The Small, $100K Rental Properties That Helped Me Quit My Job

Episode #1264 Frec will analyze your portfolio and help you determine the best way to get started. Schedule a free portfolio analysis with the Frec team, or sign up and get $250 when you fund an account: https://frec.com/ After having her second daughter, high school math teacher Christle Stezskal had a choice to make—keep working for little pay and give up the time she had with her young children, or find another way to help provide for them. Her husband had just finished the personal finance classic, Rich Dad Poor Dad , and knew rentals were the right move—but Christle was only working with a teacher’s salary. She couldn’t buy $400,000 houses, let alone $300,000 or $200,000 houses. But $50K - $100K rental properties—that she could do. The duo set off, finding an out-of-state investing market where the numbers would work. They purchased their first deal, and then… lockdowns, and a tenant moving out —terrible timing. That wouldn’t stop Christle. Now, just six years later, she has a real estate portfolio of 19 cash-flowing rentals. She’s gotten creative, buying off-market properties, sending direct mail, and even bidding at courthouse auctions to get rentals at the right price. Because of her hustle, she’s quit her job, now gets to spend time with her girls, and provides her family the financial future they’ve always dreamed of—and she didn’t need deep pockets to do it. 00:00 Intro 01:32 Struggling on Teacher’s Pay 03:06 First Deal, Then…Lockdowns 05:48 $50K for First Rental! 07:23 Buying Rentals at Auction 11:37 Next Rental for $21K!? 14:19 Sponsor: FREC! 15:19 Investing Closer to Home 18:52 Quitting Her Job 21:40 Current Portfolio 23:02 BEST Way to Find Discounted Deals 26:14 Buying $100K Properties 28:39 Self-Managing 19 Rentals 31:16 Scared to Invest? Hear This. Episode Show Notes: https://lnk.to/biggerpocketsYT Join BiggerPockets for FREE 👇 https://www.biggerpockets.com/signup?... 🎉Join us at the BiggerPockets Conference October 2-4 in Orlando. Buy tickets: https://biggerpockets.com/bpcon2026 Let Us Know What You Thought of the Show! https://www.BiggerPockets.com/Podcast... Grab the Classic, Rich Dad Poor Dad : https://store.biggerpockets.com/produ... Sign Up for the BiggerPockets Real Estate Newsletter: https://www.biggerpockets.com/email-s... Find an Investor-Friendly Agent in Your Area: http://biggerpockets.com/agentmatch BiggerPockets Real Estate 1252 - I Had 4 Kids, No Cash, and a Traveling Spouse: Now I’ve Got 4 Rentals w/Joanna Caldera: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/re... Connect with Christle: https://www.biggerpockets.com/users/c... Connect with Henry: https://www.biggerpockets.com/users/h... BiggerPockets is not a customer of Frec. Frec paid a one-time fee for this post. Borrowing on margin adds to your risk. Investing involves risk, including the risk of loss. Brokerage services provided by Frec Securities LLC, member FINRA/SIPC and advisory services provided by Frec Advisers LLC, an SEC RIA. Both wholly owned subsidiaries of Frec Markets, Inc.