Deal Diary: The $80K Deal That Turned Into a 24-Unit Building
In This Article Name Remington Lyman Location Columbus, Ohio Occupation Real estate investor & brokerage owner Assets ~100 residential units and four commercial deals, including a 24-unit apartment building and a 24,000-square-foot warehouse Investment strategy House hacking, BRRRR, partnership structuring, commercial (triple net lease, opportunity zone), medium-term rentals Financing Conventional house hack financing, cash purchases […]
Deal Diary: How Matt Picaro Uses 203K Loans to Scale
In This Article Name Matt Picaro Location Long Island, New York Occupation Real estate investor Assets Three owner-occupied units Investment strategy House hacking, flipping Financing FHA 203K (3.5% down) Matt Picaro grew up in a blue-collar household watching his parents’ construction business swing between good months and bad ones, and money stress shaped him early. […]
Deal Diary: How Lucy Hinds Turned One HELOC Into Three Rental Properties
In This Article Name Lucy Hinds Location Cincinnati, Ohio Occupation Real estate investor Assets Single-family rentals Investment strategy Long-term rentals Financing Conventional + HELOCs Lucy Hinds spent years living the Dave Ramsey playbook: no debt, aggressive saving, and total avoidance of leverage. Then she read Rich Dad Poor Dad, and everything she believed about money […]
Deal Diary: How Deandra McDonald Went From Lender Rejections to 10+ Unit Multifamily Properties
In This Article Name Deandra McDonald Location Virginia Occupation Real estate investor Assets Multifamily real estate Investment strategy House hacking, long-term rentals, joint ventures, seller financing Financing Conventional, FHA, seller financing Deandra McDonald graduated from college, took her first job as a lab technician making $28,000 a year, and got her first rent increase notification […]
Deal Diary: You’re Never Too Old to Chase FIRE
In This Article Name Neil Whitney Location Picayune, Mississippi Occupation HVAC business owner & real estate investor Assets 23 doors (2 fourplexes, 6 duplexes, 3 single-family homes) Investment strategy Long-Term Rentals Financing Conventional loans & HELOCs At age 47, Neil Whitney was running an HVAC company in Slidell, Louisiana, and working every hour he had. […]