35: Quitting Your Job, Lifestyle Design, and Being a Traveling Landlord with Paula Pant | Bigger Pockets Podcast
On today’s Podcast, we sit down with blogger, investor, BiggerPockets contributor, and perhaps “the most interesting woman in the world”- Paula Pant. Paula has a unique perspective on personal finance that is helping her build a strong buy-and-hold portfolio while maintaining freedom and mobility that most only dream of. This interview is sure to fascinate, entertain, and give some great real estate investing advice that you can use in your own life.
Read the transcript to episode 35 with Paula Pant here.
In This Show, We Cover
How traveling the world for two years led Paula to real estate
Tips for managing tenants while on vacation
How to avoid “creative accounting“
Paying yourself when managing your own properties
Paula’s definition of “financial freedom“
Why pinching pennies might actually hurt you
What “Lifestyle Design” is – and how to do it
How to quit your job and start living a life you want
Tips for saving for that first rental
Benefits of blogging about your investing
Links From the Show
Paula’s interview on NPR
Paula’s article: You Know What Really Sucks? Cubicles
How I Accidentally Bought Two of Kurt Cobain’s Former Homes and Why That’s Not Even The Best Part. (Brandon’s 1st Small Multifamily Property Story)
How to Buy a Small MultiFamily Property: A Step by Step Case Study
The Ultimate Guide to Tenant Screening
Travel Hacking
Books from the Site:
The Four Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss
Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
From 0 to 130 Properties in 3.5 Years by Steve McKight
Tweetable Topics
Theres a difference between active income and passive income. Know that difference. (Tweet This!)
If I can make, in passive income, as much as the average us household earns – that’s financial freedom. (Tweet This!)
Life is too precious to spend it doing something you hate. (Tweet This!)
Blogging helps you clarify what you should be doing as a real estate investor. (Tweet This!)
Connect with Paula
Paula’s Blog: AffordAnything.com
Paula’s BiggerPockets Profile
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