Real estate isn’t just about properties and numbers—it’s about transformation. It’s a path to building wealth, strengthening relationships, and creating a meaningful legacy.

On a recent episode of Invested Souls, we had the pleasure of hosting Michael Kramer, whose family-focused approach to real estate offers invaluable lessons for anyone looking to align their financial goals with their values.

In this blog post, we’ll explore the key themes of our conversation. From the courage to start something new to the power of authenticity and collaboration, Michael shared insights that can inspire your journey in real estate and life.

Tune in to our full conversation: 

Building Wealth with Purpose

Michael’s journey into real estate wasn’t straight. Like many, he had reservations. Managing properties seemed daunting, and he and his wife debated the potential risks and rewards. It wasn’t until 2016 that he fully embraced real estate real estate as a means to create generational wealth.

You're probably interested in taking your real estate career to the next level if you're reading this. You want to make more money, work fewer hours, and achieve a level of success that's been out of reach for you until now. But what's been holding you back this entire time? In many cases, it's one – or a combination – of these three things: mindset blocks, lack of knowledge, or a lack of resources. In this groundbreaking Bootcamp, you'll learn how to overcome each one of them.

Day 1:Knowing your numbers and where you want to be

Day 1 is all about understanding where you are and where you want to be. You need to know your number–the amount of money you want to make each year. Once you know that, it's time to take control of your schedule so you can hit that number. To make more money as an agent, you need to get more leads and convert more of them into sales.  

Day 2: Creating the best client experience from Day 1

When you first meet a potential client, the goal is to make a gre...

 Our Vacation Homes 

After traveling and falling in love with a few different places, we decided to take our real estate portfolio over state and country lines! 

We started the vacation portfolio side with a vacation membership due to its low risk. Our first membership was purchased in Cabo San Lucas at Cabo Villas beach resort. We bought this with the goals to travel with friends, family and business partners and it has worked out. We have used our membership to book vacations at other amazing resorts within Cabo for less than $500 a week! We have since upgraded and now own the 1st week of the year at the Cabo Villas 4 bedroom penthouse. When we aren’t able to go-we offer this week for sale. 

Our family also enjoys skiing, which can get expensive when booking 2-3 bedroom condos, often last minute due to our lifestyle. This made me start searching for ski properties and I found a condo in Granby, Colorado for 95k. Again, feeling like the price was pretty low risk and I could use it ...

A quick history of my real estate background- I was drawn to real estate for the flexible schedule and was hopeful for a great income. When I started this career, I was pregnant with my first child in 2009. It required two classes that I took in person. I took the first class with child, gave birth to our daughter Hannah during my short week break and finished the second class while breastfeeding. That’s flexibility!! I passed my classes and moved on to take my test. Thankfully I passed my test on the first try and attribute that to taking the Randall’s School of Real Estate Prep course. The questions were similar to the practice tests given. All of this was in 2009 and I joined Nebraska Realty as a brand new agent. 

I absolutely loved the people and immediately was assigned a mentor who threw me in her car and took me along for the real estate ride! She taught me a lot, however I didn’t feel like the brokerage could provide me the full learning experience that I had hoped for in orde...

Tips on the process to getting a real estate license, and building a real estate business in Nebraska presented by Team Lead and licensed broker- Jamie Flanagan. 

Are You Thinking of Starting a Real Estate Business? 

As the team lead of a top producing small team in Omaha, we get asked this question a lot….how do I get into real estate. Real estate can be an extremely lucrative career, and our team has put over a million dollars into developing the team, and strategies we use. I don’t say this to scare you, I say this to open you up to the idea that this is a business, not something we believe in doing part time. That’s not to say you can’t do this part time! In fact if you own investment properties or plan too, its a great strategy to get your license for tax reasons! Chat with your CPA or DM me for information! 

I want you to know that I am extremely passionate to help you grow into a successful agent! The failure rate in this business is high, however I can say to date I haven’t ...