BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast
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Keleisha Carter built a $5K/month passive income stream as a new immigrant with NO green card, money, or ability to get a mortgage. After realizing that her corporate job in Jamaica wouldn’t lead her to where she wanted to be, Keleisha made the adventurous decision to pack up everything she had and move to the US. Overnight, she went from a high-respected marketing role to bussing tables in an entirely different country, but she had bigger plans.
Keleisha’s goal was to support her family financially in any way she could and eventually bring them to the States. After numerous promotions, Keleisha built up a small sum of savings that she would use to buy her first rental property. Or, that was the plan until she realized that without being a US citizen, purchasing a home and getting a mortgage would be much more complicated than she thought.
In today’s show, Keleisha shares her smart strategy to get around the banks and buy properties, EVEN as a new immigrant. Plus, she’ll show how she’s buying rentals today WITHOUT using her own money and why she’ll NEVER try to flip houses again.
In This Episode We Cover:
How to get around mortgage qualifications and buy your first property WITHOUT the banks
Quitting corporate and when it’s time to take a risk and leave a soul-sucking job behind
An immigrant’s guide to real estate investing without a Green Card or citizenship
Why EVERY BRRRR (buy, rehab, rent, refinance, repeat) property MUST work as a house flip
How to find the perfect out-of-state investing market even if you have ZERO investing experience
And So Much More!
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748: From $5/Hour to Five-Figure Rent Checks Thanks to "Guaranteed" Rent w/Anne Curry
747: Seeing Greene: “Amplifying” Your Equity and When to Pay Off Debt vs. Invest
746: 28 Rentals Before 28 Years Old (and Doing it All in Just 3 Years!) w/Jake Radawick
745: The MOST Underrated Way to Get Started in Real Estate in 2023
744: Seeing Greene: How to Create Cash Flow & Cutting Costs On a Home Renovation
743: Better Than BRRRR!? How to Make $200K+ on ONE Deal w/Janice Stitzer
742: How to Achieve Financial Freedom Through Real Estate in 4 Steps
741: Seeing Greene: The Cash Flow "Golden Age” Could Be OVER
Bonus: SVB's Collapse: Is Real Estate at Risk in The Fallout?
740: From $500 to 40 Rental Units After Going Broke in The Last Crash w/Eric Quinn
739: Where the REAL Money is Made in Multifamily (Asset Management 101)
738: Future Millionaires: The “Pickle Jar” Offer That Could Score You a Property
Bonus: How to Use the 2023 Housing Correction to Get RICH with Real Estate
737: Lewis Howes: The 3-Step Formula to Go From Broke to Millionaire in 2023
736: BiggerNews: Mortgage Rate Mayhem and New Rules That Could RUIN BRRRR
735: Seeing Greene: Rental Property Deal-Breakers That Could Kill Your Cash Flow
734: Seller Red Flags I Should Have Seen Before Doing a Nightmare Deal w/David Pere
733: 3 Real Winning Deals in 2023 (and Where You Can Find Them!)
732: Seeing Greene: Side Hustles, Syndications, & Escaping a W2 with Real Estate
731: From Losing EVERYTHING in the Last Crash to $9,000,000 Income in 9 Years w/Brent Daniels
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