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Colton Duke
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Hello! Been listening to BP for awhile, and the gears are really turning at this point. 

Background: 28, engaged, $150kish in joint gross income, and bought a home 3 years ago utilizing Indiana's down payment assistance program. That lien falls off tomorrow. 

Owe roughly 188k on the house (3br, 2ba 1600 sq ft .86 acres brick ranch non hoa neighborhood 3.5% rate $1350 a month payment including mortgage, taxes, pmi, ins, etc.)

I really want to purchase our first investment property, but not sure what to do. I like the idea of a flip using hard money and a private investor which i could find relatively easy, or on the other side buying a single family property in the area and renting out the current home which i think could cash flow $600ish a month.

The issue is not knowing the best route to go to get the funding on the single family purchase. Cash out refi could give us $60kish i think for a down payment, but that would essentially make our cash flow on the current home go to zero, or possibly even the red. Is it a necessary evil to refi into a higher interest rate to get cash and be able to utilize an fha on a new property? 

Also, ALL liquid cash is tied into a wedding rn, so the refi could also give us a decent emergency fund regardless of the higher monthly payment, which would not be a big financial burden to us. 


All advice is much appreciated!

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Nicholas L.
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Nicholas L.
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@Colton Duke
"a flip using hard money and a private investor which i could find relatively easy"

whatever you do, flipping is tough right now and i would strongly recommend against borrowing 100% of the costs, which is what i think you're proposing here

good luck

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