8 Real Estate Deals in 2 Years While Working Full-Time (Raising 4 Kids)

Real Estate Rookie

BiggerPockets

Entrepreneurship, Education, Investing, Business, How To

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🗓️ 23 March 2026

⏱️ 51 minutes

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How badly do you want to leave your nine-to-five job, retire early, or travel the world? For this mom of four, working until traditional retirement age was never an option. She’s already taken down eight real estate deals in just two years, which has allowed her husband to quit his W-2 job. And she’s next in line! Welcome back to the Real Estate Rookie podcast! Molly Shepard is a U.S. Army veteran, busy mom, and full-time loan officer, and yet she’s been able to carve out time to work on the one thing that will give her family financial freedom: real estate investing. Motivated to be work-optional as soon as possible, Molly has walked hundreds of houses, made dozens of offers, and bought several properties in a matter of months. But she hasn’t done it without help. In this episode, Molly shares how she rapidly grew her investing network, allowing her to find more off-market properties and buy them with as little as $0 out of pocket. She also walks you through the deal that started it all—a home-run house flip that netted her $50,000 in pure profit! In this episode we cover: How Molly and her husband flipped eight houses in under two years Investing in real estate while working full-time and raising four children How Molly pocketed $50,000 in pure profit on her very first house flip Creative ways to fund your real estate deals while paying as little as $0 upfront Crucial details you can’t afford to overlook during your due diligence period And So Much More! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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