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 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.
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Mar 4, 2026 • 38min
7 Ways to Lower Rental Property Expenses by Thousands Per Year
Quick tactics to slash rental property expenses, from asking sellers for credits to using closing cost and down payment programs. Smart insurance shopping and landlord-specific coverage tricks are covered. Creative sourcing for renovation materials and getting multiple contractor bids to save big. A simple phone call strategy to contest property tax assessments is also explained.
Mar 2, 2026 • 35min
$1 Rental Properties and "Infinite" Returns with a 100% On-Market Strategy
Joe Meehan, a former college coach turned real estate investor who built an 11‑unit portfolio with house‑hacking, parcel tricks, HELOCs, and BRRRR moves. He explains how he scored a $1 lot, used extra land to fund down payments, pulled off “infinite BRRRR” refinances, and leveraged sequential house hacks to go full‑time investing.
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Feb 27, 2026 • 33min
How to Buy 4 Rental Properties by 40 Years Old
A step-by-step path to owning four rental properties before 40 using house hacking, owner-occupied financing, and low-downpayment strategies. Practical value-add BRRRR tactics and rehab examples to build equity are discussed. Tips for finding high cash-flow markets out of state and modeling combined rent and cashflow growth are highlighted.
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Feb 25, 2026 • 35min
6 Numbers You Need to Know Before Buying a Rental Property
They break down six must‑know numbers every investor should run before buying rental property. Topics include telling true value versus list price, getting accurate comps and rent estimates, finding walk‑in equity and forced appreciation, accounting for hidden holding costs, and using cash‑on‑cash return over simple cash flow. Practical tips for flips, BRRRR, and buy‑and‑holds are highlighted.
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Feb 23, 2026 • 35min
From a $35K Salary to Owning 3 Rentals (Starting in 2024!)
Flo Jacques, a former $35K/year college admissions worker turned real estate investor and rehabber. She recounts buying low-priced rehabs, managing two simultaneous renovations while working multiple jobs, using hard-money financing, firing contractors who price-gouge, and pulling cash-out refinances to scale into multifamily and a big flip. Energetic, action-focused stories about starting young and growing a rental portfolio.
Feb 20, 2026 • 28min
The Biggest Homebuyer Discounts in Over 12 Years | Feb. 2026 Update
Buyers are scoring the largest price cuts in over a decade as listing discounts and rising inventory reshape the market. Markets with double‑digit inventory gains and 10% off list price get special attention. Mortgage rates, sales volume drops, and whether a deeper downturn is possible are discussed. Practical tactics for negotiating below comps and when to be patient are also covered.
