Christian OsgoodCEO, Multifamily Strategy · CEO at Multifamily Strategy

.This is one of the strategies that I use to get ahead with my real estate 🗣️#realestateinvesting

11 Feb 2025 · 1 min

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In this video, Christian Osgood warns viewers against relying on the BRRRR (Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat) strategy for real‑estate investing, labeling it as excessively slow because it limits investors to one property at a time. He proposes an alternative mindset centered on “deal, debt, equity,” urging investors to identify opportunities, secure optimal financing, ensure positive cash flow, and then repeatedly acquire more properties. By treating each acquisition as a cash‑flow‑driven transaction rather than a capital‑recycling loop, Osgood claims investors can rapidly scale their rental portfolios, potentially owning hundreds of units while competitors are still completing a handful.

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Don't fall for this real estate investing trap. They call it the BRRRR method: buy, rehab, rent, refinance, repeat. It's essentially a way to recycle the capital. You buy a deal, you fix it up, increase the value, pull the money back out, spend it again. Problem: this method is insanely slow. You can do one property at a time. You buy one, recycle, buy one, recycle, pull the money out. While it works, you should be looking at it as deal, debt, equity. Find an opportunity, find the best way to take it out, make sure it cash flows, buy again and again and again. Every time you close on a building, your cash flow goes up. I will have hundreds of rentals by the time you have 4. Under the bourbon.