He Bought 6 Rentals in 6 MONTHS (Not Years) While Working His 9-5

Episode #1306 Get full service property management for growth-driven investors with Mynd: https://www.mynd.co/bpportfolio-check... Worried you’ll come up short in retirement? When Brian Waters ran the numbers, he realized he was still decades away from being able to leave his nine-to-five. He needed a lifeline, and he found one in real estate investing. In just five years, he has scaled to 20 rental properties, and against all odds, he’s already on track to retire early! When we last checked in with Brian, he was buying simple, affordable, turnkey properties 2,000 miles away. But recently, he’s pivoted to a “hybrid” investing strategy you’ve probably never heard of, one that’s helping him scale his real estate portfolio even faster. In the past six months alone, he’s added six rentals—all while working full-time, coaching football on the weekends, and staying fully present with his family. Today, Brian shares the highly “repeatable” formula he’s using to tie everything together, makes a convincing case for keeping your W-2 job while you grow your real estate business, and shows you how to use other people’s money (and knowledge) to stack properties much faster than you ever could alone. 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 Book, Long-Distance Real Estate Investing : https://store.biggerpockets.com/produ... Sign Up for the Investor Brief Newsletter: https://www.biggerpockets.com/email-s... Find an Investor-Friendly Agent in Your Area: http://biggerpockets.com/agentmatch BiggerPockets Real Estate 1198 – I Started BRRRR-ing in My Mid-40s, Now I’ll Retire a Decade Earlier w/ Brian Waters: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/re... Connect with Brian: https://www.biggerpockets.com/users/b... Connect with Dave: https://www.biggerpockets.com/users/d... 0:00 Intro 1:14 Table of Contents 1:32 Building His Rental Portfolio 4:04 Why Turnkey Real Estate? 8:23 Recycling Your Money 10:34 Building Your Out-of-State Team 15:22 Sponsor: Mynd! 15:51 Brian’s “Repeatable” Formula 21:51 The “BRRRR-Key” Strategy 24:21 $75K+ Equity on ONE Deal! 25:37 Scaling with Creative Finance 31:02 Meet Brian at BPCON2026! 33:03 Connect with Brian!