Fourplex rents: $3,450/month on Section 8
Three two-bedroom units rent at $900 each and one one-bedroom rents at $850, all on Section 8, producing $3,450/month on a $245,000 fourplex.
Snapshot · BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast
I Bought 15 Rental Units While Making $15/Hour Putting Up Fences
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Jun 22, 2026
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Renovating the Duplex and the Appraisal Disappointment
At 10:20 · chapter starts 9:00
Six months after closing, Britton convinced his bank to roll $30,000 in construction funding into the duplex deal, inspired by Kiyosaki and McElroy's BiggerPockets episodes about forced appreciation. The renovation was thorough: new roof, mini splits for heating and cooling, LVP floors throughout, and a full bathroom overhaul that replaced a decorative clawfoot tub with a practical shower combo. Rents rose to $1,800/month — a solid result — but the appraisal returned at exactly $100,000, the same figure as his total investment, yielding zero refinanceable equity. His monthly expenses (mortgage $697, insurance $100, taxes $100, reserves $300) still left him $500–$600 positive each month, so the deal wasn't a loss. But the appraisal ceiling was a painful introduction to the limits of value-add investing in lower-cost rural markets.
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