Real Estate Rookie

How to Use Home Equity to Buy Your Next Rental Property (3 Ways) (Rookie Reply)

Apr 3, 2026
They explore using home equity to buy more rental properties and three distinct ways to tap that equity. HELOCs, cash-out refinances, and selling are compared without diving into numbers. They debate self-managing versus hiring property managers and share tips for remote maintenance and useful landlord software.
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ADVICE

Use HELOCs As Short Term Bridge Loans

  • Use a HELOC for short-term funding and have a clear repayment plan.
  • Ashley used HELOCs to finance purchases/rehabs then refinance within a year to pay them off.
ANECDOTE

Hosts Share How They Actually Use HELOCs

  • Ashley and Tony share personal HELOC habits: they use lines for short-term rehab or purchase funding.
  • Ashley pays down HELOC within a year by refinancing; Tony was shopping HELOCs and warned about future amortization shifts.
ADVICE

Stress Test HELOCs For Rising Rates

  • Model HELOC interest-rate risk before borrowing and stress-test rent vs. higher payments.
  • Tony recommends sizing payments assuming rates rise 2% so you can still afford both mortgage and HELOC costs.
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