How I Own 40 Houses With $0 Down (100% Financing Unlocked)
Dropping Bombs
Brad Lea
4.9 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 28 January 2026
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
This episode was sponsored by Own It University
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This Dropping Bombs episode delivers the playbook from Ali Choucair, the 21-year-old who went from broke to 40+ properties using other people's money.
After working six months without earning a dollar, Ali mastered wholesaling and now closes 20+ deals monthly while cherry-picking the best properties to keep using hard money lending that requires zero personal cash.
Ali breaks down how to wholesale houses, find distressed properties, and use hard money lenders who fund 100% of your deals. Hear the $70K phone call story, why mentorship beats college, and how to build wealth in real estate even if you're starting with nothing.
Whether you're 16 or 60, this episode proves you don't need money or a degree to win in real estate. Press play for the blueprint.
🔗 Resources Mentioned
Kiavi (hard money lender): https://www.kiavi.com/
🔗 Connect with Ali Choucair
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alichoucairr/
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Brad Lea is a self-made entrepreneur who turned small-town grit into a multi-million-dollar empire. With over 25 years dominating sales and leadership, he's mentored thousands to outsmart, outwork, and out win their competition. His top-rated podcast, Dropping Bombs, brings raw, game-changing insights from the biggest names in business.
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| 0:00.0 | I've made over a million dollars net in the last two years. |
| 0:02.8 | And now we're at 40 doors. |
| 0:04.4 | I never used any of my own money, nothing. |
| 0:06.2 | I made one phone call, 70K. |
| 0:08.0 | A dude like you that dropped out of school is making a million bucks or more a year. |
| 0:12.2 | Can't be rocket science if a college dropout with a 1.4 GPA can do it. |
| 0:17.2 | They finance me 100% of the down payment and 100% of the construction. So I'm zero into every house. |
| 0:23.6 | Come on, big dog. That's nuts. That means basically you're, you're just printing money. All you got to do is fine deals. I'm going to do exactly what you're doing. |
| 0:32.1 | Let's do it. |
| 0:32.6 | Let's do it. |
| 0:33.6 | Listen, you go on to K. |
| 0:34.6 | So real estate is the best investment. |
| 0:35.6 | I think the smart part is to keep it. |
| 0:38.6 | Most people can't afford it though. |
| 0:40.6 | So how are you is to keep it. |
| 0:39.0 | Most people can't afford it, though. |
| 0:40.4 | So how are you able to afford to start keeping these things? |
| 0:43.1 | So I don't like to gate keep anything. |
| 0:44.6 | I'll tell you it's the... |
| 0:46.7 | What it is, Brad Lee back again with another episode of dropping bombs today in the studio, folks. |
| 0:54.9 | I got a real treat for you, especially if you like making money and you're not afraid to work. |
| 0:59.6 | I got a freaking 21-year-old entrepreneur named Ali Shoucare. |
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