
Episode #1089 Try REsimpli, The Only All-In-One Real Estate Investor CRM Software That Helps You Manage Data, Marketing, Sales, and Operations: https://resimpli.com/biggerpockets/ Find Investor-friendly Tax and Financial Experts: http://biggerpockets.com/findataxpro Episode Show Notes: https://lnk.to/biggerpocketsYT Join BiggerPockets for FREE 👇 https://www.biggerpockets.com/signup?utm_source=owned_media Let Us Know What You Thought of the Show! https://www.BiggerPockets.com/Podcastfeedback Grab James’ New Book, “The House Flipping Framework”: https://store.biggerpockets.com/products/the-house-flipping-framework?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=mention Sign Up for the BiggerPocket Real Estate Newsletter: https://www.biggerpockets.com/email-subscribe?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=none Find Investor-Friendly Lenders: http://biggerpockets.com/findlenders Is a Live In Flip Right for You? Here’s How to Tell: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/live-in-flip?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=none Connect with James: https://www.biggerpockets.com/users/jdainflips?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=none Connect with Dave: https://www.biggerpockets.com/users/davem27?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=none Can you afford your “dream house” right now? The one with the pool and the ocean views, space for the kids to run around, and a huge pantry. The secret nobody will tell you: you CAN afford your dream house right now—or at least you can afford the investment that will get you there. Just ask James Dainard, who took a $175,000 hoarder condo and turned it into what would eventually become his $8,500,000 dream house. You can do the same using his level-up strategy. James only started with $9,000, which turned into multiple millions over the next fifteen years. He would buy a house, fix it, and trade it up for a better one, repeating this strategy five times until he reached the goal: a 9,000-square-foot luxury home in one of the priciest markets in America, Scottsdale, Arizona. He made millions of dollars completely tax-free because of this live-in flip strategy that ANYONE can use to massively multiply their wealth and take them to their dream home. And maybe you don’t want an $8,500,000 mansion—that’s fine! It only took James three house flips to get into “dream home territory,” and you can do the same! 00:00 Intro 03:57 Best Investment? YOUR House! 07:41 House 1 ($175K Condo) 12:05 Pay NO Taxes on Profit! 14:06 House 2 ($235K) 19:09 House 3 ($890K) 22:04 House 4 ($1.7M) 26:22 Making $1.2M on ONE House!? 28:10 House 5 ($8.5M Dream House!) 31:44 Tips for 1st Live-in Flip

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