Your top-notch experiences and resume will provide you with a strong foundation in real estate investing. 

With $4+ million in equity, you could conservatively leverage your replacement property(ies) and generate strong passive cash flow from high quality NNN assets.

In 2023, we sold it for $245,000, achieving a strong return and leveraging the experience to fuel future projects.

Unlikely.The backup plan is to have a strong lease.

Research landlord-friendly states with lower property prices and strong rental demand, like Texas or the Midwest.

Negotiating seller concessions, networking with local investors, and learning property management skills have been key to finding deals with strong long-term potential.Good luck!

Really about growing a strong portfolio of solid deals.Now that being said, if you are a high income earner, well qualified, and can't find reasonably good deals: (i) you can connect with a well connected real estate agent for off-market deals; (ii) you might do a very narrow cost-effective cold call or letter writing.

If you have strong income and savings then you can argue you'd be OK  but I would just use those savings as the down payment not the HELOC

Strong performance so far.

In 2016, we returned to KC and purchased our primary home in Liberty using a Doctor’s loan.In 2020, we developed a strong interest in real estate investing.