I drafted the NAHREP 10 four years ago as a tool for the Hispanic Wealth Project and a guide to NAHREP’s growing membership. The goal was to establish a set of principles that position the Latino community for greater prosperity and an enhanced quality of life. The NAHREP 10 has also provided NAHREP with a set of values that guide our activities as an organization. Recently, we have formalized the creation of NAHREP certified trainers to build a small army of ambassadors who will help spread the ethos of these principles to the broader community.
While it’s not yet clear what the long-term economic and societal effects of the COVID-19 pandemic will be, we know it will be profound. We also know that people who are at the top of their profession and have achieved a near debt-free status in their financial lives will emerge from this situation ready and able to take advantage of a broad array of business and financial opportunities that will undoubtedly transpire. Harsh, but nonetheless true. There will be people who thrive even more when this is all over.
Right now, we need to remain vigilant in fighting the spread of this horrible disease, but we also keep in mind that the NAHREP 10 would not be necessary if the economy always grew, real estate never had a down cycle, people never became unemployed, and life was always fair. It was created to prepare everyone for economic scenarios like the one we are currently experiencing. Now might be a good time to read and discuss these principles again; you can find them here.
I was watching a podcast recently, and something about it rubbed me the wrong way — but it also got my wheels turning. In this episode, I talk about what I love most about being American, why the system that built this country deserves more appreciation than it gets, and why some of the loudest “love it or leave it” voices go strangely quiet when powerful billionaires openly criticize the very system that made their success possible. This is a conversation about America, double standards, and what real patriotism should actually look like.
This April, the Hispanic Wealth Project is launching its High Net Worth Boot Camp, a 10-week intensive built around some of the most valuable wealth-building education I’ve seen. In this episode, I talk about why so many of us need to shift from a worker’s mentality to an owner’s mentality, why economic success has to move from consumption to wealth building, and why building wealth takes knowledge, work, and discipline. The High Net Worth Boot Camp is designed to help close that knowledge gap with modules on securities investing, real estate investments, buying and selling businesses, asset protection, and tax strategies. If building real wealth has ever felt out of reach or unclear, this is the kind of education that can change how we think and what we build.
The data tells a powerful story: Latinos are driving economic growth in America. If Latino Americans were a standalone country, we’d be the fifth-largest economy in the world, and without Latino homebuyers, the number of homeowners in America would have declined in 2025. So why doesn’t it feel like we’re winning? In this episode, I talk about the gap between growth and perception, why we still don’t have enough strong voices shaping the national conversation, and why purchasing power alone is not enough. Growth matters, but wealth matters more. This is a conversation about leadership, visibility, and what it will really take for our community to turn momentum into lasting power.