The podcasts are informational, but they are also meant to motivate with optimism.

@Scott V.It's not optimized, obviously - but it's a choice that will put you back a bit from full FI, and slow your real estate investing as well, possibly, but it's an informed choice to do it.

Then, the author uses the rest of the book to simply elaborate or add additional context to those themes.Some examples…Four Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss: optimize your time by creating a system for things that you currently do manuallyInvesting for Dummies by Eric Tyson: Stocks, start-ups and real estate are the three main ways to invest.

Depends on whether your analysis tells you that you are highly likely to net a financial positive (which is usually the case, in my experience) in a place that you will be happy living in.Fourth, with a high savings rate, no commute, a rapidly optimizing lifestyle, diminishing debts, and a growing pool of capital, you are going to go through a transition.

@Matthew Bailey I recommend reading "Optimize Your BNB" by Daniel V.

Gave me quiet optimism.

@Todd DexheimerI like your optimism!

If the system puts out 20kWh per day in Arizona you are going to get half that, IF your roof is optimally positioned for solar.

I'm not sure this is the optimal time of year to risk it.  

This I believe- he believes his RE method is optimal- he has nothing to sell and is not intentionally deceiving anyoneHowever we have different investing beliefs (which he also knows)In the last 5 years the lowest appreciation year for San Diego was 8% and the best was over 20%.