#433: He Lives in Japan—But Owns 10+ Rentals in the U.S.
Real Estate Investing with Coach Carson
Chad Carson
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🗓️ 4 August 2025
⏱️ 52 minutes
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🎙️ Episode #433 - Daniel Mills lives in Japan and owns 10 rental properties in the U.S. He shares how he built his portfolio from afar, the tools that made it possible, and the mindset that helped him stay focused on financial freedom.
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📄 Show Notes: https://www.coachcarson.com/longdistancerentals/
🎬 Timestamps:
- (0:00) - Investing long distance IS possible
- (1:19) - Starting with NO knowledge and debt
- (8:29) - Scaling from 1 property
- (14:39) - Choosing which markets to invest in
- (23:11) - Finding a property manager
- (27:28) - Why small properties can be better
- (36:57) - What is a good deal?
- (41:13) - Analyzing investors and markets
- (47:23) - Key advice for early investors
- (50:03) - How I Analyze ANY Real Estate Market in 15 Minutes for FREE!
🔗 Connect with Daniel:
- Website: https://www.thefiprof.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefiprofessor/
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| 0:00.0 | Daniel lives in Japan and owns 10 rental properties in the United States. |
| 0:03.8 | But he started with a $30,000 salary, no savings, and reading the book, The Idiot's Guide to Getting Rich. |
| 0:09.7 | I still didn't really know how to analyze deals or anything like that, but I just trusted everybody. |
| 0:14.5 | And I actually bought two houses there. |
| 0:17.0 | Since then, he's bought properties in three different states and built a fully remote rental business from 6,000 miles away. |
| 0:23.0 | I did my own market research to find the markets that I wanted to invest in that had the characteristics that I had. |
| 0:28.5 | And then I tried to find the best turnkey provider there based on reviews and other people's experience. |
| 0:33.9 | Today, Daniel and his wife prioritized financial safety and living simply. |
| 0:39.0 | I didn't realize the relief that you feel when you get into that position. If you've ever wondered how to invest |
| 0:43.6 | long distance and build a rental portfolio that fits your life, Daniel will show you what's possible. |
| 1:00.7 | All right. So Daniel, I can't wait to get into some of your real estate portfolio. The fact that you live in Japan and you own 10 rental properties in the United States, |
| 1:05.4 | I think that's pretty amazing. I want to dig into it. But you have a really interesting story |
| 1:09.1 | before you even got into real estate or |
| 1:12.0 | investing and you had a different journey. And I love to, can you take us back that way so people |
| 1:17.5 | get to know you a little bit better? Right out of high school, I actually joined the Marine Corps, |
| 1:21.1 | so not too far away from you in Paris Island. But I actually got injured in boot camp and I got an honorable medical discharge. |
| 1:30.3 | So I came out and I had to change tracks really quickly. So I went through, I went to massage therapy |
| 1:37.3 | school actually because I was interested in the injury rehabilitation and everything. |
| 1:42.3 | And it took me a long time to graduate university. I was doing a little |
| 1:46.5 | bit of this and that. I was a martial arts teacher for a number of years. That was something |
| 1:51.5 | I'd done since I was a kid, worked as a massage therapist. I finally graduated, I think it was |
| 1:56.9 | about 28 when I graduated with my first degree. And I always wanted to come to Japan, mainly because of the martial arts. |
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