It's a valuable repair and boosts your ARV which is everything when doing a BRRRR. 

.- Someone talked about crime and hard tenants (who don't pay - usually inherited ones)- not many economic opportunities to attract pool of people and boost area etcI'm looking at houses on both sides (Canada and USA) US, they are cheaper like 731 Pine Ave, Niagara FAlls NY 14301 going for $270,000 (5/2, 2700sq ft) but on Can side, it's like houses are in the US$400K - smaller sq ft.

What's left after all that is your cash flow.Collecting cash flow to spend is an amateur play.

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Second to cash in the bank is HELOC cash because you can use it however you want (you just have to see it already in an account).

I'd also suggest self-managing your first property to maximize cash flow and learn by doing for any future investments.

@Vinny MuliIf you have equity built up, can you do a cash out refi?

And if your investor friend’s private loan helps fill in any gaps, it might be worth considering that short-term pain for long-term stability.What do you think you’d focus on first... paying off that line of credit as fast as possible or jumpstarting the renovation to boost cash flow right away? 

Do you guys use hard money lender for a rehab or use your own cash?   

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