BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast
BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast
BiggerPockets
17: Finding Mentors, Facing Retirement, and Note Investing with Jeff Brown
1 hour 14 minutes Posted May 8, 2013 at 11:00 pm.
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Real estate investing is about more than just making money in the here and now – it’s also about setting up your future for a solid retirement with minimal hassle and maximum wealth. However, planning for that time in your life is not always the most easy-to-understand task. To help, we sit down with investment specialist Jeff Brown, a very common face around the BiggerPockets Blog, to discuss some of the best ways to find mentors, what you can do to start preparing for retirement right now, and how to invest in notes using cash or your self directed IRA or 401K. This show is filled with a lot of really actionable, in-depth content so be sure to have your notepad ready – you’re going to need it!In This Show, We Cover:
How to find mentors to help train and teach
Why real estate brokers make the best mentors
What CCIM is and why you should consider it
How much do you need to quit your job and go “Full Time?”
Why $1 million might not be enough for you for retirement
3 paths to maximize after-tax income.
Why “cash flow” might be overrated when beginning
Why you should STOP investing in your 401K and IRAs – even with a “company match”
Investing in notes vs. property … why one is better than the other
How to find good notes to invest in
3 Case studies – what should a 25 year old do, a 45 year old do, or a 60 year old do for retirement?
and more
Books Mentioned in the Show:
The E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber
The Basic Steps in Real Estate Exchanging by Royce Ringsdorf.
Links from the Show:
The BiggerPockets FilePlace
CCIM Training
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Jeff’s BiggerPockets’ Blog Posts
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