Real estate investing strategies

Four ways to invest, how each one makes money, and the numbers Investometer calculates for it.

LTR

Long-term rentals

Buy a property and rent it to tenants on yearly leases. You earn monthly cash flow while the loan is paid down and the property appreciates.

STR

Rent a furnished property by the night on Airbnb, Vrbo and similar sites. Nightly rates can beat long-term rent, with more work and more swings.

Flip

Buy a property below its potential, renovate it and sell it. Profit comes from the gap between the all-in cost and the sale price.

BRRRR

Buy, rehab, rent, refinance, repeat. Force appreciation with a renovation, then refinance to pull your cash back out for the next deal.