How to Actually Make Money With Rentals in 2026
Wealthy Way
Ryan Pineda
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🗓️ 1 February 2026
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
Ryan Pineda and Brian Davila chat with Michael Zuber about his real estate journey, contrasting his long-term wealth-building strategy through rentals with the short-term struggles and misconceptions around cash flow and financial freedom in today's market.
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0:00 - Buying Rentals in 5 States in 5 Months
3:41 - The Harsh Reality of Rental Cash Flow
5:39 - Why Rentals Rarely Replace Income Quickly
8:44 - Active Income is the Key to Building Wealth Through Rentals
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About Ryan Pineda:
Ryan Pineda has been in the real estate industry since 2010 and has invested in over $100,000,000 of real estate. He has completed over 700 flips and wholesales, and he owns over 650 rental units. As an entrepreneur, he has founded seven different businesses that have generated 7-8 figures of revenue.
Ryan has amassed over 2 million followers on social media and has generated over 1 billion views online. Starting as a minor league baseball player making less than $2,000 a month, Ryan is now worth over $100 million. He shares his experiences in building wealth and believes that anyone can change their life with real estate investing.
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| 0:00.0 | I started buying rentals just because. |
| 0:02.9 | I started buying out-of-state deals like you just did. |
| 0:06.5 | You know, I bought literally like five properties in five different states in five months. |
| 0:10.8 | Like literally, I was like, oh, there's a duplex in Pennsylvania for 12 grand. |
| 0:16.8 | 2400 square feet, 12 grand. |
| 0:20.2 | Wow. |
| 0:20.4 | I'm like, how do you lose? Well, you do. Imagine that. Yeah. |
| 0:23.9 | So I did. Right. And it was, it was $1,000 a month. And I paid $12,000. I'm like, I will make my money back year one. |
| 0:31.5 | Yeah. You don't. Yeah. Then I bought a duplex in Saginaw, Michigan. Then I bought a house seller finance in Arkansas. |
| 0:56.1 | Then I bought a bunch of other crap, right? Yeah. None of those panned out, sold them all, didn't make any money. Yeah. Then I started buying Airbnbs in Big Bear, California, 2017, way before Airbnb's big. Those crushed. Those actually cash load like crazy. I could see how you could live off of the income from Airbnb's when I was doing it then. |
| 1:01.0 | Like they were crushing. And they appreciated and doubled and tripled in value. They were awesome. |
| 1:07.0 | Today, I only own maybe like two more of them. I sold, I bought 10 of them in the span of a couple of years and sold most of them. I bought my first apartment complex in 2018, a 10 unit here in |
| 1:12.2 | Vegas. That was also a great rental unit deal. I did at seller finance, one of my most famous |
| 1:16.7 | videos here on this channel. I'll link to it down below. Literally got it for $15,000 out of pocket, |
| 1:21.9 | a 10 unit here in Vegas, zero percent interest for like three years and it was just this crazy |
| 1:27.4 | deal. |
| 1:27.9 | Yeah. |
| 1:28.5 | Got it for 300 grand. |
| 1:29.5 | End up selling it maybe four years later for 1.2. |
| 1:33.3 | Yeah. |
| 1:34.3 | Then I started a fund and we bought hundreds of apartment units all across the country. |
| 1:40.2 | That was mixed results. |
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