360: Leveraging Virtual Assistants and Automation to Build a $2M Portfolio with Stephanie Cabral

BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

BiggerPockets

Education, Business, Investing

4.8 • 16.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2019

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Have you ever wanted to invest in real estate but aren’t ready for a full-time commitment? Today’s guest has figured out just how to do so, and she’s sharing it all with you! Stephanie Cabral is a lawyer, real estate agent, and investor out of Connecticut, who has figured out how to make money from residential real estate ownership while working two full-time jobs. On today’s show, Stephanie breaks down how she saved $100K on one deal, developed an automated direct mail system, and successfully used the often-confusing 203k loan program. You’ll love her advice on automation/delegation and investing in single family homes. Plus, she talks about what she looks for in her market, and shares her thoughts on the next big change in real estate in the near future. You’ll also find some great tips regarding managing properties yourself and hiring and using virtual assistants to save you time. Download this one today, and share it with a friend or family member who would benefit! In This Episode We Cover: How Stephanie defines “administrative stamina” How she took out a HELOC on her first property How she got a $100K discount on her first property Why she invests in single family homes How she uses VAs to handle the heavy lifting of her RE business Her theory on automation and delegation How she’s using RE to get out of her legal practice What she looks for in a good assistant What she’s looking for in out-of-state markets How she automated her direct mail system Her advice for managing properties yourself Her thoughts on the next big trend in RE investing over the coming 5-10 years And SO much more! Links from the Show BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Podcast Survey Upwork Podio StrugglingInvestor PayYourRent Cozy OnlineJobs.ph Adobe LinkedIn Brandon's Instagram David's Instagram Check the full show notes at BiggerPockets: http://biggerpockets.com/show360 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the BiggerPockets Podcast Show 360.
0:04.0	But I also have a pretty robust automated marketing system that I use to just keep in contact with my tenants,
0:11.2	welcome them in, give them access codes.
0:13.8	I started that because I didn't want to pay property management and then it got so good
0:19.3	that now I don't really have to.
0:20.9	You're listening to Big pockets radio simplifying real estate
0:25.6	for investors large and small. If you're here looking to learn about real estate
0:30.0	investing without all the height, you're in the right place. Stay tuned and be sure
0:35.2	to join the millions of others who have benefited from bigger pockets.com.
0:39.6	Your home for real estate investing online.
0:43.0	What's going on everyone? This is Brandon Turner,
0:45.0	host of the BiggerPockets Podcast here with my co-host,
0:49.0	Mr. David Green. What's up David Wepin' up to?
0:51.0	Not much, dude. Another beautiful day in California. I got to go the
0:54.8	the Raider game last night and they narrowly avoided blowing in in the fourth grade. Yeah, my uncle took me.
0:59.5	It was a lot of fun. I actually had a, I a big Raider fan although don't judge me for that because I
1:05.0	I've already begun judging you. You know you one of the guys that like dresses all up like the white face paint and the black like are you that guy
1:11.1	Not exactly it's actually kind of silly I noticed for the the black like are you that guy? Exactly.
1:13.0	It's actually kind of silly.
1:14.4	I noticed for the first time after the game ended because the Raiders won a really
1:17.2	close game that they really shouldn't have been that close right?
1:20.2	And the fans go crazy as if they just did something great and I was noticing that for the first time walking out hearing everyone celebrating like what you guys didn't actually win that game right and it had me thinking, you know, how many times are we
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