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Investor Purchases Remain Flat in Q3—Here’s How to Get Ahead of the Competition

Investor Purchases Remain Flat in Q3—Here’s How to Get Ahead of the Competition

Whether it was high interest rates, uncertainty about the election, or a lack of inventory, U.S. real estate investors just barely slowed down their …

This Could Be Like Getting into Airbnb in 2012

This Could Be Like Getting into Airbnb in 2012

While short-term rentals are seeing slowing demand, mid-term rentals are taking off (and fast). Mid-term rentals, also called medium-term rentals or …

Finance Friday: Middle-Class Trap on Steroids ($3.8M but CAN’T Retire!)

Finance Friday: Middle-Class Trap on Steroids ($3.8M but CAN’T Retire!)

There’s a “middle-class trap” that can keep anyone from FIRE—yes, even high-income earners. Today’s guest has a sizable nest egg that should allow he…

How to Maximize Your Rental Income on a Single Property (Rookie Reply)

How to Maximize Your Rental Income on a Single Property (Rookie Reply)

Are you leaving cash flow on the table? Even if you own a single rental property, there are all kinds of strategies you can use to generate more rent…

The Housing Market is Changing (Deals Are Coming in Winter)

The Housing Market is Changing (Deals Are Coming in Winter)

Discounted real estate deals could be coming THIS winter as the housing market begins to “thaw.” Today, Dave is flying solo, bringing you a housing m…

Is This the Most Beginner-Friendly Way to Start Investing?

Is This the Most Beginner-Friendly Way to Start Investing?

Most people get turnkey real estate investing all wrong. They either think it’s a completely hands-off investment like stocks or that all turnkey rea…

How Much Real Estate Did We Buy in 2024? (Deals, Mistakes, and More)

How Much Real Estate Did We Buy in 2024? (Deals, Mistakes, and More)

Today, we’re talking about the real estate deals we did in 2024. What went right, what went wrong, and what mistakes did we make that you must avoid …

7 Scorching Money Hot Takes That Will Make Your Financial Advisor Cringe

7 Scorching Money Hot Takes That Will Make Your Financial Advisor Cringe

Is frugality overrated? Is hustle culture a waste of time? Do we over–save for retirement? You don’t have to look very far to find a hot take o…

Good News For Investors—Commercial Real Estate is Finally Catching a Break

Good News For Investors—Commercial Real Estate is Finally Catching a Break

The work-from-home phenomenon—incorporated during and after the pandemic—may be ending as more companies demand that workers return to the office. Th…

How Will Passive Real Estate Investments Perform As Rate Cuts Continue?

How Will Passive Real Estate Investments Perform As Rate Cuts Continue?

High interest rates have devastated commercial real estate markets from 2022-2024. Rampant inflation drove the Federal Reserve to hike interest rates…

Expert Investor Shares How He Made $100K with Just One Property

Expert Investor Shares How He Made $100K with Just One Property

Would you spend thirty hours finding a deal if it could make you over $100,000? Of course you would! And that’s exactly what David Lecko, CEO of Deal…

How I’m Flipping 12 Houses (at Once!) All While Traveling

How I’m Flipping 12 Houses (at Once!) All While Traveling

At the age of twenty-seven, this “rookie” has already completed over 100 real estate deals. The key to her success? She’s been in real estate since s…

What Does Trump’s Economy Mean for the Housing Market?

What Does Trump’s Economy Mean for the Housing Market?

Did economic sentiment decide the 2024 presidential election? For many Americans, the economy was top of mind when deciding who to vote for in this p…

Surprising Housing Markets Where Investors Are Seeing the Most Price Growth

Surprising Housing Markets Where Investors Are Seeing the Most Price Growth

Much of the pandemic-era hotspots have cooled down, namely in Florida. Now, the Northeast is showing strong price appreciation, along with several Mi…

How Much of Your Net Worth Should Each Real Estate Investment Make Up?

How Much of Your Net Worth Should Each Real Estate Investment Make Up?

If you invest right, real estate can offer asymmetric returns: high potential returns with relatively low risk. Sure, it requires a degree of skill, …

FI by 34 After Making “Calculated” Bets that 99% of Us Would NOT Take

FI by 34 After Making “Calculated” Bets that 99% of Us Would NOT Take

If you follow the almost unbelievable path of today’s guest, you, too, could achieve financial independence in your thirties. Would we recommend mimi…

Can Trump Push Jerome Powell Out of the Fed?

Can Trump Push Jerome Powell Out of the Fed?

Has the Federal Reserve gone too far? Many Americans are critical of the Fed’s move to raise interest rates sharply, pause for years, and then slowly…

Calculating NOI for Real Estate and How to Start Investing with $70K (Rookie Reply)

Calculating NOI for Real Estate and How to Start Investing with $70K (Rookie Reply)

Want to estimate your NOI (net operating income) BEFORE you buy a rental property? Calculating NOI in real estate isn’t hard, and after doing this do…

Here’s Why North Carolina Could Be the Next Big Time Boom State

Here’s Why North Carolina Could Be the Next Big Time Boom State

The Raleigh and Charlotte, North Carolina, metros grew tremendously over the past five years, with a population growth of 11.53% and 8.81%, respectiv…

Did the NAR Settlement Lower Commissions? Here’s What the Numbers Look Like Three Months After

Did the NAR Settlement Lower Commissions? Here’s What the Numbers Look Like Three Months After

After a mammoth $418 million National Association of Realtors (NAR) settlement threatened to decimate real estate agent commissions, AccountTECH, an …