Melissa Nash: Passive Rental Investor | Helping W-2 Professionals Buy Out-of-State
Jul 21, 2026 · 10 min · 9 segments
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Now, here is the myth, and what happens? Now, somebody starts looking for their first rental property, and without even realizing it, they are shopping for themselves.
A three-bedroom, maybe a fourth, a two-bathroom, nice neighborhood, I want grass, maybe a garage, maybe a big fenced-in backyard.
Basically, they're picturing the house that they would personally want to live in.
Now, I've had clients that tell me, "Melissa, I don't want a two-bedroom, one-bath.
That feels too small." And I always ask, "Small for who? You're not living there." Think about who's actually renting.
Maybe it's a single person, a retired couple, someone who just got divorced, two friends splitting an expense, a young couple just getting started.
Why would they want this big, giant house that costs a lot and they have to clean? Now, housing is a necessity, and necessities come in all different sizes.
There is a housing shortage in this country right now across almost every price point, including smaller homes.
So when investors automatically skip over the smaller houses because they don't feel impressive, they're skipping over a huge part of the renter pool, and that's where things start to get interesting because it's not that these houses have demand.
Now, a lot of investors are chasing the same property, even people who are buying a house to live in for themselves, a three-bedroom, a two-bath, because along the way, somebody decided that is what investors are supposed to buy, which means that cute little two-bedroom house down the street, nobody even looks at it.
And honestly, I love that because [laughs] that is where some great opportunities can be found.
So when you have a turnover, when the tenant moves out, nobody really thinks about this part until you [laughs] actually own a rental.
But when a tenant moves out, guess who pays to repaint? Maybe there are some repairs.
Now, here is the myth, and what happens? Now, somebody starts looking for their first rental property, and without even realizing it, they are shopping for themselves.
A three-bedroom, maybe a fourth, a two-bathroom, nice neighborhood, I want grass, maybe a garage, maybe a big fenced-in backyard.
Basically, they're picturing the house that they would personally want to live in.
Now, I've had clients that tell me, "Melissa, I don't want a two-bedroom, one-bath.
That feels too small." And I always ask, "Small for who? You're not living there." Think about who's actually renting.
Maybe it's a single person, a retired couple, someone who just got divorced, two friends splitting an expense, a young couple just getting started.
Why would they want this big, giant house that costs a lot and they have to clean? Now, housing is a necessity, and necessities come in all different sizes.
There is a housing shortage in this country right now across almost every price point, including smaller homes.
So when investors automatically skip over the smaller houses because they don't feel impressive, they're skipping over a huge part of the renter pool, and that's where things start to get interesting because it's not that these houses have demand.
Now, a lot of investors are chasing the same property, even people who are buying a house to live in for themselves, a three-bedroom, a two-bath, because along the way, somebody decided that is what investors are supposed to buy, which means that cute little two-bedroom house down the street, nobody even looks at it.
And honestly, I love that because [laughs] that is where some great opportunities can be found.
So when you have a turnover, when the tenant moves out, nobody really thinks about this part until you [laughs] actually own a rental.
But when a tenant moves out, guess who pays to repaint? Maybe there are some repairs.
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