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Find the financial guidance you need.

In-depth guides, examples and tools to help you make better financial decisions in your short-term or long-term rental business.

Browse by financial discipline

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Every guide falls into one of six core financial disciplines, so you can quickly find what you need.

  1. Deal Analysis

    Whether a property will earn enough, worked out before you buy.

  2. Financing

    How to borrow, how much, and when not to.

  3. Entity Structure

    How to hold a property, and what each structure protects.

  4. Bookkeeping & Reporting

    Books that hold up for taxes, lenders and your own decisions.

  5. Tax Strategy

    What the tax rules allow, and what it takes to rely on them.

  6. Wealth & Exit

    What your equity is earning, and what an exit costs.

The Profitable Real Estate Operator, by Builders Finance

A letter for people who run property as a business. One idea at a time on the financial side of ownership — what changed, what it means, and what an operator should do about it. Written for short-term and long-term rental owners alike.

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