BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

If there’s one thing that’ll make or break your real estate portfolio, it’s property management. When done correctly, property management can feed you consistent, passive income without the everyday stressors of being a landlord. Whenever you hear people talking about bad tenants, midnight phone calls, or surprise maintenance problems, they’re really talking about property management gone wrong. So, how does a rookie real estate investor, with even just one rental property, start managing the right way so they can scale their portfolio faster?  Amelia McGee and Grace Gudenkauf, authors of The Self-Managing Landlord, did it all wrong initially. They were picking up every tenant phone call, placing every service request, taking rent payments every which way, and here’s the thing—none of it was working. As they scaled their portfolios, things only got more difficult until finally, one day, they stopped and developed a system, and like that, their businesses took off. Now, only a few years into real estate investing, both Amelia and Grace have dozens of rental units to their names and less stress than ever before. How did they do it all WITHOUT hiring everything out to a property manager? In today’s show, they’ll share the self-managing principles they used to explode their rental portfolios while staying sane! And if you’re a new investor or are about to be one, these tips could save you YEARS of headaches! In This Episode We Cover: Why EVERY real estate investor should be self-managing when building their portfolio How to start building your property management “system” that’ll save you HOURS a week What brand new investors NEED to start doing once they have their first property Three apps/software that every real estate investor should have Tenant selection 101 and simple mistakes that could cost you months of rent  How to know it's time to start outsourcing and signs you need some help And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Join BiggerPockets for FREE Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Ask David Your Real Estate Investing Question Dave's BiggerPockets Profile Dave's Instagram Henry's BiggerPockets Profile Henry's Instagram BiggerPockets' Instagram Rookie Podcast 111 - 26 Doors in 1 Year? Here’s How You Can Do It Too! w/Amelia McGee Rookie Podcast 161 - Using Calculated Risk to Acquire 17 Doors In Under a Year (at Age 24!) w/ Grace Gudenkauf Self-Management vs. Property Management Company: What’s Right for You? Book Mentioned in the Show The Self-Managing Landord by Amelia McGee & Grace Gudenkauf Connect with Grace & Amelia: Amelia's Instagram Grace's Instagram Amelia and Grace's Website (00:00) Intro (01:48) EVERYONE Should Self-Manage (04:06) How Bad Management Burns YOU (09:31) Start Doing This NOW (14:08) Tips for Your First Rental Property (19:26) 3 Apps/Software You Need (22:44) Tenant Selection and Screening (26:56) Outsourcing vs. DIY (32:21) When to Hire it Out (36:11) Grab the Book! Check out more resources from this show on BiggerPockets.com and https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-938 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Should I pay off my rental property or reinvest? How do I replace my six-figure salary with cash flow from real estate investing? And what’s the best way to analyze crime BEFORE I invest in an area? You asked, and we’re here to answer on this episode of Seeing Greene as we take questions from rookie real estate investors, veterans in the rental property game, and everyone in between. If you want to scale your portfolio faster or quit your job with real estate, this is the place to be! First, we take a question from a high-earner asking whether they should pay off their rental properties OR use their extra money to build a bigger portfolio faster. A fledgling house hacker wants to know the best way to analyze an investing area for crime now that many online listing websites have taken down this data. A business owner is struggling to find real estate write-offs and asks for help, and a rental property investor needs to know which commercial real estate investment boasts the biggest cash flow. Finally, an anonymous question comes in from a techie who’s about to lose their job. How can they replace their six-figure income with rental properties fast? Want to ask David a question? If so, submit your question here so David can answer it on the next episode of Seeing Greene. Hop on the BiggerPockets forums and ask other investors their take, or follow David on Instagram to see when he’s going live so you can jump on a live Q&A and get your question answered on the spot!  In This Episode We Cover: Whether to pay off your mortgages early or reinvest to build a bigger portfolio Replacing your salary with real estate income and why you may want to get a job instead  How to analyze an investment area for crime with limited online data  The short-term rental tax loophole that could save you a TON on taxes Will an ADU (accessory dwelling unit) add value to your property on an appraisal? Cash-flowing commercial real estate investments and why top investors pay attention to something else  And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Join BiggerPockets for FREE Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Ask David Your Real Estate Investing Question David's BiggerPockets Profile David's Instagram Rob's BiggerPockets Profile Rob's Instagram Rob's TikTok Rob's X/Twitter Rob's YouTube BiggerPockets' Instagram Ask Other Investors Their Takes on a Neighborhood Rookie Podcast 368 - Pay Less Tax to the IRS This Year With THESE Real Estate Tax Strategies w/Natalie Kolodij Real Estate Podcast 823 - The Tax-Free Strategy Only Real Estate Investors Can Access Real Estate Podcast 919 - How to Use Real Estate to Quit the 9-5 Grind Get a Short-Term Rental Cost Segregation Books Mentioned in the Show Pillars of Wealth by David Greene Check out more resources from this show on BiggerPockets.com and https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-937 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Want to know how to invest in real estate with NO money down? Or, maybe you’ve got a bit of cash in the bank and think now is the time to get into the real estate investing game. No matter where you’re at or how much money you have, we’re bringing you four ways to invest in real estate with no money AND low money in 2024. Does it sound too good to be true? Thankfully, this is just how real estate works and our expert investor hosts can back up the facts—these methods CAN be done with little or no money down. Some of these strategies will get you in the game, making cash flow every month, EVEN without owning a rental property. Others will allow you to put very little money down to buy your first house, but you must be willing to follow a few rules. We’ll also get into the short-term rental side hustle that has landlords pay YOU for managing their property and exactly how Rob scored a three percent interest rate (in TODAY’s market) while putting very little money down on a property. Don’t let money stop you from starting your investing journey! Combine a few of these strategies, and you could have a cash-flowing rental property portfolio in just a few years’ time! In This Episode We Cover: How to start a real estate business without owning a single property! The exact method Rob used to score a three percent interest rate in 2024 How to buy one house every year using these low-money-down loans Real estate partnerships 101 and how to invest using other people’s money  The property management side hustle for short-term rentals that could help you save up a down payment And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Join BiggerPockets for FREE Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast David's BiggerPockets Profile David's Instagram Rob's BiggerPockets Profile Rob's Instagram Rob's TikTok Rob's X/Twitter Rob's YouTube BiggerPockets' Instagram Network and Learn from Other Investors on The BiggerPockets Forums Grab “The Book on Investing in Real Estate with No (and Low) Money Down” How to Buy a Rental Property With No Money: 10 Strategies for Real Estate Investors Check out more resources from this show on BiggerPockets.com and https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-936 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mortgage rates are high, supply is low, and inflation just won’t go away. These market conditions make investing in real estate harder than ever…or so most investors think. The truth? This housing market isn’t all that different from years past, and if you know which moves to make, you can get ahead of all the other investors without them noticing. What do we mean? We’ve got a seasoned investor with over thirty years of rental property experience on the show, ready to share how buying during “high” rates can be a huge advantage. But that’s not all we’re getting into on this BiggerNews episode. We’ve got questions directly from BiggerPockets listeners that we’re throwing at expert investor Kathy Fettke to see what time-tested advice she’d give. First, a listener wants to know why mortgage rates aren’t falling and how to get into the real estate investing game during a time like this. Then, we discuss how investors can save themselves against inflation. With a spike in part-time work, could the American economy be showing signs of weakness? Finally, we answer the question everyone has on their minds: Is it the darn millennials’ fault for causing these high home prices? Want to ask a question for a future BiggerNews episode? Post your question in the BiggerPockets forums and get answers from a community of over 2,000,000 real estate investors! In This Episode We Cover: Mortgage rates explained and why interest rates are staying so high Sneaky ways to snag a LOW interest rate in 2024 (Kathy got 4.75%!) The best hedge against inflation and how to protect the money you have Rising part-time work and whether or not this is a recession warning sign  Did millennials cause this unaffordable housing market? And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Join BiggerPockets for FREE Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets' Instagram Hear Dave and Kathy On the “On the Market” Podcast Dave's BiggerPockets Profile Dave's Instagram Kathy's BiggerPockets Profile Kathy's Instagram BiggerNews, September: Will Anything Slow Down this Housing Market? with Dave Meyer & Kathy Fettke Check out more resources from this show on BiggerPockets.com and https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-935 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With so many real estate tax write-offs, it’s no wonder that CPA Brandon Hall says rental real estate is one of the most tax-advantaged assets on the planet. But, even with so much free-flowing information on how to pay less to Uncle Sam, most real estate investors are missing out on a MASSIVE tax deduction that could be saving them thousands, if not tens of thousands, on their tax bill. What’s the write-off that even our host, Dave Meyer, didn’t know about? Stick around, or walk away from a HUGE tax savings. Brandon Hall is a real estate investor-focused CPA. He knows the deductions, write-offs, and audit red flags that could be helping or hurting you. Today, he’s walking through whether or not you need a tax professional (a LOT of people DON’T), why you need to start tax planning BEFORE you buy your first property, the biggest real estate tax write-off that most people miss, and why you should WAIT to file your taxes to see if a MASSIVE real estate tax benefit is making a much-awaited comeback. Need a tax professional to help you make the right tax moves? Find one for FREE with BiggerPockets Tax Finder. In This Episode We Cover: The big real estate write-off that most investors are completely overlooking Why you should WAIT to file your taxes in case this MASSIVE tax benefit returns Who should (and definitely shouldn’t) be doing their own taxes  Scaling your portfolio? Why you MUST start strategically planning your taxes now The biggest audit red flags that are NOT worth the deduction (watch out for these!) A bonus depreciation update and how this could save you hundreds of thousands And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Join BiggerPockets for FREE Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets' Instagram Hear Dave On the “On the Market” Podcast Dave's BiggerPockets Profile Dave's Instagram Watch Dave on the “On The Market” YouTube Channel 100% Bonus Depreciation Coming Back? (Do NOT File…Yet) w/Brandon Hall The Biggest Real Estate Tax Loophole You’ve (Probably) Never Heard Of w/Brandon Hall Connect with Brandon Brandon's BiggerPockets Profile Brandon's LinkedIn Brandon's Website Brandon's X/Twitter Check out more resources from this show on BiggerPockets.com and https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-934 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you follow these Airbnb design tips, you could double your nightly rates almost instantly. Don’t believe us? Erica Dike, a short-term rental design expert, has done it before and is sharing her “designing for dollars” formula ANYONE can use to boost nightly rates, double revenue, or increase their bookings. Erica, like many of us, has seen the standard Airbnb designs. You know what we’re talking about—the sterile walls and lack of color, or the obscurely small dining room table for a cabin that’s supposed to sleep ten. Erica’s designs go far beyond what most guests expect, and that’s why she’s been so successful. Erica gives us the three steps to her “designing for dollars” formula, plus seven tips that ANY Airbnb, medium-term, or long-term rental investor can use to attract their target guest/renter and start making more money than ever before. Plus, if you’re a host with a lackluster short-term rental and are looking for some quick design ideas to spruce up your space, Erica shows you step-by-step how to refresh your rental for MORE revenue! No matter what space you’re in—vacation rentals, travel nurse housing, student rentals, or fix-and-flips—these design tips will blow your potential renters and buyers away, leaving you with more money than the house next door. Ready for Erica to “crack the code” on Airbnb design? Let’s get into it! In This Episode We Cover: How Erica doubled a client’s Airbnb revenue with smart design strategies The “designing for dollars” formula that’ll get you more bookings on Airbnb How to define your “target market” and attract the exact guests you want  The seven steps you can use NOW to get higher rents on your short-term rental Why long-term rental landlords MUST pay attention to design to attract the best tenants The first thing to do if you think your Airbnb needs a redesign or refresh And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Join BiggerPockets for FREE Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets' Instagram Hear Dave and Henry On the “On the Market” Podcast Dave's BiggerPockets Profile Dave's Instagram Henry's BiggerPockets Profile Henry's Instagram Investing in Short-Term Rental Properties: A Beginner’s Guide & How to Get Started How to Get More Airbnb Bookings This Spring and Summer Break Connect with Erica: Erica's Facebook Erica's Instagram Erica's X/Twitter Website Check out more resources from this show on BiggerPockets.com and https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-933 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How does a HELOC work? Can you use one to start investing in real estate when you’re low on cash? And, if you do decide to go the rental property investing route, how do you ensure you’ll retire a millionaire? If these questions have been keeping you up at night, worry not; David and Rob’s real estate wisdom is about to make those early retirement and financial freedom dreams a reality. Welcome back to another Seeing Greene. As always, your expert investor co-hosts, David Greene and Rob Abasolo, are here to answer any and every real estate investing question you have. First, we answer, "Is an ADU (accessory dwelling unit) EVER worth building?" With the sky-high construction and labor costs, do these tiny homes make more sense now than ever? Next, we’ll break down how a HELOC (home equity line of credit) works, then David and Rob explain how they’d invest $300K in TODAY’s market and counsel a landlord/broker on how to retire a millionaire with real estate. Want to ask David a question? If so, submit your question here so David can answer it on the next episode of Seeing Greene. Hop on the BiggerPockets forums and ask other investors their take, or follow David on Instagram to see when he’s going live so you can jump on a live Q&A and get your question answered on the spot! In This Episode We Cover: When (and when NOT) to build an ADU (accessory dwelling unit) on your property HELOC (home equity line of credit) interest rates explained and when to open one How David and Rob would invest $300K in today’s housing market How to use home equity and a SMALL real estate portfolio to retire a millionaire  What to do when your long-term tenant NEVER signed a lease Portfolio architecture 101 and the huge benefit of paying off your rental properties  And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Join BiggerPockets for FREE Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Ask David Your Real Estate Investing Question David's BiggerPockets Profile David's Instagram Rob's BiggerPockets Profile Rob's Instagram Rob's TikTok Rob's X/Twitter Rob's YouTube BiggerPockets' Instagram Listen to Our Sister Podcast, “On the Market” Forum Post: Buying a property where tenant does not have a lease Episode 919: How to Use Real Estate to Quit the 9-5 Grind Check out more resources from this show on BiggerPockets.com and https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-932 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you have just $10,000, you can start investing in real estate THIS YEAR, even with ZERO experience. How are you going to do it? In this episode, we’re breaking down the most beginner-friendly ways to build a real estate portfolio with low savings, a median income, and bills to pay. While this might not be the easiest road to real estate riches, within just a few years, you could be sitting on multiple investment properties IF you make the right moves. Dave Meyer, David Greene, and Rob Abasolo all started investing without much cash in the bank. They had to budget, save, and build up their finances to get their first rental property in the bag. But, once they started investing, it was hard to stop. Now, they all have financial freedom-enabling real estate portfolios that spit out plenty of monthly cash flow. And they’re here to help you build wealth, too! Dave, David, and Rob share their favorite ways to start from scratch when investing in real estate, how to best use $10,000 to get in the game, the one beginner investing strategy that EVERYONE should try, and how to use other people’s money to grow your real estate portfolio even faster! So, if you want to make 2024 the year YOU start investing, even if you don’t have a ton saved up, stick around! In This Episode We Cover: How to start investing in real estate with just $10,000 and a median-income job The best beginner real estate investment for those who want to get into the game How to make money in real estate WITHOUT buying a single property  The unconventional advice that could give you a HUGE pay raise at work Real estate partnerships 101 and the exact pitch Rob gave his first partners to raise money for a deal The “sneaky rental” tactic that allows you to scale your real estate portfolio at lightning speed And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Join BiggerPockets for FREE Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Ask David Your Real Estate Investing Question David's BiggerPockets Profile David's Instagram Rob's BiggerPockets Profile Rob's Instagram Rob's TikTok Rob's X/Twitter Rob's YouTube BiggerPockets' Instagram Get Access to Expert Investing Tools with BiggerPockets Pro Network with Other Investors on the BiggerPockets Forums Grab Dave’s Book, “Start with Strategy” Hear Dave on The “On the Market” Podcast Watch Dave on the “On The Market” YouTube Channel Connect with Dave: Dave's BiggerPockets Profile Dave's Instagram Check out more resources from this show on BiggerPockets.com and https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-931 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The NAR lawsuit changed the real estate industry overnight. Just like that, buyer’s agents were no longer getting their standard three percent commission, and many investors began imagining what buying and selling homes would be like without realtors. But is this massive NAR settlement as dramatic as the headlines are making it out to be? Is there really an agent exodus on the horizon, or is this just a way for the bad agents to exit the industry quickly? We brought on a panel of top investor-friendly agents to find out. Joining us are four agents from across the nation: Avery Carl, Craig Curelop, Juliet Lalouel, and Mike Savegnago. All of these agents are affected by the recent NAR lawsuit settlement, but they don’t seem so shaken up. For many of these agents, this lawsuit simply thinned the competition, putting the expert agents back on top while showing the less-than agents the door. Plus, after the recent deals they’ve done, they’re not too concerned about a lack of buyer’s agent fees. Today, we’re asking each of them their thoughts on the changes to the NAR’s rules, how this will affect buying and selling homes, what this means for real estate agent commissions, and what agents should do NOW to get ahead of the game. Plus, since our agent panel is all investors as well, they give some crucial advice on finding an agent in your area that will help you build your real estate portfolio even bigger. In This Episode We Cover: The NAR lawsuit explained and what it means for real estate agent commissions A “huge exit of agents” and how this could change the real estate industry forever What to do when a seller offers you or your buyer’s agent a zero-percent commission What real estate agents need to start doing NOW to ensure they still get paid The key signs of an investor-friendly agent that any landlord should be looking for Massive downsides of buying or selling without an agent (it will cost you…) And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Agent BiggerPockets Bootcamps Join BiggerPockets for FREE On The Market Join the Future of Real Estate Investing with Fundrise Connect with Other Investors in the “On The Market” Forums Subscribe to The “On The Market” YouTube Channel Dave's BiggerPockets Profile Dave's Instagram Avery's BiggerPockets Profile Avery's Facebook Avery's Instagram Avery's LinkedIn Avery's Website Craig's BiggerPockets Profile Craig's Facebook Craig's Instagram Craig's Website Juliet's BiggerPockets Profile  Juliet's Instagram  Juliet's Brokerage Instagram Juliet's YouTube Juliet's Website Mike's BiggerPockets Profile Mike's Facebook Mike's LinkedIn BiggerPockets' Instagram Breaking: NAR Settles for $418M, Buying and Selling Homes Could Change Forever Check out more resources from this show on BiggerPockets.com and https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-930 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why are David and Rob selling off parts of their rental portfolios? It’s a new season, and you know what that means—spring cleaning! And if you’ve got underperforming properties, a real estate business that’s just treading water, or employees who aren’t moving the needle, this is the episode for you. David and Rob are talking about “trimming the fat” of their portfolios and businesses, weeding out the bad expenses, and selling off their problem rental properties. And with spring being the best time to sell, you may want to consider doing the same. First, we’re going through David and Rob’s real estate businesses—they’re talking about hiring, firing, starting new businesses, and when it’s time to slow INSTEAD of grow. Next, the investing duo takes a hard look at their portfolios, triaging the properties into winners, losers, and the ones that need a little love. If you’ve got a rental property that isn’t pulling in the numbers you want, now may be the time to sell! But, if you’re going to sell some of your rentals, how do you use that money to keep building wealth? We’ll get into exactly what David and Rob are doing with the money from their problem rental properties and how they’re using it to multiply their cash flow even more. Don’t leave your portfolio collecting dust—you’ve got some spring cleaning to do! In This Episode We Cover When it’s time to sell your rental properties (and how to know they’re underperforming) Why you should NOT start a new business until you evaluate THIS  Hiring, firing, and how to know it’s time to cut back your business expenses  The real reason you need to visit your properties more often (Rob’s BIG mistake) Return on equity (ROE) and why you need to keep track of this crucial metric David’s potential move and why he may be leaving the Golden State behind  And So Much More! Check out more resources from this show on BiggerPockets.com and https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-929 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In just four years, Dylan Osmon went from having no job, barely any money, and no real estate investing experience to owning over one hundred rental units. How’d he do it so quickly? Before we answer that, we’re going to make this a little more impressive. Dylan isn’t buying in the big cities with tons of inventory going on the market every week—he’s been buying in tiny towns that you and almost everyone else listening to this have never heard of. And he may have struck gold by doing so. Dylan acquired his first investment property right before the lockdowns. Then, after closing, he quickly realized that this was the worst rental property he could have bought. It had everything—low rents, tenants who never paid, and, to top it off, a cesspool of human waste in the crawlspace—everything you need for a deal gone wrong. He quickly got control of this nightmare rental, flipping it and walking away unscathed. But now, he had to start back from square one, this time with new knowledge. Over the next few years, Dylan made it his mission to build multiple income streams, so every dollar he made went into new deals. He eventually met partners that would help him scale even quicker and learned the secret to finding the best off-market properties—don’t worry, he shares it in this episode! Now, he’s got over one hundred rentals across three small markets, and if you copy his strategy, you could too! In This Episode We Cover: Why you CANNOT overlook small markets when investing in real estate The #1 best way to find off-market real estate deals in any area How much emergency reserves you should have on hand at ALL times Investing in real estate with no money by finding the deal FIRST Scaling your real estate business faster so you don’t have to do so much of the work The risk of having only a W2 salary and just one income stream And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Join BiggerPockets for FREE Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Dave's BiggerPockets Profile Dave's Instagram Henry's BiggerPockets Profile Henry's Instagram BiggerPockets' Instagram Use The BiggerPockets Investment Calculators On Your Next Deal Hear Dave and Henry On the “On the Market” Podcast 8 “Under the Radar” Housing Markets With Low Prices and High Cash Flow Connect with Dylan Dylan's BiggerPockets Profile Dylan's Facebook Dylan's Instagram Dylan's Website   Check out more resources from this show on https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-928 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When is it NOT worth taking a capital gains tax exemption? Wouldn’t it ALWAYS be a good time to pay Uncle Sam less? Not exactly…and today, we’re going to get into why. But there’s much more coming up in this Seeing Greene. If you’ve had trouble with an overbudget home renovation or are a real estate agent looking for new ways to find leads, stick around—we’ve got just what you need. BRRRRman and Rob-in are back as our housing heroes, answering any and every question you have about real estate investing. First, Ronnie, a new real estate agent and full-time law enforcement officer, wants to know how to get more leads in his small market. David gives one piece of advice EVERY real estate agent must hear to help explode their businesses. Next, we discuss refinancing vs. recasting your mortgage and when each is worth it. A house hacker debates reinvesting in his backyard tiny home or buying a house in cash. Then, we talk about why selling your former primary residence, even with a capital gains exemption, might not make sense. And finally, a rehab gone wrong causes an investor to question whether it’s time to hold ’em or fold ’em. Want to ask David a question? If so, submit your question here so David can answer it on the next episode of Seeing Greene. Hop on the BiggerPockets forums and ask other investors their take, or follow David on Instagram to see when he’s going live so you can jump on a live Q&A and get your question answered on