From Burnout to 60+ Units with Dr. Janeeka Benoit

Welcome back to another insightful episode of The Physicians and Properties Podcast with your host, Dr. Alex Schloe!

In this episode, Dr. Schloe sits down with Dr. Janeeka Benoit (Dr. J)—a physician, real estate investor, and former accidental landlord who turned early struggles into a thriving real estate portfolio. From navigating landlord burnout during residency to successfully scaling into apartment syndications, Dr. J shares her journey of resilience, mindset shifts, and wealth-building strategies.

If you're a physician looking to diversify income, transition into passive real estate investing, or build financial freedom beyond medicine, this episode is for you!

💡 What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

✔️ From Accidental Landlord to Apartment Investor: How Dr. J started her real estate journey during residency.
✔️ The Locum Tenens Advantage: How working locums provided financial and time flexibility for real estate.
✔️ Escaping Landlord Burnout: Why she transitioned from self-managing properties to apartment syndications.
✔️ Partnerships & Investing Smart: The importance of aligning values and vision in real estate partnerships.
✔️ Mindset & Limiting Beliefs: How coaching and masterminds helped her scale beyond what she thought possible.
✔️ The Power of Community: How her real estate meetups in Nashville are empowering physicians to invest passively.
✔️ Scaling Up to 60+ Units: How apartment syndications offer a path to passive income and financial independence.

🔥 Key Takeaways:

✔️ Real estate success is about relationships, partnerships, and mentorship.
✔️ Locum tenens can provide financial flexibility for physicians to invest in real estate.
✔️ Bigger deals are often easier when you have the right team and support system.
✔️ Mindset is the biggest factor in scaling wealth—overcome limiting beliefs and lean into growth.
✔️ Physicians don’t have to be landlords—apartment syndications offer a passive, scalable investment strategy.

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  Dr. Janeeka Benoit: If i'm having trouble managing these three single family properties by myself as a president.  What makes you think I can  Manage a whole apartment building. She was like, well, you don't have to go through it alone  And I was like,  oh, okay.  All right. Tell me more  and she was like, well you go in it with other people so  you there's an apartment building  and you  Have a group  and there's one group who manages the asset.  There's the other group who provide who provides the capital  And therefore  like you're able to have  much more leverage and  you focus on what you're good at.

 Dr. Alex Schloe: Welcome to the Physicians and Properties Podcast.  The show where we teach you how investing in real estate can give you the freedom to practice medicine and live life how you want.  Doctor! Doctor! Doctor! Doctor! Doctor! Now, here's your host, Dr. Alex Schloe.

 Hello everyone. Welcome to another episode of the Physicians and Properties Podcast. As always,  I'm your host here, Dr. Alex Schloe, and thank you for taking the time  to listen to another episode.  This episode was fantastic. This is with my new friend,  Dr. Janeeka Benoit from  Nashville.  Tennessee.  She is known as Dr.

J. She's a full time travel physician, real estate investor with over 60 units.  We talk about  in this podcast episode, how she became an accidental landlord with a partnership that went bad. and this was during residency. This was during her third year of residency, a partnership went bad. She ended up taking over some properties  and now she helps physicians and professionals regain their time through passive real estate investing in multifamily properties,  most importantly, so they can focus on family.

 Freedom  and fulfillment. This episode was fantastic.  If you learn something  from this episode, can you do me a favor? Just share this with one physician who you think would benefit  from this episode. I really appreciate it. That is how these podcasts grow.  So without any further ado, let's get started with today's episode with Dr. Janeeka Benoit.

  Dr. Janeeka Benoit, it's so good to have you on the Physicians and Properties podcast all the way from Nashville, Tennessee. How are things going?

Dr. Janeeka Benoit: Everything is going great. Thank you so much for having me on. And I'm really excited about our conversation tonight.

