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From Starting Over at 30 to 17 Rentals (and Financial Freedom) 5 Years Later


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At 30, Sarah King was forced to liquidate all her assets after a messy divorce. She had to start over and rebuild any wealth she had acquired, all while being a single mom to her one-year-old. Now, just five years later, she has 17 rental properties and is on track to retire early as a multimillionaire over a decade before traditional retirement age. She did it all with very little money and creatively found ways to invest without having a huge bank account. 


And she’s done it all while working full-time.


After building up a small rental portfolio with her now ex-husband, Sarah already had some of the skillset to invest in real estate. The problem? Those properties were sold to pay for divorce fees, leaving her with little money, but a basic plan. Her next step? Find a duplex, renovate it to increase the equity, rent out one side, and live in the other, and…repeat. She did a house hack BRRRR (buy, rehab, rent, refinance, repeat)


With proof of concept, Sarah went on to repeat this renovation and refinance process, allowing her to scale, with little money, into a sizable rental property portfolio that will pay for her early retirement. Now, she’s got a plan to retire with $6M (yes, you read that right) in assets, and is giving you the framework she’s using to get there so that you can repeat it!


In This Episode We Cover

How to build a rental property portfolio with little money but a need for financial freedom

The best first investment property to start building wealth with (you can do it with kids!)

Why you do not need to use your own money to invest in real estate (private money 101)

Better than long-term rentals? Why Sarah pivoted to this high-cash-flow strategy 

Buying homes for $200,000 (or less) and still raking in serious rental income 

And So Much More!


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