the spot! In This Episode We Cover: How to get more real estate leads as an agent no matter the size of your market “Recasting” your mortgage and how it can save you hundreds or thousands every month Reinvesting in a rental or buying a new one in cash using a cash-out refinance Avoiding capital gains taxes when selling your primary and whether to move that cash into a new rental OR keep the property Home renovations gone wrong and when to sell a property you’ve gone over budget on And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Join BiggerPockets for FREE Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Ask David Your Real Estate Investing Question David's BiggerPockets Profile David's Instagram Rob's BiggerPockets Profile Rob's Instagram Rob's TikTok Rob's X/Twitter Rob's YouTube BiggerPockets' Instagram Meet Investors in Your Area on the BiggerPockets Forums or at a BiggerPockets Meetup: Forums Meetups Grab David’s Book, “SCALE” Check out more resources from this show on https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-927 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You want to grow your real estate side hustle, but your W2 is taking up too much of your time. How do you invest in real estate when you’re stuck at the office or behind a desk from nine to five? We’re about to give you expert tips on growing a real estate portfolio or real estate business no matter your W2 because if David Greene and Rob Abasolo can do it, so can you! Whether you want to build a rental property portfolio, flipping or wholesaling business, real estate agent side income, or something else, it can be a struggle managing your real side hustle while working your full-time job. And, if you eventually want to quit your job and become a full-time real estate investor, you’ll need your real estate to produce as much or more than your current job, but how do you make that type of income with only nights and weekends free? These six tips will help you create a bigger, better, more scalable real estate side hustle, helping you do more with less time WITHOUT burning out. From setting a side hustle schedule to automating everything you DON’T need to be doing, avoiding feeling overworked, and using your free time to speed up your timeline to financial freedom, these tips are CRUCIAL if you ever want to build wealth through real estate. So, if you’re struggling to balance your job with creating a real estate business/portfolio, implement these tips TODAY! In This Episode We Cover: Why you need to START telling your boss (and yourself) “no” more often How to automate and delegate to free up time in your day so you can do what matters most The Pareto Principle (80/20 rule) that will change the way you do anything and everything Tips to avoid burnout when working a job AND for yourself and what David did to reverse his real estate paralysis Why you should NOT quit your job until you’ve reached THIS stage of investing And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Join BiggerPockets for FREE Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast How to Use Real Estate to Quit the 9-5 Grind David's BiggerPockets Profile David's Instagram Rob's BiggerPockets Profile Rob's Instagram Rob's TikTok Rob's X/Twitter Rob's YouTube BiggerPockets' Instagram Check out more resources from this show on https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-926 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Housing inventory has shot up over twenty percent year-over-year. So, are our low inventory struggles finally behind us? During the low interest rate days, housing inventory couldn’t keep up with demand. Within days of posting a listing, properties had already gone under contract, and buyers could no longer bid. But now, with higher interest rates, we’re finally starting to see a return to “normal,” but a rate cut could take us back to scarce inventory in an instant. So, is now the time to buy? Mike Simonsen from Altos Research joins us on this BiggerNews episode to give an update on housing inventory. Mike’s team tracks every home for sale in the country every single week and has been doing so for almost two decades. Today, he gives us the most recent data on homes for sale, why inventory is rising, the states that are seeing the most inventory hit the market, and whether or not we can expect to return to pre-pandemic inventory levels. Plus, for those debating waiting it out for lower mortgage rates, Mike shares exactly how rates will affect housing inventory and why waiting could throw you back into the bidding wars once rates drop again. Mike even discusses the data behind price cuts and when you can expect sellers to start accepting lower bids.  In This Episode We Cover: A housing inventory update and why more inventory is finally starting to hit the market What happens to housing inventory if interest rates fall or rise Florida, Texas, and other southern states that are seeing a surge in housing inventory  Why most investors are wrong about price cuts What must happen if we’re to see inventory rise back to pre-pandemic levels The one thing buyers and sellers should know if they’re waiting for rates to fall  And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Join BiggerPockets for FREE Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Dave's BiggerPockets Profile Dave's Instagram BiggerPockets' Instagram The Housing Market “Signals” That Predict Where We’re Headed w/Mike Simonsen HousingWire CEO: This Inventory Shortage Could Last Decades Hear Dave on The “On the Market” Podcast Watch Dave on the “On The Market” YouTube Channel Connect with Mike Altos Research Mike's LinkedIn Mike's X/Twitter Check out more resources from this show on https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-925 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Want to explode your real estate portfolio? Then you MUST know about raising private money. When done correctly, private money (also called private capital) can help you and your investors reach financial freedom faster instead of wasting months or years between deals as you wait for your savings to grow. The best part? It’s not just the big players that are raising private capital. Small-time investors doing five or ten-unit deals can still massively benefit from private money, and we’re about to show you how to get it! When talking about private capital, there’s arguably no one who knows the subject better than Matt Faircloth. Matt literally wrote the book Raising Private Capital and has used the same strategies in it to raise millions of dollars for his own investing business, The DeRosa Group. Matt’s partner, Hervé Francois, also joins us today to go over the beginner steps of raising private capital. These two capital-raising experts will show you exactly how to raise your first $1,000,000 in three simple steps and give you a pitch example you can use to raise private capital from ANYONE in your network! Connect with more investors, get more deals done, and raise private capital faster with a BiggerPockets Pro membership. Podcast listeners get 20% off with code “FUNDING24”! In This Episode We Cover: How to raise private capital and get your first $1,000,000 in private money Scaling your real estate portfolio FASTER by leveraging private capital The BIGGEST mistake beginners make when trying to raise private capital The three beginner steps you can take to start raising private capital for your next deal A private money pitch example you can use to start building your network The best real estate investing tool that every capital raiser should have And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Join BiggerPockets for FREE Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Tools Mentioned in Today’s Video: Bootcamps Forums Invelo Meetups Rental Property Calculator Rent Estimator Grab Matt’s Book, “Raising Private Capital” Connect with Hervé Hervé's BiggerPockets Profile Hervé's LinkedIn Hervé's Website Connect with Matt Matt's BiggerPockets Profile Matt's Instagram Matt's Website Check out more resources from this show on BiggerPockets.com and https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-924 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feeling scared to do your first or next real estate deal? Even if everything goes wrong, you may still be in a better position than Ayesha and Kevan Shelton were just a few years ago. After quitting their jobs to become full-time real estate investors, Ayesha and Kevan found themselves staring at a $300,000 loss. Their credit was ruined, their life savings drained, and most of their partners walked away, never to return. Ayesha and Kevan did the right thing, paying back every investor who funded their failed house flips, but it came at a cost. With a baby on the way, Ayesha and Kevan were debating bankruptcy to get some relief from the massive financial pressure they were under. But some wise investors told them they had it in them to rebuild their wealth—and that’s precisely what they did. In today’s incredible investor story, you’ll hear about how this power couple pivoted to turn their business around and began investing in new build construction projects. Now, five years later, they’ve built sixty homes, developed their own communities, and created true wealth out of nothing. The best part? These new construction homes are affordable housing, helping solve the inventory crisis we’re currently facing and giving those that truly need it safe, affordable, quality homes to live in. And if Ayesha and Kevan can do it starting from negative, you can too, even if you’re starting from zero! In This Episode We Cover: How Ayesha and Kevan turned a $300K loss into a massively successful business  Why you always (ALWAYS!) pay back the investors you’ve borrowed from Affordable housing 101 and how to get discounted land deals for your next new construction project How to find the “path of progress” of where homes will appreciate in your area Scaling your business with new construction homes instead of flipping houses Private money, hard money, and other creative financing methods to use when banks WON’T fund your deals And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Join BiggerPockets for FREE Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Hear Dave and Henry On the “On the Market” Podcast 4 Vital Points to Consider BEFORE Getting Into New Construction Dave's BiggerPockets Profile Dave's Instagram Henry's BiggerPockets Profile Henry's Instagram BiggerPockets' Instagram Connect with Kevan & Ayesha Kevan's BiggerPockets Profile Ayesha's Facebook Kevan's Facebook Ayesha's Instagram Kevan's Instagram Ayesha's LinkedIn Kevan's LinkedIn Park Street Homes Check out more resources from this show on https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-923 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When is enough enough? When is it time to STOP investing in real estate? When you have a hundred units or a thousand? When can you step back and let the hard work and grind pay off so you can spend more time with your family, spouse, children, and loved ones? But maybe this is just the start of your real estate investing journey, so a better question would be: how to start investing when you DON’T have tons of money to get in the game? Whether you’re a couple of years away from early retirement or gearing up for your first rental, we’ve got you covered on this episode of Seeing Greene.  Full-time real estate investors David and Rob are back to answer your investor questions! This time around, live-caller Ethan wants to know when enough is enough. He’s built a big real estate portfolio, but his spouse is asking, “What’s the end goal?” Next, David and Rob share what’s going on in their own lives and the “perfect storm” that hit David head-on that could be headed your way. A young house hacker wants to know the best plan for his property after he moves out: rent by the room, turn it into a long-term rental, or go the short-term rental route. Finally, a homeowner with some sizable equity but no extra money asks if she should sell her low-rate primary residence and exchange it for some investment properties.  Want to ask David a question? If so, submit your question here so David can answer it on the next episode of Seeing Greene. Hop on the BiggerPockets forums and ask other investors their take, or follow David on Instagram to see when he’s going live so you can jump on a live Q&A and get your question answered on the spot!  In This Episode We Cover: Why you need to start preparing your short-term rental for spring and summer break NOW When to start raising rates on last-minute guests (HUGE revenue boost) What you MUST include in your listing before it’s spring/summer break Amenities that any host can add to their home to bring in more bookings  Why seasonal photos make a huge difference to guests when browsing properties How to avoid parties at your property and guest red flags to watch out for Airbnb’s indoor camera ban and what to do if you have security cameras on your property And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Join BiggerPockets for FREE Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Hear Our Interview with AirDNA’s Jamie Lane AirDNA PriceLabs David's BiggerPockets Profile David's Instagram Rob's BiggerPockets Profile Rob's Instagram Rob's TikTok Rob's X/Twitter Rob's YouTube BiggerPockets' Instagram Ask David Your Real Estate Investing Question BiggerPockets Podcast 795 with Chad Carson BiggerPockets Podcast 492 with Rob Abasolo Forum Post: Sell Primary Residence to Use Equity for Rentals? Check Out Rob’s New Short-Term Rental, The Pink Pickle Book Mentioned in the Show: SCALE by David Greene The Small and Mighty Real Estate Investor by Chad Carson Check out more resources from this show on https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-922 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wondering how to get more bookings on Airbnb as spring break and summer vacation inch closer? With some expert tips, you’ll be able to bring in more revenue and higher reviews during these peak travel times. From listing optimizations to algorithm-beating description tweaks and amenities that’ll make your short-term rental stand out, using any of these expert tips can help your single short-term rental or short-term rental portfolio see more bookings flow in! We’ve already got a short-term rental expert on the show, Rob Abasolo. But one isn’t enough. Avery Carl is back to give her time-tested tips on boosting your Airbnb bookings during the spring break and summer vacation seasons. These two full-time vacation rental investors get into how to make more money with last-minute bookings, why you MUST change your pictures before it’s too late, the description tweaks that can lead to a full calendar, and the “low-hanging fruit” amenities that guests LOVE to see! Plus, since it’s spring break, these experts give their best tips on how to avoid parties at your property and stop your short-term rental from becoming a spring break rager! In This Episode We Cover: Why you need to start preparing your short-term rental for spring and summer break NOW When to start raising rates on last-minute guests (HUGE revenue boost) What you MUST include in your listing before it’s spring/summer break Amenities that any host can add to their home to bring in more bookings  Why seasonal photos make a huge difference to guests when browsing properties How to avoid parties at your property and guest red flags to watch out for Airbnb’s indoor camera ban and what to do if you have security cameras on your property And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Join BiggerPockets for FREE Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Hear Our Interview with AirDNA’s Jamie Lane AirDNA PriceLabs David's BiggerPockets Profile David's Instagram Rob's BiggerPockets Profile Rob's Instagram Rob's TikTok Rob's X/Twitter Rob's YouTube BiggerPockets' Instagram Book Mentioned in the Show: Short-Term Rental, Long-Term Wealth by Avery Carl Connect with Avery: Avery's BiggerPockets Profile Avery's Facebook Avery's Instagram Avery's LinkedIn Avery's Website Check out more resources from this show on https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-921 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A bombshell NAR settlement could bring wide-sweeping changes to the housing market. After a snowball of NAR lawsuits, the realtor association agreed to settle for a whopping $418 million and make critical changes to how real estate agent commissions are paid and how competition can be upheld. This significantly impacts anyone buying or selling a home and has life-changing effects for every real estate agent and realtor in the country. The New York Times’ Debra Kamin joins us to break the story. Debra breaks down the enormous legal loss that NAR (National Association of Realtors) suffered last week and the impacts it will have on the housing market. First, we discuss the new agent commission rules, which may break the standard six percent fee that realtors are used to taking. These commissions are real estate agents’ livelihoods, and a new model that supports lower commissions could force many agents to leave the industry entirely.  We’ll also touch on the turbulent times NAR has faced recently, from sexual harassment scandals to changing leadership and, now, a massive settlement that could lose them more than half of their members. Will a new type of real estate agent form from the ashes of this century-old model? Or, could a brand-new way of buying and selling homes transform the housing market? Stay with us; we’ll give you the entire scoop. In This Episode We Cover: NAR’s massive settlement creating ripple effects across the real estate market  The new real estate agent commission rules that could shock an entire industry  Changes to the multiple listing service (MLS) that may open the market up to new competition  The future of buyer’s agents and whether or not they’ll remain a critical component to buying a home  Sexual harassment scandals, turbulent leadership, and recent NAR struggles  What the future of using a real estate agent could look like  And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Join BiggerPockets for FREE Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Check out the entire episode on the "On the Market" YouTube Channel Dave's BiggerPockets Profile Dave's Instagram The NAR Will Eliminate 6% Commission Standards and Pay $418 Million in Damages After Settling Lawsuit Is It the End of the Realtor? Inside the NAR Crisis New Agent Lawsuits Could Have Profound Effects for Buying and Selling Homes Connect with Debra: NYT Debra's Website Debra's Twitter Check out more resources from this show on https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-920 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ready to escape the rat race and leave your nine-to-five behind? You’re tired of the early mornings, late nights, alarm clocks, and commuting. You want to go out on your own, create your own destiny, gain autonomy, and control your schedule. Can real estate help you get there? Definitely, but it won’t be the way you think. Those popular flipping shows on TV and influencer Instagram feeds love to show how easy and fun it is to be a full-time real estate investor. But is this reality? Today, we’re having an “escape the rat race” roundtable as Dave Meyer, David Greene, and Rob Abasolo discuss the best way to quit your job with real estate. Two of these investors are full-time real estate professionals, while one still holds their nine-to-five. In this episode, they get into the exact strategies you can use to start building wealth through real estate, create cash flow to replace your job, and determine which investments will work best for you. There’s even one strategy they ALL agree is the best way to get started. But before you hand in your two weeks’ notice, you better listen up. The world of full-time real estate investing isn’t what it seems on the outside, and unless you’re willing to put in the work, you might as well stay at your job and invest on the side. Want to hear about the grind none of the investing gurus will tell you about? Stick around; we’re sharing it all in this episode.  In This Episode We Cover: How to quit your nine-to-five job and start investing in real estate full-time The easiest way to get started investing in real estate that EVERYONE should do Active vs. passive real estate investing and whether you should flip houses or fund other people’s deals The truth about real estate cash flow and why it WON’T solve the problems you want it to Which personality types should invest in which assets (and the ones you should avoid) Real estate jobs you can start NOW that will help you get into the game even faster  And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Join BiggerPockets for FREE Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Grab Dave’s Book, “Start with Strategy” Forum Post: Which real estate strategy works best to escape the 9-5 rat race? Hear Last Week’s Seeing Greene, “Seeing Greene: Can I Escape the Rat Race with Just $70K?” Why you shouldn’t quit your 9-5 job to become a real estate investor David's BiggerPockets Profile David's Instagram Rob's BiggerPockets Profile Rob's Instagram Rob's TikTok Rob's X/Twitter Rob's YouTube BiggerPocket's Instagram Connect with Dave: Dave's BiggerPockets Profile Dave's Instagram Check out more resources from this show on https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-919 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fix and flips have looked a lot alike for the past few years. You see the same countertops, wall colors, appliances, and flooring in almost every new flip. While it makes sense for many high-volume flippers to use the same “cookie cutter” recipe repeatedly, it may not get you the highest price on your house flip. If you want to start a bidding war on your next investment property, you’ll need to think outside the box, like George and Heather Bassett have. George and Heather aren’t your everyday house flippers. To start, they filmed this entire interview from inside a church-turned-luxury house flip. George and Heather want to make each home they flip stand out and feel unique to every prospective buyer who walks through it, and their recipe for success sure seems to be working. On a recent flip, they had over fifty showings in one weekend alone. So, what house-flipping tips do they have that could help YOU sell for more? From unique finishes to thinking of livability first, asking the house what IT wants, and staging the not-so-basic way, George and Heather deliver an absolute masterclass on how to turn your next fix and flip into a show-stopping, bidding-war-starting, beautiful property that could give you tens of thousands more in profit than what the everyday flipper is getting. In This Episode We Cover: Why “cookie cutter” flips AREN’T what buyers want in 2024  Inexpensive, “unique” additions that’ll make your fix and flip sell for more Asking the house what IT wants and keeping the character of historic homes  How to use “bold” renovations to start a bidding war on your next house flip  Financing your next fix and flip with hard money, private money, and…credit cards? The ONE thing that’ll help your home sell for TOP dollar (which most people skip) And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Join BiggerPockets for FREE Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Hear Dave and Henry On the “On the Market” Podcast Dave's BiggerPockets Profile Dave's Instagram Henry's BiggerPockets Profile Henry's Instagram The Renovations That’ll Instantly Increase Your Home Value, Part 1 The Renovations That’ll Instantly Increase Your Home Value, Part 2 Check Out George and Heather’s Church Flip Connect with George and Heather: Team Bassett Facebook Team Bassett Website Check out more resources from this show on https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-918 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Want to escape the rat race? To do so, you’ll need some serious investments. And if you want bigger and better cash flow or appreciation, commercial real estate is the place to start. But how do you find these bigger deals? Sure, it’s easy to log on to your favorite listing website and find a hundred houses to buy, but what about self-storage facilities, multifamily apartments, warehouses, and more? How do you find the BIG deals? On this Seeing Greene, we’re answering crucial investing questions so you can build wealth better and reach financial freedom faster. First, Real Estate Rookie guest Mike Larson calls in to ask how to find off-market commercial real estate deals. If you’ve ever wondered how to invest in commercial real estate, this is the place to start! Next, a BiggerPockets Forum poster asks for the best investment to “escape the nine-to-five rat race.” A short-term rental investor needs to know the best way to invest his home equity. Plus, we discuss why mortgage rates DON’T matter as much as you think they do!  Want to ask David a question? If so, submit your question here so David can answer it on the next episode of Seeing Greene. Hop on the BiggerPockets forums and ask other investors their take, or follow David on Instagram to see when he’s going live so you can jump on a live Q&A and get your question answered on the spot!  In This Episode We Cover: How to escape the rat race with real estate investing  Commercial real estate investing 101 and where to find off-market commercial deals Commercial funding tips you MUST know before you try to buy a big property  How to use your home equity to invest and WHICH type of real estate is your best bet What to do when the chances of refinancing to a lower rate look bleak  The truth about high mortgage rates (most investors are WRONG about this) And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Join BiggerPockets for FREE Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Hear James On the “On the Market” Podcast David's BiggerPockets Profile David's Instagram James' BiggerPockets Profile James' Instagram BiggerPockets' Instagram Grab David’s Book “Pillars of Wealth” Ask David Your Real Estate Investing Question From $40K Debt to 4 Doors and Six-Figure Net Worth (In 1 Year!) w/Mike Larson Which real estate strategy works best to escape the 9-5 rat race? Connect with Mike Mike's Instagram Check out more resources from this show on https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-917 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A bad contractor could not only ruin your home renovation but cost you tens if not hundreds of thousands of dollars. Don’t believe us? Just ask Rico to the Rescue’s Rico León. Rico has spent years cleaning up contractor mistakes, making homeowners feel whole again after getting ripped off, lied to, and scammed by who they thought were reputable contractors. As a contractor himself, Rico knows the red flags to spot right away to tell if a contractor will take your money and run, and he’s sharing them with us today! This episode is crucial for ANYONE who owns a home, is looking to renovate one, or is just getting started in real estate investing. Home renovations can make or break your career as a real estate investor, so knowing who can get the job done is a skill that can’t be overlooked. Rico breaks down the common problems inexperienced contractors run into, the Ponzi scheme of payments to look out for, how to create a contractor contract so you protect yourself, and the mistakes you can prevent BEFORE you hire a contractor. Plus, we’ll get into the not-so-obvious red flags that only an experienced contractor will notice, what you need to check before you hire a contractor, the milestones to set up so you don’t get ripped off, and the conversation you must have with ANY contractor before work begins. Finally, Rico leaves us with four tips to help even the most inexperienced homeowner hire the right contractor. In This Episode We Cover: Red flags that point to a shady contractor who has their eyes on your wallet Writing your contractor contract so you stay legally protected during a renovation Why you never (EVER!) pay upfront for a home renovation  What you MUST check before you hire a contractor to ensure they’re legit  The common contractor Ponzi scheme that is slowly being targeted by local governments  Expert-tested tips to hire the right contractor for your first home renovation  And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Join BiggerPockets for FREE Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Hear Henry and James On the “On the Market” Podcast Henry's BiggerPockets Profile Henry's Instagram James' BiggerPockets Profile James' Instagram Watch "Rico to the Rescue" On HGTV Catch Rico On the Other HGTV Shows: Battle on the Mountain House Hunters: All Stars Check out more resources from this show on https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-916 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tune into The DealMachine Real Estate Investing Podcast for more episodes just like this! Want to take down off-market real estate deals? You know, the properties you can get at the lowest prices and make a significant profit on? If so, you must know how to talk to off-market sellers. But, before you take your next seller phone call, you better be prepared to get hit with any of these nine common seller objections. And if you’ve been in real estate for a while, many of these sound familiar. But today, our friends at DealMachine will show you how to handle them like a pro. “I need to talk to my spouse.” “I need to think about it.” “My house is worth more!” These are just a few common real estate objections you may have heard before. So, how do you turn a standoffish seller into a motivated one? Jennie Hudspeth, sales trainer for top homebuying companies, is on to give her time-tested, expert knowledge on disarming even the most frustrated sellers so you can get on equal footing and make an off-market deal actually happen! Liked today’s show? Check out even more DealMachine podcast episodes here, where you’ll learn from wholesaling experts and the TOP off-market deal finders!  