561: Establishing Your “Beachhead” to Work Less and Invest MUCH More | Q&A w/Craig Curelop

<p><a href="https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/2013-11-02-hack-housing-get-paid-live-free" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>House hacking</strong></a>, renting by the room, co-living, boarding houses? These are all things that author, investor, real estate agent, and expert hacker of houses,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.biggerpockets.com/users/craigcurelop" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Craig Curelop</strong></a>, is used to. Craig got his start in real estate investing by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/rent-by-the-room-faqs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>renting out rooms</strong></a><strong>&nbsp;in his own home</strong>, having his&nbsp;<strong>roommates pay his mortgage for him</strong>, and eventually skating on to financial freedom.</p><p>Craig is joined by another familiar expert house hacker and real estate investor,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.biggerpockets.com/users/davidgreene24" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>David Greene</strong></a>, to&nbsp;<strong>answer questions around lending, leases, and the legality of&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-private-money-hard-truth" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>raising private money</strong></a>. With so many new&nbsp;<a href="https://www.biggerpockets.com/real-estate-rookie-podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">real estate rookies</a>&nbsp;in the investing sphere, this episode is a great intro for anyone who’s looking to plan, start, or scale their&nbsp;<strong>next real estate investment</strong>.</p><p>Craig and David fire from the hip in this episode, answering questions live with topics ranging from&nbsp;<a href="https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/scale-business-successfully" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>scaling your business</strong></a>&nbsp;while keeping your free time,&nbsp;<strong>refinancing on a shared boarding house</strong>, raising private capital (<a href="https: