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591: Seeing Greene: The Cash Flow Market “Mirage” That Traps New Investors Apr 03, 2022

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Cash flow markets are a hotspot for new real estate investors. Why? They’re inexpensive to get into, show great cash flow (on paper), and allow many investors to map their date of financial freedom. The downside? Cash flow markets are different in real life than they are on paper. What may look like a phenomenal rental property at first glance could turn into a tenant nightmare and cash flow hemorrhaging situation. So who should invest in these types of real estate markets?

Questions just like this (and more) are coming up in this episode of Seeing Greene. As usual, David Greene, your expert on all things real estate, is here to answer quick questions from both rookie and veteran investors. In today’s show, David touches on topics like BRRRRing vs. buying multiple properties, 2022 housing market predictions, how to raise capital for your deals, qualifying for financing without strong income, and why 2022 may be the perfect year to go into debt!

Heard a question that resonated with you? Want to hear David’s thoughts on a certain topic? If so, submit your question here so David can answer it on the next episode of Seeing Greene. Hop on the BiggerPockets forums and ask other investors their take, or follow David on Instagram to see when he’s going live so you can hop on a live Q&A with the man himself.

In This Episode We Cover:

The best way to invest spare cash: BRRRRing or buying multiple properties?

How David structures his deals and raises capital using debt and equity

Refinancing out of a seller-financed situation, even if you don’t qualify for conventional loans

Whether to keep, sell, or refinance a property when you have significant equity sitting in it

How to house hack (again) when you’ve already used your one FHA loan

Developing your crystal clear criteria so you can grow your portfolio faster

And So Much More!

Links from the Show

BiggerPockets Rent Estimator

BiggerPockets Pro Membership

Submit Your Questions to David Greene

BiggerPockets Podcast 501: Seeing Greene: How Soon Can I Refi? + 11 Other Real Estate Questions

BiggerPockets Podcast 558: Seeing Greene: Cash Flow—The Most Overrated Metric in Real Estate?

BiggerPockets Podcast 567: Seeing Greene: Finding Cash Flow, Refinancing Sooner, & NNN Properties

BiggerPockets Podcast 570: Seeing Greene: Signs of a Great Agent, When to Refi, and How to Scale

BiggerPockets Podcast 571: Is This Deal Worth My Time? The 6 Crucial Steps to Vet a Multifamily Dea

BiggerPockets Podcast 582: Seeing Greene: Investing in Paradise, Timing the Market, and House Hacking

BiggerPockets Podcast 584: The 5 Steps That Will Bring You More Deals, Friends, and Mentors w/Jonathan Greene

BiggerPockets Podcast 586: The 8 Steps That Will Stop You From Getting Burnt on Multifamily Deals w/Andrew Cushman

BiggerPockets Podcast 587: Full-Time Flipping (Out-of-State!) at 24 by Doing What Most Don’t Know w/Dominique Gunderson

BiggerPockets Podcast 589: 10 Actionable Steps Anyone Can Follow to Buy a Rental Property

David Greene Meetups

David Greene Team

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590: From Struggling Renter to Cash Flowing Landlord Using $0 Down Loans w/Andre Haynes Mar 31, 2022

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No money down real estate investing usually sounds too good to be true. It seems almost impractical that someone without much experience, money, or property can secure cash-flowing rentals without putting a dollar into the deal. Even more astounding, today’s guest Andre Haynes was paid a few thousand dollars to buy his first rental property. He shares his exact steps on how he did it on today’s show!

While investing in real estate with no money down can seem like an advanced concept, Andre wasn’t some cash-flowing wizard from the start. If anything, Andre’s upbringing may have brought some hurdles to the financial side of his life. He had no credit, no cash, was faced with eviction notices, and generally was falling behind financially as a parent. He had to take a hard look at his life, redefine his goals, and reevaluate his choices. From there, it was a hard, yet incredibly valuable, climb upwards.

Now, only a short time later, Andre has built a real estate portfolio worth over a million dollars. He has numerous cash-flowing assets that pay for his liabilities and has started to educate others about how they can do the same. He defines this easily repeatable process on today’s show but doesn’t gloss over the fact that the only thing stopping you from obtaining the wealth you desire, is yourself.

