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Jul 2024
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996: Financial Freedom in 3 Years by Inv...

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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 (yes, you read that right) left him searching for an escape, Grant stumbled upon real estate investing and the BiggerPockets Real Estate podcast. Within three years, he built up enough cash flow to quit his job and never looked back.


In today’s show, Grant walks through the “boring,” stable, and safe rental property investments that have led him to complete financial freedom. He’ll touch on the first duplex he bought, why Grant prefers multifamily real estate to single-family homes, reverse-engineering your financial freedom to calculate HOW many rentals you need, and the sacrifices he had to make to get there.


If you’re tired of missing out on time with your family, children, or friends and want to start living life on YOUR schedule while making MORE money than you would at your job, this is the place to start! 


In This Episode We Cover

How to replace your W2 income with real estate investing 

Calculating your financial freedom number and how much cash flow you’ll need to quit

How to test whether or not you CAN live without your W2 salary 

Why Grant prefers the safety of multifamily rentals compared to single-family rentals 

Financing and funding your first rentals and what to do when you start scaling FAST

The “controlled growth” strategy Grant uses to safely build wealth and make more passive income 

And So Much More!


(00:00) Intro

(02:02) 48 Hour Shifts!?

(03:17) Replacing His Salary

(10:21) Quitting and Buying First Rentals 

(17:33) Current Portfolio and Financing 

(21:19) Real Deal Review 

(24:37) Scaling with “Controlled Growth” 

(30:39) Replace YOUR W2



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