In short, the busier you are, the MORE you need a system you can follow to get results instead of having to waste time going down rabbit holes and learning lessons the hard way.

And I get it.

You’re super busy, with a million things on your plate on top of your day job, and you’re looking to build passive income, not take on a new side hustle that’s going to eat even more into your limited time.

I’ve laid out all the steps in the process to be implementable ASAP as efficiently as possible. The course can also optionally be self-paced to accommodate any schedule.

Once you have all of the systems (and a team) set up, and have acquired your properties, running your rental real estate business really doesn’t take much time at all — often 30 minutes to two hours a MONTH — but it will naturally take more time at first while you’re building your base of knowledge, getting started, and adding properties to your portfolio.

Supposing you were sitting on millions in cash and your only limiting factor for acquiring new properties was time, you could very feasibly be growing your portfolio by four or five properties a year in just a couple hours a week. (With the weeks where you close on a new property taking more like 5 hours.)

Once you have the knowledge and system, you can really knock these things out like bowling pins.

It’s also worth keeping in mind that if you’re ridiculously busy and want something as hands off and easy as possible, there are ways you can modify your approach to sacrifice potential returns in exchange for ease and convenience. (Remember Deepak, the self-proclaimed “lazy investor?” That’s exactly what he did.)

Is this process as easy as Vanguard auto-withdrawing your monthly ETF purchase from your bank account? Of course not.

Is the asset + passive income worth the time it takes to get set up?

Heck yes.

The time you invest here now gets paid back to you down the line through no longer having to work a job every day just to pay your bills.

Your First Rental Property gives you the option of going through the curriculum at the same time as all the other students in your cohort OR going self-paced.

If you want to complete the program in the 10 weeks alongside the other members of your cohort, you’ll probably want to commit 2-5 hours a week, depending on your learning style, speed, and how much you leverage the tools and resources. A small time commitment when you consider all the time you’re going to get back as a result of your earlier retirement.

We offer all of the lessons in audio, video, and text format, so you can fit the learning into your existing schedule — like listening to the YFRP core content while you drive or work out — to make the most of your time.

If you’re super-duper busy and you’re certain that finding a couple hours a week isn’t realistic, even with you matching the learning format to best fit your life, remember that you have lifetime access to ALL of the current and future content, as well as lifetime access to all of our support.

If this sounds like you, know that you’re in good company — you’re what we affectionately call a “turtle,” and many of our students are in the same boat: steadily and consistently chipping away at the curriculum; knowing that their slow and steady pace is the difference between them working towards building an awesome portfolio vs. continuing to stand on the sidelines hoping that “maybe one day” they’ll have the time start taking action.

Remember, the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. It’s far more important that you start and take consistent small steps than to feel so pressured to dive in fully that you never find yourself in a good position to actually start taking action.

Yes!

Having a comprehensive guide with all the knowledge you need in one place is going to save you tons of time vs. going it alone and picking tidbits up from blogs and podcasts.

Additionally we have a huge suite of 50+ tools & resources that allow you to shortcut time spent.

Beyond getting lifetime access to the course material, you also get lifetime access to all of our support. Our forums stay open year-round, and our support staff are always available to help you, and you'll be able to join office hours live with Paula for all future YFRP cohorts as part of your lifetime access.

By the way, lessons are available on-demand so you can watch them whenever you want. The only aspect of the course that happens in "real time" is our Office Hours and Study Hall sessions. Both are recorded so that you can watch them later.

Yes! The best deals are found by building a team and investing out-of-state, which you'll be able to confidently do by the time you complete the course.

Yep!

You get access to all the current content, as well as to all of the updates that we regularly make to it.

Additionally, you get lifetime access to all of our tools & resources, our community, and our support.

Yep!

All YFRP students and alumni get lifetime access to all of our support methods and community.

You also get lifetime access to all of our tools & resources, as well as the course content, and all of the updates that we regularly make to it.

Yes. This course is designed for both local and out-of-state investors. Our only assumption is that you live in the U.S. and that you want to invest in residential rental properties anywhere inside the U.S.

Many of our students want to (or need to) invest out-of-state, and we have an entire section in our Find module for out-of-state investors. There are several in-depth lessons that show exactly how I researched Indianapolis before buying a duplex there.

Great question — the answer is a whole-hearted "yes!"

In fact, if you're not quite ready to invest yet, the course is arguably even more helpful for you than if you were actively trying to invest *today*.

