How to Do a “Slow BRRRR” in 2025 (Better Than BRRRR)

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🗓️ 10 September 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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The “Slow BRRRR” method. It’s less risky, comes with more cash flow, and is easier to pull off than the traditional BRRRR (buy, rehab, rent, refinance, repeat) strategy. A couple of weeks ago, we shared why this was the best rental property investing tactic for 2025, and today, we’re walking through the steps so you can do a slow BRRRR this year. There are five steps to doing a Slow BRRRR. From finding the right property to planning a stress-free renovation to eventually refinancing, we’ll walk through each step, giving you the exact timeline it may take to get there. Busy job? Have other responsibilities? Need flexibility when investing? Great! This method is what you’re looking for, and it’s also the strategy Dave is using right now to invest. Plus, we’ll walk through an actual Slow BRRRR example to show you that the strategy works, can get you sizable cash flow and equity, and is significantly easier than the traditional BRRRR method. This works even with today’s high interest rates, so you don’t need to stress about rushing through renovations and refinancing. Ready to take the slow, steady, less stressful path to financial freedom? This is it. In This Episode We Cover The Slow BRRRR method explained and why it’s even better than the original How to find the right property for your BRRRR (on-market, no cold calls/letters!) The best loan to use for a Slow BRRRR that keeps your returns safe Using the BiggerPockets BRRRR Calculator to run your numbers easily Why now may be one of the best times to lock in your next BRRRR (buyers have control) And So Much More! Check out more resources from this show on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BiggerPockets.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-1172 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is how you do the slow burr, my personal favorite real estate investing strategy of 2025,
0:06.3	and I'm going to tell you how to do it step by step.
0:09.2	The burr has been a very popular way to quickly scale a profitable real estate portfolio,
0:16.0	even if you're starting without a lot of capital.
0:18.8	And it can still absolutely work in today's market,
0:21.7	but you've got to make a couple essential updates to the tried and true formula. And today,
0:26.7	I'm going to show you how to do it.
0:33.2	Hey, what's up, everyone? I'm Dave Meyer, host here at Bigger Pockets. And on this show, we help you pursue
0:39.5	financial independence through real estate. And we're glad to have you all here today. We released
0:45.4	a recent episode of the podcast, episode 1165. It was back on August 25th. And it was called
0:51.9	This Is Better Than the Burr Method, all about how to do Burrs in
0:56.2	2025.
0:57.5	And you guys seem to love that episode so much that today I'm going to go into more detail
1:01.7	and more depth and explain exactly how you can execute a slow Burr rental property deal step
1:07.9	by step.
1:08.8	To me, this is the best strategy right now to use to add value
1:12.3	and increase the upside of your deals, but you just need to take into account current prices
1:17.6	and current rates when you're figuring out how to actually go about executing one of these
1:21.8	deals. Let's dive into it. So first things first, what is a burr in the first place? Then we'll get to what is a slow
1:28.5	burr and how you actually go about it. But burr is an acronym. It stands for buy, rehab, rent,
1:34.0	refinance, and repeat. And the idea behind a burr is that you buy a property that's not up to its
1:41.2	highest and best use. It can be fully distressed or it might just be a property that needs a little bit of love. But you're buying something that's not up to its highest and best use. It can be fully distressed or it might just be a
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