Dr. Alex Schloe: Absolutely. Me too. It's been really cool following,  following you on LinkedIn and seeing everything that you've been doing. I was like, Hey, we have got to get her on the podcast. So  I'm glad we were able to make that happen tonight.  Do you mind telling folks a little bit about yourself?

Sure.  Well, my name is Dr. Janika Benoit also known as Dr. J  and I am an accidental real estate investor. I actually started out in real estate  as an accidental landlord.  And.  Went through a lot of ups and downs throughout that journey. And  not only was  I,  was I an accident landlord, but  I became an accidental landlord during residency.

This was my   third year in residence, second or third year of residency.  And.  Throughout that journey,  I went through a lot of ups and downs,  learning how to be a physician,  learning how to  be a landlord, real estate investor.  And then I got into the world of apartment syndications  and I said,  Oh wow, this is amazing because  it got me away from being a landlord because I got burnt out from being a landlord.  And I thought what a neat  Avenue to bring to the physicianal and professional community  for  those of us who  don't have the time to learn about real estate investing but want to get started And so  that's how I started in this journey of  passively investing in apartment buildings 

That's awesome.  Well,  let's take a step back if you don't mind pre residency. So  tell us a little bit about your  internal medicine journey and  your journey through medical school.

So I I trained in New York city and that's where I'm originally from.  I'm originally from Brooklyn, New York.  And I trained in a community hospital  and it was, I mean, it's New York. So if you can  make it as a trainee in New York city, you can make it  anywhere.  And so I really enjoyed my internal medicine residency, but  I knew.

That I  You know at that time. I always also, I worked  during the COVID 19 pandemic.  And so that was my  third, yeah, that was my last year residency. I worked through the COVID 19 pandemic and I was like actually done with the hospital.  I was like, I don't want to do this hospital  thing anymore. And I  Got into sports medicine.

So I'm also fellowship trained in sports medicine.  That's how I ended up in Nashville because I graduated from Meharry Medical College  in Nashville, Tennessee, and I've been here ever since.  But I,  Also fellowship training in sports medicine and because I  graduated from sports medicine fellowship,  you know, during the height of pandemic, I graduated in 2021.  Now,  I couldn't find a job  and then I went into locum tenens  and I thought that I was going to do that for one year and then when this, you know, the sports  market opens back up, I'll,  Dip my toe back in  and then I was like, hey, this is like really neat  and Also with being a local tennis physician it helped me  even widen  My perspective about business that gave me  even more business acumen because at the time I was managing three properties  As a landlord and so I was like, hey, I think you know a lot of this can go hands in hands, right?  Sentence  real estate and I just stayed in  The local tenants world. And so  I've actually never had a boss. Fellowship. I  stayed in locum tenants now. And so I've been working as a locum tenant position now for three years.  And it's, it's been a wonderful, it's been a wonderful rise. It has ups and downs just like anything else.  But I think  what it has done. It's given me the flexibility.  to work on real estate. And then it also  helps  me  broaden  my business  acumen and refine that even further. 

That's awesome.  We've, we have not had anyone talk about locum tenants on the, on the podcast before.  So if, if someone doesn't know what that is, do you mind just kind of briefly explaining what that is and kind of what drew you to locum tenants?

Yeah. So locum tenens  is basically you serve as a physician  in a hospital or clinic  where there is a need. So for example, if a physician is out on maternity leave  or medical leave,  then you would take the place of.  That physician and that's typically  how it works or  it  could be that they just have  An employee shortage, right?

Maybe too many positions  left at one time and they need someone to fill in to  serve  That to serve and see patients.  And so that's how I function. So  I get calls from recruiters. I get emails from  recruiters asking if I can  work  a specific shift for a specified period of time,  I will, you know, decline or accept  and, that's basically how it works now. The thing is,  it's not, you know, always guaranteed. And so   it's becoming a local tennis position has made me very, very organized  because I have to,  you know, I have to, I have to make sure that I have work, right? And so I'm typically planning months in advance  to make sure that I have work months in advance  and I'm planning things around  Okay, when do I have work, right?

