This Is the Best Rental Property to Buy in 2025

BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

BiggerPockets

Education, Business, Investing

4.8 • 16.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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You want to invest in real estate, but don’t know which property to buy. We’re about to make it much easier. These are the two best investment properties to buy in 2025, whether you’re a beginner with little to no real estate investing experience or a veteran investor ready for something with a bit more meat on the bone. We’ll share exactly how much they cost, where to find them, and how much they could make. Let’s start with the beginners/part-time real estate investors. If you’ve got limited time in the day to dedicate to real estate, we’ve got the property for you. Dave is investing in these types of properties right now, even with his packed schedule and full-time job. These rental properties give you long-term returns with the added upside of tens, if not hundreds, of thousands in equity growth. Next, for those who are a bit more dedicated, Henry will share the investment property “formula” you can rinse and repeat to build your real estate wealth. This works even better in today’s buyer's market and, when done right, can replace a six-figure salary, if you’re willing to put in the work. These are the investment properties working in today’s market! In This Episode We Cover The “slow” BRRRR method that makes you equity rich without the stress of a quick renovation How much money you’ll need to invest in either of these solid real estate deals Where to find properties like this (cheaper than the average home price!) How to replace a six-figure salary with Henry’s house flipping “formula” Funding a home renovation when you don’t have the cash (best options) And So Much More! Check out more resources from this show on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BiggerPockets.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-1167 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 best rental property to buy in 2025.
0:04.4	Today, we're going to give you our real picks and our actual numbers for the deal that will work,
0:10.3	even with prices and interest rates where they are today.
0:13.7	If you're too stressed about all the different ways to get started investing in real estate,
0:17.7	we're making it easy for you.
0:19.6	Just buy this type of property. We're going to
0:22.0	share with you today.
0:27.9	Hey, everyone. I'm Dave Meyer, a housing analyst, a rental property investor, and the head of
0:32.8	real estate investing at Bigger Pockets. We've also got Henry Washington with me on the show today.
0:39.0	Henry, good to see you, man. Hey, thanks for having me, man.
0:41.6	Excited to be here with you. This is going to be a really fun show because real estate has
0:46.3	this sort of tradeoff, right? Like one of the best things about it, to me at least, is how
0:50.8	customizable it can be. You could do so many different things in the world of real
0:55.8	estate investing. Most of them can produce good returns if you're good at them and it fits your
1:00.7	lifestyle. But sometimes that can also be sort of overwhelming, like the amount of choice that you
1:06.7	have. So today, what I'm hoping to do with you, Henry, is simplify it for our audience.
1:12.1	Given everything that you and I both know about the market or experience, investing in different
1:16.5	types of properties, which are the right deals to buy today that are going to be low risk,
1:24.0	high upside? I'm excited to see how this episode does because this is like the question
1:29.8	people ask. It's always like, hey, what exactly should I go to? And I'm like, I don't know you
1:36.1	where you. I don't know anything about you. And they're like, how should I invest? So here,
1:39.9	we're going to tell you exactly what you should go by. Exactly. We've sort of avoided doing this show because, to Henry's point, there is no one-size-fits-all
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