#17: David Greene
The BetterLife Podcast: Wealth | Real Estate Investing | Life
Brandon Turner and Cam Cathcart
4.8 • 767 Ratings
🗓️ 3 July 2023
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
David Greene is a real estate investor and the current host of the BiggerPockets real estate podcast. He has authored several best-selling books, including Long-Distance Real Estate Investing; Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat; and the Top Producer Trilogy: Sold, Skill, and Scale.
Today’s episode is 2 parts: Part 1, recorded in front of a live audience, focuses on real estate investing in today’s market and David's forecast for 2023 and beyond. Part 2 focuses on David's approach to self-development and what he's doing to build a better a life for himself.
David and Brandon also talk about:
-David's warning that owning real estate may only be reserved for wealthy people in the near future.
-Cash flow as a "defensive" mechanism
-10 ways to make money in real estate
-The effectiveness of BRRRR in today’s market
-The importance of giving, rather than taking when climbing towards success
-How David transformed from timid teenager to law enforcement officer to celebrated real estate professional
-“House Hacking” for financial freedom
-Delayed gratification, and how older investors see things differently
-The value of creating multiple units on one property
-Brandon's Crystal Clear Criteria when searching for a property
-How to be direct about what you want when achieving your goals
-Why skills and extreme ownership are necessary for success
-The story of Rosie’s 4-plex
David Greene’s Charitable Cause:
The Tim Tebow Foundation, whose stated mission is to "fight for the Most Vulnerable People in the world—the MVP" through their work in four main focuses: Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation, Orphan Care + Prevention, Profound Medical Needs, and Special Needs Ministry.
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| 0:00.0 | I don't want people to slave away a job they hate. |
| 0:05.0 | However, if you don't build that work ethic at the job that you hate, |
| 0:08.0 | you're probably not going to have it when you go get your perfect job. |
| 0:11.0 | When you quit that job to go be an entrepreneur |
| 0:14.0 | and you don't have the muscles that are built that you needed from working very hard, |
| 0:18.0 | you're going to fail at that too. |
| 0:21.9 | Welcome to A Better Life with Brandon Turner. |
| 0:25.0 | That is me, where world-class guests share their wisdom on building a better life. |
| 0:28.9 | Join me as we explore the habits, the actions, and the beliefs that have guided their journey |
| 0:32.8 | with the aim of helping you apply those lessons to your own. |
| 0:36.7 | We set on sides, |
| 0:39.3 | all your better life. |
| 0:42.3 | Everybody, what's going on? |
| 0:48.3 | Hey, wow. |
| 0:50.3 | Hello, yeah, that's right. |
| 0:51.3 | All right. |
| 0:52.3 | Woo! |
| 0:53.3 | I just came from some breathwork. |
| 0:57.7 | Anybody ever done breath work before? |
| 0:59.3 | Like real good, like, yeah, whoa. |
| 1:02.3 | So I'm a little jittery right now in a very good way. |
| 1:04.5 | So Ryan Kennedy, wherever you are, you're awesome, man. |
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