Because I want to make sure that I at least  Secure my assignments and then anything else gets,  you know created around it  but  ultimately, I do have the flexibility because I could decide to  Go for the assignment or not go for the assignment. And then the other thing is that   all my expenses, they're tax deductible.

So that's  another neat thing about it.  So, you know, when you're getting extra licenses or you're going to medical conferences  that's part of my locum's business and all of that is tax deductible.  So that's essentially locum's in a nutshell. And what drew me to locum tenants is. Really? Because I couldn't find a job.  I couldn't find a job. And it was just,  and it's interesting. It's so  interesting how just things work because  I knew that ever since I was in residency,  that  I wasn't going to be the typical  doctor.  I just always knew that, like, I always dreamed of having a business. I,  I did not sure what that business was  But I couldn't see myself  working until the age of 65 in medicine.

But  really  how I saw myself,  I saw myself creating a life  that I created.  I saw myself enjoying medicine  and enjoying medicine because I've  created it too, so that I can enjoy it.  And so that's what I've always envisioned for myself. And so  when I couldn't find a job  and I was like,  Well,  if I go into locum tenens, like  this gives me some more freedom and flexibility and like deep down inside, like that's kind of like  always what I wanted.  And so when the opportunity came, I just  took it and here I am. 

That's awesome.  Are you typically doing three month,  you know, rotations? Are they longer than 

Yeah. So, you know, that's a great question. So initially, right,  initially  I was doing primary care and sports medicine locums,  and because  that  requires continuity of care,  they, They, they would prefer at a minimum that you would be there for three months or more. And so typically, you know, I would be away from my home three months or more.

But it got to a point where I was starting to get burned out because I was away from home for so long. And I just started to get homesick.  And I actually switched into  hospitalist medicine. So I actually work as a hospitalist now.  And it's been great. So I've been working as a hospitalist now for  The past three months,  and so that's given me,  that's given me even greater flexibility because  now I just work a couple of shifts.

And so   I only work  seven to ten shifts out the month  now  versus,  you know, being,  being somewhere for three months.  And so it's  given me a lot more time, a lot more flexibility. I actually just came back from,  celebrating my mom's birthday in Florida.  And so it's, I actually went to Florida right after my shift was over.

I was in Minnesota  and then I did a night shift. And so the following day I  went to Florida and celebrated my mom's  birthday during the weekend and it was great because   if I was working the way before, I probably wouldn't be able to be as mobile.  But because I've  switched now to hospice medicine, I have  way more  time and flexibility.

So it's been great. 

That's awesome.  Time and flexibility is not something that we hear often from doctors. So really, really good.  We were talking before the podcast about, you know me getting ready to kind of transition out of the Air Force and work more part time.  And I am very much looking forward to that time  and flexibility as well.

Only going to help grow the businesses from that perspective. So really looking forward to that.  Well, let's let's set back to residency and being that accidental landlord. So  what did that look like for you? How did, how did that happen during your third year residency?

Oh my gosh. So I was actually a guarantor on a debt  and I was supposed to be just like a backseat,  you know, passenger  in this real estate venture  and,  you know, with real estate and working with.  Business partners, it's important to understand  what your common goals are, what your common  vision  is before you get into anything, right?  And so I would say that was mistake number one. Honestly, I had no idea. I was  really just keep like giving a favor   to a family member.  And. That backfired very quickly, very quickly. And  it got so bad where  our property manager was actually stealing money from us. So instead of  you know, depositing them, the rental income into our accounts, he was  pocketing it for himself.

And   I just ended up doing a lot of the  heavy lifting when I was supposed to be a backseat passenger.  And,  but, you know, it's so interesting. Anytime we go through challenges, it's important  to  understand the lesson, right? And so I said, number one is   anytime you're going into this partnership, understanding what your common goal is, what your common vision is.  And number two  any referrals also that you get from someone, it's important to just  You know  double check right to make sure that that person is legitimate.  So I learned a lot about people and I think  during that time I was so, you know being a physician you're just  it's just so different because  Like,  as a physician, we go in this business to help people, right?

