27: MLMs and Your Money

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In today's episode, we discuss the following:

• What are MLMs, and what do they look like?
• Our experiences with MLMs
• Distribution structures (upline/downline)
• Their recruitment methods
• How much money do people actually make in MLMs?
• Red flags you’ll notice
• The cultish-ness about MLMs and the language they use
• What about financial MLMs?
• Management Expense Ratios (MER) and mutual funds

Resources mentioned:

• The Likelihood of MLM Success
• Vox Story
• The Dream podcast series
• LulaRich

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