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Episode 303: How Two Teachers Found Financial Independence Through Real Estate with Blaine and Lily Kosek
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Content provided by Mark Ainley and Tom Shallcross and Straight Up Chicago Investor. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Mark Ainley and Tom Shallcross and Straight Up Chicago Investor or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.
Want to hear an inspirational story about two teachers leaving their W2 and amassing over 20 rental units over a few short years? If so, then this show is for you!
Blaine and Lily talk about their decision to leave their jobs as educators to become full-time real estate agents and investors! They discuss specific suburb markets that they target along with pros and cons of the BRRRR strategy. Lily and Blaine share their vast experience with short-term rentals and dive deep on top considerations to set yourself up for success. Through the show, the duo provides repeated examples of how they just took action and let experience be the best teacher and largely attribute their success to that!
If you enjoy today’s episode, please leave us a review and share with someone who may also find value in this content!
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Guests: Blaine and Lily Kosek, The Blaine Kosek Team
Link: Krush It With The Koseks (TikTok)
Link: Rich Dad Poor Dad (Book Recommendation)
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03:58 Intro to our guests, Lily and Blaine Kosek!
05:32 Leaving teaching to pursue real estate!
19:27 The Kosek Meetup Group!
24:16 The Pitfalls of the BRRRR strategy.
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