Why the Buy & Hold Forever Strategy May NOT Be Best for Retirement
Is your retirement strategy to accumulate a bunch of rentals to hold onto indefinitely? Before you put all your eggs in that basket, read this!
Personal Development & Goals
Real estate investing is a continual learning process. Mistakes and lessons learned characterize almost every investor's career. The great thing about BiggerPockets is that it allows you to learn from the triumphs and failures of other investors around the country. Spending the time to learn from others' experience can significantly speed up your real estate portfolio growth and help you to avoid setbacks. This section of the BiggerPockets Blog is dedicated to those types of posts that help investors become successful in real estate and avoid mistakes that others have made in the past. You can read up on more similar stories and discussions in our Real Estate Success Stories Forum.
How to Invest in Real Estate with Just 5 Spare Hours Per Week
Want to build passive income through real estate but already working 40+ hours/week? Yes, it CAN be done -- in just 5 hours/week! Here's how.
From One Newbie to Another: How I Stopped Dreaming & Started Taking Action Towards My First Deal
When I first started working for BiggerPockets, I can honestly say I didn’t know the first thing about real estate, let alone real estate investing. I didn’t know what an…
21 Quotes to Keep You Going — Even When the Entrepreneurial Life Gets Tough
Entrepreneurs have a certain kind of determination to get things done in the quest for success. They’re a different breed of business folk who would rather work every day, all…
Blogger Roundup: 22 Books to Make You Better at Investing, Business & Life
“It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it.” — Oscar Wilde As the BiggerPockets Blog editor, it’s…
Case Study: My Latest Deal Proves the 70% Rule Doesn’t Always Work
This is a case study from an area of Fort Worth known as Como. What makes this area incredibly unique is the parts of the city that are dilapidated and filled…
6 Tips to Help Keep Your Emotions in Check When Investing in Real Estate
As seasoned real estate investors we can typically grasp if a local real estate opportunity is a "good deal". However during the course of your due diligence and pre-closing process…
Getting Started with Real Estate Investing: An Interview with My Real Estate Mentor
Despite what you might think, I was not born knowing how to invest in real estate. I know, I know. Shocking, right? Of course, no one knows how to invest…
The 7 Seemingly Innocent Habits Holding You Back From Success
What big things do you want to accomplish this year? Are you going to start a new business? Double the revenue in your existing company? Write a best-selling book? Lose 50 pounds?…
Want to Cover Your Living Expenses With Passive Income? Here’s What You Should Know.
As we have continued to build and scale our business, I have been amazed at the number of people from within our market (and all over the United States) who…
Want to Lose All Your Money & Cry Yourself to Sleep? Make These 4 Newbie Mistakes!
You know that I love you, right? Maybe not the “I want to have your baby” kind of love, but the “I’m about to yell at you, and I’m doing…
Real Life Case Study: How One Couple Transitioned From Earned to Passive Income
The phone rang, and before I knew it, I was grinning ear to ear. It was my favorite type of phone call. A couple we have been working with since…
4 Surefire Signs Your Property Investment Deal is a Fraud
There are con men, and then there are fraudsters — the former is a definite criminal, relatively easy to see behind bars if he’s caught. The latter, however, can blatantly…
