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What number of rental properties would it not take so that you can grow to be financially free? 5, ten, twenty, 100? And as soon as you understand how many you want, how lengthy will it take you to get there? KC Massie reached monetary independence in his thirties after eleven years of slowly, quietly, and strategically constructing a repeatable rental property portfolio that rakes in over $100,000 per MONTH in lease. Sure, you learn that proper—six figures a month!
KC didn’t do something spectacular to attain this feat. He didn’t elevate any cash from mates or household, purchase a thousand models in a 12 months, or use dangerous debt. As a substitute, KC did issues the old school approach—slowly constructing a portfolio of rental properties, constantly shopping for yearly, and making essentially the most cash he may at his job to gasoline his purchases. Quick ahead eleven years, he has full monetary freedom and has sufficient cash to do no matter he needs, every time he needs.
In at this time’s present, you’ll hear about KC’s repeatable path to actual property wealth, the surprisingly unusual strategies he used to construct a BIG portfolio of rental properties, and why he encourages EVERY actual property investor to begin “constructing quietly.”
Andrew:
That is the BiggerPockets Podcast present, 8:45 each week. It’s our aim to carry you the tales, the how-tos, the knowledge as a way to make sensible selections in at this time’s present actual property market. We hope that by listening to BiggerPockets, you’ll be able to develop your data base quicker than Taylor Swift’s checking account. Now, for those who’re questioning, the place are David and the place is Rob? Effectively, at this time is substitute trainer day. In the event you grew up and went to highschool or center college or elementary college within the eighties and nineties, at this time is the day the place the bell rings, your trainer’s not in school, the door swings open and that large boxy TV rolls by way of on the cart with a VCR. So we’ve received myself, Andrew Cushman, as your host right here, and naturally, Matt Faircloth. The way you doing, Matt?
Matt:
I’m nice, Andrew. It’s nice to be with you at this time. And also you completely dated your self six instances in that intro, by the way in which, as a result of there are individuals on the market listening proper now questioning what a VCR is.
Andrew:
I’m simply going to personal it. I can’t disguise the grey anymore, so I’m simply going with it.
Matt:
You most likely nonetheless do personal A VCR, don’t you? I guess there’s one in your basement someplace. No?
Andrew:
I don’t.
Matt:
No. Okay.
Andrew:
No, I don’t, fortunately. No. And I don’t even know what VCR stands for anymore.
Matt:
Video cassette recorder, however shifting on. Andrew, it’s nice to be with you at this time. I’m so grateful that David and Rob left the microphones on for us at this time so that you and I may bounce in and be co-hosts right here to ask you, Andrew, how are you at this time?
Andrew:
The surf has been good recently, the snow is beginning to fall within the mountains, and I’m beginning to see some fairly thrilling offers come throughout my desk, so if I wish to really feel a lot better, I may need to take one thing not too long ago legalized.
Matt:
There you go. I’m totes jelly throughout the board. Jealous of the waves, jealous of the snow, jealous of all that, the offers and the whole lot, man, that sounds superior.
Andrew:
Wow. Effectively, nobody’s right here to hearken to us at this time. We’ve received a tremendous visitor, KC Massie from Lexington, Kentucky. Matt, what are we going to listen to from KC at this time?
Matt:
I’m tremendous excited for at this time’s dialog, Andrew, since you and I’ve debated for a lot of, a few years on which is healthier to get in a multifamily, to do the natural progress technique, as I did, which is to purchase a two unit than to purchase a 4 unit, to purchase an eight unit, air quote, double your portfolio each time you do a deal. You are able to do it that approach or you’ll be able to simply hop straight into the deep finish the place the sharks are as effectively, which is what Andrew did as a result of Andrew’s extraordinarily sensible. Not all people’s as sensible as Andrew and never all people’s daring as Andrew is, and Andrew’s been in a position to construct an outstanding profession for himself by getting straight into the deep finish of multifamily first bounce.
Our visitor at this time did what I did, which is to slowly scale, be taught landlording, be taught the sport as you develop, and take a couple of strategic moments in his profession that we talked about and we’ve all had these strategic moments. He’s been in a position to actually, actually double down and triple down and quadruple down in his portfolio by way of a couple of strategic moments he’s had in his previous, and I’m tremendous excited to listen to about that and to listen to about rising and scaling and I believe lots of people are going to have the ability to relate to at this time’s story.
Andrew:
All proper, thanks Matt. So KC, welcome to the present, my buddy. How are you?
KC:
Doing nice. Thanks for having me on the present, guys.
Andrew:
All proper, glad to have you ever right here. So some background for listeners. KC, you’ve been investing in actual property, I consider, for 11 years. You reside and spend money on Lexington, Kentucky, so that you’re one of many ones who has the benefit of investing in your personal yard. Presently personal 121 models throughout 20 properties. We’re going to dive into that somewhat bit extra. Principally multifamily. You bought the 4 models, the eight plexes, the ten plexes, 28 plex, 33 plex. I’m undecided if you stopped utilizing the phrase plex, however they simply hold getting larger. You even have some lengthy and short-term leases, single household houses. Your portfolio at the moment valued at 12 million, and an important piece of that’s it’s a couple of $6 million fairness place. It’s not simply concerning the worth of the property, it’s how a lot fairness you have got in them. And you’re a proud father of three youngsters and also you handle the actual property portfolio together with your spouse, who’s additionally named Kaisey, however spelled in another way. In order that’s fairly the background and plenty of good information to extract from that.
KC:
Yeah. We should always have her. She’s the one which ought to be on right here. She’s the brains. She’s the brains. I’m the phony.
Matt:
Yeah, for the following episode. I believe most profitable males can say that they’ve received a really, superb, phenomenal girl standing behind them that’s the wind of their sails, I can say that too of myself, so tremendous large shout out to the opposite KC Massie. Give her a hiya from us from the viewers at BiggerPockets. Fast, simply, notice, you’ve chosen an outstanding market. Lexington, Kentucky, is certainly one of my favourite markets within the US as effectively. DeRosa, my firm, is closely invested in Lexington as effectively. Can’t wait to delve into why you picked Lexington, Kentucky, as your goal. So KC, all of us have these main turning factors in our careers and also you had a serious turning level again in 2016 the place you’d already been actual property investing for a bit, however you had a second and it’s an outstanding story. I’d like so that you can inform it right here for the viewers of that first turning level you had in your actual property investing profession.
