I Bought 15 Rental Units While Making $15/Hour Putting Up Fences

BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast · Jun 22, 2026 · 38m

Britton Eads was making $15 per hour putting up fences all day. He had no college degree; he dropped out of the electrician trade and didn’t have many other options. One day, he read Rich Dad Poor Dad, and realized his life didn’t need to stay on the same track it was going.

Now, just four years later, he’s got over 15 rental units, his rental income replaced his fence job, he’s sitting on $200,000 in equity across his portfolio, and he couldn’t be happier. It only happened because he took action instead of second-guessing himself.

Britton’s story is one of the wildest we’ve heard. Everything…