Real Estate as Investment
GPF 301 · Module 2
This module examines real estate as an investment rather than just a place to live. Students learn how to analyze rental properties, house hacking, creative strategies like BRRRR, and the tradeoffs between real estate and stock market investing.
Lessons in this module
Evaluating Investment Properties
Investment properties should be evaluated with income, expenses, financing, vacancy, repairs, and cash flow. This lesson explains NOI, cap rate, cash-on-cash return, and a full rental property example.
House Hacking and Creative Strategies
House hacking uses rental income from part of a property to reduce housing costs. This lesson explains house hacking, the BRRRR strategy, risk management, financing constraints, and realistic cash-flow expectations.
Real Estate vs. the Stock Market
Real estate and stock market investing build wealth in different ways. This lesson compares returns, leverage, liquidity, diversification, taxes, effort, risk, and the myth that a primary home is always the best investment.
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