The Easiest Way to Find Profitable Rental Properties

BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

BiggerPockets

Education, Business, Investing

4.8 • 16.5K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

This is how to find investment properties that make real money in 2025. No “off-market” deals, no mailing letters, no cold calling—we’ll walk you through how to find profitable, on-market rental properties that anyone can spot in any market across the country. Plus, how to separate “upside” potential from money pits that aren’t worth the price. Dave has been buying rentals for 15 years, and he’s showing you his exact method. If you’re used to browsing listing sites like Zillow, Realtor, or Redfin, prepare to get your mind blown. We just released a brand new tool, BiggerDeals (100% free, by the way), that allows you to quickly search on-market properties and instantly get their cash flow, cash-on-cash return, cap rate, and rent-to-value ratios. This trims down your search time for properties by a massive margin. Now that you’ve used BiggerDeals to find your next potential rental, Dave will show you how to run the numbers in-depth to ensure you’re buying a deal, not a dud. If the numbers work, and it fits your buy box, it’s time to make an offer! The deal-finding and analysis can all be done in minutes, which means you’re WAY closer to your first (or next) rental property than you thought! In This Episode We Cover How to find profitable rental properties in any market in just minutes with BiggerDeals Why you DON’T need to find “off-market deals” to invest in real estate The “funnel” approach to finding rentals and how to trim down your search time by 90%+ Using the rental property calculator to easily run your numbers How to estimate variable expenses on your next investment property The one thing you should always do before you offer on a property And So Much More! Check out more resources from this show on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BiggerPockets.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-1121 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 the easiest way to find a rental property that will make you money in 2025.
0:05.6	So I know you're probably out there ready to buy an investment property and start your journey
0:10.6	towards financial freedom. But the question then becomes how do you find the rental properties
0:15.6	in your area that will generate cash flow now and provide appreciation and upside over time.
0:22.0	In this episode, I'm going to break down how to separate the profitable properties
0:26.1	from the potential money pits in just a few easy steps.
0:30.2	Follow this blueprint and you'll be ready to start making offers in just a few days.
0:39.3	Hey, everyone, I'm Dave Meyer.
0:41.2	I've been buying rental properties for 15 years now, and I am the head of real estate
0:45.9	investing at Bigger Pockets.
0:47.9	If you've spent any time browsing listings, looking on Redfin or Zillow or trying
0:53.3	to calculate expenses and rental income
0:55.6	on a spreadsheet, you know the process of trying to find a rental property can be difficult
1:00.4	and somewhat time-consuming.
1:02.3	But the good thing is that it doesn't actually have to be.
1:06.1	And today, I'm going to share the exact steps that I personally use almost every day, to narrow
1:11.8	down the best properties for sale and the markets where I invest, to analyze those properties
1:16.3	to accurately predict things like rental income, expenses, cash flow, and all the other
1:20.5	key metrics.
1:22.1	And I'll show you a new free tool from Bigger Pockets just released to make this entire
1:27.0	process way, way easier,
1:29.0	even for new investors. Okay, so how to find a rental property right now? Let's jump right
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