If you’re hesitant to start house hacking, ask yourself this—where would you be now if you started ten years ago, and where could you be in ten years if you started today? As today’s guest, Brandon Rush, said, “everything you enjoy today, is the result of something you did five to ten years ago.” Brandon currently has three multi-family homes with a total of ten units.

Brandon started his investing journey when he couldn’t see the light at the end of the tunnel with his W-2. He couldn’t imagine himself working a nine-to-five until sixty-five, so he decided to take his future into his own hands and started house hacking. After two years of hard work and planning, he was able to quit his W-2 a month ago to be a full-time real estate agent.

Brandon’s success is not without sacrifice. He moved out of his single-family home and moved an hour away from work for his first house hack. And, of course, after his first house hack, he moved to his second house hack! Moving required Brandon and his wife to get rid of most of their things and travel lightly. Although moving and getting rid of material things can be difficult, for Brandon, getting rid of clutter helped clear his mind and reinforced the idea that he was on the right path. Brandon is confident in his investing choices because he surrounds himself with like-minded people, has built an investor-friendly network, and knows that all his decisions now will benefit his future self.

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Episode 221

Show notes at: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/ro...

00:00 Intro
03:57 Getting into House Hacking & Brandon's Current Portfolio
07:19 First Property and Sacrifices Made
14:10 Advice for New House Hackers and Landlords
21:58 Lease Agreements and Screening Tenants
26:07 Creating an Investor-Friendly Network
28:22 Rookie Deal Review
41:03 Mindset Segment
41:59 Rookie Request Line
44:36 Rookie Exam
46:35 Rookie Rockstar

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