The Book on Rental Property Investing
by Brandon Turner
The BiggerPockets standard for buy-and-hold rentals: finding deals, analyzing cash flow, financing, managing and scaling. Thorough, plain and honest about the work involved.
Read it if…
you want one comprehensive starting book on rental property.
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Skip it if…
you want passive investing; rentals are a business.
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Three things you will actually use
- Buy on numbers, not feelings.
- Cash flow is the goal; appreciation is a bonus.
- Systems make scaling possible.
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Analyze ten listings with the book's cash-flow method before touring one.
Our verdict
The rental-property standard.
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