I'd love to move into another fixer upper for two years so we could flip tax free or live in for long enough to use our FHA loan.

I'd never touch that price. we underwrite 10% of after built value so in one of our markets in columbus that is 600k new build 40-60k on raw land

Please advise if you have a good agent to refer who specializes in multifamily.more precisely in these areas:NashvilleKnoxvilleIndianapolisCharlotteRaleighColumbusCincinnatiHi Joseph, I'd definitely recommend looking at Columbus Ohio for large multifamily and apartments!

I'd like to start in the DFW/Fort Worth markets and expand from there. 

I'd prefer to buy SFH instead of condo, but you'll need to be ready to put some sweat equity into the SFH. if I had to give you an answer today, I would advise you keep renting and put your cash into a mix of securities and bonds to compound your saving.

Funny enough, I was going to suggest you move out of SF due to the high cost ;-) I'd suggest going down the SF condo route to start as financing for commercial units is a lot more difficult than residential properties.

I'd be happy to connect to discuss the Hard Money Lender side of things.

They have been managing fine, although not too busy, I guess because of the market.

With a HELOC being around 9% I'd probably be paying more in interest than the money would make in the stock market.

I'd be heavily focused on mitigating that future tax liabilty rather than directly supplementing that income.