If your goal is higher cash flow, your equity might work harder elsewhere.

What are your specific goals with real estate investing?

Whether it’s for startup costs, equipment, or marketing, leveraging your home’s value can help bring your entrepreneurial goals to life.Bottom LineWhether you’re thinking about selling, upgrading, or simply want to understand your options, your home equity is a powerful resource.

I love that you have specific goals for 2025 - I believe if we think it, write it, say it, and share it our goals are 10x more likely to come to fruition.Are you able to do option 2 and just house hack a 2-4 unit building and use a renovation loan which allows you to put down 3.5-5%I highly suggest getting to some local chicago meetup groups (we have an in person one on the 17th)...here is BPs list: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521-real-estate-events-...I also have a full list of the chicago meetups that I can share with you too if that'd be helpful.

I will have to go over everything of what I want to do, and then have a talk with her to see if her goals align with mine.

My goal is to get a duplex or triplex.

Our goal is to identify a property and make an offer before the end of 1Q 2025.

-contacting several LP's nationally that take on large investment opportunities-posting on loopnet-sending the link to the website we built-out to all the the top real estate agents in our local market.I did not think of the Facebook group channel, so thanks for that recommendation @Ryan Arth!

Sounds like you have the motivation & ambitious but precise goals.

Would love to chat with you further about your real estate goals!