In my experience, you can build capital much quicker in the wholesaling world than with rentals or other strategies in real estate, BUT, if you are starting your business it takes a lot of work to get going.

I’ve decided I want to start out with small multi family properties and use either a buy and hold strategy or the BRRRR strategy, depending on the time investments.I love engineering, I’ve been working as a full time engineer for 8 months now about.

However it did lead me to deeply studying REI as a strategy.

We teach our clients in the STR game to use those strategies and the results are impressive.  

I've heard a lot about working with local banks.Does my strategy make sense?

House hacking is indeed a smart strategy to lower your living expenses and start building your real estate portfolio.

One key thing to note is your exit strategy - specifically, how do you plan on paying back the HELOC?

D) which of these two strategies would have the better resale potential?

Both strategies work as long as the numbers make sense.

What strategies have you found most effective for building a solid buyers list from scratch?