Portfolio Strategy

Building, scaling, and optimizing a real estate investment portfolio.

• House Hacking 101: How to Buy Your First Rental and Live in It Free — House hacking lets you buy a small multifamily with 3.5 percent down, live in one unit, and rent the rest. Here is the financing, the math, and the FHA rule that decides it.
• The Complete BRRRR Strategy Guide: Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat — BRRRR is a capital recycling engine, not a way to get rich on one deal. Here is each step, the arithmetic that governs it, and where the cycle breaks in 2026.
• The $68 Problem: How Insurance Inflation Is Quietly Killing Your DSCR — Multifamily insurance climbed from $39 to $68 per unit per month since 2019. Here is how one line item shrinks your DSCR, your refinance proceeds, and your hold decision.
• Why BRRRR Deals Fail at Refinance: A 5-Question Pre-Qualification Checklist — Most BRRRR investors do not realize their deal will not pencil at refinance until month 9. Here are the five questions to answer before you buy.
• How to Build a Real Estate Investment Portfolio from Scratch — From your first single-family rental to a portfolio of 10 or more doors, here is the strategic framework for building lasting wealth through real estate.
• Should I Sell My 2020 Mortgaged Rental? A Decision Framework for Cash Flow vs Equity — BiggerPockets’ Pulse Index just dropped 25 percent and "we are selling our rentals" content is everywhere. Here is the actual framework for deciding whether to sell, refinance, or hold the rental you bought between 2020 and 2022.
• 5 Reasons New Investors Never Buy Their First Deal — BiggerPockets forums show the same five problems blocking new investors from buying. Here is the framework to close your first deal in 90 days.