I Started Investing with Just $7,500. Now I Own Millions in Rentals

BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast · Jul 6, 2026 · 33m

One day, Remington Lyman was brought into his boss's office, told that he did above-and-beyond at his job, and was handed a 2% raise with a smile. All the extra hours, all that hard work, equaled the equivalent of an inflation-matching salary bump. That was it—it was time to put his financial freedom in his own hands.

Remington began building an income-replacing rental property portfolio, so when the day came that he was laid off, he’d be more than prepared. Remington was ready to go, and that’s when the real scaling started.

Just ten years after buying his first rental, Remington has over…