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A Case Study In Selling Your Car And Using Ebikes And Carshare Instead
A friend of mine recently made a move that I’ve been telling him to do for the past four years – he finally sold his car and is going car…
How to Start, Manage, and Scale an Airbnb Business in 2024 (Step-by-Step)
Do you want to break into the short-term rental space? It’s not as simple as picking a popular market, buying a rental property, and listing it onlin…
How to Invest in Real Estate with $50K in 2024
Want to know how to invest $50K in real estate? We’re going to show you exactly how to do it, EVEN in 2024. You can use any of the four […]
The Pros and Cons of Self-Managing Your Rental Property (From Two Experienced Investors)
Discover the benefits and challenges of self-managing rental properties.
The FAANG FIRE Audience Insights
The initial data for the 2024 FAANG FIRE audience survey is in. More time is needed for the full analysis, but this post includes all the initial hig…
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%…