In This Episode We Cover: How to handle the top nine real estate objections you’ll hear from off-market sellers  The three things that will make an owner unsure about selling (and how to address them) The common “smokescreen” objections and how to bring back a seller’s confidence in you What to do when an off-market seller is fixated on an on-market sales price  Not wasting sellers’ time and ensuring they are in the position to sell their home Why should you NEVER say, “Can I be honest with you?” and what you should say instead  And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Join BiggerPockets for FREE Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast David's BiggerPockets Profile David's Instagram Rob's BiggerPockets Profile Rob's Instagram Rob's TikTok Rob's X/Twitter Rob's YouTube Listen to “The DealMachine Real Estate Investing Podcast” Get Your Next Off-Market Deal Faster with DealMachine Connect with Jennie: Jennie's Email Jennie's Instagram Jennie's LinkedIn Connect with David: David's BiggerPockets Profile David's Instagram Connect with Ryan: Ryan's Instagram Ryan's Website Check out more resources from this show on https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-bonus-2 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Fed has signaled something significant for mortgage rates. With inflation still rearing its head and the job market hot as ever, the Fed already has enough evidence to hold back on lowering the federal funds rate, which influences the mortgage rate you get on a home. So when will the Fed finally lower rates so we can escape this highly unaffordable mortgage market? Or, can the Fed pause for the foreseeable future as we enter a new era of high interest rates? Caeli Ridge, President of Ridge Lending Group, is here to help us answer these questions. Caeli works on getting investors mortgages every single day, so she has a solid pulse on the mortgage market. She gives us a mortgage rate update, explaining what today’s rates look like, when the first Fed rate cuts could come (sooner than you think!), and how a mortgage lender calculates your specific rate. She also gives some tips on navigating this high-rate environment and why merely looking at your mortgage rate as a deciding factor could cost you big time. As we wrap up, Dave will give his perspective on what the Fed is waiting for and the factors that MUST change before the Fed decides to proceed with a rate cut. He’ll also share a few tips on how to get ahead of the competition with today’s high rates and why these unique advantages won’t last long. In This Episode We Cover: How long we’ll have to wait for the Fed to finally cut rates  March 2024 rate update and the rate you can expect on your next mortgage What matters MUCH more than your mortgage rate when closing on a property LLPAs (loan-level price adjustments) and how to score a lower interest rate from your mortgage lender The crucial economic factors the Fed is watching to decide when to lower mortgage rates How to get ahead of the competition during a high-rate environment and buy when the masses are distracted And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Join BiggerPockets for FREE Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Dave's BiggerPockets Profile Dave's Instagram Hear Dave on The “On the Market” Podcast Watch Dave on the “On The Market” YouTube Channel Sign Up for BiggerPockets Pro to Attend the Market Intelligence Workshop Grab The Personalized Guide to Picking a Mortgage The BiggerPockets Mortgage & Home Loan Calculator Should You Buy Mortgage Points? Fed Meetings Calendar Connect with Caeli: Caeli's BiggerPockets Profile Caeli's Instagram Caeli's LinkedIn Caeli's Website Check out more resources from this show on https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-915 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You hear us talk a lot about buying real estate, but what real estate deals are WE doing in 2024? Today, we’re pulling back the curtain on our portfolios, walking you through actual deals we’re doing, how much they cost us, how much they’re making, and why, surprisingly, one of us STOPPED buying real estate to focus on something that’ll make much more money. Want to know what it is? We’re about to give you every detail you need to repeat the real estate deals we’re doing! First, Rob will talk about his Pink Pickle…yes, you read that right. It’s the newest bachelorette party-themed short-term rental in Austin, Texas! This short-term rental has everything you’d ever need: a pink pickleball court, a pink dinosaur, a mysterious red button that you SHOULD NOT PRESS, and an above-ground pool. This property took a LOT of work, but it only happened because of a real estate deal gone wrong. Next, David gives a masterclass on how to make half a MILLION dollars in equity on one rental property. He also shows you how having an investor’s eye can allow you to TRIPLE the square footage of a home and skyrocket the rents, making you much more cash flow than you thought possible. And no one even wanted this property in the first place! How do you find these hidden deals? Stick around; we’ll show you! In This Episode We Cover: Whether to buy more doors or reinvest in your real estate portfolio in 2024 (and what we’re doing) Housing market headwinds that are stopping most investors and how to get around them Turning a house flip gone wrong into a cash-flowing short-term rental  How David turned a tiny house into a $1.3M triplex with a HUGE equity position  The BRRRRSTR strategy explained (buy, rehab, rent, refinance, repeat, short-term rental) Why you always check for extra square footage BEFORE you make an offer on a house  And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Join BiggerPockets for FREE Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast David's BiggerPockets Profile David's Instagram Rob's BiggerPockets Profile Rob's Instagram Rob's TikTok Rob's X/Twitter Rob's YouTube How to Invest in Short Term Rentals (STR) How to Invest in Real Estate With the BRRRR Method Book the Pink Pickle Why I stopped buying real estate (and why you should too) Check out more resources from this show on https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-914 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Most real estate investors do a few deals a year if they’re lucky. But today’s guest was doing twenty to thirty real estate deals a MONTH. That’s right—not per YEAR, per MONTH. And he did it all while scaling his real estate business at lightning speed. The best part? He didn’t have to use his own money to get there—his deals were being funded completely by private partners, and if you stick around, you’ll know exactly how to do it, too! After closely observing investors while he was a real estate agent, Don’nell Greer got the hang of finding and tackling profitable real estate deals. After much analysis paralysis, he got his first deal under contract—an $80,000 home that needed some heavy sweat equity to make it profitable. With high rents and low home prices, Don’nell knew the deal would work, but he needed more money. Through a family loan, Don’nell realized the power of private money, and once he saw the possibilities, there was no turning back. Fast forward soon after, and Don’nell was borrowing hundreds of thousands of dollars from millionaire investors he met through his network. Thanks to the new source of funding, Don’nell was able to flip dozens of houses a month, making a life-changing business in the process. But it wasn’t all good news. Partnership problems, rising interest rates, and changing market dynamics forced Don’nell to make a hard pivot—a pivot you may have to make in the future! In This Episode We Cover: How to get past analysis paralysis and get your first real estate deal in the bag How to use private money to fund your real estate deals when you’re low on cash Flipping twenty-thirty houses a MONTH by scaling your real estate business  Taking a chance on tenants and why most landlords say “no” to some of the best renters  How Don’nell corrected course when rising interest rates put his flipping business at risk The power of coaching and mentorships and why you need a strong real estate community to succeed  And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Join BiggerPockets for FREE Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Hear Dave and Henry On the “On the Market” Podcast Dave's BiggerPockets Profile Dave's Instagram Henry's BiggerPockets Profile Henry's Instagram Find Your Next Home Insurance Contact Don’nell Greer Made $70,000 on the First Property. Now He’s 200 Flips Into His Career—Here’s How He Did It Connect with Don'nell: Don'nell's BiggerPockets Don'nell's Facebook Don'nell's Instagram Don'nell's LinkedIn Don'nell's Website Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-913 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Want to double your real estate portfolio and bring in much more cash flow? What about using some of your untapped home equity to invest? Today, we’re showing you how to do just that on this episode of Seeing Greene, where we get into real estate partnerships, paying off rental properties, using home equity to invest, and the not-so-secret repeatable thirteen-percent return real estate investment.  Green means go, so we’re flooring it in this episode as David Greene and expert guest James Dainard bring some high-level investing tactics you can use to build wealth even faster. First, we get a question from Real Estate Rookie guest Matt Marcelissen, wondering how he can double his real estate portfolio by harnessing the power of partnerships. David and James give some rare advice on why you SHOULDN’T split things 50/50. Next, an investor wants to know if his low ROE (return on equity) rental is worth paying off. Then, what to do when you have home equity but can’t sell the house? And finally, James’ thirteen-percent return investment he’s using to pay for his kids’ college!  Want to ask David a question? If so, submit your question here so David can answer it on the next episode of Seeing Greene. Hop on the BiggerPockets forums and ask other investors their take, or follow David on Instagram to see when he’s going live so you can jump on a live Q&A and get your question answered on the spot!  In This Episode We Cover: How to double your cash flow by using real estate partnerships the RIGHT way  Why splitting returns on your partnership 50/50 is NOT the way to go  Whether or not to pay off a rental property to boost your cash flow How to invest with home equity when you can’t sell a property  Why David looks for this type of housing market “potential” when buying properties Hard money investments that can make you double-digit returns  And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Join BiggerPockets for FREE Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Ask David Your Real Estate Investing Question Dave's BiggerPockets Profile Dave's Instagram BiggerPockets' Instagram Hear James On The “On the Market” Podcast Past Episodes Mentioned on Today’s Show: Dion Mcneeley (Real Estate) Dion McNeeley (Rookie) Matt Marcelissen Seeing Greene 897 Connect with Matt Matt's BiggerPockets Profile Matt's Instagram Connect with James James' BiggerPockets Profile James' Instagram Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-912 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Want to turn your rental property into a cash-flowing machine? What about boosting your property’s equity by tens or hundreds of thousands? The “value-add” strategy can do all this and more, but you’ll need to know the right moves to make. Top real estate investors have been using value-add on their rental property portfolios for decades, turning lackluster rentals into financial freedom-producing properties, and you can do the same IF you know how to spot value-add opportunities. So, today, we’re showing YOU how to make MORE cash flow and explode your home equity by tweaking your rental properties in the right ways. Both David and Rob have done this numerous times across multiple properties. In fact, David even shares a real-life example of how he increased the cash flow on one of his rental properties by over $10,000/month thanks to an interesting strategy most rookie real estate investors would completely overlook. Not only that, Rob was able to turn his first Southern California home into a multifamily rental that hosts long, medium, and short-term tenants, and rakes in massive cash flow almost a decade after purchasing it. Whether you’ve got small, big, long, medium, or short-term rentals, you can use value-add to create more passive income and bigger equity gains. Stick around as we give away our secrets on the best value-add moves to make.  In This Episode We Cover: How to use the “value-add” investing strategy to make MASSIVE cash flow on any property  The two most common ways to add value to your rental property portfolio The value-add improvements to spot BEFORE you buy another rental property (most people miss this) Additions, ADUs, and other ways to add more doors to your rental property  Boosting your cash flow by converting your long-term rentals into short and medium-term rentals  What you MUST do BEFORE you start adding on to your rental property And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Join BiggerPockets for FREE Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Dave's BiggerPockets Profile Dave's Instagram Rob's BiggerPockets Profile Rob's Instagram Rob's TikTok Rob's X/Twitter Rob's YouTube BiggerPockets' Instagram Learn The Original Value-Add Strategy with The BRRRR Book The Renovations That’ll Instantly Increase Your Home Value, Part 1 The Renovations That’ll Instantly Increase Your Home Value, Part 2 How to Do Value-Add Renovations Without Disrupting Tenants Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-911 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Did you know that a certain shade of paint can help you sell your home for more? Or that one type of countertop could cause buyers to get into a bidding war over your house? What about the one inexpensive outdoor improvement that families LOVE to see when touring homes? Today, we brought on Zillow’s Home Trends Expert, Amanda Pendleton, to share all the secrets to help you sell your home faster and for more! Amanda’s team at Zillow takes design data to a whole new level. They know which paint colors prospective buyers want to see, the type of pictures you MUST have on your listing, and the cheap upgrades any homeowner can make to get even more bids on their home. In this episode, she’s sharing much of what her team has learned so you can not only sell for more but also learn the tricks sellers are using when you go to buy your next home. First, Amanda updates us on housing inventory and outlines today’s “typical buyer.” Then we ask, “Is now the right time to sell?” Plus, we’ll get Amanda’s top tweaks to make to your home so you can sell for more. But it’s not just eye-catching upgrades we’re talking about. Amanda also shares the home renovations with the lowest ROI (return on investment) and the one pricey upgrade that is RARELY worth the money. In This Episode We Cover: Home renovations that cost less than $5,000 but can BOOST your property value The free home-selling tweaks you can make that will bring in more buyers  The upgrades that will hurt your home when trying to sell and could be a negative investment  2024’s typical buyer, and exactly what they’re looking for when shopping for homes A housing inventory update and why we’re slowly starting to see homes come on the market The one super affordable upgrade anyone can make to their backyard  And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Join BiggerPockets for FREE Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Dave's BiggerPockets Profile Dave's Instagram Henry's BiggerPockets Profile Henry's Instagram Hear Dave and Henry On The “On the Market” Podcast BiggerPockets' Instagram Zillow Data From Today’s Show: Zillow Research Page Best Interior Paint Colors for Selling Your House Connect with Amanda: Amanda's LinkedIn Amanda's X/Twitter Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-910 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Can’t invest in your own backyard? Out-of-state investing is the way to go! With it, you can invest nationwide, finding more cash flow or appreciation potential than you would in your local area. But managing a rental property portfolio from hundreds, if not thousands of miles away, isn’t always easy. Thankfully, we’ve got two time-tested out-of-state investors with six killer tips to share on making your next long-distance investment as profitable and painless as possible. Whether you’re buying short-term rentals, long-term rentals, or something in between, these tips can help ANYONE find financial freedom faster, deal with fewer tenant headaches, and save a ton on future maintenance bills. The best part? You don’t have to check in on your property every other week to ensure it’s safe and sound, but you will need local help if you’re trying to take your investment to the next level. What exactly do we mean? Stick around; we’re walking through all the top tips you need to know.  Want more tips for out-of-state investing? Pick up David’s book, Long-Distance Real Estate Investing! In This Episode We Cover: The top six expert tips for buying and managing out-of-state investment properties Cash flow vs. appreciation and why you MUST know what you want BEFORE you buy an out-of-state rental The real estate market “fundamentals” that point to a phenomenal investing area  Investing with your end goal in mind so you can quit your job or retire a multimillionaire  Local laws that can DESTROY your investment if you DON’T know about them  The “boots on the ground” team that’ll keep your property in tip-top shape (no matter where you are) And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Join BiggerPockets for FREE Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast David's BiggerPockets Profile David's Instagram Rob's BiggerPockets Profile Rob's Instagram Rob's TikTok Rob's X/Twitter Rob's YouTube BiggerPockets' Instagram Try the BiggerPockets Rent Estimator Should You Invest Locally or Long Distance? Books Mentioned in the Show Long-Distance Real Estate Investing by David Greene Start with Strategy by Dave Meyer Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-909 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Want BIG cash flow numbers? How about $400K/year cash flow? Would that be enough to set you financially free? For Amanda and David Fornelli, this is reality, and it’s all thanks to one very unique rental property investment. And even though these numbers are massive, Amanda and David aren’t that removed from being real estate rookies. Just five years ago, they didn’t own any rental properties and were W2 workers just looking for a way to make some extra income. After finding themselves in a real estate investing program, this power couple began flipping any house they could get their hands on in Southern California. Within three months, David had made twice as much from flips as he did at his day job, so he quit, and the rest is history. Now, they’re full-time investors, still flipping houses, but ALSO running a multimillion-dollar boutique hotel that’s making them hundreds of thousands of dollars a year in profit. In today’s episode, Amanda and David talk about leaving their jobs to flip houses full time, how they slowly realized that short-term rentals beat the short-term profits of house flipping, why they’re still investing in high-priced Sothern California, and the massive cash flow they’re making off their very first commercial real estate investment—a small, but very profitable boutique hotel. In This Episode We Cover: Making $400K/year from an unconventional type of rental property When it’s time to quit your job and become a full-time real estate investor Using the BRRRR strategy to make massive wealth gains WITHOUT investing your own money How to mitigate risk when doing high-priced house flips (especially as a beginner!) Raising private money and how to buy bigger, better real estate deals without using your own cash Short-term rental vs. hotel investing and why you CANNOT treat these as the same assets And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Join BiggerPockets for FREE Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Henry's BiggerPockets Profile Henry's Instagram Hear More From Henry On The “On the Market” Podcast Rob's BiggerPockets Profile Rob's Instagram Rob's TikTok Rob's X/Twitter Rob's YouTube BiggerPockets' Instagram How to Buy a Hotel: Breaking Down Tony’s FIRST Commercial Real Estate Deal Private Capital Explained: The 4-Second Pitch to Unlock Unlimited Funds w/Amy Mahjoory Stay At Yara Palm Springs - Instagram: @yarapalmsprings Stay At Yara Palm Springs - Website Connect with Amanda & David: Amanda Instagram: @_amandafornelli_ David Instagram: @davidjfornelli Portfolio Instagram: @nopali_properties Nopali Properties - Website Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-908 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Where’d all the cash flow go? More than ever, rental property owners are waking up to find less and less mailbox money coming in every month. This is doubly true for those who used low down payments to house hack and turned their properties into full-on rentals. So, what do you do if you have a rental property giving you low, no, or negative cash flow? Should you sell it and swap it for another investment or ride it out, betting on future appreciation gains? We’re giving our thoughts in this Seeing Greene! As always, David and Rob are here to answer your pressing real estate investing questions. But resident yacht tycoon James Dainard also brings his twenty years of investing experience to the show to help this week’s rookie real estate investors. First, our very own Noah Bacon asks what he should do with a negative cash-flowing house hack that has six figures in tax-free equity. Then, we ask a question everyone wants an answer to, “WTF is wrong with investors these days?” If you want to turn your house into a rental property, stick around because two more investors ask whether it’s worth it AND when you can start writing off those lucrative real estate tax deductions. Want to ask David a question? If so, submit your question here so David can answer it on the next episode of Seeing Greene. Hop on the BiggerPockets forums and ask other investors their take, or follow David on Instagram to see when he’s going live so you can jump on a live Q&A and get your question answered on the spot! In This Episode We Cover: Whether to keep or sell a rental property that’s losing money every month Appreciation vs. cash flow and why SO many new investors get this wrong How to minimize your chance of negative cash flow by buying in THESE areas Why some real estate markets appreciate while others rarely see price growth Whether you should turn your primary into a rental property or buy an investment property instead Real estate tax deductions and how long you have to wait to write them off And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Join BiggerPockets for FREE Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast David's BiggerPockets Profile David's Instagram Rob's BiggerPockets Profile Rob's Instagram Rob's TikTok Rob's X/Twitter Rob's YouTube BiggerPockets' Instagram James' BiggerPockets Profile James' Instagram Hear James On The “On the Market” Podcast Ask David Your Real Estate Investing Question Landlord Tax Loopholes That’ll Help You Pay ZERO Taxes w/Matt Bontrager WTF is wrong with investors these days? Connect with Noah: Noah's BiggerPockets Profile Noah's Instagram: @makinbaconrei Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-907 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Learn how to become a millionaire with real estate EVEN in 2024. You’re trying to make big wealth-building moves this year, but how do you reach seven figures without any real estate experience? Thankfully, you don’t need to be an investing expert or property-picking genius to make a millionaire dollars in real estate—you just need to follow the basic steps almost any real estate millionaire follows. So, how do you get started? We’re going to show you in today’s episode! It should be no surprise that our two hosts, David Greene and Rob Abasolo, are real estate millionaires and have been for years. After grinding away and buying multiple properties, both David and Rob realized, almost accidentally, that they had million-dollar net worths. What they did to get there wasn’t high risk, didn’t take a whole lot of time, and is easily repeatable by any real estate investor EVEN in 2024. So, today, our millionaire hosts will show you exactly what they did to make a million dollars, the easiest ways to get started in real estate today so you can begin building wealth, the strategies anyone can use to make tens if not hundreds of thousands of dollars in equity, and what you can do NOW even if you NO cash to invest.  