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Would you buy a rental property that loses money every month? What if, in a few years, that one property could make you hundreds of thousands of dollars? Would the negative cash flow be worth the massive appreciation upside? Today, we’re answering that exact question from an investor who could be sitting on a wealth-building opportunity but doesn’t know what decision to make. Should he buy the "bleeding" property at a steep discount or give up this needle in the housing market haystack to avoid a cash flow trap? Let’s find out! We’re back on Seeing Greene as David and Rob, your go-to real estate investing experts, answer questions directly from BiggerPockets Real Estate listeners like you! First, an investor has a rare opportunity to buy “Grandma’s house” with over $200K+ in potential equity upside. The problem? It will LOSE $800/month! Next, a new property manager wants to know how to raise rents on a twenty-year tenant. Do you pay capital gains on the profit of your home sale or the entire amount? We’ll show you how to know how much you owe. Then, an investor debates selling his C-class cash-flowing properties in exchange for appreciating assets, and we explain the “sneaky rental” tactic that’ll take you to ten rental properties in no time! Want to ask David a question? If so, submit your question here so David can answer it on the next episode of Seeing Greene. Hop on the BiggerPockets forums and ask other investors their take, or follow David on Instagram to see when he’s going live so you can jump on a live Q&A and get your question answered on the spot!  In This Episode We Cover Negative cash flow and one of the ONLY times it makes sense to buy a “bleeding” rental How to raise rents (the right way) on a long-term tenant  Capital gains tax explained and how much YOU could owe on your next home sale Whether to trade cash flow for appreciation and selling your rentals that don’t have room to grow  The “sneaky” rental tactic that allows you to scale a real estate portfolio FAST  And So Much More! (00:00) Intro (01:23) Losing $800/Month to Make $200K? (11:59) Raising Rents On 20-Year Tenant (21:28) Comment Section & Capital Gains 101 (25:47) Trade Cash Flow Portfolio for Appreciation? (33:05) The "Sneaky Rental" Tactic (38:20) Ask Us Your Question! Check out more resources from this show on BiggerPockets.com and  https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-949 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s time for some more listener questions and this week we’ve got some good’uns lined up for you! 

Kicking us off this week we’ve got a cracking question from Sian in Wiltshire. 

Sian is a fairly new investor and her first tenant’s tenancy is coming to an end. What she’d like to know is how does she go about introducing an annual increase in their rent? 

Is there a bog-standard calculation she should be using? Should she base it on inflation? Or are there other things she should be considering? 

Her tenant is a good tenant, so she doesn’t want to rock the boat, but she also doesn’t want to cut herself short and miss out on market value rent. 

What advice have Rob & Rob got to help her out? 

Next up we’ve got a question from a mystery caller. This listener didn’t leave his name, but that won’t stop us from answering this corker of a question! 

He’s currently considering purchasing a flat in a tower block (all cash) and he wants to hear what Rob & Rob think about this? 

With the ongoing cladding situation, lenders are still cautious to lend on tower blocks, but as he’s going to be buying in all cash, so he could secure himself a little discount. 

Do Rob & Rob see tower blocks changing any time soon and how do they think they will appreciate in the future? 

Tune in to find out. 

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