Episodes
Dec. 8, 2025
Make Money Getting Started in Real Estate (Without Waiting for the “Perfect” Deal)
Travis and Eric sit down for a candid conversation about how beginners should actually get started in real estate—without overthinking strategy or blindly trusting gurus. Drawing on Travis’s own “real estate dabbler” experien...
Dec. 8, 2025
Make Money with an Athlete Database | Ryan Rottman
Travis sits down with actor‑turned‑entrepreneur Ryan Rottman, cofounder of AthleteAgent.com, an IMDb‑style database for the sports world. From training as a business major and actor at Texas Tech to navigating constant reject...
Dec. 7, 2025
Make Money Going from SWAT Cop to 9-Figure E‑Com Founder | Todd Lamb
Travis catches up with his old friend Todd Lamb, founder of Pure Life Organics, a wellness brand that has generated over $100 million in gross revenue through direct response and DTC e‑commerce. Coming from nearly 20 years in...
Dec. 7, 2025
Make Money by Riding the Bitcoin Waves (Without Getting Wrecked) | Harvey Liu
Travis sits down with blockchain VC and founder Harvey Liu, a China-born computer science grad turned global investor who has backed and built in crypto since the early 2010s. Harvey shares how early bets on Apple, Google, Te...
Dec. 6, 2025
Make Money by Being an Entrepreneur Not a Wantrepreneur
On this episode, Travis and producer Eric riff on the labels entrepreneurs use—CEO, founder, business owner, freelancer—and why most of that title‑drama is more about ego than impact. They dig into the real difference between...
Dec. 5, 2025
Make Money by Futureproofing Your Business with AI | Dr. Michael Housman
Dr. Michael Housman is the founder and CEO of AI-ccelerator and the author of Future Proof: Transform Your Business with AI or Get Left Behind , where he helps organizations harness artificial intelligence to make better, fas...
Dec. 5, 2025
Make Money by Pricing Yourself Correctly
In this episode, Travis and producer Eric break down how to think about pricing across products and services so you stop guessing, undercharging, or racing competitors to the bottom. They walk through how to find a healthy pr...
Dec. 4, 2025
Make Money by Improving Your Film Production Workflow | Drew Schettler
Filmmaker and tech founder Drew Schettler shares how he went from a strictly ministerial college path and church media work to running a production company and building Atlas , a modern all‑in‑one workspace for filmmakers. He...
Dec. 4, 2025
Make Money by Making Introductions
Travis and producer Eric break down the real skills behind meaningful networking, from first impressions and handshakes to group text intros and double opt-ins. They explore how to treat “networking” like making real friends,...
Dec. 3, 2025
Make Money By Mastering Boring Consistency | Jimmy Rex
Jimmy Rex is a top-producing former real estate agent who closed over 400 transactions in his final year in the business and built a portfolio of more than 50 investment properties. He now runs “We Are The They,” a men’s mast...
Dec. 3, 2025
Make Money by Speaking on Stages
Travis sits down with his producer Eric for a fun, practical breakdown of whether speaking at events is actually worth it for entrepreneurs and creators. From horror-movie cold opens to hard-nosed math on time, travel, and RO...
Dec. 2, 2025
Make Money with Commercial Real Estate | Veena Jetti
Veena Jetti is the founding partner of Vive Funds, an innovative commercial real estate firm specializing in conservative investment opportunities. With over $1 billion in real estate transactions and a dynamic career that sp...
Dec. 2, 2025
Make Money by Thinking of Your Older Self
In this solo-style episode, Travis sits down with his producer Eric for an introspective conversation using the “rocking chair test,” a thought experiment where you imagine advice from your much older self at the end of your ...
Dec. 1, 2025
Make Money with Self Storage | Fernando Angelucci
Fernando Angelucci is a self-storage investor and syndicator who’s transacted on over $200M worth of self-storage facilities across dozens of states in just six years. After starting in house painting, flipping, and multifami...
Nov. 30, 2025
Make Money with a Seismic Shift | Dr. Michelle Johnston
Dr. Michelle K. Johnston is a bestselling author, top executive coach, and leadership professor at Loyola University New Orleans who specializes in connection-driven leadership. She’s the author of The Seismic Shift in Leader...
Nov. 30, 2025
Make Money and BRING THOSE RECEIPTS
Travis is joined by his producer Eric for a rapid‑fire, no‑guest episode built around funny, candid questions about purchases, regrets, and money habits. Eric keeps Travis on his toes, pushing him to “bring the receipts” on e...
Nov. 29, 2025
Make Money by Improving Your Contacts
On this episode, Travis Chappell sits down with his producer Eric for a fun but revealing “check your contacts” game that exposes how much your network shapes your opportunities, decisions, and problem-solving capacity. Inste...
Nov. 29, 2025
Make Money by Building Relationships at Scale | Jesse & Gabi Merl
Jesse and Gabi Merl are a married power couple who rebuilt from bankruptcy and six-figure student loan debt to consistent multi–six-figure months through content, social selling, and smart investing. Jesse is a multi-exit tec...
Nov. 28, 2025
Make Money by Believing It's Possible (ft. John Gafford)
In this solo episode of the Travis Makes Money Podcast, Travis and his producer Eric react to a hot take by John Gafford. John Gafford is a highly successful entrepreneur in the Las Vegas metropolitan area and a recognized au...
Nov. 28, 2025
Make Money with a Multimillion Dollar Real Estate Portfolio | Natalie Cloutier
French-Canadian real estate investor, designer, and developer Natalie Cloutier shares how she and her husband Rob went from broke 20-year-olds in a basement condo to building 50+ rental units and a multimillion-dollar portfol...
Nov. 27, 2025
Make Money and Avoid Getting Scammed, Swindled, and Screwed
In this episode, Travis and producer Eric react to a viral video from Vivian Tu (“Your Rich BFF”) breaking down three popular “get rich quick” strategies that actually cost most people money: whole life insurance as an invest...
Nov. 27, 2025
Make Money by Hiring Right | Rachel Zaslansky Sheer and Lori Zuker Briller
Rachel Zaslansky Sheer and Lori Zuker Briller are the co-founders of The Grapevine, a premier corporate and domestic staffing firm known for placing top-tier talent with high-profile executives, households, and leading compan...
Nov. 26, 2025
SOLO | Make Money with Sports Betting Partnerships
In this episode, Travis and producer Eric dive into breaking sports media news: ESPN and Penn Entertainment unwinding their $2 billion, 10-year ESPN Bet partnership just two years after launch and pivoting into a new multi-ye...
Nov. 26, 2025
Make Money with Real Estate Investing | Rod Khleif
Rod Khleif is a Dutch immigrant, multifamily investor, and high-performance mentor who has owned over 2,000 single-family homes and thousands of apartment units across the U.S. He hosts “Lifetime Cash Flow Through Real Estate...