197: Starting with $10k and Buying 52 Units in 3 Years with Chris Heeren
Get ready to be inspired, amazed, and blown away with today’s BiggerPockets episode! Today on the show we’re sitting down with Chris Heeren, a real estate investor from Wisconsin who’s absolutely crushing it with his rental property investing. In just the past three years, Chris has built a massive portfolio of houses and small multifamily properties — and he did it with just over $10,000 to start AND while working full-time. Packed with tips, stories, and incredible advice, this show will completely revolutionize the way you run your real estate business forever and prove — once and for all — that anyone can succeed no matter their situation. Listen up!
In This Episode We Cover:
- Who exactly Chris is
- How be obtained 52 units in 3 years
- The story behind his first duplex
- Tips for using the BRRRR strategy
- How he found ways to fund his deals
- The process he used to create teams to help his investing
- Quick tips for being persistent
- How to counter-offer
- How he finds and offers on deals via the MLS
- Advice for buying properties while working a full-time job
- His average purchase price
- How he uses direct mail marketing
- How to find great property managers
- Chris’s $8,000 mistake
- What the next 6 months look like for him
- And SO much more!
Links from the Show
- Want to be a Podcast guest?
- BRRRR Strategy
- BiggerPockets Webinar
- BiggerPockets Blogs
- How to Create Your Own Handwritten Font For Free (For Direct Mail Marketing) (blog)
- BiggerPockets Portfolio
- BP Podcast 117: Maximizing Productivity to Get Things Done with David Allen
- BP Podcast 125: The Key to Business Success with Bestselling Author of The E-Myth Michael Gerber
- BiggerPockets Analysis Tools
Books Mentioned in this Show
- Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
- Landlording on Auto-Pilot by Mike Butler
- The E-Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber
- Getting Things Done by David Allen
Tweetable Topics:
- “There’s always a way. You just have to be determined, be motivated, and not give up.” (Tweet This!)
- “I’d rather have half of the deals out there than none of the deals because I didn’t start.” (Tweet This!)
- “If you don’t learn from your mistakes, you’ll never grow in the future.” (Tweet This!)
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