156: Lifestyle Engineering Through Commercial, Residential, and Vacation Rentals with Mark Spidell

<p>On this episode of the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.biggerpockets.com/podcast" target="_blank">BiggerPockets Podcast</a>, we sit down with&nbsp;Mark Spidell, an investor from the great state of Colorado, to discuss how he uses real estate to engineer his ideal lifestyle! We talk about partnering with family, investing out-of-state, buying small commercial buildings, owning vacation rentals, and much, much more! Not only will this episode entertain and inform you, it will also help you&nbsp;clarify your own investing plan so you can begin engineering your own perfect lifestyle!</p><p>In This Episode We Cover:</p><ul><li>How Mark&nbsp;got started&nbsp;through ADU</li><li>Why he went the&nbsp;vacation rental&nbsp;route</li><li>Where&nbsp;he currently invests</li><li>The benefits of&nbsp;lifestyle-focused&nbsp;investing</li><li>Tips for people with&nbsp;families</li><li>The&nbsp;qualitative and quantitative&nbsp;parts of his investing</li><li>What he’s learned from his&nbsp;first&nbsp;investments</li><li>How he weathered the&nbsp;market crash</li><li>How he was able&nbsp;to&nbsp;buy more&nbsp;after the crash</li><li>Tips for investing in&nbsp;commercial deals</li><li>How he&nbsp;financed&nbsp;his&nbsp;commercial property</li><li>A commercial banker’s perspective on&nbsp;applying for loan</li><li>The difference between commercial and residential&nbsp;financing</li><li>How to&nbsp;minimize&nbsp;risk&nbsp;on commercial property</li><li>The&nbsp;benefits&nbsp;of&nbsp;investing in&nbsp;commercial real estate</li><li>Why you should&nbsp;ask for&nbsp;help&nbsp;from attorneys when drawing up&nbsp;leases for commercial property</li><li>The ins and outs of being a&nbsp;landlord&nbsp;for&nbsp;commercial real estate</li><li>How to successfully&nbsp;mix&nbsp;commercial property and vacation rentals in your portfolio</li><li>How to find out&nbsp;what you’re good at&nbsp;and figure out which investing path to take</li><li>The art of&nbsp;lifestyle engineering</li><li>And SO much more!</li></ul><p>Links from the Show</p><ul