Most people describe their start in real estate investing as a thought-through process. It usually includes a tedious plan with an incredible amount of time spent gaining background knowledge—but that’s not always the case. Today’s guest, Jan Trisler, stumbled into real estate investing by accident but hasn’t been able to look back after having four successful flips, while currently working on her fifth. Now, she has hopes of getting into rental properties in the upcoming year. Jan was already in a transition period in her life as she was moving from Nebraska to Arizona as a divorcee but she decided to take it one step further and trade her 9-5 for real estate. It started with purchasing her primary residence from an auction, then later rehabbing it to realize she could do this for a profit. From there, she made the transition from rehabbing to flipping and bought two more properties from an auction. Once Jan realized that flipping was not only a sustainable source of income but something she genuinely enjoyed, she formed an LLC with her daughter and made things official. While some are hesitant to work with family, Jan and her daughter have created a great system where work is allocated fairly, their wages are paid hourly and the financial investment works perfectly for them. By taking the investing “plunge”, Jan has been able to live and finance her ideal life while doing it with the people she cares about most. In This Episode We Cover House hacking and how to get your start in real estate investing Wholesaling and whole-tailing and what that means How to make sure the job you work at matches your ideal life How to set long-term and short-term goals and how to approach them Building processes and incorporating systems that help your business prosper Outsourcing and how to train employees (even if you’ve never been a boss) And So Much More! Links from the Show Real Estate Rookie Youtube Channel Ashley's Instagram Tony's Instagram Real Estate Rookie Facebook Group Auction.com MLS Hours Tracker App Time Clock App Quickbooks Quickbooks Time Tracking Rookie Podcast 109: From Sleeping in His Car to Multi-Unit Landlord & The “Nomad” Strategy Sara's Instagram Zillow Realtor Check the full show notes here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/rookie145 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices