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The Real Estate Investing Club
Real estate pros share their stories on how they got started investing in real estate and then grew from their first deal to a portfolio of cash-flowing properties. In each episode you'll learn the strategies our guests used to create generational wealth for themselves and their families, and the steps you can take to do the same in your own back yard. Our goal at The Real Estate Investing Club is to teach you the fastest ways to start and grow your real estate investing career in today's market - from multifamily, to self-storage, to mobile home parks, to mix-use industrial, you'll hear it all! Our guests share their career peaks and valleys and the best advice, greatest stories, and favorite tips they learned along the way. Want to create wealth for yourself using the vehicle of real estate? Getting mentorship is the fastest way to success. Get an REI mentor and check out our REI course at https://www.therealestateinvestingclub.com.
The Real Estate Investing Club
How Roommates Built My $1.4 Billion Portfolio
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HOUSE HACKING YOUR WAY TO FINANCIAL FREEDOM 🏠💰
In this powerful episode of The Real Estate Investing Club, I sit down with Whitney Elkins-Hutten, Director of Investor Education at Passive Investing and founder of Ash Wealth, who oversees an incredible $1.4 billion in assets under management. Whitney shares her remarkable journey from accidentally buying a house with a significant other to building a massive real estate empire spanning residential properties, express car washes, self-storage facilities, and more.
Whitney's story proves that anyone can start building wealth through real estate investing, even without a finance degree or construction experience. She started 24 years ago with a single property that turned into an unexpected house hack when her relationship ended, forcing her to stuff the property full of roommates just to make ends meet. That "disaster" turned into a $52,000 tax-free profit and sparked a real estate investing career that would eventually manage over a billion dollars in assets.
THE BRRRR METHOD AND SCALING STRATEGIES 🔄📈
We dive deep into how Whitney and her husband scaled their portfolio to 40 single-family rentals using the BRRRR method (Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat) before transitioning into larger multifamily properties. Whitney shares the critical inflection point every real estate investor faces: should you continue scaling actively or pivot to passive investing? Her answer was brilliant - she said yes to both, becoming a GP on 10 multifamily assets while simultaneously building her passive portfolio.
DIVERSIFICATION BEYOND MULTIFAMILY REAL ESTATE 🎯
Whitney explains why she chose to diversify across multiple asset classes rather than becoming a specialist in just one area. While many investors put all their eggs in one basket, Whitney recognized that her highest and best use was staying focused on what she does best (multifamily residential) while partnering with experts in other asset classes like self-storage and express car washes. This strategy allowed her to build wealth without burning out or spreading herself too thin across too many specialties.
Whether you're just starting with your first house hack or looking to scale your portfolio into alternative asset classes like car washes and hard money lending, this episode delivers actionable insights from someone who has successfully navigated the entire journey from zero to $1.4 billion in assets under management.
Want to learn more about our guest? Connect here: PassiveInvestingWithWhitney.com
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