I was looking for a property this summer but the time horizon was too short and had to resort to leasing for my final year of school.

With interest rates inching upward, and experts expecting further rate increases on the horizon, motivated buyers are hoping to lock in their home purchases to take advantage of what are still historically low rates.

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Hi @Sean Conklin, generally sounds like the right idea to redeploy that idle equity if you have the time horizon (ie not retiring right now) and can handle the new financials after refi, heloc, etc.

2) What is the time horizon in which you want to achieve absolute financial freedom (being able to live off your passive income)?

My advice would be to hold off on a refinance unless a new purchase is right on the horizon.

Donr know anything about investing in larger things than 1-4 or commercial financing or anything-- But looking to expand my horizons and looking for like minded folks preferably locals but  obviously not necessarily.

Not likely, but its Possible if the price was right and there was serious appreciation on the horizon.

The bigger threat on the horizon from that is less about whether your house was a bad investment (inflation will assuredly make it a good investment from a leverage perspective) and more about how miserable you and your tenants will be when you can't buy anything because supply is diminished and inflation is spiraling out of control.

With the government warning consumers that inflation is on the horizon, many real estate investors are wondering what that means for their business and assets.