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Currently: 56 days in the Med ✈
Jennifer and her family on the road in Germany
One of the rental properties
☕ fueled by iced coffee + castle views🏠 our latest new build project

I’m Jennifer Beadles: investor, software founder, homeschooling mom, and a few moves ahead so you don’t have to be. Make yourself at home.

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Out-of-State Real Estate Investing: A Practitioner's Complete Guide
Real Estate

Out-of-State Real Estate Investing: A Practitioner's Complete Guide

I stopped buying in my own backyard in 2016 and never looked back. Here's the exact process I use to buy cash-flowing rentals in markets I've never set foot in, including the mistakes that cost other investors six figures.

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The 1031 Exchange: How to Sell, Defer the Taxes, and Scale Your Portfolio
Tax Savings

The 1031 Exchange: How to Sell, Defer the Taxes, and Scale Your Portfolio

I traded one single-family home cash flowing $580 a month into five units cash flowing nearly $2,000, and paid zero capital gains tax to do it. That's the power of a 1031 exchange.

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How to Build Location-Independent Income (and Why It's Never Been Cheaper to Start)
Business

How to Build Location-Independent Income (and Why It's Never Been Cheaper to Start)

One spontaneous conversation turned into an RV and a month in Moab, with zero impact on our income. That's only possible when nothing you earn depends on where you stand. Here's how to build that.

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Postcards from the road

Proof it’s not theory

Standing on the canyon rim near Moab
Moab. The month the RV idea won.
A fully renovated white rental kitchen with hardwood floors
The kitchen, after. Worth every weekend.
The barrel sauna at one of the cabin rentals
Sauna nights at the cabin rental.
A dated rental bathroom before its renovation
The bathroom, before. Good bones, big plans.
The couple at the Roman amphitheater in Pula, Croatia
Croatia, between work emails.
The couple among red rock canyons out West
Red rock country. A real day off, finally.
A styled guest coffee bar in one of the rentals
The guest coffee bar. Small touches, five-star reviews.
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