How to Turn One Property Into Five Without Winning the Lottery

November 17, 2025•1 min read

You don't need to be rich to build a real estate portfolio.

You don't need perfect credit or a huge inheritance or to win the lottery.

You just need to understand leverage and have the patience to let it work. I'm going to show you exactly how to turn one property into five using strategies that actually work in the real world. This isn't theory. This is what successful investors do every day.

If you bought your house a few years ago, you've likely built equity through principal paydown and appreciation. That equity is just sitting there. Put it to work.

You can access that equity through a cash out refinance or home equity line of credit. The BRRRR strategy stands for Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat. This is how you rapidly build a portfolio by recycling your capital.

House hacking is buying a small multifamily property, living in one unit, and renting out the others. It's one of the easiest ways to get started in real estate investing.

Turning one property into five doesn't require winning the lottery or inheriting money. It requires using leverage intelligently, being patient, and consistently executing proven strategies.

Ready to buy your first investment property or leverage the one you have into more?

Head to my website and let's run the numbers.

Nicole M Gordon

I’m a cofounder and the VP of Systems and Strategy at IGTMS, and unofficially the VP of “Figure It the F Out.” I’m a wife, a mom of three daughters, and an operator at heart. I’ve spent nearly two decades inside real businesses helping turn vision into structure, clarity into systems, and growth into something that actually holds up. I’ve helped build and scale a company to eight-figure revenue and led it through a seven-figure exit. That experience shaped how I think about alignment, execution, and what breaks when growth gets ahead of clarity. Outside of work, you’ll find me lifting heavy weights, prioritizing health and wellness, traveling whenever possible, and designing a life that supports both ambition and presence. I write about money, discipline, family, and execution for founders building real lives.

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