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How Much Do You Need for Early Retirement? (How to Calculate Your FI Number)
What’s your financial independence number (FI/FIRE number)? Are you being too conservative, or are you cutting things close? Do you even have one? To…
Improve Your Real Estate Returns by Optimizing Your Existing Properties When Deals Are Hard To Find
Optimize your portfolio by aligning investments with your goals, boosting income, and reducing expenses when new deals are hard to find.
My 3 Tips for Discovering a Great Market for Real Estate Investing
Choose the right real estate market to achieve financial freedom by focusing on these three things.
The Fall Housing Market Could Be Red Hot—Here’s How Investors Can Profit
Lower mortgage rates could boost homebuying this fall.
30 Units in 7 Years by BRRRRing, Building, Flipping, and Going All-In
After a strong case of “mommy guilt” working as an assistant principal, pregnant with her second child, Deba Douglas knew she needed a way out of the…
Immigration Boosts Renter Demand, Builder Confidence Is Growing
Did immigrants help keep landlords afloat during this tough housing market? New data may be pointing to just that. Today, we’re discussing one rarely…
8 Rentals in 3 Years While Working a Full-Time Job AND Remote Managing
Three years ago, Luke Otto knew next to nothing about rental properties. His interest was instantly piqued when he got into a conversation about real…
What Kind of Insurance Do You Need for Short-Term Rentals?
You have finally decided to enter the short-term rental (STR) market, and your biggest concern is a call from the local fire department stating that …
3 Things That Will Kill Your Rental Property Cash Flow (Rookie Reply)
Floods, evictions, and bad property managers on ONE rental property?! These are the kinds of things that spook rookies out of real estate investing a…
Why This “Physician on FIRE” Ignored the 4% Rule & Delayed Early Retirement
Why do many wealthy people wait so long to retire? Despite earning a physician’s salary, living frugally, and saving what most would call “more than …
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…
Headlines: Redfin Sees a “Brighter” Homebuying Season Coming, Will It Happen?
Mortgage rates are finally falling, and Redfin is predicting a “brighter” housing market. Who’s leading the charge in new homebuyers? Surprisingly, t…
How You Can Legally Minimize Rental Property Taxes as Much as Possible
As a landlord, you probably already know that taxes are unavoidable, but that doesn’t mean you can’t minimize them and keep more of your hard-earned …
5 Steps to Starting a Short-Term Rental Business
So, you’ve decided to dive into the world of short-term rentals—whether it’s Airbnb, VRBO, or whatever acronym you want to use. Congratulations…
How You Can Take Full Advantage of the Federal Rate Cut
A few months ago, slowing down the nation’s rate of inflation seemed insurmountable for the Federal Reserve Bank. Now that inflation is at 2.5%…
Buying His First Rental at 19 by Doing What Most Newbies Are Afraid to Do
How hard is it to buy a rental property in 2024? With all the buzz around high interest rates and soaring home prices, you’d think that investing in …
Active vs. Passive Investing: Make Higher Returns With Less Headache?
Can you make the same returns as active real estate (if not more) with “passive” real estate investing? What if you’ve got a busy day job, hobbies yo…
How to Reach FIRE Based on Your Income ($45K – $100K/Year)
What does it mean to “win” financially in your income bracket? To us, the end goal is always FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early), and if you’…
Is Investing in Hotels a Better Move Than Scaling Short-Term Rentals?
In the face of short-term rental regulations, among other struggles, are hotels a better option?
Property Insurance Is Changing—Here’s What to Expect Next Year
Depending on the area of the country you’re investing in, property insurance costs can add many thousands to your annual costs—and in some areas of t…