Nathan Brooks
BiggerPockets.com
Roeland Park, KS, United States
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What Newbies MUST Know When Investing During a Recession
You decide you want to be a real estate investor, start educating yourself, searching for properties, analyzing deals, maybe even making offers, and acquiring your first few rentals. Then, boom! A recession hits. What now? As a seasoned investor, here's what I'd tell newbies about investing in recessionary economies. → Read More
Top 4 Factors to Consider When Evaluating a Real Estate Market
It’s easy to get overwhelmed by the amount of data available when assessing a real estate market. Here's a tried and true process for evaluating an area where you're considering investing. Looking at these indicators will help you determine if a market is ripe for investment or not. → Read More
3 Productivity Books That Changed My Life
When I read a book, I don’t internalize it line by line. It’s too overwhelming to try to retain every bit of wisdom packed in the pages. Instead I take note of one big concept and make a point of implementing it. This approach of focusing on less actually allows me to retain more—and effect more real change in my life. → Read More
You're Wasting Life Away on Emails and Social Media
It's time to start giving real thought to the time you're spending glued to devices. So many people hope to change their lives, whether it's making more money, working out, enjoying hobbies, or being present. Spending half your time on your phone, social media, and TV will not help you with that. → Read More
How My Journal Transformed My Productivity and Goals for 2019
Setting goals in writing is a great way to stay on track and hold yourself accountable for success. Here's how a journal helped me do just that—and how you can experience similar results. → Read More
Financial Success Is Simple—But No One Said it Would be Easy
Success is a series of calculated choices that lead to desired outcomes. Read how you can start yourself on the path to achieving all you desire today. If you put in the work, you're guaranteed to achieve your goals. → Read More
How Finding Your "Why" Will Jumpstart Your Real Estate Career
The fact is, nearly everyone who has been financially successful in real estate has started with far greater aspirations than just making money. They have a vision for their life. → Read More
How to Efficiently Tackle Your Never-Ending To-Do List
Do you find it hard to focus on what to accomplish each day and feel like you have a never-ending list of impossible "to-do's"? Don't we all. Learn how to organize, prioritize, and crush your daily workload here. → Read More
Budgeting Tricks to Stop Blowing 5 Figures A Month
Although we were making awesome money on a regular basis, I was feeling literally broke. Our system and our budget wasn't working. We were literally paying these credit card bills in increments and could blow more than five figures on a monthly basis. So embarrassing. Something had to change. → Read More
13 Habits the Vast Majority of Successful Leaders Share
Habits are a powerful and undeniable part of every human. So what habits drive success and productivity? Those who make their way to the top don't do so accidentally. Instead, they tend to share certain key habits. → Read More
Go From Zero To $8K/Month in Retirement Income
Retirement may seem daunting—but with some planning and wise choices, it is absolutely possible to build passive income for amazing freedom later in life. Here's a case study illustrating exactly how to go about it. → Read More
If I Started My Real Estate Business Again, THIS Is What I'd Change
I'm not advocating harping on the past. But learning from our past requires us to review it, understand it, and then grow and execute from it. → Read More
How Finding Your "Why" Will Jumpstart Your Real Estate Career
The fact is, nearly everyone who has been financially successful in real estate has started with far greater aspirations than just making money. They have a vision for their life. → Read More
Why You MUST Set Goals and Review Them to Achieve Anything
No matter what your goals are, you have to take the next step past just having them. You have to write your goals down and read them every day. Goals have to be a part of your soul. Seriously. → Read More
4 Painful (But Invaluable) Lessons Learned From a Rehab Gone Wrong
When investing in real estate, you have to learn to expect the unexpected. When a rehab went wrong for this investor, the many unpleasant conversations that followed weren't fun. On the upside, he learned several valuable lessons to apply going forward. → Read More
How to Scale Your Business Successfully
Businesses run the very best when the goal and the path to get to it are both ultra clear. Looking to scale? Owners, operators, and managers should make it ridiculously transparent to every team member how they specifically impact that goal. Here’s how to optimize your processes and set yourself up for massive growth. → Read More
Sorry, But Real Estate Investing Is NOT Easy. Still, You Can Succeed if...
Succeeding as a real estate investor may appear easy on the surface. And yes, parts of it are. And then there's the rest—all of which take patience, education, grit, and tenacity. → Read More
How to Scale Your Investment Portfolio With Turnkey Properties
What if you're not interested in learning how to go through the entire acquisition process, how to renovate a house, and how to manage the properties yourself? In this case, turnkey real estate investing might be an awesome option. Here's how to get past issues scaling your portfolio using turnkeys. → Read More
How to Finance & Profit From $30k Rental Properties
You've heard it can't be done—but you may change your mind after reading this argument for why $30k rentals can be financed & profitable in certain areas. → Read More
5 Ways to Use Facebook in Favor of Your Real Estate Investing Business
Facebook can be an absolute game changer for businesses. With it, you can share information and spread ideas—anywhere. Plus, it allows you to connect with like-minded people, and these connections can be massively valuable for you and your business. Learn the best ways to use this social network to your advantage. → Read More