Regular Investor Makes $1.5M by Recognizing This Rare “Upside” on Her Rental

Imagine making $1,500,000 on one regular real estate deal. We’re not talking about a huge apartment complex or commercial real estate investment. $1,500,000 on a single-family home purchase. How is that even possible? Dina Onur is more than a million dollars richer after spotting one rare real estate investing “upside” at the closing table. And the best part? She’s just a regular, everyday investor. Dina runs her own home healthcare business and is a mom of three, but she decided, “I’m not busy enough; let’s start buying (and renovating) rentals!” So, that’s exactly what she did. Her clients routinely had houses to sell, so instead of passing them along to real estate agents she knew, Dina made the jump, buying a triplex to test her hand at rental property investing. She did a BIG renovation but created some serious sweat equity as a result. The next rental? Double the size—a six-unit investment property. But, none of these compare to the one deal that is making her over a million dollars. This was such a rare find that Dina was offered hundreds of thousands of dollars over the asking price to sell it to other investors. She refused, and if you can find a property like hers, you too could make a seven-figure profit on your next real estate deal.

Episode 1081 of the BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast podcast, hosted by BiggerPockets, titled "Regular Investor Makes $1.5M by Recognizing This Rare “Upside” on Her Rental" was published on February 10, 2025 and runs 31 minutes.

February 10, 2025 ·31m · BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

Summary

Imagine making $1,500,000 on one regular real estate deal. We’re not talking about a huge apartment complex or commercial real estate investment. $1,500,000 on a single-family home purchase. How is that even possible? Dina Onur is more than a million dollars richer after spotting one rare real estate investing “upside” at the closing table. And the best part? She’s just a regular, everyday investor. Dina runs her own home healthcare business and is a mom of three, but she decided, “I’m not busy enough; let’s start buying (and renovating) rentals!” So, that’s exactly what she did. Her clients routinely had houses to sell, so instead of passing them along to real estate agents she knew, Dina made the jump, buying a triplex to test her hand at rental property investing. She did a BIG renovation but created some serious sweat equity as a result. The next rental? Double the size—a six-unit investment property. But, none of these compare to the one deal that is making her over a million dollars. This was such a rare find that Dina was offered hundreds of thousands of dollars over the asking price to sell it to other investors. She refused, and if you can find a property like hers, you too could make a seven-figure profit on your next real estate deal. In This Episode We Cover: How Dina made $1,500,000 on a real estate deal everyone else overlooked Pulling yourself up from bankruptcy to rebuild your financial life The one reason you ALWAYS check the zoning of a property before you buy Why Dina refuses to invest in single-family homes and sees them as too risky Using a HELOC (home equity line of credit) to fund your home renovations  Financing new construction and a sneaky way to get around the massive down payment And So Much More! Links from the Show Join BiggerPockets for FREE Let Us Know What You Thought of the Show! Ask Your Question on the BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets YouTube Invest in High-ROI Turnkey Rentals with Rent to Retirement or Txt REI to 33777 Save $100 on Real Estate’s Biggest Event of the Year, BPCon2025 Buy the BRRRR Book, “Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat” Find Investor-Friendly Lenders 10 Hidden Ways to Buy Properties with Huge “Upside” Connect with Dina Connect with Dave   (00:00) Intro (00:55) Young Business Owner to Bankruptcy (02:17) Accidentally Finding Real Estate (06:41) Finding Her First Deal (09:29) Huge Renovations, But BIG Rewards (17:12) Tearing Down Her House for This? (20:12) Making $1.5M on One DEAL!? (26:19) What's Next? Check out more resources from this show on BiggerPockets.com and https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-1081 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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