{"podcast":{"title":"Other People's Pockets","slug":"other-people-s-pockets-5867409","podcast_index_feed_id":5867409,"rss_url":"https://rss.pdrl.fm/ff2b59/feeds.redcircle.com/e8e7bf22-8af9-4927-8a8a-7a46f9481997","website_url":"https://redcircle.com/shows/other-peoples-pockets","image_url":"https://media.redcircle.com/images/2025/10/6/15/a7e4eb88-0662-4075-8f62-1e2c935db20b_544894051-8d2405d3-6b7b-4d2b-b6e5-6c89da268f9a.jpg","author":"Maya Lau","episode_count":51,"summary":"Other People’s Pockets from journalist Maya Lau is a show featuring intimate interviews with real people about their personal finances. How much money do you make, and how do you make it? How do you feel about your money? How did you actually get that raise? That house? That life? It’s the show for financially-motivated people who want to go beyond Personal Finance 101: they want to hear the nuanced, messy, lived experiences of people making money decisions and building wealth. Contact us: otherpeoplespockets@gmail.com","last_synced_at":"2026-06-04T18:19:15.180446+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/other-people-s-pockets-5867409"},"episode":{"title":"Deandra McDonald, Real Estate Investor","slug":"deandra-mcdonald-real-estate-investor","published_at":"2023-09-06T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/other-people-s-pockets-5867409/deandra-mcdonald-real-estate-investor","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/other-people-s-pockets-5867409","url":"https://omny.fm/shows/other-people-s-pockets/deandra-mcdonald-real-estate-investor","audio_url":"https://audio4.redcircle.com/episodes/5430850a-d92f-4c52-ab9b-8df9f8f89272/stream.mp3","summary":"What is this whole \"financial-freedom-through-real-estate-investing\" thing people are doing, and is it real? Maya interviews Deandra McDonald, a real estate investor and influencer with 320k+ followers on her TikTok, @simplerealestate . Deandra says she became financially free at 28 after five years of house-hacking (buy a property, rent part of it, live in the other part, and have your tenant pay your mortgage!). Deandra only found her path after several life choices went wrong for her in her early twenties. Now she uses her experience (and fun personality) to teach others her real estate ways.  Follow Deandra: TikTok: @simplerealestate Instagram: @deandramcdonald https://www.deandramcdonald.com/ Follow Maya Lau at: X: @mayalau Instagram: @itsmayamoney TikTok: @itsmayamoney Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy","meta_description":"What is this whole \"financial-freedom-through-real-estate-investing\" thing people are doing, and is it real? Maya interviews Deandra McDonald, a real esta…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2035,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/other-people-s-pockets-5867409/episodes/deandra-mcdonald-real-estate-investor/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/other-people-s-pockets-5867409/deandra-mcdonald-real-estate-investor.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}