The key to building a rental empire with buy and hold is OPM.

I have a low comfort zone for debt so starting a real estate empire the brrrr way probably isnt realistic for me. 

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I have about $60k in equity right now, and my simple plan was to just steadily pay this property down before selling it using a 1031 exchange to move into a bigger property in a dozen years or so(I'm not trying to build an empire, just pretty casually live-in renting/house hacking my way to retirement and don't think I would ever want more than 3 properties).

You guys have a solid foundation and it seems like you're well on your way to building an empire. 

I can give you a Quit Claim deed to the Empire State Building but if I have no ownership you aren't getting anything.

I won't be in a position to even refinance my current home until sometime next year, and then I can begin the process of building the rental empire one brick at a time. 

Perhaps it’s a different club but try the inland empire real estate investment club.

@Antoine Martel yes I'm looking to fix and flip near Riverside, Corona, Moreno Valley, Beaumont, Banning, Cherry Valley, Oak Glen, Redlands, San Bernardino..........anywhere in the Inland Empire really.

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