Leverage your existing equity to invest in smaller properties, such as a mixed-use or retail space, to gain experience and cash flow.

But 2025 offers other opportunities that did not exist 10 or even 5 years ago - think AI and online businesses.

Check with an architect first to be sure you can fit your vision into the existing lot, as it's zoned currently.

If you can't find existing meetups, create your own by organizing casual gatherings for like-minded investors.

They could work with an existing lender, do some marketing to help broker, get a cut and make FARRRR more $ with zero risk vs this EMD lending. 

Think of the California DMV..Defaults and Foreclosures : Not yet on the radar for most, is that the existing liabilities and mortgages need to be satisfied…either by insurance pay outs or other means.

The strip of land is utterly worthless to anyone but him but he's happy to pay $450k to resolve everything without the courts input.I retain 100% of my building, 99.999% of my land, and 100% of my existing mortgage. 

Find out through asking the right questions what will help solve any existing problems, that will give the seller a nice monthly Passive Income Stream, etc. 4.

This is virtually non-existent with SFH's but is commonplace with 2+ units.

Buy an existing house to live in and add an ADU in the back.