In This Episode We Cover: How to become a millionaire (even in 2024) through real estate investing  What a millionaire actually is, and why so many people get this calculation wrong  The beginner strategies ANYONE can use to become a millionaire in today’s economy  Whether or not a million dollars is even enough to be considered “wealthy” in 2024 The two most powerful investing levers you can pull to become a millionaire faster How long it will take to make a million dollars, and the FIRST STEP you should focus on  And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Join BiggerPockets for FREE Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast David's BiggerPockets Profile David's Instagram Rob's BiggerPockets Profile Rob's Instagram Rob's TikTok Rob's X/Twitter Rob's YouTube BiggerPockets' Instagram Start Connecting with Other Investors in The BiggerPockets Forums The Millionaire Formula: 10 Steps to Hit 7-Figure Net Worth Top 10 Tax Advantages of Investing in Real Estate Books Mentioned in this Show: BRRRR by David Greene The House Hacking Strategy by Craig Curelop Pillars of Wealth by David Greene Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-906 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On a national level, Fannie Mae is predicting the multifamily market to remain subdued in 2024. Ever since interest rates began to rise, multifamily transactions have slowed considerably. Higher rates made profits fall, and as a result, buying and improving multifamily properties halted. And, with a massive lag in multifamily construction, new units were popping up left and right in already saturated markets, creating a race to the bottom for rent prices as multifamily operators struggled to keep their units occupied. But, the multifamily woes may be close to over. Kim Betancourt, Vice President of Multifamily Economics and Strategic Research at Fannie Mae, joins us to share the findings of a recent multifamily report. Kim knows that there are oversupplied multifamily markets across the country. Cities like Austin have become the poster child for what oversupply can do to home and rent prices. However, Kim argues that this is only a fraction of the overall housing market, and many markets are in need of more multifamily housing. So, if much of America is still struggling with having enough housing supply, shouldn’t rents be on an upward trend? Kim shares her team's findings and rent forecasts, explaining when rents could begin to climb, which multifamily properties will experience the most demand, and why we need MORE multifamily housing, not less. In This Episode We Cover: Fannie Mae’s 2024, 2025, and 2026 rent growth forecast for multifamily A “tale of two markets” and why the “oversupply” narrative isn’t the whole story Property classes and why B/C-class properties are seeing such strong demand The one metric that points to a growing or shrinking multifamily real estate market  Why so many millennials are “stuck” as renters and can’t become homeowners How rising rents could affect multifamily prices and boost valuations across the country And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Join BiggerPockets for FREE Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Dave's BiggerPockets Profile Dave's Instagram Henry's BiggerPockets Profile Henry's Instagram BiggerPockets' Instagram Want More Up-to-Date Housing Market News? Check Out the “On the Market” Podcast Multifamily Is at High Risk of Continuing Its Historic Crash in 2024—Here’s Why These 10 Markets Are Building the Most Multifamily Housing—How Can Investors Take Advantage? Fannie Mae’s Insights and Reports: All Research January 2024 Multifamily Market Commentary February 2024 Multifamily Market Commentary February 2024 Economic and Housing Forecast Connect with Kim: Kim's LinkedIn Kim's Profile - Fannie Mae Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-905 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For years, the BRRRR method (buy, rehab, rent, refinance, repeat) was every real estate investor’s favorite strategy. And it’s easy to see why. Using this simple formula, you can buy an outdated property, fix it up, lock in some solid equity, and then refinance, having the bank pay you back all the money you put into a deal. It sounds foolproof in theory, and up until 2020’s hot housing market, it essentially was. But things have changed. Home prices are higher than ever, mortgage rates are still double what they were during 2021, and everyone and their grandma now wants to invest in real estate, making more competition for these outdated homes. So, one big question presents itself: Does the BRRRR method still work in 2024? And, if it does, what are some ways to beat the competition and score a seriously good deal, no matter the mortgage rate? Well, we’ve got the man who literally wrote the BRRRR book on the show—our very own David Greene! David is giving his time-tested insider tips on how to build wealth with BRRRR, create more equity on your next home rehab, which new loans make BRRRR much better in 2024, and why you CAN’T rely on cash flow anymore, but you can rely on something MUCH more beneficial. Ready to get your first (or next) BRRRR done in 2024? This is the episode for you! In This Episode We Cover: The BRRRR method (buy, rehab, rent, refinance, repeat) explained Whether or not you can still do a BRRRR in 2024 (and if it’s even worth it) New types of loans for BRRRRs that make buying and cash-out refinancing MUCH easier  Cost-cutting rehab tips to make sure you don’t go over budget on your next home renovation The not-so-basic “value-add” potential you NEED to look for in your next BRRRR property Massive tax benefits, long-term wealth, future cash flow, and more upsides of doing a BRRRR in 2024 And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Join BiggerPockets for FREE Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast David's BiggerPockets Profile David's Instagram Rob's BiggerPockets Profile Rob' Instagram Rob's TikTok Rob's X/Twitter Rob's YouTube BiggerPockets' Instagram Grab The BRRRR Book How to Invest in Real Estate With the BRRRR Method Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-904 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Would you buy multifamily real estate now? Asset prices are falling, mortgage rates are still high, banks aren’t taking on new loans, and every real estate “expert” thinks that the multifamily space is full of dead deals. If this was so true, then how did Brian Adamson build a multimillion-dollar, 120-unit portfolio with plenty of cash flow and seven figures in equity all in the past four years, a time of tremendous booms and busts in the multifamily market? Well, he’s about to show you! Brian started investing before The Great Recession but didn’t walk away from the housing crash unscathed. Thankfully, a few upside-down properties didn’t stop him from investing as he continued to do wholesaling and fix and flip deals from 2008 onwards. But, in 2020, he had a calling to start investing in multifamily during a hot market and in areas most real estate investors would run from. Fast forward close to four years later, and Brian has a rental property portfolio of over one hundred units, with tens of thousands in cash flow coming in every month and millions in equity. He bought when he shouldn’t have, in places investors run from, with loans even top investors refuse to use, but he came out on top. In this episode, he’ll break down his exact strategy, what and where he’s buying, and how much money he’s making, plus some real estate markets he’s bullish on in 2024. In This Episode We Cover: Massive multifamily deals that are making Brian a millionaire even during a down market A failed first multifamily attempt that cost Brian tens of thousands of dollars Investing in markets that most investors would NEVER even consider  The exact rent, cash flow, and equity numbers Brian looks at before buying How to use bridge loans to cover your rehab costs on a home-run deal Real estate investing markets that Brian is bullish on in 2024  And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Join BiggerPockets for FREE Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast David's BiggerPockets Profile David's Instagram Rob's BiggerPockets Profile Rob' Instagram Rob's TikTok Rob's X/Twitter Rob's YouTube BiggerPockets' Instagram Beginner’s Guide To Investing In Your First Multifamily Property Multifamily Is Likely To Start Recovering in 2024—Here’s Why Book Mentioned in the Show SCALE by David Greene Connect with Brian: Brian's BiggerPockets Profile Brian's Facebook Brian's Instagram: @brianadamsonofficial Brian's LinkedIn Brian's Website   Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-903 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Want to build a real estate business? When done right, a real estate business could make you hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of dollars a year, even with a small team. You’ll be able to do dozens more deals, scale your portfolio faster, and find true financial freedom in a matter of years. But it won’t be easy. Starting a real estate business is one thing, but scaling it is a different beast. So, we’ve brought multimillion-dollar real estate business owners onto the show so YOU don’t make their early-stage mistakes. It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s…David with a green light behind him. You know what that means—it’s time for Seeing Greene, where David, Rob, and special guest James Dainard answer YOUR real estate investing questions. Fan-favorite guest Josh Janus is back to ask how to scale a real estate business and what to delegate first. A tax-smart investor asks whether to sell his home or keep it as a cash-flowing rental. Two investors close to retirement ask how to invest $1,000,000 and how to start investing as a later starter. Want to ask David a question? If so, submit your question here so David can answer it on the next episode of Seeing Greene. Hop on the BiggerPockets forums and ask other investors their take, or follow David on Instagram to see when he’s going live so you can jump on a live Q&A and get your question answered on the spot! In This Episode We Cover: How to scale your real estate business when you’re feeling burnt out (and expert mistakes to avoid) The first things to delegate and outsource when building your business  Whether to sell a house for a BIG gain or keep it as a cash-flowing short-term rental  How to invest $1,000,000 and the problem with searching for “passive” income  How to get into the real estate investing game as a late starter with a fair share of cash  Some much-deserved review love for our very own Rob Abasolo  And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Join BiggerPockets for FREE Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast David's BiggerPockets Profile David's Instagram Rob's BiggerPockets Profile Rob' Instagram Rob's TikTok Rob's X/Twitter Rob's YouTube BiggerPockets' Instagram Ask David Your Real Estate Investing Question Catch James on the “On the Market” Podcast From DoorDasher to $1.5 MILLION in Real Estate (All at 22 Years Old!) w/Josh Janus Books Mentioned in the Show SCALE by David Greene Connect with James: James' BiggerPockets Profile James' Instagram   Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-902 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you want to start investing in real estate and buy your first rental property, there are six beginner steps you’ll need to take. Following these steps to a tee could mean the difference between having a home-run first investment property and a horrible experience that leaves you worse off than before. So stick around as we lead you to your first property (and financial independence) faster, even if you’re an investing beginner. We’ve brought on Certified Financial Planner (CFP) and personal finance master Kyle Mast to walk through the six steps you must take before buying a rental property. We’re not talking about the usual “find an agent, find a market, find a property” type of advice. This time, it’s all about setting you up for FINANCIAL success and, more importantly, stopping you from financial failure by making the wrong moves in the beginning. If you don’t get these steps down, you can kiss your dreams of financial freedom goodbye. We’ll touch on how to define your investing goals to get what you REALLY want out of life, how to evaluate whether or not you’re even in a financial position to invest, how to fix your bad finances if they’re not up to shape, building a solid emergency reserve for when things go wrong, and what the experts say you NEED to know before you invest in 2024. In This Episode We Cover: The six beginner steps EVERY investor must take before buying an investment property Investing with the end in mind and deciding what you really want: money or time? Budgeting, getting rid of bad debt, and how to make and save more money to invest  Building emergency reserves and why skipping on this is a costly mistake that could set you back years EXACTLY what you need to know before investing (if you can’t answer these questions, you should NOT invest) Tips to get you to your first rental property even faster  And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Join BiggerPockets for FREE Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast David's BiggerPockets Profile David's Instagram Rob's BiggerPockets Profile Rob' Instagram Rob's TikTok Rob's X/Twitter Rob's YouTube BiggerPockets' Instagram A Personal Finance Masterclass with Kyle Mast Check Out SoFi’s High-Yield Savings Account Books Mentioned in the Show Pillars of Wealth by David Greene Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki The Richest Man in Babylon (BiggerPockets Edition) by George S. Clason Set for Life by Scott Trench Connect with Kyle: Kyle's BiggerPockets Profile Kyle's Twitter Kyle's Website Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-901 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The old ways of financial freedom are gone. Before, buying a rental or two and repeating the process for a few years was all you had to do to find financial independence and retire early, sipping fruity drinks on the beach without a worry in the world. But now, that's over. The days of easy passive income are gone, but a new path to wealth is beginning to emerge, one that will still lead you to millionaire status if you’re strong enough (and smart enough) to take it. It’s the 900th episode of the BiggerPockets Real Estate podcast, and this is no ordinary show. We brought out the big guns this time. Brian Burke, J Scott, and Scott Trench, all time-tested investors, join us to share the truth about real estate investing in 2024 and answer the question we’re all thinking: “Is it still possible to reach financial freedom with real estate?” But that’s not all. We’re getting their takes on whether or not to wait for lower mortgage rates with monthly payments still sky-high, which strategies are working for them in 2024, which investors will get burnt during this investing cycle, and what a new investor can start doing TODAY to become a millionaire in the next decade. Plus, they share why investors should be fearful now more than ever and why the get-rich-quick influencers are about to get the wake-up call of a lifetime. In This Episode We Cover: Whether or not financial freedom is still achievable through real estate in 2024 Why waiting for mortgage rates to drop might not be the best move to make Investing strategies that are making money RIGHT NOW (and which to avoid) Why investors MUST have more “fear” if they want to survive in this market The slow, steady path to building wealth with real estate (this WORKS in 2024) What new investors should do RIGHT NOW if they want to get in the game And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Join BiggerPockets for FREE Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Grab Dave’s New Book, “Real Estate by the Numbers” Hear James on The “On the Market” Podcast David's BiggerPockets Profile David's Instagram Dave's BiggerPockets Profile Dave's Instagram BiggerPockets' Instagram Past Episodes Mentioned in Today’s Show: Scott Webinar David Greene’s First Episode J’s First Episode Brian’s First Episode Books Mentioned in the Show The Book on Flipping Houses by J Scott Real Estate by the Numbers by J Scott and Dave Meyer Pillars of Wealth by David Greene Connect with Brian: Brian's BiggerPockets Profile Brian's Website Brian's Instagram Connect with J: J's BiggerPockets Profile J's Website and Socials Connect with Scott: Scott's BiggerPockets Profile Scott's Instagram Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-900 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With some often overlooked home renovations, you could boost your property’s value by tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of dollars. But which home renovations have the best bang for your buck? We’ve got pro house flippers James Dainard and Jessie Rodriguez back on the show to give their insider tips on the home upgrades that could get you up to a 400% return on your money and the interior renovations they NEVER skip during a house flip. Last time, we talked about the exterior renovations that can make your house stand out from the rest during a busy buying season (If you missed it, click here to take a listen). This time, we’re taking our shoes off and heading inside, talking about the best kitchen, bedroom, and bathroom upgrades that offer huge returns for often just hundreds of dollars. So, even if you don’t have the budget to add new rooms, you can still pull out thousands more in extra equity with these quick interior fixes.  But if you do have a chunk of change set aside, we’ll also get into adding bedrooms and bathrooms as well as opening up more living space so you can wow buyers (or an appraiser) as soon as they step through the door. Plus, the not-so-sexy but certainly necessary upgrades you’d NEED to pass an inspection! In This Episode We Cover: The most overlooked home renovations that don’t cost much but can increase your property’s value Whether an “open-concept” floor plan is still worth it in 2024  The one kitchen renovation that could give you a 400% return on your investment A pro tip to save over thirty percent on this one crucial bathroom upgrade  When to add bedrooms and bathrooms to a home (and the return you can expect on additions)  When to replace an old water heater, furnace, or electrical panel so you DON’T get flagged during an inspection And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Join BiggerPockets for FREE Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Grab Dave’s New Book, “Real Estate by the Numbers” Hear James on The “On the Market” Podcast David's BiggerPockets Profile David's Instagram BiggerPockets' Instagram Unbelievable Returns from Flipping This New Type of Real Estate Did High Interest Rates Kill House Flipping? Connect with James James' BiggerPockets Profile James' Instagram Connect with Jessie Jesse's Instagram Jesse's LinkedIn Jesse's Website Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-899 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What if you could make six figures on your first real estate deal? “Yeah, right! Where am I going to find a property like that?” you say. What if we told you that instead of finding a home-run rental property, you could build a better one? Now, not only do you have some instant equity once the house is built, but you also deal with none of the expensive capital expenditures, regular repairs, and common headaches that come with owning an older home. And you can do this even in the most expensive of markets. When Lacey Russell was looking for an investor-friendly agent, she turned to BiggerPockets Agent Finder, where she found her rockstar real estate agent, Sam Haack. Together, they realized that building a new construction rental worked FAR better than buying one, so Sam scoped the market for investor-friendly builders, and now, they’re off to the races. They’ll go through the full numbers of this real estate deal, from land costs to loans, equity forecasts, cash flow, and more! Want to find an agent just like Sam? Hop on the BiggerPockets Agent Finder, answer a few questions, and get matched with investor-friendly agents in your area!  In This Episode We Cover: How to find profitable real estate deals when your market is VERY expensive or has no inventory When building rentals beats buying them and how much instant equity you can make How to find an investor-friendly agent no matter your real estate market The type of lender to look for that’ll get you a lower mortgage rate  Finding a builder in your area that’ll work with your investor-first numbers What you MUST tell your real estate agent in the beginning to find success together And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Join BiggerPockets for FREE Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Grab Dave’s New Book, “Real Estate by the Numbers” Hear Henry on The “On the Market” Podcast Henry's BiggerPockets Profile Henry's Instagram BiggerPockets' Instagram Try the Rental Property Calculator on Your Next Real Estate Deal Books Mentioned in the Show Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat by David Greene Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki Wealth without Cash by Pace Morby Connect with Lacey Lacey's LinkedIn Connect with Sam Sam's BiggerPockets Profile Sam's Instagram Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-898 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Want to know how to set your kids up for LIFE? The answer is pretty simple: rental properties. Whether you plan on keeping them or giving them to your children later in life, rental properties are one of the best ways to secure generational wealth for your children, their children, and many generations to come. But how do you give your kids everything while ensuring they stay hard-working, frugal, and financially savvy? We’re gonna show you how. Welcome back to Seeing Greene, where David, Rob, and special guest James Dainard answer your legacy-building questions. First, Falisha wants to know how to create generational wealth for her children. James gives an interesting take on why he’s NOT giving his kids rental properties but doing something that’ll make buying a home MUCH easier when they come of age. An investor on the BiggerPockets forums asks when to put appreciation over cash flow, an almost-financially-free investor wonders when he should go full-time into real estate, and a young investor wants to know how to start investing in real estate when his local market is too expensive. Want to ask David a question? If so, submit your question here so David can answer it on the next episode of Seeing Greene. Hop on the BiggerPockets forums and ask other investors their take, or follow David on Instagram to see when he’s going live so you can jump on a live Q&A and get your question answered on the spot! In This Episode We Cover: How to start creating generational wealth and set your kids up for LIFE! Getting around estate taxes by putting your assets in a trust  Cash flow vs. appreciation and when breaking even is actually a major win When to leave your job to become a full-time real estate investor (think TWICE about this) The easiest way to start investing in real estate, especially when you have little money or experience  Investing in townhomes and the one BIG expense most investors overlook  And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Join BiggerPockets for FREE Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Grab Dave’s New Book, “Real Estate by the Numbers” Hear James on The “On the Market” Podcast David's BiggerPockets Profile David's Instagram Rob's BiggerPockets Profile Rob' Instagram Rob's TikTok Rob's X/Twitter Rob's YouTube James' BiggerPockets Profile James' Instagram BiggerPockets' Instagram The Renovations That’ll Instantly Increase Your Home Value w/James Dainard and Jessie Rodriguez Connect with Falisha Falisha's Instagram: @falisha_rexford Falisha's Website Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-897 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Which home renovations will boost your property’s value and put you in a better position to sell? Or, if you’re not selling, how do you rake in even more equity during a hot housing market? If you have some time, a bit of money, and the knowledge from this episode, you can instantly increase your home value through some standard home renovations. But we’re not just talking about replacing the roof (although we DO talk about that); we’re getting into the nitty gritty of exterior home renovations that’ll truly make you richer. So, how did we come up with the best bang-for-buck home renovation list? Easy—we didn’t! We just asked pro flippers James Dainard and Jessie Rodriguez to do it for us. Both of these investing veterans have flipped hundreds of houses. They know what’s worth the cost and, more importantly, what isn’t. Together, they drop some time-tested gems on the home renovation hit list that’ll turn your outdated home into an up-to-date masterpiece and bring about bidding wars. Stick around because we’re going to share the renovations that will give you a 100% ROI, the easy fixes that, when not addressed, can cost you tens of thousands, and the simple upgrades that’ll make your home stand out from the competition! In This Episode We Cover: The best bang-for-buck home renovations that will increase your property’s value The 100% ROI renovation that most flippers will overlook but buyers LOVE to see How to avoid paying a HUGE seller concession by upgrading this key part of your home David’s most hated part of a home that has ruined many past deals for him and his clients Termites, dry rot, and how to take care of them in a cheaper, better way than calling the pest control company  The simple exterior upgrade that makes your home stand out when selling  And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Join BiggerPockets for FREE Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Grab Dave’s New Book, “Real Estate by the Numbers” Hear James on The “On the Market” Podcast David's BiggerPockets Profile David's Instagram: @davidgreene24 BiggerPockets' Instagram Unbelievable Returns from Flipping This New Type of Real Estate Did High Interest Rates Kill House Flipping? Connect with James James' BiggerPockets Profile James' Instagram: @jdainflips Connect with Jessie Jesse's Instagram: @jessierodriguez Jesse's LinkedIn Jesse's Website Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-896 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The climate crisis is already here, and the cost of real estate is being directly affected. Insurance premiums are skyrocketing, costs to build are rising, and your reserves need to be bigger than ever. Tornados, hurricanes, fires, and floods threaten your properties, so how do you protect yourself from what’s coming? Where are the least-affected areas, and how do you ensure your rental property portfolio doesn’t go up in flames or get drowned out by the rising tide? Moody’s Analytics’s Natalie Ambrosio Preudhomme is on this BiggerNews to talk about one thing—climate catastrophes. Natalie spends her days looking through data on the financial implications of climate risk and how she can better help real estate investors navigate around or outright avoid the most devastating effects to come. Plus, researching what you can do to prevent property damage if you're in an at-risk area.  Natalie outlines how climate risk will force more local governments to increase regulations (and fines), the safest investing areas in the country, and whether the sky-high insurance premiums can continue. Whether you’ve got rentals, commercial real estate, or just own your own home, these risks WILL affect you, so pay close attention to Natalie’s insight. In This Episode We Cover: The financial implications of severe climate risk that go FAR beyond just rising insurance prices  New government-enforced emission regulations that will affect businesses  The areas of the country that will be least exposed to rising climate risk  The skyrocketing price of insurance premiums and why Natalie says something’s got to give Could the cost of construction rise as new energy-efficient homes become the standard? And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Join BiggerPockets for FREE Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Grab Dave’s New Book, “Real Estate by the Numbers” Hear Dave on The “On the Market” Podcast Watch Dave on the “On The Market” YouTube Channel Dave's BiggerPockets Profile Dave's Instagram BiggerPockets' Instagram Climate Change: Why Top Investors Are Paying Attention (and You Should Too) Stay Up-to-Date with Moody’s CRE Research Connect with Natalie Natalie's LinkedIn Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-895 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here’s exactly how to buy your first rental property in ninety days or less. And guess what? You don’t need ANY real estate investing experience to do it. After watching this episode, you’ll be able to find rental properties, analyze them to ensure they’re profitable, and fund them so YOU can start building financial freedom. And whether you want two investment properties or twenty, these are the EXACT steps you’ll need to accomplish your goal. If you’re dreaming of passive income, financial independence, or throwing your alarm clock out the window, this is the place to start. Dave Meyer, BiggerPockets VP of Market Intelligence, went from waiting tables to making mailbox money EVERY month by investing in real estate over the last decade. Now, Dave lives abroad, doing what he loves and having more than enough passive income to support his lifestyle. He’s giving YOU the beginner steps to start building your own wealth through real estate and showing YOU how to buy your first rental property in just ninety days.  Want to supercharge your real estate investing and reach your goals faster? Sign up for BiggerPockets Pro and use code “24CHALLENGE” for a special discount and to unlock unlimited rental property calculator usage, landlord lease agreements, exclusive bootcamps, and more!  In This Episode We Cover: How to buy your first rental property in ninety days or less The three beginner steps to investing in real estate successfully How to achieve financial freedom through rental properties (just like Dave!) The EASIEST way to find great rental properties in your area How to analyze a rental property in just minutes using the BiggerPockets Rental Property Calculator The BIGGEST challenge real estate investors face (and how to get around it) And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Join BiggerPockets for FREE Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Grab Dave’s New Book, “Real Estate by the Numbers” Hear Dave on The “On the Market” Podcast Watch Dave on the “On The Market” YouTube Channel Dave's BiggerPockets Profile Dave's Instagram BiggerPockets' Instagram BiggerPockets Tools Mentioned in Today’s Video: Rental Property Calculator Rent Estimator BiggerPockets Bootcamps   Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-894 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Though only in her thirties, Natalie Cloutier has built a nine-million dollar real estate portfolio with just eight properties. Her secret to success? The “build-to-rent” strategy that so many real estate investors won’t even consider. Most investors feel that the building process is too complicated, expensive, and requires too much effort to be worth the time. But what if this “build-to-rent” strategy allowed you to create your own profitable deals, make massive amounts of equity, and build wealth even in a highly competitive market? After her parents shared their secret strategy to build wealth, Natalie realized that building rentals, not buying them, was her ticket to financial freedom. But how could she get started? She was a fresh college graduate with no money to her name. Thanks to a no-money-down construction loan, Natalie built her first rental property, a house hack, which ignited her multimillion-dollar real estate portfolio. In today’s show, she shares her “super secret method” to “building” wealth with the build-to-rent strategy, how to CREATE your own deals in ANY market, what you can expect to pay for a new construction home, how to find land to build on, and the biggest challenge that stops most investors from getting started (you CAN get around this!). Plus, how she’s doing it all in Canada’s unbelievably unaffordable housing market. In This Episode We Cover: The build-to-rent strategy and why building trumps buying in 2024  The EASIEST way to get into new construction (copy Natalie’s move!) How much you can expect to put down when building a new construction rental Tips to make your new construction rentals cost-effective and save tens of thousands  Where to find land to build on (it’s not as hard as you think)  The one move that will make building a rental MUCH easier for you  And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Join BiggerPockets for FREE Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast 4 Vital Points to Consider BEFORE Getting Into New Construction How Much Does It Cost To Build A House? Dave's BiggerPockets Profile Dave's Instagram: @thedatadeli Henry's BiggerPockets Profile Henry's Instagram: @thehenrywashington BiggerPockets' Instagram Connect with Natalie: Natalie's BiggerPockets Profile Natalie's Instagram: @thenewbuildcouple Natalie's Website Grab Natalie's "Build & Hold Strategy E-Guidebook" Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-893 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s not too late to retire with real estate, EVEN if you’re just getting started in your late fifties or have NO experience investing. On this Seeing Greene, David gives his take on what someone with no rentals (or real estate at all) can do with their retirement accounts to successfully retire on real estate. But maybe you have a bit more experience or aren’t such a late starter. Don’t worry, we’ve got plenty for you too. We’re back as David takes investing questions directly from listeners just like you. In this Seeing Greene episode, a house hacker asks whether he should take out a HELOC or hard money loan to get his next deal done. A late starter wonders what she can do to retire with real estate, even with zero experience investing. David shows YOU how to negotiate with your lender to get a better rate or term on your home loan and use “portfolio architecture” to put your “lazy” equity to work so you build wealth faster! Want to ask David a question? If so, submit your question here so David can answer it on the next episode of Seeing Greene. Hop on the BiggerPockets forums and ask other investors their take, or follow David on Instagram to see when he’s going live so you can jump on a live Q&A and get your question answered on the spot!  