He Started With Nothing and Now Has 37 Rentals with Greg Thompson (Ep 554)
Rental Income Podcast With Dan Lane
Rental Income Podcast
4.8 • 836 Ratings
🗓️ 30 December 2025
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
In his 20s, Greg admits he had no idea how to manage money. A string of bad financial decisions eventually left him homeless. Fast forward to today, and Greg owns a portfolio of 37 rental units and has built more than $1 million in equity.
On this episode, Greg walks us through how he completely turned his life around and, more importantly, how he came up with the money to start buying rentals when he had nothing. We break down how house hacking helped him get his first foothold, how refinancing allowed him to create free and clear properties, and how he leveraged that equity to keep growing his portfolio.
We also dig into the role his property manager plays in finding deals, the best deal he ever did, where he created $300,000 in equity on day one, and the worst deal that taught him some painful lessons.
We also get into the real numbers behind Greg’s portfolio so listeners can see exactly how it all works.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Inspiring interviews with today's top landlords. |
| 0:04.7 | This is the rental income podcast. |
| 0:07.6 | And now, Dan Lane. |
| 0:09.7 | Greg, so what happened? |
| 0:11.3 | You were homeless? |
| 0:12.6 | Like, you lost everything and you were homeless. |
| 0:15.2 | Tell me what happened. |
| 0:16.1 | Well, yes, I was a veteran who got out of the military and really could not cope in society. |
| 0:25.0 | And I did not know how to manage my money. |
| 0:27.7 | So I made really bad financial decisions. |
| 0:31.5 | So at the age of 25, I was sitting in a homeless shelter wondering how I got there. |
| 0:37.2 | You eventually ended up getting your life turned around. |
| 0:41.5 | And how many rental properties do you have today? |
| 0:45.5 | I have 37 doors. |
| 0:47.8 | On the show today, we're going to hear the inspiring story of how Greg went from having |
| 0:52.5 | absolutely nothing to building a rental portfolio of 37 units. |
| 0:58.7 | Joining us on the show today from Alabama is Greg Thompson. |
| 1:02.8 | We'll take a quick break to thank our sponsors. |
| 1:05.2 | We'll come right back and we'll talk to Greg. |
| 1:07.6 | It's a lot of work to find a really good rental property. |
| 1:10.6 | And when you actually find that property, you want to make sure you're working with a lender that can get that loan closed. |
| 1:16.4 | The lender that I recommend is Chaley Ridge from Ridge Lending Group. |
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