@Lindsay Davis"$150,000 can buy you a tenant-ready 3 bed, 2 bath single-family home in a B-grade neighborhood.

It’s a Single family home purchased for $250K with land value at $12K.

What we really need is a single internet "bad tenant" list to warn each other.

I won't be investing in the riskiest/most supportable asset subclasses such as hotels, and tilt my portfolio the ones that have historically been more stable such as multifamily and single-family housing.

Even with $50-100k, you can start small (like single-families or 2-unit properties) and recycle your money to keep growing.

Thus, I think that we could see national rents rising in the high single digits, or possibly surging as much as 10% in 2026 vs 2025, with some markets seeing rents rise even faster than that - Austin, TX regaining much of the lost growth in 2024 and 2025, for example.

I have some great examples in my book, including my father-in-law who lost tens of thousands from a single mother that he tried to help.Stay at market rates.

Part of this is regulations in my city, but after having done it this way, I wouldn't ever want to do it with a single family home.

The ability to turn single-family lots into duplexes or even split lots for separate units can significantly boost rental income and property value.

Quote from @Ryan Duphorn: I'm currently house hacking a single family home that has a 572 sqft detached garage in the backyard.