What if you could create multiple income streams and live for “free” with just ONE rental? Today, we’ll show you why a small multifamily property is still one of the best investments you can make and how buying one in 2025 could catapult you toward financial freedom!

Welcome back to the Real Estate Rookie podcast! With less competition than both single-family homes and large multifamily properties, small multifamily is the “sweet spot” for investors looking to break into real estate and buy their first rental property. Ashley started her investing journey with a duplex and still believes this is the best investing strategy for rookies today. In this episode, she will show you how to find and buy your first small multifamily property, step by step!

Along the way, you’ll learn everything from developing your buy box and analyzing rental properties to getting the best financing terms with the house hacking strategy. But that’s not all. Once you have your property under contract, you’ll need to know how to find and manage tenants, so we’ll share the biggest (and most common) multifamily management mistakes to avoid!

In This Episode We Cover

How Ashley would invest in small multifamily if she were starting in 2025

House hacking to get low-money-down financing and live for “free”

The investing strategy that gives you cash flow, appreciation, and tax-free gains

The two biggest multifamily management mistakes (and how to avoid them)

Why it’s easier to scale with small multifamily rentals than single-family homes

And So Much More!

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