I met Brent Sutherland, the author of today’s guest post, at a financial conference called FinCon. I was immediately impressed with him because he was a certified financial planner who ALSO spoke fluently about real estate investing! Yes, that’s a rare combination. And as a result, I asked him to write a guest post to [Continue Reading]
How a 26-Year-Old Achieved Financial Independence in 3 Years With House Hacking
I’m excited to share this post with you about a 26-year-old guy named Craig Curelop who used house hacking + frugality to QUICKLY reach financial independence in less than 3 years. Craig also recently published a new book through Bigger Pockets called The House Hacking Strategy: How to Use Your Home to Achieve Financial Freedom. [Continue Reading]
The Dirtbag* Millionaire Path to Financial Independence
*Update: Since “dirtbag” is in the title of this article, I wanted to avoid confusion by defining what I mean by it. Urbandictionary.com explains it as “A person who is committed to a given (usually extreme) lifestyle to the point of abandoning employment and other societal norms in order to pursue said lifestyle.” And in [Continue Reading]
The House Hacking Guide – How to “Hack” Your Housing, Live For Free, & Start Investing in Real Estate
Updated 9/25/2019 House hacking is one of my favorite ways to get started in real estate investing. It is a method to live for free or almost for free by making a small multi-unit rental property your principal residence. In this way, your tenants basically help pay for your housing expenses. The concept of [Continue Reading]
Buying & Profiting From Wholesale Flips at 24-Years-Old
This is another edition of my 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 interview is about Julian Colvard, a [Continue Reading]
Social Business & Charitable Mission of Coach Carson
Beginning in 2019 and continuing each year going forward, I will be donating half of the profits generated by my business (Coach Carson, LLC) to a variety of charitable and social causes. With your help, I will use my educational business as a vehicle to contribute to housing, mental health, medical care, childhood education, walking/biking advocacy, [Continue Reading]
How a 27-Year-Old Bought His First Property (After 23 Showings & 11 Offers!)
This is the next 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]
15 Ways to Start Investing in Real Estate With Little or No Money
We all know it takes money to make money. And especially in real estate investing, it’s almost impossible to get started with less than a 20% down payment and a big wad of cash. Right? Well, not exactly. Conventional wisdom isn’t always right. It’s certainly easier to get started in real estate if you have [Continue Reading]
From House Hacking to Passive Syndication Investing
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
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]
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