And  a lot of the people that we encounter,  you know, they just  really are in it to  help people, right? It's either  that they maybe met a physician  while they were a child and that inspired them to get into  medicine and  that was their way of giving back by also going to medicine too. And so it's  So when I  came into this world, I was like, Oh, wow, this is like  very, very different.

And I have to make sure  that I am  practicing a lot of discernment  when it comes to partnering with anybody.  And so that's what it taught me. It taught me how to be very discernful of And to make sure that if I'm working with others. Anyone that I truly understand who they are, like, not only their,  their, their vision, but also their values, right?  What kind of person are there? Are they you know,  What, what values do they hold near and dear to their hearts?  Because you want to make sure that there is a common foundation between the two of you.  And so So that's what I learned from that experience. And and at that time I was dealing with three properties.  I had a, you know, property manager at the time, but this property manager   they, they mostly handled,  tenants complaints. So anytime there was  a complaint by a tenant or  a tenant had any question, it would go to them first. And if  the property manager had any questions, then it would go to me.  And, but it was tough, it was tough dealing with all of that.

And that just kind of.  Dealing with people in this aspect compared to what I,  you know, previously know in medicine.  And so  For that period of time I was  I was very jaded honestly was so jaded  about this business thing  and about real estate  and  It wasn't until I was speaking to my cpa  And I literally  Just was bawling crying speaking to my cpa because I  at this point.

I was just so overwhelmed  and  You know you go into I I just  Before then I thought  like I I just had like a very positive  I said of the world and of people  and I, and it just, it just really just like,  was a rude awakening for me.  And so I was sitting with my CPA and I was sitting there balling crying.

Like,  I don't know how I got into this.  And I'm just really overwhelmed and I don't know what to do. I don't know if I can continue to sustain these properties   by myself. And she's told me.  Didn't even console me. She told me, you need to go bigger. And I'm like, what the heck are you talking about  And I'm like, is that all you have for me? Like, I'm crying. You're telling me I need to go bigger 

And 

That's the advice you were expecting. I'm sure. Yeah.

right. And I'm like, what do you mean I need go bigger? I was like, I have like these three properties that's like hard for me to manage  by myself.  I'm in residency like, and you're telling me to go bigger.  And she was like, yes, you need to purchase apartment buildings.  I was like, no, you don't understand  like, like I need to backtrack  If I can't  if i'm having trouble managing these three single family properties by myself as a president.  What makes you think I can  Manage a whole apartment building. She was like, well, you don't have to go through it alone  And I was like,  oh, okay.  All right. Tell me more  and she was like, well you go in it with other people so  you there's an apartment building  and you  Have a group  and there's one group who manages the asset.  There's the other group who provide who provides the capital  And therefore  like you're able to have  much more leverage and  you focus on what you're good at  and  So where the  responsibility does not  solely fall on you  and I was like, oh that sounds really great And then  she gave me a referral and again, I made sure I vetted that referral  to someone who was doing this right  and this is actually my coach now  And I mean, he's honestly  changed my life because I, I was ready to give up on real estate and his name is Mike Ely and he is the coach of the big money mastermind  and.  He,  this is, this is his coaching program.

And so he helps people how to develop apartment syndications.  And I remember the first call, it was a masterclass that I attended and I was really overwhelmed because people were talking about properties that cost a million dollars and I'm like, what is happening here? Am I right? Am I in the right room?  I mean, you guys are talking in millions. 

Yeah.

but you know, I just continue to lean in and I just continue to lean in and then I, and then afterwards, you know, after thinking about it and I was like, you know what, I think this is the right direction for me.  You know, I am locums, I'm in  real estate  and I really didn't want to  give up on  real estate.

