The cash flow now is good enough for me to retire.  

Purchase price: $245,000 Cash invested: $80,000 I served as the buyer's agent acquiring this property.

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What's the difference between co living and shared housing?

congrats on the first duplex. easiest will be house hack your next property. you can go higher in units up to 4 but just need to occupy the property. lets connect if you need guidance, i house hacked a few times

The market is going to go up in the next 5 years.

I agree with the others.

Thanks in advance,RookieOf the areas you mentioned, Id put Germantown at the top of the list.

We are at the feasibility stage and need help determining the best way forward for the land we have in Maricopa, Arizona.

The answer is that if the lender that's doing the hard money loan is only funding the purchase and not the rehab, they then have less oversight of the project since they're not doing the draws, and thus not seeing the progress of the project and having control of the funds or draws from the rehab to make sure the project is progressing.