CW 446: How Old-School Real Estate Investing Still Works with Jason's 'Aunt Joan' A Successful Real Estate Investor in Sacramento California

Jason Hartman’s introduction for today’s Creating Wealth Show focuses around the notion of being an empowered investor. This is the main theme for the 2015 Meet the Masters Event, but is also a vital concept to keep in mind for all of your investment strategies. Today’s interviewee is none other than Jason’s Aunt Joan, an incredibly successful real estate investor who, together with her husband, owns more than 70 single-family homes around the Sacramento, California area. ‘Old-School’ seems to be the buzz-word of choice, but Joan talks about how she got into real estate, why she still loves it and gives some great advice about property management and keeping your tenants on side. Key Takeaways 02.27 – How do you become an empowered investor? Find out here and at the Meet the Masters event. 08.27 – The concept of win-win isn’t enough. At least 3 levels means that everyone’s interests are aligned. 16.42 – Jason Hartman asks his influential Aunt Joan about the beginning of her successful lifetime of real estate investing. 22.17 – Low-priced markets might look like the easy way in, but issues could mean big problems later. 29.36 – The Cyber Monday sale at www.JasonHartman.com is now on, with discounts of up to 40%. 36.39 – The information offered by Aunt Joan is available at www.SacRentals.com 42.40 – Be aware, both as an owner and a tenant, about who is paying the city utilities. Owners, flaky tenants could mean this is your responsibility. 45.45 – With tenant selection being so vital to success, you really need to master this in the early stages. 51.02 – One of the reasons that real estate retains such popularity is because it’s such a tangible thing.