Opportunity zone investing hasn’t always been around for real estate investors to take advantage of. But as the government began upping the incentives around this type of real estate investing, more tax-savvy investors started to pay attention. You may have heard of opportunity zones before, but you probably don’t know how much of a heavy hitter they are in the realm of tax reduction. Someone who does know about opportunity zone investing is King Malaki Sims—CPA and avid real estate investor. He...
Apr 21, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 599
The BRRRR method can be taught by no one better than David Greene, author of Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat, and adorably dubbed “Sir BRRRR” by co-host Rob Abasolo. While David may be a master of BRRRR budgets, schedules, and rehabs, Rob isn’t as familiar with doing full-on buy, rehab, rent, refinance, and repeat rentals. To not only help out Rob but the BiggerPockets audience as a whole, David does a full walkthrough on his latest BRRRR. This hillside property situated in David’s native Sa...
Apr 19, 2022•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 598
Should you pay off debt or invest in real estate? Whether you’re young or old, rich or poor, in consumer debt or student debt, this is a question that almost everyone has. With inflation hitting decade-long heights, debt seems to be worth less and less every day. But, the other side to this coin is that asset prices, including real estate, are going up. Is there a right move to make, or are we stuck treading water without enough financial traction to stick to? Hear answers to this question (and ...
Apr 17, 2022•59 min•Ep. 597
Mobile home park investing wasn’t very attractive until a few years ago. Thanks to big names in the mobile home park space (like BiggerPockets’ own Brandon Turner), the mobile home investing game has become one of the hottest commodities in the world of real estate investing. But it must take a huge jump to go from investing in single-family rentals to double-digit-unit parks, right? Today’s guest, Amanda Cruise, is here to tell you that bigger doesn’t always mean more challenging. She actually ...
Apr 14, 2022•58 min•Ep. 596
Most investors assume LLCs for rental properties are the way to go in terms of asset protection. From a novice’s point of view, LLCs seem to provide everything you would need?—anonymity, simple tax filing statuses, and legal protection. But, an LLC in reality isn’t as airtight as most real estate investors think. And the worst time to learn about the limitations of an LLC is during a lawsuit, where your wealth (and sanity) is at risk. To stop you from guessing when it comes to asset protection, ...
Apr 12, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 595
Inflation and cash flow have been fighting against each other for decades. As soon as you increase the rent on an income property, inflation comes right in to eat some of that gain. So in today’s borderline hyperinflationary environment, is cash flow still coming out on top? A better question to ask may be, what happens in five, ten, or twenty years? Will inflation completely erode your financial freedom dreams? Or will cash flow match (or beat) this destructive force. This isn’t just a question...
Apr 10, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 594
The words “ethical” and “wholesaling” are rarely used in the same sentence. For the most part, many real estate investors and agents look at wholesalers as deceptive, hard to read, and for the most part just looking to make a quick buck. While this may be true for many new wholesalers, it's far from the truth for Jamil Damji. If anything, Jamil wants to put an end to inexperienced, and often financially dangerous wholesaling. You could say Jamil was made to be a wholesaler. He had hustle, cold c...
Apr 07, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 593
The way the housing market moves largely depends on the real estate cycle we’re currently in. We all saw this during the 2007 subprime mortgage crisis as overleveraged homeowners saw their properties foreclosed on and later sold to investors who had cash on hand. We’re currently experiencing dramatic demand coupled with low inventory, so are we at the end of the housing market cycle, ready for a recession to knock down this house of cards? Whether we are or aren’t close to a housing bubble burst...
Apr 05, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 592
Cash flow markets are a hotspot for new real estate investors. Why? They’re inexpensive to get into, show great cash flow (on paper), and allow many investors to map their date of financial freedom. The downside? Cash flow markets are different in real life than they are on paper. What may look like a phenomenal rental property at first glance could turn into a tenant nightmare and cash flow hemorrhaging situation. So who should invest in these types of real estate markets? Questions just like t...
Apr 03, 2022•58 min•Ep. 591
No money down real estate investing usually sounds too good to be true. It seems almost impractical that someone without much experience, money, or property can secure cash-flowing rentals without putting a dollar into the deal. Even more astounding, today’s guest Andre Haynes was paid a few thousand dollars to buy his first rental property. He shares his exact steps on how he did it on today’s show! While investing in real estate with no money down can seem like an advanced concept, Andre wasn’...
