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Updated over 7 years ago,
Need Help from a Pro- Kind of Stuck in my Progress
I'll admit it. I'm kind of confused so wondering what others think I should do. Here is the situation:
- I own a 3 family in Weehawken. Worth about $825K. Mortgage of around $540K. It makes a bit of money on the rent roll but not hitting it out of the park.
- I live in a SFH- worth about $550K. Mortgage of around $350K.
- I have about $115K in cash I can use to invest.
Here is the deal. I don't know whether to buy a multifamily in Northern NJ and collect the rent, build a spec house (Tenafly/Cresskill) or buy a fixer upper and flip it. Also not sure if I should refinance my other properties to get more $$$.
I feel like spec houses you make quite a bit of profit but I have no experience in this area. I lean toward multi-family because that's what I'm used to but still my current rental isn't making a ton of cash...even though I will make money on the appreciation of the property it's a long haul.
Any ideas/guidance from the pros out there? I'm not a complete newbie but I feel kind of stuck/frozen and I would like to scale my real estate holding to make some real $$$.