Investing In Real Estate With Lex Levinrad

What's Working in Today's Real Estate Market (2026) By Lex Levinrad Do you want to learn how to wholesale real estate, buy rentals and fix and flip houses? On the Investing in Real Estate Podcast, I share practical strategies to help investors like you get started investing in real estate. The goal is to help you move one step closer to achieving financial freedom through real estate.  I have been...

What is Working In Today's Real Estate Market Podcast Transcript Hello everyone, and welcome to the Investing in Real Estate Show. I'm your host, Lex Levinrad. In today's episode, I want to discuss two important topics: first, whether we are heading into a new foreclosure crisis, and second, what strategies are currently working for real estate investors in today's market. Let's begin by discussin...

  🎙️ The Investing in Real Estate Show Sellers Are Capitulating Hosted by Lex Levinrad Hey everyone, and welcome to the Investing in Real Estate Show. I'm your host, Lex Levinrad, and on today's episode, I want to talk about what's happening right now in the real estate market — because things are changing very rapidly. For the first time in a while, we're beginning to see signs of capitulation. N...

TRANSCRIPT: Hey everyone, welcome to the Investing in Real Estate Show. This is your host, Lex Levinrad. In today's episode, I want to talk about the changing real estate market. And I've got to tell you—things are changing quickly. I had a Boot Camp event a couple of weeks back, the Buying Rentals and Building Wealth Boot Camp. We were showcasing some case studies, and one of our students, Manny...

TRANSCRIPT   Hi everyone, welcome to the Investing in Real Estate Show. This is your host, Lex Levinrad. On today's episode, I want to talk to you about the opportunities in today's market with rental properties. We have a very unique set of circumstances that have led us to where we are now. The first thing we saw was the absolutely crazy increase in prices that happened after COVID, from 2020 to...

On today's podcast episode I talk about how to make more money.  I talk to some students at my real estate training events who are looking for ways to increase their income. Not everyone is interested in waiting years to build wealth and equity with rental properties. Some people are looking to make more money now. And that is what today's podcast episode is about.  Many new real estate investors...

On today's podcast episode I talk about the Buy, Repair, Rent and Refinance strategy commonly referred to as the BRRR Method. This is one of my favorite real estate strategies and one of the easiest ways that I know to create long term wealth with real estate.  The Buy, Repair, Rent and Refinance Strategy was the method that I used to make my first million dollars in real estate. It has helped me,...

On today's podcast episode I talk about how to buy houses in 2025 and what to look out for as an investor when buying in today's market.  The past 3 years have been an interesting time for real estate investors - especially in Florida. We have seen interest rates move up from a low of 2.65% in 2022 to above 7% by October 2023. This rapid increase in interest rates which was orchestrated by the Fed...

On today's podcast episode, I talk about bidding on online auction sites, and buying bank owned properties and foreclosures.  In order to understand buying foreclosures and bidding on bank owned properties on online auction sites, it's important that you understand the foreclosure process and how it works. I will be covering this in detail at the Foreclosures and Bank Owned Properties Boot Camp ne...

On today's podcast episode, I talk about how to find deals in 2025. The market has shifted and 2025 will be a big year for change in real estate.  The Current Real Estate Situation Real estate prices are up by more than 50% since 2020. The 30 year mortgage rate has increased from a low of 2.65% in 2021 to above 7% today. Anyone who purchased real estate before 2020 is sitting on a lot of equity, a...

BUYING BANK OWNED PROPERTIES On today's podcast episode I talk about buying bank owned properties. This is an important episode because pre-foreclosures and foreclosure auctions are sky rocketing in 2024, and many of these foreclosures that we are seeing now will ultimately end up as bank owned properties. It is important for you to understand how the foreclosure process works in your State so tha...

