Creating $3,000/Month Cash Flow Just by Pivoting to THIS Investing Strategy

Real Estate Rookie

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🗓️ 10 March 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Are you stuck with a problematic property? What if you could create thousands of dollars in monthly cash flow just by pivoting to the right investing strategy for your property and market? That’s exactly what today’s guest did, and if you stick around, she’ll show you how to repeat her success! Welcome back to the Real Estate Rookie podcast! Aleea Stanton’s grandparents gave up their home to put her through college, so after graduating from law school, she saved up and bought them a house. Little did she know that this would ignite a passion for real estate investing and home renovation projects. Before long, Aleea had gone on to fix and flip eight houses—averaging $40,000 in profit per home—and even pocketed a whopping $200,000 on her most recent flip! Despite the huge profit margins she earned with this lucrative strategy, Aleea decided to diversify her real estate portfolio with buy-and-hold investing. Now, she brings in an additional $3,000 in consistent monthly cash flow, all thanks to a combination of long-term and medium-term rentals. Tune in as Aleea shares her biggest successes and several critical mistakes to avoid! In This Episode We Cover: Making thousands in monthly cash flow by pivoting to another investing strategy Why diversification is one of the most powerful tools in a difficult housing market The number one thing that will make or break your renovation projects Why you should always order your own home inspection (even if you waive one) Creative ways to find off-market real estate deals in a competitive market And So Much More! Links from the Show Ashley's BiggerPockets Profile Tony's BiggerPockets Profile Join BiggerPockets for FREE Real Estate Rookie Facebook Group Real Estate Rookie YouTube Follow Real Estate Rookie on Instagram Ask Your Question for a Future Rookie Reply “Like” Real Estate Rookie on Facebook Maximize Your Real Estate Investing with a Self-Directed IRA from Equity Trust Buy the Book “Start with Strategy” Sign Up for the Real Estate Rookie Newsletter Find an Investor-Friendly Agent in Your Area Which Real Estate Investing Strategy Is Best for Your Goals? (00:00) Intro (00:35) Buying Her First House (05:35) Flipping 8 Houses! (08:12) Pivoting to Long-Term Rentals (16:58) Finding Great MLS Deals (28:20) Mid-Term Rentals & Off-Market Deals (31:49) Connect with Aleea! Check out more resources from this show on BiggerPockets.com and https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/rookie-533 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Diversifying your assets is a good way to hedge against the difficult housing market.
0:05.0	But knowing which strategy to use for each of your properties can have a major impact on your cash flow and success.
0:13.0	Our guests today learned some invaluable lessons about the key differences between flipping houses and operating multifamily properties.
0:19.0	And in this episode, we'll
0:21.1	unpack how picking the right strategy for the right property is key to cash flowing in this market.
0:30.6	This is the Real Estate Rookie Podcast, and I'm Ashley Care. And I'm Tony J. Robinson.
0:35.7	Alia, welcome to the show.
0:38.3	Let's start off with a little bit about your background on buying your first house and exactly why it was so important to you.
0:45.8	Of course.
0:46.6	So I am from Buffalo, New York, born and raised.
0:49.7	I was adopted by my grandparents.
0:51.3	My mom, she had me at the age of 16.
0:55.8	And my grandpa, her dad, was like,
0:59.8	you know what, you go finish school. I'll raise Alia. And so growing up with grandparents,
1:03.5	it was really different because throughout middle school and high school, my parents, on average,
1:08.2	were about in their late 60s, 70s, and my peers, their parents were like in their 40s and their 50s. So my grandparents couldn't really move around
1:11.1	comparable to like my parents of my peers. And so outside of that though, my childhood,
1:17.5	my upbringing was fantastic. I grew up in the same house my entire life until I was 19 years old.
1:23.2	There's even like little drawings of how tall I got every single birthday. And so it was really like near and dear to me.
1:28.3	I went to the same schools.
1:29.3	Like I knew everybody by the time I got to high school for about like 10, 12 years.
1:33.3	When I was 19 years old, my grandparents had to give up their house to help put me through college.
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