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Results (92)
12 April, 2024
Rookie Reply: Should I Move (and Quit My Job!) to Invest in Real Estate?

Can’t afford to buy a rental property due to your area’s high cost of living? At what point should you quit your W2 job and move elsewhere to realize your real estate investing dream? There are several factors at play...

9 July, 2014
BiggerPockets Podcast 078: Quitting Your Job, Buy & Hold Investing, and Succeeding With High-End Rentals with Brie Schmidt

Today on the BiggerPockets Podcast we are excited to sit down with a real estate investor who just said 'you're fired!' to her day job and became a full-time real estate investor!

We are talking with Brie Schmidt, ...

13 December, 2024
Finance Friday: Can I Still Reach FI by 45 If I Quit My Job?

Alex Preziosi wants to reach financial independence by the age of forty-five, and with several hundred thousand dollars in retirement accounts, brokerage accounts, and savings, she’s on pace to do just that. But now, ...

1 October, 2020
BiggerPockets Podcast 404: How a Mailman Was Able to Quit His Job Through Real Estate Investing with George Gipson

We frequently talk about networking as a real estate investor: for example, talk to your mail carrier because they likely have seen opportunities in your neighborhood. But what if you are the mail carrier?

Today’s ...

22 December, 2023
Lean FI in 6 Years, Fat FI in 10, and Quitting Your Job The FIRE Way

At twenty-nine years old, Andy Johnson had achieved lean FIRE. He had enough to survive but not enough to make his future family comfortably financially free. All he needed to do was work a little longer, make a bit m...

21 February, 2021
BiggerPockets Podcast 445: When to Quit Your Job and Pursue Your Dreams with Rapper Manafest

The BiggerPockets podcast has quite a diverse group of guests that come on the show. We’ve had writers, speakers, businesspeople, and actors, but this may be the first rapper we’ve had with us. Chris Greenwood AKA Man...

3 June, 2024
Financial Independence at 29 by Quitting Rentals to Invest in THIS

Do you dream of building a real estate empire and reaching financial independence but stop short due to the “tenants and toilets” problem? The irony wasn't lost on twenty-nine-year-old Dillon Leonard when a renter acc...

2 August, 2024
Rookie Reply: Rent-Raising Renovations, the 1% Rule, & Quitting Real Estate

Real estate investing offers a roadmap to financial freedom, but it’s far from easy. If you’re feeling the stress of ownership, whether it’s due to a difficult tenant or unforeseen expenses, you may be ready to throw ...

7 December, 2021
BiggerPockets Podcast 541: BiggerNews December: Zillow Quits Flipping, Inflation News, & "Power Buyers"

Will inflation sink real estate? Is Zillow out of the iBuyer game? And why does my cash offer mean less than it did last year? Dave Meyer, VP of Data and Analytics at BiggerPockets, has heard your questions through Bi...

30 January, 2020
BiggerPockets Podcast 367: Quitting Retail to Flip, BRRRR, and Design with Kara Beckmann

7X-ing her income by leaving a so-so job to flip houses!

Today’s guest is Kara Beckmann, a rehabber and rental property investor who’s tearing it up in Scottsdale, Ariz., and on her Instagram page @beckmannhouse.
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