Moses Lin, 29, is a wedding guitarist by trade, and real estate investor on the side. He performs at about 50 weddings a year and invests a portion of his earnings into his real estate portfolio. Currently, he owns four investment properties as well as his residential property. In 2021, Moses made about $175,000 from his music business, and $42,000 from his rental properties, which he reinvested into his portfolio. He lives in Anaheim, CA.
This is an installment of CNBC Make It’s Millennial Money series, which profiles people across the globe and details how they earn, spend and save their money.
Moses Lin never thought he’d make any money as a musician. Once, early in his career in 2016, he played a coffee shop for three hours and got $3 in tips.
“I was so discouraged, I literally I went home and I cried,” Lin says. “I was like, I’m never going to make a living performing music. This is never going to work out. And I almost just threw it all away.”
By 2021, though, Lin was working full-time as a destination wedding guitarist. He played around 40 to 50 weddings that year and brought in about $175,000 before tips.
His work takes him to all corners of the U.S., from New York to Hawaii, and even Cancun, Mexico.
The best part: Playing weddings “doesn’t even feel like working. We’re just partying.”
In the last two years, Lin has invested the bulk of his wedding income into real estate. He’s currently the landlord for four properties in Little Rock, Arkansas. He also bought his own home in Anaheim, California, this spring.
In 2021, he brought in $42,000 in rental income and $28,000 in other income.
Watch the video to find out how Lin went from college dropout to wedding guitarist, real estate investor and homeowner bringing in $245,000 a year.
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Wow wish I could find something I could do from home …I think the problem aswell is that we don't know what jobs are out there. Good for him! Lovely to see people work hard and succeed
i have a friend, an amateur comedian/actor, who also had the same motto about not having a backup plan. needless to say, it didn't work out for her. she's since gone back to school to study nursing.
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Dude it’s called you’re gonna be 70 and no retirement who cares about Inflarion right now 😂
I mean, this is definitely super cool what he does an odd EXTREMELY non-traditional. But I'd see why literally everyone should be advised to finish school when they only have 1 semester left.
Also, $4000 for a guitarist is insane. Plus tip?! Why are they tipping this man when he already is getting paid a $h!+ ton?!?!
Wow, I am a pastors kid too! Nice to know pk's out there.
Typical budget $6805. That’s like $80000 a year average living in LA. Question: where is the rest of 250k is claiming? I don’t get it.
Only in America 🇺🇸
Driving along all the homeless people to get a Soy Milk Pumpkin Spice Latte…
He found his calling and can pursue his dreams. Also if he retires as a musician he has his rental properties to fall back on. Good job.
PKs represent!! 💪🥰 Love seeing the second generation creativity and hustle
I really wish we could've gone into more detail about how he's able to charge thousands of dollars per wedding. No shade, but what is he doing that's so special? Could we atleast hear him play!?! Does he have a large following on social media and he leverages that for pricing!?!
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I would love to hear how he managed his finances during the pandemic and whether he had to find other streams of income when there were less in-person weddings
You get them married, I get them divorced.
I too also make 300k+ from their divorces.
Great for him!!!
So interesting! Thank you for sharing!!
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so public spending like food stamps and unemployment benefits helped you. the question will support that……
a few thousand dollars for a couple hours? LOL
When it comes to investing, what’s your say to anyone with 50k $ looking for the best ways to invest and make good earnings off it?