The Active Duty Passive Income Podcast
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The Active Duty Passive Income Podcast
From House Flips to Hospitality Trips With Matthew Aitchison │Ep 292
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This episode features Matt Aitchison, a successful hotelier, investment syndicator, and sought-after speaker in the real estate industry. Matt's journey began as a realtor where he built a Top 1000 real estate team in the U.S, ranked by Wall Street Journal. However, he soon realized that this path wouldn't unlock financial freedom, and thus, he transitioned to investing in real estate full-time.
As he joins Kevin for a chat, Matt will share insights on his background, from flipping to commercial to boutique hotels to experiential hospitality. He will discuss the differences in hotel investing and share his learning experiences. Additionally, he will delve into the topic of raising capital, creative financing, and joint ventures, which are essential skills for any real estate investor. Listeners will gain valuable insights from Matt's experiences and learn how they too can create more wealth and freedom in their lives through real estate investing.
"I think dumb enough to believe in yourself and smart enough to execute and take action every day is key for anyone that I’ve seen be really successful."
-Matthew Aitchison
Here are 5 Key Takeaways from this episode:
- Differences in hotel investing
- Tax benefits of hotels
- Raising capital, creative financing, joint ventures
- The beauty of being in the right community
- Short-Term Rentals and Hotels: are they different?
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