KC:
So I began again in 2012, however was simply doing the onesies and twosies and virtually limiting beliefs have been type of controlling what I assumed was attainable. Any of the larger offers, I type of simply wrote myself off, however my spouse and I made a decision to do one thing daring and went loopy and determined to plan a visit all over the world, which has all the time been a aim of mine, I simply all the time talked myself out of it. Simply not financially sensible, you wish to make investments your cash, not blow it on one large journey, however we ended up… I used to be doing summer time gross sales on the time and it was actually draining on me, so each evening I’d come dwelling, I’d simply plan one other portion of this journey and type of seeing all of it come collectively. After which ending our journey… We went all all over the world.
We went to London, Dubai, Maldives, Singapore, Bali, Fiji, Australia, after which led to Hawaii, and it’s a kind of moments the place on the very finish of the journey, my spouse and I have been sitting on the sting of the large island of Hawaii, we have been wanting over the volcanic rock and it hit me that limiting beliefs management a lot of what we do and we all the time speak ourselves out of some large stuff that we’re in a position to do. And as I used to be sitting there wanting over the ocean, I simply was dropped at tears, having that feeling of undertaking one thing that the majority don’t get to do, however then sitting there and seeing it come to fruition simply modified my entire outlook on how I strategy enterprise, how I strategy actual property, even my family life, however sitting there with my associate in life and checking off this bucket record that I assumed won’t ever be attainable, simply actually set the tone for the following few years of my investing profession.
Andrew:
Yeah, it feels like we must always do a separate podcast episode in your travels since you named off about 18 locations I nonetheless wish to get to. So to recap that, you took the leap and truly went and did the epic bucket record journey that many individuals both can’t do, and even after they can, they nonetheless don’t do it, so kudos to you for doing that. And it feels like taking that journey truly led to an enormous turning level in your life and in your actual property investing profession, so we’re going to get again to that in only a second. First, we’re going to take a fast break for our sponsors.
All proper, so we’re right here with KC Massie and he simply informed us a couple of life-changing journey that not solely modified his life but in addition was an enormous turning level in his profession. Nonetheless, we’re going to take a while to journey again a couple of years to the start of his 12 million greenback portfolio as a result of it didn’t begin proper at 12 million. So KC, inform us concerning the first deal. How did you discover it? How did you purchase it? What received you began on this now 12 million greenback investing journey?
KC:
Effectively, it was again in 2012 and I used to be truly making an attempt to determine find out how to present my girlfriend on the time that I used to be critical and I used to be like, what a greater technique to present her I’m critical apart from purchase a condominium proper down the road from her mother and father’ home? I figured if issues didn’t work out together with her, then it was nonetheless going to be a great funding. So I did the 20% down simply because that’s what any individual had informed me, mentioned, “Hey, if you purchase a home, you bought to place 20% down, it’ll prevent cash.” So I did that. It was truly a financial institution owned property on the time and happily, it did work out with my spouse and I believe it was an excellent determination to purchase that condominium, only a city dwelling.
Matt:
Now, was that the home hack, you rented out a few bedrooms, large shout out to Craig Curelop’s guide on home hacking, on residing in a property and having tenants aid you pay your personal overhead, your residing bills, in order that was nice. The 20% that you simply needed to lay down on the property as a result of any individual else informed you you need to, proper? The place’d you get that from?
KC:
So I used to be in a commission-based job. It was 100% fee and the pay construction was truly lucky for investing as a result of we’d get half of our pay all through the summer time after which half of the pay would come on the finish of the 12 months. So that you get this verify, substantial verify for those who do effectively, and also you don’t wish to simply blow it on dumb stuff, so I mentioned, effectively, let’s get plenty of this again out of my checking account so I don’t spend it within the incorrect locations and put it right into a home. And so it was a $200,000 condominium. I put 45% or 45,000 down.
Andrew:
And KC, I’m sorry for those who talked about this and I missed it, how did you discover that deal? Was it simply sitting on the MLS?
KC:
Yeah, it was simply on the MLS. Yeah.
Andrew:
So you can begin a big and profitable actual property investing profession by shopping for one thing off the MLS.
Matt:
There are offers on the MLS typically, Andrew, to seek out. Yeah.
Andrew:
Yeah. Effectively, and that’s additionally a great level is plenty of us, I do know I noticed it this fashion once I was getting began, is we really feel like, oh, I’ve to get essentially the most wonderful deal ever simply to get began in actual property. And when you do wish to watch out and never simply go purchase something, it doesn’t must be a house run to get began, it simply must be one thing that works. And KC, you probably did an excellent job of simply doing one thing and shopping for one thing. I’m guessing you most likely didn’t have a imaginative and prescient of, I’m going to purchase this condominium after which be speaking to Matt and Andrew years later about my 12 million greenback portfolio, however you took step one after which the following step confirmed up and all that.
So from there, you went on to purchase principally small multifamily, proper? Like one or two a 12 months, you proceed to fund them by way of gross sales earnings out of your job, after which, I suppose, feels like shopping for in the direction of the tip of the 12 months if you received your bonus. So let’s return to the 2016 turning level. We perceive Kaisey performed a giant position in that change. Might you elaborate somewhat extra on that?
Matt:
Simply to elaborate, Kaisey’s your spouse, so that you married somebody together with your similar identify for goodness, I can’t consider what that should be like in your world when individuals say, “Hey, can I speak to KC?” “Which KC?”
KC:
Proper.
Matt:
There’s two KCs in your family pronounced precisely the identical, I do know spelled in another way, right?
KC:
Yeah. I imply, initials are KC after which the opposite one’s Kaisey so you’ll be able to pronounce it in another way, however it’s arduous. It takes a educated ear.
