Starting off in a small town

[Ben Skaggs]

So my wife and I are ready to make the jump. We've been approved for a heloc. Here's the big hang up for me.

We have 45 to use. We're living paycheck to paycheck. I'm somewhat self employed truck driver. Time is limited to what I can put into any repairs. But I rebuilt our current house from the studs.

What's the most efficient way to scale? Cheap houses, paying others to do work? Try and do everything ourselves?

What would you do? What did you do? Our goal is to replace my trucking pay so I can do full time REI. We would need around 2500 a month to do that.

Thanks for your input!