29: Using Peer-to-Peer Lending to Finance Deals, Cash Flow, and Fix and Hold Investing with Dawn Anastasi

On today’s episode of the BiggerPockets Podcast, we are going to dive into some really fascinating new ways to finance your real estate investing while talking with residential investor Dawn Anastasi. Dawn is an active investor in the Milwaukee area who, while working a full time job, has collected a number of rental properties with amazing cash flow each month. Dawn shares with us her strategy for buying low priced houses (with unique financing in place,) fixing them up, and leasing them out to great tenants. This show definitely has a lot of great tips, ideas, and strategies for both new investors and seasoned pros.

Read the transcript to episode 29 with Dawn Anastasi here.

In This Show, We Cover

• Working with Family and Friends
• Investing in Real Estate from a Woman’s Perspective
• Dealing with Difficult Contractors
• How to Find Houses for Between $20,000 – $30,000
• Financing Real Estate Through Peer-to-Peer Funding
• Buying Long Distance Properties
• Why Single Family Rentals Rock
• Finding Partners on BiggerPockets

Links from the Show

• Lending Club (BiggerPockets Partner Link)
• Prosper (BiggerPockets Partner Link)
• How to Buy a Small Multifamily: A Step by Step Case Study
• Brandon’s Twitter, Josh’s Twitter, BiggerPockets’ Twitter
• Tenant Screening: The Ultimate Guide
• The BiggerPockets MarketPlace
• Rich Dad Poor Dad Audio Book on Youtube
• How to Analyze a Fix and Flip: A Step by Step Case Study
• The BiggerPockets Fix and Flip Analysis and Reporting Tool

Books Mentioned in the Show

• The Section 8 Bible
• Rich Dad Poor Dad

Tweetable Topics

• You need to be comfortable with whatever investing strategy you choose. (Tweet This!)
• A deal is a deal, whether it’s a single family home or duplex. Go where the deal is. (Tweet This!)
• Know your real estate market: the niches, and the neighborhoods. (Tweet This!)
• The Bigger Pockets Marketplace is eHarmony for Real Estate Investors! Have You Found Your Match? (Tweet This!)

Connect with Dawn

• Dawn’s BiggerPockets Profile
• Dawn’s Website www.coreprop.biz/

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