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Start with Renting vs. Buying a Home: The 5% Rule (11 min, Ben Felix), then Renting vs. Buying a Home: What People Get Wrong (19 min, Ben Felix). All 500 lessons here are free, from the teachers' own official uploads. You'll need lockbox, laser measure, phone tripod with remote (about $95 of kit). The book to keep beside you: The Millionaire Real Estate Agent by Gary Keller.

What you'll need

• Lockbox: Show homes without waiting around.
• Laser measure: Accurate room sizes for listings.
• Phone tripod with remote: Steady overhead and product shots.

Lessons

• Renting vs. Buying a Home: The 5% Rule (11 min, Ben Felix, Intermediate)
• Renting vs. Buying a Home: What People Get Wrong (19 min, Ben Felix, Intermediate)
• Be Your Own Landlord: 3 Unique Strategies! (34 min, Mark J Kohler, Intermediate)
• 4 Rentals by 40: The Strategy That Will Change Your Life (29 min, BiggerPockets, Intermediate)
• Gentrification, FIRE, And The Ethics Of Being A Landlord (63 min, The Financial Diet, Intermediate)
• 7 Rentals in 2 Years by Buying in a Market Everyone Ignores (32 min, BiggerPockets, Intermediate)
• How to Become a Millionaire Through Real Estate (Start from ZERO) (36 min, BiggerPockets, Beginner)
• How to Buy 5 Rental Properties in Just 5 Years (23 min, BiggerPockets, Intermediate)
• I Bought 6 Rentals, It Was “Enough,” So I Retired (32 min, BiggerPockets, Intermediate)
• If You Can Do This 20 Mins/Day, You Can Become a Rental Millionaire (44 min, BiggerPockets, Intermediate)
• The Problem with Real Estate Speculation (9 min, Two Cents, Intermediate)
• The Real Estate “Wealth Hack” That Built Him an Entire Portfolio (50 min, BiggerPockets, Intermediate)
• Watch This If You Want to Buy a Rental Property in 2026 (45 min, BiggerPockets, Intermediate)
• 5 Ways to Finance a Rental Property That Nobody Knows About (31 min, BiggerPockets, Intermediate)
• How to Analyze a Rental Property (From Start to Finish) (37 min, BiggerPockets, Intermediate)
• How to Become a Millionaire Through Real Estate (Beginners!) (33 min, BiggerPockets, Beginner)
• Late Starter’s Guide to Real Estate Investing (Start in Your 40s–50s!) (35 min, BiggerPockets, Intermediate)
• Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (9 min, Ben Felix, Intermediate)
• Start at 45, Retire at 55: The Late Starter's Rental Playbook (41 min, BiggerPockets, Intermediate)
• The 6-Figure Real Estate “Model” That DOESN’T Require Rentals (35 min, BiggerPockets, Intermediate)
• The Easiest Way to Invest in Real Estate in 2024 (House Hacking) (23 min, BiggerPockets, Intermediate)
• The Problem with “Subject To” Real Estate (Losing $180,000) (34 min, BiggerPockets, Intermediate)
• The Real Estate Tax Secret The Rich Keep From You (28 min, Mark J Kohler, Intermediate)
• The Real Estate Tax Strategy NO One Is Talking About (49 min, Mark J Kohler, Intermediate)
• 5 Paid-Off Rentals vs. 15 Rentals with Mortgages (22 min, BiggerPockets, Intermediate)
• 6 Signs of an Undervalued Investment Property (21 min, BiggerPockets, Intermediate)
• "Build-to-Rent" 101 and Why Building Makes You MORE Than Buying (33 min, BiggerPockets, Beginner)
• Buy 8 Rental Properties. Stop. Retire Early. (23 min, BiggerPockets, Intermediate)
• Calculate These 6 Numbers Before Buying ANY Investment Property (31 min, BiggerPockets, Intermediate)
• How to Analyze a Rental Property in 2026 (From Start to Finish) (41 min, BiggerPockets, Intermediate)
• I Bought 11 Rentals in 4 Years: This is My Exact Playbook (27 min, BiggerPockets, Intermediate)
