Charles & Emmy Lou Killinger

“Before we found Nouveau Riche, we were newlyweds filled with many hopes and dreams of creating a wonderful life together. I was working in a music store selling pianos and my husband Charles worked as a network engineer. Our incomes – and many of our newlywed dreams - came to a screeching halt when we were BOTH laid off from our ‘secure’ jobs within the same month. A few weeks after losing our jobs, we became behind on our bills and collectors began calling and showing up on the door step of our single-wide trailer. They threatened to repossess our personal items, furniture and the few things that we had started off with in our marriage, including my most prized possession: the brand new piano that I had worked so hard to earn at the music store.

We did everything we could to pick up odd jobs and pay our bills, but we were nearly faced with being kicked out of the trailer park because we were late on our payments. We didn’t have any savings or assets that would come close to assisting us in paying our bills.

Our only option was to file bankruptcy and hopefully start off with a clean slate.

At the time, our options were small and we were backed into a corner. We endured a lot of heart ache. We watched as items were taken out of our home. When the collectors came for the piano, it was at that exact moment that we promised ourselves that we would NEVER EVER be in that position again. We deserved to take control of our financial future and do something different - and that is exactly what we did.

Just after filing bankruptcy, we attended our first Nouveau Riche presentation. At the local briefing, top leaders with average backgrounds - former dry cleaners, construction workers, teachers, stay-at-home moms - showed us checks for thousands of dollars they had earned that week! Our dreams began to shine through the heart ache and we re-gained HOPE! We decided that it was OUR turn to achieve that same wealth!

The leaders took us by the hand and showed us a system that worked! The only variable was us. It was at that point that we decided to do whatever was necessary to get started with this company….because if they could do it, we could too!

Many people have asked us how we were able to get funding after filing for bankruptcy. The answer is simple. We decided that this was the vehicle to move us towards reaching our dreams faster than any other option that we had. At that point, we worked, we sold stuff, and we used our tax return to supplement the difference to assist us in getting started with the first product.

We used that first product to propel us forward and purchase our Residential Real Estate Encyclopedia™. Then, in 2006, we decided to take our business to a higher level with our purchase of a REGENTS tuition. Due to our bad credit, we struggled to get funding. We ended up getting a third mortgage on our house at 19% interest!! Although this would probably scare a lot of people, we were absolutely excited to pay it because we knew what the pay off from this education would be in return.

Within 90 days of owning our Regents tuition we earned over $100,000 in our pockets through marketing this incredible education and opportunity. We now generate our income through marketing and real estate investments. Our first real estate transaction, purchased at home in my pink slippers, came off of the Investor Concierge™! That was a lot of fun! We create our own schedule and our own paychecks! I was able to walk into the music store and pay CASH for a new piano! If we had let the price tag for the education get in the way of our dreams, we would still be living in that single-wide trailer scraping by to make the payments. Now we drive a Cadillac Escalade, live in a beautiful custom home, WE are in charge of our financial future, and most of all we are FULL-TIME parents!

Today we have the support of a community that believes in us and we believe in them. We have the absolute privilege of paying this opportunity forward to others who dare to take on their dreams - and that is so rewarding! We know we wouldn’t have the success we have had if it weren’t for our incredible team. We love the people that we work with! We get excited to assist them in continuing to achieve their dreams!

Our entire family’s life has been absolutely improved through this opportunity. We are so grateful to Bob and Holly Snyder, Jim and Mary Piccolo, and all of the many, many leaders who have inspired us along the way. We’ve found a way to create the life we deserve and we encourage others with our life lesson: if you want something different, you must do something different! That small decision we created a few years ago has changed our entire world and it can for you, too!”

NOTE: All income examples and investment scenarios shown are individual experiences only, and are not guarantees of any kind. Actual results can and will vary due to a variety of market conditions, including timing, interest rates, property operating costs, unexpected expenses, tenant availability, vacancy rates, and appraised values to be obtained in the future.