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New to real estate and looking to go all in
Hello everyone my name is George. I am a RN living in the central Florida area. I just started listening to the BiggerPockets podcast and want to start my real estate career. I have a wife and 2 children and want to provide a better life for them. Here is what I was thinking. I want have about 150k in equity in my home and would like to use it to purchase my first property.
Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you all, I am looking forward to starting this journey towards financial freedom!
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HI George, there's no better way to stary your real estate journey then doing house hack where the government incentives us to put min down payment 0%-5% down depending on the loan program. It allows first time homebuyers to reserve their cash reserves and not needing to put all their savings away into one asset class. I started my house hacking journey last year and would like to connect if you got any questions.