The Easiest Way to Invest in Real Estate This Year

BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

BiggerPockets

Education, Business, Investing

4.8 • 16.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

There is an easier way to invest in real estate in 2025. It doesn’t require a ton of money or experience; anyone can do it (even a complete beginner), and it’ll lead to you having more money, more passive income, and a bigger bank account. Successful real estate investors agree: this is a “cheat code” to start investing in real estate in 2025. What are we talking about? It’s not short-term rentals or buying apartment complexes; it’s actually extremely simple—house hacking. Both Dave and Henry used this low-money down, high-impact real estate investing strategy to grow their portfolios to be worth multiple million dollars. It’s the BEST way for a beginner to get into the real estate investing game and allows you to buy properties with just a fraction of a regular down payment. We’re so convinced that it’s the best bet for beginners that we’re bringing on the BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast producer Ian Kay, a complete real estate beginner, to walk him through how to use this exact strategy to start his real estate portfolio. We’ll break down the numbers to show how one smart investment can fund your dream home and leave you tens of thousands richer. Ready to invest in 2025? Then don’t sleep on house hacking! In This Episode We Cover: The easiest, most beginner-friendly way to start investing in real estate in 2025 One simple investing mistake that could cost you $60K+ (and how to avoid it) The steps you should start taking NOW to get your first investment property in 2025 How to analyze a house hack and crucial metrics to check BEFORE you buy In analysis paralysis? This is what to do NOW to get out of it and get closer to your goals And So Much More! Links from the Show Join BiggerPockets for FREE Let Us Know What You Thought of the Show! Ask Your Question on the BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets YouTube BiggerPockets Deal Finder Let Us Know What You Thought of the Show! Grab the Book on House Hacking, “The House Hacking Strategy” Find an Investor-Friendly Agent in Your Area House Hacking 101: What It Is and How to Get Started Connect with Ian Connect with Henry Connect with Dave (00:00) Intro (02:20) Want to Start Investing? (04:54) What Do YOU Want to Achieve? (08:23) House Hacking (Easiest First Investment) (18:42) Analyzing a House Hack (23:40) What to Do RIGHT NOW (32:59) Stuck in Analysis Paralysis? (34:13) Next Steps Check out more resources from this show on BiggerPockets.com and https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-1067 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	If you know you want to invest in real estate, but for some reason, you haven't yet pulled the trigger.
0:05.3	It's okay because today we're going to help you get over the hump and get into your first deal.
0:14.6	Hey guys, it's Dave here from Bigger Pockets here with my friend Henry Washington.
0:20.1	If you've listened to the last few episodes of the show,
0:22.5	you're probably excited, I hope you're excited, about the possibility of investing here in 2025.
0:29.0	And we've talked about how real estate is the best asset class to build long-term wealth
0:32.7	and eventually achieve financial freedom. And on average, if you start investing today,
0:37.2	you can be financially free in 10, 12, 15 years. And on average, if you start investing today, you can be financially
0:38.2	free in 10, 12, 15 years. And we've also talked about why right now is a great time to get into
0:44.0	the market and buy a deal based on our economic outlook for the rest of the year. But we've also
0:49.1	realized that even if you agree with me on all of these topics and you're fired up about investing,
0:55.4	if you've never bought a property before, you might be hesitant to take the leap because
1:00.3	it is a scary proposition to actually become an investor. Henry, tell me, I mean, this is a
1:06.0	pretty common scenario, right? I mean, this is a question that people ask literally all the time. They say,
1:12.9	I want to do this. Like, I got it, but I still don't know what to go do next.
1:18.2	If people seem to intuitively understand that real estate investing is a great option for them,
1:24.0	it's just kind of obvious. But there is this analysis or hesitance or honestly
1:29.4	fear about getting started. And we're going to close the gap today. We're actually bringing
1:35.1	on a potential investor onto the show who's in this exact situation. He also happens to be
1:42.1	the producer of the Bigger Pockets real estate show, Ian K.
1:46.9	We were actually, the three of us, Henry, Ian, and I were planning a show to help people close
1:51.8	this gap. And Ian was like, this is me. I am this person. We got to make a show to help me.
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