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80: Smart Rental Property Investing, Getting Your License, and Investing For Retirement with Jonna Weber

Publish Date: 2014/7/24
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    <p>Today on the <a href="https://www.biggerpockets.com/podcast">BiggerPockets Podcast</a> we are excited to sit down with a Jonna Weber, a buy-and-hold investor and real estate agent out of the Boise, ID area.</p><p>Jonna is a great example of how anybody can and should invest in real estate! In our conversation, we cover a lot of ground on how to use real estate for retirement and why real estate is a better avenue than the stock market. We also cover why an investor might want to become a real estate agent, how to find investor-friendly agents, what to look for when purchasing an investment property and much much more!</p><p>In This Show We Cover…</p><ul>
  • How anyone can invest in real estate
  • Why would an investor become an agent in the first place?
  • The importance of running the numbers with someone else
  • Why investors are the best clients for an agent to have
  • The hardest part of being a landlord
  • How to get longer leases out of your tenants
  • How to use BiggerPockets as a resource to manage your own properties
  • Creating an “in-house” property management company for only your own properties
  • Financing how-to’s
  • Using cash flow to build cash reserves
  • Real estate vs. the stock market
  • Investing in real estate for retirement
  • How to be safe as an investor and agent
  • What to check for during your due diligence process
  • On market deals vs. off market deals
  • How to find an investor-friendly agent
  • And a TON more!
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    Books Mentioned in the Show:

    Tweetable Topics:

    • “Managing your own properties is short term pain for a long term goal.” (Tweet This!)
    • “It’s not an emergency unless it’s ACTUALLY an emergency.” (Tweet This!)
    • “If you can run your numbers with someone else, it will help you avoid the shinny object syndrome.” (Tweet This!)

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