You listen to other TikTok gurus, they're going to tell you the wrong way to do it.

You buy the property and you try to find a property manager and you can't find a property manager. You don't longer have an asset. You have a liability. Real estate's not about properties. Real estate's about people. I build a business first. Find all the right people. And then I buy the inventory. A lot of people have heard of the book, The Four Hour Work Week. Well, I think working four hours a week is for suckers.

I only work four hours a month.

It's not finding the inventory. A lot of people have heard of the book, The Four Hour Work Week. Well, I think working

four hours a week is for suckers. I only work four hours a month. It's not finding the deal. It's

about finding your person. You got to open your eyes, people. So without any further ado,

here we are, Dustin. Thank you for being here.

And welcome to the show.

I am excited to really dive into this topic of passive income, rental real estate, a passion of mine.

My viewers know how I got into real estate, obviously, but I want to hear from the horse's mouth. Tell us how

you fell into this. Did you just come out of the womb and say, I want to buy rental real estate mom? And, you know, I don't know. How did it happen? Definitely not. And I appreciate you have me on show. I really just love investing in real estate because, like, you know, it's passive income or at least it's on an active job where i'm going to work getting paid for an hour i hated

that just love investing in real estate because, like, you know, it's passive income, or at least it's on an active job where I'm going to work, getting paid for an hour. I hated that.

And so, but no, I didn't start, in fact, well, where I'm at now, 30 plus single family

homes, most of them are all paid off because I like having them paid off. That's a lot of cash flow,

almost 1,000 apartment units, invest in hotels. But I didn't start there. In fact, I started just like most people.

In fact, we were very poor growing up, grew up in a 900 square foot house, two bedroom.

My parents rented.

But I was taught just like everybody has been taught, this exact same plan.

You go to school, you get good grades.

You take those good grades.

You go to college or university

and get in tens of 20s of 30 40 thousand dollars in debt or more and then get a piece of paper called

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