36: Gym Employee on the Path to $2k/Month and "Living for Free" with Gary Janica

Real Estate Rookie

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How To, Education, Business, Investing, Entrepreneurship

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🗓️ 4 November 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Today's guest is Gary Janica, a Jacksonville, FL investor who loves his "stress-free job"... but realized he needed side hustle income to better support his family. Enter real estate investing! Gary's portfolio is on the smaller side – he owns 2 duplexes – but he's been able to drastically change his financial picture by house hacking and extracting hidden value with "garage apartments." If you share similar goals, check out this episode to get inspired and learn something new – and connect with Gary by leaving a comment on the show notes page. Links from the Show Real Estate Rookie Facebook Group Felipe's Instagram Ashley's Instagram BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Podcast Bailey's Health and Fitness Realtor.com Zillow The Stack: The Perfect Blueprint To Scale Quickly In Real Estate by Brandon Turner BiggerPockets Youtube Channel Impact Theory Simon Sinek Marcus by Goldman Sachs BiggerPockets Podcast 365: Ret. Navy SEAL Jocko Willink on Embracing Discomfort and Leading Through Extreme Ownership (+ His Real Estate Investing Tips!) Buildium Check the full show notes here: http://biggerpockets.com/rookie36 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is real estate rookie show number 36.
0:05.0	Cash flowing about 2 grand per month sets me at a pretty good level.
0:12.0	You know, I don't care for any social circles or anything like that.
0:15.7	I'm a pretty just down-to-earth guy. I like what I like and that's really it. My name is Ashley Kerr and today we have an exclusive with my co-host
0:30.3	Felipe Mejia as this is the first time he's ever talked about why he doesn't
0:35.2	like Excel and spreadsheets.
0:37.8	So make sure you listen to the very end because he goes on a in about why I hate Excel sheet.
0:43.6	So finally, I've let the cat out the bag.
0:45.2	The information is in there.
0:46.4	But as always, Ashley, we're not here to talk about me
0:49.1	or my Excel sheet, phobia.
0:51.0	Where do you talk about Gary,
0:52.1	who seems like a really laid-back
0:53.3	super chill dude down in Florida who has two duplexes he works at a gym he says
0:59.0	they're like he talks about just having really modest jobs but still investing
1:02.1	in real estate slowly and growing a portfolio and about just
1:05.0	super relax just having really modest jobs but still investing in real estate
1:08.0	just super relaxed guy doesn't take it too serious.
1:12.0	I just want to say thank you because you always get me back on doesn't take it too serious.
1:12.8	I just want to say thank you because you always get me back on track.
1:15.3	That's why we make it such a great team.
1:18.6	Yes, Gary is great.
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