84: Getting Started with Creative Finance and Designing Your Ideal Lifestyle With Chad Carson

Today on the BiggerPockets Podcast we sit with Chad Carson, a full time real estate investor from Clemson, South Carolina. Chad brings expertise in a TON of areas including everything from fix-and-flips to creative finance, property management to buy-and-hold.

This show explores how to use real estate as a means to design the lifestyle you really want.

There are a ton of tips and tricks in this one, so dive in!

In This Show We Cover…

• How to get started straight out of college
• The benefit of having a few key buyers vs. a buyers list
• The key is sincerity, hunger and enthusiasm  
• Getting your real estate license as an investor
• How to prepare yourself for future-changing markets
• The key to networking with financial partners
• Direct mail tips and strategies
• Lifestyle design through real estate
• The importance of the “why” behind your business
• 50/50 partnerships
• Property managing your own portfolio
• Creative finance strategies
• Self-Directed IRA’s
• Using court records to look up potential tenants
• An awesome example of an elevator pitch
• The importance of protecting your lenders
• And a whole lot more!

Links Mentioned in The Show:

• The BiggerPockets Member Blogs
• See who is looking at YOUR profile
• BiggerPockets Pro Memberships 
• Tenant Screening: The Ultimate Guide

Books Mentioned in the Show:

• Building Wealth One House at a Time: Making it Big on Little Deals , by John Schaub
• The Warren Buffet Way, by Robert G. Hagstrom
• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, by Stephen R. Covey

Tweetable Topics:

• “Sometimes growing big brings a price you might not need to pay for the lifestyle you want…” (Tweet This!)
• “The minute you break people’s trust is the moment you lose everything!” (Tweet This!)

Connect with Chad’s:

• Chad’s BiggerPocket Profile

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