just real-world strategies to grow your money smarter, faster, and without the stress.
It’s time to stop following the same tired advice that keeps you stuck in the grind. It’s time to grow YOUR money. Let’s reclaim your financial freedom together.
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What if one small lending decision could quietly put your entire investment at risk? A lot of lenders focus on the return, the interest rate, and the upside. But the truth is, the biggest wins in lending don’t come from chasing profit; they come from protecting your downside. And most investors don’t realize where the real risks are until it’s too late. In this episode, Rich Lennon breaks down a few real questions from inside his weekly investor group, and what comes out of it is a simple but...
What if the reason your team isn’t working out is that you’re hiring the wrong way? Most entrepreneurs hire the same way everyone else does. They post a job, skim a few resumes, maybe run a quick interview, and hope they picked the right person. But hope isn’t a hiring strategy, and it’s usually why so many hires don’t work out. In this episode, Rich Lennon shares the exact hiring funnel he built to find truly exceptional virtual assistants. Instead of trying to guess who’s a great worker fro...
Are you avoiding property management because you think it’s too complicated or risky? Most investors assume things like evictions require constant involvement, but that belief is what keeps them stuck and limits true passive income. In this episode, Rich Lennon breaks down the real process behind handling evictions and why it’s much simpler than most investors think. He explains how to systemize property management using virtual assistants, how the eviction process actually works step by step...
Are you losing deals before you even make an offer? Most investors think they’re being logical when they assume what a seller will or won’t accept. But the truth is that habit quietly kills opportunities and limits how much wealth you can actually build. In this episode, Rich Lennon shares a mindset shift that transformed how he approaches real estate deals. He explains why thinking for the other side of the table is one of the most expensive mistakes investors make, how this belief forms, an...
What if building a bigger real estate portfolio didn’t actually give you more freedom? For a lot of investors, the plan seems simple: buy more properties, grow the portfolio, and life gets easier. But somewhere along the way, many investors realize something surprising, the portfolio keeps growing, yet the freedom they expected never shows up. In this episode, Rich Lennon joins the show to share how his investing journey evolved from chasing deals and growing a rental portfolio to realizing t...
Can you really double a small retirement account again and again until it hits six figures? Most people assume you need a lot of money to start building wealth. But the truth is, small amounts can grow fast if you know how to structure deals, use partnerships, and think differently about risk, returns, and opportunity. In this episode, Rich Lennon returns to break down how investors can grow small amounts of capital into real wealth using real estate and lending. He explains how to double ret...
What kind of investor can post on Facebook asking for $500,000, and have dozens of people ready to fund it? It sounds crazy at first. But it actually reveals one of the biggest truths about real estate investing: money isn’t the hard part. The real challenge is building the trust, experience, and network that makes people confident putting their capital behind you. In this episode, Rich Lennon joins the show to share the story behind the viral moment when he needed half a million dollars fast...
What if you could earn 30–50% returns in real estate, without flipping houses, managing tenants, or spending money on marketing? Most investors are taught the same path: buy rentals, build a portfolio, and keep stacking doors. But what happens when you’ve already done that, and the returns stop growing? In this episode, Rich Lennon shares the shift that completely changed how he thinks about building wealth. After years of owning a large rental portfolio, Rich realized something surprising: t...
What if one of the most profitable real estate strategies didn’t require owning dozens of rentals, flipping houses, or spending thousands every month on marketing? In this episode, Rich Lennon sits down with Preston Zeller to break down a lending model that many investors never hear about, but the ones who discover it often wonder why they didn’t start sooner. Instead of chasing deals, managing tenants, or constantly hunting for the next property, this strategy focuses on something far simple...
What if the biggest thing holding you back financially isn’t your income, your investments, or even your spending, but your taxes? Most people focus on making more money. Very few focus on keeping more of what they earn. And over time, that quiet leak adds up to hundreds of thousands, even millions, of dollars lost. In this episode, Rich Lennon joins the show to break down why income taxes are the single biggest obstacle to building real wealth, and what you can legally do about it. From the ...
