Acquisition Financing
Property & Rehab
$
$
$
%
Refinance
%
%
Rent & Operating Costs
$
$
$
%
Cash Left in Deal
$0
Full recycle — infinite CoC
Acquisition
All-in cost
Cash invested
Refinance
New loan (ARV × LTV)
Cash back at refi
Monthly P&I
Post-refi Rental
Gross rent
Expenses + P&I
Cash flow / mo
DSCR
Cap rate (ARV)
Cash-on-Cash ROI
How BRRRR works

Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat

BRRRR is a rental strategy built around recycling your capital. You buy a distressed property with cash or short-term financing, rehab it, rent it out, then refinance into a long-term mortgage. If the cash-out refi returns all your invested capital, you've built a rental with $0 left in the deal — which means an infinite cash-on-cash return.

New loan = ARV × Refi LTV
Cash left in deal = All-in cost − New loan
1

Buy below ARV

Distressed, off-market, or aggressively priced. Your spread at purchase is what makes BRRRR work — you can't refinance out of a bad buy.

2

Rehab to force equity

Your rehab should raise appraised value enough that 75% of the new ARV covers your total all-in cost. Model conservatively.

3

Season, refi, repeat

Most lenders require 3–6 months of seasoning before a cash-out refi. Once funded, the capital you pulled out is your next deal's down payment.

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