Matt:
I get it. You guys will need to have plenty of enjoyable with that. So take us again to the cliffs of Hawaii wanting on the volcanic rock and the ocean and the large epiphany that you simply had about… I simply wish to let you know how shifting that was, by the way in which, about you realizing that you simply needed to tour the world, so you probably did it. And so now it’s like, effectively, I wish to scale up and construct an actual property portfolio, and so, aha, epiphany. So what was the choice that you simply made in your subsequent motion there on the cliffs of Hawaii, 2016?
KC:
So sitting on the cliffs of Hawaii, it hit me deep the place… As a result of I believe I solely had 10, 15 models on the time, I didn’t have an entire lot. All my progress actually got here from that time on 2016 by way of 2021 is the place I made a giant push. It’s a kind of emotions you’ll be able to’t actually put into phrases, nevertheless it was the sense of accomplishment on, it wasn’t like a difficult factor, it was simply overcoming the worry, I suppose, is the easiest way to place it. Like overcoming the worry of doing one thing that I may simply speak myself out of. You are able to do it with investing, you are able to do it with taking a brand new job, you’ll be able to take it with a giant journey that you simply most likely ought to save the cash on as an alternative. I can’t put a quantitative worth on that have.
It was shifting for me on the time, and oftentimes once I inform a narrative, I can’t even get by way of it as a result of it’s a sense that I’ll always remember. And simply taking a look at my spouse and being like, “Wow, we did this.” One, I used to be exhausted. 31 days on the go, each three to 4 days we’re getting on one other flight and what number of completely different points we bumped into, and my spouse, we’d simply came upon she was pregnant proper earlier than we left and so it was an entire lot of emotions, an entire lot of feelings, nevertheless it actually helps you discover a new gear, and in order that gear kicked in after that.
Matt:
What’s your subsequent transfer? So that you’re again from Hawaii, you’ve received a giant context shift, you’re pondering larger, you’ve conquered the world, conquered the mountains of Hawaii, you get again, what’s subsequent?
KC:
I received to get higher at promoting. I received to get higher at gross sales. So I actually began learning and focusing. It wasn’t like, “Hey, I wish to purchase extra homes.” It was like, “I wish to get higher at no matter I’m doing and something that scares me, I wish to work out find out how to do it.”
Andrew:
That is smart. Earlier than we get an excessive amount of additional down the trail, I wish to circle again and wrap up the story of sitting in Hawaii. After that second in Hawaii, on that journey, how did Kaisey affect your actual property progress after that after you bought again? You talked about limiting beliefs many instances, and I’m glad you’re doing that as a result of that’s one thing all of us battle with in several levels. What, possibly, limiting perception did she aid you get previous in order that it made that such a turning level in your investing profession?
KC:
She took the reins and simply ran with it. She learn a guide, the guide on property administration, I believe Brandon Turner’s guide on…
Andrew:
Brandon and Heather.
KC:
Property administration. So she learn that. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, that one. I’ve by no means learn it however she learn it as a result of she noticed how unhealthy I used to be doing. That’s truthfully what occurred. I used to be working my job and I simply would get calls about individuals not having the ability to pay or, “Hey, I wish to pay late,” Or this upkeep drawback, and so I began simply sending them to her. I used to be like, “Hey, I can’t name this individual again proper now. I’m in the course of work, are you able to name them?” And so she began doing it and she or he was like, “Wait, this individual hasn’t paid for 45 days?” And I’m like, “Yeah, I suppose not. They’ll get to it. They’re all the time good for it. I’m simply making an attempt to assist them.” And she or he’s like, “You’re handicapping them. You’re setting them up for failure. They’re going to suppose that’s regular and also you’re allowed to try this.”
She had the mother mentality the place you must type of have some self-discipline. And so I mentioned, “Effectively, if you are able to do higher, I’m all ears. I’m not doing superb.” I believe I had 12 or 15 models. And so she learn the entire guide and simply took over and it made it to the place I used to be like, wow, if we all know what we’re doing and now we have programs in place, you’ll be able to actually earn cash from being a landlord. I’d all the time heard you can, however I used to be simply hoping it was working. I used to be like, so long as I pays my mortgages and have some leftover, it’s hopefully working. So earlier than she received concerned, earlier than Kaisey received concerned, I used to be simply hoping that it was working. So long as I had more cash in my account stepping into than going out, I figured I used to be doing okay. And so, as soon as she took over, we actually received the programs in place that confirmed precisely how worthwhile a home was or worthwhile a deal was. Earlier than that, I used to be simply type of winging it.
And I’m actually large on faux it until you make it, and I used to be simply doing what the professionals informed me to do and hoping I didn’t mess up an excessive amount of alongside the way in which. And if I tousled, then it might be a studying expertise. Somebody informed me as soon as, you win and also you be taught. So that you don’t win and lose, you win and also you be taught. So actually, I took that to coronary heart and I mentioned if I’m messing up, hopefully I’m falling ahead as an alternative of failing and falling backwards. Hopefully I’m failing ahead.
Matt:
Effectively, initially, it’s very robust to faux property administration. You both do it otherwise you don’t. It’s like a Yoda, do or don’t. There isn’t a attempt. You don’t attempt to be a great property supervisor, that’s it, it’s only one or the opposite. I additionally wish to [inaudible 00:17:11] on simply the idea of investing together with your partner. It’s one thing Liz and I did within the very starting after we first received began in actual property and I commend Kaisey, your spouse, for seeing there was a spot in your small business and her being prepared to step into it as a partner to say, “Okay, that is possibly certainly one of our weaker factors on this enterprise, so I’m going to step in and actually discover ways to do that by studying Brandon and Heather’s guide and discover ways to grow to be an outstanding property supervisor and maybe take that off your plate in order that you can deal with scaling,” Which I actually commend her for being prepared to try this.
And I additionally simply need each husband and spouse combo listening proper now to pay attention to the way in which an efficient husband and spouse can work as a group and having one another’s again.
