Hey everyone, I’m Rich Mbariket. U.S. Army veteran, Nigerian-born, living in Las Vegas, Nevada with my wife, Kate, and daughters, Jeannette and Nelly.

I’ve been where you are right now. The phone rings from Nigeria and anxiety kicks in. It’s family and friends. The usual suspects. They need money. You send the money because it’s expected. Then next month it happens again. And again. Year after year, you watch your account drain and you have nothing to show for it. Not land or property. Not a business. Not a single asset. Just receipts for money that’s gone.

My dad lived that for 42 years. Four decades of remittances. He died with nothing to show for it.

I was my dad for 11 years. A decade of remittances. I was walking his road step for step, headed for the exact same ending.

The requests never stop. They will never stop. I am the problem and the solution. My money works for me and my family first. I drew that line and I hold it. 

That one decision compounds across real estate, consumer goods, and stocks between the U.S. and Nigeria. Preserve the capital, then multiply it. That’s the rule.

I built the U.S.-Nigeria InvestingOP framework to share the judgment behind my investments.

The information is yours to keep!