Anyone can buy rentals, whether you have some money to deploy or very little to your name. With seemingly everything working against her, today’s guest managed to buy not one, not two, but THREE properties to support her and her daughter on their journey to financial freedom!
Welcome back to the Real Estate Rookie podcast! Bella and River are a mother-daugh ... Show More
Oct 19
Building a 6-Property Portfolio While Working a W-2 and Raising 6 Kids
Ever made a money decision you'd give anything to redo? You can't rewind the clock, but you can try again, even with a full-time job and a full house! Welcome back to the Real Estate Rookie podcast! At 18, Josh Yeatts turned down his family's nearly paid-off mobile home park. Yea ... Show More
33m 40s
Oct 16
How to Turn Your Equity Into Rentals with a HELOC or Cash-Out Refi (Rookie Reply)
Pulling equity out of your home to buy your next rental can feel like free money, but it isn't. Whether you use a HELOC or a cash-out refinance, if you don't run the numbers the right way, it can eat up your cash flow…fast. But if you get it right, the equity you've already built ... Show More
28m 40s
Jun 2022
623: 10th Grade Dropout to 400-Unit Apartment Complexes (WITHOUT Raising Money) w/Sofia Castro
Multifamily real estate investors almost always raise money for their deals, right? Some would call it almost impossible to try and build a huge real estate portfolio without borrowing money or partnering up to take down bigger properties. Sofia Castro, along with her husband, no ... Show More
1h 8m
Jul 2024
996: Financial Freedom in 3 Years by Investing in “Boring” Rental Properties
Can rental properties replace your W2 income, lead you to financial freedom, and help you build multimillion-dollar wealth in the process? Yes, and Grant Francke is proof you can do it in a few years or less. After the burnout of forty-eight-hour shifts as a railroad conductor (y ... Show More
38m 17s
Apr 2025
Buying ONE Rental Changed My Life: 4 Years Later, I Quit My Job
Just buy ONE rental property and watch your life change. Today’s guest was working multiple jobs, and a single property purchase allowed her to finally free up her weekends and regain some freedom in her life. The best part? She did it with just around $4,000, then repeated the p ... Show More
34m 51s
Aug 2024
8 Rental Units in 2.5 Years (While Working 6 Jobs!)
Don’t have enough money to buy rentals? Neither did Brandon Tilson. As a social worker, he was never on the higher end of the income scale, but thanks to some serious side hustles, he now has eight rental units in just two years! How did he do it while working full-time and havin ... Show More
37m 21s
Jun 2023
778: How to Build a Million Dollar Rental Portfolio with Little Time OR Money w/Niti Jamdar & Palak Shah
If you want to build a rental portfolio, you need to know how to scale the right way. Buying a property every year or two is good, but it won’t give you the financial freedom you desire. However, if you know how to double, triple, or quadruple the amount of real estate you’re acq ... Show More
58m 51s
Apr 2023
754: EVERYTHING You Need to Get Your First Real Estate Deal Done in 2023
Ready to buy your first rental property in 2023? If you’re going to reach financial independence, retire early, and own your time, you better get started. But you can’t build a rental property portfolio without buying your first, second, or third deal. So, how do you go from real ... Show More
53m 50s