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Stop Trading Hours for Dollars — Start Building Wealth That Works While You Sleep

Rigs to Riches is the no-jargon commercial real estate education built for blue-collar Americans — tradespeople, oil field workers, truckers, and laborers — who are ready to put their hard-earned money into syndications, mobile home parks, self-storage, and workforce housing without needing an accreditation, a finance degree, or a rich uncle.

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Rigs to Riches

"I've spent my career working hard for a paycheck. Now I'm learning how to make my money work just as hard for me—and I want to help you do the same."
— Sean McCroryDeborah Myers

What you'll learn

What you'll be able to do

  • Explain how commercial real estate syndications and fund-of-funds work — and exactly where your money goes when you invest
  • Identify the key differences between RV parks, mobile home communities, multifamily, workforce housing, and self-storage as asset classes
  • Read a basic deal summary or offering memo and spot the numbers that actually matter (cash-on-cash return, IRR, preferred return, hold period)
  • Understand what 'non-accredited investor' means legally and which investment structures are available to you right now
  • Ask the right due-diligence questions before committing capital to any operator or syndication deal
  • Build a personal investing roadmap — from first dollar invested to a diversified passive-income portfolio — aligned with a retire-wealthy (not just retire) goal

How it works

A school that adapts to you

This isn't a set of static videos. Every lesson is generated live and tuned to where you actually are.

We learn your level

A quick placement check tailors your starting point so you're never bored or lost.

Lessons adapt as you go

Each lesson is written for your pace and your goal, adjusting as your skills grow.

Your AI coach keeps you moving

Checkpoints, feedback, and gentle nudges turn progress into a real result.

The curriculum

What's inside your school

6 modules · 27 lessons

1

Why Real Estate — Not Just a 401(k)

Reframes wealth-building for blue-collar investors by contrasting traditional retirement vehicles with passive commercial real estate income.

  • 1.1The 401(k) Trap: Why Trading Time for Money Has a CeilingIncluded
  • 1.2What Is Passive Income and Why It Changes EverythingIncluded
  • 1.3How Commercial Real Estate Builds Generational WealthIncluded
  • 1.4You Don't Have to Be Rich to Start: The Non-Accredited Investor PathIncluded
2

The Asset Classes: What We Invest In and Why

Breaks down each Live Well Commercial asset class — RV parks, mobile home communities, multifamily, workforce housing, and self-storage — so investors know exactly what their money touches.

  • 2.1Mobile Home and RV Parks: Affordable Housing With Staying PowerIncluded
  • 2.2Multifamily and Workforce Housing: Serving the People Who Build AmericaIncluded
  • 2.3Self-Storage: Simple, Scalable, and Always in DemandIncluded
  • 2.4Comparing the Asset Classes: Risk, Return, and Fit for Your GoalsIncluded
3

How Syndications and Fund-of-Funds Actually Work

Demystifies the syndication and fund-of-funds structures — explaining exactly where your money goes, who does what, and how profits flow back to you.

  • 3.1Syndication 101: What It Is and How a Deal Gets Put TogetherIncluded
  • 3.2The Players: Sponsors, Operators, and Passive InvestorsIncluded
  • 3.3Fund-of-Funds: Spreading Your Capital Across Multiple DealsIncluded
  • 3.4How Money Flows: Capital Contributions, Distributions, and ReturnsIncluded
  • 3.5Legal Structures and Investor Protections You Should KnowIncluded
4

Reading the Numbers: Deal Metrics That Actually Matter

Teaches investors to open a deal summary or offering memo and quickly find and understand the key figures that tell you whether a deal is worth your hard-earned money.

  • 4.1Cash-on-Cash Return: Your Year-One Paycheck ExplainedIncluded
  • 4.2IRR and Equity Multiple: Measuring the Full Life of a DealIncluded
  • 4.3Preferred Return, Waterfall, and Who Gets Paid FirstIncluded
  • 4.4Hold Period and Exit Strategy: When and How You Get Your Money BackIncluded
  • 4.5Walking Through a Real Offering Memo: A Guided ExampleIncluded
5

Due Diligence: How to Vet a Deal and an Operator

Equips investors with a practical checklist of questions and red flags to evaluate any operator, sponsor, or deal before committing capital.