It's, even though it was tough for me in the beginning,  I, you know, it's,  it's,  it's.  It helped me, like I said, it helped me become more discerning of people.  It helped me  just really  be  more just more cautious of  who I'm partnering with and just making sure  that  they're a good fit.  For me and making sure that we are aligned, right?

It's important that

there's alignment there.  And so,  and that's helped me with anything, you know, not just in business relationship, but just like  personal relationships and  just any relationship, right? Because.  It's  not just in business, but  any type of relationship  that  you, that you're in,  you want to make sure that there is an alignment and you want to make sure that there's a foundation and you want to make sure  that you guys are  moving in the same direction.

And so  and so it just made me more keen.  Right. Just more keen into  the types of relationships that I'm getting into.  And  and so I decided to join this mastermind and,  you know, as a result of the mastermind, I'm now over 60 units  in apartment syndications.  And so  it's been such a wild journey.

It's been  Such a wild journey.  But  you know, and not  only that, I would say I'm over  units, but  now I found  a purpose  now, right?  I was like, okay, well, if there are other physicians who are,  you know, burned out from being a landlord or  have no interest in becoming a landlord, or  even once you  delve into an alternative investment to diversify their portfolio,  then apartments and vacations is a. Great way of doing that  and so it's helped me develop my purpose  and bring this out to the physician professional community and i've actually had my first real estate meetup  last month it's called the wealth prescription  where i'm bringing this to nashville as well because  even though I yes i'm on the linkedin space.

I really  I as a physician as a deal. I really  Love speaking to people in person. And I want to  Talk to people and see people  and so I had my first meet up and that was so much fun And I'm doing it again  this month  in Nashville, Tennessee, and that has been really really fun. So  just bring this  You know this  this  Information to  other physicians and other professionals has been  really  It's just so interesting how  just life works,  right?

Like I was like all down in the dumps and then  from this, I found purpose and I found joy and I found passion. And I'm really glad that I did not give up on real estate because I really found  a way to  not help me, but help others as well. 

That's awesome. What a cool story. And I think, you know, a few really important things  to  pull out of that is you know, again, to footstop the,  the partnerships and understanding  partnerships, partnerships can be rocket fuel to success,  but you have to make sure that that alignments there, like you said, the vision, the values,  you have to make sure you have a really good operating agreement in case something goes wrong.

And this is one of the few times where you have to prepare for like. The divorce before you get married, a partnership is like a marriage,  but you have to understand like, what, what is our vision and most important, what is our alignment  and how can we, how can we work together in this complimentary skill sets are really important.

Unfortunately it sounds like it was kind of a painful path for you to learn that  but I think it's so awesome that you're willing to share.  That path and share some of those struggles and some of those, I wouldn't even say failures, but like learning opportunities  with those first few properties,  because a lot of folks listening to this are going to benefit from that.

I think it's  so important for folks to realize, like  you can save so much time and you can save so much frustration and you can save so much money  by  learning from people who have gone through a couple steps ahead of you, who have gone through.  The struggles who have  fought in the trenches  going forward, like you have.

So I just wanted to footstomp the partnerships perspective.  The other thing too, you mentioned was purpose.  In the mastermind  and how uncomfortable you were when they were starting to talk about,  Hey, this is a million dollar property.  I think when you're in those rooms, when you're uncomfortable, that's when you're in the right place.

That's when you're going to grow.  That's that call to adventure right there. And, and some people here get that call to adventure and they  feel uncomfortable and then they head the other way.  And you just went, you just went for it  and you were just going,  Tony Robbins has a quote, and hopefully I'm  doing it justice, but it's basically  You have to learn how to live in the uncomfortable,  like the more uncomfortable you can be, the more comfortable your life's going to be down the road.

And so  that's the rough gist of his,  his quote, but it's just really important and you, you embrace that.  And then look what you, look where you are now with the, with the 60 units and with the syndications and the meetup and.  You also did the most important thing and that's investing in human capital, right?

