if you want to buy a vacation house for your family, and you can afford it, and you'll occasionally rent it out - that's great, it's just not an investment. 

So back to being a real estate investor: the only way to be one is to buy a property and create value out of it, whether through finding a below market value house and selling for a profit, or renting and creating cash flow.  

I have been analyzing fix and flip opportunities in NYC and CT as my next venture. 

Investment Info:Single-family residence fix & flip investment in Kenmare.

I recently purchased a second foreclosure property, another condo on the east side, and am looking forward to flipping this one. 

On the flip side, the margins aren’t quite as high as with rehab projects.

Purchase price: $69,000 Cash invested: $35,000 Sale price: $120,000 Summer 2018, I flipped this 1925 Polytech bungalow.

Personally, If I could pull out a HELOC, I would use it to fix and flip which will typically make sense as you shouldnt be keeping the money out for that long and you can recycle it or pay it back and build off the capital that you got from. the flip.

I’ve heard of a few different options but would love to hear your experiences, especially if you've used gap funding on flips, new construction, or commercial projects.

You can look into the fix and flip route.