What if you could buy a 10-property portfolio in just 5 years by keeping it simple and stacking the right strategies at the right time? In this episode of Landlord Diaries, we sit down with Thach Nguyen, real estate mogul, mindset coach, and founder of Springboard to Wealth, to break down the step by step framework he teaches that helped him build to $100 million in real estate assets. 

Thach walks us through the 4 steps to getting started in real estate, from house hacking and value-add deals to equity growth and ADUs, Thach shares how clear goals, repeatable systems, and the right mindset can help investors scale faster than they think.

Plus, we dive into monthly (midterm) rentals as a game-changing way to increase cash flow for these strategies, including a story of one landlord earning $9K per month on a single property using ADUs and monthly rentals. 

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Timestamps:

0:00 Welcome to Landlord Diaries, the Monthly Rentals Podcast
2:30 How Thach shifted from survival to building lasting wealth
5:00 Starting in real estate and buying his first home in 1991
5:50 Growing a $100M portfolio over 29 years
6:45 The early strategy that built his property empire
11:30 The 4 smartest ways to get started in real estate today
13:30 Simplifying your first property purchase
14:40 Landlord spotlight: Kelly's first investment and cash flow win
16:00 How equity and value-adds drive cash flow and the 1% rule
19:30 The best (and worst) ways to increase property value
21:20 Where monthly midterm rentals fit in a smart, stacked strategy
24:25 Thach realizes he's been doing midterms all along!
25:40 PadSplit + Furnished Finder: Room rentals that work
27:40 Midterm vs long-term cash flow: Micro unit case study
29:55 Real investor story: $9K/month from one property with midterms
31:30 Why the money is made in the buy, not the sale
32:25 How simple mid-term upgrades yield near short-term returns
34:25 How a resilient mindset fuels real estate success
36:00 Thach’s rarely told FBI story: mindset through adversity
40:20 Grit, growth, and finding strength in hardship
43:00 Mindset takeaways from Katie and Kelly
47:20 One action every investor should take today

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