And investing in relationships. And so  really cool to kind of sit back and I hope you've  done it, you know, maybe when  you're preparing for this podcast and looked at your journey and  that progression and, oh, super cool. So I love hearing that. 

Thank you. Yeah, no, it's,  it's really interesting. And it's, you know, it's so interesting.  This is something that I. Reflect on a lot. It's just,  just the whole journey in general, how  every down eventually became an up,  right? Even from,  I remember I was stressing about not finding a job,  right? But like,  that was  everything that I needed to happen at that time because  it  was preparing me to  create space for my real estate business, right?

And  that is something that has given me a lot of purpose and joy.  And it's been so much fun  being able to bring that back to the physician and professional community.  And so It's really amazing how this works, but  I can say that it always started from a vision, right? Like  During  during residency. I always knew that I was going to something about me was going to be different  And I just,  I just like,  just,  I just continued to lean in,  just continue to lean in  and just allow doors to open.

And  I had to  not be afraid to go into those doors because I had to see what those doors were going to  reveal to me. So  I'm so proud of my journey,  all the,  like all the downs. I'm so grateful for everything  because it would not have made me who I am.  Every, every single piece of it.  And so I think it's so important that even though  we may have challenges  that's  embedded within our story, it's so important to embrace them  because if it weren't for those challenges, I wouldn't have been here.  And then it also shows just the testament of like.  Faith,  right? Of like  the faith that it took  to continue to  persevere,  even though I did not know what was going to happen, but  I just,  I continued to persevere. So I'm  grateful for  every lesson  because eventually it turned into a blessing. 

Absolutely. That  is well said. I think you have to  go through the valley. You have to hike through the valley to get to the mountaintop.

And yeah. And then sometimes there's some false summits along the way that you need to just stop and enjoy the view and  look at how far you climbed and then just keep going.

And that's really cool  to hear that and hear your journey.  60 units that you have, where, where are those located for you? And kind of what, what is your buy box? If you don't mind sharing, what are you looking for in terms of  apartment investing?

Yes. So  I have So it's a 12 unit in North Carolina. This is in Mount Airy   North Carolina. I'm sorry, Kernesville. That one's in Kernesville.  And then I have 54 units.  That is in Mount Airy, North Carolina,  and then I have one remaining duplex in  Chicago.  And so  those are the units  that I have.

And the buy box is anything right now that's 50 plus or more  value  add apartment buildings  in the  southeast  region. 

That's awesome. You mentioned the duplex the 12 units, the 54 units.  It sounds like kind of stacking, stacking up and also  higher unit count. So  have you realized that as you transition or as you  hit more of that economies of scale, have you realized that it's really not that much more difficult to have more units  or have you noticed it's been,  it's been more difficult as you've increased the number of units with the 

No, it's actually a lot easier, right? It's a lot easier because I work with a team. And so like my team is amazing,  right? Like,  this is what I'm talking about. Like, I absolutely love them. Like I can,  you know, call them at any time.  speak to them. Hey, I'm having an issue. Hey, what do you think about this? I mean, I do this all the time  with my team members.  And so it's a lot easier because especially now when you're aligned with someone  right now, when you have common vision  and you have common values as someone,  it's  so much easier and it's, and it's  Right. And so  now it's a lot easier just because if I, you know, and something, something I could, I can always call and vice versa.

They could always call me.  And so I'm never in this alone, right? Because I always have someone there who's able to  help and we all. And together,  it just enhances us, right? Cause like we become like the superhuman  because it's not just me working on something. It's all of us.  Right. And so we're able to work together  as a  solid team.  To get things done  and to provide the best service for our residents and  we do  that's what we take our pride in  is really making sure that  we are  making our properties into the best properties  for our residents and our residents feel happy  that they feel like there's a sense of community there  that they feel that we care about them.

