About this episode

Stephanie James shares her journey from short-term rental arbitrage to building a portfolio of cash-flowing properties.

For today's episode of Living Off Rentals, we are joined by someone who made an empowering transition from short-term rental arbitrage to building her own portfolio of cash-flowing properties. Stephanie James spent 15 years serving veterans as a social worker with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs before she discovered real estate investing. She is a member of my STR Blueprint program with properties in Indiana and Michigan. Starting with rental arbitrage, she quickly scaled multiple units before realizing that true wealth-building comes from ownership. That shift led her to learn how to raise private capital and eventually build her own private lending business, Private Lending with Stephanie, where partners invest alongside her to fund her deals. Listen as she shares her journey from fear and uncertainty to confidently closing her first deal, raising private capital, and building a scalable real estate business. Enjoy the show! Key Takeaways: [00:00] Introducing Stephanie James and her background [03:38] Transition to real estate from her 15-year career serving veterans at the VA [07:58] Getting started in real estate investing around 2016–2017 [10:26] About rental…

People in this episode

Host: Kirby Atwell

Guest: Stephanie James

Topics covered

• short-term rental
• real estate investing
• private capital
• wealth building
• entrepreneurship

Keywords

• short-term rental
• real estate
• private lending
• cash flow
• investment

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, STR Blueprint, Private Lending with Stephanie

Places: Indiana, Michigan

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