In a Tough Housing Market, These Low-Risk Strategies Are the Way to Go

When real estate investing seems tougher than ever, and the traditional BRRRR method of recycling cash to accrue fixer-upper rentals is like walking a financial tightrope with no safety net, sometimes the easiest methods for investing are hiding in plain sight. If you want a tried-and-trusted method that allows you to keep investing, two no-brainer strategies immediately come to mind. House Hacking House hacking is a hedge against leveraging because it accomplishes two objectives at once: getting your rental income to offset your highest monthly cost, housing expenses, as well as giving you a place to live. “The biggest lever you can pull, bar none” Cody Berman, who wrote the book Retire by 30, is a firm proponent of using house hacking to start your real estate investment career. He told Business Insider: “I think house hacking is probably, on the expense front, the biggest lever you can pull bar none. One-third of the average American’s paycheck goes into housing. If you can eliminate that or vastly reduce it—or, even better, if you can turn your housing into an income—all of a sudden, you gain a third or more of your monthly expenses back to invest in other things and build your...