As to the comment about the brokers not responding and failing to underwrite the deal properly with specifics about financial health of the property, that’s just laziness and incompetence.

Big thing holding me back is getting over hurdle of health insurance for my family as well as 401k.

Hey guys I currently have a duplex that I am living in. My fiancée purchased one a mile down the road and I am thinking of renting mine out and living with her. I’ve got a 3.75% interest rate on an FHA mortgage with a...

I'd highly recommend you listed to the current Bigger Pockets podcast, episode 276, as they discuss just this dilemma. 

Assisted living is very expensive, and many people stay at home where they can have home health nurses come by to administer any medically needed treatments, making it more affordable.

They decided that they needed to move closer to family as one of them started to have health problems.

HSAs, on the other hand, require only a high-deductible health care plan where the deductible is high enough to qualify the plan for an HSA.

We would like to use the HELOC becuase all-cash offers are king in our market and we also realize that few if any banks and sellers are willing to work through the FHA 203K loan process (which would be necessary to fund the improvements on the sorts of BRRRRs which we are pursuing).Our dilemma is whether or not to max out the HELOC (ie: to take either the 80% option or the 90% option).

Rents on the 2 units in the residential units would be increased in the next year, as they are at least $100 below market.My dilemma is that improvement of a roof does not add major value, and given this is considerable cost, I am not sure if it’s still a good deal.

The building inspector shows up and has now placed a Stop Work Order on my front door.In addition, she apparently also called the Board of Health and they came to inspect the property.