1588: Retire on Real Estate and Unlock Home Equity with Kerry Worden

1588: Retire on Real Estate and Unlock Home Equity with Kerry Worden

From Marketer of the Day with Robert Plank: Get Daily Insights from the Top Internet Marketers & Entrepreneurs Around the World by Robert Plank

June 8, 2026 · 28 min

About this episode

Kerry Worden discusses how to leverage home equity and real estate for retirement income.

Most people don’t fall short in retirement because they’re lazy or bad with money. They fall short because their home equity sits idle, taxes quietly eat away at their gains, and they’ve never been shown how to turn real estate into reliable retirement income without creating another full-time job. Maybe you’re a homeowner in a high-cost market, a realtor with “lumpy” income, or a self-employed professional with no real pension, are you sitting on hundreds of thousands in equity and still worried you’ll outlive your money? In this episode of Marketer of the Day, mortgage broker and retirement strategist Kerry Worden shows you how to “Retire on Real Estate” by using short-term rentals, reverse mortgages, and tax-deferral strategies to turn what you already own into cash flow. If you’ve ever wondered, “Am I an accidental millionaire on paper but broke in retirement?” or “How do I use my house in my retirement plan without losing it?” This conversation is for you. https://youtu.be/eZ9SNKq6J_8?si=IAl1yuQcM6stemiP Kerry shares the story behind Buckeye Basecamp, his short-term rental near Yosemite that sleeps up to 20 people, and explains why short-term rentals, set up as real…

People in this episode

Host: Robert Plank

Guest: Kerry Worden

Topics covered

  • real estate
  • retirement income
  • home equity
  • short-term rentals
  • tax strategies

Keywords

  • retirement
  • real estate
  • home equity
  • short-term rentals
  • reverse mortgages
  • tax deferral
  • passive income

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Buckeye Basecamp

Places: Yosemite

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