Have you considered other creative financing options instead of tapping into your home equity?

Hello BP Community,I have  been a BP lurker for many years and after falling out of love with retail real estate- I am oh so READY to get into investing (my first true love).

The changes apparently haven't come into effect yet and as we have an election this year, who knows what will happen. 

It helps readers a lot by providing context, and those of us who have some time in the market can look back into our histories and give you some advice. 

would this be a good strategy to grow your portfolio with a little down and force appreciation into the building and pull out?

House hacking is by far the best strategy for people to get into our market.

The list goes on with the negotiations, and saying that you'll work with the agent in a dual agency role to get them to throw their commission into play for the seller to reduce from 1M to $975,000 is not that great when you can work with an agent that can get you a house for $925K and $20K back at closing while you are paying them $25K (typically not though).5.

Just digging in to this forum and learning a lot. 

While I’m not a U.S. resident, I’m super excited to dive into the world of real estate investing in the U.S.

For example, I would recommend touching base with local landlords in the market you're wanting to do section 8 investing in to get a feel for how the local section 8 office handles landlord/office relationships.