Starting Them Young: Inspiring and Educating the Youth to Build Wealth Pt. 1

Jan 17, 2022

This is part 1 of my conversation with Dan Sheeks. Dan is a high school business/marketing teacher, real estate investor, author, and personal finance advocate in Denver, Colorado. He founded the online community, SheeksFreaks which is a community that is specifically for young people (ages 15-25) who are highly motivated in the areas of building wealth, entrepreneurship, real estate investing, mindset, early financial independence, and networking. He and his wife have a variety of real estate investments including multifamily, single-family, Airbnb, and out-of-state BRRRR, and he aims to help teens 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.

In this episode, Dan talks about the importance of empowering and encouraging young people to be more knowledgeable about finance, building wealth, and entrepreneurship at a young age. He talks about how his community brings together like-minded young individuals and gives them space to learn more about finances, the power of networking and building relationships with the right people, and how schools in the country should look into making financial literacy classes available for high school students. Listen in! 

 

Introducing Dan Sheeks to the Show 

• Dan shares his background 
• Founding the SheeksFreaks to help young people be financially savvy 
• • Bringing together young people who are interested in building wealth 

How Networking Can Change Things 

• Having the right connection and building relationships with the right people
• Importance of putting yourself out there 
• Building the right habits and changing your mindsets while you’re young 

High School Electives

• Requiring financial literacy classes and electives in high school
• Different for each state, depending on resources of the school 

Tweetable Quotes:

“The kids that are doing things like that [entrepreneurial activities] usually get caught and get in trouble, when we should be really just praising their entrepreneurial spirit.” - Angel Williams 

 

“The young people, they're a little bit more progressive, and they'll think outside the box a lot easier than us adults.” - Dan Sheeks 

 

 

 

Connect with Dan on LinkedIn! 

 

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