BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast
BiggerPockets
Want financial freedom through real estate investing? Then the BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast is for you. Sit down every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday with Dave Meyer, the Head of Real Estate at BiggerPockets, as he uncovers tried and true tactics and shares candid conversations with real estate investors who are building wealth in today’s market. Join Dave to walk through deals that went right (and wrong) and learn the strategies you can deploy—start growing your side income today to take control of your financial future.
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Mar 27, 2026 • 36min
If You're Scared About the Economy, Listen to This
They break down which real estate types feel recession-resistant right now. The conversation covers where to park money instead of cash or stocks. Learn a simple green/yellow/red system for pruning rental portfolios. They discuss when selling beats renovating and which market signs mean it is time to exit.
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Mar 25, 2026 • 39min
Making Money 7 Different Ways on Each Property (Without Even Owning It!)
Chauncey Pham, a real estate investor and operator who built a vertically integrated turnkey flipping business, explains her model that rakes in multiple revenue streams without owning the property. She discusses becoming an agent for transactional advantage, seller scripts and deal anatomy, scaling flips, and how she captures fees from acquisition, lending, construction, staging, and brokerage.
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Mar 23, 2026 • 34min
The “Escape Corporate” Rental Property Plan I Followed to “Retire” in My 30s
Matt McCurdy, a real estate investor and broker from Cedar Rapids who built a 50+ property portfolio, explains his rapid escape from corporate life. He discusses designing a rental business plan, buying underpriced property packages to scale fast, creative financing to acquire many homes with little cash, and expanding into mobile home parks. Practical acquisition and operational strategies are highlighted.
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Mar 20, 2026 • 43min
The Great Stall is ON | March 2026 Housing Market Update
Housing prices are stalling across large parts of the country while some markets cool. Mortgage payments and overall affordability are improving for buyers and investors. Insurance premiums are moving in unexpected directions and there are simple ways to cut landlord insurance now. New risks like geopolitical conflict, oil shocks, and job losses could still change the picture.
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Mar 18, 2026 • 40min
We Achieved Financial Freedom in 5 Years with Rentals (Doing These 5 Things)
Grace Gudenkauf, a low-maintenance and new-construction investor from Eastern Iowa, and Amelia McGee, a rental-portfolio builder in Des Moines, share their five-year path to financial freedom. They discuss systems like property management software and SOPs, why time and appreciation beat chasing cash flow, evolving buy criteria toward low-maintenance assets, pruning underperforming properties, and using ROE to guide selling or refinancing.
Mar 16, 2026 • 42min
I Had 4 Kids, No Cash, and a Traveling Spouse: Now I've Got 4 Rentals
Joanna Caldera, a former nurse who built four rentals and flipped houses to replace her nursing income. She talks about starting with almost no cash, using HELOCs and BRRRR strategies, negotiating (even overpaying) to win deals, raising private money, and scaling while working a full-time job. Short, practical stories about rehabs, financing hurdles, and turning flips into family wins.
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Mar 13, 2026 • 38min
If I Had to Start Over in Real Estate in 2026, I’d Do This Now
Tim Yu, a real estate investor who scaled from zero to a dozen properties in four years and now targets high-cashflow commercial strip malls. He explains why he sold single-family rentals, why slower, deliberate scaling wins, how to test strategies without losing money, and why keeping a W-2 can be smarter while you build. Practical talk on underwriting, tenant selection, and buying one strong commercial asset a year.
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Mar 11, 2026 • 51min
The Financial Freedom "Stack": Start with No Rentals, Retire Decades Early
Andrew Giancola, host of The Personal Finance Podcast and early retiree who built an 11-step Financial Freedom Stack. He walks through starting with no rentals, trading time for properties, calculating your freedom number, emergency fund and debt order, ways to begin with little cash, balancing stocks with real estate, and later-stage wealth accelerators.
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Mar 9, 2026 • 45min
How Dave Went from Broke, Living in Grandma’s Basement to Rental Millionaire
Dave Meyer, real estate investor and Head of Real Estate at BiggerPockets, built a rental portfolio from scratch using house hacking and data-driven market research. He recounts starting with $0, secretly moving into a retirement community to save rent, uncovering mislabeled rental units, reverse-engineering government data to buy in the path of progress, and managing rentals remotely while living abroad.
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Mar 6, 2026 • 42min
10 Things We Wish We Knew Before Buying a Rental Property
They list ten key things to know before buying rental properties. Topics include setting goals before choosing a strategy and treating rentals like a business. They cover learning construction basics, why door count is not the same as success, and why location and quality matter. They discuss timing, evolving goals, and how to prioritize returns over cash flow.
