\nName<\/b><\/td>\n neil whitney<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nPlace<\/b><\/td>\n Picayune, Mississippi<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nprofession<\/b><\/td>\n HVAC Business Owner and Real Estate Investor<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nProperty<\/b><\/td>\n 23 doors (2 fourplexes, 6 duplexes, 3 single-family homes)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\ninvestment strategy<\/b><\/td>\n long term rental<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nfinancing<\/b><\/td>\n Traditional Loan and HELOC<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\nAt age 47, Neil Whitney was running an HVAC company in Slidell, Louisiana and working all hours. He and his wife were not conflicting in any dramatic way. They were living pay-to-pay, without any relief and no retirement plan. <\/span><\/em><\/p>\nThen <\/span>One<\/span> On rainy weekends, his wife dragged him into the back room to watch a Lifetime movie.<\/span> A man is hit by a dump truck, loses his job and ends up living in a minivan under a bridge with his family. This frightened Neal and he felt as if he was one bad accident away from becoming like that man.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nThe following Monday, his boss handed him a copy of <\/span><\/em>rich Dad Poor Dad<\/span>. After reading, he told his wife he needed to get into real estate. He said okay, but on one condition: He couldn’t touch their bank account. So he signed up for Uber and 18 months later, he had saved $16,000 and bought his first rental property.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nLess than a decade later, Neil has 23 doors and earns $8,000 per month in passive income. Here’s how he did it.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nYou had no savings and couldn’t touch your bank account. How did you finance your first deal?<\/span><\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\nI drove Uber every spare moment I had: Friday night, Saturday, Sunday. I had a spot near a swamp tour that came every day at 11 o’clock, and I would catch that airport run into town every week. <\/span><\/p>\nAfter about 18 months, I had saved enough to buy a tiny 900-square-foot, two-bedroom house in Pearl River, Louisiana, for $70,000. I put $14,000 on a conventional loan. The previous owner had already fixed it up with new tile, crown molding, and fresh paint, so we were able to rent it for about $800 a month and paid about $100 after the mortgage. It wasn’t life-changing money, but we were in the game.<\/span><\/p>\nHow did you go from a single family home to 23 doors?<\/span><\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\nThe second deal changed everything. I found out how much equity I had built in my primary home and pulled a HELOC to buy a fourplex listed on the MLS for $312,000. Used that line of credit to put 25% down, hired tenants upfront at $650 per unit, and renovated each unit as soon as people moved out with new cabinets, countertops, and vanities. <\/span><\/p>\nOur rent went from $650 to $1,000 per unit. Fourplex now earns $4,000 per month. <\/span>We paid off the HELOC in full <\/span>Fast<\/span> and kept <\/span>double<\/span> Same formula: <\/span>search<\/span> Grab a deal on the market, buy it with traditional financing, fix it up over time, raise the rent, repeat.<\/span><\/p>\nWhat would you say to someone who thinks they’re too old or too broke to start over?<\/span><\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\nmake a decision. Not “I’ll try.” Just make a real decision. <\/span><\/p>\nAt the age of 47, I had nothing. I drove an Uber in the middle of the night to make my first down payment. Nobody gave me anything. But I decided I would never be that guy in the movie, and I never looked back. <\/span><\/p>\nIf I can do it anyone can do it. The basics really work. You buy properties, bring them to cash flow, treat your tenants like your best customers ever, and never sell. <\/span><\/p>\nit’s not rocket science. This is boring basics executed consistently over a long period of time <\/span>of time<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n\nYou might also like<\/p>\n<\/aside><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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