How to Comp Rent/Home Prices and Why Going SMALL May Make You More (Rookie Reply)

Let’s say you’ve got $40,000 to invest. You could split the money into two down payments and buy more properties or partner with someone with money and build a bigger real estate portfolio. But even though you CAN do this, it might be a better idea to stay a small investor. Why? We’re talking about it in this episode, along with some of the regrets we have from scaling far too fast.

Welcome back to another Rookie Reply! Today, we’re showing you how to run real estate “comps” to find the right rent and asking prices for properties, plus whether or not your new rental will have enough demand to stay occupied. We’ll also discuss when a house is TOO big to house hack and how to find tenants for a rent-by-the-room investing strategy. Finally, can you buy more than one rental a year? Yes! But be careful, doing this could put you in a dangerous spot (we’ll explain why). 

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In This Episode We Cover:

How to run “comps” in real estate and estimate rent prices accurately 

Whether or not a neighborhood is worth investing in with many units for rent already 

Why you may NOT need to buy a huge house for house hacking 

Finding tenants when using the rent-by-the-room investing strategy 

How to build a real estate portfolio with $30,000 - $40,000 

And So Much More!

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Real Estate Rookie 287 - From 70 Hour/Week Burnout to Getting Paid to Buy Properties w/Danielle Daly

(00:00) Intro

(00:44) Comping Rent/Home Prices

(08:21) Too Big House to Hack?

(16:25) Starting with $40K and Scaling SMALL

(26:23) Post Your Question!

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