#313: Our Rental Investing Journey: 8 Years, 10 Properties, Financial Freedom

Episode #313 – Discover Joe's captivating journey from HGTV to Airbnb, where he shares the highs, lows, and priceless lessons that led to his remarkable rental portfolio of 10 properties. Join us in unveiling the secrets behind his 8-year odyssey to financial freedom. 🔗 Show Notes: https://www.coachcarson.com/8yearjourney/ 🔗 Show Links: Joe's business - Southern Sons Properties: https://www.instagram.com/southernsonsproperties/ Joe's prior episode - "How a Couple Built a 7-Condo Rental Portfolio in 5 Years" - https://www.coachcarson.com/7-condos-5-years/ Joe's tech stack for short-term rentals: HOSPITABLE for guest management and messaging. PRICE LABS for automating the pricing process TURNO to manage and pay the cleaners AIRBNB and VRBO for booking platforms BOOSTLY is now creating our direct booking site. 🎬 Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:40 - Working for HGTV 08:03 - Don't worry about perfection 12:27 - Pivot to Airbnb 17:28 - ### on best Airbnb 19:16 - Airbnb expenses 20:33 - Estimating Airbnb ### 24:06 - Scaling with HELOC 25:57 - Long-term cashflow 27:54 - Benefits of mixing Short + Long 32:00 - Medical Emergency 39:23 - 2023 Portfolio 43:27 - Small & Mighty Perspective -------------------------- ⭐ Join Rental Property Mastery, my community of rental investors on their way to financial freedom: https://www.coachcarson.com/rpm ⚒️ Get my FREE Real Estate Investor Toolkit: https://www.coachcarson.com/toolkit-pod  🖥️ Learn with Coach (Courses, Books & more): https://www.CoachCarson.com  👋 Connect with Me: 📸 https://www.instagram.com/coachchadcarson 👍 https://www.facebook.com/coachchadcarson 🐦 https://twitter.com/CoachChadCarson  💰 DealMachine – Software to help you buy more real estate deals:  https://www.coachcarson.com/dealmachine