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Updated over 4 years ago on . Most recent reply

Just bought a duplex, next move?
I just put 20% down and closed on a duplex last week. The plan was to rebuild my savings and buy a single family home in 3 to 5 years, and have our main unit in the duplex cover the mortgage of the future SFH. Than buy a triple or quad after.
Which would make it a 5-7 year plan.
This is slower than I’d like. Since I already have 20% down, should I thunk about take a home equity loan and keep my out for the triple to quad now?
Also, I just have the one unit. Should I make a separate account or just deposit the monthly rent to my bank account but separate the finances in the book keeping portion?
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@Cameron Tope Thanks for the reply.
The reason I put 20% down is that I wanted to be in control of my own destiny per se. The last time I tried to buy a property about 2 years ago the financing fell through bc the fha guidelines were too strict. And I didn't want to pay PMI.
Also my housing market is super competitive. There’s very little inventory in Massachusetts and a lot of buyers. I had to beat out 14 other bids, and decided a conventional loan was the way to go.
Will look into opening another account! Thanks.