Real Estate Investor Podcast
The Real Estate Investor Podcast, powered by Break of Day Capital, brings you in-depth conversations with the top minds in real estate investing. Each episode uncovers proven strategies and lessons learned across multifamily, commercial, and other alternative asset classes. Whether you’re a seasoned investor or just starting out, you’ll gain practical tools and real-world wisdom to help you invest smarter, avoid pitfalls, and build long-term wealth through passive income.
Real Estate Investor Podcast
Episode #209: Kathy Fettke: Scaling Smart
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Are you interested in scaling your business but have concerns about overreaching and going broke? In her new book, Scaling Smart, Kathy Fettke gives readers a comprehensive guide to creating a self-managing business without sacrificing growth. Kathy is a renowned real estate expert, author of the best-selling title, Retire Rich with Rentals, and co-founder of RealWealth. We are delighted to have her back on the show today to talk about the contents of her new book, Scaling Smart, and how to take on the challenge of scaling your real estate investments. Tune in as she outlines how she first entered real estate due to a family crisis, the key lessons she learned from navigating syndication after the 2008 crash, and how her experiences informed her new book. You’ll also hear her strategies for designing a self-managing business and how to scale thoughtfully by building an incentivized team and establishing inspired leaders within your company. For anyone looking to scale smartly and sustainably, Kathy's advice is a game changer!
Key Points From This Episode:
- Introducing Kathy Fettke, founder of RealWealth.
- Kathy’s new book, Scaling Smart, and why she wrote it.
- How her book is helping people scale their businesses without going broke.
- Her journey from stay-at-home mom to real estate investor
- Kathy’s experiences with the syndication process in 2009.
- The biggest mistakes she made and what she learned from them.
- Kathy’s insights on avoiding ego-driven decisions.
- The importance of identifying your why and what you truly want.
- Key lessons on creating a self-managing business.
- How to establish inspired leaders and build an incentivized team.
- Where you can find Kathy’s new book Scaling Smart.
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Kathy Fettke
Kathy Fettke on X
Kathy Fettke on Instagram
Scaling Smart
Ken McElroy
Traction
Jilliene Helman
Asset Management Mastery Facebook Group
