From LA to Indiana rentals: Lindsay Barrientos visits BiggerPockets

Dave Meyer and Henry Washington hear how a long-distance portfolio helped their guest leave salaried healthcare work and start her own practice.

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Rentals Helped Me Quit My W-2 (And Start My Own Business!)

Lindsay Barrientos didn't begin buying rentals during the bargain years. She started after prices and interest rates had already jumped, then put rental income toward the next down payment, one house at a time.

Her conversation with Dave Meyer and Henry Washington, "Rentals Helped Me Quit My W-2 (And Start My Own Business!)", was BiggerPockets' most-watched upload of the week, reaching about 36,000 views. The Los Angeles-based investor explains how she built a 12-property portfolio far from home, buying in Hammond and Gary, Indiana, and relying on local contacts to help vet contractors and manage the distance.

It isn't an entirely smooth property ladder. A kitchen fire forced another renovation just before an appraisal. Later, Barrientos explains her two-offer approach: a lower cash offer alongside a full-price offer with seller financing. The episode includes a sponsored banking and bookkeeping segment. In the comments, viewers pick up on investing far from an expensive home market and getting started without waiting for ideal conditions.

BiggerPockets posted ten uploads altogether. Paula Pant's "Paula Pant's New FIRE Movement (STOP Penny-Pinching)" currently has the strongest daily viewing momentum, with the Afford Anything host making room for paid-off rentals, entrepreneurship and enjoying life in her financial-freedom framework. "Is the Housing Market About to Crash?" follows, examining demand, supply and foreclosure indicators rather than simply borrowing the alarm in its title.

Subscribers held steady, and daily views are close to the channel's usual level. Among nearby money channels, Patrick Boyle has a much busier-than-usual day, while The Graham Stephan Show is quieter. For BiggerPockets, the week's most concrete account of financial freedom comes from Barrientos: leaving salaried work, earning her nurse practitioner license and opening a psychiatric practice.

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The videos drawing views on BiggerPockets right now

Paula Pant’s New FIRE Movement (STOP Penny-Pinching)22,924 views · 2026-10-28 Is the Housing Market About to Crash?19,923 views · 2026-10-30 Housing Market Forecast: 6+ Years for "Normal" 🏠11,402 views · 2026-10-26 Scott Galloway: Why Your “Side Hustle” Is a WASTE of Time4,447 views · 2026-10-29 Room Transformation3,823 views · 2026-10-28

The numbers

Here is how BiggerPockets' week looks across views, subscribers and recent uploads.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

Patrick Boyle

2,206,576

The Plain Bagel

1,171,634

I Will Teach You To Be Ri…

1,080,496

Ben Mallah

878,234

Your Rich BFF

782,764

CNBC International

429,942

BiggerPockets

276,576

The Graham Stephan Show

121,844

Kris Krohn

68,418

subscribers

1,270,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

131,196,679

views per day

38,850

typical day: 40,820

first-day views of each video posted this week

Rentals Helped Me Quit My W-2 (And Star…

19,275

Paula Pant’s New FIRE Movement (STOP Pe…

12,145

Is the Housing Market About to Crash?

13,652

Housing Market Forecast: 6+ Years for "…

7,335

Scott Galloway: Why Your “Side Hustle” …

3,117

Room Transformation

2,054

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

CNBC International

1,450,000

Patrick Boyle

1,360,000

Your Rich BFF

1,290,000

BiggerPockets

1,270,000

The Graham Stephan Show

1,240,000

The Plain Bagel

1,230,000

I Will Teach You To Be Ri…

1,140,000

Kris Krohn

1,120,000

Ben Mallah

1,110,000

As of November 2, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.