If you have been following along lately, I am continuing to tell stories of my most fantastic Real Estate fails in celebration of Ken Corisini’s newly released book (Check out Chapter 17, it’s me!): “Profit Like The Pros”.

As I mentioned in my last post, while this book is all about our most profitable deals and biggest wins, I think there is a lot to learn from our failures as a community. I love to share mine widely, not only to keep my ego in check, but also to be transparent as a fellow investor and mentor in the field.

Hi Friends!

I wanted to write this post in honor of the upcoming release of “Profit Like The Pros”, a collection of stories from the Best Deal Ever Bigger Pockets Podcast with Ken Corsini, from Flip or Flop Atlanta. If you are not following me on Instagram, then you may have missed that they surprised me by putting my face on the cover! Ah-mazing!

I’ve started reading it and I have to say, I feel so inspired by the first few case studies, I highly recommend it if you are looking for your next inspiring Real Estate book.

For as long as I’ve been in Real Estate, I've resisted becoming a Real Estate Agent.

My reasoning was:

1. I bought out of state (well... except 2014, 2019, 2020 -- this year I could have gotten a 13K reimbursement if I had been licensed.)

2. I didn't like the hours (oh, but Airbnb property management is just as on call, possibly worse)

3. So many people do Real Estate in a cheesy way and I didn't want to feel like one of the herd (ok that one is valid).

Why do I share these?

I share in an effort to show transparency on Real Estate & Airbnb Investments. I often see investors brag about all that can be made, which is substantial even in less desired locations like some of my homes are in, and yet they leave out the high expenses required to run such a business.

What I appreciate is that these 6 properties (3 with partial ownership), allow me to be Financially Independent, which I define as earning more from my assets than I spend to live. Of course, this is partially because I live frugally. In 2019, I personally earned $40,956 in profits from the homes, up $4,000 from the previous year.