You'll find a lot of members spent a year or two immersing themselves in all things real estate while stockpiling cash, prior to actually making that first "all-in" bet, that real estate often, by it's nature, is for first-time investors.Hope that helps!

That's just the nature of a TK property though.

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Other commercial investment investment.

Purchase price: $550,000

Cash invested: $200,000

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Given your background, especially with your general contractor's license and hands-on experience with rehabs, transitioning more into real estate seems like a natural progression.Here are a few thoughts:Potential of Real Estate vs.

They are often educational in nature but also great for networking.

Naturally your relinquished property will have to sell prior to taking title to the replacement, but this would put you in a better position for a successful exchange.

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That is just human nature and I get it. 

Something like a USDA live-in flip might get you the capital to look at a 5% down multi or something of that nature.

However, like I said, if I were to actually carry out the strategy I basically "back-of-the-enveloped" this morning, I would add some ingredient involving greater effort and greater likely profit, such as short-term rentals, to guarantee positive cashflow.Let's look at the position a hypothetical investor like OP would be in if she actually bought 13 multi-family properties like the ones I described.