In This Episode We Cover:

How to invest when you come from an upbringing that lacks financial literacy

Giving up on your “dream” so you can pursue something much greater

Andre’s 5-steps to get your life together and how you can start using them today

Practicing delayed gratification and how simple sacrifices pay off big in the long run

The zero down loan program that Andre used to build his real estate portfolio

The importance of becoming a real estate investor before you buy your first property

And So Much More!

Links from the Show:

BiggerPockets Agent Finder

BiggerPockets Podcast

BPCON 2022

NACA (Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America)

MLS (Multiple Listing Service)

Realtor.com

Zillow

Rich Dad Poor Dad seminar

The Landlord Life YouTube series

Landlord Life Season 3 Episode 2 with Henry Washington

Mindset Matter Merch (No books here)

Henry Washington's Instagram

Brian Donnelly's KAWS

Connect with Andre:

Andre's Instagram

Andre's Business Website

The Landlord Life YouTube series

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589: 10 Actionable Steps Anyone Can Follow to Buy a Rental Property Mar 29, 2022

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Want to know how to buy a rental property? If rising home prices, rent prices, and fierce market competition have you struggling to get something under contract, your real estate saviors, David Greene and Rob Abasolo are here to help. In 2022’s hot housing market, it can seem almost impossible for new real estate investors to get their foot in the door. But, if you follow what the experts are doing, you may be able to lock up your next investment while other buyers are stuck in bidding wars.

Whether you’re wondering how to buy your first rental property or your next rental property, David and Rob have answers for you. They’ve partnered up to buy luxury short-term rental properties in sunny Arizona, all while recording the exact steps they’re taking to land a deal. If you’re already investing in real estate, some of these steps may seem familiar to you, but the gems that David and Rob drop are rarely discussed (and incredibly helpful).

So, if you’re ready to start your real estate investing journey, build wealth, rake in cash flow, and build passive income, you’re in the right place. David and Rob define their ten steps to investing success so you can spend less time analyzing deals and more time collecting rent checks.

In This Episode We Cover:

How to define your investment criteria so you can find deals that fit your needs

Working with a partner and keeping the line of communication open

Blocking off time so you (and your partners) can focus on crossing the finish line

What to look for in a real estate agent and how to communicate to them what you want

Writing your offer with multiple strategies in mind so you can beat the competition

How to not become “emotionally attached” to deals that look too good to be true

And So Much More!

Links from the Show

David's BiggerPockets Profile

Quickly find a local, investor-friendly real estate agent who can help you find, analyze, and close your next deal using the Agent Finder

Dave Ramsey's Website

Zoom

BiggerPockets Podcast

Connect with Rob and David:

Rob's Instagram

David's Instagram

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588: Seeing Greene: Climate Change, ADU Dilemmas, & Retiring with Rentals Mar 27, 2022

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Want to retire with rentals? Want more cash flow? Want to put up a lower down payment? What about building an ADU on your land? All of these questions (and more) are coming up on this episode of Seeing Greene. Unfortunately, this is the first time in BiggerPockets history that David Greene, master investor/agent, hasn’t been able to answer a question (and for good reason).

David tackles some challenging topics this episode, ranging from climate change affecting real estate values, what to do once depreciation runs out, and at what point should an investor take profits in the form of cash flow? While you may have heard varying opinions from other investing experts (or even other BiggerPockets hosts), David has a rather conclusive take on why you should NOT be retiring early with rental properties, but you should do something much greater instead.

If you heard a question that resonated with you or you’d like David to go more into detail on a certain topic, submit your question here so David can answer it on the next episode of Seeing Greene. Or, follow David on Instagram to see when he’s going live so you can hop on a live Q&A with the man himself!

In This Episode We Cover:

How climate change will and won’t affect buying patterns for real estate investors

Whether or not to trade a higher down payment for more cash flow or vice versa

Where to find real estate meetups to network with other investors

When the right time to pull out cash flow from your rental property is

How to maximize tax benefits after your property’s depreciation runs out

Building an ADU vs. buying another rental property with the cash

And So Much More!

Links from the Show

BiggerPockets Rent Estimator

BiggerPockets Pro Membership

Submit Your Questions to David Greene

BiggerPockets Podcast 558: Seeing Greene: Cash Flow—The Most Overrated Metric in Real Estate?

