12 Expert Real Estate Investing Tips With Dan Lesniak

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We’re highlighting experts & their real estate investing tips for beginners—from the experts.

Our Investor Spotlight features quickfire questions of the tools, advice, routines, and strategies real estate beginners & professionals use to grow their business and gain passive income.

Investor Spotlight: Dan Lesniak

Dan Lesniak is a billion-dollar real estate agent, best-selling author, investor, developer, and coach. He launched his real estate career after completing successful careers both as a Naval submarine officer and defense contractor. Dan’s HyperLocal strategy led to one of the fastest starts in real estate with over $22 million in sales in his first year.

Let’s dive in!

Quickfire Real Estate Investing Tips for Beginners

1. What’s your favorite app (real estate related or not)?

TikTok

2. How many hours a night do you sleep?

6

3. What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received (real estate related or not)?

Commit first, figure out the details later.

4. Do you invest out-of-state?

Yes, I invest in multiple states but live in Florida.

5. Have you ever house hacked?

Yes, house hacking is a great way to live for free and generate cash flow.

6. Do you have a go-to paint color for your rentals?

Stone gray

7. How long does it take you to analyze a property for investment?

15 minutes

8. How old were you when you purchased your first rental property?

24

9. Hard money loan or conventional?

Conventional

10. What is the #1 piece of advice you would give a new real estate investor just starting out?

Find a mentor, get a good peer group, and take action

11. What made you want to invest in real estate?

A desire to be free of the system.

12. What’s a landlord “hack” you use to make your life easier?

Automate as much as possible.

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• TikTok
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• YouTube
• Twitter
• Website

About Dan

Dan Lesniak is a billion-dollar real estate agent, best-selling author, investor, developer, and coach. He launched his real estate career after completing successful careers both as a Naval submarine officer and defense contractor. Dan’s HyperLocal strategy led to one of the fastest starts in real estate with over $22 million in sales in his first year.   

Since 2012, Dan has gone on to create the Orange Line Living Team, a premier real estate group in the Washington, DC area. The team merged with the Keri Shull Team in 2013, and The Wall Street Journal quickly ranked their team among the top 50 in the nation. 

Since then, Dan and Keri’s combined team has grown to 120+ members and sells over $800 million in volume annually. REAL Trends ranks their mega team #1 in the competitive DC Metro Area.Dan has been coached by some of the world’s top coaches including Tony Robbins and Grant Cardone. Dan has helped start, invest in, and fund numerous businesses and real estate projects. He’s contributed to features by CNBC, Money, Business Insider, and Forbes on the topics of real estate, entrepreneurship, and productivity.

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