Hi,I am an investor in single family homes and am interested to use my equity in them to start investing in multi unit shopping center retail.

@Quan Pham have you investigated at all the potential increases in property taxes and home insurance (need to have landlord policy) and included them in your cashflow calcluations?

Find Brandon's videos on YouTube for the "four square" method of analyzing homes and practice.

They’re requesting what feels like an unreasonable amount of information, and the demands keep escalating.So far, they’ve asked for:A video tour of my home officeCredit checks on me and my partnerCopies of the deeds for every property we ownA copy of my partner’s home lease and utility billsBusiness phone billsA signed letter from the bank verifying our accountsBank statementsHonestly, it feels more like qualifying for a loan than trying to become a customer.

I currently have sold a few residential homes in my time as a realtor, but I'm more-so looking to become an active real estate investor and agent.

Congrats on closing on your home and having equity right away—that’s a solid start!

The good news is you don't need a specialty loan for a house hack, just a traditional primary home loan.

Quote from @Nicholas Dillon: Hello All,I have around $200k in equity in my primary home.  

I'm most interested in Single-Family or Multi-Family Homes with the intention of having Mid or Long-Term rentals (although I am not opposed to Short-Term either).

From there, I would start to run numbers on those deals in that area/streets, and then start to connect with local agents/PMs to get an even better feel for pricing on homes along with rents for them.