Teacher to Six-Figure Real Estate Investor with This Quick Flip Formula

Real Estate Rookie

BiggerPockets

How To, Education, Business, Investing, Entrepreneurship

4.8 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Laura Sides had zero real estate investing experience not too long ago. But, within just six weeks, she made $100,000 on her first real estate deal. How is that even possible, let alone in 2025? That type of profit is usually reserved for expert real estate investors, not middle-school science teachers! Today, Laura is uncovering the fast-flipping formula that helps her do quick, profitable real estate deals even in her competitive market. During a beach vacation to Florida, Laura read the personal finance and investing classic Rich Dad Poor Dad, and, seemingly overnight, her brain rewired as she became dead set on multiplying her money instead of working for every dollar. So, she took out a HELOC (home equity line of credit) to buy her first real estate deal, but where would it come from? A chance encounter with a neighbor would set her on a path that would change her life forever. Now, she’s cracked the house flipping formula, has two killer rental properties she uses as her own vacation homes, and makes significantly more than her teacher’s salary working on her schedule, building wealth her way. Want to be like Laura? We ALL do, and today, she’s sharing how you can do it, too! In This Episode We Cover How Laura made a six-figure profit in just six weeks on her FIRST real estate deal The house flipping formula Laura uses to buy low-stress, quick flips that make great profits Why you should ALWAYS be friendly with your neighbors (they might sell you their house) Using a HELOC (home equity line of credit) to buy your first investment property What Laura looks for on property listings as telltale signs they’ll be good deals And So Much More! Check out more resources from this show on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BiggerPockets.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/rookie-645 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. I'm Ashley Care and welcome to the Real Estate Rookie podcast.
0:06.2	Today is the eve before Thanksgiving, the biggest party night of the year. But if you're not
0:11.1	out partying, I hope you're analyzing deals or spending quality time with your family.
0:16.3	Today we decided to do a rerun of one of our favorite episodes from the past year.
0:22.4	And today's guest is a rookie investor, Laura Sides.
0:25.7	So you may be familiar with this episode, but it is worth a re-listen.
0:30.1	Laura was a teacher who went to become a six-figure flipper.
0:34.8	So there's lots to learn from Laura, and I hope you enjoy this episode and
0:39.1	hand of a wonderful Thanksgiving. This is the Real Estate Rookie Podcast, and I'm Ashley Care.
0:50.2	And I'm Tony J. Robinson, and welcome to the Rookie Ricky podcast where every week, three times a week,
0:54.8	we're bringing you the inspiration, motivation, and stories you need to hear to kickstart your
0:58.9	investing journey. So welcome to the show, Laura, super excited to have you with us today.
1:02.7	Well, we are excited to have you, Laura. So let's start off with what were your life circumstances
1:08.6	and motivations that made you want to start investing in real
1:12.7	estate? So I didn't even know that I was going to be a real estate investor. I didn't know
1:17.4	investors. I have absolutely no entrepreneurial background. So this is still kind of new and
1:24.0	exciting to me even three years in. We went down to Florida with our kids mid-pandemic
1:30.0	after being a stay-at-home mom, and we brought Rich Dad, Poor Dad. And I was sitting on the
1:35.7	couch, reading quotes out to my husband. And I was like, oh, my God, babe, there's a whole
1:40.8	other world out here. And it honestly was a light bulb moment because we didn't have
1:46.9	any investing history. And we came back from there and we're like, and everything changed.
1:54.2	That's awesome to have that epiphany on a beach too. You know, so once you decided that you want to start investing and what were some
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