BiggerPockets Podcast 567: Seeing Greene: Finding Cash Flow, Refinancing Sooner, & NNN Properties

BiggerPockets Podcast 571: Is This Deal Worth My Time? The 6 Crucial Steps to Vet a Multifamily Dea

BiggerPockets Podcast 582: Seeing Greene: Investing in Paradise, Timing the Market, and House Hacking

BiggerPockets Podcast 585: Seeing Greene: Boosting Your Appraisal, Backward BRRRRs, & Capital Raising Risks

David Greene Meetups

David Greene Team

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587: Full-Time Flipping (Out-of-State!) at 24 by Doing What Most Don’t Know w/Dominique Gunderson Mar 24, 2022

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Forty real estate deals is a lot, especially for an experienced investor. How many people do you know that have done forty flips, wholesale deals, or own over forty rentals? Odds are, probably not many. So how does a nineteen-year-old do that many deals in only a year? Even better, how do they then take that experience and build a successful flipping business thousands of miles away from where they live? The answer might surprise you.

Dominique Gunderson is an anomaly in the best of ways. At fifteen years old she became privy to short sales, then at age seventeen, she left high school to start wholesaling full-time. Now, at age twenty-four, she runs a full-time flipping business based in New Orleans while she resides in her home state of California. She’s managing this entire out-of-state real estate investing venture strictly through her phone, laptop, and conversations with her contractors. Impressive, right?

But this level of speed and growth didn’t come without its tradeoffs. Dominique failed many, many times in her pursuit of passive income and real estate profits. She’s the first to admit that she wouldn’t trade a single failure for anything she has now, as they’ve been the stepping stones to her success. So if you want to stop sitting on the sidelines and start succeeding at record speed, you better prepare to fail, just like Dominique did.

In This Episode We Cover:

How to quickly screen for potential hidden gems in the multifamily space

The eight steps that lead to perfect multifamily underwriting so you can make the best offer possible

“Loss to lease” and using it as a value-add opportunity that most investors miss

Getting debt quotes, insurance quotes, and accurately calculating future property taxes

Who’s opinion you need to ask for before going through on a multifamily deal

Looking for the opportunities and traps within a seller’s finances

Writing an LOI (letter of intent) and getting bigger deals under contract

And So Much More!

Links from the Show

The Real Estate InvestHER Show Episode 170: How this Full Time Nurse Manages Multifamily Syndications with Savannah Arroyo

Facebook

Airbnb

Lowe's Home Improvement

The Home Depot

MLS (Multiple Listing Service)

Connect with Dominique:

Dominique's BiggerPockets Profile

Dominique's Instagram

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586: The 8 Steps That Will Stop You From Getting Burnt on Multifamily Deals w/Andrew Cushman Mar 22, 2022

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Want to know how to analyze a multifamily property? Maybe you’ve analyzed duplexes, triplexes, quadplexes, or even ten-unit apartment complexes before, but what about the big deals? We’re talking about multi-million dollar multifamily investments, with hundreds of units, large debt and equity structures, and many, many small pain points only experienced investors would notice.

If you’re looking for an in-depth overview of how to find, analyze, and buy a large multifamily property so you can build passive income and serious equity growth, then Andrew Cushman is the man to talk to. Andrew is so good at what he does that he's partnered up with BiggerPockets Podcast host, David Greene, to invest together.

In Andrew’s previous episode, he touched on the “phase I underwriting” that comes with analyzing a multifamily deal. In this episode, Andrew focuses on what investors should do after they’ve triaged their deals and are left with only the best in the bunch. Andrew spent years worth of time analyzing deals to come up with these eight steps. He shares them today so you can have less headache and more investing success than when he started!

In This Episode We Cover:

How to quickly screen for potential hidden gems in the multifamily space

The eight steps that lead to perfect multifamily underwriting so you can make the best offer possible

“Loss to lease” and using it as a value-add opportunity that most investors miss

Getting debt quotes, insurance quotes, and accurately calculating future property taxes

Who’s opinion you need to ask for before going through on a multifamily deal

Looking for the opportunities and traps within a seller’s finances

Writing an LOI (letter of intent) and getting bigger deals under contract

And So Much More!

