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Wish You Bought Real Estate in 2012? A Similar Opportunity Just Arrived in Multifamily
After reaching an all-time high in 2007, single-family home prices collapsed 27.4% until hitting a low in 2012. Since then, the Case-Shiller U.S. Nat…
Do You Need an LLC When Buying Your First Rental Property? (Rookie Reply)
Many “experts” say you need a real estate LLC once you buy a rental property, but are they right? They also say you need money and great credit to in…
Housing Market Shift: Inventory Catapults Back, Buying Opportunities Grow
Home prices are falling fast in some prime real estate markets across the country while others remain stubbornly stuck. What’s the defining factor be…
Unlock Your Home Equity: A Smarter Way to Finance Your Goals
For homeowners and real estate investors, accessing home equity has traditionally been a long and tedious process—until now. With new digital lending…
Florida Pushes to Abolish Property Taxes, These States Could Follow Soon
Florida property taxes could drop to 0%. As the state struggles with some of the lowest affordability in the country, with home insurance almost doub…
Toxic Work Environments, Avoiding Burnout, and Real Estate Questions
Answering reader questions about what to do when your workplace turns toxic and how to protect yourself from bad employers and from losing your job, …
The 4 Best Types of Rental Properties for New Investors to Buy in 2025
So, you want to invest in real estate…but where should you start? What’s the best type of rental property for a beginner? It’s easy to become overwhe…
The Ultimate Underrated Rental Property of 2025 (for Small Investors)
What’s the best rental property for the average investor? It’s not a single-family rental, it’s not a large apartment building, it’s not even a duple…
Why Owning Real Estate is Always a Winning Strategy—Especially in Times of Uncertainty
When uncertainty looms over the economy, investors face a difficult choice: stick with volatile markets or move toward stability. Stocks experience u…
Making $2,400/Month Cash Flow and Getting Rich Slowly with “Boring” Rentals
Want the time-tested investing strategy that will make you rich 10, 20, or 30 years from now? Despite market uncertainty, buying rentals is still a s…
13 Rental Units with a “Rinse and Repeat” Investing Method
This investor built a multimillion-dollar real estate portfolio with low-money-down loans and little cash-to-close. Thanks to his smart “rinse and re…
Buyers Return as Lower Rates Hold, Trump Trades Federal Land for BIG Housing Bet
Buyers are finally funneling back to the housing market thanks to recently lower mortgage rates. But, we’ve still got a BIG housing problem to fix—un…
How $100 Can Unlock Cash Flow & Kickstart Your Rental Portfolio
I want to build wealth through real estate, and I’m guessing you do too. But traditional real estate investing is not always convenient and eas…
Red State vs. Blue State: Does It Actually Impact Home Price Growth?
My BiggerPockets forum post got some buzz when I published data on whether blue states “appreciate” more than red. My intention here is to expand on …
March 2025 Housing Market Update: Are Price Declines Coming?
The housing market saw significant “softening” in February, with inventory rising, demand shrinking, and buyers regaining more control while sellers …
This Investor Has $1.8 Million Trapped in Real Estate Purgatory
Below is an email transcript from a BiggerPockets Money listener who sent me a message about their personal financial situation and wanted my insight…
The Threat Facing Real Estate Investors Today and Why Tenants Should Be Treated as Clients
When I first started investing in real estate around 2006 (yeah, I know, not a great time to start), the biggest dangers to the industry were things …
How to Save Up to 20% on New Construction Homes
In real estate, timing is everything. Right now, builders across the country are sitting on excess inventory, offering some of the most attractive di…
How to Unlock Your Home’s Hidden Passive Income Stream (ADUs 101)
There’s a hidden passive income stream in your basement, backyard, or garage, and only one investing strategy can unlock it. More and more homeowners…
How Capital Gains Taxes are Hurting More and More Homeowners
Recently, a fascinating discussion unfolded on the BiggerPockets forum. It concerns capital gains taxes and how homeowners who stay in their quickly …