  • 5.1Vetting the Operator: Track Record, Integrity, and AlignmentIncluded
  • 5.2Market and Property Due Diligence: Is the Deal Built on Solid Ground?Included
  • 5.3Red Flags in an Offering Memo: What Shady Deals Look Like on PaperIncluded
  • 5.4Questions to Ask Before You Write the CheckIncluded
6

Your Rigs to Riches Roadmap: Building a Passive-Income Portfolio

Brings everything together into a personal action plan — from investing your first dollar to building a diversified portfolio designed to retire you wealthy, not just retire you.

  • 6.1Knowing Your Starting Point: Savings, Goals, and TimelineIncluded
  • 6.2Your First Investment: How to Choose the Right Deal to StartIncluded
  • 6.3Diversifying Over Time: Building Across Asset ClassesIncluded
  • 6.4Tax Basics Every Passive Investor Should UnderstandIncluded
  • 6.5The Rigs to Riches Mindset: From First Dollar to Financial FreedomIncluded

Who it's for

Is this you?

Oil Field Workers

You're making good money on the rigs but know the work won't last forever — this course shows you how to turn those paychecks into passive income that keeps flowing long after you're off the field.

Construction Tradespeople

You build other people's wealth every day on the job site — it's time to learn how to build your own through the same kinds of commercial properties you work on.

Truck Drivers

You've got miles behind you and financial goals ahead — Rigs to Riches gives you a clear roadmap to passive income you can build one deal at a time, no finance degree required.

Laborers Ready to Level Up

You've maxed out what trading hours for dollars can do for you, and you're ready to make your savings actually work — this is the no-jargon entry point you've been looking for.

401(k)-Only Savers

If your entire retirement plan lives inside a single account you barely understand, this course opens the door to diversified passive investments built for people in exactly your position.

Working Parents Building Generational Wealth

You want to leave your kids something real — not just a work ethic but actual assets — and Rigs to Riches teaches you how to start building that legacy on a working-class income.

Questions

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Your teacher

A note from your teacher

Deborah Myers

Deborah Myers

I know where you're sitting right now.

You've worked hard your whole life — long shifts, early mornings, jobs that beat up your body and your boots. You've done everything they told you to do: show up, save what you can, throw money into a 401(k) and hope for the best. But somewhere along the way, you started wondering if there's more to the story. Why do some people seem to build real wealth — wealth that grows while they sleep — while the rest of us are still punching the clock?

That question used to keep me up at night too. And when I started looking for answers, I ran straight into a wall of financial jargon, gatekeeping, and content that felt like it was written for someone else entirely. Not for people like us. That's why I built Rigs to Riches.

This school teaches commercial real estate investing the way it should have always been taught — in plain language, with real-world examples, and zero condescension. We're talking syndications, fund-of-funds, mobile home parks, self-storage, workforce housing — the asset classes that actually make sense for working Americans who don't have a million bucks sitting around but do have discipline, grit, and a serious desire to build something that lasts. You'll learn to read the numbers that matter on a deal sheet, vet an operator before you trust them with your capital, and put together a personal investing roadmap that goes from your first dollar all the way to a passive-income portfolio that could change your family's future.

Here's the thing I want you to hear: not having an accreditation is not a dead end. There are legitimate investment structures available to non-accredited investors right now. You just need to know where to look and how to evaluate what you're looking at. That's exactly what we cover.

I'm not here to sell you a dream. I'm here to hand you a blueprint — built on the same logic we use on any job site. Know the plan. Know your crew. Know your numbers. Do the work. The financial freedom on the other side of this education is real, and you've already earned the right to go after it. I'll see you inside.

— Sean McCrory

Deborah Myers

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