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Sandy Lee shares her journey of transitioning from a 35-year engineering career to retiring with four rental properties by the age of 50.

Want to retire with rentals so you can buy back your time and travel the world? Despite a successful 35-year engineering career, today’s guest was still financially dependent on her nine-to-five—until she pivoted to real estate investing. In just four years, she has bought four rental properties and left her W-2 job for good. When Sandy Lee’s 50th birthday arrived, she realized she wasn’t quite where she wanted to be in life. At a crossroads in her career and still needing at least another five years at her current job before retirement, Sandy was ready for a drastic change (and a new challenge!). Now, with four short-term rentals and a highly profitable real estate business, Sandy has officially retired and designed her dream lifestyle, where she gets to travel throughout the year while spending only a few hours per week on her real estate portfolio. Whether you’re starting in your 20s or 50s, it’s never too early or too late to invest in real estate, and Sandy is living proof! In This Episode We Cover How Sandy built a four-property rental portfolio in just four years Making $5,000 in monthly cash flow from ONE rental property How to build a real estate portfolio that supports…

People in this episode

Guest: Sandy Lee

Topics covered

• real estate investing
• retirement
• rental properties
• financial independence
• Airbnb revenue
• lifestyle design

Keywords

• real estate
• investing
• retirement
• cash flow
• Airbnb
• short-term rentals
• financial independence
• portfolio management

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Organizations: BiggerPockets

Books & works: BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

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