Links from the Show

BiggerPockets Podcast 571: Is This Deal Worth My Time? The 6 Crucial Steps to Vet a Multifamily Deal

DavidGreene Team

BiggerPockets Store

BiggerPockets Podcast 170: The Journey From Flipping Houses to Owning 1,470 Units with Andrew Cushman

How to Find Overlooked Opportunities in a Hot Market with Andrew Cushman

Parks and Recreation (TV Show)

David Greene's Webinars

David's Instagram

Andrew's Visuals

Example 1 (Spreadsheet File)

Example 2 (Spreadsheet File)

Example 3 (Spreadsheet File)

Renovation Budget (Spreadsheet File)

Connect with Andrew:

Andrew's Linkedin Profile

Andrew's Company Website

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585: Seeing Greene: Boosting Your Appraisal, Backward BRRRRs, & Capital Raising Risks Mar 20, 2022

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BRRRRs, property classes, raising capital questions and more are in this episode of Seeing Greene! As always, your investor mentor, top agent, and shiny-headed host of the BiggerPockets Podcast is back to walk through real-life questions and examples brought to him directly from listeners just like you. This episode walks through a lot of the struggles new and intermediate investors have when trying to scale. So even if you’ve got one unit (or none), you’re probably in one of our guest’s positions.

Investors all over the country are enjoying the spoils of this hot real estate market and need to know the next best move to make. In today’s show, David touches on topics like how to scale when you feel overleveraged, the four hurdles that stop investors from building portfolios, how to tell whether a rental is an a, b, or c-class property, whether or not to raise money on your first big deal, and why every BRRRR needs to start backwards.

In This Episode We Cover:

The four things that slow investors down when building their real estate portfolio

How to know your “property’s personality” so you can get better tenants and equity gain

Defining property classes and what to do if a property and neighborhood class mix

Selling off your rental properties to buy bigger deals vs. raising private capital

Why real estate is easy in theory but difficult in practice

The single best strategy for every new real estate investor to start with

And So Much More!

Links from the Show

BiggerPockets Rent Estimator

BiggerPockets Pro Membership

Submit Your Questions to David Greene

BiggerPockets Podcast 569: Rich Dad’s CPA Shares 5 Steps to Eliminate Income Taxes through Real Estate w/Tom Wheelwright

BiggerPockets Podcast 534: Seeing Greene: Should I Buy Now or Wait for a Market Cool-Off?

BiggerPockets Podcast 513: Seeing Greene: BRRRR 101 – Loans, Deals, & Cash Flow —

BiggerPockets Podcast 501: Seeing Greene: How Soon Can I Refi? + 11 Other Real Estate Questions

BiggerPockets Podcast 558: Seeing Greene: Cash Flow—The Most Overrated Metric in Real Estate?

BiggerPockets Podcast 567: Seeing Greene: Finding Cash Flow, Refinancing Sooner, & NNN Properties

BiggerPockets Podcast 571: Is This Deal Worth My Time? The 6 Crucial Steps to Vet a Multifamily Dea

BiggerPockets Podcast 582: Seeing Greene: Investing in Paradise, Timing the Market, and House Hacking

David Greene Team

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584: The 5 Steps That Will Bring You More Deals, Friends, and Mentors w/Jonathan Greene Mar 17, 2022

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If you’re new to investing in real estate, you may not have run your first real estate analysis yet. But as soon as you start looking at properties, you’ll become a spreadsheet wizard in no time! With so many investors counting on automatic analysis from modern, hyper-specific real estate calculators, old-school investors beg the question “do these calculators really make a difference in the deal?”

Today, expert investor, home flipper, wholetailer, and almost every other real estate title in the book, Jonathan Greene, joins us to talk about what new investors are missing out on. While many investors run spreadsheets and analyses before seeing a deal, Jonathan does it the other way around. Jonathan will drive to a property, walk the property, and then after taking a look at some specific parts of the property, will run a deal analysis. He walks through the system that not only makes this efficient but worthwhile.

If you've been around the BiggerPockets Forums for some time, you’ve probably recognized Jonathan’s name (or face). He’s an active contributor, responding to forum posts almost every day and chatting with new investors every chance he gets. Jonathan has found deals, mentors, partners, and great friends thanks to online forums, like BiggerPockets. If you’re looking to get the most out of your virtual networking, Jonathan shares his five tips on extracting huge value from the collective minds of over two million real estate investors!

In This Episode We Cover:

Going beyond the spreadsheets and analyzing real estate internally (before using a calculator)

How to get the “feel” of a house when investing out-of-state

The crucial parts of a house Jonathan looks at during his first walkthrough

The five steps to being successful in an online community (or in real life too!)

Choosing your perfect out-of-state market using two simple data points

Flipping poorly designed homes into massively profitable masterpieces

And So Much More!

Links from the Show: