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The Perfect Property Podcast
Host: Juli St. George of Keller Williams Realty’s Perfect Property Team
Guests: Emily Collins & Nancy Nguyen, Real Estate Investing Entrepreneurs

Summary:
Barely into their 30s, our guests on this episode of The Perfect Property are a dynamic duo of real estate investors already on the brink of retirement. How have they done it? Through savvy, brave purchases – and relentless hard work! Nancy Nguyen & Emily Collins share with Host Juli St George an inside look at how they’ve built impressive real estate portfolios filled with a variety of investment properties. Starting from scratch, these two young female entrepreneurs leveraged mortgages, identified hidden market opportunities and teamed up to grow their business by leaps and bounds. What it takes is homework, a strong credit score and a willingness to actually take the plunge. Take a peek into how Emily and Nancy are balancing it all – the due diligence, purchases, management and inevitable trouble-shooting – while also pursuing
personal passions from travel to opening a popular Atlanta area restaurant. You’ll learn about the tried-and-true tips, actionable strategy and vision they have evolved through their
partnership. Best of all? They’re totally open to mentoring others – especially women 
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What You’ll Learn:
 Principle Investment: Why both Nancy and Emily are comfortable with 80% of their
portfolios dedicated to real estate.
 Meant to Be: How Nancy was inspired and mentored by Emily, who helped her find
profitable footing in the real estate space. 
 Identifying Opportunities:
o Distinguish between established versus up-and-coming areas.
o Understand the difference between cash flow versus equity.
term versus short-term returns.
 Knowing When to Pivot: Why it’s critical for property owners not to become emotionally attached, which can leave us vulnerable to poor decision-making.
 Three Key Ingredients for Sound Investing:
o Numbers
o Potential
o Equity
 Pros and Cons of Working as a Team:
o Pro: Keeping one another accountable to unsentimental analysis.
o Con: It all depends on finding a great partner, as Emily and Nancy have found, melding flexibility, dynamism and pooled knowledge.

o A good credit score is key.
o Buying a primary residence makes a perfect point of entry.
o Leverage mortgages expands access.
o Develop a sharp network of agents who are keeping an eye out!
o Stay local to maximize control of and visibility on properties.
o Learn the management process now - become more hands-off later.

Notable Quotes:
 “I don’t think I picked real estate. I think real estate picked me.” 
 “Real estate is a living, breathing thing and it changes every single day ... and you have to keep your finger on the pulse of what’s going on.”
 “You have to learn when you start investing in real estate to switch the way you think –from emotional to what’s logical.”  “We’re both highly motivated and know what we want, so when an opportunity comes along it’s very easy for us to pull the trigger.” 
 “The beauty of real estate is leveraging and using equity to collect more properties.”
 “You can’t start in real estate if you have really terrible credit. It’s a much longer journey.” 
 “No one is going to know more about a specific area and property than someone who works the area, sifts through properties, sees what’s going up and sees what they’re selling for on a day to day.” 
Relevant Links/Further Resources:
Check out Nancy’s unique, highly successful mimosa bar, Pur Zen.

Contact Emily & Nancy:
Email @ Boss Ladies Investing.
Follow Host Juli St. George:

https://linktr.ee/julistgeorge