Right? And it's like kind of similar with, you know, medicine, like, you know,  your patients want to feel like  You care about them at the end of the day,  right? And so that's the same  type of approach  that we take with our buildings.  And we all feel the same way, right? We all have the same sense of pride  and  delivering exceptional service.

And I think that is what really brings us together  is that we really focus on on high quality and exceptional service.  And so that's what makes it exciting. And that's what makes it fun because  we.  Have that commonality  that is that  thread that brings together. It makes us such an exceptional  team. 

That is great. Yeah. Once again, we kind of go back to that  relationship capital, their  importance of partnerships, importance of  building that great team. Hopefully folks  listening to this realize like the underlying theme is relationships, you know, you had  in partnerships and you had  kind of not the best experience with that in the beginning.

And now you have exceptional partners and exceptional team.  And, and that's translating to great success and probably also translating to.  You know decrease vacancy longer, you know, longer times that your residents are living in those units.  And that ultimately is going to translate to a better return on investment.

So  you know, that return on, on capital and you know, return on investment is super important.  And just awesome to see that journey from that perspective. And I wanted to hit one other thing here. You mentioned, you know, the coaching and you had a coach.  And we were talking before about a mutual friend we have to Shima and accountability.

How, how do you feel like coaching and accountability  has either,  you know, improved your real estate journey  or sped it up further than where you thought you would be?

Oh my goodness. Coaching is so life changing because  before I started my you know, coaching relationship with my coach currently and his mastermind, I had so many limiting beliefs.  And even though I was in this room and people were talking about  multi million dollar properties, I was just like, I don't know if I belong here,  but I just, I just continued to go.

And so even with the conferences I would go to our, cause we have two conferences every year  and I, I, I haven't missed a conference yet  since I,  since I  started my mastermind and even like, I remember the first conference I went to, I was like, what,  what is happening? Because  it was like. Alphabet soup, you know, because you're now you're learning this new vocabulary  and there's like  so much math involved and I'm like, oh my goodness.  I  don't know.  I understand all this, but I kept on going. Right.  And I, kept on going to the coaching calls and I  kept on asking for support  and I just,  I continued to just always lean in  no matter how uncomfortable I felt.  And because of that,  I have learned to become more aware of when my limiting  beliefs  come  in because  they still,  they're still there.  Right. But now I'm aware of them. Like,  okay.  Like  I see you  And don't try it because I see you right and so it's helped me become just  more sharp  when those limiting beliefs do pop in  And  if I need help or support I can I know that I can always go to my coach  And ask hey  i'm feeling this type of way about something.

Can you help me and then?  Usually all the time. It's just like, Oh, it's just like a light bulb switch. Like, Oh my goodness. Like  you, you just helped me get unstuck. And so it has helped tremendously because now I'm able to become much more aware of my limiting beliefs instead of becoming consumed by them. Because if you're not aware of.  you know, those limiting beliefs are telling you that you can get consumed. And then you, then you go through a whole spiral and thinking that you're not good enough and thinking you can't do it and thinking that, you know, you're the wrong place. And so now I'm aware of my limiting beliefs and I'm able to I'm able to approach them and say, Hey, like I know this is a limiting belief. But what do I know about myself to be true because all of that is fake anyway, right there I mean, they they are lies. And so I have to always reposition and be like, okay. Well, what do I know is true about me?  And go from there and so that has And that has given me, now it's places me in a position of power because  I'm able to  see the limiting relief of what it is,  and I'm able to reposition it  from a limiting belief to then  now an empowering belief. And that is what gives me the ability to keep on moving forward. And that just doing that,  I mean, that has.  Life changing,  like absolutely life changing to be able to have that as a skill,  to be able to acknowledge, Oh, this is, this is actually not me.  This is, this is, this is someone else.  You know, to be,  to be able to  acknowledge that the limiting belief is not you and  it's someone else  that is,  that has been life changing for me.

