How to Buy a House With Little to No Money
Learn the BRRRR strategy — Buy, Renovate, Rent, Refinance, Repeat — and start building a rental portfolio in 180 days without needing big savings up front.
What you’ll learn
- Why the BRRRR Method Works: See how recycling equity lets you grow faster with less capital.
- Finding Properties: How to recognize deals and spot hidden value in distressed homes.
- Funding Your Deals: Options for using private money, hard money loans, and refinancing.
- Renovating for Profit: Keep rehab costs under control while boosting value.
- Refinancing to Grow: Pull out equity after renovations so you can buy again.
- Scaling Up: Build the right systems and team as you expand.
- Smart Decisions: Josh’s way of analyzing deals quickly and avoiding mistakes.
Most people think you need tens of thousands of dollars to start investing in real estate. The reality is very different.
That’s where the BRRRR method comes in: Buy, Renovate, Rent, Refinance, Repeat.
In this course, you’ll see how to find distressed properties, renovate them, and refinance to pull your money back out. You’ll use that same cash again on your next property instead of letting it sit locked away.
Josh Janus knows this process inside out. At 24, he had already built a $20 million real estate portfolio in just three years. Before that, he was a broke college student driving DoorDash, cold calling sellers between deliveries, and learning everything he could.
Today Josh owns more than 200 rental units. He’s also a realtor who has sold hundreds of homes, and he runs a construction company with more than 50 employees.
In this course, Josh shows you exactly how he got there. You’ll learn how to:
- Find properties with real equity
- Use other people’s money to fund deals
- Renovate properties so they produce long-term value
- Recycle equity to buy more rentals
- Put together a team that helps you grow past your first deal
You might want a handful of rentals for side income, or you may be aiming to build a business. Either way, this course gives you the tools and the process to start buying properties with only a small amount of cash.
Meet your teacher
Josh Janus
Real Estate Investor and Developer
Josh Janus is the founder of Janus Development and one of Cleveland’s fastest-growing investors. In just a few years he went from DoorDash driver to owning over 200 rental units and building a $20 million portfolio using the BRRRR method.
As a licensed realtor he has sold more than 500 homes since 2022. He also runs a construction company with over 50 employees. His story and methods have been featured on the BiggerPockets podcast and other platforms.
Josh’s long-term goal is to create affordable housing and new apartment communities in Cleveland. Inside this course, he shares the same strategies, systems, and templates he uses every day to find and fund profitable rental deals.
Welcome to the course
5 min
Meet your instructor
2 min
Understanding the buying process
1 min
Numbers example
8 min
Scope of work template
1 min
Avoiding bad deals
7 min
How to find properties
4 min
Choosing the right market
2 min
Negotiation strategies that win deals
3 min
Funding
5 min
Choosing money lenders
2 min
Refinancing 101
7 min
Partnership template
3 min
LLC ownership sheet
0 min
Portfolio template
2 min
Building a team
4 min
Finding a GC
8 min
Finding realtors
1 min
General template
0 min
Giving deals to others
1 min
Turnkey property funnel
1 min
What next
0 min
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Deals Template
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Scope of Work Template
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Partnership Template
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LLC ownership sheet
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Portfolio Template
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General Template
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