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From House Hacking to Passive Syndication Investing

By Leave a Comment Filed Under: Getting Started, Investor Profiles

This is the first edition of my new Getting Started Interview Series. In these written interviews, I ask investors all the details of how they got started in real estate investing, and then I share their answers with you! You can see an archive of all my blog interviews here.  Today’s investor profile is about [Continue Reading]

Short-Term Buy & Hold Plan – Buy-3-Sell-2-Keep-1

By 12 Comments Filed Under: Getting Started, Rentals & Landlording

Article updated on July 26, 2019 This is part 3 in my series about practical strategies to own free & clear (no debt) rental properties in order to achieve financial independence.  This article will cover a short-term buy and hold plan called Buy-3-Sell-2-Keep-1. Although there are many more variations, so far I’ve provided three general [Continue Reading]

Real Estate Investing Without Debt – The All-Cash Plan

By Filed Under: Getting Started, Rentals & Landlording

On your path to a destination of Financial Independence, a simple but powerful goal of free & clear rental properties (a.k.a. no debt) is a good idea.  Your free & clear goal might be, for example, to own 10 houses that together rent for $12,000 per month ($1,200 per house) and net $7,000 per month [Continue Reading]

The Three Currencies of Life – Measuring More Than Money

By Filed Under: Travel & Life

People don’t want to be millionaires – they want to experience what they believe only millions can buy… $1,000,000 in the bank isn’t the fantasy. The fantasy is the lifestyle of complete freedom it supposedly allows.”    Tim Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek Have you ever had this conversation about money in your head? Everything will [Continue Reading]

Slowing Down: How to Live More Deliberately in a Fast-Paced World

By Filed Under: Personal Productivity & Growth, Travel & Life

Updated March 25, 2019   “If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away.” – Henry David Thoreau, Walden Have you noticed that modern life is a drummer playing at breakneck speed?  From [Continue Reading]

House Hacking & Side Hustling to a Six Figure Net Worth at 26 Years Old

By Filed Under: Investor Profiles

In my Investor Profile Series, I use a question & answer format to share the stories of actual real estate investors at different stages of their investing careers. Today’s investor profile is about Erik Tozier, a computer programmer by day and a blogger/house-hacker/side-hustler/personal development aficionado after hours. Erik has used house hacking and his side hustles to [Continue Reading]

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