How I Started Investing #shorts
Summary
The video discusses how the speaker unintentionally got into the real estate investing business after speaking with a travel nurse in a hospital setting. The nurse mentioned that she was staying at a Motel 6 paying $3,000 a month. With this information, the speaker purchased their first property in 2015 for $250,000 with a $1,300 monthly mortgage payment, and realized that it was a great opportunity.
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