998: How to Create Multiple Streams of Income Through Real Estate Investing

931: How to Build a Real Estate Portfolio from Scratch in 2024: 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 scr by BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

44 min listen

924: Raising Private Money 101: Beginner Steps to Raise Your First $1,000,000: 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. by BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

44 min listen

706: How to Build a Real Estate Portfolio from Scratch in 2023 by BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

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868: Buying Rental Properties for $0 Down, 0% Interest the Creative Way w/Dedric and Krystal Polite: 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 h by BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

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520: The BEST Side Hustles You Can Start in 2024 (Outside of Real Estate!): The best side hustles can put some extra cash in your pocket, help you leave your W2 job, or even launch you toward FIRE. If you’re looking to make money in ways other than real estate investing, you don’t want to miss this side hustle special! Nick Loper, founder of Side Hustle Nation and host of The Side Hustle Show, has been building businesses since he was a teenager. From lucrative digital assets to service-based ventures, Nick has done it all, and today, he’s bringing some fresh ideas for you to try. As you’re about to learn, these fledgling businesses come in all shapes and sizes. Some take years to nurture before you reap any reward for effort, while others allow you to start earning immediately. In any case, you need to choose one you’re interested in and stick with it if you want to see results! In this episode of the BiggerPockets Money podcast, Nick dives into some of his favorite side hustles—man by BiggerPockets Money Podcast

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822: Seeing Greene: The 10-Year Real Estate Retirement Plan (Use Home Equity!): If you know how to use your home equity, you can retire MUCH faster than most Americans. For the majority of homeowners, equity is just something to sit on, not something worth using. But what if you could convert your home equity into rental properties, cash flow, or even more appreciation? Where would you be in a decade if you used your equity to make even more equity in other properties? You could retire early, make more than you’ve ever imagined, and KNOW that your wealth is working FOR you. It’s Sunday, and David remembered to turn his green light on…you know what that means. We’re back with another episode of Seeing Greene, where real estate investors, rookies, and business owners shoot some of their most pressing questions at David. In this show, a young business owner wants to know how to sell (without sounding salesy). Then David describes how to use your home equity to buy even more properties, t by BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

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894: How to Buy a Rental Property in 90 Days (or Less!): 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 by BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

49 min listen

897: Seeing Greene: Generational Wealth 101 and Getting Started in a Tough Market: 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-finan by BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

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724: The 3-Step System to Scale ANY Real Estate Portfolio: You need to know how to scale your real estate portfolio. You’ve been stuck at the same number of units, dealing with the same problems for far too long. But what can you do? At what point do you reach a limit to the number of rentals you can take on? Is there even a limit at all? For most investors, hitting a wall in your real estate portfolio can feel like the beginning of the end. For David Greene, this just shows that you need to scale a little smarter. And today, he’ll show you exactly how to do it. by BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

63 min listen

902: Seeing Greene: Investing WITHOUT Burning Out and What We’d Do With $1M: 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 by BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

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617: Why Every Great Investor Should Ask, “What Pisses Me Off?” by BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

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Q3 2: How to Find Financial Freedom with Small Multifamily Rentals: Small multifamily investing is one of the fastest ways to reach financial freedom through real estate. With just a few multifamily rental properties, you can create passive income streams that’ll allow you to retire from your W2 job, go full-time into real estate investing, or have enough money to do whatever you want, whenever you want. Don’t think it’s still possible? Dave Meyer, multifamily investor and VP of Data and Analytics at BiggerPockets, may change your mind. Dave started investing in real estate by buying a couple of small multifamily rentals within a block of each other. He lived in one of the units while renting out the others, allowing him to live for free and collect some sizable cash flow. Now, years later, Dave is collecting around $5,000 per MONTH from just these two properties. And if you invest in small multifamily rentals, you could experience the same cash flow! If you want to invest like the by BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

79 min listen

843: Seeing Greene: I Don’t Make Enough to Invest, What Do I Do?: 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 by BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

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715: How to Make 2023 Your Best Year Ever by BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

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753 Seeing Greene: CPAs Answer YOUR Top Investing and Tax Questions: Want more real estate tax deductions? If you’re a savvy investor, you can use the tax code to avoid income tax, keep more money, and grow your portfolio even faster. But it’s hard to do so without a rock-solid CPA behind you. Thankfully, we have some of the world’s top real estate CPAs on the show, and they’re giving their take on tough tax questions (WITHOUT sending you a bill!). If you want to lower your tax burden, keep more of your hard-earned money, and play the tax game to WIN, stick around! Welcome back to another Seeing Greene! This time, we’re joined by some of the most beloved real estate tax rockstars. Amanda Han, Matt Bontrager, and Tom Wheelwright have spent their careers helping real estate investors get the most out of their investments. From eliminating income tax to finding hidden deductions, boosting depreciation, and getting their clients into more tax-advantaged assets, these CPAs practice what th by BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

50 min listen

919: How to Use Real Estate to Quit the 9-5 Grind: 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 by BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

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608: The “Golden Trio” Every Real Estate Investor MUST Have to Truly Profit First by BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

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917: Seeing Greene: Can I Escape the Rat Race with Just $70K?: 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 by BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

34 min listen

926: 6 Tips to Grow Your Real Estate Portfolio While Working 9-5: 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 by BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

