#462: Is This Rental Actually a Good Deal? (Most Investors Get This Wrong!)

⭐ Join Rental Property Mastery, my community of rental investors on their way to financial freedom: http://coachcarson.com/rpm   🎙️ Episode #462 – Think a rental is a winner because it "feels" right? Most investors get this part wrong. Coach Carson breaks down the quick, napkin-math framework that reveals whether a property actually cash-flows, builds equity, and deserves your time.     🔗 Coach's Free Cheat Sheet: https://www.coachcarson.com/cheatsheet   ▶️ Next Episodes: How to Analyze a Duplex Rental Property (Real Life Example) https://youtu.be/MPbuwBH_ZDo   This is my Ideal Rental Property (size, materials used, buy box): https://youtu.be/r5C_Lvw5aWw   📄 Show Notes: https://www.coachcarson.com/runthenumbers/   🎬 Timestamps: (00:00) - Is this rental actually a good deal? (00:20) - Back of the envelope analysis (01:43) - Why own rentals: freedom and wealth (03:00) - How does your rental property actually make money? (06:50) - Rent-to-price ratio and the 1% rule (10:01) - Analyze with NO debt (14:23) - Unleveraged yield and cap rate (17:07) - What is a good unleveraged yield? (21:43) - Analysis with debt (29:57) - Cash-on-cash return (33:45) - Equity growth (36:22) - How to grow your equity (40:35) - Passive appreciation and loan paydown (42:14) - How to practice on your own (45:06) - How to analyze a duplex rental property (real life example)   ____________________________________________________________________     💵 Need Investor-Friendly Financing? This is who I trust → https://www.coachcarson.com/bryan 🏠 TurboTenant – Streamline Your Property Management for Free: https://www.coachcarson.com/turbotenant 📱 DealMachine – Software to help you buy more real estate deals: https://www.coachcarson.com/dealmachine-pod