TBT: Ask Marco - What Should We Pay Ourselves From Our Rentals?

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Real Estate Investing with Marco Santarelli, Investor and Entrepreneur.

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🗓️ 4 December 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Click Here for the Show Notes Today’s Throwback Thursday episode of Passive Real Estate Investing brings back a listener favorite that’s just as relevant now as when it first aired. In this episode, Marco revisits a great question from Victor, a new investor who—along with his sister—recently closed on their first three seller-financed rental properties. Victor asks when investors should start paying themselves from rental income and how much is appropriate. Marco uses this as a springboard to clarify how to correctly calculate NOI, how to think about expenses, and how to align your payout decisions with your overall investment strategy. He also breaks down the difference between focusing on cash flow now versus reinvesting for rapid portfolio growth, plus how the “snowball” method of mortgage payoff can speed up your journey to financial freedom. If you enjoy this episode, be sure to subscribe, share it with a fellow investor, and leave a review—your feedback helps us reach more people on the path to passive income. -------------------------------- Throwback Thursday Episode (The episode originally took place in the year 2021) 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Throwback Series and may include references to older content such as web classes, events, promotions, or links that are no longer active or available. While the conversation and insights still hold value, please note that some information may be outdated.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 5 Insurance Mistakes Costing Investors Thousands (and a St. Louis Market Update) 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
0:17.8	the world of real estate investing, among other related topics, to help you
0:21.2	with your real estate investing journey. Today, we're doing something a little different.
0:26.3	We're going to take a trip down memory lane and showcase an important episode from the past
0:31.0	on what we call our Throwback Thursday episode. Now, whether you've been with us since the beginning,
0:36.8	which goes back to 2015,
0:38.9	or you're tuning in for the first time, this episode is a must listen. We are revisiting one of
0:45.3	our more popular episodes from the past. And believe me, what we discussed back then,
0:50.6	whether it's six months ago or six years ago, is just as relevant today. So sit back,
0:56.5	relax, and let's rewind the clock for this great episode. Enjoy. Today's question is an
1:02.6	interesting one, and it comes from Victor. He's basically wondering, what should we pay
1:06.8	ourselves from our rental property? Now, this is a good question and one that will come up
1:12.9	at some point in time. It's not a matter of if, but when as you start to invest or continue
1:18.4	to invest in real estate. But Victor goes on to say, Marco, I'm an avid listener of your podcast.
1:23.7	The content has been very helpful, influential, and actually has helped me structure my first deal.
1:28.4	You're very welcome, Victor.
1:29.8	My sister and I are partners and just recently closed on our first deal together. Congratulations.
1:35.7	It is a seller-financed mortgage of three single-family homes, two of which are occupied.
1:41.1	The third will be ready in a couple of weeks.
1:43.3	The projected net
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