Brandon Turner
BiggerPockets.com
Montesano, WA, United States
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The Stack: The Perfect Blueprint for Scaling Quickly in Real Estate
According to the Harvard Business Review, the best way to continue moving forward on something is to facilitate small wins. Use this psychological principle to scale quickly yet conservatively as a real estate investor. Here's how. → Read More
7 Metros With the Biggest Rent Growth Over the Last 5 Years
With the help of our team of data scientists over at BPInsights, we want to share with you the top metro areas in the U.S. that saw the largest rent growth over the past five years. → Read More
The Power of Teams: Earning More, While Working Less
The biggest lesson I’ve learned in the last few years is just how important a team is. Here are some stories of how I've built my business with the help of solid teamwork and how to find your best new colleagues. → Read More
From Sleeping in a Car to Millionaire Real Estate Investor
Everyone has their own journey when investing in real estate. Here's how I went from sleeping in my car to having over $1 million in real estate investments, with some ups and downs along the way. → Read More
Fair Housing Act and Landlords: What You Should Know
The Fair Housing Act isn't designed to scare you—but it does require landlords follow a number of laws to prevent housing discrimination. These tips will keep you out of costly lawsuits. → Read More
How to Become a Real Estate Investor and Attain Financial Freedom
Do you want to become a real estate investor full-time? Follow our guide to finding financial freedom through real estate by quitting your day job and developing a thorough business plan. → Read More
How to Maintain Motivation in 3 Simple Steps
Does something always seem to be interrupting your progress or standing in the way of your success as a real estate investor? The roadblock likely boils down to a lack of consistence and persistence. So, what can you do to overcome these barriers? Here's what I recommend (that's worked really well for me!). → Read More
How Much Should You Have in Reserves Before Buying a Rental?
In a recent BiggerPockets Podcast, a listener wrote in and asked, "How much reserves should you have when you're going to get into rental property investing?" Here's the amount many banks require, as well as how much I personally have and what I'd recommend for others. (Plus, how to invest if you don't have any!) → Read More
5 Ways to Hack Your Willpower to Get More Done
Real estate investor and host of the BiggerPockets Podcast Brandon Turner breaks down the ways that you can hack your willpower—even when you have very little—to accomplish your goals. → Read More
Real Estate 101: How to Structure Partnerships as a New Investor
New investors often realize that tackling real estate investments is difficult alone. So, in this video, Brandon Turner shares the basics of investing with a partner. Partnerships can be a great decision—especially when first starting out—to help you grow quicker, diversify risks, split costs, and so much more. → Read More
Tenants Unable to Pay Rent Due to Coronavirus? Here's What to Do
This is a troubling time of uncertainty in the world. A lot of people are not able to work due to the coronavirus, recommended social distancing, and business closures. And as a landlord, many of these unemployed workers are renting from us. So, when our tenants can't pay their rent, what do we do? → Read More
Which Real Estate Investing Niche Is Right for You?
Flip, wholesale, buy and hold—or something entirely different? Here are a few key considerations that can help aspiring real estate investors when you're trying to decide on a specific investing niche and strategy. → Read More
Scared to Take the Plunge Into Real Estate Investing? Try This
On a recent BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast episode, I addressed a question from a listener that I get from a lot of people: "As a fairly new investor, are there any tips, tricks, or methods that you would use to get past the analysis paralysis and feel confident about a property?" Here's my take. → Read More
What Should a New Real Estate Investor Do With $10,000?
During episode 356 of the BiggerPockets Podcast, I asked guest Joe Asamoah, "If someone looking to start investing in real estate has saved up 10 grand, what would you as an expert do in their position?" Joe answers like a true expert. → Read More
6 Life Laws That Will Make You Rich
Let's talk about the laws of human nature. These are observable things that we can see in society that work almost all the time. For example, the Pareto principle: 80% of what you get comes from 20% of what you put into it. Similarly, there are a bunch of laws of human nature that can make you wealthy. Here are six. → Read More
5 Basic Rules to Start Investing in Real Estate
Are you interested in investing in real estate but don't know where to start? With all of the information available, it's easy to feel overwhelmed. For simplicity's sake, here are five of the most essential things new investors need to know. → Read More
What Is a 1031 Exchange ( Should You Use One?)
Learn about the incredible—and sometimes risky—power of the 1031 exchange. When it comes to selling a property, chances are you're going to have significant taxes to deal with. Thankfully, in the U.S., our government provides the 1031 exchange as a way to defer those taxes to a later time—or possibly forever. → Read More
7 Ways to Become a Better Landlord
I'm a landlord with several properties and many tenants. And I want to be a good landlord. Why is that? Because a good landlord makes money, and a good landlord retains tenants longer. Here I'll go through seven different strategies for becoming a great landlord. → Read More
3 Ways to Overcome the 'Vegan Effect' (aka Negativity) in Your Life
The "vegan effect" is this idea where people tend to get irritated at the choices that somebody else is making. Why do we do that when somebody around us goes vegan? Why do we naturally want to lash out at that person? And what can we do when we're on the receiving end of that kind of negativity? → Read More
How Much Cash Flow Should Rentals Make?
A buddy of mine texted me and said, "Hey, Brandon! I've got this real estate deal I want to buy and it should produce between $100 and $200 per month in cash flow. Is that a good deal? What do you think?" Here's my two cents. → Read More