Episode #1,048 Episode Show Notes: https://www.biggerpockets.com/podcasts/real-estate?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=none 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 Buy the Book “Rich Dad Poor Dad”: https://store.biggerpockets.com/products/rich-dad-poor-dad?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=none Find an Investor-Friendly Agent in Your Area: http://biggerpockets.com/agentmatch From Burnt-Out Tech Worker to $95K in Passive Income in 2 Years: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-830?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=none Connect with David: https://www.biggerpockets.com/users/davidl114?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 Would you spend thirty hours finding a deal if it could make you over $100,000? Of course you would! And that’s exactly what David Lecko, CEO of DealMachine, suggests you do to find better real estate deals in 2025. After hundreds of calls and mailers, an extensive rehab, and two appraisals, he walked into six-figure equity on a single rental property! Welcome back to the “BiggerPockets Real Estate” podcast! David has achieved financial freedom by building a real estate portfolio of nineteen cash-flowing, appreciating properties. His big secret? Buying the same property over and over in a market he knows inside out—Indianapolis, Indiana. He’ll scour tax-delinquent lists for distressed properties that fit his buy box and use the BRRRR method (buy, rehab, rent, refinance, repeat) to snowball into his next deal. But now that David has moved to Austin, Texas, he faces a brand-new challenge—investing in real estate out of state. While most investors would hire a property manager to oversee their properties, David self-manages from hundreds of miles away and employs an assistant to be his eyes and ears. Tune in as David shares all of the details on his latest deal and the strategies investors can use to gain a competitive edge in 2025! 00:00 Intro 02:32 Tax-Delinquent Properties 07:46 $100K from ONE Deal 13:10 David’s Buy Box 17:12 Self-Managing (Out of State!) 23:23 David’s Plans for 2025 27:31 HUGE Market Opportunities 31:42 Connect with David!