How to Make Money in Real Estate with 100% Financing with Jhanel Wilson, Ep. 339

Jhanel Wilson is a chemical engineer turned thriving real estate investor. She scaled up to an 8-figure portfolio using government programs, and being a defensive investor with a recession and pandemic proof portfolio. She is the Founder and CEO of The Savvy REI. She is on a mission to share her 17+ years of hard lessons & personal strategies to help you become a better investor.

John sat down with Jhanel to learn more about her story, strategy, and secrets to become a savvy real estate investor. Let’s dive in to learn how Jhanel started with no capital and created a pandemic proof portfolio.

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[00:01 – 06:40] Opening Segment 

  • Jhanel talks about her background.
  • How she got started
  • The challenges she encountered and what she learned from them
  • How she managed to scale her portfolio

[06:40 – 10:03] Investing with 100% Financing

  • Why you need time for active investing
  • What to do when you have the time but no capital
  • Leveraging good credit to get started
  • How you can mitigate some of the risk and some of the potential exposure when investing with one hundred percent financing.
  • How Jhanel managed to get a $300k appreciation from a $17k property.
  • How having access to hard money lenders and credit cards is really helpful

[10:03 – 30:16] Fund Investing

  • Jhanel talks about her book “Invest in Real Estate with No Money Down”
  • How Jhanel manages to get great appreciation from the properties she buys
  • Why she keeps away from the hot areas while investing
  • The importance of getting ahead of development before an area gets hot
  • Why Jhanel took over the operations for managing her properties
  • John breaks down why you should choose the right property managers for the right type of property.
  • Why buy and hold is a great way of investing

 

[30:16 – 34:35] Bullseye Round

Apparent Failure:

Losing so much time on a squatter

 

Digital Resource:

monday.com

 

Most Recommended Book:

How to Win Friends and Influence People

 

Daily Habit: 

Reading and learning

 

Curious About:

Digital marketing

 

I Wish I Knew When I Was Starting:

That the most important thing is networking

 

Best Place to Grab a Bite in Philly

Stephen Starr Restaurants

 

Contact Jhanel:

You can find Jhanel on her Instagram

 

Tweetable Quotes:

“You just have to be able to get through the project and even if you use credit cards to do that; it’s ok - as long as you bought right.” - Jhanel Wilson

“Buy and hold is definitely the best because you can just keep re-tapping into your properties without having to buy more and make your money work for you”

 

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