How Rentals Give Him Time FlexIbility With Joe Blackshere (Ep 538)

Rental Income Podcast With Dan Lane

Rental Income Podcast

Business, Investing, Entrepreneurship

4.8 • 836 Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

When Joe first started investing, he thought what he wanted most was time freedom. But over time, he realized what he really wanted was flexibility, and his rental income has given him just that.

.In the past year alone, Joe has added four new properties to his portfolio. On this episode, he shares how he found those deals, how he financed them, and the creative ways he’s used a HELOC to fund purchases.

We also talk about how he’s applying velocity banking to pay down debt faster.

Joe discusses the challenges of rising insurance premiums and property taxes and how he’s adjusted his strategy to stay profitable.

We also dig into the numbers on his four most recent purchases.

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0:00.0	inspiring interviews with today's top landlords this is the rental income podcast and now dan lane joe you used to
0:10.7	tell people that you were buying rental properties for freedom but today you've kind of changed the way
0:16.9	that you're thinking about that can you explain what you you mean? And I did. I use freedom for
0:21.8	a long time and now I've switched over to using flexibility. And because like I have a lot of
0:28.7	responsibilities. I have responsibilities to my tenants, to my clients. And so I don't say I'm free,
0:34.8	but man, I can be flexible in my time. And I, you know, I can do a lot of
0:39.2	stuff. I went on a 10-plus day trip with a few days notice to Florida. And I kept everything
0:45.6	running smoothly from out there. I did work a little bit, but it was a great family time. And so that's
0:50.7	the type of flexibility slash freedom that real estate can give you.
0:55.0	Joe was with us on the podcast about a year ago.
0:58.1	And on the show today, we're going to follow up with Joe, see how he's been doing with
1:02.7	growing his rental portfolio.
1:04.7	In the last year, Joe has bought four properties.
1:08.5	On the show, today we're going to figure out how we found them, how we
1:11.2	financed them. When we talked to Joe last, he was using his HELOC to buy properties. We'll see if that's
1:17.7	still working today. And we'll talk more about how Joe is getting time flexibility from investing
1:23.7	in rental properties. Joining us on the show today from Kansas City is Joe Blackshear.
1:29.3	We'll take a quick break to thank our sponsors. We'll come right back and we'll talk to Joe.
1:34.5	It's a lot of work to find a really good rental property. And when you actually find that property,
1:39.2	you want to make sure you're working with a lender that can get that loan closed. The lender that I recommend is Chaley Ridge from Ridge Lending Group.
1:47.8	She's a nationwide lender, and her specialty is helping investors finance rental properties.
1:53.6	She has a ton of loan programs, and she can find something customized to you for your situation.
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