Corporate Burnout to Quitting Their W2s with Rentals (in 5 YEARS!)

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Do you dream of ditching your nine-to-five and living off rentals full-time? Today’s guests did more than dream—they engineered their exit from corporate America and built a $10,000,000 rental portfolio in just FOUR years. And the best part? They did it without a ton of money and without swinging a single hammer!

Welcome back to the “Real Estate Rookie” podcast! Niti Jamdar and Palak Shah spent 15 years climbing the corporate ladder before realizing they weren’t really building wealth. So, they set a clear goal—to leave their W2 jobs in just five years with real estate. They ended up crushing that goal, building a multimillion-dollar portfolio in just four years!

If you want to scale your real estate portfolio fast, there’s arguably no better investing strategy than the BRRRR method (buy, rehab, rent, refinance, repeat), which allows you to continuously tap into your equity to buy more rental properties. In this episode, Niti and Palak will share their “SCALE” framework, step by step, which simplifies this strategy so that even the greenest investor can understand it!


00:00 Intro
00:57 Going All-In on Real Estate
07:53 The Power of Buy-and-Hold
08:34 Managing Rehab Projects
12:53 Appraisal Tips & Tricks
20:43 Scalable Acquisition (S)
28:02 Construction Without DIY (C)
32:20 Adding Cash Flow (A)
34:33 Leverage & Commercial Finance (L)
38:45 Exponential Growth (E)
40:14 Connect with Niti & Palak!