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Henry Wedgeworth
  • New to Real Estate
  • NW Indiana
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New Investor, looking for guidance?

Henry Wedgeworth
  • New to Real Estate
  • NW Indiana
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Hello, if its not painfully obvious, this is my first post here.  

So, my wife and I are in the process of clearing our plate of a small amount of consumer debt and a few other non essential expenses before we start to move into acquiring our first property. This will take approximately 12-18 months, if we're being realistic. My question is, we have approx. 80K equity in our primary home at the moment. But...It definitely needs updating. Current value is estimated at around 220k. It needs new windows, siding and the kitchen needs a complete rehab. I don't have access to MLS but some very similar (fully updated) houses in our area have sold for 280-300 recently. We eventually plan on renting this property out when we move in 5 years or so. Also, with our new budget, my wife's new job and some of the debt we've gotten off our plate, we'll be able to set aside approx 15k a year starting in 2021. We're both in our early 40's.


Do we A.) Just take the current equity we have and use that to invest in our first BRRRR property ASAP?

or

B.)  Update the kitchen and windows in the spring so we actually get to enjoy it for awhile, pay off the loan we used to update ASAP and get a higher amount of equity available for our first property, which would delay us another 18 mos. to 2 yrs?   

Or is there another option I'm possibly ignorant of?   

I appreciate any help you all can offer.  Thanks!

-Henry

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