BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

There are six numbers you need to know before buying a rental property. We run these numbers before we buy any investment, and knowing all six gives you the highest chance of making money instead of purchasing a headache.  We’ll give you the full list of the six most crucial real estate numbers and how to calculate them so you get the highest return possible. Most new investors skip over most of t...

Renovating two rental properties, while working two jobs, all in your twenties. Flo Jacques took it on so she could replace her $35,000/year college admissions salary—and it was so worth it. The first year after graduating college, at age 22, Flo decided she was done being a renter. With just $15,000 down, she bought her first home to live in. But being an investor? That wouldn’t come until 2024—a...

Homebuyers are getting the biggest discounts on properties in over 12 years—and it’s only getting started.  At this point, nobody can refute that a full-on buyer’s market has arrived. Homes are selling below list price, buyers are waiting out the market, and sellers are getting increasingly desperate. All the while, mortgage rates are a full percentage point lower than a year ago, inventory is up,...

Single-family vs. multifamily rental properties—which gets you to financial freedom faster? A rookie real estate investor is wondering what he should do for his first rental property. Multifamily rentals can help you scale faster and have more cash flow, but single-family rentals mean fewer tenants (and fewer headaches) with less management. Dave and Henry have invested in both and have a clear an...

If you want financial freedom faster, you need to stop buying rentals and start buying rental portfolios. Most people have never thought about it. Instead, they slowly build their rental portfolio to 10 or (at the most) 20 units. And while we love the slow-and-steady approach, Jose Martinez is doing something much more—buying 10+ unit portfolios in a single transaction. He only needed a few “deals...

This episode alone could save you hundreds, thousands, or tens of thousands in taxes—all with 100% legal means.  If you own a rental property, you could be paying significantly less in taxes. With the US tax code being favorable to real estate investors and renewed provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill, real estate investing is one of the most tax-advantaged investments on the planet. Today, we...

What if you could create home equity and cash flow out of nothing? It’s not magic. We’ve done it hundreds of times, and most real estate investors still think it’s impossible; meanwhile, experts are making 30%-50% ROIs (return on investment) in places where nothing on the market will cash flow.  The secret? Value-add investing. Today, we’re sharing the entire playbook, giving you actual examples a...

One property can change your entire life. Less than a decade after buying your first, you could be completely financially free, like today’s guest, who has one piece of advice: “Just buy something.” Cameron Philgreen bought a small house in Kansas. Less than ten years later, that home’s profit allowed him to build his dream business—a coffee shop that he runs, instead of working a 9-5 job. But tha...

Renting vs. buying a house. Everyone has the debate completely wrong, and it’s costing Americans their financial freedom. “Live in Los Angeles? Guess you have to rent. Live in the Midwest? Guess you should buy.” What if there was a way to grow your wealth no matter where you live, how much home prices are, or what’s going on in the housing market? What if you could get richer while renting? What i...

There are five rental property loans nobody talks about. 99% of people have never heard of them.  0% down payments. 5% interest rates. No W-2 needed. The loans we’re talking about today offer these benefits and (much) more. So, what are they, and why hasn’t anyone told you about them? If you’ve felt it was impossible to get a mortgage for your first or next rental property, the five investment pro...

Eight rental properties. That’s all you need to retire early. Don’t believe us? Today’s guest went from corporate life to early retirement, generating over $100,000 per year in cash flow thanks to a small, powerful rental property portfolio. He didn’t start with a ton of money, and he had no experience. But he followed a simple, genius strategy: Save, buy, repeat, pay off. Vicente Garcia wanted to...

Every new real estate investor asks one question: How much cash flow should my rental property make? For years, you’d hear things like “$200 per month per door” or “it has to hit the 1% rule”. But with so many of these rules outdated, we need a 2026 refresh on real estate cash flow. In today’s housing market, what is good cash flow for a rental property?  This is how much your rental properties sh...

Is a $100,000 rental property ever worth it? We see so many markets across the country that sport cheap rental properties. But, are you really just buying a problem that will never truly cash flow, or do these dirt-cheap deal-finders know something that we don’t?  We’re back, as Dave and Henry answer your questions from the BiggerPockets Forums. First, we’re talking about cheap rental properties—$...

