@Keaton VolsTo expand your real estate portfolio and achieve financial growth, consider refinancing your property, saving for a down payment, implementing house hacking, partnering, exploring markets, building a network, educating yourself, diversifying into alternative investments, maximizing tax benefits, and maintaining an emergency fund.

Alternatively, I could liquidate stocks to pay off the property but I'd be subject to capital gain taxes and obviously not leveraging.

However, there may be alternative tax strategies out there that are more applicable to your current situation or property.

I wanted to ask the the group if anyone has used alternate means of raising capital, strictly to buy another piece of investment property.I am new to the group and looking forward to any dialogue. 

Will you be using the BP calculators (or alternative) to determine "pure" cash flow so you find a deal that really works.

While I am aware that an SBA loan is an option, I am considering alternatives as we have not yet filed our 2023 taxes and may not do so before applying for this loan.

- Current income- Hope of price appreciation- Vacation home to go to- Future retirement home- Store of value/hedge against inflation- Generational gift to the family- Alternative to traditional retirement investmentsI'll go first. 

It wasn't enough for me to know a lot; I had to show off my skills and become the expert on passive income and alternative investing.To do this, I used a number of strategies that helped me build my image.

I'd encourage you to try to find the unassuming guy that drives an old truck/car, buys his clothes at Costco, and never brags about how many properties he owns.I'm just a small time landlord but I'd be happy to help if you think that I can be a resource.

One alternative for larger and longer term equity liens are DSCR cash out refinances.