The 5-Minute-a-Month Real Estate Strategy

Passive Real Estate Investing

Real Estate Investing with Marco Santarelli, Investor and Entrepreneur.

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4.8 • 953 Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Click Here for the Show Notes In this episode, real estate developer Steve shares why now is the time for savvy investors to play offense while others sit on the sidelines. Drawing on decades of experience—including the crash of 2008—Steve breaks down why long-term buy-and-hold strategies continue to build wealth, especially when paired with low-drama investments like new construction rentals. He reveals how investors are using the Concierge BRRRR model to build equity passively, why pre-construction deals in markets like Indiana offer surprising cash flow, and how thinking in terms of “highest and best use of your time” can completely shift your investing approach. If you’re tired of waiting for the “perfect time” to buy, this episode is your wake-up call. 👉 Tune in now, and discover how to invest smart—while others stay stuck. Don’t miss this blueprint for building long-term wealth in today’s market. 👉 CLICK HERE and will get you connected with Steve’s team and explore your next investment opportunity. -------------------------------- 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: The REAL Returns of Real Estate Investing 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, the show where busy people like you learn how to build substantial passive income while creating wealth for the long term.
0:09.7	And now, here's your host, Marco Santorelli.
0:13.2	Hey, everyone, and welcome to passive real estate investing.
0:16.6	I'm Melissa Nash, your guest host, jumping in for now.
0:20.2	Let's dive in. Welcome to the show, Steve
0:24.4	Olson. I am so glad to have you here today. I'm glad to be here. We've known each other for a while
0:30.2	and it's always good to catch up. Yeah, definitely. So I purposely did not tell our listeners about
0:37.2	your bio because I want you to introduce yourself.
0:40.1	So if you don't mind, take a second here and tell us a little bit about yourself.
0:44.5	And let's dive into all the good stuff that I know you have to ready to share with us today.
0:50.8	Yeah, sure, sure.
0:51.9	I've been in real estate for a long time, done a few different niches within real estate.
0:57.0	I mean, there's so many ways to invest in and make money in real estate.
1:01.3	People ask me what I do for a living.
1:02.9	And I just kind of say real estate and they glaze over because, you know, I don't want to tell them.
1:08.6	It just opens up a can of worms because there's a lot of
1:11.4	questions. But I got in at a terrible time back in 2008 is when I really started crankin. And in 2008,
1:22.1	you could not pay somebody to take a real estate deal. Everybody was scared to death. The world was
1:27.4	ending. I still remember
1:28.8	the fall of 2008 when Lehman Brothers melted down and I had no idea what was happening at the time.
1:35.7	But I did know that people still needed somewhere to live. How that was all going to unfold,
1:42.3	I didn't fully understand. But I mean, really, that was a time
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