His senior year of college, he enrolled in a real estate finance class and started learning about various property-investment strategies. He was particularly interested in multi-family real estate and focused his capstone project around it. By 2015, his real estate investing business reached a point of profitability where he felt comfortable quitting his finance job. Getting into real estate in today's market is "very hard," he said matter-of-factly. To achieve financial freedom, Beliveau stresses getting your first "rental asset" — not just your first rental unit.

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