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Real Estate
Set for Life
by Scott Trench
A step-by-step blueprint for reaching financial independence in your 20s and 30s, built around house hacking — buying a small multifamily property, living in one unit, and renting the rest. BiggerPockets CEO Scott Trench maps the exact path from broke to financially free using real estate as the accelerant.
Key Takeaways
- →House hacking can eliminate your largest expense while building equity simultaneously
- →The path to wealth starts with aggressively cutting expenses, then earning more, then investing
- →Real estate investing doesn't require huge capital — it requires the right first property
- →Financial freedom is easier to reach in your 20s and 30s than at any other time
- →A paid-off or cash-flowing first property changes every financial decision that follows