Mar 31, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 590
Want to know how to buy a rental property? If rising home prices, rent prices, and fierce market competition have you struggling to get something under contract, your real estate saviors, David Greene and Rob Abasolo are here to help. In 2022’s hot housing market, it can seem almost impossible for new real estate investors to get their foot in the door. But, if you follow what the experts are doing, you may be able to lock up your next investment while other buyers are stuck in bidding wars. Whe...
Mar 29, 2022•52 min•Ep. 589
Want to retire with rentals? Want more cash flow? Want to put up a lower down payment? What about building an ADU on your land? All of these questions (and more) are coming up on this episode of Seeing Greene. Unfortunately, this is the first time in BiggerPockets history that David Greene, master investor/agent, hasn’t been able to answer a question (and for good reason). David tackles some challenging topics this episode, ranging from climate change affecting real estate values, what to do onc...
Mar 27, 2022•54 min•Ep. 588
Forty real estate deals is a lot, especially for an experienced investor. How many people do you know that have done forty flips, wholesale deals, or own over forty rentals? Odds are, probably not many. So how does a nineteen-year-old do that many deals in only a year? Even better, how do they then take that experience and build a successful flipping business thousands of miles away from where they live? The answer might surprise you. Dominique Gunderson is an anomaly in the best of ways. At fif...
Mar 24, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 587
Want to know how to analyze a multifamily property? Maybe you’ve analyzed duplexes, triplexes, quadplexes, or even ten-unit apartment complexes before, but what about the big deals? We’re talking about multi-million dollar multifamily investments, with hundreds of units, large debt and equity structures, and many, many small pain points only experienced investors would notice. If you’re looking for an in-depth overview of how to find, analyze, and buy a large multifamily property so you can buil...
Mar 22, 2022•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 586
BRRRRs, property classes, raising capital questions and more are in this episode of Seeing Greene! As always, your investor mentor, top agent, and shiny-headed host of the BiggerPockets Podcast is back to walk through real-life questions and examples brought to him directly from listeners just like you. This episode walks through a lot of the struggles new and intermediate investors have when trying to scale. So even if you’ve got one unit (or none), you’re probably in one of our guest’s positio...
Mar 20, 2022•57 min•Ep. 585
If you’re new to investing in real estate, you may not have run your first real estate analysis yet. But as soon as you start looking at properties, you’ll become a spreadsheet wizard in no time! With so many investors counting on automatic analysis from modern, hyper-specific real estate calculators, old-school investors beg the question “do these calculators really make a difference in the deal?” Today, expert investor, home flipper, wholetailer, and almost every other real estate title in the...
Mar 17, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 584
The signs of a bad real estate agent aren’t very clear if you’re a new investor. But, after trial and error and a lot of deals done, you’ll be able to weed out the basic agents from the rockstar realtors. If you’re brand new to real estate investing, there’s no need to sort through ten agents just to find out what makes the good ones great. Today, we’re giving you a shortcut as we pick the brain of one of the top real estate agents in the San Francisco Bay Area, and the country! Johnny Hoang jus...
Mar 15, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 583
Should I invest now or wait? How do I set up my children for financial success? What do top agents do to stand out in the market? These are all questions of real estate investors, agents, and onlookers who wait to see what’s next in the 2022 housing market. With so much uncertainty around us and an environment of intense competition, it can be a struggle to know what move is the right one or whether or not to sit out of the game entirely. Well, if you’re looking for a top agent, investor, and po...
Mar 13, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 582
What do you think of when we say ADU (accessory dwelling unit)? If you’re like most homeowners, you probably think of a back house, a mother-in-law suite, or a converted art studio. But what if you don’t have a home that comes with a pre-fitted accessory dwelling unit? What if you don’t want to put in the money (or time) to build one out. Are you left with any options, or are your ADU dreams dead in the dust? If you’ve wanted to start building passive income streams through your primary residenc...
Mar 10, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 581
The word “foreclosure” is forever stained in the minds of almost every American who lived through the great recession. News stories in 2010 would talk about the slew of families that had been foreclosed on, with big banks taking back property from a significant number of former homeowners. Fast forward twelve years and many real estate investing fortunes have been made on the backs of foreclosure sales. Is this chance coming back once again in 2022? Joined with us today for this month’s BiggerNe...