What happens when 30 real estate deals fall apart at the same time, and the private lenders lose everything? It’s happening right now. Rich actually likes subject-to deals. They can be powerful tools when used correctly. But when you ignore basic rules, equity, underwriting, legal structure, and skin in the game, things can go bad fast. And when they do, the private lender is usually the one left holding the bag. In this episode, Rich breaks down what went wrong in a major Florida subject mat...
What if the biggest difference in real estate isn’t how much money you make, but whether you have to keep showing up to make it? There’s a massive mindset gap between being a business owner and being an investor. One has to go back to work after the meeting. The other doesn’t. In this episode, Rich shares two stories that hit him hard. Both involved walking into rooms full of high-level builders and commercial real estate professionals, and realizing he was completely underdressed. This episo...
What if the reason you’re stuck at one or two rentals is that you keep using your own cash? Most investors think they need to save more money before they can scale. Bigger down payments. Bigger reserves. Bigger bank account. But what if that mindset is actually the thing slowing you down? In this episode, Rich breaks down the exact strategy he used to buy his first 30 rental properties, without using a single dollar of his own money. No gimmicks. No hype. Just borrowing money the right way, r...
What if your $8/hour virtual assistant could eventually run your entire company? Most entrepreneurs hire VAs to handle small tasks. Answer emails. Pull lists. Follow up on leads. And that’s where it stops. But what if you could turn that same person into a true manager, or even a COO? In this episode, Rich breaks down exactly how he’s done it inside his own real estate business. He explains the difference between a task-based assistant, a true manager who owns 90-day goals, and a COO who make...
What if trying to make a safe 12% return ended up costing you $75,000, plus 25% interest? This episode is different. Rich shares a real call he received from a private lender who wired $75,000 to a local flipper, using a 0% credit card. No mortgage. No deed of trust. No security. And now the borrower has disappeared, while the credit card company wants its money back. It’s a tough story. But it’s also a powerful lesson. In this short but important episode, Rich breaks down the three critical ...
Is debt the key to building wealth, or the thing that quietly puts you at risk? The honest answer? It depends on where you are in your journey. In this short yet powerful episode, Rich Lennon breaks down how his opinion on debt has changed three times as his net worth, confidence, and priorities have evolved. From wanting everything paid off, to leveraging hard to grow, to shifting back toward security, this episode walks through the real-life thought process behind each move. You’ll Learn Ho...
What if the real secret to safe, consistent lending isn’t finding better borrowers, but writing better loans? In Part 2 of this series, Rich Lennon goes deep into the actual mechanics that protect private lenders when things go wrong. This isn’t theory or hype. It’s the real-world structure Rich has used across 140+ loans without a single loss. He breaks down exactly how notes, deeds of trust, defaults, penalties, insurance, and personal guarantees work together to give lenders control, not h...
What if lending money felt safer than flipping houses? No rehabs. No tenants. No late-night phone calls. Just steady returns and real control. This isn’t theory or hype. It’s a practical, asset-based approach built from years of experience, including what to do when deals go sideways and how to protect yourself before they ever do In this episode, Rich Lennon breaks down the private money lending system he’s used to fund over 140 loans without a single loss. He shares the real rules he ...
What if paying taxes didn’t have to feel like pure pain? What if it could actually work in your favor? Most people dread tax day. Some would literally rather swim with sharks than deal with it. But in this episode, Rich Lennon shares an unconventional strategy he personally uses to turn one of life’s biggest expenses into something useful: airline miles. Rich walks through why paying taxes with credit cards can make sense if you do it the right way, how extensions really work and where people...
Most real estate investors obsess over acquiring more deals, more units, and more flips. But very few ever question what happens after they’ve already built wealth. What do you actually do with the money you make? How do you grow it without adding more employees, stress, or operational complexity? In this episode, Rich Lennon breaks down a strategy most operators never consider until they hit the ceiling on flipping and rentals: fractional lending. Rich explains how he pivoted from a 14-emplo...
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