TBT: Ask Marco - Common Questions About Real Estate Investing

Passive Real Estate Investing

Real Estate Investing with Marco Santarelli, Investor and Entrepreneur.

Business:investing, Education, Entrepreneurship, How To, Investing, Business

4.8 • 953 Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Click Here for the Show Notes Today’s question comes from Carlos — and it’s a great one because it touches on four of the most common questions real estate investors ask when building their portfolios. In this episode, Marco breaks down the key decisions every investor faces: choosing between a 15-year or 30-year mortgage, deciding whether to buy pre-construction or newly renovated properties, weighing the pros and cons of self-managing versus hiring a property manager, and determining how much to save for reserves, maintenance, and vacancies. Along the way, Marco explains how flexibility, inflation, and long-term strategy can work in your favor, and why your focus should always be on your own goals—not someone else’s pace or portfolio. Whether you’re just getting started or already growing toward ten properties or more, this episode offers practical insight on how to build wealth steadily and strategically through real estate. 👉 If you’re ready to take the next step toward building your real estate portfolio, visit noradarealestate.com to connect with an investment counselor and start exploring turnkey rental opportunities today. Don’t forget to subscribe and share the podcast so more investors like you can learn how to achieve financial freedom through real estate! -------------------------------- Throwback Thursday Episode (The episode originally took place in the year 2020) This episode is part of our Throwback Series and may include references to older content such as web classes, events, promotions, or links that are no longer active or available. While the conversation and insights still hold value, please note that some information may be outdated. -------------------------------- If you missed our last episode, be sure to listen to Teaching My Kids About Wealth-What I Wish School Had Taught Me Download your FREE copy of: The Ultimate Guide to Passive Real Estate Investing. See our available Turnkey Cash-Flow Rental Properties. Our team of Investment Counselors has much more inventory available than what you see on our website. Contact us today for more deals.

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0:00.0	Welcome to passive real estate investing, the show where busy people like you learn how to build
0:05.7	substantial passive income while creating wealth for the long term. And now, here's your host, Marco
0:11.7	Santorelli. Hello, my friends. Welcome back to passive real estate investing, where we dive into
0:17.6	the world of real estate investing, among other related topics, to help you
0:21.0	with your real estate investing journey. Today, we're doing something a little different.
0:26.1	We're going to take a trip down memory lane and showcase an important episode from the past
0:30.8	on what we call our Throwback Thursday episode. Now, whether you've been with us since the beginning,
0:36.5	which goes back to 2015,
0:38.7	or you're tuning in for the first time, this episode is a must listen. We are revisiting one of
0:45.1	our more popular episodes from the past. And believe me, what we discussed back then,
0:50.4	whether it's six months ago or six years ago, is just as relevant today. So sit back, relax,
0:57.1	and let's rewind the clock for this great episode. Enjoy. Today's question comes from Carlos,
1:02.9	and you know, I love these questions. It just tells me that you guys are listening and thinking
1:08.5	and really interested in real estate and real estate investing
1:11.9	and what it could possibly do for you and your family and your future generations.
1:17.1	The power is there.
1:18.4	When you get started, it just feels a little bit slow.
1:20.8	But as you grow your portfolio and start to gain momentum, it's very interesting to see
1:26.3	how it starts to build and stack, especially when you're
1:29.5	looking back after about three or four years and you've been adding at least one property to your
1:34.5	portfolio. And if you're in a good growing market, it really starts to pan out. But it gets really
1:40.1	exciting when you start to get to 10 properties or more. But you just build up. And for some
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