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Strategies where your money works while someone else operates the deal.
Hotel investing means owning lodging properties that rent rooms to guests on a nightly basis, generating revenue through room rates, occupancy, and ancillary services.
26 threadsA self-directed IRA is a retirement account, held by a specialized custodian, that permits investment in alternative assets including real estate, rather than the stocks, bonds, and funds typical custodians allow.
30 threadsCorporate housing means providing fully furnished, move-in-ready rental properties to business clients, relocating employees, traveling professionals, and companies needing temporary housing for staff.
29 threadsMixed-use investing means owning properties that combine multiple uses, commonly ground-floor retail with residential apartments above, sometimes incorporating office space, in a single building or development.
26 threadsHouse hacking means buying a property, living in part of it, and renting out the rest so that tenants cover most or all of the housing cost.
35 threadsA triple-net lease, or NNN, is a structure in which the tenant pays the three major property costs, property taxes, insurance, and maintenance, on top of base rent, leaving the owner with a nearly hands-off, bond-like income stream.
22 threadsA real estate investment trust is a company that owns or finances income-producing real estate, and publicly traded REITs trade on stock exchanges like any equity.
27 threadsSmall multifamily investing covers properties with two to four units, duplexes, triplexes, and fourplexes, that collect multiple rents from a single building.
40 threadsThis entry treats the BRRRR method, buy, rehab, rent, refinance, repeat, from the passive portfolio-builder's perspective: an investor using the strategy primarily to accumulate long-term rental holdings and recycle capital, rather than as an active rehab operation.
29 threadsReal estate crowdfunding pools money from many investors, through online platforms, to fund specific real estate projects, from single-family flips to large multifamily and commercial developments.
31 threadsThis entry treats Opportunity Zone investing from the passive investor's seat: an individual with capital gains who reinvests them into a qualified opportunity fund managed by someone else, gaining the program's tax benefits without developing or operating property directly.
27 threadsPrivate, or non-traded, REITs are real estate investment trusts whose shares do not trade on public exchanges.
33 threadsShort-term rental investing means renting property to guests for brief stays, nights or days, typically through platforms like Airbnb and Vrbo, at rates far above what a long-term tenant would pay.
31 threadsReal estate syndication pools capital from multiple investors to acquire a property too large for any one of them individually, with a sponsor (the general partner) managing every aspect, acquisition, financing, operations, and eventual sale, while passive investors (limited partners) contribute...
28 threadsMobile home park investing means owning the land and infrastructure of a manufactured-housing community while residents typically own their individual homes and rent the lot beneath them.
38 threadsThe live-in-then-rent strategy uses owner-occupant financing to acquire a property as a primary residence, live in it for the required period, then move out and convert it to a rental rather than selling.
30 threadsThe subdivide-and-sell strategy involves buying a larger parcel of land, dividing it into smaller lots through the legal subdivision process, and selling those lots individually for more in aggregate than the whole cost.
33 threadsSubject-to financing means acquiring a property while leaving the seller's existing mortgage in place: the deed transfers to the buyer, but the original loan stays in the seller's name, and the buyer takes over making the payments.
38 threadsMedical office investing means owning buildings leased to healthcare providers, physician practices, outpatient clinics, diagnostic centers, and similar tenants.
25 threadsOffice investing means owning office buildings and leasing space to business tenants for rental income.
32 threadsA lease option, or rent-to-own, combines a rental agreement with the right (but not the obligation) to purchase the property later at a predetermined price.
31 threadsAgricultural and timberland investing means owning productive rural land, cropland, pasture, or commercial forest, for the income it generates and the appreciation of the underlying land.
18 threadsRural land flipping means acquiring rural or recreational land at a discount, typically from motivated or absentee owners, and reselling it for a profit, frequently by offering buyers seller-financed terms.
34 threadsIndustrial investing means owning warehouse, distribution, logistics, and light-manufacturing property and leasing it to business tenants.
24 threadsSection 8 investing means renting property to tenants who hold federal Housing Choice Vouchers, with a substantial portion of the rent paid directly by the government to the landlord.
32 threadsRV park and campground investing means owning properties that rent sites to recreational-vehicle travelers and campers, generating revenue from nightly, weekly, or seasonal site rentals plus amenities and services.
28 threadsMid-term rental investing fills the gap between short-term and long-term: furnished properties rented for stays of roughly 30 to 90 days, serving traveling professionals, relocating families, traveling nurses, insurance-displaced residents, and others needing temporary furnished housing.
22 threadsMedium multifamily covers properties of roughly five to twenty units, the first tier that crosses from residential into commercial classification.
23 threadsLarge multifamily investing covers apartment complexes of twenty units and up, the institutional end of rental housing.
25 threadsAn accessory dwelling unit is a secondary, self-contained living unit on the same lot as a primary home, a detached backyard cottage, a converted garage, a basement apartment, or an attached in-law suite.
35 threadsSingle-family rental investing means buying a standalone house and renting it to a tenant for monthly income, with the prospect of long-term appreciation.
30 threadsA boarding house is a property operated to rent individual rooms to multiple long-term residents, typically with shared common facilities and sometimes including services such as meals or cleaning.
28 threadsThis entry covers productive land whose value derives from what grows on it: timberland (commercial forest harvested for wood products), vineyards (grapes for wine), and orchards (tree and vine crops like almonds, citrus, and apples).
29 threadsSelf-storage investing means owning facilities that rent storage units, monthly, to individuals and businesses needing space for belongings, inventory, or equipment.
24 threadsData center investing means owning the specialized facilities that house computing and networking infrastructure, the physical backbone of the digital economy, leased to technology companies, cloud providers, and enterprises.
27 threadsAssisted living investing means owning properties that provide housing combined with personal-care services for seniors who need help with daily activities but do not require full nursing care.
28 threadsRetail investing covers ownership of retail property, from neighborhood and grocery-anchored shopping centers to single-tenant net-lease buildings occupied by national chains.
17 threadsCo-living and room-rental investing means renting individual bedrooms within a property rather than leasing the whole unit to one tenant or household.
39 threadsLand banking means buying raw, undeveloped land and holding it, often for years, in anticipation of appreciation as development and population growth reach it.
33 threadsA wraparound mortgage, or wrap, is a form of seller financing in which the seller's existing mortgage stays in place while the seller creates a new, larger mortgage for the buyer that wraps around the old one.
24 threadsStudent housing investing means owning residential property purpose-built or adapted for college and university students, typically leased by the bed under annual or academic-year terms.
23 threadsSenior housing in the independent-living sense means age-restricted residential communities, often 55-plus, serving active older adults who can live independently but want the lifestyle, amenities, maintenance-free living, and community that purpose-built senior communities provide.
25 threadsParking investing means owning parking facilities, surface lots or structured garages, that generate revenue from drivers paying to park, whether hourly, daily, or via monthly contracts.
25 threadsSeller financing, also called owner financing, is when the property owner acts as the lender: instead of the buyer borrowing from a bank, they make payments directly to the seller over time under agreed terms.
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