Building A Rental Portfolio While Working a Full-Time Job With Alana Kern (Ep 553)
Rental Income Podcast With Dan Lane
Rental Income Podcast
4.8 • 836 Ratings
🗓️ 23 December 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
She has steadily grown her rentals by being intentional with her time and systems.
On this episode, we break down how many hours Alana actually spends managing her rentals, the platform she uses to advertise vacancies, and the processes that help her stay organized.
Alana also shares a tough lesson from a tenant she didn’t thoroughly screen, what went wrong, and what she does differently now.
We also talk about Alana’s long-term plan to eventually leave her job and live off rental income. She walks through how much income she believes she’ll need, and what steps she’s taking to get there.
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| 0:00.0 | inspiring interviews with today's top landlords this is the rental income podcast and now |
| 0:08.4 | Dan Lay. |
| 0:09.4 | Alana so tell me what you're doing with your rental properties. |
| 0:13.2 | Yeah so I've been investing for about four years all while having a full-time job for the last six years with a nonprofit. |
| 0:23.3 | That's really, really time-consuming. |
| 0:25.2 | But I just, I have a real passion for owning my time. |
| 0:29.5 | And so I have been investing for the last four years with the light at the end of the tunnel |
| 0:35.6 | to be able to do real estate full-time eventually. |
| 0:37.9 | On the podcast today, Alana is going to share with us how she finds the time to find deals |
| 0:43.3 | and manage her properties all while working that busy full-time job. |
| 0:48.6 | We'll also take a look at one of her deals and talk about her plans to eventually leave her job |
| 0:54.0 | and support herself off of her rentals. about her plans to eventually leave her job and support herself off |
| 0:56.0 | of her rentals. |
| 0:57.5 | Joining us on the podcast today from Fairbone, Minnesota is Alana Kern. |
| 1:02.5 | We'll take a quick break to thank our sponsors. |
| 1:04.7 | We'll come right back and we'll talk to Alana. |
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