Rental Income Podcast With Dan Lane

Jo shares how she got started in real estate by doing live-in flips and keeping houses to rent when she moved. Recently she has bought two properties using 20% down payments. Saving the money for down payments can be a challenge for a lot of people. On this episode, we talk about her simple strategy for saving for down payments. We also talk about how much she sets aside for repairs on her rentals.

Alina and Joe tell their story of renting out beds on a short-term basis to travelers. They have 30 beds available between two single-family houses. They even trade out the management to longer-term travelers that they let stay for free in exchange for managing the rentals.

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Jeff shares how he got started owning rental properties, and 3 tools that he uses to make the management of his rentals easy.

Tiffany bought her first property when she was still in college and rented out rooms to other students. After she graduated she bought a few more properties and has continued to rent the properties out by the room. On this episode, Tiffany shares her experience owning college rentals, and tips to manage the tenants.

Matt shares how he started out investing with a house hack. As he started buying more rentals he self-managed. Eventually, he needed help and instead of hiring a property manager, he hired part-time people to help him. Recently, he turned over the day to day management of his rentals over to a property manager. This episode is an interesting look into what Matt was thinking as he grew his portfolio.

Brian read books and thought about buying rentals for 15 years. He was a follower of Dave Ramsey and thought that he needed to save a large sum of money to buy a rental. After he listened to the Rental Income Podcast, he heard a previous episode, where a guest bought a rental with a small down payment. After hearing that episode he thought that might be a better way to get started. On this episode, we talk about exactly what he did.

Will and Veronica share how they started buying rentals knowing nothing about how to do it. Over the last few years, they have figured it out, and have managed to buy 11 rentals. On this episode, we talk about how they did it, and how they have set up systems to make the management of the rentals easy.

We talk about how Jim started with just a little bit of money and bought a 4 unit building. The rent from 3 of the units covered the mortgage, and he lived for free. He then did the same thing with a second building. Today the cash flow from his 8 tenants pays his mortgage at the house he lives in (without tenants). On this episode, we go over the numbers and talk about some of the challenges that he's had along the way.

Joel talks about how he started by house hacking 5 times and eventually built a rental portfolio that produces $200K in rental income. We talk about how he had to manage his portfolio differently as his portfolio grew. We also talk about the online tools that he uses to manage his portfolio.

Luis shares how he started with nothing and built a portfolio that pays him 6 figures a year. We talk about how he invests in a different town that he lives in. We also talk about how he finds deals, manages rehabs and manages his rentals.

Andrew talks about how he uses debt to buy rentals, but he's not comfortable having a lot of debt. He talks about his strategy to get his rentals paid off quickly. We also talk about how he was able to leave his job because of his rental income. Andrew talks about why he loves Section 8 rentals.

Brian became a landlord because of a flip that went bad. He made some mistakes as a new landlord at first, but he figured things out and saw the value in owning rentals. Over the next few years, he ended up buying more properties. One day something changed and he sold his entire portfolio. On this episode, we talk about why he bought and why he sold, as well as what he learned during his time as an investor.

John talks about how he wanted to invest in real estate but he didn't like the idea of taking out mortgages. He had saved money over the years and has paid cash for his entire portfolio. Today his rentals take a few hours a month to manage and they generate $60,000 a year after all expenses.

Justin talks about how did all the right things with buying his rentals but had a few bad things happen to him in his first two years. He had to evict his first tenant and his second tenant flooded his property. On this episode, we talk about what happened, and what he learned.