Purchase price: $839,000 Cash invested: $83,900Bought an up/down duplex 4 blocks south of Sloan Lake.

With substantial equity in your Fort Worth rental, a cash-out refinance could free up funds to purchase additional properties.

@Brandon Stelling As a military veteran with 100% VA disability benefits, you can leverage VA home loans to purchase properties with no down payment, no PMI, and favorable terms, including multi-family properties for house hacking. 

We also have a very strong rental market, and that too has high demand from investors wanting to purchase. 

Purchase price: $75,000 Cash invested: $10,000 Sale price: $120,000 This is a 2 bedroom 1 bathroom single family detached house is South Georgia.

A home equity loan seems like a possible way to expand my portfolio, would consider buying a multifamily and renting out our current home to live in one of the units and purchase it as a primary home (assuming its 4 units or less), but being in the Santa Cruz CA area, I am afraid I'll need to look outside of CA for any deal that makes sense, and can't afford to lose my great job (can't work remotely).  

Is this purchase on the MLS or through a turnkey company? 

My plan is to set up a syndication fund with Canadian (and U.S) investors to purchase short-term rental properties in the Puerto Vallarta and Rivera Nayarit area (which is booming).

Since you purchased your primary recently and in Houston, I personally am bearish on your appreciation potential.

I look to achieve the 1% rule when purchasing although in the current market it’s not a guarantee of cash flow.