In This Episode We Cover HELOCs vs. hard money loans and the not-so-obvious way to fund your next deal How to retire with real estate as a later starter with no experience in rental property investing Buying a house in all-cash and why now may be the perfect time to do so (if you can!) Negotiating loan terms with your bank/lender and how to get a lower rate and better terms Portfolio architecture and how to use your equity to design a rental property portfolio that produces the most wealth possible  And So Much More! Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-892 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re about to share the secrets NO seller wants you to know about. These secrets could save you tens of thousands of dollars on your next home purchase, and most buyers have no clue about them. In fact, these secrets are so rarely used that most agents don’t know how to take advantage of them until it’s too late. Today, we’ll unlock the best-kept negotiation secret in real estate investing: negotiating AFTER your offer has been accepted.  New investors and first-time homebuyers think the time to negotiate is BEFORE their offer gets accepted, but this couldn’t be further from the truth. Once an offer is accepted, buyers unknowingly gain a TON of leverage—leverage that can be used to get seller credits, a reduced purchase price, concessions, and more. And this isn’t just some negotiation theory that works only in psychology textbooks. David has used these tactics NUMEROUS times to save his clients thousands of dollars and get them EXACTLY what they want out of the seller. And if you’re a seller, the reverse works in your favor. Knowing these negotiation tactics can help you STOP buyers from taking control once you’re under contract, giving you the upper hand while they struggle to find faults in your house. So, if you’re about to buy a property, are under contract right now, or WANT to invest in the future, these negotiation secrets MUST be followed to score a great deal. In This Episode We Cover: How to negotiate a real estate deal when you’re ALREADY under contract  The two stages of negotiation that most buyers/sellers have zero clue about Home inspection red flags that CANNOT be ignored (and can get you HUGE seller credits) The one thing you never, EVER ask a seller to do when under contract Seller disclosures 101 and what sellers must tell you about a home before you buy How to get a lower price, seller credits, or concessions while mid-contract  The one thing sellers should ALWAYS do (but DON’T) before they accept any offer  And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Join BiggerPockets for FREE Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Ask David Your Question David's BiggerPockets Profile David's Instagram Rob's BiggerPockets Profile Rob's Instagram Rob's TikTok Rob's X/Twitter Rob's YouTube BiggerPockets' Instagram Books Mentioned in the Show SOLD by David Greene SKILL by David Greene SCALE by David Greene Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-891 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The biggest real estate tax deduction is coming back. That’s right—100% bonus depreciation is almost cleared for a triumphant return as the House pushed a new tax bill to the Senate, one that includes some massive tax deduction potential for real estate investors and everyday Americans alike. So, why is this SUCH a big deal? We’ve got Brandon Hall, CPA, on to break down why bonus depreciation could save you tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of dollars. Everyone knows that real estate boasts some of the best tax benefits of any investment in the nation. But, the one tax benefit to rule them all is almost always depreciation. This tax write-off lets you expense a portion of your property every year and can turn your real-life gain into a paper loss, so you keep your cash flow while avoiding taxes. But bonus depreciation is like regular depreciation on steroids. And the tax benefits can be massive. So, how do you take advantage of this huge tax write-off? What do you need to know BEFORE you take it? And should you hold off on filing before this new bill passes? We’ve got answers to all that and much more in this episode, so stick around! In This Episode We Cover: Four of the hottest housing markets in 2024 that we’d flip houses or long-term invest in The high-priced coastal market that we love…but wouldn’t buy rentals in A snowy northeast market that has low prices and big rent-by-the-room potential  A sleeper city with a big price tag but solid investing benefits The not-so-sexy market that made the number-one spot and surprised us all Unemployment rates, home prices, average rents, and top metrics you MUST check before investing And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Agent BiggerPockets Bootcamps Join BiggerPockets for FREE On The Market Join the Future of Real Estate Investing with Fundrise Connect with Other Investors in the “On The Market” Forums Subscribe to The “On The Market” YouTube Channel Dave's BiggerPockets Profile Dave's Instagram Henry's BiggerPockets Profile Henry's Instagram James' BiggerPockets Profile James' Instagram Kathy's BiggerPockets Profile Kathy's Instagram BiggerPockets' Instagram What Is Bonus Depreciation And How Does It Work? What is Rental Property Depreciation & How to Calculate It The Biggest Real Estate Tax Loophole You’ve (Probably) Never Heard Of w/Brandon Hall Connect with Brandon: Brandon's BiggerPockets Profile Brandon's LinkedIn Brandon's Website Brandon's X/Twitter Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-890 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Want to learn how to create generational wealth? You know, the type of wealth that your children’s children’s children’s children can rely on. The type of wealth that allows your family to live a life of financial freedom, pursue their passions, and make a real impact on the world without having to sit behind a cubicle or screen all day long? That’s the wealth Whitney Elkins-Hutten is teaching you how to build in today’s episode. After achieving financial independence for herself and her family through real estate, Whitney knew that she didn’t want her knowledge to go to waste. So, she developed a wealth-building blueprint for her daughter, which became her new book, Money for Tomorrow. In it, Whitney teaches you how to build a wealth legacy that will endure for generations to come and ensure that your descendants won’t gamble or spend away your life’s work. To protect your generational wealth, Whitney walks us through the four financial “horsemen” that will drain your savings, crush you with taxes and fees, and lead you to financial ruin. So, if you want to ensure your wealth is built to last and will be there for generations, stick around for this episode and pick up your copy of Money for Tomorrow using code “MFTPOD” for a special discount!  In This Episode We Cover: The generational wealth-building blueprint that anyone can follow to find financial freedom The four “horsemen” that are coming to take your wealth when you’re not looking Using insurance the right way to guard your health, wealth, and assets Why you need to stop focusing on making money and START focusing on saving money How to use the tax code to owe less to the IRS every year The MASSIVE investment fee that you don’t even notice you’re paying for How to pass on generational wealth to your children, their children, and beyond And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Join BiggerPockets for FREE Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Ask David Your Question David's BiggerPockets Profile David's Instagram Rob's BiggerPockets Profile Rob's Instagram Rob's TikTok Rob's X/Twitter Rob's YouTube Grab Your Copy of “Money for Tomorrow” Hear Our Last Episode with Whitney Grab the CASHFLOW For Kids Board Game Books Mentioned in the Show Pillars of Wealth by David Greene The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason Tax-Free Wealth by Tom Wheelwright Connect with Whitney: Whitney's BiggerPockets Profile Whitney's Website Whitney's LinkedIn Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-889 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do NOT buy rental properties. There’s a MUCH better way to build wealth. And we mean that literally, “building” wealth is the best path. At just twenty-seven years old, today's guest has built twenty-five homes, often making around a one-hundred percent return on his money, all without the hassle of the creaky floors, poor piping, and outdated electricals of old, “cash-flowing” rental properties. So, how is he doing it? Donovan Adesoro bought his first duplex in 2020. He took advantage of a zero percent down loan program, allowing him house hack a new build for just $3,000 out of pocket. But once he saw how much equity he could make, he realized he had to do more. So, Donovan linked up with other investors, overseeing the new build process in exchange for capital to buy land. He then used the plots of land as collateral for his new construction loans, and within six months, Donovan was the proud owner of a brand new duplex with TONS of equity included. But if you’re like most investors, you know NOTHING about new construction. Thankfully, Donovan, who wasn’t a builder by trade, breaks down the entire building, funding, and capital-raising process so you can repeat his system and start building your wealth instead of buying it! Plus, Donovan gives ACTUAL numbers on what he’s making for every new home and some expert tips on lowering your costs while selling for a high price! In This Episode We Cover: How to build a new construction rental and make a HUGE equity gain Whether or not new construction is STILL worth it in 2024 with higher prices Why you should build DUPLEXES over single-family homes, triplexes, or bigger properties How Donovan raised private capital almost entirely through social media The new build process, from laying the foundation to finishing and beyond How to save a TON of money with tiny square footage tweaks  And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Join BiggerPockets for FREE Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Ask David Your Question David's BiggerPockets Profile David's Instagram Rob's BiggerPockets Profile Rob's Instagram Rob's TikTok Rob's X/Twitter Rob's YouTube Hear Donovan’s “Real Estate Rookie” Episode 4 Vital Points to Consider BEFORE Getting Into New Construction Top 5 Build-to-Rent Housing Markets for Cash Flow and Appreciation Connect with Donovan: Donovan's BiggerPockets Profile Donovan's Instagram: @donovan_builds Donovan's LinkedIn Donovan's X/Twitter: @DonovanBuilds Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-888 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Got just enough savings to buy a rental property? Before you pull the trigger, you’ll want to hear today’s episode because you could be making a big mistake. Speaking of buying, are future rate cuts going to push mortgage rates down so low that buyers and bidding wars flood the market? Is this your last chance to get in before home prices shoot back up? Don’t worry; we’re getting to all these questions in this week’s Seeing Greene. David is back and better/balder than ever as he answers your real estate investing questions. First, a young house hacker wants to know what he should do when there are no good deals in his area. Then, another young investor debates whether they should buy a rental or invest in stocks instead. Unfortunately, there’s one big problem he’s overlooking. A new investor wonders if she should dump her ENTIRE savings into a second home, and a realtor asks for lead generation tips. Finally, David gives his take on what will happen when mortgage rates finally fall this year.  Want to ask David a question? If so, submit your question here so David can answer it on the next episode of Seeing Greene. Hop on the BiggerPockets forums and ask other investors their take, or follow David on Instagram to see when he’s going live so you can jump on a live Q&A and get your question answered on the spot! In This Episode We Cover: What to do when you can’t find a cash-flowing deal in your area  Whether to invest in real estate, invest in stocks, or keep saving and wait Mortgage rate cut predictions and the “tsunami” of buyers that could flood the housing market The BIG problem with dumping your savings into a rental property  The TRUTH about real estate investing that none of the gurus will ever tell you How to get more real estate leads by NOT following the basic agent/investor trends And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Listen to All Your Favorite BiggerPockets Podcasts in One Place Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Ask David Your Question Dave's BiggerPockets Profile Dave's Instagram David's BiggerPockets Profile David's Instagram Henry's BiggerPockets Profile Henry's Instagram Grab the “Picking a Market Worksheet” Catch Dave and Henry on the “On the Market” Podcast Census Reporter ChatGPT FRED Books Mentioned in the Show: Pillars of Wealth by David Greene The Small and Mighty Real Estate Investor by Chad Carson SOLD by David Greene Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook by Gary Vaynerchuk Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-887 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Before you buy your first rental property, you’ll need to choose a real estate market. If you’re like many Americans, your own backyard may not offer what you want out of an investing area. So, where do you go to find cash flow or appreciation? Today, we’re walking you through choosing a real estate investing market, the metrics to look for, signs of growth and decline, and which markets offer investors the biggest benefits. How hard is it to do market research? If you have access to the internet, you can research a market in a matter of minutes. But knowing WHAT to research is the most crucial part. Dave Meyer, VP of Market Intelligence at BiggerPockets and host of the On the Market podcast, shares his steps to market analysis and how he analyzes each market to ensure it’ll make him the most money in the long run. We’ll touch on population and migration, supply and demand, vacancy rates, rent-to-price ratios, landlord vs. tenant-friendly states, and the telltale signs that a market will have high or low cash flow. So before you buy your first or next rental property, make sure you do THIS research! In This Episode We Cover: How to choose a real estate market in 2024 (market analysis 101) The market “fundamentals” that show whether an area is worth investing in Vacancy rates and signs that you’ll have a HARD time finding tenants  The 1% rule and whether or not we’d still use it in 2024 Cash flow vs. appreciation markets and who should NOT be chasing cash flow Tenant vs. landlord-friendly states and how to quickly tell which is which And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Listen to All Your Favorite BiggerPockets Podcasts in One Place Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Ask David Your Question Dave's BiggerPockets Profile Dave's Instagram David's BiggerPockets Profile David's Instagram Henry's BiggerPockets Profile Henry's Instagram Grab the “Picking a Market Worksheet” Catch Dave and Henry on the “On the Market” Podcast Census Reporter ChatGPT FRED Books Mentioned in the Show: Long-Distance Real Estate Investing by David Greene Start with Strategy by Dave Meyer Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-886 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The US economy has survived the past few years surprisingly well. But there's one huge threat on the horizon no one is watching. With layoffs and bankruptcies already starting to tick up, a new wave of misfortune could hit consumers EVEN as inflation cools, interest rates begin to drop, and asset prices hit an all-time high. What's coming for us that only the most economically inclined know about? We're about to break it down on this BiggerNews.  J Scott, investing legend and author of too many real estate books to name, is back on the show to talk about housing crashes, economic predictions, mortgage rates, consumer sentiment, and the silent threat to the US economy that nobody is thinking about. J knows the game better than most and is the furthest thing from a bubble boy or permabull. He’s got his finger on the economic pulse and uses the most up-to-date economic data to form his opinions. On today's episode, J shares whether or not he believes another housing crash is coming, how America could become a "renter nation" over the next decade, whether or not home prices will stay high once rates drop, how low mortgage rates could go in 2024, and the biggest economic risk to businesses, employees, and anyone operating in the US economy.  In This Episode We Cover: The likelihood of another housing crash, especially if America falls into a recession  A silent risk to the US economy that could hit everyday Americans hard  Why Americans are pessimistic about the economy but spending more than ever  The economic "musical chairs" which must come to a stop sometime soon  Why home prices could continue to rise as mortgage rates begin to fall  Mortgage rate predictions and J's forecast for how low they'll go in 2024 The big bank bailout program that could be coming to a close   And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Listen to All Your Favorite BiggerPockets Podcasts in One Place Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Ask David Your Question Dave's BiggerPockets Profile Dave's Instagram Grab All of J’s Top Real Estate Investing Books Catch Dave on The “On the Market” Podcast 7 Tips for Successfully Investing in ANY Market Condition With J Scott Books Mentioned in the Show: Real Estate by the Numbers by J Scott Connect with J: J's Website Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-885 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You’ve heard top investors talk about “hard money loans” before, but what are they? You never walk into a bank and see a “hard money” sign, and if you aren’t outwardly searching for it, you’d probably never know hard money was a thing. That’s because hard money isn’t coming from a bank or big institution, and because of that, it has some HUGE benefits over getting a standard loan. Better loan-to-value ratios, higher lending amounts, faster funding, and the ability to get a loan on a ROUGH property are just a few. So, how do YOU find your first or next hard money loan? We’ve got Will Heaton from Heaton Dainard Real Estate on the show to share his experience as a hard money lender and investor for the past two decades. Will has been on both sides of hard money—he’s been the lender and the borrower, but now primarily focuses on lending to OTHER investors trying to build their fix and flip businesses or real estate portfolios. Will walks us through what hard money is, why it often beats bank loans, how much it costs, the hard money lending process from start to finish, and how to BECOME a hard money lender if you’ve got too much cash in the bank and want to make a solid return. Plus, who should and definitely should not be using hard money to invest in real estate. Having trouble getting your fix and flips or BRRRRs funded? Stick around because hard money may be your best bet.  In This Episode We Cover: Hard money loans explained and which investors should choose it over a bank loan Common hard money fees, interest rates, and payoff periods  The hard money process, from getting preapproved to paying back the loan How to become a hard money lender yourself and put your cash to work  The hard money “draw” process and when you can expect to get your money from a lender  What happens if you DON’T pay back your hard money loan  And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Listen to All Your Favorite BiggerPockets Podcasts in One Place Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Ask David Your Question Dave's BiggerPockets Profile Dave's Instagram Henry's BiggerPockets Profile Henry's Instagram Catch Dave & Henry on the "On the Market" Podcast Hard Money Lending 101 How to Become a Hard Money Lender Connect with Will Heaton Dainard Intrust Funding Will's LinkedIn Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-884 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The affordable housing crisis is an ongoing challenge here in the United States, but this developer has cracked the code in her own backyard—providing more opportunities for low and median-income households without gentrifying their communities. The cherry on top? She’s making a huge profit while doing it. In 2005, during Hurricane Katrina, Terrica Lynn Smith couldn’t scrounge up a few hundred dollars to evacuate her and her two children from New Orleans. After this traumatic event, Terrica was determined to break the curse of generational poverty and create a better financial future for her family. Little did she know that she would be creating a better life for countless people in her community as well. After seven failed attempts, Terrica passed her real estate exam and started selling homes. She jumped at any opportunity to learn something new, which allowed her to advance from a real estate agent to an investor, and finally, to a developer. If you want to have a powerful impact with real estate but lack the resources to do it, this episode is for you. Terrica provides the blueprint for delivering affordable housing to your community at a profit. She also shares the best ways to bring value to a real estate investing partnership, how to get bank financing for large developments, and why cultivating the right mindset is so crucial to your success as an investor! In This Episode We Cover: Solving the affordable housing crisis in your community (and how to make a profit) Why you should get into real estate even if you’re starting from ZERO Building an impenetrable mindset for real estate investing How to bring value to a real estate partnership (beyond capital) How to get bank financing for new development projects FREE resources to fast-track your real estate journey And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Listen to All Your Favorite BiggerPockets Podcasts in One Place Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Ask David Your Question Rob's BiggerPockets Profile Rob's Instagram Rob's TikTok Rob's X/Twitter Rob's YouTube Henry's BiggerPockets Profile Henry's Instagram Catch Henry on the "On the Market" Podcast The Beginner’s Guide to Real Estate Development (with LOW Money Down!) Institutional Investors are Buying Up Affordable Housing in Droves—Are They on to Something? Connect with Terrica Terrica's BiggerPockets Profile Terrica's Facebook Terrica's Instagram Terrica's LinkedIn Terrica's Website Terrica's X/Twitter Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-883 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A few years ago, everyone was wondering how to start investing in real estate, but now the question has switched to “Is it too late?” If you’re stuck on the sidelines but want to get into the real estate investing game, this Seeing Greene is for you. The man of the people is back for another Seeing Greene-style show! This time, David is answering questions from new investors, experienced investors, and everyone in between. First, we’ll hear from an investor who’s wondering about the value of a low mortgage rate, especially when buying a new build. Is a lower rate worth a higher price? Then, David tells you how to convert your home equity into a new investment property and what you MUST know before getting into commercial real estate. A college student wants to know how to use his $20K savings, and a “late starter” searches for cash flow in a market that’s dry as a desert! Want to ask David a question? If so, submit your question here so David can answer it on the next episode of Seeing Greene. Hop on the BiggerPockets forums and ask other investors their take, or follow David on Instagram to see when he’s going live so you can jump on a live Q&A and get your question answered on the spot! In This Episode We Cover: What to do with $20,000 if you want to start investing in real estate How to create cash flow when rental properties DON’T profit in your market Using your home equity to invest in BIG properties (commercial real estate investing 101) Why a low mortgage rate ISN’T everything and other factors you MUST check before you buy a deal The tricky mortgages you MUST look over BEFORE you sign (you could be surprised!) And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Listen to All Your Favorite BiggerPockets Podcasts in One Place Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Ask David Your Question David's BiggerPockets Profile David's Instagram Ep 869: Why NOW is The Time to Buy a House (BEFORE Rates Go Down) How to Start a Real Estate Portfolio with Just $10K Books Mentioned in This Show Pillars of Wealth by David Greene Long-Distance Real Estate Investing by David Greene Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-882 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Got home equity? Great, because today we’re showing you how to use home equity to invest in real estate, even if you’re low on cash. But maybe you’re still saving up to buy your first property. Well, we’ve got you covered; we’re also sharing the TOP ways to use your retirement accounts—your Roth IRA or 401(k)—to invest faster than ever before and even lock down your first property in 2024! Joining the show is Kyle Mast, fellow real estate investor and CFP, to talk about all the ways you can invest in real estate that you didn’t even know about. And if you’re like many Americans, you’ve got home equity just sitting there, waiting to be used, so today, we’re walking through how to unlock it so you can build wealth faster, retire earlier, or renovate that rental you just bought! Kyle goes over the multiple ways to finance these investments using a home equity line of credit (HELOC) or retirement accounts like Roth IRAs and 401(k)s, the special program new homebuyers can use to get their first house faster, and why you DON’T want to cash-out refinance your property just yet. Ready to start? Let’s get into it!  In This Episode We Cover How to use home equity or retirement accounts to invest in real estate  Cash-out refinances vs. HELOCs and the EASY choice in today’s high-rate environment  How to qualify for a HELOC and whether you can get one on your rental property  The 401(k) loan where YOU act as the bank and what to watch for BEFORE you get one The first-time homebuyer cheat code that lets you access retirement funds with NO penalty  How to make COMPLETELY passive income by “lending” your home equity  And So Much More! Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-881 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you want to start investing in real estate, you’ll need to know how to get a mortgage. But with so many home loans available, which is the right one to pick? Do you go FHA or conventional? Do you work with your local bank or call a broker? How much can you even afford? These questions alone might put you into analysis paralysis, so today, we’re breaking down what it takes to get a home loan, how much YOU can qualify for, and the best real estate investment for beginners. To demystify the home loan process is David Mackin—the third David in today’s episode—mortgage broker, house hacker, and home loan expert. He knows what you need to qualify for a mortgage in 2024 because he qualifies buyers all day long. David shares how YOU can determine how much home you can afford, why you’re getting different mortgage rates from different lenders, and how to find cash flow in your market by reverse engineering your real estate calculations. And, if you’re looking for the easiest, lowest cost, and arguably best way to get into real estate in 2024, this episode is for you. We’ll break down why house hacking has become the new norm and why skipping out on it can cost you BIG in your real estate investing journey. In This Episode We Cover: The simple calculation to estimate how much home you can afford in 2024 Getting pre-approved for a mortgage and why credit score ISN’T as crucial as you think The danger behind getting a low mortgage rate and signs that your lender isn’t experienced Debt-to-income (DTI) and two factors that can throw your home loan completely off track Why house hacking is the BEST way to start investing in real estate (especially with high home prices) And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Listen to All Your Favorite BiggerPockets Podcasts in One Place Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Ask David Your Question David's BiggerPockets Profile David's Instagram Dave's BiggerPockets Profile Dave's Instagram Join the BiggerPockets Virtual Summit Check Out Dave On the “On the Market” Podcast House Hacking 101: What It Is and How to Get Started Books Mentioned in This Show Pillars of Wealth by David Greene Start with Strategy with Dave Meyer Connect with David Mackin David's BiggerPockets Profile David's LinkedIn David's Instagram David's Website Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-880 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You asked, and we answered. Here’s our step-by-step guide on how to buy a house in 2024. Whether you’re looking for a first primary residence, rental property, house hack, or short-term rental, these are the EXACT steps you’ll have to follow to buy a house. But before you can even think about buying, you’ll need to ensure you CAN buy in today’s housing market. Ready to start? Let’s hop in! Here to show you how to buy a house are David Greene and Rob Abasolo, two expert real estate investors who have bought dozens of homes each. Now a real estate agent and mortgage broker, David knows the ins and outs of the industry and can give you insider knowledge on what most buyers, sellers, and agents don’t know (but wish they did). Rob has bought throughout the nation and has turned multiple primary residences into rentals, so he knows both processes like the back of his hand. Let’s make 2024 the year YOU buy your first property. Stick around because we’re going to walk through the six beginner steps to buying a house, the HUGE home inspection red flags you MUST watch out for, and how to get your money back if a deal turns into a dud!  In This Episode We Cover The step-by-step homebuying process explained  Pre-approvals vs. pre-qualifications and why mixing these up will cost you The surefire ways to get your offer accepted EVEN in a hot market  One initial sign of a BAD agent (and when to move on to a better one) The home inspection red flags that could KILL your real estate deal  How to get your earnest money back if the property isn’t worth the money And So Much More! Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-879 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Antoine Martel has a secret to finding the best real estate markets around, and here’s the thing—ANYONE can repeat his process. After flipping over SIX HUNDRED houses and building a BIG real estate portfolio, he knows a thing or two about where to buy, which markets make the most sense, and what type of house is worth the risk. That’s why, instead of doing multimillion-dollar luxury flips, Antoine decided to do “micro-flips” in affordable markets, with a staggering rate of success.   What is "micro-flipping?" If you’re a beginner investor like Antoine, starting out with only $40,000, buying in the big cities won’t work. So, instead, Antoine found the real estate markets with low prices, high demand, and LOTS of deals so he could get his money back faster and keep repeating the system. These low-risk “micro-flips” all-in often cost less than a down payment, but they can give beginner investors the snowball effect they need to start building wealth.  Shortly after seeing massive success with his “micro-flips,” Antoine ran out of deals and decided to move into more markets. From there, he developed a detailed system that ANYONE can copy to pinpoint America's BEST real estate investing markets. And if you stick around, you’ll learn how to do it, too!  In This Episode We Cover How to find the best real estate markets in the country, just like Antoine  The “micro-flipping” strategy that beginner investors can use to start building wealth WITHOUT a big investment  How to use the BRRRR method to turn one property into an entire passive income portfolio  How to “test” your long-distance real estate investing market and ensure it’ll be worth investing in  The home renovation budget “sweet spot” that has ninety-six percent accuracy on ANY flip or BRRRR  And So Much More! Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-878 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Got a HELOC? Don’t pay it off…yet! Thinking of house hacking but are discouraged by the low cash flow numbers you’re getting back? Looking to invest in a high property tax state like Texas but are scared to swallow that big expense? All of these topics, and many more, are coming up on this episode of Seeing Greene! David is back to answer YOUR real estate investing questions with his partner in crime, Rob Abasolo. Today, these two investing experts are going to tackle topics like whether or not to buy a house hack that DOESN’T pay for itself, how to account for the HIGH property taxes in hot real estate markets, whether to keep a property you love or sell it for its huge home equity, how to NEVER work again and the fifteen vs. thirty-year mortgage debate, plus when you should NOT pay off your HELOC (home equity line of credit) early.  Want to ask David a question? If so, submit your question here so David can answer it on the next episode of Seeing Greene. Hop on the BiggerPockets forums and ask other investors their take, or follow David on Instagram to see when he’s going live so you can jump on a live Q&A and get your question answered on the spot!  In This Episode We Cover: The problem with house hacking in 2024 and whether or not it’s still worth it When you SHOULDN’T pay off your HELOC (home equity line of credit) early Whether to keep, sell, or 1031-exchange a stable rental property you love  The bright side of paying high property taxes for your rentals  How to NEVER WORK AGAIN in fifteen years by following this one strategy And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Listen to All Your Favorite BiggerPockets Podcasts in One Place Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Ask David Your Question David's BiggerPockets Profile David's Instagram Henry's BiggerPockets Profile Henry's Instagram Rob's BiggerPockets Profile Rob's Instagram Rob's TikTok Rob's X/Twitter Rob's YouTube Episode 840: Seeing Greene: Rehab Costs, Renting vs. Owning, and The END of Real Estate? Books Mentioned in the Show Pillars of Wealth by David Greene Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-877 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Multifamily real estate has crashed, but we’re not at the bottom yet. With more debt coming due, expenses rising, incomes falling, and owners feeling desperate, there’s only so much longer that these high multifamily prices can last. Over the past year, expert multifamily investors like Brian Burke and Matt Faircloth have been sitting and waiting for a worthwhile deal to pop up, but after analyzing hundreds of properties, NOTHING would work. How bad IS the multifamily market right now? Brian and Matt are back on the podcast to give their take on the multifamily real estate market. Brian sees a “day of reckoning” coming for multifamily owners as low-interest debt comes due, banks get desperate to be paid, and investors run out of patience. On the other hand, Matt is a bit more optimistic but still thinks price cuts are coming as inexperienced and overconfident investors get pushed out of the market. So, how does this information help you build wealth? In this episode, Brian and Matt share the state of the 2024 multifamily market, explain exactly what they’ve been doing to find deals, and give their strategy for THIS year that you can copy to scoop up real estate deals at a steep discount. Wealth is built in the bad markets, so don’t skip out on this one! In This Episode We Cover: The state of multifamily real estate in 2024 and how low prices could go A “day of reckoning” coming for inexperienced/overleveraged multifamily owners Whether or not we’ve reached the bottom for multifamily price drops  What rookie real estate investors should do NOW to take advantage of this down market Rising mortgage rates and how increased costs have KILLED many multifamily deals Exactly what Brian and Matt are investing in during 2024 to make money no matter how the market moves And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Listen to All Your Favorite BiggerPockets Podcasts in One Place Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Dave's BiggerPockets Profile Dave's Instagram Join the BiggerPockets Virtual Summit Check Out Dave On the “On the Market” Podcast Top Multifamily Investors’ Advice for Buyers in 2023? DON’T Do It Books Mentioned in the Show Raising Private Capital by Matt Faircloth The Hands-Off Investor by Brian Burke Connect with Matt: Matt's BiggerPockets Profile Matt's Website Matt's Instagram Connect with Brian: Brian's BiggerPockets Profile Brian's Website Brian's Instagram Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-876 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Snowbird season is coming to THESE real estate markets. Every winter, millions of freezing northerners go south, seeking a temporary escape from the cold and to dethaw themselves before returning in spring. And while you may think that most of these destinations are expensive cities, like Miami, there are some cheaper areas that make not only perfect snowbird rental markets, but profitable year-round short-term rental markets as well. On this BiggerNews, Vacasa’s Kristen Taylor joins us to give her take on the markets with the most demand and the once-popular markets starting to see declines, including a top-rated tourist destination you wouldn’t expect. Kristen shares updated numbers on how long snowbird season lasts, how the typical snowbird is changing, and why snowbird markets can be MUCH more affordable than year-round vacation destinations. And if you’ve got equity in one of YOUR properties that you’d like to turn into snowbird rental property, stick around until the end. This episode’s Seeing Greene segment will answer the age-old question: what do I do with all my home equity? In This Episode We Cover: Snowbird season explained, how long it lasts, and who’s flying south The top snowbird markets in America (and why some are MUCH cheaper than you’d expect) Snowbird markets to stay away from that are seeing declining vacation populations  Combining medium-term and short-term stays to make money the entire YEAR (unlike many short-term rentals)  What to do with a property with a LOT of home equity: sell, get a HELOC, refinance, or keep it? And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Listen to All Your Favorite BiggerPockets Podcasts in One Place Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Ask David Your Question David's BiggerPockets Profile David's Instagram Dave's BiggerPockets Profile Dave's Instagram Join the BiggerPockets Virtual Summit Check Out Dave On the “On the Market” Podcast 8 best Florida snowbird destinations Book Mentioned in the Show Start with Strategy by Dave Meyer Long-Distance Real Estate Investing by David Greene Connect with Kristen Kristen's LinkedIn Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-875 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you want to know how to invest in real estate, you’re in the right place. Today, we’re going to break down the nine beginner steps to getting your first or next rental property so you can start building wealth, make passive income, and get closer to financial freedom. And while it may SEEM like real estate investing is tough in 2024 with high mortgage rates and scarce housing inventory, lower competition could make getting your next deal easier than you think. Ready to start? Dave Meyer, BiggerPockets' VP of Data and Analytics and host of On the Market, has used these beginner steps to reach financial independence, grow a sizable real estate portfolio, and have enough passive income to do what he wants when he wants. If you want to be in Dave’s position in the next five or ten years, you can follow his strategy STEP-BY-STEP to reach your real estate goals, start building wealth, and finally achieve financial freedom.  Get access to exclusive real estate investing calculators, lease agreements, bootcamps, and more with BiggerPockets Pro, and use code “NEWYEAR2024” for a special discount!  In This Episode We Cover: How to start investing in real estate in 2024 and buy your FIRST rental property Why New Year's resolutions DON’T work (swap them for THIS instead) The BIG advantage to investing in 2024, even with high rates and low inventory  How to set your five-year, one-year, and quarterly goals for passive income and investing  The “LAPS” funnel that brings you unlimited real estate deals  How to analyze a rental property in MINUTES with the BiggerPockets Rental Property Calculator  The one tool EVERY investor needs to start building wealth with real estate  And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Listen to All Your Favorite BiggerPockets Podcasts in One Place Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Rent Estimator Rental Property Calculator Investment Properties for Sale Hear More from Dave On the “On the Market” Podcast Book Mentioned in the Show Start with Strategy by Dave Meyer Connect with Dave Dave's BiggerPockets Profile Dave's Instagram Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-874 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How much passive income would you need to quit your job? How many rental properties would you have to buy? Most real estate investors think they’d need twenty, thirty, fifty, or a hundred units to finally retire with a six-figure passive income stream, but that could take decades to achieve. So, how do you do it faster? How do you build massive passive income, monstrous cash flow, and find financial independence fast? Follow Kate Lynch’s advice. Three years ago, Kate was working…a LOT. Seventy-hour work weeks were the norm as she left the house before sunrise and returned well past sunset. Her family time was non-existent, moments with her kids were only reserved for the weekends, and her job controlled every aspect of her life. And while she was getting compensated fairly for the work she was putting in, watching her family time fly by was too much of a burden to bear. So, a rental property portfolio became the goal. Kate bought in a completely unconventional area for her strategy, focusing entirely on cash flow, not caring much about equity, and doing whatever she could to replace her outrageous W2 income. Now, just three years later, she’s financially free, and if you follow her steps and only make a THIRD of what she’s making, you will be too! In This Episode We Cover: How to get off the “hamster wheel” of working a W2 job and find financial freedom Using your retirement funds to invest in real estate (and whether or not it’s worth it) The unconventional short-term rental markets that make HUGE cash flow Buying homes with “negative equity” and how they can make you massive passive income  Long-term vs. short-term rentals and whether the extra cash flow is worth more work And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Listen to All Your Favorite BiggerPockets Podcasts in One Place Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Ask David Your Question David's BiggerPockets Profile David's Instagram Henry's BiggerPockets Profile Henry's Instagram Rob's BiggerPockets Profile Rob's Instagram Rob's TikTok Rob's X/Twitter Rob's YouTube See How Much You Can Earn on Airbnb Ask Your Seeing Greene Question 10 Deals on a $20K Waitress Salary w/Ashley Hamilton Connect with Kate Kate's BiggerPockets Profile Kate's LinkedIn Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-873 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

So, you want to know how to rent your house out. Maybe you’re upsizing or downsizing, moving away for work, or just want to buy another primary residence and take advantage of low-money down loans. Whatever your reason, renting out your primary home can be a phenomenal way to get into the real estate investing game. You’ll make passive income, all while holding on to the equity in your home and appreciation potential. So, how do you start? David, Henry, and Rob are all on the show today to give you a step-by-step guide to turning your primary residence into a rental property. Hundreds of properties have been owned between these three investing experts, and all of them have turned their primary residences into rental properties multiple times. But before you rent out your home, you’ll need to know if your home is even rentable. We’ll tell you exactly what you need to know to decide whether or not your home would make a good rental, how to make the most money possible off your home with affordable finishes, added amenities, and upgrades, how to decrease your liability and keep your property safe, insuring your rental, screening tenants, collecting rent, and more. If you’re a beginner landlord or are renting out your home for the first time, you CANNOT miss this. In This Episode We Cover: How to convert your primary residence into a rental property  How to know whether or not your home would even make a profitable rental  Areas to invest in and what potential renters will look for Long-term vs. short-term rental investing and how to know which works best for your home Affordable finishes and amenities you can add to rent out your home for more What you MUST fix in your home to keep your liability as low as possible Landlord insurance and the one added policy you (probably) should get How to screen tenants, collect rent, and get substantial tax benefits Whether to invest in out-of-state rentals or buy property in your backyard And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Listen to All Your Favorite BiggerPockets Podcasts in One Place Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Ask David Your Question David's BiggerPockets Profile David's Instagram Henry's BiggerPockets Profile Henry's Instagram Rob's BiggerPockets Profile Rob's Instagram Rob's TikTok Rob's X/Twitter Rob's YouTube Check Out the BiggerPockets Blog Posts for Beginners FIRE by 27 Using the “Chick-Fil-A Rule” of Real Estate How To Rent Your House: A Step-By-Step Guide Use RentRedi to Screen Tenants, Collect Rent, and More Book Mentioned in the Show Long-Distance Real Estate Investing by David Greene Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-872 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Everyone keeps talking about an incoming surge of home foreclosures. Over the past few years, online crash predictors shouted from the rooftops about how another foreclosure crisis is always on the way, and we’re only months from a full-on meltdown. How much of this is true, and how much of it is pure clickbait? We’ve got Rick Sharga, Founder and CEO of CJ Patrick Company, one of the world’s leading housing market intelligence and advisory firms, on the show to tell us what the data points to. Ever since the pause on foreclosures during the pandemic, homeowners have been getting win after win. They were able to save up plenty of cash, their home values skyrocketed, and they could refinance at the lowest mortgage rates on record. Now, with high rates, still high home prices, and steady demand, homeowners have most of the power, EVEN if they’re behind on payments. But, as the economy starts to soften, could the tapped-out consumer finally force some homeowners to default on their loans? In this BiggerNews episode, Rick will give us all the details on today’s current foreclosure landscape, walk us through the three levels of foreclosures, give his 2024 foreclosure prediction, and share the economic indicators to watch that could signal a coming foreclosure crisis.  In This Episode We Cover: A 2024 update on foreclosure rates, defaults, and Rick’s foreclosure forecast for next year The three levels of foreclosure and why most homes WON’T ever be defaulted on Rising consumer debt and what happens as more Americans default on their credit card and auto loans Housing supply and whether or not a foreclosure crisis could finally give us some inventory Economic indicators to watch that could signal a rise in foreclosures How to use your home equity to invest in real estate (WITHOUT putting yourself at too much risk!) And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Listen to All Your Favorite BiggerPockets Podcasts in One Place Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Ask David Your Question David's BiggerPockets Profile David's Instagram Dave's BiggerPockets Profile Dave's Instagram Catch Dave on the “On the Market” Podcast Books Mentioned in the Show Start with Strategy by Dave Meyer Pillars of Wealth by David Greene The One Thing by Gary Keller Connect with Rick: Rick's LinkedIn Rick's X/Twitter Rick's Website Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-871 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you want to build wealth through real estate, you’ll need a real estate “strategy.” Most people THINK that just buying rental properties or flipping houses is enough, but the experts know that’s far from the truth. If you REALLY want to get rich, find financial freedom, live life on your terms, and own your time, you’ll have to copy what the wealthy do and build a real estate investing strategy that fits YOUR life and YOUR goals. Here’s how you do it! In today’s show, Dave Meyer, BiggerPockets VP of Data and Analytics and author of Start with Strategy, shares how YOU can build wealth in 2024 without a big portfolio or any investing experience. Even if you’re a complete beginner, Dave will walk you through how to create an investing strategy specific to you, a “portfolio plan” that’ll explode your wealth, and a “deal design” that helps you lock in on the perfect properties for your portfolio. If you want to build wealth in 2024, pick up Start with Strategy and use code “START870” at checkout to get 10% off PLUS pre-order bonus content! In This Episode We Cover: How to create your wealth-building real estate investing strategy for 2024 The “portfolio plan” and why you MUST build a portfolio, not just buy properties Creating your “vision” for a life you’d love to live, funded by real estate investments The “deal design” that’ll help you find the BEST properties for your portfolio How to make more money with fewer rentals using “portfolio management” Dave’s personal 2024 investing strategy he’ll be using to build wealth THIS year And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Listen to All Your Favorite BiggerPockets Podcasts in One Place Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Ask David Your Question David's BiggerPockets Profile David's Instagram Rob's BiggerPockets Profile Rob's Instagram Rob's TikTok Rob's Twitter Rob's YouTube Grab Your Copy of “Start with Strategy” and Use Code “START870” for a 10% Discount Books Mentioned in the Show Long-Distance Real Estate Investing by David Greene Pillars of Wealth by David Greene Connect with Dave: Dave's BiggerPockets Profile Dave's Instagram Catch Dave on the “On the Market” Podcast Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-870 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you’ve been thinking about buying a house in 2024, you already may be too late. With mortgage rates dropping, listings increasing, and spring buying season only a short couple of months away, NOW is the time to act before bidding wars start up again. With so much pent-up buyer demand, agents and lenders are already seeing a spike in activity, and we haven’t even gotten to spring. So, if you want to know how to buy a house in 2024, even with fierce competition, we’re here to help. Avery Carl, short-term rental expert and agent, and Caeli Ridge, President at Ridge Lending Group, join us to talk about what they’re seeing in the market NOW, what their housing market predictions are as buying season heats back up, and whether or not now is even the time to buy. Both Avery and Caeli work heavily with investors, so they know what does and doesn’t work when buying a rental property, NOT just a primary residence. We’ll touch on the hottest markets that could see the most competition, why rookie investors need to snap out of analysis paralysis to win in 2024, and why this buying season could become red-hot in just a few months. Plus, David and Rob will answer a listener’s question about how to win in a competitive market without having the highest bid. In This Episode We Cover: “Buying season” and why spring 2024 could bring back the hot housing market  Most active real estate markets that are seeing inventory fly off the MLS Why mortgage rates are NOT as important as you think they are The “great stalemate” and what could cause homeowners to finally list their houses Whether to buy or wait and the risk of holding out for lower mortgage rates How to beat other buyers when bidding for investment properties And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Listen to All Your Favorite BiggerPockets Podcasts in One Place Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Ask David Your Question David's BiggerPockets Profile David's Instagram Rob's BiggerPockets Profile Rob's Instagram Rob's TikTok Rob's Twitter Rob's YouTube Ask David Your Seeing Greene Question 5 Steps to Get ANY Home Offer Accepted (WITHOUT Being the Highest Bidder) Why Investors Are Giving Up Their “Golden 4% Interest Rates” w/Caeli Ridge Federal Housing Finance Agency Connect with Avery and Caeli: Avery's BiggerPockets Profile Avery's Facebook Avery's Instagram Avery's LinkedIn Avery's Website Caeli's BiggerPockets Profile Caeli's Instagram Caeli's LinkedIn Caeli's Website Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-869 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One couple is building MASSIVE passive income and generational wealth by buying rental properties for zero dollars out of pocket, sometimes with zero percent interest rates. It sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it? Well, if you’re willing to get a bit creative, you too can build a real estate portfolio that will lead you to hundreds of thousands of dollars a year in passive income, even if you start with little money or experience. Dedric and Krystal Polite are wholesalers, buy and hold rental investors, house flippers, business builders, and, most importantly, husband and wife. After reading the personal finance classic Rich Dad Poor Dad, Dedric had a vision to become rich. It wasn’t until Krystal came into his life that he finally took the steps to realize that dream. Now, they own a massive income property portfolio and host A&E’s 50/50 Flip. In today’s episode, you’ll hear how Dedric and Krystal started with no money, no passive income, and no business knowledge, how they built up their first wholesaling business, how they transitioned into rentals, and the new business they’re investing in that could make them millions. Plus, they give some solid tips on how to invest with a spouse and the question you MUST ask your partner now to make sure they’re willing to build wealth with you.  In This Episode We Cover: The no-money-down, zero-interest creative financing you can use to buy rentals TODAY Building multiple streams of income and why you CAN’T just wholesale and flip houses Investing in small businesses and building a $500K/year passive income stream  The real key to creating multigenerational wealth that’ll actually last  How to know whether or not you should invest with a partner or spouse  When you should (and definitely shouldn’t) use private money on your deals  And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Listen to All Your Favorite BiggerPockets Podcasts in One Place Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Ask David Your Question David's BiggerPockets Profile David's Instagram Rob's BiggerPockets Profile Rob's Instagram Rob's TikTok Rob's Twitter Rob's YouTube Hear Henry On the “On the Market” Podcast Henry's BiggerPockets Profile Henry's Instagram Watch “50/50 Flip" Connect with Dedric and Krystal: Dedric's BiggerPockets Profile Dedric and Krystal's Facebook Dedric and Krystal's Instagram Dedric's LinkedIn Dedric and Krystal's Website Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-868 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With doomsday headlines and lagging consumer confidence, how should you proceed in 2024? Time to get the advice of TWO senior economists! BiggerPockets’ Dave Meyer talks with ZILLOW’s Orphe Divounguy and REDFIN’s Chen Zhao to demystify the latest US economic indicators and provide you with strategies to thrive in this year’s housing market.  