054 - Dr. Ravi Gupta - Viking Capital Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Dr. Ravi Gupta grew up the son of a real estate investor, but did not realize his passion for real estate until after he began practicing medicine. Now, as the co-founder and managing partner of the real estate investment firm Viking Capital LLC, Dr. Gupta says: “I’m living my passions.”

In this podcast, Dr. Gupta discusses the financial flexibility that investment yields — and how this flexibility has allowed him the freedom to practice medicine on his own terms. Alongside his real estate work, Dr. Gupta works part-time as a hospital medicine physician in the Washington metropolitan area. He is also opening his own online practice in functional medicine, the medicine of health and well-being.

To learn more about Viking Capital, visit https://vikingcapllc.com. Dr. Gupta may be reached at [e-mail].

Show Notes

Join our conversation with Dr. Gupta...

Dr. Gupta shares his story (1:58)

The Five Freedoms: financial freedom, freedom of time, geographic freedom, freedom of health and well-being, and freedom of giving/charity

How Dr. Gupta got into real estate (6:41)

Nuts & Bolts (13:20)

Why invest in real estate? (Tl;dr: “It’s lucrative, it’s interesting, and there’s a tremendous tax benefit.”)

Should I hire a management company?

What is today’s market like?

Tips for a first-time investor (28:08)

1) If you’re going to live in a property, make sure you’re planning to stay there for at least 3-5 years.

2) Have a good exit plan in place

3) Buy the cheapest property in the best area you could buy in

“Creating your freedom”: transition into practicing medicine for passion, not profit (47:07)

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