W2 Engineer to over 2B in acquisitions
🔥On this Real Estate Hustlers Podcast episode, we will be talking with Lane Kawaoka, the owner of The Wealth Elevator, who has invested in over 10,000 units totaling $2.1B+ in real estate. He is a writer for Forbes, a Top-50 investing podcast host, and an Amazon Best-Selling Author who helps busy professionals build passive income, reduce taxes, and create long-term wealth through real estate investing.
What actionable value will you provide to our listeners?
- Lane: 10,000+ units (~$2.1B); Forbes writer, top podcaster, Amazon author.
- Engineer to investor (2009); scaled to multifamily via syndications (2015).
- Big assets = pro management; small rentals = time-heavy.
- Rising costs/rates → conservative underwriting, realistic assumptions.
- Ground-up builds = less immediate maintenance.
- Beginners: one asset class; avoid over-concentration; buy in downturns.
Actionable episode; see Lane’s book, The Wealth Elevator.
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Lane: 10,000+ units (~$2.1B); Forbes writer, top podcaster, Amazon author.
- Engineer to investor (2009); scaled to multifamily via syndications (2015).
- Big assets = pro management; small rentals = time-heavy.
- Rising costs/rates → conservative underwriting, realistic assumptions.
- Ground-up builds = less immediate maintenance.
- Beginners: one asset class; avoid over-concentration; buy in downturns.
- Actionable episode; see Lane’s book, The Wealth Elevator
About Lane:
🔥On this Real Estate Hustlers Podcast episode, we will be talking with Lane Kawaoka, the owner of The Wealth Elevator, who has invested in over 10,000 units totaling $2.1B+ in real estate. He is a writer for Forbes, a Top-50 investing podcast host, and an Amazon Best-Selling Author who helps busy professionals build passive income, reduce taxes, and create long-term wealth through real estate investing.
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