I feel pretty free to tell someone when I think RE is not the greatest investment. 

Even more exciting, the total new-home sales for 2024 came in at an estimated 683,000.

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That’s great advice Taz, I’m currently working on saving enough money to get started, house hacking is hard for me at the moment because I just bought a house 2 years ago, I would have to sell my house(which is in a great neighborhood great location) and use that money to fund the duplex which isn’t totally out of the question, I would like to keep the house if possible but also would like to get real estate investing more.

total return from an RE investment includes value added, appreciation, tax benefits, equity pay down, and the cash flow. 

Feel free to reach out if you ever have any questions Best of luck on your journey!

First let me say, that I am totally impressed with how the company is run and that starts with Sharad.

thats $116,161.92 total.  

With the equity you’d free up, paying off $50k in personal debt and boosting your credit score while freeing up $3k/month sounds like it could significantly lower your stress and open doors for future projects.That said, selling means you’d lose a cash-flowing asset, even if it’s not huge.

Feel free to ask any questions here.