How to Find Profitable Rentals in 2025 (Lazy + Expert Methods)

BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

BiggerPockets

Education, Business, Investing

4.8 • 16.5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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If you know how to find investment properties the right way, your path to real estate wealth gets a lot shorter. Today, we’re giving you two methods anyone can try—one from an expert on finding great deals with incredible financing options, and another, more “lazy” method that even beginner investors can take advantage of. You won’t just find real estate deals faster, you’ll get the best deals in the market, while investors who don’t listen to this podcast doomscroll on listing websites, praying they’ll find a diamond in the rough. We’re back, answering your BiggerPockets Forum questions on today’s episode, and the first one is crucial—how to find profitable rental properties. Next, an investor wants to buy a duplex with tenants in place. The problem? They’re paying way below market rents. Is there a way to keep good tenants around while raising rent prices? Yes—we’ll show you how! When should you keep, sell, or reinvest in a rental? Run this quick calculation to figure out which properties need to be let go, which need to be upgraded, and which you should let ride. Finally, got $400,000 in cash? We’re sharing exactly what we’d do to turn that amount of money into consistent passive income. In This Episode We Cover How to find investment properties even if your local market seems low on supply The “lazy” way to get real estate deals sent directly to you (Dave’s method!) How to raise rents the right way and keep inherited tenants happy and paying When to reinvest in your rental to make more cash flow (or sell it and use the money elsewhere) How we’d spend $400,000 if we wanted 100% passive retirement income And So Much More! Check out more resources from this show on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BiggerPockets.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-1160 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 find an investment property in 2025, even if Zillow and Redfin aren't working.
0:06.9	The usual listing sites are not your only options, and some of the alternatives that
0:11.4	experience investors use might actually be easier and cheaper than you think.
0:15.8	So today, we're sharing where else you can find deals right now.
0:28.3	Hey everyone, I'm Dave Meyer, head of real estate investing at Bigger Pockets.
0:32.2	And today on the show, I'm joined by my friend Henry Washington.
0:33.1	What's up, man?
0:33.5	How you doing?
0:34.5	What's up, Dave?
0:35.1	How are you, buddy?
0:35.6	Good to be here.
0:37.5	Today we're doing one of my favorite formats. We're going to be answering a few questions from real investors on the Bigger Pockets
0:42.7	forums. And first up, we have a question that is just tailor-made for you. We have a new investor
0:48.8	who wants to find off-market deals. Then we'll also cover how to raise rents for inherited
0:54.0	tenants when it's
0:55.2	time to offload a property. And a couple other great questions you definitely want to stick
0:59.2	around for. Henry, you ready? Let's do it. All right. Our first question comes from Bobby from Philadelphia.
1:05.8	He asked, I've been attempting to find a small multifamily to HouseHack as my first investment property
1:11.5	since the beginning of the year.
1:13.5	I've been using public listings like Zillow, Craxianrealtor.com without much luck, so I'm
1:19.0	looking for sources for off-market properties.
1:21.9	I know patience is a big factor, but any guidance here would be greatly appreciated.
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