Real Estate

Real estate investing comes in many different flavors, including:

wholesaling (often no money down)
traditional buy-and-hold rental properties
fix-and-flips
vacation rentals
raw land investing
rental arbitrage

I’m even experimenting with Fundrise (affiliate link), a crowdsourced commercial real estate investing platform.

Which one is best depends on your goals, available time and money to invest, and risk tolerance.

For example, while I LOVE the idea of building a mini real estate empire and having tenants pay off my mortgages, the direct cash returns and the risks involved don’t get me that excited. At least for the moment, I’ve steered toward some more passive real estate investing options.

Check out these real estate-themed posts and podcast episodes and choose which strategy makes the most sense for you.

Passive Real Estate Investing: Build Cash Flow and Equity—without the Sweat!

May 19, 2022January 17, 2022

Real estate investing is perhaps one of the oldest side hustles in existence.

Buy a house, rent it out, and build wealth. It’s a tried and true formula, and certainly a way to stop trading time for money.

This idea was popularized by books like Rich Dad Poor Dad, explaining (often with real estate as an example) how you can “escape the rat race” when income from assets you control exceeds your monthly expenses.

But real estate investing comes in many different “flavors” — and some take more time and money than others to get started with.

Side Hustle Showdown: Buying a Business vs. Investing in Real Estate

September 2, 2021

If you’re looking to add some time-leveraged cash flow to your bottom line, two of the best options are investing in rental real estate and buying small businesses.

Both are viable options, and to help you figure out if either or both of these investment options are right for you, it’s time for another Side Hustle Showdown.

Mobile Home Investing: $10k a Month in Positive Cash Flow

October 19, 2021April 15, 2021

Cash-flowing $10k a month from a portfolio of mobile homes.

Sounds like a great side hustle, doesn’t it?

It is.

When most people think of real estate investing, mobile homes probably don’t come to mind. In fact, technically speaking, mobile homes are personal property – not real estate.

Rental Arbitrage: $200k in Profit Without Owning Any Property

January 14, 2021September 2, 2020

Rental arbitrage gives you a way to make money with Airbnb — without owning any property.

Traditionally, building a real estate side hustle takes big bucks for down payments, closing costs, and renovation projects.

But enterprising short-term rental “moguls” are questioning if owning the property is even necessary. These rental arbitrage entrepreneurs sign long-term leases, and then turn around and sub-let the property on a short-term basis — profiting on the spread.

387: Retiring Early with Real Estate: $15k a Month in Passive Cash Flow

October 20, 2021May 14, 2020

The passive income dream is real for Dustin Heiner of MasterPassiveIncome.com, he’s currently making $15k a month with around 30 minutes time investment on his part.

Dustin has achieved this by following a systematic approach to buying and letting out properties.

He started with his first property back in 2006. Within 6 years he had 19 properties, and within 9 years he had 26 properties and had retired from his day job at the age of 37.

358: House Hacking 101: Live Free and Turn Your Biggest Expense into a Profit Center

May 20, 2022October 24, 2019

What if you could make your rent or mortgage payment go away?

Or, what if instead of paying that expense every month, your living situation actually paid you?

It’s not as far-fetched as it may sound.

In fact, that’s exactly what today’s guest, Craig Curelop, has done by intentionally “house hacking” over the past few years.

350: Is Real Estate Your Next Income Stream? Rental Property Q & A

September 2, 2020August 29, 2019

Buy a house.

Rent it out.

Tenants pay it off for you.

It’s possibly one of the oldest side hustles in the books, right?

Done right, owning rental properties can be an attractive long-term income and wealth-building strategy. But done wrong, it can be a recipe for headaches and a mountain of debt.

330: Land Flipping Revisited: From Zero to $10,000 a Month on the Side

February 27, 2021April 11, 2019

Roberto Chavez started his raw land flipping side hustle a little over a year ago, and with persistence, has already built it into 5-figures of monthly revenue.

This is a business model that was first introduced to me by Mark Podolsky, from TheLandGeek.com, in episode 108 of The Side Hustle Show.

He called it “the best passive income model” because it avoids “the 3 T’s” of traditional real estate investing: tenants, toilets, and termites.

292: Free Houses: How to Build a $1 Million Real Estate Portfolio on the Side

November 5, 2021July 19, 2018

Austin Miller built a $1.2 million real estate portfolio at 31 years old — for free.

He’s a side hustling real estate investor specializing in “creative” financing deals — houses he can buy without using his own money.

280: How to Start a Bounce House Rental Business (Investing in “Inflatable” Real Estate)

November 5, 2021April 26, 2018

Corey Jeffreys turned an $800 investment into $3k in the first year and has been growing his business and adding more automated processes each year.

His entrepreneurial adventure began by exploring the world of real estate investing, when he happened upon a slightly different rental business model: inflatable bounce houses.

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