238 - INTERVIEW: 2019 OG Listener/Buyer Uses Equity to Upgrade 2024 Dream Home Purchase
How to Buy a Home: The #1 First Time Home Buyer Podcast
David Sidoni
4.8 • 891 Ratings
🗓️ 27 June 2024
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
In this inspiring interview, longtime listener Shannon shares how she went from renter to homeowner AND NOW landlord in just five years, using a $20,000 grant, innovative equity management, and advice from the "How to Buy a Home" podcast.
Episode Highlights:
- Condo Equity to Dream Home: Discover how the listener leveraged equity from her first condo to upgrade in just five years.
- First-Time Homebuyer Strategies: Learn creative ways to enter the housing market, including utilizing grants and low down payment options.
- Navigating a Competitive Market: Hear firsthand experiences and tips for navigating bidding wars and securing your dream home.
- The Importance of a Support Team: Understand the value of a knowledgeable real estate ("unicorn team") in guiding you through the home buying process.
- House Hacking with Rental Income: Explore how renting out part of your home can create additional income and accelerate financial goals.
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| 0:00.0 | I had about 60,000 that I cashed out in equity when I sold my condo. |
| 0:04.8 | Everything that I got from my condo was able to put 20% down on my place. |
| 0:08.6 | There's a lot of, I feel like voices in your head when you're doing this kind of thing on your own. |
| 0:12.3 | But, you know, listening to your podcast really helped a lot. |
| 0:15.2 | I don't think I would have made the decision on it if I hadn't had all the information that I got from listening in. |
| 0:26.0 | Homies, it took five years, but I finally have my sexy listener story. |
| 0:30.8 | God knows I'm not sexy, but in the world of real estate, the sexy stories sell. |
| 0:35.1 | I don't have millions and millions of followers because I'm not selling a get rich quick program. |
| 0:35.8 | All those people out there with the millions and millions of followers. |
| 0:38.4 | Those guys on social media, they know how to sell sexy for you. |
| 0:42.5 | They work in the world of immediate gratification stories |
| 0:45.9 | because those are what grabbed most people's attention. |
| 0:49.2 | Well, homies, I finally got a sexy story. |
| 0:53.0 | Let's hear from Shannon. |
| 1:09.0 | All right. I'm so excited about the sexiness of this story. |
| 1:12.4 | Let me give you the headlines. |
| 1:13.4 | The headline is that Shannon is 23 years old back in 2019, and that's when Shannon started |
| 1:18.3 | listening to the podcast. |
| 1:19.5 | At 24 in 2020, right before the pandemic, that's when she bought $179,000 condo with a low-down |
| 1:27.1 | payment, and she even got a $20,000 first time |
| 1:29.7 | home buyer grant to help her purchase that first home. Then just four years later at 28 years old, |
| 1:36.4 | she went up. I mean, big time up, a 2,400 square foot home with no HOA and a yard for her dog using the equity from the condo that |
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