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BPCON 2026: Your Complete Guide to Our Biggest Event of the Year
From the perspective of the BPCON Planner, who is also an investor and obsessed with helping people find their people to achieve their financial independence goals. Key Takeaways BPCON is…
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Insurance Shock Is Eating Cash Flow Away—This Surprising Market is Facing the Brunt of It
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Major Homebuilders Have Not Sold Homes This Cheap in Nearly a Decade—Here’s How Investors Can Take Advantage
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Pay Off Your Mortgage or Reinvest in Real Estate? What Makes More Sense in Today’s Market?
Leverage was always the love language for real estate investors. It was the principle on which the BRRRR strategy was based, and fortunes were made. However, since the dramatic rise…
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Posted 2 hours ago Jeff Vasishta Junk Fees Are Backfiring on Wall Street Landlords—and Creating Opportunities for Smaller Investors
As if the affordability crisis weren’t tough enough for cash-strapped tenants, corporate landlords’ “junk fees,” heaped on top of “base rents,” have sparked the ire of the FTC, which recently…
Posted 1 day ago Garrett Brown From Waiting Tables to $13K/Month: How Andres Martinez Used Co-Living to Build a 14-Property Portfolio
Name Andres Martinez Location Dallas, Texas Occupation Full-time real estate investor (former waiter and jazz musician) Assets 14 properties (10 owned, four under management), 107 co-living rooms, ~$27,000/month gross portfolio…
Posted 1 day ago Garrett Brown 10 College Towns Where Football Saturdays Pay Your Mortgage in 2026
It’s still 94 degrees out, but everyone has collectively decided it feels like fall; somebody’s uncle is already furious about a backup quarterback he has never watched play a snap;…
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Posted 2 hours ago Jeff Vasishta Junk Fees Are Backfiring on Wall Street Landlords—and Creating Opportunities for Smaller Investors
As if the affordability crisis weren’t tough enough for cash-strapped tenants, corporate landlords’ “junk fees,” heaped on top of “base rents,” have sparked the ire of the FTC, which recently…
Posted 2 days ago Jeff Vasishta The U.S. Has Entered Deep Renter’s Market Territory—Here’s What It Means For Investors
“Renters, this is your year,” Zillow senior economist Kara Ng recently told NPR. It’s apparently a good time to be a tenant, as nearly 40% of listings on the market…
2026 Vibe Check: What Investors Can Do About Rising Costs and a Shaky Economy
With rising interest rates, taxes, insurance, gas, and materials, not to mention dropping a couple of C-notes every time you go to the grocery store, the next time someone asks…
Opinion
Most Mom-and-Pop Landlords Lose Money—Here’s Why, and What to Do Instead
According to the media and average Americans, landlords are all rich, lazy leeches growing fat off of honest workers. It’s an easy narrative to spin. Too bad the numbers prove…
If I Had to Start Over in Real Estate Today, I’d Do This
At 22, I went to work for a hard money lender doing purchase-rehab loans. I bought my first rental property at 24, which kicked off a decade of active real…
Cash Flow Isn’t Everything: What Smart Investors Look For Before They Buy
Many years ago, I bought a rental property that passed the “2% Rule,” where the rent was over 2% of the purchase price. I lost money on that property. Even…
BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast
Posted 10 hours ago The BiggerPockets Podcast How Much Should You Put Down on Your First Rental?
You’ve saved up some money and are ready to buy your first rental property. Now comes the question: How much do you put down? Do you buy multiple cheaper properties…
Posted 2 days ago The BiggerPockets Podcast From Waiting Tables to $13,000+/Month in Just 3 Years (Thanks to Rentals)
Three years ago, Andres Martinez was waiting tables. Today, he owns 10 rental properties, manages another four, and has a rental portfolio that brings in over $13,000 in monthly cash…
How to Execute the “Slow” BRRRR Strategy in 2026 (Full Walkthrough)
The BRRRR method is not dead—far from it. In fact, it’s still one of my absolute favorite investing strategies today. But in 2026, you need to change how you use…
