A lot of people have the means but not the awareness to invest outside of the traditional system of stocks, bonds, mutual funds, asset managers, financial advisors etc.

What if you could learn about how people invest directly into projects, cutting out all those middlemen?

Pedro and Chihiro also do some mythbusting when it comes to the tax benefits often touted by commercial real estate syndicators!

Pedro De Leon, Jr. and Chihiro Kurokawa are hosts of Beyond Stocks, a community of people interested in learning about how to invest outside of the traditional financial system. Learn more at www.beyond-stocks.com

Did you know that the United States is the world's leading oil producer? The #2 producer (Saudi Arabia) produces less than half of what the US does. With energy being such a large part of the US economy, it's no wonder that there are many private investment opportunities in oil.

Tim Pawul is an expert in oil investing, and he shares his tremendous knowledge including red flags to look out for if you're considering an investment! He also hosts the Minerals and Royalties Podcast, which is an authoritative source of knowledge.

Listen in to learn a few things about oil & gas minerals and royalties.

Beyond Stocks is hosted by Chihiro Kurokawa and Pedro De Leon, Jr. Our mission is to educate high income earners on how to invest in alternative assets beyond stocks, bonds and mutual funds.

In this episode, Pedro and Chihiro discuss an important consideration for people new to alts.

Active investing is a job. Whether it's a stock trading strategy, buying a business through ETA or running a commercial real estate deal, it's a major time and capital investment and significantly riskier than passive investment.

For these reasons, active investing isn't suitable for most people.

We go into detail on the pros and cons around active and passive investing.

At Beyond Stocks, Pedro De Leon Jr. and Chihiro Kurokawa are on a mission to create a community where people can learn about building wealth through private alternative investments in assets that go beyond stocks, bonds and mutual funds.