How a Nurse Bought Her First Rental Property: Beginner Real Estate Strategies with Stephanie Betters
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Welcome to another episode of the Investing RN Podcast! This week, we’re thrilled to host Stephanie Betters, an inspiring real estate investor and entrepreneur with a background in healthcare. From her start as an adult nurse practitioner to launching multiple successful businesses in real estate, Stephanie shares the triumphs and challenges of balancing healthcare, family, and a booming real estate career.
Stephanie dives into her journey of building a successful real estate business from the ground up, including her experience making hundreds of property offers, securing her first investment properties, and later developing an entire team and software solution to streamline operations. She opens up about navigating financial setbacks, managing private money lending relationships, and her strategic move into multifamily investments.
Whether you’re a healthcare professional considering a side hustle, an investor eager to build financial security, or someone balancing family with an entrepreneurial spirit, Stephanie’s journey offers relatable insights and actionable advice. Join us to learn more about finding success through persistence, the power of partnerships, and the importance of having both risk tolerance and structured systems.
Key Takeaways
Starting in Real Estate: Stephanie’s approach to buying her first properties and flipping houses.
Building Partnerships: How networking led to unexpected private money lending opportunities.
Scaling the Business: The role of systems in transforming her real estate business and the development of her CRM platform.
Balancing Family and Work: Insights on maintaining a personal life while growing multiple businesses.
Lessons Learned: Avoiding common pitfalls in real estate investments and adapting to market shifts.
Timestamps
0:00 – Introduction to Stephanie and her background
5:30 – Starting as an ER/ICU nurse and transition to NP and real estate
14:20 – Early property flips and lessons from flipping homes
22:50 – Moving to Charlotte and the first major real estate venture
30:00 – Balancing healthcare and real estate investments as a family
38:40 – Networking in healthcare and finding private lenders
47:15 – Challenges and successes in scaling the real estate business
54:10 – Creating Left Main REI, her real estate CRM, in partnership with Salesforce
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