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Rental Income Podcast With Dan Lane

When His Rentals Weren't Working, He Had To Pivot With Seamus Nally (Ep 563)

Rental Income Podcast With Dan Lane

Rental Income Podcast

Business, Investing, Entrepreneurship

4.8836 Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2026

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

On this episode, Seamus Nally shares a powerful lesson every investor eventually faces: if it’s not working, pivot.

Seamus originally set out to build a portfolio of student rentals. The plan made sense. The numbers worked. The demand was there. Then the university expanded its own housing and the student demand he was counting on dried up. Instead of digging in and hoping things would turn around, Seamus made a bold move.

He pivoted and began renting rooms to residents in an addiction recovery program. When new challenges surfaced with that strategy, he adjusted again, eventually transitioning the property into a traditional long term rental. By then, market rents had risen and the deal that once struggled was suddenly producing strong, stable cash flow.

We also talk about what it’s like investing alongside family, as Seamus partners with his brothers on their properties.

Plus, we get into one of the most overlooked investing advantages: building strong relationships with neighbors. Seamus explains how being proactive and communicative has not only protected their properties, but has also led to off-market deals and neighbors acting as extra eyes and ears. 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

inspiring interviews with today's top landlords.

0:04.7

This is the Rental Income podcast.

0:07.6

And now, Dan Lane.

0:09.6

Seamus, what's the biggest thing that you've learned since you've been buying rentals?

0:13.7

Dan, that's a good question because there's so much I've learned.

0:16.6

But I think the largest is just to be flexible and willing to pivot as things change so that you can kind of keep your eye on creating successful portfolio as opposed to too glued to maybe your original plan.

0:29.5

Things can change and sometimes if something's not working, you got to pivot and try something different.

0:35.7

And Seamus has been very successful in changing his strategy

0:39.5

and trying new things. And it's actually worked out pretty well for him. On the podcast today,

0:45.3

we're going to walk through his story and figure out the pivots that he's had to make over the years.

0:50.8

Joining us on the show today from Fort Collins, Colorado is Seamus Nally. We'll take a

0:56.2

quick break to thank our sponsors. We'll come right back and we'll talk to Seamus. Are you looking

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