#313: Our Rental Investing Journey: 8 Years, 10 Properties, Financial Freedom

Real Estate Investing with Coach Carson - A podcast by Chad Coach Carson - Mondays

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Episode #313 - Discover Joe's captivating journey from HGTV to Airbnb, where he shares the highs, lows, and priceless lessons that led to his remarkable rental portfolio of 10 properties. Join us in unveiling the secrets behind his 8-year odyssey to financial freedom.   📑COMPANION ARTICLE/SHOW NOTES: https://www.coachcarson.com/8yearjourney/   🔗LINKS: Joe's business - Southern Sons Properties: https://www.instagram.com/southernsonsproperties/ Joe's prior episode - "How a Couple Built a 7-Condo Rental Portfolio in 5 Years" - https://www.coachcarson.com/7-condos-5-years/ Joe's tech stack for short-term rentals: HOSPITABLE for guest management and messaging. PRICE LABS for automating the pricing process TURNO to manage and pay the cleaners AIRBNB and VRBO for booking platforms BOOSTLY is now creating our direct booking site.   🎬 AUDIO TIMESTAMPS:  0:00 - Intro 1:40 - Working for HGTV 08:03 - Don't worry about perfection 12:27 - Pivot to Airbnb 17:28 - ### on best Airbnb 19:16 - Airbnb expenses 20:33 - Estimating Airbnb ### 24:06 - Scaling with HELOC 25:57 - Long-term cashflow 27:54 - Benefits of mixing Short + Long 32:00 - Medical Emergency 39:23 - 2023 Portfolio 43:27 - Small & Mighty Perspective ______________________ 🧰MY FAVORITE REAL ESTATE & MONEY TOOLS: - Deal Machine - software to help you buy more real estate deals https://www.coachcarson.com/dealmachine __________ 💰CREATIVE FINANCING COURSE🏘️Learn to finance your deals successfully, even with high interest rates. My online course teaches you how to use non-traditional funding sources for real estate, like private money, self-directed retirement accounts, seller financing, lease options, subject-to, and more. Includes paperwork! https://coachcarson.com/creativefinancing __________ 🎧SUBSCRIBE to the podcast for more episodes about how to achieve financial independence and do what matters using real estate investing! https://coachcarson.com/podcast ---------------- ▶️WATCH my YouTube channel - Coach Carson TV - for tutorials, tips, strategies, and interviews https://www.youtube.com/user/CoachChadCarson?sub_confirmation=1 ---------------- 📋 GET MY FREE REAL ESTATE INVESTOR TOOLKIT https://coachcarson.com/reitoolkit ---------------- FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM 📸 https://www.instagram.com/coachchadcarson/ ---------------- READ MY BOOK ON RETIRING EARLY 📚 https://www.coachcarson.com/retirementbook ---------------- 👋👋 SAY HI ON SOCIAL https://www.facebook.com/coachchadcarson/ https://twitter.com/CoachChadCarson