You decide you want to be a real estate investor, start educating yourself, searching for properties, analyzing deals, maybe even making offers, and acquiring your first few rentals. Then, boom! A recession hits. What now? As a seasoned investor, here’s what I’d tell newbies about investing in re...

Overpaying for property is one of the biggest risks of buying foreclosures at auction. It’s also one of the most common mistakes made by new investors. That’s why it’s important to have a solid system for valuating potential purchases in place before making bids.

If I could turn back time, I wouldn’t change anything about going through the whole course, sitting in for the exam, and getting my license. In fact, I think I could’ve avoided some mistakes and saved some money if I became a real estate agent sooner.

Despite keeping your investment property in tip-top condition, crises can occur at any moment. What’s worse is emergency scenarios have a way of creating substantial setbacks in terms of both money and time. To ease the burden, here are a few emergency scenarios you can and should prepare for in ...

Performing a property lien search is an important part of due diligence when buying a house or investment property. If there’s a lien on property, it’s a matter of public record—get the ins and outs of the process here.

Everyone has their own journey when investing in real estate. Here’s how I went from sleeping in my car to having over $1 million in real estate investments, with some ups and downs along the way.

For real estate investors, it isn’t always profitable to invest where you live. For those considering purchasing property elsewhere, here’s a simple, data-driven process to identify growing, resilient real estate markets by evaluating macro trends.

For many, real estate is your first foray into an investing type where you control not just the asset but the business, as well—you are responsible for its success or failure. But do you really want to be in the business, or do you just want what it can give you? Here’s how to pinpoint your goal ...

In order to evaluate a real estate market, much advice suggests looking at the same metrics: population growth, household income growth, employment growth, and so on. Instead, let’s discuss a few unconventional, forward-thinking ways to analyze regions from an investment perspective.

When just starting out, many new real estate investors are intimidated by data. But the math and data side of real estate investing is—by far—the easiest part to learn. Simple as it is, it’s also one of the most important skills to learn and can mean the difference between making or losing thousa...

Do you want to become a real estate investor full-time? Follow our guide to finding financial freedom through real estate by quitting your day job and developing a thorough business plan.

In a recent BiggerPockets Podcast, a listener wrote in and asked, “How much reserves should you have when you’re going to get into rental property investing?” Here’s the amount many banks require, as well as how much I personally have and what I’d recommend for others. (Plus, how to invest if you...