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EPISODE · Mar 9, 2026 · 51 MIN

#478: If Your City Is Too Expensive to Buy Rentals, Do This Instead

from Real Estate Investing with Coach Carson · host Chad Carson

⭐ Get my coaching & community to achieve financial freedom → https://www.coachcarson.com/rpm-pod-478   ⚒️Get my best investor tools for FREE → https://www.coachcarson.com/toolkit-pod-478   ▶️Next Episode: How One Investor Quit His Job With $100k Rental Cash Flow Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/456-how-one-investor-quit-his-job-with-%24100k-rental-cash-flow/id1448707654?i=1000735018807   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3BNPqg4d7lkFVeHBlaS2MC?si=2v6Go6Z0TVyey46HS5HFag   EPISODE NOTES: 🎬 Topics Covered: (00:00) - Why invest out of state (00:51) - Choosing out-of-state over local investing (05:28) - Overcoming fears of long-distance investing (07:10) - Picking a market: landing in Southern Indiana (13:56) - Funding deals and unique loan structures (18:41) - Neighborhood classes and low-price opportunities (21:40) - Subject-to-appraisal rehab loans explained (23:45) - Building a remote team and vetting (27:55) - Start simple: avoid heavy rehabs early (31:29) - Lessons learned: patience and zero-down tradeoffs (35:16) – How to find deals long distance (41:24) - Portfolio update and stabilization focus (43:32) - Phases: starter, builder, harvester (47:08) - Short-term goal: funding school costs (51:14) - How One Investor Quit His Job With $100k Rental Cash Flow   🎙️ Episode #478 - If homes in your city cost $2M and don't cash flow, you don't have to quit investing. Learn how investors build rental portfolios in affordable markets, even when they live thousands of miles away.   📄 Show Notes: https://www.coachcarson.com/tooexpensiverentals/   Connect with Ben: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cashflow.with.vido/ Podcast: https://beacons.ai/cashflow.with.vido TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cashflow.with.vido   -------------------------- 💵 Need Investor-Friendly Financing?  This is who I trust → https://www.coachcarson.com/bryan   🏠 TurboTenant – Streamline Your Property Management for Free: https://www.coachcarson.com/turbotenant 📱 DealMachine – Software to help you buy more real estate deals: https://www.coachcarson.com/dealmachine-pod

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