How an Ex Teacher Used Creative Lending to Acquire 87 Units with Josh Stevenson

<p><strong>Why you have to check out this episode:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Discover a no-money-down deal on financing properties.</li> <li>Find out the golden rule he sticks by to grow his portfolio and have a steady cash flow.</li> <li>Learn how Josh started buying his first property and scaled up steadily to 87 units to date.</li> </ul> <p>Have you thought of enjoying a lifestyle you want that allows you time and financial freedom to keep the right balance of business and family life?</p> <p>In this episode, our guest Josh Stevenson shares his journey from being a teacher to a full-time real estate investor - what property deals he got into and the strategies he employed to grow to an 87-unit portfolio and enjoys his freedom.</p> <p><strong>Josh Stevenson </strong>has been a property investor for 14 years now. He started in Barrie, Ontario, where he house hacked his first duplex. And then he moved back to his hometown of Orilla, Ontario, where he's been away for about 20 years as he travelled the world for many years and taught English. He came home to Canada and opened an English school that was later shut down by SARS, and started his career in real estate investing from then on.</p> <p><strong>Topics Covered:</strong></p> <p>01:50 - What got him into real estate investing</p> <p>05:52 - One thing that initiated his diving into real estate investing</p> <p>09:48 - Property deals he started out with</p> <p>13:05 - Growing his portfolio to 87 units</p> <p>16:38 - A funnel he created that helps in acquiring properties</p> <p>19:50 - How a Vendor Take Back mortgage works</p> <p>21:30 - Three main bread and butter deals</p> <p>21:52 - What you want to know about credit unions including property assessment</p> <p>25:41 - Things one should be looking at when buying properties other than appreciation</p> <p>30:11 - Challenges that he overcame</p> <p>33:49 - Plans of getting into property management</p> <p>34:44 - Looking at the numbers in one of his deals</p> <p>40:14 - Doing deals with no JV partners</p> <p>40:52