Real conversations with the medical professionals, attorneys, business owners, and working professionals turning a high income into a high-freedom life — hosted by Leti and Kenji.
New episodes every two weeks. Available everywhere you listen.
THE MODERN TAIKUN
A show for the professionals who earned their income and want to earn their freedom next.
High income. High taxes. A life that keeps shrinking around the edges, one busy season at a time.
For high-income professionals who feel stuck.
Hosted by Leti and Kenji — two physicians who built financial and time freedom through rental real estate in three years, and now own 185+ doors across multiple states — every episode covers the real estate strategy, the tax optimization, the mindset shifts, and the life design decisions that turn a high income into a high-freedom household.
In years, not decades.
So you stop wondering if there's a better way. You see that it's possible for someone exactly like you. And you start building it.
What we actually talk about.
Portfolio Building
Acquiring your first or next income-producing rental property — deal analysis, remote investing, market selection, building your team.
Portfolio Scaling & Operations
Systems, property management, asset types — STR, LTR, commercial — and optimizing what you already own.
Life Design
Building autonomy now, family presence, intentional living — turning financial freedom into a life you actually get to live.
Tax Optimization
Depreciation, active and passive tax advantages, and sheltering W-2 income — the strategies that stack on top of the math to compound returns.
Mindset & Identity
Analysis paralysis, couples alignment, breaking the golden handcuffs, and reframing your relationship with wealth.
Season 1. Start here.
Episode 02
Manifesto. The word itself, the six principles that run through every deal Leti and Kenji make, and the shift from status to sovereignty. This is the philosophy every other episode gets filtered through.
What It Means to Be a Modern Taikun: The Six Principles We Build By
Episode 01
Origin. Leti and Kenji open the show with the story before the strategy — two hospitalists working week-on/week-off, the "is this it?" moment, and the three years it took to trade the golden handcuffs for a life they actually designed.
From 80-Hour Weeks to Life on Our Terms: The Story Behind Modern Taikun
Episode 04
Portfolio Building. You don't have to live where you invest. Leti and Kenji break down how to evaluate and choose a market from anywhere in the country — the first real move once you know your freedom number.
Choosing Your First Investment Market Remotely: How to Find Opportunity from Anywhere
Episode 03
Life Design. Most high-income professionals are optimizing for the wrong number. Leti and Kenji walk through the exact process for calculating the one that actually matters — the monthly cashflow that makes your job optional.
Calculating Your Freedom Number: The One Metric That Changes Every Decision
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