210: My First Deal Changed My Life! A Newbie Show with Sunny, SunMarie, and Sam

BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

BiggerPockets

Education, Business, Investing

4.8 • 16.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2017

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Can a single real estate deal change your life? Definitely! That’s the topic on today’s “newbie episode” of the BiggerPockets Podcast, where we sit down for several interviews with real estate investors who have just purchased their first deal. In the first interview, you’ll hear how Sunny and SunMarie Burnsused a fantastic “house hack” to invest in an extremely high-priced area. In the second interview, you’ll hear how Sam Valme was able to house-hack his home into a vacation rental that throws off massive cash flow each month. These stories are incredibly inspiring and full of tips that can help new AND experienced investors achieve more in their business! In This Episode We Cover: Sunny and SunMarie’s Segment: How Sunny got hooked to the podcast Why you should consider buying a fourplex as a first property How to find these deals Thoughts on the competitiveness of the real estate market How to use house hacking to earn extra cash Why you should always look out for holding costs How real estate helped Sunny and his family Sam’s Segment: How his mom unknowingly gave him a ticket to real estate investing How he turned the basement into a rental unit Tips for making the financing work on a deal like this Why he used an FHA 203K for financing The benefits of using Airbnb to rent your property How to price Airbnb rentals the right way How to use electronic locks and automate the process His worst tenant experience ever And SO much more! Links from the Show BiggerPockets Member’s Blogs WellsFargo BiggerPockets Forums Schlage Door Locks BiggerPockets Webinar BiggerPockets Analysis Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to Real Estate Investing Books Mentioned in this Show Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki The ABCs of Real Estate Investing by Ken McElroy The Millionaire Real Estate Investor by Gary Keller The E-Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber Outwitting the Devil by Napoleon Hill The ONE Thing by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan The Book on Managing Rental Properties by Brandon and Heather Turner Tweetable Topics: “House hack and get your tenants to pay your rent, mortgage, and taxes.” (Tweet This!) “Hard work just isn’t enough. You need to figure out the why.” (Tweet This!) “Imagine your perfect day and then, work backwards from there.” (Tweet This!) “It’s better to fail 50 times trying to figure out what you want to do than to sit back for an entire year thinking about it.” (Tweet This!) Connect with Sunny Sunny’s BiggerPockets Profile Sunny’s Website Connect with Sam Sam’s BiggerPockets Profile Sam’s Website Facebook Profile Twitter Profile Instagram LinkedIn Customer Results Property Management Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Bigger Pockets Podcast Show 210.
0:05.0	So it was just like an easy decision, you know, stay home, be home with the kid.
0:09.3	We have the financial freedom to do that.
0:12.0	You're listening to Big pockets radio, simplifying real estate for investors
0:16.3	large and small.
0:18.3	If you're here looking to learn about real estate investing without all the height, you're
0:22.3	in the right place. Stay tuned and be sure to
0:25.3	join the millions of others who have benefited from bigger pockets.com.
0:29.8	Your home for real estate investing online.
0:32.8	What's going on everybody?
0:33.8	This is Josh Dorkin.
0:35.0	Host to the BiggerPockets Podcast
0:37.5	here with my co-host, Mr Brandon Turner.
0:41.0	What's up, man?
0:42.0	Hey, I don't know, not a whole lot.
0:43.6	What's up to you?
0:45.0	I'm disgusted, actually, right now.
0:47.0	Why, why are you disgusted, Josh?
0:48.7	Man, I gotta tell you, like a rip on my beard.
0:51.9	I, it's definitively a rip on my beard. It's definitively a rip in your beard.
0:55.0	This thing is getting really disgusting.
0:57.0	I haven't trimmed the flyaways today.
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