460: Side Hustle Showdown: Buying a Business vs. Investing in Real Estate

<p>If you’re looking to add some time-leveraged cash flow to your bottom line, two of the best options are investing in rental real estate and buying small businesses.</p> <p>Both are viable options, and to help you figure out if either or both of these investment options are right for you, it’s time for another Side Hustle Showdown.</p> <p>For the debate, I’ve invited back two Side Hustle Show favorites:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.coachcarson.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><strong>Chad Carson</strong></a> is the owner of over 100+ properties and the author of <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Retire-Early-Real-Estate-Investing-ebook/dp/B07GTR33JN?dchild=1&keywords=retire+early+with+real+estate&qid=1629838495&s=digital-text&sr=1-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=shnation-20&linkId=18b4f081a0bc784991ae7a2c3418512c&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><em>Retire Early with Real Estate</em></a>.</li> <li><a href="https://contrarianthinking.co/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><strong>Codie Sanchez</strong></a> is the owner of several so-called “boring” small businesses, including a laundromat and a podcast production service.</li> </ul> <p>(In Chad's first appearance, we covered <a href= "https://www.sidehustlenation.com/real-estate-side-hustles/">5 low-cost ways to get started in real estate</a>. With Codie, we explored <a href= "https://www.sidehustlenation.com/how-to-grow-and-monetize-an-email-newsletter/"> how to grow and monetize an email newsletter</a>.)</p> <p>Tune in the week to learn:</p> <ul> <li>what kind of portfolios Chad and Codie have built up</li> <li>how you can get started buying real estate and small businesses</li> <li>some of the creative financing options available</li> <li>the mistakes they made along the way</li> <li>and more</li> </ul> <p><a href= "https://www.sidehustlenation.com/buying-a-business-vs-investing-in-real-estate"> Full show notes</a></p>