To help bridge the gap add value by educating your investor database 1st.

It is a nice, quiet neighborhood with good schools right across the bridge (about a mile away) from downtown New Brunswick which is a city home to Rutgers, RWJ Hospital, Johnson & Johnson, NJ Transit train to NYC and a lot of development going on including a brand new theater and a huge development project at the train station which will include shopping, food and apartments.

I can tell you now some of the larger wholesalers in DFW burn bridges as fast as they build them.

Hey, I’m a Realtor in Staten Island- there’s plenty of multi family homes near the bridge (on the SI side) that could work for a house hack and don’t cost an arm and a leg.

Another option would be to take $250k of equity from 1 or both properties or get a bridge loan (?)

My first purchase was 6 units which I put in cash and then worked to refinance, but most banks I talked to wanted a year of seasoning...there are different banks/bridge loans I could have investigated to change that, but what I'm getting at is make sure you have a solid plan for financing/re-financing in place so you don't hose yourself with a bank saying we'll only refi on LTC not LTV.And like @EdwardLiu said, never believe the seller.Cheers,Brian

I will be BRRRRing this deal and am looking for a bridge loan with a maximum term of 36 months.I have a Private Money Lender ready and willing to front the 25% DP ($80k).

Although, the standard of renovation all across the board has improved substantially in the last few years across all surviving turnkey companies I think.You went with Bridge Turnkey right?

@Axel Ragnarsson..Manchester was on my radar, but north of Bridge St.Yup,thats it !

I do agree that my priorities were wrong but at this point that is water under the bridge.