How Some Investors Are Buying 2 or 3 Rentals With the Same Money
A lot of investors think the only way to scale real estate is to keep saving bigger and bigger down payments. But what if the real game was learning how to make your money stretch further instead? Over the last few years, I have become a little obsessed with this question. How do you grow a real estate portfolio without constantly putting $35K to $40K into every single deal? Before I go further, one thing I always tell investors is this. Not every deal fits every investor or every situation. Some people want the most stable property possible. Some want the highest cash flow. Some want appreciation. And some investors want to scale faster. That is where this idea came from. Because here is the truth. I love the turnkey model. I do not want to manage contractors.I do not want to bid out rehabs.I do not want to build crews or chase timelines. I have done that before and I have zero interest in creating another job. For me, turnkey means the property is already renovated, a property manager is in place, and the system is ready to go. That part is non negotiable. But the downside most investors run into with turnkey properties is the down payment. So I started asking a different question. What if we could combine the forced equity of the BRRRR model with the simplicity of turnkey investing? That is exactly what we have been building with a few partners over the last several years. Here is what it looks like. A vetted turnkey provider finds the property, renovates it, and increases the value through the rehab. When the property is finished, the value has already been pushed up through those renovations. That built in equity can then be used toward the down payment. So instead of bringing $35K to $40K to the table, you might be coming in closer to $14K to $18K total after closing costs and holding costs. Now think about what that does to your portfolio. Instead of buying one property, you might be able to buy two or even three. That means: 3X the appreciation