How to Buy Rentals FASTER by “Recycling” Your Home Equity

Episode #682 Set a Competitive Rent Price with Confidence and Get Your Property Rented Fast with Avail: https://info.avail.co/biggerpockets-augustvideo?channel=sponsorship&utm_source=biggerpockets&utm_medium=youtube&utm_campaign=rentanalysis+pl&utm_content=pricingandpromotingaugust *Should you use your home equity to buy a rental property?* Whether it’s your primary residence or another investment property, this strategy _could_ help you scale faster. But between a *cash-out refinance, a home equity line of credit (HELOC),* or a different method entirely, what’s the _best_ way to tap into your funds? Welcome to another *Rookie Reply!* Today, Ashley and Tony are answering more questions from the *BiggerPockets Forums,* the first of which comes from someone who’s looking to redeploy the home equity they’ve built up in one of their properties. Tune in as we share several creative ways to *take down your next deal and grow your real estate portfolio!* Another investor is struggling to *estimate rents when analyzing rental properties.* We share several tools _every_ rookie can use, as well as the method Ashley uses to calculate rents by hand. Finally, if you own short-term rentals, a *cleaner might be the _most_ important hire you ever make.* Stick around as Tony shares the process he uses to find, vet, and onboard one! Ask Your Question for a Future Rookie Reply: https://forms.gle/naQm67JEJ74YMZ5G6 Episode Show Notes: https://lnk.to/realestaterookieYT Join BiggerPockets for FREE 👇 https://www.biggerpockets.com/signup?utm_source=owned_media 🎉Join us at the BiggerPockets Conference October 2-4 in Orlando. Buy tickets: https://biggerpockets.com/bpcon2026 Grab the Book, _Scaling Smart_ : https://store.biggerpockets.com/products/scaling-smart?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=none Sign Up for the Real Estate Rookie Newsletter: https://www.biggerpockets.com/email-subscribe?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=none Find Investor-Friendly Lenders: http://biggerpockets.com/findlenders Home Equity: What It Is, How To Calculate, & How to Use It: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/what-is-home-equity?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=none Connect with Ashley and Tony: Ashley: https://www.biggerpockets.com/users/ashkehr?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=none Tony: https://www.biggerpockets.com/users/tonyr75?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=none 00:00 Intro 00:31 Using Equity to Buy Rentals 08:45 Sponsor: Avail! 09:42 How to (Accurately) Estimate Rent 14:23 Finding & Hiring Airbnb Cleaners 23:49 Send Us Your Question!