KC:
I can’t let you know what number of instances different traders or those who wish to spend money on actual property are like, “I might do it if my spouse was on board,” Or, “It will be a lot simpler if my spouse would assist. She fights me on it.” And it’s like, my spouse, simply truthfully, she trusted me at first and she or he noticed that there was a necessity. And most profitable enterprise or entrepreneurs, they see an issue and so they have an answer, and so she was that resolution in our personal ambiance, in our personal world, and she or he mentioned, “Hey, I see an issue and I generally is a resolution.”
Andrew:
It’s humorous, individuals all the time ask me, “What was your most essential rent?” And what I like to inform them is I employed an extremely sensible, hardworking, and supportive spouse that I might not be right here speaking to you if I didn’t do, and it type of looks as if all three of us did that so I don’t know if there’s a theme there. Perhaps there ought to be a BiggerPockets courting app developing quickly to assist traders seeking to get into the enterprise, discover like-minded companions.
All proper, so Kaisey helped you understand that you can deal with extra and it feels like helped get you previous some limiting beliefs, helped you see some issues that possibly you weren’t doing as effectively, which, that’s only a notice, it doesn’t must be a partner. It’s actually arduous for any of us to see our personal weaknesses and simply to have any individual else to take a look at you and who’s prepared to candidly let you know like, “Hey, you can be doing this higher,” Is extremely useful. However I wish to ask, you have been residing in Utah on the time, right? All proper, so that you have been doing a little lengthy distance investing in Lexington and you then determined, hey, let’s simply go forward and uproot ourselves and transfer to Lexington, Kentucky. What initiated that? What led to that?
KC:
By the point we’re performed with this, you’ll work out find out how to say Lexington, Kentucky. It’s a tongue tornado.
Andrew:
Am I going to get a bunch of DMs?
KC:
We’ll must follow that one, however no. No, Lexington is the place I’m from, I used to be born and raised and I like it, however we have been truly residing in Utah. My spouse’s from there, and so she truly introduced it as much as me to maneuver again as a result of she was doing the property administration factor from Utah and she or he mentioned… I believe that one of many final straws was, we needed to ship an HVAC firm over to an condominium that was complaining of no warmth. So the final straw with residing in Utah and making an attempt to property handle, we had a tenant complain that they didn’t have warmth and so we despatched an HVAC firm by and so they known as us out and mentioned, “Yeah, it’s working nice. They’d it switched to the cool mode and that’s why the warmth didn’t come on.” And so we paid 150 bucks for somebody to exit and swap it to warmth, and I used to be like, okay, it might make much more sense to be nearer, little stuff like that. However yeah, in order that was what sort of kicked us this fashion.
Matt:
There you go. And so that you’re again to Kentucky now, which is a market that I’m very acquainted with. My firm owns fairly a bit in Lexington as effectively. See, Andrew, I can say Lexington. Yeah, there it’s. Perhaps you must personal there to have the ability to say it. Perhaps that’s what the time period is as a result of as soon as you purchase in Lexington, you’ll be capable of say the identify, proper? You’ve moved your spouse and now household out to Lexington, Kentucky, you achieved some consistency, proper? Now she’s working the property administration aspect of the enterprise. How did the gross sales aspect of your small business go so you’ll be able to generate some earnings to proceed to develop your actual property enterprise?
KC:
So the strategy I took was straight into my gross sales. It wasn’t essentially, “Hey, I wish to do that however at actual property.” My spouse was actually taking up that, I used to be simply looking for offers. Most of what we discovered, I consider the 20 we personal now, I believe 17 or 16 we’re on the MLS. So it wasn’t like they have been hidden offers or wholesale offers, it was all MLS stuff. However to return to the gross sales factor, I simply tried to eradicate any variables. Something that I may management, I needed to regulate it, mindset being a kind of. However with gross sales, it’s very inconsistent, proper? It’s a rollercoaster. You get some actually large days or actually large weeks, months and you then often go feast or famine.,However my thought was, let’s do away with all of the inconsistencies so we will be as constant as attainable.
So I might sometimes promote one to 3 a day the place over the course of an entire summer time is a very large summer time, however you may need one other man promoting 5 or 6 or seven in a day, however that’s as a result of they have been actually using the waves the place I used to be simply making an attempt to maintain it flat line as attainable, simply not get too excessive with the highs, too low with the lows. We actually utilized that to actual property as a result of when it rains, it pours. You will get plenty of issues suddenly. All of the air conditionings exit on the similar time, all of the plumbing issues on the similar time, and so you’ll be able to actually speak your self out of doing extra stuff for those who go off emotion. I simply tried to eradicate as a lot emotion as attainable.
Matt:
So actual fast, only for relatability to the viewers, what have been you promoting?
KC:
Dwelling safety. So door to door. So it wasn’t essentially the most glamorous job, nevertheless it was door to door for 5 months out of the 12 months.
Matt:
There’s an outdated adage, for those who serve the lots, you’ll eat with the lessons. Dwelling safety is one thing all people wants, it’s not lots of of 1000’s of {dollars} to cost it, so that you’re promoting one thing that lots of people want and are prepared to make use of, so I believe that’s nice, and it sounds such as you have been doing very effectively at it.
KC:
Yeah. It was a house automation too, so you’ll be able to type of do it in some very nice neighborhoods. It’s not simply safety, nevertheless it was actually neat. You might do the whole lot out of your smartphone.
Andrew:
And KC, it feels like, not surprisingly, you have got one of many traits that we recurrently see in profitable actual property traders and that’s simply the relentless persistence, constant execution. Might you give some particular examples of how did you optimize your actual property enterprise or actual property investing for consistency, it may very well be software program, I imply it may very well be lease [inaudible 00:24:10], what are some specifics that you simply enforce that made issues higher for you?
KC:
So tenant communication is a giant one simply so your telephone’s not going off on a regular basis. So we use Buildium. Buildium is a software program. There’s AppFolio, Buildium. We’ve used Lease Prepared for some time after we had a couple of smaller models. As soon as we received larger, we converted to Buildium and it actually helped type of hold issues organized so that you don’t, one, overlook upkeep requests, two, you have got documentation of the whole lot so you’ll be able to truly present you’re doing all of your job, lease assortment, individuals pays on-line, you are able to do your leases on-line. I don’t understand how landlords did it again earlier than smartphones and all this expertise as a result of my telephone is my workplace. I can actually do the whole lot from posting an condominium for lease to accepting, doing background checks, the whole lot proper there in your smartphone. The mother and pop landlords again within the eighties, nineties, I don’t understand how they did it. I might’ve gone loopy.
