Racking Up Rentals

by Jeff Stephens

Racking Up Rentals (formerly Sleaze-Free Real Estate Investing) is real estate investing education for everyday investors who want to build long-term wealth by building a portfolio of rental real estate. Hosted by Jeff from The Thoughtful Real Estate Entrepreneur, the show focuses on grassroots real estate acquisition strategies based on the timeless fundamentals of relationship and negotiating directly with property sellers. The show explores all aspects of entrepreneurial off-market real estate acquisition--from lead generation to left-brain negotiation to right-brain deal structuring, financing and beyond. Learn more about The Thoughtful Real Estate Entrepreneur at www.thoughtfulre.com

Episodes

SFREI #23: Opportunity Vision--Seeing all the elements of possibility in a deal

35m · Published 09 Dec 22:41

In this episode, host Jeff introduces the concept of Opportunity Vision--the ability to not only see what a property already is, but more importantly to be able to see what the property COULD be. Jeff explains three big categories of Opportunity Vision: physical and value vision, income vision and financial structure vision. When you learn Opportunity Vision, you learn how to squeeze the most value possible out of every possible deal!

SFREI Quick Takes: The superiority of off-market deals, how to avoid risking your own money and knowing if a rental is a good deal

14m · Published 31 Oct 15:42

In this episode of Sleaze-Free Real Estate Investing Quick Takes, Jeff discusses the thoughtful perspective on three questions that come up often in real estate investing and entrepreneurship, and offers actionable wisdom: 1) Why off-market real estate deals are SO MUCH better than listed properties, 2) How to invest in real estate without risking your own money and 3) How you know if a rental property is a good deal.

SFREI #22: Brian Trippe on the Power of Networking--How Relationships Are Like Rental Properties

47m · Published 09 Oct 03:58

Brian Trippe is the founder of REI LIVE--a real estate education platform created to develop and train new investors to go out and do deals immediately--and host of the REI Live podcast. Brian is also a speaker, an author and, of course, a seasoned real estate investor! In this episode, Jeff interviews Brian in an engaging conversation about how real estate is LIVE and LOCAL, covering topics from how relationships are like rental properties, to networking and beyond.

SFREI Quick Takes: How to attract Sellers, how to know if they are truly motivated, and how to decide where to learn real estate investing

12m · Published 18 Sep 03:31

In this episode of Sleaze-Free Real Estate Investing Quick Takes, Jeff offers bite-sized nuggets of actionable and insightful wisdom covering three questions that people often ask: 1) What is the key to attracting Sellers? 2) How do you know if you have a truly motivated Seller? 3) Where is the best place to learn real estate investing?

SFREI #21: Coach Carson on Using Real Estate to Help You Do More of What You Want

56m · Published 04 Sep 22:32

Chad Carson, also known as Coach Carson, is a long-time real estate entrepreneur, educator, father, husband, world traveler and all-around good guy. Chad’s motto is “Invest in Real Estate. Retire Early. Do What Matters!” In this episode--the inaugural interview on the Sleaze-Free Real Estate Investing podcast--Jeff interviews Chad in an engaging and wide-ranging discussion about many aspects of real estate investing, financial independence, living deliberately and using real estate as a vehicle and tool to create freedom so that you can live life how you want to, and do more of what you want.

SFREI #20: What Financial Independence Means to a TREE: Part 2

32m · Published 26 Aug 00:48

For most real estate entrepreneurs and investors, the goal is freedom and financial independence. In this episode, we conclude our two-part discussion discussion about the principles of financial independence, and how those principles apply--often somewhat differently--to Thoughtful Real Estate Entrepreneurs. We cover the unique ways real estate entrepreneurs can build toward financial independence, the most important skills a real estate investor must have to achieve it, and the unique freedom formula for Thoughtful Real Estate Entrepreneurs.

SFREI #19: Part 1: What ‘Financial Independence’ Means to a TREE

44m · Published 04 Aug 18:37

As real estate entrepreneurs and investors, the topic of financial independence and financial freedom is a familiar one we think about often. In recent years, the topic of financial independence has become more mainstream, especially through the FIRE movement--Financial Independence, Retire Early. In this episode, we begin the first part of a two-part discussion about the principles of financial independence, and how those principles apply--often somewhat differently--to Thoughtful Real Estate Entrepreneurs.

SFREI Bonus Episode! Jeff’s Interview on The Daily Real Estate Investor Podcast

50m · Published 20 Jul 23:50

Recently, Jeff had the pleasure of being the guest on The Daily Real Estate Investor podcast, hosted by Josiah Smelser. In this interview, Jeff and Josiah discuss many aspects of real estate investing, everything from Relationship Wholesaling—The Thoughtful Real Estate Entrepreneur’s approach to wholesaling—to seller financing, to weird things happening in Portland, OR. We hope you enjoy this interview and bonus episode!

The Most Amazing Part of Owning Rental Properties That Nobody Talks About

27m · Published 13 Jul 15:51

When you build a long-term rental real estate portfolio--and you use long-term debt to do so--you enjoy a benefit that most people don’t seem to know, understand or talk about: the power of inflationary forces on your debt. In this episode, Jeff explains why many Thoughtful Real Estate Entrepreneurs love ong-term debt on rental properties, and how the macro-economic force of inflation helps them build wealth.

SFREI #17: Two Different Strategies for Achieving Financial Freedom Through Cash Flow

32m · Published 23 Jun 15:29

Most people who invest in rental real estate do so to create financial freedom--which comes from cash flow. But while most people believe there’s only one way to create cash flow through building a rental portfolio, there is indeed a second, more powerful way to go about it. In this episode we present both paths to creating cash flow, compare and contrast them, and explain why the second, lesser-known approach to building cash flow is so powerful.

Racking Up Rentals has 216 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 97:19:32. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on October 26th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on May 30th, 2024 16:10.