80: Smart Rental Property Investing, Getting Your License, and Investing For Retirement with Jonna Weber
Today on the BiggerPockets Podcast we are excited to sit down with a Jonna Weber, a buy-and-hold investor and real estate agent out of the Boise, ID area.
Jonna is a great example of how anybody can and should invest in real estate! In our conversation, we cover a lot of ground on how to use real estate for retirement and why real estate is a better avenue than the stock market. We also cover why an investor might want to become a real estate agent, how to find investor-friendly agents, what to look for when purchasing an investment property and much much more!
In This Show We Cover…
- How anyone can invest in real estate
- Why would an investor become an agent in the first place?
- The importance of running the numbers with someone else
- Why investors are the best clients for an agent to have
- The hardest part of being a landlord
- How to get longer leases out of your tenants
- How to use BiggerPockets as a resource to manage your own properties
- Creating an “in-house” property management company for only your own properties
- Financing how-to’s
- Using cash flow to build cash reserves
- Real estate vs. the stock market
- Investing in real estate for retirement
- How to be safe as an investor and agent
- What to check for during your due diligence process
- On market deals vs. off market deals
- How to find an investor-friendly agent
- And a TON more!
Links Mentioned in the Show:
- BP Podcast 006: Investing While Holding a Full Time Job with Arthur Garcia
- Landlord on Autopilot by Mike Butler
- The Real Estate Agent’s Ultimate Guide to Working with Investors
- BiggerPockets’ Keyword Alerts
- The BiggerPockets Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to Real Estate Investing
- The BiggerPocket’s Weekly Webinar
Books Mentioned in the Show:
- Art of Non-Conformity by Chris Guillebeau
- Buy and Hold Forever by David Schumacher
Tweetable Topics:
- “Managing your own properties is short term pain for a long term goal.” (Tweet This!)
- “It’s not an emergency unless it’s ACTUALLY an emergency.” (Tweet This!)
- “If you can run your numbers with someone else, it will help you avoid the shinny object syndrome.” (Tweet This!)
Connect with Jonna:
- Jonna’s BiggerPocket Profile
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