Andrew:
So KC, going again to the relentless persistence and consistency as being the factor that basically delivers outcomes. Your organization, you informed us the technique of how slightly than going out and having a giant day like everybody else and promoting 5 or seven programs after which they take a couple of days off, you targeted on possibly one or two a day, and what did that result in in 2019?
KC:
Yeah, 2019 was an superior 12 months. So I actually was specializing in gross sales and I used to be actually simply getting higher every day at eliminating all of the distraction as a result of there’s a lot distraction from simply social media to, “What does this individual have? I don’t have that.” Individuals get caught up in maintaining with the Joneses. And even with gross sales that occurs as a result of I wish to have a 3 or 4 day each single day, however I type of simply put my head within the sand and simply went to work. And so I used to be truly in a position to promote an account each single day, which doesn’t sound like a lot, however if you do two each single day for 150 days, you promote over 300 and also you’re the highest of the corporate after which you have got the most effective RMR and you’ve got the bottom cancellation charge since you simply excellent your programs down.
It’s bizarre for me to say, however they really had an award, which I didn’t learn about, however they created an award known as the Kevin Massie Award simply because I led each single class that 12 months and it was actually a cool expertise, nevertheless it wasn’t one thing I anticipated, I simply needed to do the most effective I may at every.
Andrew:
So then now, that’s an actual stage up. You didn’t simply win the award, you have been up to now above that they created an award in your behalf. That’s fairly spectacular there.
KC:
It was bizarre for me. It was a really uncomfortable factor, however on the similar time, it’s rewarding to see. It’s a kind of moments the place it’s like, wow, truly, I may focus and obtain, proper? Focus and obtain. Too many instances we get distracted by all of the issues that might go incorrect as an alternative of simply doing it.
Andrew:
So do you communicate with the individuals at that firm and whoever wins the award, you’re like, “Hey, you bought the KC? I’m that man. I’ll signal it for you.”?
Matt:
That’s nice. That’s nice. We should always all goal in life to have an award or a road named after us, Andrew. So KC, that’s superior. I see a end result taking place right here, proper? Going all the way in which again to you sitting cliff aspect with the opposite Kaisey, then to her moving into actually proudly owning the property administration aspect of the enterprise, you actually mastering the gross sales course of a lot that they identify an award after you. Unbelievable. Going ahead right here, you’ve then determined, by way of all these iterations, to essentially double down your actual property portfolio and begin taking down bigger offers. So speak us by way of that. Speak us by way of that, what that appeared like, felt like as you determined to essentially scale up into bigger and bigger condominium buildings.
KC:
So yeah, so I’d all the time get notifications of the whole lot, and I didn’t actually have a realtor that was sending me stuff, I simply received notified on LoopNet, it’s a business property website that simply posts often larger issues. I don’t even know why, at one level I subscribed to get notifications there and I noticed two small condominium buildings, 30 models, mainly 30 models every, received posted. And so I used to be like, heck, let’s simply name the itemizing agent and experiment somewhat bit as a result of I knew at $4 million, I wasn’t going to come back with $800,000 to the desk, 20% down on this, and actually… I didn’t suppose I had an opportunity to even take a look at this, however one thing like a voice or one thing in my very own head mentioned, “Hey, for those who don’t go take a look at this now, when are you ever going to take a look at… You’re by no means going to go take a look at a deal of that dimension for those who don’t begin someplace.” And so I went only for kicks and giggles to go see it.
Andrew:
In order that’s one other technique, kicks and giggles, simply do it. KC, it sounds such as you simply up and known as the itemizing dealer for these items with no… You didn’t have a 12 months of preparation, you have been identical to, “Hey, let’s simply see what occurs.” One of many, I believe, the largest and most typical challenges individuals have after they’re making an attempt to make that leap to, “Hey, I’ve been speaking with actual property brokers about single household and two plexes and 4 plexes,” To, “Oh my gosh, now I received to name a business dealer. What do I say? What if I say the incorrect factor?” How did you overcome that? Simply briefly, what was that dialog like and the way did you get previous the… As a result of it doesn’t sound such as you employed a mentor and went to 3 bootcamps, you simply did it. So how did you get previous that hurdle and what did you say? What did that sort dialog sound like? How did you get that dealer to take you significantly as a beginner?
KC:
So I’m a giant believer in, if we search in the precise locations, issues will work themselves out. If we’re truly doing our greatest and being a real individual, trustworthy, all these issues, I really feel like karma’s an actual factor. I’d actually been looking, looking for one thing to stage up and to get extra critical about actual property, and so once I known as him, I simply was straight with him. I used to be trustworthy with him. I used to be like, “Hey, it’s simply me. I don’t even know if I’ve an opportunity at shopping for one thing like this, however I wish to come see it, and I believe it’s a great wanting property.” He was the dealer, the actual property agent and the proprietor. I didn’t know that, however when he took my name, he was like, “Okay, yeah, come, I’m doing a exhibiting at the moment. You’ll be able to tag alongside.”
And so I went, confirmed up with my janitorial key belt on my denims, and I’m strolling round with attorneys and medical doctors and there’s one man there in scrubs and he’s a health care provider on the town. And they also’re like, “Who’re you?” They’re like, “Are you upkeep?” And I’m like, “No, I’m simply tagging alongside for the tour.” And so I find yourself taking a look at a couple of models, taking some photos and movies and I went dwelling and I used to be like, “Oh, that’d be superior to purchase that. I’d must promote a couple of issues to have $800,000.” And I informed him that, and he was like, “Effectively, you understand, name the financial institution, name the lender. They really did one thing distinctive for me once I purchased it the place they took much less down.” And I used to be like, “Okay, I’ll name them. It’s all the time good to make new contacts in the actual property world.”