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852: Seeing Greene: Subto “Speculation,” Airbnb Automation, & New Build Financing: 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 h by BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

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795: Making $10K/Month with a “Small and Mighty” Rental Portfolio w/Chad “Coach” Carson: Rental properties and early retirement go together like peanut butter and jelly. If you want to leave your nine-to-five behind, make six figures, and have ultimate time freedom, real estate investing may be your best bet. But, with so many influencers constantly pushing “more doors,” it seems like real estate is becoming a death race to retirement, not something that grants total financial freedom. If you want to ACTUALLY retire early, with fewer headaches, and a lot of passive income, Chad “Coach” Carson is who you should listen to. For the past year, Chad and his family have been living abroad in Spain. He’s taken time to learn Spanish, lounge around, and have a siesta while his rental properties create his passive income. The best part? Chad spends two hours (yes, TWO) a week running his rental property portfolio. But Chad didn’t need to build a real estate portfolio of a billion units to accom by BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

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792: Seeing Greene: How to Build a Business That Sets You Free w/Gary Harper: Want to know how to start a business? One that will help you reach financial freedom, find purpose, and give you more opportunity to spend time with your family? Those are the reasons why almost all of us get into real estate investing, and while having a couple of rentals may not sound like a business to you, running your portfolio like a business will have immeasurable effects on your life. But first, you’ll need to know how the pros build businesses. Gary Harper, esteemed business coach, went from a rental property investor shooing away copper thieves to Fortune 500 executive and now teaches other entrepreneurs how to do the same. He knows what it takes to build a successful business, why so many entrepreneurs fail, and how to delegate and eliminate tasks to build a business you enjoy running. Sounds like a dream, right? In this special edition of Seeing Greene, David and Rob will take listener questions by BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

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973: Seeing Greene: Retiring Early, ARMs vs. Fixed-Rate Mortgages, & When to Sell: Want to retire early? Real estate investing might be your best bet. Looking to boost your cash flow and expand your real estate portfolio, too? In today’s show, we’re sharing how to use home equity to build wealth the RIGHT way, plus the “portfolio architecture” secrets that enable you to retire earlier than you thought. Whether you’ve got one rental or a hundred or are just starting to dig into real estate investing, we’ve got the investing information you need on this Seeing Greene to reach true financial freedom. First, an investor sitting on $300,000 of equity asks what he should do: sell his current rental property and buy more OR convert the single-family home into a multifamily investment. The answer isn’t as clear-cut as you’d think. Next, we discuss whether ARMs (adjustable-rate mortgages) vs. fixed-rate mortgages are your best bet for a lower mortgage rate. Plus, we'll share the five BIG mis by BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

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356: 3 Steps to Start Investing in Real Estate + 2024 Mortgage Rate Predictions: If you want to know how to start investing in real estate, you’re in the right place. Today, we’re going to detail the three often-overlooked beginner steps that’ll allow you to build a real estate portfolio, reach financial freedom, and have more time and money than ever before. And no, these steps are NOT the usual “look up properties online, talk to an agent, get pre-approved” advice. Instead, we’re giving you the time-tested expert guidance that leads you to REAL wealth, not just a handful of headache properties. So, who has the foolproof plan for real estate success? Dave Meyer, BiggerPockets VP of Data and Analytics, host of the On the Market podcast, and author of Start with Strategy. In today’s episode, Dave outlines exactly how he built a life he loves, living abroad with free time to travel, making more than enough to support his adventurous lifestyle, all while spending less than an hour a da by Real Estate Rookie

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How to Become a Real Estate Millionaire (NO Experience Necessary) by Real Estate Rookie

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802: Codie Sanchez: Passive Income is a Scam, Do This Instead: Codie Sanchez doesn’t believe in passive income but still makes millions of dollars a year with businesses that don’t require her input. To her, building businesses isn’t the “set it and forget it” dream that most investors think it will be, but it sure beats having a job. Codie has built her wealth by buying “boring” businesses that most people overlook. Car washes, laundromats, and self-storage are some of her portfolio favorites, and they could make you a killing too. So, what business should you buy? In today’s episode, Codie goes over the exact type of businesses real estate investors should be looking into, what to do before you even begin your search, and how to hire someone else to run the business so you don’t have to. But you might think, “I have no experience doing ANYTHING like this.” Thankfully, you don’t need to be a former CEO or investing expert to buy profitable boring businesses, but you need something al by BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

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How to SCALE Your Real Estate Portfolio in 2023 by Real Estate Rookie

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694: How to Reach Financial Freedom in 2023 with Small Multifamily Properties by BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

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730: How to Start a Real Estate Portfolio with Just $10K: Want to know how to invest in real estate with $10,000? For most people, $10,000 doesn’t sound like enough to start a rental property portfolio. But today, you’ll learn exactly how to turn this easily savable amount of money into the foundation for financial freedom. If you want to know the nine ways you can begin building wealth through real estate with $10,000 or less, stick around! David Greene, Henry Washington, and Rob Abasolo all started their real estate investing journeys without stacks of cash. They had to scrimp, save, and hustle to get to their first property. But, once the cash flow wheel started to turn, all of these investors quickly multiplied their real estate holdings and sailed straight for financial independence. And now, they want to help you do the same! David, Henry, and Rob all share their favorite ways to invest in real estate with $10,000, the risks and rewards of each of these strategies, and pit each by BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

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