BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast - I Make $100K/Year with Small, Cheap, “Slow” Rental Properties

Episode #1132 Try REsimpli, The Only All-In-One Real Estate Investor CRM Software That Helps You Manage Data, Marketing, Sales, and Operations: https://resimpli.com/biggerpockets?utm_source=bigger_pockets&utm_medium=youtube_qr_code&utm_campaign=real_estate_show Episode Show Notes: https://lnk.to/biggerpocketsYT Join BiggerPockets for FREE 👇 https://www.biggerpockets.com/signup?utm_source=owned_media Let Us Know What You Thought of the Show! https://www.BiggerPockets.com/Podcastfeedback Grab “The Book on Rental Property Investing”: https://store.biggerpockets.com/products/rental-property-investing?utm_source=owned_media Sign Up for the BiggerPockets Real Estate Newsletter: https://www.biggerpockets.com/email-subscribe?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=none Find Investor-Friendly Lenders: http://biggerpockets.com/findlenders 11 Rentals in 4 Years with SMALL, Affordable Multifamily Properties: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-1114?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=none Connect with Nathan: https://www.biggerpockets.com/users/nathann7?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=none Connect with Dave: https://www.biggerpockets.com/users/davem27?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=none This investor is making $100,000 per year with small, affordable, repeatable rental properties. He started investing years ago but recently bought another home-run rental for just $87,000, which will continue to boost his passive income. His slow, steady “tortoise” approach is one that anyone (especially beginners) can use in 2025 to build wealth and massive passive income through rental property investing. How do you do it? He’s sharing his blueprint. Nathan Nicholson woke up one day in his 30s to realize that his bank account had only $32,000 in it. While by no means is $32,000 a small sum, as a top producer in the mortgage business, he expected to have much more—something needed to change. After watching clients close (and make it rich) on rentals, he decided to give it a shot. But instead of going for the biggest house his money could buy, he opted for a small, affordable property where less could go wrong. It was a good move and one worth repeating. Fast forward over a decade later, Nathan has 22 properties, 10 of which are paid off, with six-figure cash flow coming in every year. He scaled smart (and safely) using his “tortoise approach” to investing—an approach you can use, too! 0:00 Intro 1:31 Working Hard (But Barely Saving) 2:50 Trading 401(k) for Rentals 5:57 Why SMALL Houses Win 7:38 Sponsor: REsimpli! 7:57 Saving and Scaling FAST 10:12 Better Than the 1% Rule 15:00 Price Cuts Are Here 17:54 Current Portfolio 20:59 Take the Tortoise Approach!