#32: Henry Washington
The BetterLife Podcast: Wealth | Real Estate Investing | Life
Brandon Turner and Cam Cathcart
4.8 • 767 Ratings
🗓️ 16 October 2023
⏱️ 94 minutes
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Summary
Henry Washington is a real estate investor, educator, coach, and co-host of BiggerPockets’ On The Market podcast.
Starting out with just $1,000 and bad credit, Henry suffered a panic attack out of worry he wouldn't be able to provide financially for his family. 90 days later, he owned his first rental property. And within just a few years, he scaled to 70+ units; became one of the country's best-known real estate teachers; and built a dream life for his family.
Henry also discusses:
-How seeing his father's side businesses inspired him to start a real estate company
-Living a big life as an example to your kids
-The TEDx Talk on passive income that motivated him to pursue real estate investing
-How honesty and commitment strengthened his wife's trust in his entrepreneurial ventures
-Using a 401k loan to invest in real estate
-Improving his credit and building a network of passive investor
-Building a consistent, reliable lead generation system
-The "Burst Strategy" in real estate investing
-The growing affordable housing problem and the opportunities it presents
-How historic racism and lack of resources for Black Americans require partnerships for affordable housing
-Why he's not worried about a 2023 recession
-How to be more present and intentionally design quality time with your kids
-His upcoming book, "Real Estate Deal Maker"
Books mentioned in this episode:
“Rich Dad, Poor Dad” by Robert Kiyosaki
“The Richest Man in Babylon” by George S. Clason
“The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho
“The Wise Investor” by Rich Fettke
Henry’s charitable cause:
Saving Grace NWA, which “serves young women ages 18-25 who have aged out of foster care or are facing homelessness" by providing safe housing, educational assistance, career guidance, and more.
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| 0:00.0 | I went from panic attack about money to owning a cash flowing asset that was paying itself and paying me. |
| 0:08.0 | And then the bank gave me access to about $25,000 on a line of credit. |
| 0:11.0 | So like freaking out to $25,000 on a line of credit, like it was just so mind-blowing to me. |
| 0:17.0 | Like I knew I found the thing that was going to take care of my family financially for the |
| 0:21.0 | rest of our lives if I was going to be able to scale it properly. |
| 0:27.0 | Welcome to A Better Life with Brandon Turner. That is me where world-class guests share their |
| 0:32.1 | wisdom on building a better life. Join me as we explore the habits, the actions, and the beliefs |
| 0:36.7 | that have guided their journey |
| 0:37.8 | with the aim of helping you apply those lessons to your own. Mr. Henry Washington, man. |
| 0:59.3 | Welcome to the show. |
| 1:00.2 | Thanks for having me, man. |
| 1:01.7 | This is pretty incredible. |
| 1:04.0 | This is a pretty fancy shop you got going on over here. |
| 1:06.8 | It's not too bad, right? |
| 1:07.7 | That's not too bad. |
| 1:08.3 | I am envious. |
| 1:10.2 | Well, good. We're going to make even more envious as we get into your story. |
| 1:13.6 | Well, you wouldn't be envious of your own story. |
| 1:15.6 | No. |
| 1:16.6 | No. |
| 1:17.6 | No. |
| 1:18.6 | But you're going to be envious of how great of interviewer. |
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