6 Years Ago, He Bought His First Rental: Now He’s Doing 24 Deals a Year

**Dave Meyer** (0:00)
Don't want a boss or a day job deciding your future? What if you could ditch the nine to five for good and replace it with a business that gives you serious income and total control over your time? Today, you'll hear from someone who's actually doing it. At just 32 years old, Brett Hundley has already retired from one career and built a thriving real estate business designed around one goal, freedom.
Not just money, but the ability to live life on his terms, take that dream vacation, and say yes to opportunities that most people can't. Brett's secret weapon is using the leadership skills he honed during his eight-year NFL career to build and manage teams, to run renovation projects day to day, and hit lofty goals like completing 24 deals per year. If you're ready to build a real estate business that doesn't just cover the bills, but actually funds the lifestyle you want, Brett will show you how to find your lane, scale from zero, and take control of your future.
Hey, everyone, I'm Dave Meyer, Chief Investment Officer at Bigger Pockets. We've got a great show for you today. It's an investor story with Brett Hundley. He's a former NFL quarterback, turned Arizona real estate investor, who's doing the exact type of deals that everyone in our community could also be doing. So let's jump in with Brett and hear what he's up to. Brett, welcome to the Bigger Pockets Podcast. Thanks for joining us.

**Brett Hundley** (1:35)
Man, thank you for having me, this is a fun one.

**Dave Meyer** (1:37)
Yeah, this is gonna be a lot of fun. So tell us a little bit about yourself. What's your professional background? How did you get into real estate?

**Brett Hundley** (1:42)
Man, I like to say I fell into real estate. But background, I played football, went from Channel Arizona, and then I went to UCLA, played in the league for eight years as a quarterback. And then during my time, actually, while playing football, I had sort of got into real estate. When I was in Green Bay, that's where I bought my first house. And that is essentially what got me into it. And then it wasn't until I got to Arizona, who I started sitting down with teammates of mine, Larry Fitzgerald, Devon Kennard is another big one. And I grew up with Devon. And then Prince Mukumaro, who is another Arizona native. I used to sit down with them every day after practice. Prince was doing short term rentals, Devon was doing long term rentals, and Larry was doing a whole bunch of stuff.
And picking their brain. And then that's how I started buying my first short term rental, then the first new bill.

**Dave Meyer** (2:27)
So you had like a little real estate club?

**Brett Hundley** (2:30)
No, 100%. That's pretty cool. Yeah, 100%. That's how I fell into real estate.

**Dave Meyer** (2:33)
You know, I have a Prince Mukumaro jersey.

**Brett Hundley** (2:35)
Do you really?

**Dave Meyer** (2:36)
Yes, I'm a Giants fan. He was our first-round draft pick.

**Brett Hundley** (2:40)
No way.

**Dave Meyer** (2:41)
I went to the opening game and bought it, still got it.

**Brett Hundley** (2:44)
So Prince too, so he's from Arizona.

**Dave Meyer** (2:47)
I didn't realize that.

**Brett Hundley** (2:48)
From Arizona, so it was me, him and Devin Kennard on the same team playing for the Cardinals. And Prince was doing short-term rentals and he had one day, I was like, dude, I'm just sort of saving my money. What are you doing? Because I was like, okay, maybe buying some rentals and stuff. And he was like, dude, check out the short-term rental. He showed me all his numbers.
He was like, and it was crushing. And I was like, all right. So I bought my first property, like five minutes away from his. Really? Okay. And then it started crushing it. And then Devin Canard as well was doing a lot of long-term hold. So I was running a lot from him. So just picking those guys' brains sort of got me into it. And then I sort of just took off running.

**Dave Meyer** (3:20)
You know, Devin's been on the show before he's written a book for Bigger Pockets. What do you think it is? There seems to just be this overlap between professional sports and real estate. Why do you think that is?

**Brett Hundley** (3:32)
Let me dispel this thing right now, because people look at us and they're like, man, you guys have the access, can dump all this money in the real estate. Honestly, when you really look at the statistics of making it to the league, one, I mean, you're talking 0.0002% of all athletes who try. But then once you make it, most NFL rosters are made up primarily of undrafted guys. Then when you hear all these $100 million, $200 million price points, it might be one or two guys on the roster, and the rest are usually at league minimum.