Show Notes
Today I’m welcoming back property investor Scott O’Neill to the podcast. Scott and his wife are self-made multi-millionaires that created $300K in passive income by 28. Since Scott was last on the show, I received a fair amount of emails asking me to get him back to give a more practical guide on investing in commercial real estate. Some of the topics we cover in today’s episode are: What is commercial real estate? (00:06:32)Pros and Cons for both residential and commercial property (00:13:52...
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