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.

People outside of the U.S. are welcome to enroll in the course, and can learn the concepts and high-level critical thinking. But specifics about taxes, laws, banking and resources will be U.S.-based. For example, I don’t know the capital gains tax rate in Sweden. I don’t know the average cost of replacing an asphalt-shingle roof in South Korea. I don’t know about lending requirements from banks and credit unions in Malaysia. Our assumptions within this course are U.S.-centric.

Yes, and congratulations on getting a head start. This is an excellent time to learn how to analyze, find and finance deals. If you start learning 2-3 years before you’re ready to buy, you’ll be super-knowledgeable and confident by the time you’ve saved your downpayment. And if you’re ready to buy a rental property soon (like this year), then this is a critical time to learn how to choose a great rental property.

Build a team! This course shows you how.

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

Yes! The group pacing is an option, not a requirement, and you have lifetime access to the course. You’re welcome to revisit the lessons anytime you’d like, or re-experience the class with a future cohort.

Many students find themselves off-sync with the student cohort midway through the material, usually after they take a vacation or get busy at work — and that’s normal and expected. We call it “Turtle Power.” You’ll see.

Beyond getting lifetime access to the course material, you also get lifetime access to all support. Our forums stay open year-round and our Teacher's Assistants are there to respond. Our Active Investor Mastermind calls happen every-other Tuesday, we hold Office Hours at least once a month between cohorts, and our support staff are always available to help you.

By the way, lessons are available on-demand so you can watch them whenever you want. The only aspects of the course that happen in "real time" are anything held on Zoom: Office Hours, Active Investor meetings, and Study Halls. Office Hours and Study Hall are recorded so that you can watch them later.

We've had many international students in the course who have had a fantastic experience learning the fundamentals of real estate investing. If you're international and you want to learn the principles behind how to analyze deals and become an intelligent real estate investor, this course will help you. But if you're looking for specifics about taxes or financing, we can't help. We can't tell you how to hire a contractor in Malaysia, and we don't know the specifics about banking or financing in Russia. However, what we cover at a high level, you can apply anywhere. 

Heitor, a student who lives in France, went through the course and still found it valuable. He says, "If your goal is to buy a house, wherever it is, for an investment, and you're asking yourself if there's any missing piece of knowledge today that blocks you from going and doing it, the course is going to help you clarify each and every point...You get a crystal clear vision on all of the process. And I mean it because I was somewhere else where the process is not the same, but the building pieces are still so well-structured, that you can still sit through and do all the parallels that are necessary to build the base to go on and just crush it."

Here are my questions back to you.

First, how clear is your strategy? Do you have a clear plan for the number of properties you want to acquire, the cash flow and other profits that you want to meet for each property, the speed at which you'll make these acquisitions, and the metrics you'll use?

Second, how efficient are your processes and systems? Are you running a well-oiled machine with a strong team? Could you scale?

The answer to those two questions will shed light into whether you’re operating an efficient system that can continue to grow, in which case you don’t need any course, or whether you could benefit from structure, guidance, metrics, and systems.

That said, because Your First Rental Property is specifically aimed at beginners who are buying their first or second rental property, we DON’T recommend it for experienced real estate investors.

As the name implies (actually, as the name blatantly states), this is for beginners. Don’t enroll if you’re looking for overly-advanced strategies.

That leads to our next commonly-asked question ….

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.