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Updated over 6 years ago, 04/07/2018
12 months into Real Estate Investing
I wanted to thank all the posters and feedback to discussions that i have absorbed over the past 18 months. i would not have ventured into this without this website and the communities discussions (and what a mistake that would have been!) It's been one year since i made my first purchase, and I have gone from $0 passive income to a projected $2400 this year.
My first purchase was a year ago - a triplex that is cashflowing about $300/mo (i partnered with my sister). My next purchase was a package deal of two duplexes that are cash flowing at $1000/mo. I saved all of that money, and just recently purchased another duplex on 2/28. The lower is rented, and the upper needed a little work, but it projects to cash flow about $700. The rehab of the upper took about 12 days, and i added some photos (mostly cosmetic improvements). My wife wanted no part of the real estate investing world, so i bought her a bulk vending business that nets about $400/mo. (not bad for one day of work per month). $2400/mo passive income and that doesnt include the hard money loan that I loaned to someone for a rehab (i havent been paid back yet, so I am not counting it, but that would be another $800/mo)
My goal is to repeat the last year 3 more times, and that should get me pretty close to my financial independence number.
It has been nerve racking to jump into this, but my only regret has been that i should have done this when i was 27, not 47.