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Updated over 6 years ago on . Most recent reply

HELOC on primary residence for buying rentals - why not?
Hey BP,
My wife and I just bought our first three units earlier this year (turnkey). We have quickly realized why the BRRR strategy is awesome for being able to scale faster.
It will be some time before we have enough cash to buy a property in cash and fund rehab costs.
However, with the renovations we did on our primary residence and the increases in the market, we could probably access around $100k of equity thru a HELOC.
I understand the risk of having the HELOC maxed out when the market starts to decline, but what about just using it as supplemental funds for acquisition/ rehabs and then paying it mostly down after refinancing the properties..any negatives?