I would have expected most of the growing pains to be sorted by now. 

Since I don't have a W2 anymore, I can't qualify for any sort of equity loan on my current home so I don't see my home's equity as a means to do anything unless I sell.  

Nobody likes them, but tbh when something like that happens I sort of smile!

He gave the WORST advice on here, clearly had no idea what he was talking about then would say stuff like "Your agent is not on your team, just connect with people doing deals.

If you have limited funds, how are you going to flip the worst properties out there that cost the most and are the hardest to flip.I know social media makes it looks like no-money and low-money down investing is feasible, but probably 95 percent of the deals that are done like that are done by people with money because it's the leverage money gives them to make a deal like that to the benefit of the seller.Don't rush to get a third property that needs work on your ledger when your funds are already limited.

Go buy the worst house in a great A neighborhood that you can ADU or fix up.  

The ARV supports the juice, but I think either my "perfect world" has to be compromised, or a HELOC of some sort- if I can. 

This would be our second duplex house hack, and while it's been a great investment, the neighbor our current duplex is located in is not the worst, but not the greatest either, especially when it comes to school district.

Verifying last 2 years of rental history and income extremely important to find the “best of the worst”.Make sure you understand the Class of properties you are looking at and the corresponding results to expect.The City of Detroit has 183 Neighborhoods we’ve analyzed.PM us if you’d like to discuss this logical approach in greater detail!

This is a combination of the all time worst rent to purchase cost ratio and interest rates that are near the high for this century.