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Results (309)
25 January, 2024
Trespassers Took Over My Property! (How to Get Rid of Squatters ASAP)

If there’s anyone who knows how to get rid of squatters, it’s Leka Devatha. Right before MCing the biggest real estate event of the year, BPCon 2023, Leka got a phone call from her property manager with the words no i...

10 May, 2024
BiggerNews: Why Low Mortgage Rates Can't Solve Our Affordability Crisis

Housing prices won’t budge, but there could be some relief on the horizon for homebuyers. As America’s affordability crisis continues to strain consumers, one of the most considerable costs, housing, is much to blame....

28 June, 2024
Finance Friday: I've Got $150K Student Debt at 6.95%, Should I Invest?

Student loan debt can easily get in the way of financial independence, especially if there’s a high interest rate attached to your loans. But should you pay down this debt at the expense of investing for the future? T...

4 October, 2024
BiggerNews: Will Lower Rates Remove America’s “Golden Handcuffs”?

For years, we’ve been told that lower mortgage rates could reignite homebuyer demand and help improve affordability so first-time homebuyers (or even rookie landlords) can finally buy their first property. But, with m...

23 October, 2024
Renting WHILE Building Wealth by Buying Properties Close and Far from Home

This rookie investor decided that instead of purchasing her own home, she’d buy rental properties in other areas, helping offset her high cost of living. Within just around a year, Mary Ho has bought a run-down proper...

3 August, 2016
BiggerPockets Podcast 186: How to Get Your First Few Properties — Even in a Competitive Market with Dave Meyer

There are a lot of excuses people use for why they don’t invest in real estate. Maybe they work too much. Maybe they don’t have any money. Maybe the market is too hot. But some — like our guest today — don’t let those...

20 May, 2023
Rookie Reply: Tenant Red Flags and BEST Investor-Friendly Loans

Want a better rental property loan? You’ve probably tried talking to banks, brokers, and residential lenders about growing your real estate portfolio, only for them to hit back with W2, income, and credit score requir...

30 May, 2023
Stop Looking for Perfect Properties, Search for These Instead

Real estate investing has changed a LOT over the past few years. For most people getting into rental property investing in the mid-2010s, profitable properties were plentiful, cash flow was almost automatic, and equit...

6 June, 2023
BiggerNews: Rent Unaffordability Crosses Dangerous New Threshold

Rent prices have steadily risen for as long as we can remember. But, few of us would have ever expected the unimaginable rent hikes of 2020-2022. With major metros seeing double-digit year-over-year rent percentage bu...

27 June, 2023
How I Went from 200+ Tenant Phone Calls to 1 Per Year Using This “System”

You’ve built a sizable rental property portfolio; now, it’s time to relax. You book a trip to the beach, get on your swimsuit, and are about to head out the door, but then, your tenant calls you. “The toilet is leakin...