Purchase price: $270,000 Cash invested: $54,000 A multi-family upper/lower duplex in Ankeny found off-market during COVID.

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.

Purchase price: $88,000 Cash invested: $25,000 Sale price: $179,900 Found this deal from another agent who was initially going to list on the public market, but thought of me prior to doing so.

I am currently a junior business marketing major with a concentration in professional sales at Samford University.

Has anyone used the FuelPoint lead generation platform? I just sat in on a demo and am curious if anyone has experience working with them. It seems like a lot more of these lead-gen groups are popping up. 

@Lauren MerendinoI strongly believe that your chosen market should be somewhere that you can go to in person / have strong personal knowledge of / have family or a network in already.  

Buy on market, nothing wrong with that.

The rental market is a dynamic environment, and one constant is change.

Time in the market beats timing the market!

I know in residential lending you can get a HELOC to borrow a down payment to buy another property. Does this exist in the commercial realm? Current value of paid off property is roughly 350k , looking to borrow 75k-1...