Welcome to Bank on Your Neighbor: The Audiobook Podcast. In this opening trailer, Mel Dorman — eal estate investor, former social worker, TEDx speaker, and financial activist — introduces her mission to decentralize wealth and reclaim power for our communities.

This isn’t Wall Street advice. It’s not about hoping a bank says yes. Instead, Mel shares the strategies she used to build a multimillion-dollar portfolio through seller financing and community-centered investing. All without banks, without credit, and without compromising her values.

Every episode in this limited series is a chapter from Mel’s book, read by her, designed to empower you with practical tools to build wealth ethically and creatively. Start here, join the movement, and discover a new way forward.

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In this opening chapter of Bank on Your Neighbor, Mel Dorman sets the stage with the book’s dedication, acknowledgments, and forward by Zona McIntyre. You’ll hear how Mel’s journey into seller financing grew from both personal necessity and a commitment to community transformation. This episode introduces the purpose and heart behind the book—why ethical wealth building matters, who it’s for, and how this movement is reshaping the way we think about money, power, and possibility.

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In the Introduction to Bank on Your Neighbor, Mel Dorman opens up about the turning point that forever shifted her relationship with money. From her father’s battle with Alzheimer’s to her own leap from social work into real estate, Mel shares why she stopped resisting wealth and instead chose to rebuild it differently—ethically, collaboratively, and on her own terms.

This chapter sets the stage for the movement ahead: reclaiming financial power from Wall Street, keeping wealth local, and learning how seller financing can open doors for anyone shut out by traditional banks. If you’ve ever felt like the system wasn’t built for you, this episode will help you see money, freedom, and community through an entirely new lens.

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What if everything you were taught about money was wrong? In this opening chapter, Mel Dorman invites you to step outside the financial “scripts” we’ve inherited—stories about wealth, ownership, and success that were never designed to serve us. Through Rachel’s powerful journey from survival to rootedness, and Mel’s own reflections on money myths, you’ll see how deeply social conditioning shapes our beliefs about worth, belonging, and possibility.

This episode exposes the invisible rules that keep us small, from toxic beauty standards to the lie that only banks can decide who gets to build wealth. Mel shows how seller financing flips that script—turning neighbors into partners and transactions into relationships.

Listen in to unlearn the stories that keep you stuck, reclaim the power you already hold, and discover how to build freedom one community-driven deal at a time.

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Is wealth really corrupt—or have we just been taught to believe that? In this chapter of Bank On Your Neighbor, Mel Dorman dismantles one of the most damaging money myths: that being rich automatically makes you greedy, selfish, or disconnected.

From a misadventure with broken Bengali in the streets of Calcutta to the sobering history of financial discrimination in the U.S., Mel explores how cultural narratives, systemic barriers, and personal shame have kept too many of us small. With humor, heart, and unapologetic truth-telling, she reframes money as a tool for liberation—not exploitation.

You’ll learn why building wealth isn’t about yachts and hedge funds, but about reclaiming power, creating time freedom, and fueling movements that serve people and communities. This chapter is an invitation to shift from unconscious wealth to conscious wealth rooted in love, justice, and possibility.

✨ Wealth in the right hands changes everything.

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Too many of us have been taught that investing is dangerous… but the truth is, not investing is far scarier. In this chapter, Mel shares the deeply personal story of watching her father’s decline with Alzheimer’s and the financial devastation that came with it—a wake-up call that “being good” and “working hard” were never going to be enough. You’ll learn why financial celibacy doesn’t protect you, how passive income changes everything, and why delayed gratification might just be your most powerful wealth-building tool. From side hustles to her first Prius deal to understanding how the wealthy play by different rules, Mel unpacks the mindset shifts that turn fear into financial freedom.

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What if debt isn’t the villain we’ve been taught to fear? In Chapter 4 of Bank on Your Neighbor, Mel Dorman unpacks the myth that “all debt is bad.” From heartbreaking lessons in India’s red-light district to the empowering leverage of her first duplex, Mel shows how debt can either chain you—or set you free. You’ll learn the difference between “bad debt” that keeps us trapped and “good debt” that builds lasting wealth, plus practical tips on paying off credit cards, negotiating with lenders, and using leverage to accelerate financial freedom.

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Buying a single-family home is supposed to be the cornerstone of the American Dream—but what if it’s actually holding you back? In this chapter of Bank on Your Neighbor, Mel Dorman pulls back the curtain on one of the biggest money myths: that your first investment should be a single-family house.

Drawing from her own journey—from long nights in the LA County Jail intake office to landing her first multifamily property—Mel shows why buying a house often leads to financial slowdown, not freedom. Instead, she reveals why multifamily properties offer stability, scalability, and a faster path to wealth, even for everyday people without big bank backing.

If you’ve ever wondered whether your “starter home” is really helping you get ahead, this episode will give you a new lens—and a roadmap for building freedom faster.

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