Is Turnkey Investing Really Worth It? (Real Numbers + Real Story)

Passive Real Estate Investing

Real Estate Investing with Marco Santarelli, Investor and Entrepreneur.

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4.6 • 968 Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2026

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Click Here for the Show Notes In this episode of Passive Real Estate Investing, guest host Melissa Nash sits down with longtime investor Jefferson Howell to unpack what it really looks like to start—and scale—a real estate portfolio as a busy professional. From buying his first turnkey property out of state to growing to 11 doors across multiple markets, Jefferson shares his mindset, strategies, and lessons learned along the way. The conversation dives into overcoming the fear of getting started, leveraging turnkey and hybrid BRRRR-style strategies, building trusted relationships on the ground, and using cash flow to accelerate long-term wealth through debt payoff. Whether you’re brand new to investing or looking for smarter ways to scale passively, this episode offers real-world insight, encouragement, and proof that building wealth through real estate doesn’t have to be as intimidating as it seems. If you’re serious about building passive income through real estate, don’t just listen—take action. Book your free strategy session and find out exactly how you can start building your own profitable rental portfolio today. -------------------------------- Download your FREE copy of: The Ultimate Guide to Passive Real Estate Investing. See our available Turnkey Cash-Flow Rental Properties. SUBSCRIBE on iTunes If you missed our last episode, be sure to listen to TBT: Ask Marco - How to Best Insure Using Umbrella Insurance? Our team of Investment Counselors has much more inventory available than what you see on our website. Contact us today for more deals. -------------------------------------------------------- #LearningRealEstate #AskMarco #PassiveRealEstateInvesting #Turnkeyproperties #RealEstatePodcast #Investment #investors #RealEstateInvestors #RentalProperties #TurnkeyProperties #NoradaRealEstateInvestments

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0:00.0	Welcome to passive real estate investing.
0:03.0	The show where busy people like you learn how to build substantial passive income while creating wealth for the long term.
0:10.0	And now, here's your host, Marco Santorelli.
0:13.0	Hey everyone and welcome to passive real estate investing.
0:17.0	I'm Melissa Nash, your guest host jumping in for now. Let's dive in.
0:22.2	Welcome to the show.
0:24.6	You guys, I've got Jefferson here with us today.
0:28.6	And before I let him say hello, I wanted to kind of give you guys a little bit of a backstory.
0:34.7	And it's a little bit, how many years has it been jefferson when did we meet do we know
0:40.6	about six i think it was 2020 when we started working together yeah covid times yeah that seems
0:47.4	like a that seems like a lifetime ago but anyways okay i digress you guys welcome i want you to
0:53.0	help me welcome jeff Jefferson to the show.
0:55.0	He is a wonderful, wonderful investor and client of mine that we met in 2020. And so if you don't mind,
1:01.9	Jefferson, can you please tell the listeners a little bit about you, where you live,
1:07.0	and then we'll kind of dive into all the cool real estate stuff you've done.
1:10.3	Absolutely. Thank you, Melissa. Yeah, so Jefferson Howell. I live in Thomasville, Georgia, which is South Georgia. If anybody really knows about Georgia, it's about a southwest corner. So I'm about 80 miles, I mean, 30 minutes north of Tallahassee, Florida. It's on the southwest corner. I'm in medical sales. So I've been doing that about the last 15
1:28.4	years. So I enjoy that. So I'm not in an office all day and, you know, a different area each day,
1:34.3	you know. Perfect. So now the reason why I asked you to be on this podcast is because, well,
1:41.5	number one, I was kind of telling you before we hit the record button,
1:45.2	I've been doing this for a really long time.
1:46.9	And I'm always on the phone with new clients and new people and people who've never
1:51.2	invested before.
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