Use tools like the VA loan for house hacking and your Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) to cover living costs while building equity.

Common problem, no easy answer:(We try to allow our owner clients to arrange their own maintenance, but have learned the hard way there MUST be limitations:1) They can't hire our people!

FHA loans can be a good option here, allowing you to put down a lower down payment.## NetworkingNetworking is key in real estate investing.

Starting sooner rather than later allows you to benefit from long-term appreciation, build equity, and gain hands-on experience, even with a smaller property.

It's bad, very bad, math.If you buy a property with all cash for $200k, and that allows you to have PCF of $1000/month, that means it will take you 200 months before you break even. 

New inventory and relisting rates have actually declined month over month which is allowing to pricing to remain elevated.

If you want to defer taxes, a 1031 exchange allows reinvestment into another investment property, but the replacement property must be held for investment purposes.

Certain areas are not allowing them.  

However if you had done a warranty deed (or a special warranty deed if you still have a mortgage on it) instead, your LLC has a claim against you for the issue on the title, and you in turn can go back to your initial title insurance to fix it.Some title insurance will allow to transfer the coverage to an LLC that you own 100%, but not all of them do or they may require an additional fee.

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