On this episode of House Flip Masters Holly is joined by guest MC Laubsher. MC is president and chief wealth strategist of Valhalla Wealth Financial. MC also is the host of a podcast called, Cash Flow Ninja. Originally from South Africa in 2001 after graduating from university he traveled where he ended up in the United States. He played rugby until 2007 during this time he started his journey into real estate investing. After reading Rich Dad, Poor Dad his view on wealth and money was changed. He purchased his first property and he grew from there. In 2014, he founded Valhalla Wealth Financial, where they help individuals, families, small business owners, entrepreneurs and investors create wealth outside of Wall Street. Cash Flow Ninja looks at concepts and societal beliefs; the podcast questions concepts in popular mainstream media such as savings and investing as well as retirement. He has guests that discuss how they have created income through various ventures. MC started in real estate at the bottom and worked for a wealthy real estate investor in Chicago and started working from the ground up by working on apartments. He then started leasing apartments, and soon became part of an acquisition team. After that he got his brokerage license and purchased his first property at 21 years old. MC purchased his first property while he was working on the operations side of property management and says that the biggest lesson an investor can learn is to know the operations side of you investment. You want to know how your cash flow statements and financial statements look and how they should flow, as well as areas that could use improvement. Holly asks MC to share with listeners what knowing the operations side of your property really means. MC shares that when he bought his first property he handed it right over to a property manager because his property was overseas in South Africa while he was out of the country. While he was out of the country the tenants of that property realized he was not in the country and caused MC to realize that he needed to have screening and checklists together to know who is in your building and having strict guidelines to whom you will rent to, as well as consequences for guidelines that are not followed by the tenant. Performing your due diligence as a real estate investor is the most important aspect in your operations according to MC. Holly asks MC to tell listeners what he specializes in and how he helps real estate investors maximize every dollar. MC teaches the infinite banking concept in his wealth management and education firm. This is a strategy that takes a specialized insurance as a vehicle. MC deals with dividend paying whole life insurance from a mutual insurance company; he uses this type of insurance as a vehicle because when you fund money into dividend paying life insurance it immediately becomes liquid, there is a guarantee on principal, and you earn a guaranteed interest rate on that amount, as well as being a shareholder in the company - If the company participates in dividends you are going to receive these. In addition to this product there are tax deferred accumulation, and the ability to withdrawal money tax-free. As a policyholder you can access the cash value that you have built up as a policy loan. When using life insurance to take loans MC discusses interest rates – you will receive a fair market insurance rate depending on the insurance company. MC finds that the interest rate is usually between 4 and 5 percent. When you borrow money from the account you are borrowing from the side and not borrowing from the plan that you own. Utilizing insurance for loans help to fund your investments while still earning money. If you are interested in learning more about MC Laubsher’s strategy go to his website www.CashFlowNinja.com Se