And so I known as the lender and he was like, “Effectively, we’d take into account 10%.” However I don’t suppose they’d’ve thought-about that had I not began with these duplexes, fourplexes, triplexes, and proven some success there. And so as soon as they noticed like, hey, he can do it, they provided 10% after which I used to be in a position to do a couple of issues to make that occur.
Andrew:
So two issues I wish to spotlight there for everyone. Primary is, that’s one other impediment is, “Ah, how do I do that with out a monitor document?” Effectively, KC, you didn’t have a monitor document for a 30 unit property, however you had a monitor document in actual property, you had a monitor document in one thing. And so monitor document will be good efficiency in your job, however simply reveals that you simply’ve been doing one thing. In order that’s primary. And kudos to you for not limiting to your self to, “Effectively, I can solely purchase eight models as a result of that’s what I’ve performed up to now.” Second is, you’ve talked about faux it until you make it, and that’s a very frequent factor that you simply hear these days, nevertheless it’s essential that you simply… What you’re doing just isn’t faking it, proper? What you simply informed us is that you simply have been clear with that dealer. You informed them, “Hey, it’s me and I most likely can’t purchase this, however I nonetheless wish to take a look at it anyway.” And so that’s the proper technique to do faux it until you make it.
It’s not mendacity to individuals, it’s not presenting your self as somebody completely different than you’re, it’s simply taking the motion as for those who had already made it and being clear about it. I do not know if that is true, you’ll be able to debunk me proper now, KC, in order for you, however I’m prepared to guess that one of many causes that man needed to promote to you and work with you is as a result of he most likely felt like he may belief you. Most individuals wish to work with any individual who comes throughout as real, clear, and relatable. After which additionally, once more, most people who find themselves larger up on the ladder and so they see somebody who’s actually making an effort to climb as much as go from an eight unit to a 30 unit, they’re comfortable to say, “You already know what? This man’s working arduous and he’s doing a great job. I wish to assist him.” So I’m prepared to guess that a part of the explanation you bought that deal is as a result of who you’re and the way you approached that dialog.
You weren’t faking it, you have been simply placing your self on the market and saying, “I’m going to do that although I haven’t made it but,” And so kudos to you for making that occur.
KC:
So yeah, it was truly actually neat once I sat down on the closing desk with him. I requested him, I used to be like, “Why did you’re taking my supply?” He mentioned, “I simply believed you.” As a result of there was a pair different gives on it and he mentioned, “I believed you if you mentioned you’d be capable of shut.” And the loopy factor is, we truly needed to do a triple shut. I needed to promote one property, then we closed on this one, after which he needed to shut on one thing he was shopping for. He was 10 31 exchanging into it so we needed to shut three days in a row, and there was plenty of issues that might have occurred, however we ended up making it occur, so it was wild.
Matt:
Yeah. That’s superior, KC. I wish to simply give my perspective on faking it until you make it. And in some methods, you’re truly convincing your self you could get it performed, proper? And by you convincing like, “Hear, I can do that. I can determine it out.” And that is possibly you from the cliffs of Hawaii speaking to your self years later and figuring out that with sufficient dedication, identical to you determined to tour the world, you mentioned, “That is what I wish to do and I’m going to determine this out,” So this deal, this 37 unit in Lexington, Kentucky, is nearly like a tour of the world, however you mentioned, “You already know what? I’m going to go in and determine this out.” And I do consider that plenty of instances the universe tends to conspire round confidence, and also you walked into that deal, “Effectively, I’m going to determine this out. It’s what I wish to do.”
And abruptly, earlier than you understand it, the financial institution’s saying, “Effectively, we’d take 10% down,” And also you do produce other offers with fairness, and the dealer believed in you and it’s all as a result of by way of that confidence you had by telling your self that I can determine this out, you probably did. And I believe plenty of instances individuals suppose that actions over time result in confidence, nevertheless it’s the opposite approach round. They only resolve to be assured about one thing and the actions you’ll want to take will mechanically grow to be extra logical and comply with behind it. So kudos to you, man. So now what? You’ve received this 30 one thing unit underneath possession, inform us somewhat bit concerning the deal now that you simply personal it, even with somewhat bit larger debt on it at 90% mortgage, it looks as if it’s nonetheless money flowing. Inform us about that deal after which inform us about what’s subsequent for you and your spouse on the market on Lexington.
KC:
Yeah, so we purchased it in 2021, so it was throughout Covid and rents have been, I felt like, low, and so I felt like we may elevate them fairly good with out doing a ton of labor. They’d managed it fairly effectively, however I did see some holes the place we may enhance on administration, and so we simply ran with that. I informed my spouse and she or he was simply type of like, “You probably did what?” We solely had 50 models on the time and we doubled that in a single day. It was uncomfortable. Most issues which can be value… I heard a narrative as soon as the place it mentioned no person will get embarrassed after they do a bench press and so they fail on quantity 10 or 11 or 12. Normally you go to a failure and also you be ok with it, you understand your limits, you understand the place you can go to, however I really feel like in life, plenty of instances the place we go to a failure, we get embarrassed and we type of shut down and we shut up store as a result of we discovered our failure. A lot of the progress occurs at that failing level.
And so there was plenty of issues we did incorrect after we first took over, however we discovered our restrict and located the place our holes have been and the place our weaknesses have been and what we wanted to deal with, and so it was the most effective factor that might have occurred to us. We truly ended up, from that very same lender, ended up refinancing nearly $2 million value of different property that have been on arms with one other native financial institution that have been… They have been comfy, they have been 5 and a half p.c, however they have been on the brink of expire in three years and I used to be like, “Effectively, let’s go forward and refinance and take the whole lot to this financial institution.” We took the whole lot over there and we ended up getting 3% on all of our current property, plus this new one we simply purchased was at three and 1 / 4 or one thing, and so it was these issues that type of domino into place as a result of we discovered our weaknesses, we discovered the place we have to enhance and we discovered options for these weaknesses.
