Your home equity could be the secret sauce to earlier retirement. With so many homeowners and rental property investors across the nation sitting on hundreds of thousands in home equity, one asks, “what if you used this trapped equity to build wealth?” And although most homeowners won’t want to sell their primary residences, refinance into higher mortgage ra ... Show More
Oct 15
Best of BiggerPockets Money: Aswath Damodaran on the $10 Trillion AI Bet
Is the massive investment in AI worth the cost? In this Best of BiggerPockets Money episode, Aswath Damodaran breaks down the trillions being poured into AI infrastructure, the revenue needed to justify that spending, and the risk of an AI investment bubble. Learn how to evaluate ... Show More
28m 19s
Oct 14
From $0 to Financial Independence: Where We'd Start at 25
What would we do if we were 25 years old and starting from $0? In this episode of BiggerPockets Money, Mindy Jensen and Evan Lawler break down a step-by-step plan to build wealth and reach financial independence from scratch. Learn how to track your spending, build a $1,000 emerg ... Show More
30m 41s
Sep 2023
822: Seeing Greene: The 10-Year Real Estate Retirement Plan (Use Home Equity!)
If you know how to use your home equity, you can retire MUCH faster than most Americans. For the majority of homeowners, equity is just something to sit on, not something worth using. But what if you could convert your home equity into rental properties, cash flow, or even more a ... Show More
46m 10s
Nov 2023
849: Seeing Greene: How to Use Home Equity to Retire Early and HOA Headaches
Have home equity? Well, you could retire early, thanks to it. If you bought a house from 2009 up until 2021, there’s a good chance you could be sitting on tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or millions of dollars in equity. But equity just sitting in a property isn’t doing ... Show More
1h 2m
Jun 2024
973: Seeing Greene: Retiring Early, ARMs vs. Fixed-Rate Mortgages, & When to Sell
Want to retire early? Real estate investing might be your best bet. Looking to boost your cash flow and expand your real estate portfolio, too? In today’s show, we’re sharing how to use home equity to build wealth the RIGHT way, plus the “portfolio architecture” secrets that enab ... Show More
58m 13s
Jul 2024
985: Seeing Greene: How to Use Home Equity to Retire, Buy Rentals, or House Hack
Should you use a HELOC to buy investment property? Would we use home equity to retire? When is it time to sell a performing property and exchange it for a more expensive one? If you’ve got home equity, this episode could help you reach financial freedom faster as we answer real l ... Show More
43m 38s
May 2025
How to Retire with Rentals in Just 10 Years (It’s Still Possible!)
Want to retire early? You don’t need millions of dollars in stocks, retirement accounts, or cash to do it. You might just need a handful of rental properties. Today’s guest, Paul Novak, only started investing four years ago in 2021, but he’s already nearly at his early retirement ... Show More
30m 21s
Jul 2023
795: Making $10K/Month with a “Small and Mighty” Rental Portfolio w/Chad “Coach” Carson
Rental properties and early retirement go together like peanut butter and jelly. If you want to leave your nine-to-five behind, make six figures, and have ultimate time freedom, real estate investing may be your best bet. But, with so many influencers constantly pushing “more doo ... Show More
1 h
Oct 2023
Are You Overpaying? How to Evaluate and Offer on Rental Properties
Once you know how to analyze a rental property, you can reach financial freedom FAR faster than most Americans. You’ll be able to know how much a property is worth, how much passive income you’ll make, which properties are worth investing in, and how many rentals you’ll need to r ... Show More
1 h
Nov 2022
693: Seeing Greene: How to Turn Equity into Cash Flow and Getting Around 20% Down
You’ve got home equity, but maybe not cash flow. If you want to realize financial freedom, you’ll need consistent, passive monthly income. But with cash flow harder to find than ever before, how can you get it when real estate prices and interest rates remain high? Should you giv ... Show More
56m 39s