“You need to figure out what you want in your investment career and kind of work backwards from there.”

-Craig Curelop

Craig Curelop (aka the FI Guy), is stationed in Denver, Colo., and is a real estate agent, investor, author, and employee of Bigger Pockets. He is primarily known for taking a very aggressive approach toward achieving financial independence. He moved to Denver in April 2017 and closed his first property in June 2017, a duplex that he house hacked for one year. He is also the author of the house hacking strategy book, which teaches the tricks that savvy investors have been using in the real estate industry to save 1000s of dollars in monthly expenses.

In this episode, Trevor and Craig discuss:

-Craig's introduction in real estate investing and the type of investment he started

-How to house hack

-The difference between house hacking by room and house hacking in different units

-Recommendations on whether to start with house hacking or pay off student loans first

-How to grow your portfolio

-How to manage properties that are halfway across the country

-The financing for house hacking and how to get more deals

-The pros and cons of being a real estate agent

-And a lot more!

“If you have a weak stomach, do not invest in hands on real estate. If you want to get into real estate, do REITs, do syndications, do things where you're not directly involved, but a lot of learning lessons.”

-Cody Berman

Cody Berman is the creator of Fly To FI, and CO hosts of the FI shows. Cody quit his corporate banking job at 22 to pursue entrepreneurship full time, he has found success working on many different types of side hustles and creating multiple streams of passive income.

In this episode, Trevor and Cody discuss:

-How Cody started in real estate investing and his portfolio

-The house hacking strategies

-Buying properties through commercial loan

-Investing outside Massachusetts

-How to deal with family and friends who don't see the benefits of real estate investing

-Learning experiences in real estate investing

-Tips to overcome the challenges in real estate investing

-How to Prepare for Potential Problems in Your Rental Property

-The mindset you need to have to start investing in real estate

-The difference between passive income and side hustles

-And a lot more!

“What I found is by sort of being in the arena and taking action, you're provided more opportunities to be lucky.”

-Phil Capron

Phil Capron, served as a Naval Special Warfare Combatant Craft Crewman. Upon getting out of the military, Phil found his passion for real estate. It was during this venture he noticed that he couldn’t include his veteran and military brothers and sisters due to regulations surrounding net worth or income. He decided he was going to level the playing field and fix that. Mission First Capital was born. His next mission is to create 1000 veteran-owned small businesses in the next 10 years. He continues to share his real estate knowledge through his book “Your VA Loan and How it Can Make You a Millionaire ,podcast and conferences.

In this episode, Trevor and Phil discuss:

-How a veteran hopped into real estate investing

-How Phil got his first property

-How to acquire a property with little amount of money

-How to fund a deal and what does creative financing look like

-The value add strategy to look when finding another deal

-The difficult challenges that an investor will experience

-And a lot more incredible topics!