REI Wealth Monthly Issue 14 | Page 25

INTERVIEW WITH MARKO RUBEL LINDA PLIAGAS After a few years of learning the language, and I consider my "Unlimited Funding" model to be the going to a school, I finally got a decent job, but ultimate model. Sure I'm biased, but it is the only seven months later I lost my job due to downsizing. model that gives you the profit now, the cash flow, the benefit from loan paydown and appreciation, plus Then, after working for Sony in San Diego for 11 the tax savings... without dealing with tenants. I only months, I lost my job again due to downsizing. flip properties that come my way and don't fit that criteria. This was the time I realized that no matter how great the company you work for may be, there's no Tell us about your Unlimited Funding job security. I was disappointed, and very stressed Program, what is it? out looking for another job... and during that time, out of desperation I purchased a real estate course called "No Money Down" while watching a late night infomercial. It was hard to comprehend the techniques, but as you know, that started the change and the rest is history. That was back in 1997, and a few years later I went full time in Real Estate and been having a blast ever since. I had no money when I started, and my credit was non-existent, so I had to come up with a method to profit without it. I was smart enough to quickly realize that flipping houses would never give me the passive income I was after. There was no leverage, no cash flow, no appreciation benefit, plus the small profits realized by flipping are highly taxed. I knew I had to What type of real estate do you like best? Flipping, Buy and Hold, Wholesaling?? own properties to create real wealth. That's how I perfected the strategies that today I call "Unlimited Funding". It made me a millionaire, so I consider it the BEST way to invest in real estate.