• I Bought My First Rental in 2021, Now I Have 19 & Replaced My W2! (30 min, BiggerPockets, Intermediate)
• I Make $100K/Year with Small, Cheap, “Slow” Rental Properties (25 min, BiggerPockets, Intermediate)
• I Renovated 2 Rentals WHILE Working 2 Jobs to Replace My $35K Salary (31 min, BiggerPockets, Intermediate)
• I Retired with ONLY 8 Rentals (and YOU Can Too in 2026!) (50 min, BiggerPockets, Intermediate)
• Investment Property Loans You’ll Wish You Knew About Sooner (28 min, BiggerPockets, Intermediate)
• This is Better Than “House Hacking” (New Methods) (30 min, BiggerPockets, Intermediate)
• 10+ High-ROI Rental Renovations to Increase Home Value AND Rents (33 min, BiggerPockets, Intermediate)
• $12,000/Month and Retiring by 50 After Cracking the Rental Formula (26 min, BiggerPockets, Intermediate)
• ACCOUNTANT EXPLAINS: The Real Estate Tax Secret (42 min, Mark J Kohler, Intermediate)
• Final Big Beautiful Bill: 4 Tax Strategies for Business Owners & Real Estate Investors (12 min, Mark J Kohler, Intermediate)
• From $20K/Year Waitress Salary to $20K+/MONTH Passive Income (34 min, BiggerPockets, Intermediate)
• How to Invest in Real Estate with NO Money (or LOW Money) in 2024 (27 min, BiggerPockets, Intermediate)
• How to Replace Your W2 Income with Rental Properties in Just 3 Years (35 min, BiggerPockets, Intermediate)
• How To Report Rental Income ( Rental Property Taxes 2023 ) (14 min, Karlton Dennis, Intermediate)
• How to Retire on Real Estate and “Negotiate” Your Home Loan (29 min, BiggerPockets, Intermediate)
• How to Start Investing in Real Estate in 2024 on an AVERAGE Salary (36 min, BiggerPockets, Intermediate)
• How to Start Investing in Real Estate in 2025 on a LOWER Salary (40 min, BiggerPockets, Intermediate)
• I Replaced My Nurse Salary in JUST 3 Years with Rentals and Flips (38 min, BiggerPockets, Intermediate)
• I’ve Been Buying Rentals for 10 Years. Now I’m Selling! (37 min, BiggerPockets, Intermediate)
• Stop Buying Rentals and Start Buying Rental Portfolios (Retire Faster) (28 min, BiggerPockets, Intermediate)
• The Beginner’s Guide to Small Multifamily Real Estate Investing (40 min, BiggerPockets, Beginner)
• The “Foolproof” System to Replace Your W-2 with Rental Income (36 min, BiggerPockets, Intermediate)
• What If Landlords Were Illegal? (9 min, Two Cents, Intermediate)
• You Could Be Retired with Real Estate in 10 Years (Start in 2026) (35 min, BiggerPockets, Intermediate)
• 5 Rentals in Under 5 Years WHILE Working a Demanding 9-5 (37 min, BiggerPockets, Intermediate)
• Broke to Millionaire in 5 Years w/ Military Real Estate Investing (27 min, BiggerPockets, Intermediate)
• He Spent All He Had ($5,000) on ONE Rental Property. Now He Owns 14! (35 min, BiggerPockets, Intermediate)
• How Does a HELOC Work & Retiring a Millionaire with Real Estate (40 min, BiggerPockets, Intermediate)
• How to Buy Your First Rental Property in 90 Days (Or Less!) (42 min, BiggerPockets, Intermediate)

Books on Real Estate

1. The Millionaire Real Estate Agent by Gary Keller - View on Amazon
2. The Book on Rental Property Investing by Brandon Turner - View on Amazon
3. Real Estate License Exams For Dummies by John A. Yoegel - View on Amazon
4. Essentials of real estate economics by Dennis J. McKenzie - View on Amazon
5. The millionaire real estate investor by Gary Keller - View on Amazon
6. Real estate finance & investments by Peter Linneman - View on Amazon
7. The ABC's of real estate investing by Ken McElroy - View on Amazon
8. Real estate finance and investments by William B. Brueggeman - View on Amazon