Dave Meyer has spent 16 years investing in real estate and talking to hundreds of investors on the BiggerPockets podcast. He has concluded that the difference between the investors who build…
Dave Meyer — Podcast Appearances & AI Summaries
Dave Meyer has appeared on 18 podcast episodes in our AI-summarized catalog, including BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast. Every appearance below has a free 5-minute AI summary.
What Dave said
“Learning is more important than maximizing your ROI on the first deal.”
— Dave Meyer (06:20)
“Don't make a bad business decision because it has a good tax outcome.”
— Dave Meyer (21:17)
“A capital gain means I made money. Making money is awesome.”
— Dave Meyer (20:27)
“The idea is to give yourself options. If you have two or three of these upsides, you're gonna have multiple options to better monetize your deals in the future.”
— Dave Meyer
“Don't go buy something bad today. It has to make sense today. But when you're buying a deal, you should be thinking about if things go well, what are options two, three, four, five for me to make this go incredibly well?”
— Dave Meyer
“This is your strategy to rent to the grumpy people who leave [the big city].”
— Dave Meyer
“I like investing for vibes where people want to live where there's a strong quality of life.”
— Dave Meyer
“If anybody tells you they've never lost money in real estate, either they're not doing deals, or they're lying to you.”
— Dave Meyer
“Selling is a crucial tool in your tool belt as an investor.”
— Dave Meyer
Episode appearances
18 How Much Should You Put Down on Your First Rental? On this episode of the BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast, Dave Meyer and Henry Washington answer forum questions from investors navigating first…
In 2015 through 2022, real estate deals were obvious. You could buy something and it would cash flow immediately, or you could do a BRRRR and pull all your money out. That era is over. Dave Meyer,…
On a recent episode of the BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast, host Dave Meyer laid out a specific, numbers-driven plan for achieving financial independence through real estate: acquire seven…
How to Build Your Own Real Estate Investing Team (From Scratch) You can buy the perfect rental property in the perfect area and still fail—not because the numbers were wrong or the market shifted,…
When Nathan Nicholson cashed in his 401(k) at age 33, his friends told him he would fail. At the time, he was the top salesperson at his company but had only $30,000 in savings—nowhere near enough…
How to Analyze a Rental Property Step-by-Step Dave Meyer, Chief Investment Officer at BiggerPockets, walks through his personal deal analysis framework using a real duplex listed in Augusta,…
In 2019, Henry Washington bought an eight-unit apartment building across the street from the University of Arkansas for $500,000. The units rented for between $300 and $500 a month, the property…
In May 2026, nearly half of all U.S. home sales included a seller concession — the highest share on record, according to Redfin data going back about a decade. On homes that do offer them, the…
Build vs. Buy: What Experienced Investors Actually Know About Old Houses When BiggerPockets host Dave Meyer looked back on his first eight years of investing, every single property he bought was…
"If your outcome is the source of your meaning, the meaning evaporates the moment you arrive." That is the central warning from Dave Meyer, host of the BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast, in a solo…
Start at 45, Retire at 55: The Late Starter's Rental Playbook The median American household income at age 45–55 is about $72,000, and the typical late starter has three things most 20-something…
In June 2026, the BiggerPockets team released an updated list of best markets to invest in, this time organized by strategy: long-term rentals, short-term rentals, flips, and house hacking. The…
“Most people are just not even getting to this iteration stage because they’re listening online and saying, ‘Oh, this is not a good real estate market.’ Those are amateurs.” Chad Carson has been…
“I have flipped more than 4,000 homes,” James Danner says early in this conversation, and that number hangs over everything that follows. Dave Meyer, a seasoned rental investor but a first-time…
Henry Washington and Dave Meyer have more than two decades of combined real estate experience, and they want you to learn from their failures. "If anybody tells you they've never lost money in…
🎙️ The Voices & The Context The Format: A casual, insightful conversation between two real estate investing experts. It feels like a debrief between friends who have seen the market shift and…
In 2026, Dave Meyer and Henry Washington are selling rental properties. They are also buying them. The apparent contradiction is the point: selling is not surrender, it is a strategic lever. Both…
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