Long-Term vs. Mid-Term Rentals: Which Is the Better Investment? With Bianca Barcelos (Ep 571)
Rental Income Podcast With Dan Lane
Rental Income Podcast
4.8 • 836 Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2026
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Bianca walks through her experience with both strategies, comparing the pros and cons side by side. We dig into the income differences, the downtime between tenants, and the added effort required to furnish and manage mid-term properties. She shares what she typically spends to furnish a unit, the rent premium she can get, and how she weighs whether that premium justifies the hassle.
We also talk about how Bianca is financing her deals and why she prefers smaller properties as part of her strategy. She explains how she budgets for maintenance and unexpected costs and shares a tough situation in which a major expense tested her system.
This episode is a great look at how to think through risk, cash flow, and strategy when deciding between long-term and mid-term rentals, and how to build a plan that actually holds up when things don’t go perfectly.
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| 0:00.0 | inspiring interviews with today's top landlords. |
| 0:04.7 | This is the rental income podcast. |
| 0:07.6 | And now, Dan Lane. |
| 0:09.7 | Bianca, you own long-term rentals and midterm rentals. |
| 0:14.0 | What do you think is better? |
| 0:15.9 | I think that it sort of depends. |
| 0:17.5 | I think that through analysis, you could make either one work. When I entered the |
| 0:23.1 | midterm space, I didn't intend to be there. I was looking for a long term rental and then just |
| 0:28.4 | did a different kind of set of math and it made more money as a midterm rental. So I think either one could |
| 0:34.5 | work. On the podcast today, we're going to hear about Bianca's experience. |
| 0:37.9 | We'll talk about what she sees as some of the advantages and disadvantages to both midterm and |
| 0:44.1 | long term. |
| 0:45.2 | And we'll take a look at the numbers and see how much extra she's making with midterm and see |
| 0:50.1 | if the extra money is really worth the hassle. |
| 0:53.1 | Joining us on the show today from Manchester, |
| 0:55.2 | New Hampshire is Bianca Barcelos. We'll take a quick break to thank our sponsors. We'll come right |
| 1:00.7 | back and we'll talk to Bianca. If you own rental properties, but you're tired of dealing with |
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| 1:17.1 | whether it's one problem property or your entire portfolio through a 721 exchange. |
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| 1:29.8 | portfolio of homes instead of selling and triggering capital gains taxes or depreciation |
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