At age 47, Neil Whitney and his wife were living paycheck to paycheck—one bad day away from losing everything. Now, less than ten years later, he’s financially free with $8,000/month in passive income from rentals. Neil started with almost no money, promising his wife he would keep their life savings untouched while investing. He picked up side gigs, drove for Uber for a year and a half, and saved...

Buyers just got even more in control, and it’s excellent news for investors. Homes are now sitting on the market for the longest time in a decade, with sellers accepting thousands less than their original list price. For those who have been waiting to buy their first or next investment property, this could be the sign that it’s time to get in the game. But, with mortgage rates (slowly) coming down...

Last year, Scott Trench, former BiggerPockets CEO, made a big bet on real estate—selling $1,000,000 in stocks to buy rentals instead. A year later, he’s on the show, and we’ve got one crucial question to ask him. Was it worth it? The man behind the mustache (yes, he’s still got it!) is joining us today to give a life update and share how his huge financial decision played out. But a lot has change...

Over $20,000 per month in pure cash flow from just eight rental properties—all achieved in around a decade. Dion McNeeley did it and has inspired thousands of others to repeat his “boring” and self-proclaimed “lazy” strategy to reach financial freedom. Today, he’s teaching you how to do it, too. A 40-year-old single dad with less than $1,000 in the bank and over $80,000 in debt is not who you’d th...

If we could invest in real estate anywhere in the country, where would we put our money? It’s a new year, and markets have already shifted, changing where the best buying opportunities are. So today, Ashley Kehr (from the Real Estate Rookie podcast), Henry, and Dave are back to share their updated 2026 best places to buy rental property list!  These markets span multiple states, but many have affo...

This is how to buy a rental property in 2026. You don’t need experience, a big bank account, or a complicated spreadsheet. Anyone can follow these seven steps to acquire (at least) one rental property by the end of 2026. Real estate investments are one of the best ways to grow wealth, reach financial freedom, and retire early. But you need to start with your first rental property to get to your en...

You do not need a huge rental property portfolio to retire early. Today, Chad Carson (Coach Carson) will prove it, explaining how to retire with the fewest rentals possible. Trust him, because he’s already done it with fewer rentals than you’d think. Chad ditched the “buy 100 doors” mentality in exchange for fewer rentals, fewer headaches, and way more cash flow. Now, in his 40s and years into his...

Zillow released its new 2026 housing market predictions and…I’m not sure I agree with them. From home price to mortgage rate predictions, “kidfluence” steering decisions, and the rise of the lifestyle renter, I’m going through all 10 of Zillow’s predictions and sharing which I agree with, which I’m confused by, and which made me laugh. Even with a few very interesting predictions, I do think some...

After 1.5 years of hosting the BiggerPockets Real Estate podcast, Dave is making a change…a big one. Today, we’re announcing the new co-host of the podcast—someone we think you’ll be pleasantly surprised by… This investor went from having only $1,000 in the bank to 100 rental properties just eight years later. He started with barely any money, bad credit, and a spending problem, and has quickly be...

Real estate investing is about to get easier…much easier. And this could be the average American’s first opportunity in years to get in the game. Small investors are more optimistic, planning to buy—not pause—in 2026 as home prices stall, rents get ready to rise again, and affordability slowly trickles back. This is the State of Real Estate Investing in 2026, and the opportunities are growing. We’...

2026 is finally here! And if you can still read this sentence without seeing double, you’ve made it!  But this year, things are going to be a little… different. We usually talk about the best places or strategies for buying rentals, but we’re going on a bit of a detour to start the year by discussing our real estate resolutions, all of which will actively help us retire early. Want to retire with...

These rental property deals are making us richer, even with high housing prices and interest rates. Everyone thinks it’s impossible to find cash-flowing rental properties in today’s housing market, but this is NOT the truth. We’re going to show you three real rental property deals we’re buying. All of these are being purchased in 2025—these are NOT cheap deals from 2020 with 3% - 4% interest rates...