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Real Estate Rookie

The $4,000/Month Side Hustle YOU Can Use to Buy Rentals (Rookie Reply)

Real Estate Rookie

BiggerPockets

How To, Education, Business, Investing, Entrepreneurship

4.81.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Need more money to buy your first (or next) rental property? The right real estate side hustle could help you learn the industry AND pocket some extra change to put toward your next investment. In this episode, we reveal a low-cost real estate business that nets $4,000 a month. Don’t believe us? Tony’s done it himself, and he’ll show you how to get started!   Welcome to another Rookie Reply! Today, we’re answering questions from the BiggerPockets Forums and Real Estate Rookie Facebook group, and to kick things off, we’ll hear from an investor who’s tired of house hacking. What’s the best way to transition to another investing strategy without sacrificing the killer cash flow that renting by the room provides? We’ll share our favorite pivots!   Next, we’ll discuss buying mortgage points, a strategy that could help you save money and create more monthly cash flow—IF you plan to keep the property for the long haul. And finally, launching a side hustle is a great way to break into real estate, learn the industry, and make more money to buy rentals. We’ll share an overlooked Airbnb business that has very low startup costs yet could net you $4,000 per month! Looking to invest? Need answers? Ask your question here! In This Episode We Cover How to make an extra $4,000 a month with an “overlooked” side hustle The pros and cons of the house hacking and rent-by-the-room strategies Telltale signs it’s time to pivot to a different investing strategy Mortgage points explained (and whether they’re worth the cost) Crucial systems and processes for managing short-term rentals And So Much More! Check out more resources from this show on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BiggerPockets.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/rookie-559 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

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to another episode of Rookie Reply, where we'll be diving into the real challenges of

0:05.5

growing your real estate portfolio, starting with the burnout that can come with house hacking

0:10.4

to making smart financial decisions about mortgage points to launching a side hustle that

0:16.7

solves a common real estate problem. Today we're tackling questions that show different stages

0:21.4

of the investor journey. We've got someone who's been house hacking for four years and is wondering

0:26.2

if it's time to prioritize their own space. Plus, a detailed look at whether buying it down

0:30.9

mortgage points makes financial sense on a cash out refinance. And finally, someone who's worked in real

0:36.5

estate for a while and is looking to start a

0:38.4

side hustle.

0:39.3

So let's jump in and help our rookie investors navigate these common but super critical

0:43.4

challenges.

0:43.8

Welcome to the Real Estate Rookie Podcast.

0:51.4

I'm Ashley Care.

0:52.7

And I'm Tony J. Robinson.

0:54.3

Okay.

0:54.8

So Tony, we got our first question here, and it's from Ryan in the Bigger Pockets

0:59.8

forums.

1:00.2

And the title of this question is, is it fair to be tired of house hacking single family

1:07.2

homes?

1:08.7

I've been house hacking for almost four years in two different single family homes.

1:13.2

I've essentially been living for free or very cheap now for these years. I have definitely

1:18.7

piled up some equity in both houses and currently now rent out my first house hack to a family

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