Mar 08, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 580
You can build wealth with short-term rental investing quite easily. All you need is a great location, a solid property, a good strategy, some phenomenal cleaners…wait maybe it isn't all that easy. But it’s certainly doable if you’re willing to put in the time, effort, and work to make your vacation rental stand out from the rest. This is exactly what investorsDavid Greene and Rob Abasolo are doing with their current partnership—buying luxury homes and turning them into once-in-a-lifetime getaway...
Mar 06, 2022•56 min•Ep. 579
Short-term rentals have taken the world by storm. Over the past two decades, the bed and breakfast type business has fallen prey to the more scalable short-term rental model. Real estate investors quickly realized that they could capitalize on the long-term equity gain of rental properties with the cash flow of hotels in one highly-lucrative asset class. Thus, the rise of the short-term rental, VRBO, and Airbnb investor was born. Arguably the most notable short-term rental investor in the space ...
Mar 03, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 578
Should you invest in multiple real estate markets? How can real estate investors lower their tax burden? And, how do you handle all the pressure and stress that comes with success? These are just a few of the questions that live listeners asked top real estate agent, investor, and BiggerPockets Podcast host, David Greene. As per usual, David uses this coaching call as a way to answer questions from rookies and experienced investors, without any preparation. You’ll get to hear firsthand how David...
Mar 01, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 577
The short-term rental market seems to get bigger and bigger every day. This should come as no surprise, seeing that short-term rentals not only work for vacationers, traveling business people, or anyone else who wants a nice, unique place to stay. But, while the rest of the world is focusing on which mountainside chateau they’re booking for their weekend getaway, real estate investors worldwide are figuring out how they can buy, rehab, furnish, and profit from these vacation rental ventures. Wit...
Feb 27, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 576
Section 8 BRRRR investing seems like a niche within a niche. To start, you have your classic BRRRR strategy (buy, rehab, rent, refinance repeat), a method that many real estate investors have used to gain vast amounts of equity in short amounts of time. Then, on top of the BRRRR, you have section 8 rentals, which many investors stray away from. Both of these investment strategies can be thought of as “advanced” rental property investing methods, but combining them can almost automatically guaran...
Feb 24, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 575
If a housing bubble is on the horizon, how best do real estate investors prepare for the massive hit they’re about to take? With so much money flowing throughout the economy, home prices hitting record highs, and competition staying fierce, what can the average investor do to stock up so when a housing market crash does happen, they’re ready to make big moves? David Greene, may have an answer. Although many people see David as a real estate fortune teller, he, unfortunately does not bring his cr...
Feb 22, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 574
Financial freedom is the “why” behind almost everyone getting into real estate investing—but sometimes not for the right reason. We all want more time to spend with our families, doing things we love, and having autonomy over our own lives without having to worry about making money to live. This is all well and good for investors getting a delayed start on their investing journey, but what about the young investors, the ingenuitive investors, or those who could give so much more than they get? T...
Feb 20, 2022•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 573
Do you need to be rich to buy a rental property? Arguably, no. In reality, you don’t need a lot of experience, know-how, or cash on hand to buy your first income property. But, you need to at least be resourceful, take advantage of your opportunities, and have the tenacity to follow through on your goals. If you have all those qualities, you may be a great real estate investor, or maybe you’re today’s guest, Erika Brown. Erika wasn’t raised by real estate investors. No, this was a skill she had ...
Feb 17, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 572
Real estate underwriting isn’t a commonly used term within the residential world. If you’re used to dealing with single-family homes, duplexes, triplexes, or quadplexes, you’ve probably done real estate underwriting to some degree, but you’ve called it “real estate analysis”. In both scenarios, investors are looking at what they’ll make on a deal, how much they need to invest, and what exit strategies they have. But, in a hot housing market, like we’re in today, by the time you analyze a deal, a...
Feb 15, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 571
Your rental portfolio can either be your ticket to financial freedom or a massive headache, but it’s completely up to you, the investor, to decide. Many investors who have been stacking up properties over the past few years now realize they’re sitting on a significant amount of equity. But what is the best way to use this equity without raising your stress levels in the process? Should you buy more units or focus on getting better, smaller, cash-flowing deals? David Greene is here to help allevi...
Feb 13, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 570
