{"id":38249,"date":"2013-02-21T00:09:53","date_gmt":"2013-02-21T07:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/renewsblog\/?p=38249"},"modified":"2023-04-07T18:37:44","modified_gmt":"2023-04-08T00:37:44","slug":"2013-02-21-working-job-investing-real-estate-arthur-garcia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/2013-02-21-working-job-investing-real-estate-arthur-garcia","title":{"rendered":"Investing While Holding a Full Time Job with Arthur Garcia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Investing in real estate while holding a full time job may not always get the most discussion in the real estate investing world &#8211; but there are thousands (if not millions) of investors who do just that. On today&#8217;s episode of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/podcast\" target=\"_blank\">BiggerPockets Podcast<\/a>, we sit down with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/users\/ArthurG\" target=\"_blank\">Arthur Garcia<\/a><\/strong>, a busy part-time investor who has massed an impressive collection of rental properties while holding a full time job. This show is filled with a ton of really great tips to help any investor &#8211; large or small &#8211; be more efficient with their investing time. In addition &#8211; this was probably the most humorous show to date!<\/p>\n<p>Before we jump into it &#8211; we want to once again thank everyone for subscribing to our show in iTunes and leaving us a review. We are up to 99 Five Star reviews and over 25,000 downloads! Thank you to everyone!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/bpp6-arthur-garcia-podcast-transcript-investing-working-fulltime\" target=\"_blank\">Read the transcript of Episode 6 with Arthur Garcia here.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Listen to The Show on iTunes<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/biggerpockets-podcast-real\/id594419649\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a> to listen on iTunes.<\/p>\n<h2>Listen to the Podcast Here<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm\/?e=BIGPOC4819156961\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>In Today&#8217;s Podcast, We Cover:<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/podcast\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/BiggerPockets-Podcast-Cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"188\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>How to invest <\/strong>when prices are <strong>too high <\/strong>in your area.<\/li>\n<li>How to get started with &#8220;buy and hold&#8221; investing when you <strong>don&#8217;t have much money or time<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>How to use use &#8220;cost to rebuild&#8221; to <strong>predict the future<\/strong> of your market.<\/li>\n<li>Why Arthur and his wife sold their primary residence to live in an apartment while buying rental property.<\/li>\n<li>The &#8220;<strong>super creative way<\/strong>&#8221; to find flexible lenders.<\/li>\n<li>How to find &#8220;Portfolio loans.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>A great way to legally get around the &#8220;10 loan&#8221; limit for mortgages.<\/li>\n<li>Why investing while holding a job gives you an <strong>advantage<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Tips for finding a great property manager.<\/li>\n<li>The story of a <strong>topless 90 year old woman <\/strong>that finally convinced Arthur to hire a property manager.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Tweetable Topics:<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;You can&#8217;t save your way to serious wealth in retirement.&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/clicktotweet.com\/HtAKI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tweet This Quote!<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;That first rental check fueled my addiction for real estate investing.&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/clicktotweet.com\/Ly92B\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tweet This Quote<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Do everything you can to take advantage of the downturn in the market&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/clicktotweet.com\/55A09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tweet This Quote!<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;You gotta draw a line in the sand and place your bet on where you think the market is going to go.&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/clicktotweet.com\/bbpyc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tweet This Quote!<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;To invest in real estate while holding a full time job &#8211; you need to find ways to build systems.&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/clicktotweet.com\/mrXJV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tweet This Quote<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;What makes the top performers stand out? The Art of the Side Hustle&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/clicktotweet.com\/8G06U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tweet This Quote!<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Links from the Show:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/conference\/\" target=\"_blank\">BiggerPockets Summit &#8211; Conference 2012<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/users\/cucaloco\" target=\"_blank\">Steve Landis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/users\/mpjzuber\/\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Zuber<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/YHET1E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">P90X<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/VMuwi1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Insanity<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Books Mentioned in the Show:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/real-estate-investing\" target=\"_blank\">The BiggerPockets Ultimate Beginner&#8217;s Guide to Real Estate Investing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/29XjYVh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The E-Myth<\/a> by Michael Gerber<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/29VW0vs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rich Dad Poor Dad<\/a> by Robert Kiyosaki<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/29VWtxz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How I Turned $1,000 into Three Million in Real Estate in My Spare Time<\/a> &#8211; by William T Nickerson<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/29Y9cRT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Win at the Sport of Business<\/a> by Mark Cuban<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>About Arthur Garcia<\/h2>\n<p><em>Arthur Garcia is a buy and hold investor in Southern California who is buying up dozens of homes while working a full time job. Arthur acquires properties using a combination of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/hardmoneylenders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hard money<\/a>, HELOCs, partnerships and private investors. You can find out more about Arthur at:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Arthur&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/users\/ArthurG\" target=\"_blank\">BiggerPockets Profile<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Arthur&#8217;s Blog &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.TheBuyandHoldGuys.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Buy and Hold Guys.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>(In case you missed the link, click below to listen to the show!)<\/strong><br \/>\n[powerpress]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Investing in real estate while holding a full time job may not always get the most discussion in the real estate investing world &#8211; but there are thousands (if not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17340,"featured_media":119972,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4565],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biggerpockets-podcast"],"acf":[],"comment_count":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17340"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}