I Went from $1,000 to 100 Rentals in 8 Years (+ BIG Announcement)

Today on the BiggerPockets podcast, I have a big exciting announcement. Yes. You do have a big exciting announcement. Hey, everyone. I'm Dave Meyer, head of real estate investing at BiggerPockets and the cohost of the BiggerPockets podcast. And I'm saying cohost because after a year and a half of doing this thing solo, we are finally having a cohost join the show, and it is none other than mister Henry Washington. Henry, thank you so much for joining the show, and welcome, and congratulations on officially being the cohost. Thank you so much. I am so excited to be able to be the official cohost. You finally made an honest man out of me. We have been talking about this for a very long time. So I'm excited to make this official, and I couldn't be more excited because you are obviously one of the best investors out there. I think we have really complimentary skill sets and can bring different things to the audience. And you're just a good dude and someone I like hanging out with, so I think this is gonna be a lot of fun. I also know it's gonna be a lot of fun. And, I mean, I'm just blessed. I've been fortunate enough to be around BiggerPockets over the past few years. But even when I first got started with my journey, like, BiggerPockets is where I turned to to learn how to do this. And so to be able to now go from that to being the cohost and being able to be a voice for more people to learn, like, this is a dream come true. Well, I'm super excited. We have a lot of fun shows and content planned for all of you in 2026 here on the Bigger Pockets podcast. So today on the show, we are gonna give you a little behind the scenes about how we made this decision. Then we'll talk about what you can expect from the Bigger Pockets podcast going forward in 2026. And And then we're gonna get into Henry's incredible investor story. You may have heard bits and pieces of it on the show because Henry's been on the show before, but we're gonna go into it because it's super motivational. It's inspiring. It's relatable, and I think it's a great way to kick off our official partnership and for all of you to kick off the year in 2026 because there's so much good information that you all can take with you for your own investing strategy heading into this year. So I have been hosting the show for a year and a half now, and I've always wanted a cohost. But that that's a big decision. That's a big commitment. And we took some time, and, obviously, you've been on the show, but it just has become more and more clear. Every time you come on the show, I have more fun hosting the show when you're there. I think …