More doors means less vacancies and it might motivate you to save up and buy a new SFR when you are ready to settle down.

When you charge under market rent, the IRS deems that you do not have a profit motive and, therefore, disallows all rental expenses. 

If you have any tips, resources, or advice for someone just starting out, I’d greatly appreciate your insights.Some specific things I’m working on right now:Building a strong buyers list.Identifying motivated sellers and honing my outreach.Learning the ins and outs of structuring win-win deals.I’m open to partnering, collaborating, or just grabbing coffee to exchange ideas.

If the sell is motivated enough, then the wholesaler has all the value in the world.

Multiple people had some bad things to say about the area, but when I moved and realized that it was a low income area with a lot of homeowners, I was motivated to improve the property to match the effort my neighbors have put in. 

These people have been labeled as "motivated sellers."

Seeing their success is a powerful motivator—and it’s giving me unique insights into what’s working (and what’s not) in this field.If you’re sleeping on industrial real estate in smaller markets like Rochester, you’re missing out.

If the answer is yes, then it's a no brainer to make minimum payments on your 2.8% interest rate mortgage, and use the funds that you would have paid extra to pay it down faster, to either invest in more real estate, the market, or anywhere else where you can get a ROI > 2.8%.If the answer is no, then feel free to aggressively pay it down as fast as possible, to become debt-free faster, and just have a large amount of money in savings or to splurge with.The bottom line is that your 2.8% mortgage is GOOD debt.

If you have extra cash at the end of the month, then do double up payments on the mortgages so the principle is reduced and this will increase your heloc room.

But it fits with the current portfolio I hold in that town and doesn't take much extra work for the returns I get.