5 Key Steps To Retire Early With Real Estate

He retired early, 36 years old, because of his real estate investments. No, he didn’t inherit massive wealth from his father and invest it in hotels and golf resorts. No, he didn’t become a real estate mogul under the tutelage of a billionaire. He’s just a regular guy like me and possibly you, who learned how to retire early with real estate investing. Now he’s teaching others how to do the same with his new book.

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Chad Carson was a guest on the Queer Money™ podcast and shares his story of ups and downs in becoming an entrepreneur. Carson shares why he chose real estate investment as his early retirement strategy. If you think it’s all “buy low/sell high,” think again. Carson tells us what it was like during the Great Recession as a real estate investing newbie. It wasn’t all unicorns and rainbows. Additionally, Carson provides great advice for the LGBTQ community to find the right home for temporary and for your forever home.

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Chad also provides a five-point strategy for retiring with real estate, a key point in his book, Retire Early with Real Estate: How Smart Investing Can Help You Escape the 9-5 Grind and Do More of What Matters. In his book, Carson lists real-life examples of his own investing stories and others who are part of the growing Bigger Pockets community of real estate investors. Below is a synopsis of this strategy.

Know Your Why

The saying goes, “If you’re not building your own dreams, then you’re working to help someone else build theirs.” This is the primary reason Carson of CoachCarson.com became an entrepreneur.