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Dec 2024
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Want to Buy Real Estate in 2025? Listen ...

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About this episode

Want to invest in real estate in 2025? Then this is the show to listen to. We’ve had some phenomenal guests on the show this past year. This time, we rounded up our favorite tips from them, ranging from starting with $50,000, which markets to buy in, and how to retire early with fewer rentals, and compiled them into one life-changing episode. These were the episodes you all loved the most, so we’re taking the golden nuggets and giving them to you today!

Is it still worth it to invest in real estate when prices are so high, and affordability is so low? CEO of BiggerPockets, Scott Trench, gives his honest, raw opinion. Next, two investors who retired with small real estate portfolios share why you DON’T need dozens of rental properties to reach financial freedom. You might need just one! Plus, we’ll show YOU the best way to start investing with $50,000.

Finally, we’re breaking down the real estate markets we believe are the best for beginners and the ones with the most bang for your buck. Will Trump’s housing policies change the market? What will tariffs and tax cuts do to real estate? Stick around; we also share our thoughts on Trump’s 2025 plans! 


In This Episode We Cover:

How to retire early with fewer rental properties by building a “small and mighty” real estate portfolio

Why this expert investor only has ONE rental property (and doesn’t plan to buy more)

How to invest in real estate with just $50,000 (beginner-friendly tactics!)

The best real estate investing markets that we’d start in if we were beginners 

What the Trump administration’s proposals could mean for the housing market 

And So Much More!


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BiggerPockets Real Estate Episode 1,004 - How to Retire Early with Fewer Rental Properties Than You Think w/Chad Carson

BiggerPockets Real Estate Episode 1,007 - Where We’d Invest in Real Estate in 2024 if We Were Starting from Scratch w/Ashley Kehr and Henry Washington

BiggerPockets Real Estate Episode 1,024 - A Better Retirement After Buying Just ONE Rental (and Never FOMO-ing) w/Mike Baum

BiggerPockets Real Estate Episode 1,028 - How to Invest in Real Estate with $50K in 2024 w/Ashley Kehr

On the Market Episode 250 - Trump vs. Harris Economic Plans: Taxes, Affordable Housing, and Inflation w/Joel Naroff

Millions of Americans Should Keep Their Homes as Rentals, Not Sell. Here’s Why.

Yes, I’m Afraid of a Real Estate Bubble—But I Continue to Invest Anyway. Here’s Why.

Top 10 Real Estate Markets for Cash Flow in 2024

Trump Wins Presidential Election: What It Means for the Housing Market

Grab Chad’s Book, “The Small and Mighty Real Estate Investor”

Find Investor-Friendly Lenders

BiggerPockets Real Estate 1,000 - Real Estate Is Changing, and So Is BiggerPockets

Connect with Dave


(00:00) Intro

(02:34) Is Real Estate STILL Worth It?

(11:06) Retire Early with FEWER Rentals!

(22:57) Don't FOMO Into Investing!

(29:20) How to Invest $50K

(42:06) Best Markets for Beginners

(53:08) Trump’s Tax Cuts, Tariffs


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