445: When to Quit Your Job and Pursue Your Dreams with Rapper Manafest

<p>The BiggerPockets podcast has quite a diverse group of guests that come on the show. We’ve had writers, speakers, businesspeople, and actors, but this may be the&nbsp;<strong>first rapper we’ve had</strong>&nbsp;with us.&nbsp;<strong>Chris Greenwood AKA Manafest&nbsp;</strong>is in the studio, and instead of recording beats, he’s recording the best lessons he’s learned through his&nbsp;<strong>music career, real estate investing</strong>, and online business.</p><p>Chris started out like many of us, working a stable job for a large corporation. After years of doing music on the side while working&nbsp;<strong>his full time job</strong>, he decided to<strong>&nbsp;take the jump and make rapping and rocking his career</strong>. Chris is the first to admit that this may not have been the best&nbsp;<strong>financial decision</strong>, and staying on the job for a little while longer could have relieved him of a lot of headaches. That being said, Chris didn’t just survive, he actually thrived in the music scene.</p><p>When Chris and his wife decided to move out of their condo to upgrade to a larger home, they brought up the idea of&nbsp;<strong>renting out the condo instead of selling</strong>. This opened Chris up to the world of<strong>&nbsp;real estate investing</strong>, and as he saw the checks start to come in, he realized that this was a money maker that could help bring in&nbsp;<strong>stable income, passively&nbsp;</strong>while he worked on his music.</p><p>Now Chris owns various properties and mainly buys from<strong>&nbsp;turnkey companies</strong>. Brandon, David, and Chris all have their own opinions on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/mastering-turkey-real-estate-build-passive-portfolio" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>turnkey real estate investing</strong></a>, but they all agree on one thing: for those that don’t have much time to be an active investor, it’s a great way to start or stack up rental properties.</p><p>Aside from rentals and rapping, Chris dev