Part II: Your 2030 Recession Playbook: 6 Moves to Make Before the Storm

If you caught Part 1, you know why I believe we’re headed for a significant economic correction around 2029-2030. Today I want to get tactical. No more theory. Just the moves.

Here’s how I think about it: Imagine you’re playing a football team that historically crushes opponents in the fourth quarter. You’ve got two options. You can obsess over building a better defense for those final fifteen minutes, or you can focus on dominating quarters one through three so hard that their fourth-quarter run doesn’t matter. I’ll take option two every time.

We’re currently in the first half. The game isn’t over. There’s still time to invest, to build, to grow. But the clock is ticking, and smart players are already thinking about how they’ll be positioned when the momentum shifts.

Money Matters

I was 28 years old during the 2008 financial crisis. My mortgage career had just evaporated, and I was scrambling to reinvent myself in insurance sales. Every morning I’d go for a run through Tampa, passing waterfront properties with For Sale signs everywhere. Prices had collapsed to levels that seemed almost fake.

I remember the thought loop that played in my head constantly: If I could just buy a few of these properties, I’d never have to worry about money again. I knew Tampa was a growth city in a growth state. I knew these prices would never come back. I knew I could rent these places out immediately because the rental market was actually heating up while the buying market collapsed.

But I couldn’t do anything about it. I had no capital. No reserves. No plan. I didn’t even realize at the time that I could have raised money from others to make it happen. That window opened and closed, and I watched from the sidelines.

I’ve since met people who were buying ten, twelve houses a week during that period. They weren’t smarter than me. They weren’t luckier. They were simply prepared. They had cash when everyone else was scrambling. And they built fortunes while the rest of the world was in survival mode.

That experience taught me something I’ll never forget: Recessions don’t just destroy wealth. They transfer it. The question is which side of that transfer you’ll be on.

Action Steps

Here’s my preparation playbook. These aren’t things I’m thinking about doing someday. These are specific moves I’m planning to execute between now and early 2029.