However you’re asking what’s subsequent? It’s simply to attempt to be the most effective landlord we will, to supply a great, clear, protected place for individuals to dwell and maintain our… We wish to have a communication with our tenants, we wish to have, not greatest mates with all of them, however we wish to respect them. We get all of them Christmas items, little issues like that. Not Christmas items which can be actually ornate, however we make a cope with a neighborhood restaurant or one thing the place they get a free one thing and we’ll give all of them Christmas playing cards after which go money in for that, go redeem it, however simply letting individuals know you consider them and that they’re not only a quantity. It goes a great distance for those who do resolve to handle your personal property.
Matt:
And I need you to present your self a fast celebration right here as a result of after you obtain this constructing, you have been in a position to create sufficient earnings out of your portfolio that you simply did what plenty of people which can be listening to this present need to have the ability to do, which is…
KC:
Yeah, simply spend extra time with my household. I walked away from my different job.
Matt:
However you give up… Yeah.
You’re so humble, brother, and I like that about you, however you give up your job. I used to be teeing you up that you simply have been in a position to give up your day job that allowed you to spend time with household, actually personal your calendar, personal your time and the whole lot like that, and that’s one thing that lots of people are aiming to have the ability to do by way of actual property investing. However in contrast to plenty of people that simply discuss doing it, you’ll be able to suppose somewhat bit larger, take some motion, take plenty of motion, and make it occur, so kudos to you, man.
KC:
I admire that. I believe lots of people attempt to do it too early. I believe we’ve talked about it so much for the previous couple of years the place everybody must dash to the place you’ll be able to retire. And I’ve seen plenty of buddies attempt to try this and so they’ve performed it too early, and so I caught on the place I stayed… As a result of I preferred the corporate I labored for, I felt like I did fairly good at my job and supplied a great service, and so I caught on so long as I may, most likely longer than I wanted to, till it was uncomfortable the place I didn’t wish to be missing at the actual property. I slowly phased out. It wasn’t like, “Oh, I hit it, I’m performed, peace.” I stayed on most likely two years longer than I actually wanted to, however as a result of I needed to be… You bought to construct your basis on a rock and never sandy basis so I actually let it solidify, be certain that we’re in a great place. I couldn’t clone myself, and so I needed to choose one or the opposite.
Andrew:
So financially talking, the place does that portfolio put you guys at this time? So body of reference for any individual who’s like, “Okay, if I get to 120 models…” What does that appear like financially?
KC:
So we herald about 105,000 a month in gross rents, simply over $900 a unit. A few of these are one bed room models and a few of them are three bed room models. Now we have some on Airbnb, which that fluctuates, however about half of that, just a bit underneath half, is definitely revenue that we get to maintain as soon as we plan for CapEx. Brandon Turner’s books on investing in actual property does a very good job of estimating for CapEx. So we plan for roughly about 5 grand a month in simply bills, simply upkeep stuff or repairs, after which now we have our scheduled upkeep, which is pest management, garden, snow removing, all that primary stuff, however yeah. When you handle it your self, we may rent full-time administration, however we prefer it. I really feel like we do a greater job by managing it simply because we care greater than a property supervisor’s going to care. And we’d not try this eternally. There is likely to be a time the place it’s like, hey, we’re tapped out, we will’t do anymore, however proper now we love to do it, so we simply wish to do what we love to do.
Andrew:
And I believe that’s a relentless debate, third celebration versus self-management, and I believe your state of affairs is without doubt one of the conditions the place self-management completely makes essentially the most sense, the place you have got all of your properties in a market that you simply dwell in and that you understand and you’ve got quick access to, and it’s actually arduous to seek out good property administration for stuff underneath 100 models. So it sounds such as you’re organising very well. So final major query earlier than we wrap up. We’ve received the KC and Kaisey dynamic duo, what’s your actual property profession wanting like for the following 5 years? Are you guys performed shopping for? Are you simply aiming to hit a certain quantity? Are you going to maintain funding it your self? Are you going to syndicate? What are KC and Kaisey, after we interview you once more in a few years, what are you going to be telling us?
KC:
Man. Effectively, once more, I’m to the purpose the place, with my spouse and I, and now we have three youngsters, we wish to have extra youngsters, in order that was type of a aim, to get to the place we may spend extra time with them. However relating to actual property, with rents going up, we hope to maintain growing that. We did lock in all of our business lending for 10 years, so we’re good for about 9 extra years there, so we’re lucky to time that fairly good. However I might love to purchase extra. We truly went and checked out a 4 million greenback property… No, sorry, it was 8 million, the opposite day as a result of I’ve some mates of mine that they’ve been eager to get into actual property now, so it’s extra of a aim now to get as many individuals concerned as I can. I’ve by no means performed a associate cope with anybody. And to not say I gained’t, however I type of wish to assist extra those who I do know take pleasure in among the similar advantages that actual property’s introduced me.
Matt:
There’s a guide on the BiggerPockets library known as Elevating Non-public Capital chances are you’ll wish to take a look at KC. A couple of individuals have learn it as effectively. A brand new launch simply got here out with a foreword by Tempo Morby, KC, so you can verify that out. It’ll educate you find out how to construction these offers with your folks for win-win conditions. Simply to say, you would possibly wish to test it out.
KC:
No, I like that. Yeah. Truly, your podcast was one which type of impressed me to suppose larger as a result of have been within the Pacific North, or sorry, not Pacific, the Northeast, proper? That’s the place you guys… Yeah. I listened to that podcast and I used to be like, man, I’m pondering too small. He’s sitting right here simply exploding. So I needed to speak myself out of issues the place I used to be like, it’s not about what number of numbers, it’s not about what number of models. However it was very spectacular. I liked your podcast. It actually helped me suppose larger.
Matt:
I had these epiphany conversations with myself as effectively. I used to be not in as cool of locations as on the cliffs of a volcano in Hawaii. I’m most likely sitting in my lounge. However yeah, it’s actually a matter. And I attribute plenty of your success right here simply to you pondering larger, however then additionally having the braveness to take motion on the internal pool that you simply needed to dwell an even bigger life and also you selected to dwell, you needed to dwell larger, you needed to have an even bigger factor, and also you determined to comply with that need and take motion on it and take a look at you now. I’m tremendous excited to listen to what occurs to KC and Kaisey of Lexington over the following couple of years. Man, this has been nice.