Why? Two reasons:

1. Education and preparation pair perfectly with saving for a down payment. By the time you are ready to invest, you'll have a solid foundation of knowledge to serve you (and lifetime access to all of YFRP's education and support to keep serving you for years to come)

2. If you're a ways out from being able to actively start investing, it can be difficult to maintain excitement and momentum if you're going it alone. The weeks can bleed into years, and before you know it, a decade's passed and you still haven't bought your first rental. By joining YFRP before you're ready to invest, you get instant access to support and accountability to keep yourself moving forward.

Fun fact, we surveyed our students a couple years ago on when they plan to buy their first rental, and they said…

As you can see, most of the students in the course don’t plan on buying their first rental property right away. They joined because they saw the value in building a solid base of knowledge before they were ready to lay down the cash for a place.

Further, buying the right property is crucial to this process. Rushing to buy a property just for the sake of having one goes against everything I teach in the course.

Getting spared from buying the wrong property is as important — if not more important — than buying the right one.

OMG give me a break.

There are no “secrets” shared in the course, and if any of those other “gurus” out there claim that they have “secrets,” they’re shady AF because that’s a gigantic load of baloney hogwash.

There are no “secrets” to real estate investing, just like there are no “secrets” to learning calculus or dental hygiene or trumpet playing.

You don’t take a class because the teacher will reveal (imaginary, nonexistent) “secrets.” You take a class because you want a guided, curated set of lesson plans that covers everything you need to know in logical, sequential order. You take a class because you want support and accountability from the teacher, the teachers assistants, and your fellow students. You take a class for access to the resources, spreadsheets, checklists, word-for-word scripts, email canned responses, and the business-in-a-box setup. You take a class for the quizzes that test your knowledge along the way and provide real-time feedback about your strengths and weaknesses. Duh, that’s what a class is.

That’s why you take classes in high school and college, and that’s why you take classes online.

You don’t take classes because someone is going to teach you the “hidden secrets” to anthropology or statistics or dog training. Right?

So please do me a favor and never believe anyone who claims that they’ll sell you a class that holds the “secrets to real estate success.” Barf. If anyone claims to have these, they’re spammy and they’re lying.

Okay, rant over.

Short answer: that's not what the course is intended for. 

Long answer: Maybe.

If you’d like to learn about how to find, analyze, finance and renovate those properties, yes. But if you’d like to learn about the management, staging, furnishing and advertising of those properties, as well as specific vacation rental-related tax and legal implications, no.

My philosophy on vacation rentals is the following:

Have multiple exit strategies. Buy a vacation rental only if it also makes sense as a traditional 12-month rental.

You can earn additional money using it as a vacation rental. But if for any reason you can no longer rent the property on a short-term basis (e.g. if your city council outlaws short-term rentals in your area), you can revert the property to a 12-month rental and still be okay. In other words, you minimize risk by finding a property that could satisfy both uses.

For that reason, the sections in this course on finding, analyzing, financing and renovating apply regardless of your use of the property. But the sections on tenant management would not.

We also don't cover the unique needs of a vacation rental owner, like how to resupply consumables, manage cleaners, monitor utility usage, and handle sales and occupancy taxes.

That said, quite a few students have purchased vacation rentals with the knowledge they gained in the course, but we're primarily focused on long-term, buy-and-hold residential real estate. 

Heck NO!! If you are financially struggling, please do not enroll in this course. If you’re stressed about bills and you’re in a tough financial situation, this course is not right for you at this time.

We surveyed our past students, and 48.18% of the respondents have already gone on to acquire one or more rental properties!

Some of our students enroll when they have immediate investment plans, and other enroll knowing they won't be ready for a year or more.

But for the ones that are chomping at the bit to get started, we've noticed that they tend to take the first 3 modules of the course immediately (Analyze, Find, and Finance) and then get started implementing and use the rest of the course as a reference as they need it.

(All students get lifetime access to all of the course materials and support)

It's up to you how you want to utilize YFRP; it's built to be a companion for you on your real estate investing journey, regardless of your style.

Build a team! This course shows you how.

Investing out-of-state (without traveling there) is common. It's been a time-tested practice for years. Many investors purchase properties from out-of-state, using the time and talent of their local team. We’ve been Facetiming, Zooming, and Slacking since before it was cool.

We teach you how to build a team of agents, property managers, inspectors and contractors who will be your eyes, ears and boots-on-the-ground … so that you never have to leave home.