And so now i'm able to  embark on,  you know,  things that  may feel scary to me, but.  Now I'm able to  lean into a community who's going to lift me up and then also  be able to acknowledge when the limiting relief is trying to really stunt my growth. And I just  tell  that, you know, the little devil on my shoulder to go sit down somewhere  and I just do it anyway. 

Yeah.  Yeah. That, well, that mindset is going to take you really far. And that's something I feel like a lot of people struggle with  is limiting beliefs. There's a quote that's basically  the, the only thought you can't control is the first one.  You can control your second thought. You can control your third thought  and subsequent.

And so oftentimes, you know, that first thought comes in.  That may be that limiting belief and you have to be willing and you have to  realize like, Hey, I can control my thoughts after that. I can control that limiting belief and turn it around.  Exactly. Like you said, I know there are folks that are listening.

I was smiling while you were saying this, because this is something that I've been working on as well.  Cause I've really realized the importance of mindset and the importance of mindset to really grow. And  I know that there are people here right now, listen to this, who just rolled their eyes at the word mindset.

And they're like, Oh, I don't need that. Just tell me how to buy an apartment building.  Trust me when I say this, that mindset is going to be the most important thing.  You're going to realize that at some point, you're going to come back and be like, Hey,  Dr. Jay and Alex were right. You know, this is really important.

And so  just, just, I'm really glad that you said that. I'm really glad that you brought that up.  Dr. J, what are you working on? What's next for you  in terms of real estate investing?

Yeah. So right now you know, like what we were talking about earlier, relationships, right.  And so right now I'm focused in just building relationships with people who  want to learn how to passively invest in apartment buildings. And so  that is the purpose of my meetups.  That i've been holding. So I had my first meetup last month.

I'm going to have another meetup  on march 20th and plan to do these  to do them monthly as long as I don't have to  be away on a locum's assignment  and so that's what i'm focused on right now is building these relationships  getting the word out there  providing the education I know the first meetup that I had, it was, I mean, so many great questions, right?  This is something that,  you know, physicians and other professionals, they hadn't even heard that this was a thing.  And so, to be able to provide that education,  and it was, it was really, really just fun for me to be able to provide something new.  And I was really just glad that I  That people were interested enough to ask me so many questions  and so this is something that I'm, I'm just having fun with and creating community, right?

Creating community   in the city that I live currently in Nashville, Tennessee.  And so right now I'm just  building and growing relationships. In the hopes of when someone is ready to invest passive in an apartment building, then I can help them along the way and I can help them, you know, invest in their, you know, first apartment building.  And so that's what I'm focused on right now. 

That's great. Those relationships are going to pay off, you know, tenfold. So  that's awesome.  And I can't wait to see how the second meetup goes. And if folks, if you're listening to this and you're in  Nashville, March 20th, get over there to that meetup. It's going to be awesome.  Well,  Dr. J, this was awesome. I want to be respectful of your time.

How can folks reach out to you if they want to know more? I know you're all over LinkedIn and you're crushing it. So folks go follow Dr. J on LinkedIn. But how can folks reach out to you if they want to know more or if they want to invest with you in the future?

Yes, well you can certainly find me on linkedin  As dr. Schill said i'm janika benoit on  linkedin  i'm also on instagram as cis negotiates  and then I also have a A freebie for any physician or professional who want to learn more about passively investing in apartment buildings called the physician's guide to wealth  that I can provide you with and you can link in the show notes and you can check that out 

That's awesome. Yeah, absolutely. We will have those links in the show notes. So  folks be sure to follow Dr. J and get the physician's guide to wealth.  Dr. J, thank you so much for coming on the podcast. This was awesome.

Yes. Thank you so much for having me. I appreciate it.

Absolutely. We'll have to bring you back in like a year or so and talk more about how you went from  60 units to 6, 000 in 

Oh, we're going there. 

let's go. That, that is awesome. Well, with that, it's been  Dr. Janeeka Benoit and Dr. Alex Schloe with another episode of the physicians and properties podcast.

Signing off. 

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