204: Flipping 30+ Deals by Age Twenty-Five with Chris Gill | Bigger Pockets Podcast

Today on the BiggerPockets Podcast, you’ll hear from Chris Gill, a real estate investor in the San Antonio market who has only been investing for three years but has already done over 30 deals — mostly fix and flips. On this episode, we walk through Chris’s unique journey, including his initial four-plex rental property and his path toward flipping “the worst houses in the area.” And don’t miss Chris’s fantastic tip for finding deals that no one on the BiggerPockets Podcast has mentioned yet!
In This Episode We Cover:

How he transitioned from film to real estate

Whether or not you should get your real estate license

What Chris’s first deal looked like

The things he wished he knew before he started investing

Why properly screening tenants is vital

Tips for creating a great team

How he manages his properties

How he does his bookkeeping

Tips for transitioning to house flipping

His criteria for finding deals

How he estimates his rehabs

Tips for evaluating a house to rehab

How he funds his deals

What he’s doing on the development side of real estate

What’s unique about the San Antonio market

How to find the sweet spot between too much and too little improvement

What his end game looks like

And SO much more!

Links from the Show

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BiggerPockets Forums

BiggerPockets Webinar

BiggerPockets Podcast

Books Mentioned in this Show

Rich Dad’s Advisors: The Advanced Guide to Real Estate Investing by Ken McElroy

Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki

The Book on Flipping Houses by J. Scott

The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon By Brad Stone

The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life by Alice Schroeder

Tweetable Topics:

“If you want scalability, if you want to go anywhere else, you have to find something that allows you that.” (Tweet This!)

“Just because you’re not good at something does not mean it’s not important.” (Tweet This!)

“Be aware of overanalyzing stuff because that will happen forever if you allow it.” (Tweet This!)

“Becoming comfortable with the unknown is huge, and I think in real estate that’s absolutely the case.” (Tweet This!)

Connect with Chris

Chris’s BiggerPockets Profile

Chris’s Facebook Page

Chris’s Instagram Profile

Chris’s Twitter Profile

Chris’s Youtube Channel

Snapchat: ChrisFGill

Chris’s message to BP community

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