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Ask HTM: When to Ditch an Old Car, Dropping Escrow, & Investing via an ESOP – Episode 928

Ask HTM: When to Ditch an Old Car, Dropping Escrow, & Investing via an ESOP – Episode 928

Let’s dive into the week with some fresh listener questions we have lined up for you! And don’t just stand on the sidelines- if you have a ques…

5 Lessons to Align Your Values, Vision, and Investments for a Financially Free Future

5 Lessons to Align Your Values, Vision, and Investments for a Financially Free Future

For investors, the road to financial freedom isn’t just about making more money—it’s about clarity: about your values, your vision for the future, an…

Friday Flight – AI Investing Advice, Binge Shopping, & Hating on Honey – Episode 927

Friday Flight – AI Investing Advice, Binge Shopping, & Hating on Honey – Episode 927

Time for a Friday Flight- our little sampling of the week’s financial news and what it means for your personal finances. There are a lot of headlines…

Financial Freedom in 2 Years by Scaling Their Rental Portfolio FAST

Financial Freedom in 2 Years by Scaling Their Rental Portfolio FAST

This might be the fastest path to FIRE we’ve ever seen. In just two years, Emily and James were able to retire early and travel the world full-time. …

4 Real Estate Investing Trends That Could Take Over in 2025 and Beyond

4 Real Estate Investing Trends That Could Take Over in 2025 and Beyond

Which investing trends could make you wealthy in 2024? First, we had long-term rentals, then the BRRRR strategy, short-term rentals, medium-term rent…

Insurance Rates Are Eating Cash Flow Away—Here’s What Investors Should Do About It

Insurance Rates Are Eating Cash Flow Away—Here’s What Investors Should Do About It

If cash flow were already on its knees because of increased interest rates, soaring homeowners insurance premiums have been the real death blow. A pe…

Real Estate Syndications 101: What To Know BEFORE You Invest

Real Estate Syndications 101: What To Know BEFORE You Invest

Want 100% passive income? As in no tenants, toilets, phone calls, or painting! You can get genuinely passive income through one type of investment—re…

Why This Expert Investor Owns Only ONE Rental Property

Why This Expert Investor Owns Only ONE Rental Property

Mike Baum owns just one rental property, but this one property alone has changed his life. It’s allowed him to become such an investing expert that h…

2025’s Massive Opportunity for Real Estate Investing (Before It’s Too Late)

2025’s Massive Opportunity for Real Estate Investing (Before It’s Too Late)

Real estate investing may not see an opportunity like this for years. We’re in one of the wildest economic periods: mortgage rates are high, inflatio…

Investors: Don’t Hoard Properties and “Count Doors”

Investors: Don’t Hoard Properties and “Count Doors”

I have seen this a lot lately: people who hold on to underperforming properties because they add to their door count or self-worth as real estate inv…

Renters Are Flocking to These Housing Markets—Should You Invest?

Renters Are Flocking to These Housing Markets—Should You Invest?

RentCafé’s end-of-year round-up of top rental cities could help prospective landlords formulate an investment game plan for 2025. However, if y…

Here’s How I’m Protecting My Investments From What Could Go Wrong Next Year

Here’s How I’m Protecting My Investments From What Could Go Wrong Next Year

Has the Federal Reserve defeated inflation? Where are interest rates headed, and when? I don’t know the answer to those questions, and you should be …

Build Wealth Faster with This Tax “Loophole” (1031 Exchange) (Rookie Reply)

Build Wealth Faster with This Tax “Loophole” (1031 Exchange) (Rookie Reply)

Are you looking to grow your real estate portfolio and build wealth faster? There’s a tax “loophole” that allows you to sell your property and roll y…

The Expert Investor: Early Retirement is a Mistake, Rent INSTEAD of Buying!

The Expert Investor: Early Retirement is a Mistake, Rent INSTEAD of Buying!

Why does this veteran real estate investor say that early retirement and financial freedom are a bad idea? Why does he think renting, NOT buying a ho…

$200K/Year & Early Retirement in 10 Years by Being a “Lazy” Investor

$200K/Year & Early Retirement in 10 Years by Being a “Lazy” Investor

Dion McNeeley retired in just ten years after starting from not just zero but NEGATIVE. He was forty years old with $89,000 in debt, had no assets, a…

Home Sales Rise, Investor Purchases Shrink, and ANOTHER Commission Lawsuit!?

Home Sales Rise, Investor Purchases Shrink, and ANOTHER Commission Lawsuit!?

Are we in store for another agent commission lawsuit battle? Why are home sales spiking right after the election? And guess what…it’s not investors b…

Investors Need to Think Outside the Box—Start With These 9 Factors

Investors Need to Think Outside the Box—Start With These 9 Factors

I aim to earn 15% or higher returns on all my hands-off real estate investments. When the average person hears that, they immediately react dismissiv…

From the Forums: One Thing That Most Beginner Investors Should NOT Do

From the Forums: One Thing That Most Beginner Investors Should NOT Do

Should you borrow money for your first real estate deal? We’re not talking about taking an interest-free loan from your mom; we mean using “private m…

The Obstacles of Investing in U.S. Real Estate as a Non-Citizen and How to Overcome Them

The Obstacles of Investing in U.S. Real Estate as a Non-Citizen and How to Overcome Them

There’s something almost mythical about buying real estate in the United States.  The dream of owning American real estate spans across the glob…

The Investor’s Guide to Northwest Arkansas’ Real Estate Market

The Investor’s Guide to Northwest Arkansas’ Real Estate Market

Northwest Arkansas (NWA) is currently one of the best undervalued markets to be investing in, thanks to its combination of job growth, appreciation, …