In this episode, Travis and his producer dig into a deceptively simple question: is owning rental properties actually worth the headache? They cover single family vs. multifamily, house hacking, and Travis’s own real estate regrets to help listeners decide whether rentals fit their wealth-building plan.​

On this episode we talk about:

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  Why Travis still believes single-family rentals are worth it—especially for beginners—despite the horror stories and extra management work

  
  


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  The difference between buying a simple single-family home and taking on a multifamily deal that behaves more like running a small hotel than owning a house

  
  


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  How incentives shape advice: why many multifamily syndicators are financially motivated to downplay single-family investing

  
  


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  House hacking strategies for young investors (owner-occupied FHA loans, duplexes/4-plexes, living in one unit, and letting tenants cover your mortgage)

  
  


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  Hard-earned lessons from Travis’s past sales—how selling too soon and thinking short term cost him six figures in long-term equity and cash flow

  
  

Top 3 Takeaways

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   Single-family rentals and small multifamily properties are still powerful wealth-building tools, but you need to treat them like a real business with real risk—not like an HGTV side project.

   
   


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   “Don’t wait to buy real estate; buy real estate and wait” holds up over time—if someone else is covering your mortgage, holding long term usually beats trying to time the market.

   
   


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   The best move for young, unencumbered investors is often house hacking: live cheaply (or free), let tenants pay down your loan, and stack properties instead of selling them at the first sign of short-term profit.

   
   

Notable Quotes

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  “Buying a multifamily deal is more similar to buying a hotel than buying a house that just cash flows passively on the side.”

  
  


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  “You can’t plan your life around being the exception; plan around the rule that real estate rewards patience.”

  
  


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  “Don’t wait to buy real estate—buy real estate and wait.”

  
  

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