The 2026 Value-Add Real Estate Playbook (30% - 50% ROIs)
BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast
BiggerPockets
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🗓️ 11 February 2026
⏱️ 49 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | You're not going to find cash flowing houses sitting on the MLS like it's 2018. |
| 0:05.4 | You need to create your own asset. |
| 0:07.9 | You need to build your own equity. |
| 0:10.5 | And as an investor, that's your job. |
| 0:12.6 | And that's the part of real estate investing that honestly scares a lot of people away |
| 0:16.9 | in the current housing market. |
| 0:18.5 | But fortunately, it doesn't have to. Value add can be as easy |
| 0:23.0 | as a new coat of paint or a bathroom makeover so you can raise your rents and add an extra |
| 0:28.3 | few hundred bucks to your bank account every month. Or it can mean larger renovations that |
| 0:32.9 | supersize your equity and put you on the fast track to financial freedom. There's actually four categories |
| 0:38.2 | of value-ad investing, ranging from cosmetic updates to light renovations, heavy renovations, all the way |
| 0:44.5 | up to new development. And today, three experienced value-out investors will help you determine |
| 0:49.7 | which exact strategy you should use to add value on your next investment. |
| 0:55.0 | Plus, we'll even reveal how you may be able to add hidden value with extra square footage |
| 1:00.1 | or even another bathroom and properties you already own. |
| 1:08.1 | What's up, everyone? I'm Dave Meyer, chief investment officer at Bigger Pockets, and I'm joined today by truly the dream team of value ad investing, my co-host, Henry Washington, and our friend from on the market, James Dainer. |
| 1:23.3 | And in today's episode, we're going to go through the different levels of value at investing, |
| 1:27.7 | everything from cosmetic to gut down rehabs. |
| 1:30.5 | And we're going to give you a really good overview that you could use in your investing. |
| 1:34.1 | But also, if you want more hands-on instruction for how to be a great value-out investor, we have |
| 1:41.0 | a really super fun and exciting announcement. |
| 1:43.4 | Henry James and I are going to be |
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