Additionally, not all transaction types support Locations, meaning you'll have to create journal entries to correct them—requiring a solid understanding of debits and credits, which can be time-consuming and error-prone.Instead, I recommend biting the bullet and upgrading to QuickBooks Online Plus for each entity.

Of course you can never have control of the money and you must have your QI in parcel before your sale completes. . 

I would rather do this and retain my money then give it to the bank as interest. 

Joint ventures entail utilizing your own money to buy properties with others.

Did you close this with a hard money loan?

If you can get a better primary residential HELOC rate than you can a hard money bridge loan I would say yes.

It is a complimentary strategy to pull some of your money back and hedge your bet. 

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.

LLCs tend to be beneficial for financing options if using hard money as it can be required depending on the program.

I have the money to buy now but I would rather do creative financing and use as little money as possible out of my own pocket. looking to start with BRRR method but maybe should start with a wholesale first to fund that?