Andrew:
It’s been nice speaking with you, and I hopefully will make it out to Lexington, Kentucky, certainly one of nowadays.
Matt:
Was that good? I assumed that was excellent.
Andrew:
Was that acceptable? Was that acceptable? Okay, I don’t wish to get canceled.
Matt:
Spoken like a Kentucky landlord. Effectively performed.
Andrew:
Mispronouncing. So a couple of issues that, simply to recap, KC, primary, after we take a look at what’s led to your success, it’s surrounding your self with individuals, on this case, the right partner that can assist you get previous your limiting beliefs, consistency, simply not swinging for the fences, not truly leaping off the rock in Hawaii, however simply exhibiting up day after day, placing within the work, doing the issues that produce outcomes. And by doing that, not solely in your gross sales job, however in your actual property profession, you’ve exceeded virtually all people else and I believe there’s so much to be taught from that.
One other one is, you didn’t do a primary deal and give up your job instantly and put your self into a tricky spot, and that’s one thing that everyone has to really feel out on their actual property journey, however you constructed a sustainable actual property enterprise, used your W2 to try this, after which if you made the large leap to 30 models, you mentioned, you understand what? Now the W2 is holding me again, and now I’m going to drop that. I’m going to verify there’s an award named after me so nobody forgets that I used to be right here and now I’m simply going to exit and I’m going to construct my actual property enterprise. After which, additionally, there’s this perception on the market that with the intention to construct an actual property portfolio, you must go elevate cash. You haven’t performed that. You’ve taken the, I don’t wish to say sluggish, as a result of $12 million in 10 or 11 years just isn’t sluggish, however you took the sluggish and regular strategy and constructed it in-house. If you say you have got 121 doorways, you really have 121 doorways, and that’s a formidable feat. So nice speaking with you. Matt, the rest you wish to add earlier than we log off right here?
Matt:
Yeah, I simply wish to underscore one factor there, and that’s the energy of leveraging your relationship together with your partner. It’s not for the faint of coronary heart to carry your partner into the enterprise, however in case you are aligned together with your partner on the place you wish to go and the advantages you see actual property investing are going to carry you ala KC and Kaisey now having the ability to spend extra time together with your youngsters and their household, maybe journey somewhat bit extra, all these sorts of issues. In the event you’re in a position to be aligned together with your partner and produce them into the folds of your small business, there’s a lot leverage that they will carry to you. So I commend you, KC, on having the ability to try this, and I simply problem the listeners right here to think about doing that yourselves as effectively as a result of its made all of the distinction for myself and my marriage and my enterprise as effectively too.
KC:
So, yeah, no, I agree with you 100%, Matt. It’s an enormous profit to have somebody in your group that has the identical targets aligned. One factor that I might most likely advocate and a few recommendation that I like to present is constructing quietly. I believe plenty of our limiting beliefs come from different those who don’t know or haven’t performed the analysis, don’t have the identical targets, they hear your targets and so they shoot them down. And so, truthfully, I didn’t actually voice… Individuals knew I used to be in actual property, however they didn’t know to what extent, and I don’t even suppose my mother and father know to what extent I’m concerned in actual property. I informed them I used to be doing a podcast there at this time and so they have been like, “Oh, what’s that? That’s neat.” So constructing quietly as a result of for those who’re good at one thing, you’ll inform all people, however for those who’re nice at one thing, they’ll let you know. That’s a Walter Peyton quote I heard a very long time in the past.
And so I didn’t really feel like the necessity to inform anybody what I used to be doing. One, I didn’t need them to speak me out of it, and two, I didn’t wish to, I don’t know, come off the incorrect approach. And so now once I speak to individuals about actual property, it’s extra to assist encourage them and attempt to get them away from the evaluation paralysis sort mindset. However yeah, so my spouse has actually been an enormous supporter of that. She’s the one one that basically is aware of our targets and it’s good to have somebody that’s pushed, needs to attain some large stuff.
Andrew:
I actually like what you mentioned about constructing quietly. That resonates so much with me, particularly once I examine it to what you are likely to see on social media nowadays. Kudos to you, KC. So, for these listeners who resonate together with your story and possibly want to get to know you somewhat bit extra or discover out extra about you, even for those who’re doing it quietly, how can they attain out to attach with you?
KC:
I’m on Instagram, however I often simply submit journeys that my household and I wish to go on. So we attempt to journey someplace as soon as each month or two, in order that’s most of what I submit about. On Instagram, I’m simply KC, M-A-S-S-I-E, KC Massie, after which after all, individuals can textual content me or e-mail me, nevertheless it’s KC, M-A-S-S-I [email protected].
Andrew:
All proper. Sounds good. Matt, how do individuals get in contact with you?
Matt:
Of us can comply with me on Instagram on the Matt Faircloth, and most significantly, they will go to my firm’s web site, simply DeRosa group.com, D-E-R-O-S-A, DeRosa group.com to listen to all about our firm.
Andrew:
All proper. And I’m solely on LinkedIn for social media, however for those who join with me there, that’s truly me posting and commenting, so it’s not a digital assistant or an AI bot, so please do join with me there. After which for BiggerPockets, please tune into future episodes. Hopefully you bought plenty of worth from our dialog with KC. Fairly quickly you’re additionally going to be listening to about how to save cash on taxes with Amanda Han, after which unconventional choices that can assist you finance offers. Debt and financing is a tough topic nowadays, so we received an episode popping out with Zach LeMaster. Be sure to keep tuned for these. And Matt, any parting feedback?
Matt:
God, this has been an excellent episode, Andrew. I all the time take pleasure in co-hosting with you. This has been plenty of enjoyable. And if I may have the dignity of taking it dwelling at this time, Andrew. Do you thoughts?
Andrew:
Please do. Please do.
Matt:
Okay. That is Matt Faircloth with Andrew Cushman, the brand new awardee of the most effective substitute podcast host ever, the Cushman Award, signing off.
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