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833: From Surviving on $30/Day to 30+ Properties Thanks to Blue-Collar Skills w/Luke Carl

BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

BiggerPockets

Education, Business, Investing

4.816.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2023

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Luke Carl’s real estate “gateway drug” took him from one home to three hundred rental units in record time—and it can do the same for you. What started as a niche type of investing quickly took over the world, and Luke was able to use these mega high-cash flow properties to buy more rentals, build more wealth, and have enough real estate to do whatever he wanted, whenever he wanted. If you want that same type of financial freedom, you’ll want to copy Luke’s blueprint. Luke and his wife, Avery, bought their first short-term rental before the term “Airbnb” even existed. They got in the game so early that they currently have the longest-running Airbnb in the Smoky Mountains. One vacation rental turned into another and another until they eventually reached a breaking point, forcing them to pivot and turn their short-term profits into long-term rentals, a move that Luke would wholeheartedly do again. Now, with a massive rental property portfolio, Luke credits his passive income portfolio to short-term rentals. The high cash flow has allowed him to buy more passive properties that can be outsourced and don’t require constant attention. But can YOU still repeat Luke’s short-term rental strategy with the so-called “#Airbnbust” upon us? Surprisingly, yes. He'll show you how. In This Episode We Cover How to use high-cash flow vacation rentals to build your real estate portfolio WAY faster Why Luke DIDN’T quit his job to invest in real estate EVEN when he had enough income Transitioning from short-term rentals to long-term rentals and when to STOP buying Airbnbs Luke’s financial “buckets” every short-term rental operator must set up Property management vs. self-management and why you DON’T need to outsource most vacation rentals And So Much More! Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-833 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is the Bigger Pockets Podcast Show 8, 33.

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You know, for me, it was like, dude, all I need to do is focus on 300 bucks.

0:08.0

It's not, 300 bucks is not. Slow down.

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And now, fast forward, today, 15 years later, all those $200, $300 chunks from 15 years ago,

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I mean, I've got debt paydown on top of that.

0:18.0

You know what I mean? And rent raises and equity and whatever else goes along

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with exactly why we're here and what Bigger Pockets teaches.

0:25.0

So, no brainer.

0:27.0

What's going on, everyone? This is David Green, your host of the Bigger Pockets Real

0:30.0

State Podcast, the biggest, the best, the baddest real estate podcast in the world.

0:34.0

Every week, we are bringing you stories, how-tos and the answers that you need to make smart

0:38.0

decisions now in today's current real estate market.

0:42.0

Today's show, Rob and I are going to be interviewing Luke Carl.

0:47.0

The husband of Avery Carl, both of them are no strangers to the Bigger Pockets ecosystem.

0:52.0

They teach boot camps, they write books, they own short fermentals,

0:56.0

and they help other people to do the same.

0:59.0

Rob, first off, good morning.

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Good morning, top of the morning to you.

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Second off, let's get into it.

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What should listeners look for in today's show?

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So, I think there's this whole thing where you do real estate,

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you become very good at it, and you feel like that's the thing that you have to stick to

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