Rental Strategies
A real estate investment strategy is how a property makes you money: rent it by the night, month or year, live in part of it, or buy, fix and refinance so you can repeat. Most investors choose based on their cash, their time and their goal. Pick a strategy below to see the guides, calculators and templates investors use to run the numbers.
Real Estate Strategy Guide
Feeling overwhelmed by the number of opportunities in real estate? Weigh the pros and cons to pick the real estate strategy that best fits YOUR needs.
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Short-Term Rentals
Airbnb and vacation rentals: markets, numbers and local rules. A short-term rental is a furnished property rented by the night or week on sites like Airbnb...
12 resourcesMid-Term Rentals
Furnished stays of 30 days or more for nurses, remote workers and relocations. A mid-term rental is a furnished property tenants live in for more than 30...
7 resourcesLong-Term Rentals
Buy-and-hold rentals: cash flow, tenants, and scaling. You buy a property and rent it out on a lease of a year or more. These guides, calculators and...
8 resourcesHouse Hacking
Live in one unit, rent the rest, and cut your housing cost. House hacking means buying a primary residence, such as a 2 to 4 unit multifamily home or a...
1 resourceBRRRR
BRRRR stands for buy, rehab, rent, refinance, repeat. You buy a property below what it'll be worth after repairs, fix it up, rent it out, then refinance to...
5 resourcesSmall Multifamily
A duplex is one building with two separate homes, each with its own entrance and kitchen. A triplex has three and a fourplex four. Up to four units, lenders...
3 resourcesFlipping & Rehab
Buy, renovate and sell for a profit. Analyze a flip, estimate rehab costs and learn the basics of flipping houses with these calculators, guides and checklists.
5 resourcesWholesaling
Wholesaling is when someone puts a property under contract with a seller, then sells that contract to an investor who closes on the deal. It's one of the...
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2 resourcesThe BiggerPockets STR Investment Guide
This guide breaks down five major STR archetypes across four dimensions: cash flow, appreciation, bonus depreciation, and market durability over 5–10 years....
The BRRRR Power Plan
A step-by-step refinance guide empowering investors to unlock equity, maximize LTV, and rapidly expand their portfolios. Brought to you by Express Capital...
