House Hacking Is a Bad Strategy Right Now

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House hacking is a tough strategy to pull off for a lot of reasons. The odds of finding a property that you can actually house hack are really, really, really small because there's so many of the people who are trying to do it. A lot of people approach house hacking with the idea of I'm going to do that with a lower down payment. They're still paying $1,000 in one month versus the $2,000 they would have paid every single month if they kept renting and taking out a mortgage.

Patrick Donley talks with Sean O’Dowd about why he thinks there is a better way to build wealth through starting a business and using the profits to buy real estate investments.

Sean graduated from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and worked at Boston Consulting Group. He left behind this traditional path to success to take a bet on himself and built a one-man consulting shop and dumps all of his profits into real estate.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:

00:00 - Intro

09:28 - How buying a diamond engagement ring provided the impetus to start a consulting side hustle.

05:25 - What he learned working for one of the top consulting firms in the country.

05:25 - How he grew his side hustle into a one-man consulting shop that nets $500,000 per year.

12:57 - Why picking the right partner in life is so important.

24:04 - What his current real estate strategy is that has proven much more profitable?

33:18 - Why his first real estate investments didn’t pan out.

55:59 - Why does he think house hacking is a terrible idea?

And much, much more!

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Robert’s book The Everything Guide to House Hacking.
Hero of the Empire by Candice Millard.
But What If We’re Wrong? by Chuck Klosterman.
How to Get Rich by Felix Dennis.
Give and Take by Adam Grant.
Richer, Wiser, Happier by William Green.
Atomic Habits by James Clear.
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