Investors buying land to HOLD for either speculation or future development can just wait until the wholesaler’s contract with the seller expires and eliminate the wholesaler “markup”.  

but you will have appreciation and equity paydown, but so would any property you buy with financing.  

My understanding is Heloc since its a line of credit can be drawn anytime so say you buy the property with and the ac goes on a heloc you could use that to pay for it where the home equity has a period/ gives all the cash upfront.

It's also how I find deals to buy as an investor as well.

You didn't buy the house to preserve it, but for it to produce income.

I know a few investors in college towns who make a killing from buying homes, renovating, then renting out to multiple students per each room.

.- Women are buying more homes.

BiggerPockets also has a calculator to analyze deals, and I highly recommend you start this as soon as possible, even if you are not ready to buy.

The biggest question you need to ask yourself is if you are doing this to afford a property you otherwise couldn’t afford or to save money period, that will lead to very different conclusions about where/if to buy. 

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