How to Start Investing in Real Estate with $25,000 or Less (Rookie Reply)

Real Estate Rookie

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🗓️ 4 April 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Do you have around $25,000 saved? Good news—you can invest in real estate! There are several ways to get started, but which investing strategy reigns supreme? We’ll show you how to get the best bang for your buck so you can buy your next investment even faster! Welcome to another Rookie Reply! We went back into the BiggerPockets Forums and Real Estate Rookie Facebook group and found more investing questions from beginners just like you. Today’s first question comes from an investor who’s struggling to pick a market. Should they hone in on a single area, or will scouring multiple markets speed up their search for the perfect deal? You might be surprised to hear where Ashley and Tony land on this one! Then, we’ll hear from an investor who has saved $25,000 to put towards their first rental property. Like many rookies, they’re looking to scale their real estate portfolio fast, so we’ll share our favorite strategies for doing just that—including a few outside-the-box ideas. Finally, how do you vet a co-signer when screening tenants? We’ll show you how to cover all your bases! Looking to invest? Need answers? Ask your question here! In This Episode We Cover How to start investing in real estate with just $25,000 (or less) The best ways to put low (or no) money down on a rental property How to pick the right market to invest in (and when to pick multiple!) The key to finding more real estate deals with a “narrow” buy box How to properly vet a co-signer for your new tenant’s lease And So Much More! Check out more resources from this show on BiggerPockets.com and https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/rookie-544 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	What's the best way to invest 25,000 and scale your portfolio?
0:05.3	It's a question many new investors face, but what's really the best move in today's market?
0:10.6	And once you figure out your strategy on how to invest that 25,000, how do you pick the right market?
0:15.6	For instance, investing out of state can be a little tricky when you can't just drive to the property or meet tenants face to face. We'll tackle these real world investment dilemmas and give you actionable advice
0:26.5	you can implement today. My name's Ashley Care. And I'm Tony J. Robinson. And welcome to the
0:32.3	Real Estate Rookie Podcast. Okay, so today for our first question, we pulled it from the Bigger Pockets
0:42.8	forums. You can head over to biggerpockets.com and hop into the forums to ask your
0:47.8	question or to actually answer some. So this question says, I am trying to figure out how many
0:53.9	markets I should focus on at once.
0:56.4	From what I see, there are people who invest in different real estate markets all over the country.
1:01.2	I don't want to focus on one market and not be able to score the right property for who knows how long,
1:07.8	and then end up missing out on other locations.
1:12.6	It seems just being a long-d distant landlord is very popular as well. What if I was to focus on properties in somewhere
1:18.8	between two to five markets? Seems like I contacted somewhere between one to three real estate
1:25.1	agents in each market. I could end up finding something good for sure.
1:30.1	So basically, this person is asking they don't think they should focus on one market and they
1:37.3	should focus on more to increase their chances of getting a deal. Is that how you're reading it too,
1:42.9	Tony? Yeah, it seems like. Like what's kind of the sweet spot for the number of cities and markets to focus on to find the
1:48.1	deal? Yeah. So I'm still, I'm going to say that I'm still a firm believer in one market. I would say
1:56.0	in that market, look at one to three neighborhoods, but I'm still staying focused in one market as a new
2:03.9	investor. I think it for me probably depends on a few factors. I think part of it is, well,
2:11.4	how many opportunities are there for you to analyze and make offers that fit your buybox in that
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