#450: The 16 Best Strategies for Real Estate Investors
#450: The 16 Best Strategies for Real Estate Investors  
Podcast: Real Estate Investing with Coach Carson
Published On: Mon Oct 06 2025
Description: ⭐ Join Rental Property Mastery, my community of rental investors on their way to financial freedom: http://coachcarson.com/rpm   🏫 The 16 Best Strategies Cheatsheet: https://coachcarson.com/strategies   🎙️ Episode #450 – With so many real estate strategies, it's easy to feel overwhelmed. Coach breaks them into 3 clear stages: starter, builder, and harvester, so you can pick the path that fits your personal goals.    ▶️ Next Episode:  How to Become Financially Free with 5 Small & Simple Rentals Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/357-how-to-become-financially-free-with-5-small-simple/id1448707654?i=1000665864424 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/336CUBMafiXziE1NfdMh8O?si=y3acMi79R7OxlOcBZaUrOA   📄 Show Notes: https://www.coachcarson.com/best-real-estate-investing-strategies/   🎬 Topics Covered: (0:00) - 16 REI Strategies Simplified (2:50) - 3 Stages of a real estate investor (3:22) - Strategy #1 - Live in, Then Rent (5:02) - Strategy #2 - Househacking (7:35) - Strategy #3 - Live in, Then Flip (9:02) - Get your FREE cheat sheet (9:19) - Strategy #4 - Turnkey Buy & Hold (11:20) - Strategy #5 - Wholesaling (13:34) - Strategy #6 - Fixer Upper Rental (16:51) - Strategy #7 - Fix & Flip (19:23) - Strategy #8 - Short-term Rentals (22:33) - Strategy #9 - Midterm Rentals (24:27) - Strategy #10 - Rent by the Room (27:35) - Strategy #11 - Section 8 Rent   (29:30) - Strategy #12 - Small Land Development  (32:01) - Get your FREE cheat sheet (32:42) - Strategy #13 - The "Trade up" strategy  (36:04) - Strategy #14 - Private lending & notes (39:05) - Strategy #15 - Pay off rental property debt  (42:15) - Strategy #16 - Be a limited partner  (44:39) - 3 Easy Steps to find clarity (47:27) - 5 Small & Simple Rental Properties ____________________________________________________________________ ⚒️ Get my FREE Real Estate Investor Toolkit: https://www.coachcarson.com/toolkit-pod 🖥️ Learn with Coach (Courses, Books & more): https://www.CoachCarson.com 👋 Connect with Me: 📸 https://www.instagram.com/coachchadcarson  👍 https://www.facebook.com/coachchadcarson  🐦 https://twitter.com/CoachChadCarson 💵 Need Investor-Friendly Financing? This is who I trust → https://www.coachcarson.com/bryan 💰 DealMachine – Software to help you buy more real estate deals: https://www.coachcarson.com/dealmachine