EPISODE · Sep 16, 2026 · 51 MIN
A Stranger Willingly Wrote Her a $100,000 Check on a Plane
from Dream Start Own Podcast - The Path to Own Your Time · host EdgartheConnector
Monique Pasciak was on a plane trying to sell her healthcare software when the man next to her told her he did not want to be sold to. He asked what else she wanted. By the end of the flight he had written her a check for $100,000 with no paperwork, no personal guarantee and no security. She used it to buy her first rental, paid him back with interest she looked up herself and turned one conversation into a real estate portfolio. He is still one of her biggest investors today. What we cover: • Her first deal: an Indiana house bought for $42,000 with roughly $30,000 of work, appraised around $215,000 • Why she paid that investor back early plus 10 percent and what it bought her • Price or terms: how she buys with seller carry so she is not the one funding the down payment • Today money, tomorrow money and generational money, her framework for how one deal pays you three times • The 150-door seller who taught her creative finance and the two conditions he attached • Exactly how to present a deal so she says yes, plus her mentor's filter: ask twice and you are out Monique Pasciak built a healthcare software company that scaled through COVID, exited it and now buys real estate almost entirely through seller carry and private capital. CHAPTERS 00:00 Preview 01:41 Building a Healthcare Software Company 03:49 Getting Into Software Without a Tech Background 04:52 Failed Businesses and Starting Over 07:02 Quitting Her Job to Choose Family 09:59 Building a Life Without Asking Permission 12:25 How Good Can It Get? 15:31 The Hardest Year in Her Software Company 17:38 The Dollar Bill That Changed Everything 19:46 A Stranger Gave Her $100K on a Plane 21:25 Buying Her First Real Estate Deal 25:02 Managing a Remote Rehab Gone Wrong 27:23 Paying Back Her First Investor 28:18 What to Do When You Can't Pay on Time 29:39 The Hard Things That Built Her 32:01 Price or Terms: Learning Seller Carry 37:44 Building a Team and Letting Go 39:15 You've Got Deals, I've Got Checks 40:21 How to Present a Deal the Right Way 41:23 Leaving the Software Company 43:02 Impacting One Billion Lives Through Ownership 45:00 Manifestation, Conversations, and Opportunity 46:25 Helping Others Build Wealth 49:32 First Move if You Have a Deal but No Capital 50:01 Don't Be Afraid to Be Kind 🤝 Connect with Monique Pasciak: 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moniquepasciak 🌐 Website: https://moniquepasciak.com If this helped, follow the show and send it to one person who has a deal but thinks they need permission. 👉 Don't forget to 👍 like, 💬 comment, 🔔 subscribe, and share. 🔧 Tools & Resources Mentioned 🔧 Some of the links below may be affiliate partnerships. We only share tools we personally trust and use. 🤖 AIOS Blueprint 👉 https://aios.edgartheconnector.com 💸 Need funding for your next deal? Get approved fast here: 👉 https://funding.edgartheconnector.com 💤 Sleep better, dream bigger! Eight Sleep 👉 https://sleep.edgartheconnector.com 💵 Prime Corporate Services (LLC setup + business credit) 👉 https://pcs.edgartheconnector.com 💵 Foundational Funding, EMD, Transactional Lending, Double Close 👉 https://emd.edgartheconnector.com ► Join the SubTo Community and learn creative finance from Pace Morby 👉 https://subto.edgartheconnector.com ► Learn to make money on other people's deals with the Gator Method 👉 https://gator.edgartheconnector.com ► Tools I use for productivity 👉 https://linktr.ee/EdgartheConnector 🔌 PLUG IN & SUBSCRIBE 🔌 👉 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/edgartheconnector 👉 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@edgarsrei 🚧 DISCLAIMER 🚧 We are not a CPA, attorney, insurance, contractor, lender or financial advisor. Nothing here is tax, legal or financial advice. Loans are not income, which is where the tax free treatment discussed here comes from, so confirm your situation with your CPA. For entertainment purposes only. Verify everything yourself.
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