He Lived in a Van While Working at Google - and Became a Millionaire by 26 | Michael Alberse E422

Wealth Juice | Real Estate, Entrepreneurship & Investing · Sep 12, 2026 · 49m

While most of his coworkers at Google were spending their paychecks on rent in one of the most expensive housing markets in the country, Michael Alberse was living in a van. That decision, along with an obsessive focus on saving and investing, helped him become a millionaire by age 26.

In this episode, Michael gets candid about what van life actually looked like while working a high-paying tech job, the sacrifices he made that most people wouldn't consider, and why he believes those years were the foundation for everything he's built since. We talk about the mechanics of compounding interest…