On today's podcast episode, I talk about buying houses subject to the existing mortgage. This investment strategy is also known as "assuming the mortgage" or buying "subject to".  As prices have pulled back around 15% from the peak, many sellers are realizing that they will not be able to get their Zillow estimate if they sell their house. There are a lot of people who purchased houses 3 years ago...

On today's podcast episode, I talk about fixing and flipping houses and understanding how fixing and flipping houses works.  When you want to fix and flip a house, before you get started it is important to understand who you are selling the house to. I always teach my students to look at a fix and flip in reverse - meaning understand who you are selling the house to first.  Your biggest pool of bu...

On today's podcast I talk about how to get started investing in real estate. I read an article today online which was called "5 Ways To Get Started Investing in Real Estate". This article had some really bad advice for new investors. So I thought I would record this podcast episode on that topic of how to get started investing in real estate. The Article That I Read Recommended These 5 Things. 1....

New investors are drawn to wholesaling. Wholesaling is the one area of real estate where most new investors gravitate to. You can start wholesaling without having and cash or credit and it appeals to people who need to make more money and it also appeals to people who don't have money.  So it appears to be very easy. The concept of wholesaling is very straightforward. You make an offer to buy a pr...

On today's podcast episode I talk about why you should buy rental properties. I explain why investing in real estate (specifically rentals) is such a great investment compared to other investments like stocks, bonds and mutual funds. The first thing you need to understand about investing in real estate is the five main benefits which are: 1. Appreciation 2. Cash Flow 3. Amortization 3. Tax Deducti...

On today's podcast I talk about the opportunity in buying foreclosures and bank owned homes.  In order to understand why this opportunity is presenting itself, it is first important to understand what got us into this situation. The answer is record low interest rates, and the fastest and quickest rate cuts in U.S History as a result of the epidemic of March 2020. Interest rates were quickly lower...

On today's podcast episode I talk about understanding what a wholesale deal is.  Would you be able to recognize a wholesale deal from a house for sale? They are not the same.   Regardless of whether you want to wholesale real estate, fix and flip houses or buy rental properties you need to be able to understand what a wholesale deal is, and why someone would sell their house at a discount. If you...

On today's podcast episode I talk about the Buy, Repair, Rent and Refinance Method (BRRR).  On the last podcast episode, we talked about buying rental properties and the wealth creation effect of buying and holding rental properties for the long term.  Today, we are talking about how to employ the Buy, Repair, Rent and Refinance Method, how it works, and how it enables you to buy real estate with...

On today's podcast episode, I talk about buying your first rental property. Buying a rental is a lot easier than you think, and you should consider doing it as soon as possible because buying rentals is the path to wealth and financial freedom. What prevents many new real estate investors from buying their first rental is limiting beliefs or obstacles that they believe that they have that prevent...

On today's podcast I talk about creating a life of financial freedom.  I think this is a very approriate time for me to be talking about this becauase last week I returned from a two month trip to the Bahamas where I was living on my catamaran.  I was interviewed by my students Fred and Andy on Sunday night on an IG Live that they were hosting, and one of their main questions on that interview rev...

On today's podcast episode, I talk about the current state of the real estate market and where I think the market is heading.  One of the questions I get asked the most is "what do you think of the market right now" or "do you think the real estate market will crash. This podcast episode answers those questions.  Disclaimer: I cannot predict what will happen. No one can. There are too many unknown...

On today's Podcast, I interview my friend Brandon Bateman about Pay Per Click (PPC) and SEO For motivated sellers. I first met Brandon at my Collective Genius mastermind when I was introduced to him by a mutual friend. Brandon is running the PPC and SEO campaigns for some of the biggest real estate investors in the country (including many of my friends in my mastermind). Since we spoke about motiv...

On today's podcast episode I talk about marketing to motivated sellers. The main difference between new real estate investors, and expert real estate investors is the willingness to spend money on marketing. And this really boils down to understanding marketing costs and how marketing to motivated sellers really works. The first thing that you need to understand is cost per lead. If I mail out 10,...