An Accidental Empire: How We Got Started in Real Estate Investing

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If you had asked me a few years ago if I would own rental properties, I would have said you were crazy.

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This is the story of how we got started in real estate investing.

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Back when I was single and before I ever caught the real estate bug, I bought a house.

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It was 2009, the depths of the recession and Obama was handing out $8,000 to anyone buying their first home.

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So I figured I would take the free money and start building equity.

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At the time, I was sharing an apartment with a roommate and my half of the rent was around $600.

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I figured I could find a 3 or 4 bedroom house to buy, rent out the extra rooms and end up paying about the amount I was paying for rent while building equity in a home.

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An Accidental Empire: How We Got Started in Real Estate Investing

If you had asked me a few years ago if I would own rental properties, I would have said you were crazy.

This is the story of how we got started in real estate investing.

Back when I was single and before I ever caught the real estate bug, I bought a house.

Prologue: House Hacking Before It Was Cool

It was 2009, the depths of the recession and Obama was handing out $8,000 to anyone buying their first home.

Prologue: House Hacking Before It Was Cool

So I figured I would take the free money and start building equity.

Prologue: House Hacking Before It Was Cool

At the time, I was sharing an apartment with a roommate and my half of the rent was around $600.

Prologue: House Hacking Before It Was Cool

I figured I could find a 3 or 4 bedroom house to buy, rent out the extra rooms and end up paying about the amount I was paying for rent while building equity in a home.

Prologue: House Hacking Before It Was Cool

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