We opened a HELOC on another rental property (a 4-plex) with 800k in equity.

@Costin IorgulescuInvesting an IRA in real estate is another way of growing your IRA by not just investing your IRA in equities.

I've got 40K in equity according to zillow (Which I don't trust that much...) so maybe 20K if I get screwed, but I'd rather keep it for awhile until I know how life is going to go for me. 

I have 40,000$ in equity in the rental house and the second house i am looking at is going for 224,000. my real estate agent says it can go on the market for 300,000 with the right cosmetics.

What would be the rates and the terms for a Loan from your company, given the forementioned situation ........ (  $16,000 paid in Cash by me on the Front end + $35,000 needed to do the Rehab )Property's ARV to come in , right around  $125,000 So , $75,000 in Equity  ( estimated ) 

Looking for cash-flow and hoping to maximize built-in equity.

The national association of Realtors did a study and it concluded that someone who buys a home right now will have on average of a little under 50k in equity in 5 years.

Now that I own my family home in the Bay Area with some built in equity, I’m ready to leverage that equity and my savings to get into the game.

So I essentially have about $150k in equity. 

Purchasing with a solid HML will limit your initial cash outlay, and your refinancing bank will count your new built in equity as your down payment.