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Getting to 95 Rental Properties while putting Life 1st! Erin Helle
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Erin Helle scaled to 95 rental units in under four years - including selling all four of her short-term rentals because those four properties consumed more time than her other 91 combined. She explains how she started with one rental that ate $60,000 in savings, then used creative financing - including a $25,000 seller-financed flip while eight months pregnant - to snowball into duplexes, a 10-unit portfolio property, and eventual millionaire status by age 37. The VA loan entitlement, IRA self-direction, and refusing to compete on door count all played roles.
The conversation covers foundation issues as deal opportunities, the trap of $30,000 guru seminars, leveling up CPAs twice, doing weekly 20-minute accounting in Excel instead of chasing apps, and launching a foundation called For The Kids that pays off school lunch debt and covers cheerleading travel costs without bureaucracy. Erin runs 13 real estate agents at eXp Realty and hosts live events instead of one-on-one coaching.
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