We weren't super happy with anything we were seeing on the market, so my husband and I had just started writing letters and looking off-market... until we saw this property.It'd been sitting on the market for months.

Take time to learn through military-focused resources like Military House Hacking or Active Duty Passive Income, and connect with other military investors online or on base.

I've got about $525K in equity in the property, but lenders have told me that I cannot get a HELOC to access that equity for additional purchases because the duplex was financed as an investment - they have said TX law dictates that HELOC can only be used on primary residences.

Buying a portfolio without experience just throws you in the deep end without the ability to learn and develop these things. 2.

Quote from @Jinxiang Xu: New to being a landlord, and already forked out $20k for foundation repair on this rental house.

Here's link: https://rent.app/landlordAppears they are a type of payday advance lender for rent payments.Seeing more & more of this on banks statements for rental applciations, so predicting we'll all be accepting rent from them eventually for Class C & D tenants that can't seem to get out of their paycheck-to-paycheck cycles.

Hi everyone, heres my BRRRR situationpurchase price 520,000rehab 25,000Appraised at 600,000Rents are now at 1950, 1850 and 1600 totaling 5400My question is can i get a DSCR to take out all 545,000 as the rent roll to to a mortgage for that amount would ratio out to around 1.4 but....obviously appraisal is not high enough for 80/20Any info on this or suggestions would be great.

Please get some help with this. 

Now do i think human activities can have impact on this, 100%.

If it’s a good deal based on the comps, and in a good location, then I’d look into a conventional loan and maybe putting a little more down so that it cash flows.