Episode 48: Kris Haskins talks about Financial Literacy, Real Estate Investing & Using Private Money

This is Eat, Sleep, Invest: the podcast that helps real estate investors get more deals. In this episode, Bryan Driscoll speaks with Kris Haskins about his mission to help other investors and entrepreneurs. Kris made hundreds of thousands of dollars in the music business, only to wind up broke. But he turned his finances around when he got educated and started investing in real estate. He currently invests in Airbnbs, long-term rentals, and Section 8 housing.

Kris is passionate about spreading financial literacy and getting people on the path to financial success. He has learned a lot through his decades of investing and shares his advice on today’s episode. Bryan and Kris discuss:

• How Kris had to go broke before educating himself and eventually figuring out the right way to invest in real estate
• The metaphor that earning money is the offense, and managing money is the defense
• Various ways you can invest the wrong way
• How Kris’s long-term rentals look different than what you typically see
• The most important piece of Kris’s vetting process for rent-to-own tenants
• The concept of building your own bank for your business with private money
• Learning to talk to people and look credible to show you understand the business
• The importance of financial literacy and changing the narrative
• How Kris filled the void of information that wasn’t out there for investors
• The thin line between rapport and business that leads to successful deals

Connect with Kris:

https://krishaskins.com/

https://www.instagram.com/kris.haskins/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsMdIzwLBuCWrFt9zqhX2bA

https://www.amazon.com/Real-Estate-Negotiating-Bible-discounted-ebook/dp/B01B5H0U2E