BRRRR Strategy vs House Hacking

The BRRRR (Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat) strategy is an active investment model designed to recycle capital. Investors buy distressed properties, renovate them to increase value, rent them out to stabilize income, and then perform a cash-out refinance to pull their initial investment back out. This allows the investor to move on to the next deal using the same capital. It is a powerful weal...

House hacking involves purchasing a multi-family property (2-4 units) or a single-family home with extra rooms, living in one part, and renting out the others. This strategy is the gold standard for beginners because it allows you to utilize FHA or conventional owner-occupant financing, which requires significantly lower down payments than investment properties. By having tenants cover the majorit...