Linda McKissack, author of the USA Times Bestseller "Hold: How to Find, Buy and Rent Houses for Wealth," is a highly sought-after communicator and entrepreneur coach with over 35 years of experience in the real estate industry.In the late 1980's, Linda and her husband, Jim, found themselves $600,000 in debt almost overnight during the savings and loan crisis in Texas. Never working more than minimum wage, Linda took a big bet on herself and got into real estate sales. In her first year, she made about $3,000 gross income. Jim said that was, "real gross" as they needed to climb out of a mound of debt. Linda began investing in herself and attended a real estate seminar that taught her how to succeed in real estate. At the same time, Linda and Jim began investing in single-family real estate in order to create passive income.A few short years later, Linda would become the #1 real estate agent at Keller Williams Realty to then go on and own multiple Keller Williams franchises, become the #1 KW profit share earner, and purchase a KW region in Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky.Linda and Jim now own over 70 single-family rental properties around Dallas, TX, 8 commercial buildings, and 34 nightly rental cabins in Branson, Missouri.Today, Linda works because she wants to, not because she has to and she is on a mission to help other entrepreneurs do the same. As Linda says, "I believe I can teach ordinary people like me to create an extraordinary life if they will be purposeful around leverage and passive income. I am on a mission to help people create a life of freedom and options. A life by design not by default."