I would say for most people, the 1st position heloc is no a good bet, especially if you have a 1st mortgage rate of less than 5%.Using this strategy with a 2nd position heloc can be just as powerful, so you can have your cake and eat it too!

Hopefully, based on actual field measurements, past project data, and estimating software, your contractor can develop a detailed estimate that lays out the cost of labor and all materials for each phase of the project.

Between my dad and I that is $1.6 mil in entitlement (minus my current house) for 2025.Has anyone gotten more than 1 VA loan in the same year or come up against problems with this strategy?

I am planning to self manage as well and since there aren't many managers in my area I will likely employ a similar strategy once I decide to outsource the management.

What I see a lot of people do is overthink it and then either stop in their tracks, or wait for years to get started due to the overwhelming data that they get on what they want to do.

They've recently introduced a program called "pre REO" which gives them a strategy to help pull investment capital from these assets which are waiting for foreclosure and exit so that they can recover some of the investment capital from the assets to meet redemption and capitalization requirements for the fund.

I think it does a good job of introducing different strategies and lingo of investing in a  digestible way and allows someone to find what they may find interesting and then learn more about that.

Include an exit strategy, tax planning, and insurance to protect both parties.

Most times landlords don't have data or cannot adequately factor in vacancy time or turnover rate.

House hacking a quadplex in Orange County is ambitious but doable with patience and the right strategy.