Your current single-family property has a $1,000 monthly out-of-pocket expense—consider selling and using a 1031 exchange to acquire a multifamily property with better cash flow.

My immediate goal is to acquire our first property and spend the next two years mastering the basics of real estate investment. ( Refining the Go and No property search criteria/ Learning the value of taxes and avoiding them as much as possible/ 1031 exchanges) Depending on my wife’s career orders, we may remain in Baltimore for 1-2 years, but I’m also exploring opportunities in West Texas, Sierra Vista, AZ, and Houston, TX.

Alimentation Couche-Tard, the parent company of Circle K, has made an unsolicited offer to acquire Seven & I Holdings, the owner of 7-Eleven.

To achieve this, I’m planning to scale rapidly by performing a couple of syndications to acquire a larger portfolio.I currently have a portfolio of 17 properties, but to justify labor costs and create a sustainable structure, I need to expand quickly.

Below is something we have in the works:-Looking at a property that is 3beds 1 bath-ARV once complete is at 250K-Repair costs = $40K-Working on acquiring it for $125K maxThanks for the input!

You also need a good source to acquire the properties at a discount. 

A buyer needed, I heard through the grapevine, $100M of liquid capital to acquire them for very darned little.

Asa result, we are seeking alternative methods for acquiring off-marketproperties.While we havedeveloped a robust system for identifying and pre-qualifying potential landparcels, one of the major hurdles we face is reaching the property owners.

Our only notable closing cost on the sale was an attorney fee of about $5k.Long story short, if you’re a real estate investor interested in another asset class, perhaps consider acquiring a small business like a laundromat.

It's impossible to answer your question without knowing how much you have to spend to acquire the house.