If You Spend More Than 8 Hours/Week on Rentals, Watch This.

Episode #1301 Join the Future of Real Estate Investing with Fundrise. Start with as little as $10: https://fundrise.com/pockets When the dot-com bubble burst, Matt (the “Lumberjack Landlord”) watched his 100% stock portfolio go to dust. Having lost everything he had saved throughout his early twenties, his only option was to rebuild. But with what? He needed something that could help him offset his living expenses today and propel him toward retirement. That “something” was rentals. But Matt didn’t just buy a couple of rental properties and sit back. He did what many investors won’t: he house hacked. And again. And again. Nine times in 13 years. This, combined with the income from his nine-to-five job, allowed him to stack small multifamily properties quickly, and today, he owns a rental portfolio of over 150 units! Real estate investing has completely changed Matt’s life—not just the cash flow or the appreciation, but the freedom he’s already enjoying in early retirement. Despite self-managing all of their rentals, he and his wife spend just eight hours per week on their portfolio. In this episode, he’s giving you the simple framework you need to scale sustainably, whether you dream of owning a handful of rental units or a few hundred. Episode Show Notes: https://lnk.to/biggerpocketsYT Join BiggerPockets for FREE 👇 https://www.biggerpockets.com/signup?... 🎉Join us at the BiggerPockets Conference October 2-4 in Orlando. Buy tickets: https://biggerpockets.com/bpcon2026 Let Us Know What You Thought of the Show! https://www.BiggerPockets.com/Podcast... Pick Up The Self-Managing Landlord : https://store.biggerpockets.com/produ... Sign Up for the Investor Brief Newsletter: https://www.biggerpockets.com/email-s... Find an Investor-Friendly Agent in Your Area: http://biggerpockets.com/agentmatch BiggerPockets Real Estate 1208 – Retired in His Mid-40s Using the Perfect “Small” Rental Property Formula w/ Matt “The Lumberjack Landlord”: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/re... Connect with Henry: https://www.biggerpockets.com/users/h... Connect with Dave: https://www.biggerpockets.com/users/d... 0:00 Intro 1:45 Rebuilding with Rentals 3:08 Matt’s Current Portfolio 8:13 Sponsor: Fundrise! 9:02 Self-Managing 150+ Units! 10:17 Scale-Friendly Systems & Processes 15:05 The 8-Hour Workweek 19:25 Tenant Red (and Green) Flags 23:16 The Jail Conversion Project 25:40 Connect with Matt!