We’ll get into home prices, the incoming “affordability correction,” mortgage rate forecasts, and why next year could be significantly better for buyers. But that’s not all. Both Chen and Orphe share their outlook for the 2024 economy, the state of the American consumer, and what could happen as student loans kick back in, credit card delinquencies increase, and cash reserves run dry. Finally, we’ll end things with Chen and Orphe’s list of real estate markets to watch and the pricey areas that may see a revitalized post-pandemic boom. If you want to know what to expect, where to invest, and if the hot housing market will return in 2024, stick around! In This Episode We Cover: Redfin and Zillow’s 2024 housing market predictions  The “weakening” American consumer and what this means for homebuying 2024 mortgage rates, “disinflation,” and where we could end up next December The “affordability correction” that could help home buyers get their first house  Riskiest real estate markets in America that could see HUGE price cuts  Affordable markets to watch that have had rock-solid home prices And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Agent BiggerPockets Bootcamps Join BiggerPockets for FREE On The Market Join the Future of Real Estate Investing with Fundrise Connect with Other Investors in the “On The Market” Forums Subscribe to The “On The Market” YouTube Channel Dave's BiggerPockets Profile Dave's Instagram Hear Dave on The “On The Market” Podcast Wherever You Listen to Podcasts Hear Past “On the Market” Episodes with Chen and Orphe: On The Market 151 with Chen On The Market 150 Orphe (Ep. 1) On The Market Orphe (Ep. 2) 2024 Housing Market Predictions: Home Prices, Interest Rates, & Opportunities Connect with Orphe: Orphe's LinkedIn Orphe's Research Tune into “Everyday Economics” with Orphe Connect with Chen: Economists Corner Chen’s LinkedIn Chen's Research Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-867 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What makes a good real estate market? A stable or growing population, large employers nearby, tourism, and, as a bonus, college-educated residents. Put those all together, and you’ve just stumbled upon your next great real estate investing area: college football towns! After digging into the data, the On the Market panel discovered that many top college football markets aren’t just great for partying and tailgating; they’re also undeniably promising property markets! On today’s episode, Dave, Henry, James, and Kathy will uncover four of the BEST college football markets in the nation and share which ones they personally would invest in. Looking for cash flow? We’ve got a couple of markets. What about long-term appreciation? We have those, too! We even have one STRONG college football market that has seen prices drop off over the past two years, with HUGE potential for rising prices in the near future. If you’ve been waiting to buy your first or next rental property but don’t know where to invest and which metrics to watch, this is THE episode to listen to. The On the Market panel will explain exactly how they analyze each market, which ones make sense for which investor, and why you’ll want to score a deal in these cities before it’s too late! In This Episode We Cover: The four best real estate markets for cash flow, appreciation, and football  One expensive market with amazing house flipping profits and NO income tax  The boomtown market that's seeing BIG price drops but has massive appreciation potential Two cash flow real estate markets with low home prices and strong populations The metrics expert investors look at before they invest in ANY real estate market And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Agent BiggerPockets Bootcamps Join BiggerPockets for FREE On The Market Join the Future of Real Estate Investing with Fundrise Connect with Other Investors in the “On The Market” Forums Subscribe to The “On The Market” YouTube Channel Dave's BiggerPockets Profile Dave's Instagram Henry's BiggerPockets Profile Henry's Instagram James' BiggerPockets Profile James' Instagram Kathy's BiggerPockets Profile Kathy's Instagram Investing in College Rental Property — Step-by-Step The 8 Best Housing Markets in The US For Low Prices and High Cash Flow Austin Price Decline Forecast Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-866 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Most Americans believe that buying a house is a BAD idea right now. With so much hate on the housing market from everyday people, why are expert investors buying more than ever? Do they know something that we don’t? Or is it just because they have more money and experience than the rookie real estate investor or first-time home buyer? Nope, it’s even more simple than that! We rounded up four housing market experts who actively invest to get their takes on the 2024 housing market. David Greene, expert investor; Rob Abasolo, the king of short-term rentals; Dave Meyer, host of On the Market, and Henry Washington, house flipper and buy and hold investor, are here to give us their takes on whether buying a home could a be good, bad, or ugly decision this year.  The experts also review top surveys that highlight consumer, home buyer, and investor sentiment, plus what they think the best move to make in 2024 is. Take it from four investors who have built considerable wealth through real estate; following the masses isn’t always your best bet.  In This Episode We Cover: Why most Americans think now is a BAD time to buy real estate  Rock-bottom consumer sentiment, rising credit card debt, and more 2024 economic headwinds  The split investor survey that shows why SO many investors are on the fence  The effects of falling mortgage rates and whether or not now is a good time to sell  Who should NOT be investing in real estate right now (or ever) The 2024 investing moves that could make you rich in the long-run  And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Listen to All Your Favorite BiggerPockets Podcasts in One Place Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Ask David Your Question David's BiggerPockets Profile David's Instagram Rob's BiggerPockets Profile Rob's Instagram Rob's TikTok Rob's Twitter Rob's YouTube Hear More from Dave and Henry on the “On the Market” Podcast Is Buying a Bad Decision? Real Estate Investing For Beginners: How To Get Started Fannie Mae National Housing Survey University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Fall 2023 RCN Investor Sentiment Survey Connect with Dave: Dave's BiggerPockets Profile Dave's Instagram Connect with Henry: Henry's BiggerPockets Profile Henry's Instagram   Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-865 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Want to make multiple streams of income? Well, guess what? You DON’T need to buy more properties to do it. Instead, you can turn an existing rental property into a cash cow…but it has to meet the right qualifications. This is precisely what today’s first guest, Stacie, is looking for. She’s got multiple properties, and some have enough land to add a second rental property. But is doing development worth the high cash flow? Welcome back to Seeing Greene, where David and Rob answer real estate questions from BiggerPockets listeners just like you! First, we’ll talk to Stacie about her buy vs. build dilemma, and which makes MUCH more sense in today’s market. Then, an investor struggling to save up down payments asks what he should do: save, invest elsewhere, or pay down his mortgages. Finally, David gives some swift advice on using a home equity “agreement” and how to make the MOST money on your house hack. Want to ask David a question? If so, submit your question here so David can answer it on the next episode of Seeing Greene. Hop on the BiggerPockets forums and ask other investors their take, or follow David on Instagram to see when he’s going live so you can jump on a live Q&A and get your question answered on the spot! In This Episode We Cover: How to turn one rental property into multiple streams of income  Building an ADU (accessory dwelling unit) and how much one can make Whether to save, invest, or pay down your mortgage with your cash flow Home equity “agreements” and whether they’re worth the risk in 2024 The ONE thing David looks for in ANY house hack that’ll turn it into a cash cow And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Listen to All Your Favorite BiggerPockets Podcasts in One Place Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Ask David Your Question David's BiggerPockets Profile David's Instagram Rob's BiggerPockets Profile Rob's Instagram Rob's TikTok Rob's Twitter Rob's YouTube BiggerPockets Podcast 840 BiggerPockets Podcatst 853 Is it Better to Build New or Renovate Existing Homes as an Investor? Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-864 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the past year, commercial real estate has been the disappointing big brother of rental properties. As housing prices went up, commercial real estate prices went down. When primary mortgage rates were high, commercial mortgage rates were even higher. With record-setting vacancy rates in areas like office and less reliance on retail, many investors thought that commercial real estate was a dying asset class. But they weren’t entirely correct. Investors like Kim Hopkins had thriving commercial real estate success, EVEN during lockdowns and the pandemic. Kim’s secret sauce to her high cash-flow commercial real estate portfolio wasn’t in getting lucky—it was all in her “buy box.” Kim ONLY buys properties that can’t get shut down, in markets where they’ll thrive, with tons of customers nearby. And today, she’s sharing her exact formula with us! But that’s not all. Kim is currently debating doing one more deal before the year is up. This property looked like a home run on paper, but as she’s dug deep into it, the property may not be worth the price. From plumbing issues to overinflated income numbers, Kim uses David and Rob as coaches to help her decide whether this deal is worth doing. In This Episode We Cover: Kim’s commercial real estate investing “buy box” she uses to purchase profitable properties Cap rates explained and why you MUST get this right when buying big properties The inflated “pro forma” numbers brokers will try to convince you of (don’t follow these!) The types of commercial properties that are lockdown-resistant and always stay open The significant risks for commercial real estate in 2024 and two businesses you should NEVER rent to A live deal deep dive with a current deal Kim is debating on buying And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Listen to All Your Favorite BiggerPockets Podcasts in One Place Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Ask David Your Question David's BiggerPockets Profile David's Instagram Rob's BiggerPockets Profile Rob's Instagram Rob's TikTok Rob's Twitter Rob's YouTube How to Get Into Commercial Real Estate Investing (For Beginners) Pro Forma In Real Estate: What Is It? How To Calculate Cap Rate For Investment Properties Connect with Kim: Kim's BiggerPockets Profile Kim's Email Kim's Instagram Kim's LinkedIn Kim's Website Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-863 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy holidays, BiggerPockets listeners. You've all been good this year, so instead of a lump of coal, you're getting a special episode delivered on the most merry day of the year. We'll be sharing Yamundow Camara's unbelievable journey from dirt-poor poverty to INCREDIBLE passive income, even against all odds. If you're unsatisfied with your holiday gifts this season, listen to this episode—it may change your ENTIRE outlook on life and give you something to be extra grateful for today!  ______ How do you go from absolute poverty to passive income in a short amount of time? What if you were raised on the other side of the world, where even a basic education had to be fought for, and every opportunity was a constant struggle? This is the real story of Yamundow Camara, who went from sleeping on a dirt floor in a small village of Gambia to making a million dollars per year thanks to real estate. Yamundow grew up in an environment foreign to many of us. When her parents passed away in her youth, she was forced to live with relatives that treated her as a nuisance, not someone worth nurturing. She slept on the floor of her family’s home and was sometimes lucky enough to have a cardboard box as a mattress. She was set to be wed in her early teenage years, but thanks to her drive, determination, and pleading of her aunts, Yamundow was given a chance to go to high school and college and later immigrate to the US. From there, Yamundow put success as her sole focus. She not only academically overachieved, but was able to do an INCREDIBLE amount of investing with almost no money, no credit score, and no experience in the industry. She now sits on over thirty rental units, with a monthly income that rivals most Americans’ yearly salaries. Yamundow has one of the most incredible stories we’ve ever shared on the podcast, and you’ll have to tune in to hear her unimaginable path to success. In This Episode We Cover: How Yamundow went from complete poverty to making $80,000 in cash flow a month  Putting education first and the true value of hard work and perseverance  Investing with NO credit score and VERY little money and how to find banks that will lend to you Working two jobs and why increasing your income is ESSENTIAL to building wealth  Out-of-state real estate investing and what to do when your local market is too expensive  How to find (and keep) quality contractors, property managers, and other team members  Using the BiggerPockets Rental Property Calculators to make sure a deal is worth doing  And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Listen to All Your Favorite BiggerPockets Podcasts in One Place Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Ask David Your Question David's BiggerPockets Profile David's Instagram Rob's BiggerPockets Profile Rob's Instagram Rob's TikTok Rob's Twitter Rob's YouTube Use the BiggerPockets Rental Property Calculator on Your Next Deal 3 Ways to Invest in Real Estate With Little to No Credit From Extreme Poverty to DIY Wealth and 2 Full-Time Incomes Book Mentioned in the Show: BRRRR by David Greene Long-Distance Real Estate Investing by David Greene SCALE by David Greene Connect with Yamundow: Yamundow's BiggerPockets Profile Yamundow's Instagram Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-862 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Remy was looking for rental properties in one of America’s hottest housing markets. He knew picking up one rental property, let alone a multifamily, wouldn’t be cheap. But, somehow, even as a newcomer to the area, Remy was able to buy a rental property at a deep discount. He got three rental units for the price of two in a market with loads of investors and immense competition. How did he do it? We’re about to share the secret. In this episode of the BiggerPockets Real Estate podcast, we’re talking to out-of-state investor Remy, as well as Kim Meredith-Hampton, long-time real estate investor and Remy’s agent! Kim operates both in Tampa and Orlando, Florida, serving investor clients looking to buy in a state that has seen immense population growth. Seeking to take advantage of strong demographic trends, Remy picked Kim as his go-to Florida agent, and the rest is history. Remy and Kim will talk through the three-for-the-price-of-two deal they picked up in the very competitive Florida market and how they were able to get the deal done EVEN when financing fell through, LLC problems came up, and a hurricane froze the Florida state government. You’ll also hear about the final numbers of the deal and why Remy ISN’T counting on big cash flow BUT will make his riches another way from the rentals. In This Episode We Cover: Why so many Americans are flocking to the Florida housing market (and how to take advantage) Building your “buy box” and how to know what a great deal looks like Low cash flow and why banking on passive income ISN’T always a wise move  Why you should ALWAYS look for rental properties that come BACK on the market  Financing troubles and how Remy dealt with numerous housing hiccups Why waiting to invest will cost you and how to get started today! And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Listen to All Your Favorite BiggerPockets Podcasts in One Place Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Ask David Your Question David's BiggerPockets Profile David's Instagram Rob's BiggerPockets Profile Rob's Instagram Rob's TikTok Rob's Twitter Rob's YouTube Explosive Growth Could Be in Store for These Two Real Estate Markets w/Kim Meredith-Hampton Florida Overtakes New York as Second-Biggest US Housing Market Book Mentioned in the Show: Pillars of Wealth by David Greene Connect with Kim: Kim's BiggerPockets Profile Kim's Website Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-861 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do you want to make $50,000 in six weeks? Even in this housing market, it’s more than possible. You might think we’re bluffing; with high mortgage rates, little-to-no inventory, and buyer demand down from its peak, most real estate investors believe the market is a graveyard, but they’re wrong. In today’s show, we talk to Mike Cappello, who has been doing a few quick house flips and making an unbelievable return.  But that’s not all. We’ll also talk to the agent who found the deal, Rob Chevez, about what’s making the most money in the “extremely competitive” market of Washington, D.C. The duo will discuss why D.C. is such a solid market to buy, hold, or flip in, the “buy box” they designed to find the most profitable house flips, and how they’re financing deals EVEN with today’s sky-high interest rates. We’ll also get into the nitty gritty of Mike’s latest deal, the one that could make him $50,000 in just six weeks, and the exact steps to follow if YOU want to do a deal like this in your market. The real estate deals are here; stick around to learn how to find ‘em!  In This Episode We Cover How to make $50,000 in just six weeks by doing quick, cosmetic house flips  The effect of high mortgage rates on investors and why there is still PLENTY of demand for properties  Building your “buy box” so you can land a killer deal as soon as it comes across your desk The pros and cons of investing in a super competitive housing market like Washington, D.C.  The biggest mistakes house flippers make in a real estate market like today’s  And So Much More! Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-860 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Federal Reserve finally announced the end of rate hikes. It’s a day real estate investors have been eagerly awaiting. With lower mortgage rates on the horizon in 2024, buyers could gain more control of the housing market, and the seller standoff may finally break. What does this mean for the economy, and are we finally out of recession territory? On this BiggerNews episode, we’re breaking it all down! Joining David and Rob are James Dainard and Kathy Fettke from the On the Market podcast. Today, all four housing market experts bring a breaking headline to dive into. From the Fed’s proposed plan for 2024 mortgage rates to the new jobs report that shows optimistic signs for the economy, there is a LOT happening before the new year rolls around. But that’s not all we’ll touch on. A new bill targeting corporate landlords has been proposed, limiting the amount of hold hedge funds have on the housing market. But could this bill target ALL real estate investors, not just the Wall Street buyers? Finally, how the baby boomers bought the housing market and how their remarkable wealth has allowed them to make all-cash home purchases while the other generations sit on the sidelines. In This Episode We Cover: The Fed’s proposed 2024 rate cuts and effects on mortgage rates Recession fears and whether or not we’ll be able to achieve a “soft landing”  The new jobs report and the impact of a “cooling” labor market on employees and employers  Corporate landlords and the dangerous side effects of a new bill that is targeting hedge fund buyers The baby boomer housing market shopping spree and why they’re taking advantage as rates stay high  And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Listen to All Your Favorite BiggerPockets Podcasts in One Place Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Ask David Your Question David's BiggerPockets Profile David's Instagram Rob's BiggerPockets Profile Rob's Instagram Rob's TikTok Rob's Twitter Rob's YouTube Weather Underground How to Make a 120% Return by Buying “Negative” Cash Flow Real Estate Hear James and Kathy on the “On the Market” Podcast Articles from Today’s Show: Fed Rate Cuts Jobs Report Wall Street Landlord Bill Baby Boomers Book Mentioned in the Show: Pillars of Wealth by David Greene Connect with James: James' BiggerPockets Profile James' Instagram Connect with Kathy: Kathy's BiggerPockets Profile Kathy's Instagram   Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-859 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One real estate investing mistake cost house flipper James Dainard $380,000. This mistake was so bad that, in the long run, it may have cost him up to three-quarters of a million dollars. So what was the grave mistake a multi-decade veteran house flipper made that would bankrupt the average real estate investor? Stick around to find out unless you want your house to literally start falling off a cliff (like James’ did).  James has been doing real estate deals in Seattle for two decades. He’s flipped hundreds of houses, but even the experts get it wrong sometimes. Piggybacking from our last episode, James will walk through one of the worst house flips he’s EVER done, the mistakes he could have easily avoided, and why you never, EVER close on a flip until you have permits in place.  Want to hear last week’s episode about the live in flip that cost a new mom over $300,000? Click here to listen to the episode! In This Episode We Cover: The biggest mistake house flippers can make when investing in 2024 and beyond  What to do when your house flip suddenly stops making financial sense  Foundation issues and how to correct a house that’s literally starting to slide  Forecasting permit times and how not doing so can cost you over $100,000 Why you always, ALWAYS need to have emergency reserves on hand when doing a home renovation or house flip  And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Listen to All Your Favorite BiggerPockets Podcasts in One Place Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Ask David Your Question David's BiggerPockets Profile David's Instagram Rob's BiggerPockets Profile Rob's Instagram Rob's TikTok Rob's Twitter Rob's YouTube Weather Underground How to Make a 120% Return by Buying “Negative” Cash Flow Real Estate Connect with James: James' BiggerPockets Profile James' Instagram Hear James on the “On the Market” Podcast Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-858 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Real estate investing can make you rich or ruin you financially…if you’re not taking the proper precautions. Today, you’ll see just how easy it is to lose money on a bad real estate deal and how even the top investors, those with decades of experience, still can end up in a rough situation through no fault of their own. And while both the investors featured in this two-part series have made millions in real estate, they’ve also had a couple of deals gone wrong that have cost them hundreds of thousands. In this episode, we’re talking to Mindy Jensen, host of the BiggerPockets Money podcast, about, as she calls it, “the house that almost broke me.” This property alone lost Mindy over a quarter of a million dollars, as she had to deal with crooked contractors, a once-in-a-lifetime flood, theft, and more. If you want to ensure you NEVER repeat the same mistakes as Mindy, listen to this ENTIRE episode before buying your next house. And next time, we’ll be on with James Dainard, expert flipper and co-host of On the Market, to talk about his house flip that makes Mindy’s look like a walk in the park! In This Episode We Cover: How Mindy lost over $300,000 on ONE real estate investment The one “waiver” you MUST get signed before you hire a contractor DIY vs. hiring it out on home renovations and why Mindy does almost all her own work The “five-hundred-year flood” and the WRONG time to replace a roof Why you must have emergency reserves before you invest in ANY property And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Listen to All Your Favorite BiggerPockets Podcasts in One Place Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Ask David Your Question David's BiggerPockets Profile David's Instagram Rob's BiggerPockets Profile Rob's Instagram Rob's TikTok Rob's Twitter Rob's YouTube Weather Underground How to Make a 120% Return by Buying “Negative” Cash Flow Real Estate Connect with Mindy: Mindy's BiggerPockets Profile BiggerPockets Money Podcast Mindy's Twitter Profile Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-857 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How do you make six figures in passive income with no college degree, very little money, and zero experience in real estate? Do what Hunter Lawler did and take it step-by-step; within a few years, you, too, could be making over $100,000 in cash flow with just ten properties! But the only way you’ll get there is by thinking outside the box, buying properties most don’t even know about, and taking risks when talking to sellers. Hunter learned very early on that a college degree doesn’t guarantee a big paycheck. He was making a full-time income from his crawfish-selling side hustle when he decided to drop out. After seeing entrepreneurial success, Hunter pivoted and started investing in the sexiest, highest-priced properties ever…mobile homes. These dirt-cheap rentals gave him the sweat equity he needed to build a bigger portfolio. From mobile homes to single-family houses, self-storage facilities, and killer seller finance deals, this episode is a masterclass on how to grow a six-figure income stream without a college degree or hundreds of thousands in the bank! In This Episode We Cover How to build a six-figure income stream by buying cheap, low-risk rental properties Buying discounted houses at “sheriff sales” and what to know BEFORE you bid Mobile home investing and why it may be the easiest way to get into real estate  Commercial lines of credit, home equity, and how to turn your rentals into more mortgages  Self-storage investing and the hands-off system Hunter uses to create serious cash flow Seller financing and the simple way to convince a seller to take a fair price for their property  And So Much More! Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-856 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Student housing investments can make you killer cash flow. If you invest in college towns, students will pay a premium to be close to campus and won’t mind living in a property with three, four, or five other roommates! This means you can squeeze six high-paying tenants into one single-family home. But more money means more problems, and your investment property could become a party house overnight. How do you keep the cash flow and avoid the headache? Let’s find out! David is back on Seeing Greene to answer your real estate investing questions, and his partner in crime, Rob Abasolo, joins in to add more investing firepower to this episode. This time, the dynamic duo will touch on student housing investments and whether fitting six (yes, six!) students under one roof is worth the risk. Then, how to invest when your DTI (debt-to-income) is too high. One investor asks whether a lease option is the best way to sell a property, and finally, we’ll finish with the great debate: pay down your mortgage early or save the money instead. Want to ask David a question? If so, submit your question here so David can answer it on the next episode of Seeing Greene. Hop on the BiggerPockets forums and ask other investors their take, or follow David on Instagram to see when he’s going live so you can jump on a live Q&A and get your question answered on the spot! In This Episode We Cover Investing in student housing and whether the huge cash flow is worth the headaches How to make sure your short-term rental or student housing DOESN’T become a party house How to fund your real estate deals when your DTI (debt-to-income) is too high  Selling properties via lease options and what could go wrong during the deal  Paying off your mortgage early vs. keeping the cash and saving instead  And So Much More! Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-855 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Despite unpredictable mortgage rates, there’s a huge opportunity for real estate investors in the coming year. Get insights and strategies from the BiggerPockets 2024 State of Real Estate Report. In today’s show, BiggerPockets VP of Data and Analytics, Dave Meyer, and co-host of the On the Market podcast, James Dainard, will share their thoughts on where the housing market could go in 2024, what happened in 2023, and the biggest opportunities for investors over the next year. From low mortgage rates to tiny down payments, living for free, and buying brand new homes at a discount, they'll share strategies even beginners can use to build wealth in 2024. Want access to the entire 2024 State of Real Estate Investing Report? Click here or head to BiggerPockets.com/Report24 to access all the strategies, data, and insight for free. In This Episode We Cover: Huge opportunities to build wealth in the 2024 housing market The commercial real estate correction and properties seeing the biggest price cuts Supply, demand, and why home prices didn’t fall in 2023 How to pick up a brand new property at a low mortgage rate TODAY The new five percent down loan program ANYONE can use to live for free Risks to watch out for in 2024 that could kill your cash flow instantly  And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Listen to All Your Favorite BiggerPockets Podcasts in One Place Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Ask David Your Question David's BiggerPockets Profile David's Instagram Grab the Full 2024 Report for FREE Here Hear Dave and James on the “On the Market” Podcast Try the BiggerPockets Real Estate Investment Calculators BEFORE You Buy Connect with Dave: Dave's BiggerPockets Profile Dave's Instagram Connect with James: James' BiggerPockets Profile James' Instagram Hear James on the “On the Market” Podcast Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-854 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Negative” cash flow can help you reach financial freedom up to FIVE TIMES faster, so why are most investors ignoring low-to-no cash flow deals? For decades, cash flow has been king in the real estate investing realm. Investors were told NEVER to buy a rental property that didn’t bring in hundreds a month or at least break even. But now, this golden rule of real estate investing is broken, and there’s a FAR faster way to build wealth that sacrifices cash flow for something much more powerful. And this isn’t just some hypothesis or “what if” scenario. We have three investors today showcasing three real estate deals, ALL with negative cash flow and ALL with huge equity upside, 100% (or greater) returns, or profits that far outweigh what most investors even dream of achieving on their real estate deals. And if you do just a few of these deals the right way, you could reach financial freedom in a matter of years, not decades, like today’s guests. Join David Greene, James Dainard, and Mindy Jensen as they do their best to deprogram the masses from “cash-flow-only” investing and show you why negative cash flow isn’t always bad—in fact, it could be a sign of an unbelievable deal.  In This Episode We Cover: What is “negative” cash flow, and why TOP investors go for these deals ROE (return on equity): the one metric the ultra-successful pay attention to How James traded $800 a month for over $300,000 in equity (with ONE property) The danger of floating rate debt and how it can easily KILL your deals David’s $100 negative cash flow deal that INSTANTLY made him $90K The negative cash flow rules that you MUST follow And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Listen to All Your Favorite BiggerPockets Podcasts in One Place Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Ask David Your Question David's BiggerPockets Profile David's Instagram Rob's BiggerPockets Profile Rob's Instagram Rob's TikTok Rob's Twitter Rob's YouTube Grab David’s Newest Book, “Pillars of Wealth” Apply to Be on the Cash Flow Cage Match Connect with Mindy: Mindy's BiggerPockets Profile X/Twitter Hear Mindy on the “BiggerPockets Money” Podcast Connect with James: James' BiggerPockets Profile James' Instagram Hear James on the “On the Market” Podcast Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-853 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Investing in real estate can build you massive wealth. And here’s the secret no one wants to tell you: it isn’t all that hard. But before you jump to conclusions and call real estate a get-rich-quick scheme, let’s lay down the law. Investing in real estate is a simple, repeatable process that MANY Americans have used to get rich, but it takes knowledge and time to succeed. Where do you go to learn how to buy your first or next rental property? Well, you’re already here! In this bonus episode, Scott Trench, CEO of BiggerPockets AND decade-long investor, will share his five-step, repeatable process for finding and analyzing real estate deals. Scott has taken the SLOW route to wealth. He doesn’t have a hundred units, a big real estate fund, or a yacht. But he does have a thirteen-unit passive-income-producing rental portfolio that pays him money every single month. Stick around to learn how YOU can get your first or next rental property in 2024. Want full access to the tools and resources from this episode, including calculators and rent estimators? Sign up for BiggerPockets Pro and use code “STABLEWEALTH24” for a special discount! In This Episode We Cover: The five-step process to find real estate deals in any market  How Scott built a thirteen-unit real estate portfolio in under ten years  The slow, steady, repeatable path to wealth with buy and hold rental properties Scott’s 2024 housing market, mortgage rate, and price predictions  How to choose a rental property market depending on your goals  And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Listen to All Your Favorite BiggerPockets Podcasts in One Place Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Rent Estimator Rental Property Calculator Connect with Other Investors on the BiggerPockets Forums Grab the “Quick Start Guide” to Real Estate Hear Scott on the “BiggerPockets Money” Podcast Work with Rent to Retirement for Your First or Next Turnkey Rental Property Books Mentioned in the Show: Set for Life by Scott Trench First-Time Home Buyer by Scott Trench Connect with Scott: Scott's BiggerPockets Profile Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-q4-3 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is “subject to” real estate investing a mistake? Why is cash flow SO hard to find? And what do you do when you overpay for a property? With so many ways to build wealth with real estate, you’ll also need to be aware of the pitfalls. If you don’t know what you’re doing, you could end up with a property you paid too much for, with no cash flow and empty pockets. Thankfully, this is BiggerPockets, so we’re going to give you all the tactics you need to make your next investment a home run. Put on your green-tinted goggles because David does NOT have a green light for this Seeing Greene episode. Due to this unforgivable offense, we brought another expert investor, Rob Abasolo, on to help David answer some of YOUR real estate investing questions. First, we hear from an investor who makes some great cash flow from her short-term rental but wonders if it’s worth all the work. Next, an investor finds out that his new build property is selling for a significant discount—can he get out of the deal? Similarly, an ADU (accessory dwelling unit) investor is looking to develop but doesn’t know the best way to finance his new construction. David also answers some questions from the comment section about why investors stopped chasing cash flow so much. And finally, a realtor is concerned about the amount of subto (subject to) “speculation” in today’s industry. Are his concerns legit? Stick around; we’ll get into it all in this episode! In This Episode We Cover: How to automate your short-term rental so you do less work What to do when you realize you’ve overpaid for a property How to fund a new development with equity, construction loans, or both  Why cash flow is NOT the only thing to focus on anymore  Subject to speculation and whether overpaying to lock in a low rate is EVER worth it  And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Listen to All Your Favorite BiggerPockets Podcasts in One Place Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Ask David Your Question David's BiggerPockets Profile David's Instagram Rob's BiggerPockets Profile Rob's Instagram Rob's TikTok Rob's Twitter Rob's YouTube How to Fund Real Estate Deals Right Now w/Zach Lemaster Don’t Chase Cash Flow! Use THIS Metric to Analyze Your Deals Subject To Real Estate: Why Investors Should Add This Tool to Their Arsenals Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-852 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There’s one type of investment property most people would NEVER consider that could make you a millionaire. They’re not regular rental properties or huge apartment complexes—in fact, they’re so cheap that most investors could probably buy them outright in cash. What’s this “overlooked” investment property that could make you millions? Stick around, we’ll tell you. Four years ago, Jason Velie worked at a W2 job without any investment property or passive income. Now, he’s a multimillionaire, making $10,000/month in pure cash flow, NEVER having to wake up to an alarm clock again. After a first deal gone wrong, where Jason spent two years working on a house just to break even, he was introduced to a new type of investment property—one nobody talks about. With the massive profits from these cash cow deals, Jason was then able to use just $15,000 to buy a property that is now worth $1,000,000. And this was ALL during one of the hottest real estate markets ever. The best part? You can do EXACTLY what Jason did to become a millionaire, too, so stick around to hear his FULL strategy! In This Episode We Cover: The “overlooked” asset class that could make you six figures with ONE deal Why you should NEVER pay a contractor without seeing the completed work Calculating your “worst-case scenario” before you buy ANY property Investing in mobile and manufactured homes and cheap real estate with huge upside The one real estate investing tool Jason used to explode his portfolio  How Jason turned $15,000 into $4,000 per month in pure cash flow! And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Listen to All Your Favorite BiggerPockets Podcasts in One Place Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast David's BiggerPockets Profile David's Instagram Rob's BiggerPockets Profile Rob's Instagram Rob's TikTok Rob's Twitter Rob's YouTube Hear Our Interview with Affordable Housing Expert Kristina Smallhorn Should You Add Manufactured Homes To Your Portfolio? 4 Key Lessons Learned From Investing in Mobile Homes Connect with Jason: Jason's BiggerPockets Profile Jason's LinkedIn   Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-851 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Want to invest in multifamily real estate, do zero work, and make a million dollars, all in a few months? Well, we have the opportunity for you! We’re about to make you a gazillionaire for the low, low price of your entire life savings. Don’t worry about doing any due diligence; just sign these papers without looking through them. You’re about to strike it rich!” Most people can call out an obvious scam or bad real estate deal, but what about the less-than-obvious signs? Today, we’ve got two multifamily real estate experts, Andrew Cushman and Matt Faircloth, on the show to go through the multifamily and syndication red flags that could cost you EVERYTHING. Andrew even went through the painful process of losing 90% of an investment years ago just to walk through his lessons on the show. Whether you’re partnering on a deal or passively investing in syndications, if any of these red flags show up, you should run—immediately. From vetting a sponsor to investigating track records, which metrics to trust (and which NOT to), and the questions you MUST ask, this episode alone could stop you from losing tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars. In This Episode We Cover: The seven deadly signs that a multifamily syndication deal is a scam (or at least a dud) Vetting a sponsor/syndicator and why you MUST avoid “FOMO investing” Partnerships, inexperienced sponsors, and who you can REALLY trust The new financial “metric” unsophisticated syndicators hope you DON’T look into  The “capital stack” explained, and how to do your due diligence on a syndication’s debt (before you invest) And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Listen to All Your Favorite BiggerPockets Podcasts in One Place Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast David's BiggerPockets Profile David's Instagram Rob's BiggerPockets Profile Rob's Instagram Rob's TikTok Rob's Twitter Rob's YouTube BiggerPockets Podcast 636 with Amy Mahjoory (Part 1) BiggerPockets Podcast 352 with Diego Corzo Join BiggerPockets Pro and Start Investing for Financial Freedom TODAY Ask David Your Question Book Mentioned in this Show Pillars of Wealth by David Greene Raising Private Capital by Matt Faircloth The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason: The Hands-Off Investor by Brian Burke Connect with Andrew: Andrew's BiggerPockets Profile Andrew's LinkedIn Vantage Point Acquisitions Connect with Matt: Matt's BiggerPockets Profile Matt's Instagram DeRosa Group Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-850 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have home equity? Well, you could retire early, thanks to it. If you bought a house from 2009 up until 2021, there’s a good chance you could be sitting on tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or millions of dollars in equity. But equity just sitting in a property isn’t doing much for you unless you can use it to retire early! Want to know how? Stick around; we’ll show you! We’re back on another Seeing Greene where average investor Rob Abasolo joins buff, strong, beautiful, and bald David Greene to answer your real estate investing questions. In today’s show, we talk to Anthony, a slow-and-steady investor who’s built up an impressive amount of equity over the past decade. He wants to retire early and use his equity to increase monthly cash flow. But what’s the best way to do it? Next, we share some public loathing of HOAs (homeowners associations) and how they can be the bane of your investing existence, plus when it’s time to sell a property in an HOA. Finally, an investor who is STRUGGLING to pay off her HELOC asks what the next best move to make is: work hard to pay it off the old-fashioned way or leverage ANOTHER investment to become debt-free faster. In This Episode We Cover: How to turn your home equity into cash flow and an early retirement  Buying rental properties in cash and when it makes sense to forgo a mortgage Syndications vs. active investing and when you should stay away from “passive” income HOA headaches and why a homeowner association could ruin your cash flow Cash-hemorrhaging HELOCs and the fastest way to pay off bad debt And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Listen to All Your Favorite BiggerPockets Podcasts in One Place Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast David's BiggerPockets Profile David's Instagram Rob's BiggerPockets Profile Rob's Instagram Rob's TikTok Rob's Twitter Rob's YouTube BiggerPockets Podcast 636 with Amy Mahjoory (Part 1) BiggerPockets Podcast 352 with Diego Corzo Join BiggerPockets Pro and Start Investing for Financial Freedom TODAY Shop The BiggerPockets Store SALE and Get an Additional 10% Off with Code “BOOKS849” Ask David Your Question Hear More from Expert Flipper James Dainard on The “On the Market” Podcast Books Mentioned in this Show Pillars of Wealth by David Greene Connect with Anthony: Anthony's BiggerPockets Profile Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-849 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Keleisha Carter built a $5K/month passive income stream as a new immigrant with NO green card, money, or ability to get a mortgage. After realizing that her corporate job in Jamaica wouldn’t lead her to where she wanted to be, Keleisha made the adventurous decision to pack up everything she had and move to the US. Overnight, she went from a high-respected marketing role to bussing tables in an entirely different country, but she had bigger plans. Keleisha’s goal was to support her family financially in any way she could and eventually bring them to the States. After numerous promotions, Keleisha built up a small sum of savings that she would use to buy her first rental property. Or, that was the plan until she realized that without being a US citizen, purchasing a home and getting a mortgage would be much more complicated than she thought. In today’s show, Keleisha shares her smart strategy to get around the banks and buy properties, EVEN as a new immigrant. Plus, she’ll show how she’s buying rentals today WITHOUT using her own money and why she’ll NEVER try to flip houses again. In This Episode We Cover: How to get around mortgage qualifications and buy your first property WITHOUT the banks Quitting corporate and when it’s time to take a risk and leave a soul-sucking job behind An immigrant’s guide to real estate investing without a Green Card or citizenship Why EVERY BRRRR (buy, rehab, rent, refinance, repeat) property MUST work as a house flip How to find the perfect out-of-state investing market even if you have ZERO investing experience And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Listen to All Your Favorite BiggerPockets Podcasts in One Place Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast Henry's BiggerPockets Profile Henry's Instagram Rob's BiggerPockets Profile Rob's Instagram Rob's TikTok Rob's Twitter Rob's YouTube BiggerPockets Podcast 636 with Amy Mahjoory (Part 1) BiggerPockets Podcast 352 with Diego Corzo Connect with Keleisha: Keleisha's BiggerPockets Profile Keleisha's Facebook Keleisha's Instagram Keleisha's LinkedIn Keleisha's Website   Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-848 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yes, there are STILL rental property mortgages with low interest rates AND low money down, even in 2023. These investment property loans are unknown to most real estate investors simply because they don’t know where to look or who to ask about them. Which loans are we talking about? Stick around because today, we’re uncovering all the ways that YOU can finance and fund your real estate deals in 2023 and 2024, even when getting a loan is harder than ever before. If you’ve been struggling to put properties under contract because your financing keeps falling through, this is the episode for you. After running into numerous closing table conundrums and non-stop financing fatigue, many real estate investors are giving up on buying new properties due to banks’ lack of liquidity and eye-watering loan requirements. But that isn’t stopping David, Rob, or today’s guest, Zach Lemaster, from closing deals. In this episode, we’ll go through the loan options that WORK in 2023 and 2024, the creative financing you can use to fund your next deal, and the often unknown loans that STILL offer only three percent mortgage rates or just five percent down on rental properties (seriously). If you haven’t tried these loans yet, you could be missing out on some of the best deals of the decade. In This Episode We Cover: The underrated, often overlooked rental property loans with low interest rates and low down payments Why getting a thirty-year fixed-rate loan may NOT make sense in 2023 and 2024 Whether to secure the debt or the deal first on your next real estate investment Loan “covenants” you MUST look out for before getting any new mortgage Mortgage rate predictions and where interest rates could be over the next five years How to build a relationship with banks/lenders so you ALWAYS get funding  And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Listen to All Your Favorite BiggerPockets Podcasts in One Place Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area David's BiggerPockets Profile David's Instagram Rob's BiggerPockets Profile Rob's Instagram Rob's TikTok Rob's Twitter Rob's YouTube Grab the Amanda and Matt’s Books on Tax Strategies Upgrade to BiggerPockets Pro (It’s a Write-Off!) The Tax-Free Strategy Only Real Estate Investors Can Access BiggerPockets Podcast 626 with Zach Lemaster What You Should Know About Financing Investment Properties Book Mentioned in the Show Long-Distance Real Estate Investing by David Greene Connect with Zach: Zach's BiggerPockets Profile Zach's Instagram RentToRetirement Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-847 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hear a sneak peek of David Greene's newest book, Pillars of Wealth: How to Make, Save, and Invest Your Money to Achieve Financial Freedom.  Enjoyed the first chapter? Click here to pick up your copy of the book today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you want to pay fewer taxes or outright avoid taxes in 2024, you’re in the right place. We’re about to give you all the last-chance tax tips and loopholes you can use NOW to pay WAY less in taxes in 2024. All of these are perfectly legal, but many will require some form of real estate investing. Don’t own any rental property yet? Not a problem! You can STILL start planning to pay lower taxes BEFORE you buy! We brought back our two favorite tax experts, Amanda Han and Matt MacFarland, on to the show to share all the last-minute tax tips YOU can use to pay Uncle Sam less and keep more in your pocket. Plus, Amanda and Matt share a tax “loophole” that anyone who makes under $100K per year OR owns a short-term rental property can use to save thousands, if not tens of thousands, in taxes. We’ll also get into common ways anyone can reduce their taxes through retirement account contributions, charitable donations, and more. Plus, the common misconception costing you thousands of dollars in write-offs that you never knew you could take! In This Episode We Cover The one rental property “loophole” that allows you to take a MASSIVE deduction A huge real estate write-off any investor who makes under $100K is able to take  Retirement investing and how boosting your nest egg can dramatically lower your taxes Common real estate write-offs that you’ve probably missed  How to use your home equity for tax-free income AND a big tax write-off  What to do RIGHT NOW to avoid paying taxes in 2024 (and beyond!) And So Much More! Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-846 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How many rental properties would it take for you to become financially free? Five, ten, twenty, one hundred? And once you know how many you need, how long will it take you to get there? KC Massie reached financial independence in his thirties after eleven years of slowly, quietly, and strategically building a repeatable rental property portfolio that rakes in over $100,000 per MONTH in rent. Yes, you read that right—six figures a month!  KC didn’t do anything spectacular to achieve this feat. He didn’t raise any money from friends or family, buy a thousand units in a year, or use risky debt. Instead, KC did things the old-fashioned way—slowly building a portfolio of rental properties, consistently buying every year, and making the most money he could at his job to fuel his purchases. Fast forward eleven years, he has complete financial freedom and has enough money to do whatever he wants, whenever he wants. In today’s show, you’ll hear about KC’s repeatable path to real estate wealth, the surprisingly ordinary methods he used to build a BIG portfolio of rental properties, and why he encourages EVERY real estate investor to start “building quietly.”  In This Episode We Cover How KC built a $50K/month rental property income stream in just eleven years The “limiting beliefs” you’re telling yourself that stop you from achieving financial freedom Working with your spouse and why you WANT them included in your rental business  Why getting better at your job is the fastest road to early retirement  How KC doubled his portfolio overnight with one very smart move  Why you MUST start “building quietly” if you ever want to become wealthy  And So Much More! Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-845 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jim Kwik is Nike, Google, and SpaceX’s go-to brain expert. If you want to learn anything faster and with less effort, he’s the guy you talk to. Jim is friends with some of the wealthiest, most influential people on the planet, and he knows exactly what it takes to become successful and what YOU need to do TODAY to get to where you want to be. After numerous bad falls, sleeping disorders, and head injuries, Jim was consistently referred to as “the boy with the broken brain.” He couldn't read, he couldn’t remember, and he was falling behind in every aspect of life. But one day, Jim learned how to break the memory code, learn faster than even the most diligent students, and outpace his classmates, who had significant advantages. Now, he teaches everyone else how to do the same. If you want to read faster, remember anything, scale your business, and become successful, Jim has the tips you NEED. He also shares the “lies” you’re telling yourself that stop you from achieving your dreams and the TINY step you can take RIGHT NOW to accomplish your wildest aspirations. In This Episode We Cover: The “lies of learning” that are stopping you from building wealth  Why “knowledge is power” is overrated and when to STOP learning  How to remember ANYONE’S name (even if you just met them)  The three “M's” that lead to a “limitless” brain and unlimited achievement  Why you’re feeling burned out and how to put the fire back into your life  One tiny, simple step you can take today that’ll put you on track for success  And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Listen to All Your Favorite BiggerPockets Podcasts in One Place Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Davids's BiggerPockets Profile David's Instagram Subscribe to David’s YouTube Channel Rob's BiggerPockets Profile Rob's Instagram Rob's TikTok Rob's Twitter Rob's YouTube BiggerPockets Podcast 803 with Andy Gil BiggerPockets Podcast 443 with Jim Kwik Train Your Brain to Retain: A Quick & Simple Trick to Improve Your Memory Discover Your “Brain Animal” Books Mentioned in the Show: Pillars of Wealth by David Greene Limitless Expanded by Jim Kwik Connect with Jim: Jim's Instagram Jim's Podcast Jim's TikTok Jim's X/Twitter Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-844 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You want to invest in real estate, but you lack the cash or the income. With home prices and mortgage rates so high, even a decent-paying job won’t land you a rental property or even a primary residence. So, what do you do? Should you call it quits and let others build wealth while you struggle to make ends meet? Not quite. There’s one thing you should start doing today that’ll make your real estate investing much easier. Welcome one and all to another Seeing Greene, where David answers your investing questions in today’s tough housing market. First, Rob joins us to advise an investor struggling to buy her business’s building from her father. He wants to sell after having a rough time with this commercial property, but Shelly, our investor, wants to convince him to keep the building OR give her a chance of ownership. What should she do?  Next, David answers the trifecta of 2023 investing questions: what should you do when your pre-approval is too low? How do you pull out home equity when you’re broke? And what to do when you don’t have enough income to qualify for a mortgage? A straightforward solution solves ALL THREE of these investors’ questions, and it’ll help you, too, if you’re struggling in this market! In This Episode We Cover: What to do if you WANT to invest in real estate but don’t have enough money  Why DTI (debt-to-income) is SO important to investing and how to lower yours NOW Real estate vs. stocks and why property almost ALWAYS beats simple stock investments When to invest in a “mediocre” deal that has no-to-low cash flow How to fire your property manager EVEN if you’ve signed a long-term contract The secret to scaling your real estate portfolio that the gurus won’t tell you And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Listen to All Your Favorite BiggerPockets Podcasts in One Place Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Davids's BiggerPockets Profile David's Instagram Subscribe to David’s YouTube Channel Rob's BiggerPockets Profile Rob's Instagram Rob's TikTok Rob's Twitter Rob's YouTube BiggerPockets Podcast 823 on Cost Segregation Seeing Greene 828 BiggerPockets Podcast 844 with Jim Kwik (Coming Soon!) Books Mentioned in the Show: Pillars of Wealth by David Greene The Richest Man in Babylon by George Clason Connect with Shelly: The Mousing Harke Instagram Fairmount Bicycles Instagram Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-843 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices