Real Wealth Show: Real Estate Investing Podcast

We talk a lot about how to build a real estate portfolio so you can have more free time. But what about the process of actually stepping back from your job to capitalize on that promise of free time? When's the right time? Why now? What will you do next? In today's episode, you'll hear from someone who's had his ups and downs with real estate, but has been very successful overall. At the age of 51, he's decided that now is the time to take a break. David Shaw has been one of our Florida property providers for many years and has helped countless RealWealth investors, but the voice in his head says it's now time to move on to new projects and goals. The great thing about his plan? It's working in his favor! He can afford to do this because he has a cash-flowing investment portfolio! David is an Irish-born investor and turnkey rental home provider for more than 15 years. After years of personal investment, he's now financially free to enjoy what we call real wealth – which is having the money and the freedom to live life on your own terms. For David, that means spending more time with his wife and three young children. He'll also be working on other kinds of real estate projects including one with RealWealth, which you will hear about in this interview. If you'd like to create your own plan for financial freedom, please be sure you sign up for a RealWealth membership. It's free to join and will provide you with lots of information on how to do that. If you'd like to find out more about international investing, which we mention in the podcast, go to https://www.gatewayinvestors.com. And to help us get noticed, please subscribe to this podcast and submit a review! You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel which features a video version of the Real Wealth Show podcast - you can find the video version of this episode here: https://youtu.be/jRkP6FFOuCA

It's that time of year when everybody's enthused about closing down the old year and bringing in the new! And who better to help us with that process than my business partner and life partner, Rich Fettke. At the end of each year for many years now, Rich has led a focused investor exercise in two parts – one to assess and close out the old year and the other to set goals for the upcoming year. In this episode, Rich will give us some background on what it takes to be a focused investor, which, in the most simplified terms, is getting clear, or focused, on what you really want, and then making a commitment to stay on track with your goals. But it isn't just for investing. It's for any kind of goal you'd like to attain. He also talks about doable goals based on what he calls the Rule of Three. And he offers suggestions as to the kinds of goals that will really move your life forward. This interview coincides with two "Focused Investor" webinars that will actually guide you through the exercises. He's already done the first one, which you can watch as a replay at realwealthshow.com under the Learn tab. The second one is scheduled for January 4th so you can sign up for that and participate with Rich. We send out emails with a link to register, so be sure you are on our email list. Or, if you miss it, you'll be able to watch a replay of that as well at realwealthshow.com under the Learn tab/Webinars. We are also offering a 2024 Goal Setting Retreat at our home in Malibu from January 26th through January 28th. It's a supercharged version of the "Focused Investor" experience with a maximum of 14 people in the group. You can find out more about that at www.malibumastermind.com. If you'd like to create your own plan for financial freedom, please be sure you sign up for a RealWealth membership. It's free to join and will provide you with lots of information on how to do that. And to help us get noticed, please subscribe to this podcast and submit a review! You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel which features a video version of the Real Wealth Show. You can watch this episode on YouTube here.

Should Wall Street companies be kicked out of the single-family rental market? Would it improve housing affordability if Congress banned institutional landlords from owning rental homes and forced them to sell off what they now own? That's exactly what U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon and U.S. Representative Adam Smith of Washington believe is needed to improve housing affordability. They introduced legislation called "End Hedge Fund Control of American Homes Act" and it's getting a lot of pushback from people in the real estate industry. I just got back from the IMN Single Family Rental Conference in Scottsdale which was filled with fund managers who'd disagree with the concept. In this episode, you'll hear from a fund manager with more than 5,000 rental properties in 39 southeast communities. Richard Ross is the CEO of Quinn Residences. He talks about how single-family rentals are filling a badly needed housing gap, why he believes he's part of the solution (and not the problem), and what he thinks of this legislation. I am also a fund manager focused on the North Dallas area. It's an area of rapid growth where rentals are in high demand. You can find out how to invest in our North Dallas Rental Fund at growdevelopments.com. We will be accepting accredited investors until the beginning of February. Please join our network of investors at realwealthshow.com. It's free to join and will give you full access to realwealth.com. For more information on syndications go to growdevelopments.com. And please subscribe to this podcast and leave a review! In addition to podcast platforms, you will find this interview on YouTube. Thanks for listening! Kathy

Finding a good investment opportunity is not as easy today as it was about ten years ago but sometimes it's a matter of identifying those opportunities with the eyes of an experienced investor. Today, I'd like to share the good fortune I've had to work with long-time developer and real estate investor Fred Bates. He's been my partner for many syndicated deals, and with great success! In this episode, we'll talk about some of those projects and how they turned out, plus we'll introduce a new project that we're launching now in Oregon. Fred has been a developer for more than 40 years. He either focuses on entitling land or building homes depending on which is more profitable for that particular situation. He loves working with us because we're good at market research and getting investors together for a syndicated deal. And we love working with him because he's so good at evaluating projects and making them happen! If you'd like to read more about some of the projects we've done together, go to realwealthshow.com. Sign up for free at our realwealth.com website and navigate your way to growdevelopments.com where you'll find our syndicated deals. Just click on the Investments tab and you'll see links for past and present projects. Also, please remember to subscribe to this podcast and leave a review! You can also check out the YouTube version of our podcast and subscribe to that channel as well. Thanks for listening! Kathy Fettke

Imagine if you owned a piece of undeveloped land to build your dream home and you show up one day to find a home under construction by someone who thought they had purchased your land. That sounds somewhat impossible with all the steps you go through to purchase land, but it's apparently something that has been happening more often. Some industry experts even say it may have become an even bigger problem than wire fraud. In this episode, you'll hear from Elizabeth Blosser of the American Land Title Association who calls this kind of fraud "seller impersonation fraud" because the crooks are impersonating the real landowner in order to sell the land to someone else. Elizabeth will talk about how they get away with it and what buyers and sellers can do to protect themselves. You'll find an ALTA brochure on seller impersonation fraud here. Elizabeth Blosser is the Vice President of Government Affairs at ALTA. She oversees the association's state legislative efforts including annually monitoring state bills related to the real estate, mortgage and title industries. She also serves on the board of directors for the Property Records Industry Association and has worked for legislators on the federal, state and local levels. She has extensive experience managing political, grassroots and public relations campaigns. You can also learn more about protecting your properties at RealWealth.com. You'll find hundreds of webinars and articles. It's free to sign up. Just go to realwealthshow.com. We also have a video version of this podcast on YouTube. Please be sure you subscribe to our podcast on whichever platform you choose! And when you have a minute, please leave us a review. Thanks for listening, Kathy Fettke ALTA's seller impersonation fraud brochure: https://www.alta.org/file.cfm?name=ALTA-Seller-Impersonation-Handout You can follow ALTA at these social media sites: https://www.instagram.com/altainstagram/ https://www.youtube.com/user/altavideos https://www.linkedin.com/company/american-land-title-association https://www.facebook.com/altaonline/

This episode could change your life! Find out how one real estate investor has built a portfolio that only takes him a few hours each week to maintain! The rest of his time he can do whatever he wants, like living abroad for a year at a time, and he's earning plenty of passive income to make it happen. Chad "Coach" Carson began his real estate journey 20 years ago, at the age of 23. He had just ended a career as a college football linebacker at Clemson University, and started investing with a friend. There were some lessons learned and some hard work involved but he hit financial independence about 10 years later. He's now in his 40's, working just two hours a week to maintain his real estate portfolio, and is thoroughly enjoying a free and flexible lifestyle. He just published a book called "The Small But Mighty Real Estate Investor" to share his strategy and philosophy on how to create just enough passive income without going overboard. And he offers lots of great tips in this interview. You will also find great information on how to invest in rental properties as a RealWealth member. If you haven't signed up already, you can do so at realwealthshow.com. It's free to join, and free to access all of our great data and to connect with professionals that can help you get going, including our experienced investment counselors. Please be sure to subscribe to this podcast, and when you have a minute, leave us a review! By the way, did you know that the Real Wealth Show is also a video podcast on YouTube? You can check this episode out on our channel here, and we'd love it if you subscribed and left a comment! Thanks for listening (and watching)! Kathy LINKS for our guest: Twitter: https://twitter.com/CoachChadCarson Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coachchadcarson/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/coachchadcarson Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/coachchadcarson/

Owning your own magnificent beachfront real estate doesn't have to break the bank. Whether you are looking for a place to vacation or a property for rental income, buying on the beach can be very affordable if you look outside the U.S. In this episode, you'll hear from my daughter Krista Fettke and her partner, Alec Denney. They've been traveling internationally for a few years and discovered great investment opportunities in Portugal, Spain, and now Mexico! They will talk about a portfolio of luxury condos, townhomes, and hotel rooms that you can purchase for screamingly low prices, and use as a second home or for rental income with all the tax benefits! They will explain the process for purchasing property in another country, why these areas are up-and-coming, the tax benefits you'll get, and the options for property management, along with much more. You can also visit their website at www.gatewayinvestors.com and find out how to attend an in-person tour that they have coming up in Tulum, Mexico on December 1st through the 3rd! Krista Fettke has worked as the Social Media Director, content creator, and copywriter for the real estate investment club, RealWealth for 5 years, and is also Director of Marketing for Gateway Investors. As a travel enthusiast, she spent a year living in Europe, and often travels to Portugal, Spain, and now Mexico, to scout developments and lead property tours for potential investors. She graduated from San Diego State University with a bachelor's degree in Business Entrepreneurship. Alec Denney graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara, with a degree in business and organization communication and became a senior business consultant in the real estate software sector. He is now working as Director of Sales for Gateway Investors and travels extensively to Spain, Portugal, and now Mexico, to oversee development projects and lead property tours. He's a Marine Corps veteran who served as a Corporal with 6th Anglico and 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment. If you'd like to learn more about the housing market here in the U.S., go to realwealthshow.com and sign up for a free membership. And please remember to subscribe to our podcast and leave a review! By the way, did you know that this podcast is also a video podcast on YouTube? If video is more your style, subscribe to the channel and click on the notifications bell so you'll be notified of the newest episodes so you don't miss out on this and future episodes! Thanks for listening! Kathy

With the high cost of property damage from recent wildfires, storms, and flooding, many insurance companies are dropping customers in high-risk areas, or moving out of risk-prone areas altogether. That's created a huge dilemma for people who need insurance to satisfy home loan requirements and property owners, in general, who want the safety net of a reliable insurance policy. In this episode, you'll hear from United Policyholders founder, Amy Bach, on how this situation is impacting homeowners, what you can do if you can't get the coverage you need, and how to make sure you get the money to repair or rebuild when something goes wrong. Amy is a well-known expert on insurance trends, claims, coverage, law and public policy matters. She has been a professional insurance consumer advocate since 1985, an attorney since 1989, and a co-founder for the San Francisco-based United Policyholders in 1991. She is a sought-after expert by major media organizations and has authored several books including "The Disaster Recovery Handbook" and "Wise Up: The Savvy Consumer's Guide to Buying Insurance." If you are looking for a new insurance company, you will find a few referrals at our website, realwealth.com. You need to be a member to access that part of the site, but it's free to join at realwealthshow.com. As always, please remember to subscribe to this podcast and leave a review! By the way, did you know that this podcast is also a video podcast? We've got a channel on YouTube where you can watch this episode and more! If you subscribe to the channel you'll get to see the new videos when they are posted! Thanks for listening, Kathy

If you've already bought your first investment property, you may recall the initial fear you had about managing it. And that was just one property. But many investors find out it's not that tricky, and quickly scale up once they've dipped their toes in the water. It can become addicting to feel the success of a good deal that brings you the kind of wealth and free time you can get from a growing investment portfolio. In this episode, you'll hear from someone who met her Fannie/Freddie loan limit but figured out how to get financing on many more properties. Elaine Stageberg now owns more than 200 single-family rentals with her husband Nick, and many more properties as joint ventures or within privately equity funds. Find out how she does it in this interview! Elaine is a psychiatrist, a mother of four, and the owner of a private equity firm. She reached financial freedom at age 30, and currently manages a portfolio of over one-thousand doors worth more than $300 million. She lives in Rochester, Minnesota, with her husband and four young children. If you would like help getting your real estate portfolio started or learning how to scale it, sign up for a free RealWealth membership at https://tinyurl.com/joinrealwealth958. You'll find hundreds of real estate webinars and articles to help you on your way, along with data on various rental markets, real estate professionals that can support you, and our experienced investment counselors who can answer your questions. And don't forget to subscribe to this podcast here: https://tinyurl.com/RWSsubscribe and leave a review! Thanks for listening! Links for our guest: Facebook Group, Real Estate at Scale: https://www.facebook.com/groups/reale... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/blackswanrea... LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/8101... Elaine's Calendly: https://calendly.com/elainestageberg

Every quarter at RealWealth, I do a housing update, and I just did one for Q3. We received a ton of questions during that webinar so our team asked me to do an "Ask Kathy" segment here on the Real Wealth Show to answer some of those questions: 1 - Should I pay off a loan with an interest rate of just 2%? 2 - Is Austin a good place to buy investment property? 3 - Where can you buy new builds for under $250,000? 4 - How do you get a 4.75% rate on an investment property? 5 - What's the best out-of-state market for a new investor? 6 - One-year lease vs. two-year lease. Which is better? 7 - How sacred is the 1% rule in rental real estate? 8 - Are home warranties worth the money? 9 - What are the loan options for people who've reached their ten-loan maximum? I hope you enjoy this episode of "Ask Kathy." I would love to answer more of your questions during a future episode. If you have a question or questions you'd like me to answer, please send them to podcasts@realwealth.com. Thanks for listening! Kathy About Kathy: Kathy is an active real estate investor and licensed real estate agent with more than 25 years of experience. Kathy co-founded RealWealth with her husband, Rich, to help other people create financial freedom with real estate. Their purpose in educating people about real estate: "So they have the money and the freedom to live life on their own terms." In addition to her RealWealth mission, she runs the syndication side of the business at growdevelopments.com. She is the host of a second podcast, "Real Estate News for Investors," and the co-host for the Bigger Pockets' podcast, "On the Market." Kathy also shares her wealth creation strategies in her newly updated bestseller "Retire Rich with Rentals." You will also find answers to your questions as a member of RealWealth. You can join for free at realwealthshow.com. And please remember to subscribe to this podcast, and leave us a review! Links: Join RealWealth: https://tinyurl.com/joinrealwealth957 Subscribe to the Real Wealth Show podcast: https://tinyurl.com/RWSsubscribe Kathy's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kathyfettke/ Kathy's audiobook 'Retire Rich with Rentals' on Audible: https://tinyurl.com/retirerichaudible Grow Developments (Syndications): https://growdevelopments.com/