Building Wealth with Purpose: Entrepreneurship, Finance, and Life with Litan Yahav

In an episode of “The Art of Winning” podcast hosted by Ashton Levarek, Litan Yahav shares his journey from military service to thriving as an entrepreneur. He underscores the value of failure as a learning tool and explores the significance of living your best life through conscious choices. Litan discusses his venture into passive investing and the importance of working with trustworthy operators. He further introduces his innovative tool, Vyzer, designed to streamline and automate the management of complex investments, offering a virtual family office experience. Highlights also include his tips on balancing wealth-building with life fulfillment and maintaining overall health and mental well-being.

“The world will pay you according to the problems you solve.”

-Litan Yahav-

Time stamps

06:37- Litan’s Journey from Military to Entrepreneurship

10:37- Innovating in the Diamond Industry

20:06- Transition to Real Estate and Private Equity

22:08- Challenges and Insights in Real Estate Investing

27:45- Preferred Returns and Cash Flow in Syndications

31:44- Investment Options Comparison

33:12- Challenges in Tracking Investments

33:33- Building a Business Solution

35:12- Automation and Transparency in Investments

37:45- The Importance of Smaller Operators

45:04- Balancing Wealth and Purpose

54:13- Health and Mindfulness

57:33- Metrics for a Fulfilling Life

Key Takeaways

• Failure is an important part of entrepreneurship.
• Re-evaluate your life and make sure you’re living your best life.
• Curiosity is a key trait for identifying opportunities and solving problems.
• Investing in real estate and private equity can provide passive income and wealth-building opportunities.
• Investing as a limited partner can offer benefits such as diversification and passive income.
• Investing in single-family homes can come with challenges.
• Cash flow is an important factor to consider in real estate investments.
• Tracking and managing multiple investments can be challenging, particularly when it comes to keeping up with returns and expectations.
• Transparency is crucial in the private markets, as it allows investors to make informed decisions and build trust with operators.
• Building wealth involves finding trustworthy people to invest with, and prioritizing cash flow over increasing wealth.
• Experiences and quality time with family bring the most joy in life and should be prioritized alongside financial success.

Noteworthy Quotes

1. “I prefer to invest personally with the smaller operators—who don’t have hundreds or thousands of LPs and don’t have to supply deal flow. When you invest with smaller operators who have one or two deals a year, they’re going to go all in and make sure nothing falls through.” —Litan Yahav
2. “The hardest part is finding the right people… that’s why I joined GoBundance—to find people I know I can trust.” —Litan Yahav
3. “My purpose for generating wealth… is so I can have as many experiences, either meaningful ones with people I care about—friends, family, my kids.” —Litan Yahav
4. “Entrepreneurship teaches that failure is okay—it’s important to fail because that’s where you’re going to learn.” —Litan Yahav

Litan Yahav, Co-founder and CEO of Vyzer, served as a Naval Officer for six years before studying law and business while working as a sailing instructor. During his final year, he joined the Sam Zell Entrepreneurship Program and co-founded “Segoma”, a revolutionary diamond display technology, which they successfully sold. After this venture, as a passive real estate and private equity investor with a complex portfolio, he founded Vyzer to provide a technological solution for effective management and monitoring of investment assets, similar to a virtual family office.