Eric Quinn turned $500 into over forty rental properties without rich relatives, a winning lottery ticket, or a magic genie. Like many investors after the 2008 crash, Eric was left flat broke, with an unbelievably high adjustable mortgage rate, hundreds of thousands in credit card debt, and just a few hundred dollars to his name. His “bed,” a pile of clothes in an empty apartment, was the one thing that could comfort him while digging himself out of the housing market hole he fell into.
Now, Eric’s life looks a little different. With dozens of cash-flowing rental units, even Eric questions how he got here. His story includes selling snakes, dealing drugs, storage wars, terrible real estate deals, and bad debt, but at the end of it, thanks to making the perfect pivot, he came out on top. He made almost every real estate investing mistake in the book, from buying a property he knew nothing about to purchasing fifteen rental properties in one month (don’t do this) and taking risks that were never worth the reward.
But Eric isn’t here to cry over spilled milk. Instead, he’s here to share EXACTLY how he made it out of a horrible situation and turned his life around to build wealth, have time freedom, and live without worrying. You might be feeling a bit like Eric did, and if you want to know the mistakes you should avoid and the moves you should make to get in a better position, tune into today’s episode!
David:
This is the BiggerPockets podcast. Show 740.
Eric:
I had 10 to 15 grand a month in bills, 150 grand in credit card debt, plus the house that I couldn’t afford. And I had 500 bucks off of my name. And it’s the cliche story of I called or I did this thing 50 times, right? So I heard about storage units and I had no idea how I learned about storage units, and so I called 47 storage unit facilities. In that storage unit, I said, “I don’t know what I’m doing, but I’m just going to show up.” I had literally 500 bucks left to my name. I spent…