How to Find Your Next Rental Property in DFW (Free Tools)

0:00If you own a few rentals, or you're buying your first one, you don't need an expensive investor tool. Most of what you're about to see is free.

0:08The best rentals to buy are usually already rentals, owned by a landlord who's tired. The free lists get you close. Non-owner-occupied homes. Absentee owners. Owners who've held fifteen years or more. On Pro, add the rental property filter, homes with a lease history, and you've got the tired landlord list.

0:29Before you fall for a house, ask one thing. What will it rent for? Put in the address and see nearby rents. What's for rent now, and what actually leased.

0:42Then the rental calculator. Free, no sign-in. Price, rent, taxes, insurance, your loan. It shows your monthly cash flow, and the return on the cash you put in. And it tells you plainly when the numbers don't work. Planning to fix it and refinance? The BRRRR calculator does the same, through the refinance.

1:03Found one? Sign in, free, and you'll see the owner's name and where they get their mail.

1:09Send one postcard. I'd like to buy your house. A dollar forty-nine. Or skip-trace them for twenty cents, and call. No subscription needed. You pay as you go.

1:20That's the small landlord playbook. Find the tired owner. Check the rent. Run the numbers. Reach out. Start with the free calculator, on a house you're already watching.