Not all real estate investors need to work 80 hours a week to put food on the table and build their wealth. On today’s episode of the BiggerPockets Podcast we are excited to introduce you to Aaron Mazzrillo, a real estate investor from the Southern California area who makes a great full time living with just 4 to 5 hours of work per day. Aaron’s smart strategies for wholesaling, buy and hold, and flipping are fascinating and will give you an entirely new perspective on building wealth through real estate – while enjoying every moment of it.

Read the transcript for episode 37 with Aaron Mazzrillo here

In This Show, We Cover

How Aaron was able to quit his job through real estate
Investing in expensive areas
Finding properties through wholesalers
Negotiating with sellers and cash buyers
Aaron’s exact direct mail strategy
Why wholesaling isn’t the best strategy for starting out
Advanced methods for structuring no-money down deals
How to really determine expenses on a rental
Dealing with tenants without losing your mind
Starting a real estate mastermind group

Links From the Show

The New iOS7 BiggerPockets App
BiggerPockets Pro
BiggerPockets Book on Estimating Rehab Costs
BiggerPockets Book on Flipping Houses
Fiverr.com – Get any task done for $5
Tenant Screening: The Ultimate Guide
VFlyer.com
Books Mentioned in the Show
Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
Getting Everything You Can Out of All You’ve Got by Jay Abraham

Tweetable Topics

Surround yourself with the kind of people you want to become (Tweet This!)
When negotiating, focus on explaining the outcome for the seller (Tweet This!)
If you can’t afford to keep it vacant – you can’t afford to keep it (Tweet This!)
I don’t consider myself a real estate investor…I consider myself a marketer who invests in real estate. (Tweet This!)

Connect with Aaron

Aaron’s BiggerPockets Profile

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