Right, @Karla Garcia but the trick in rehabbing is that you may think you know what needs to be done and how much it's going to cost until you start the process and then you knock down a wall and realize the whole house needs to be gutted!

We've been going to duplex open houses in Cleveland & Akron and a few showings with our agent who has more experience in the Akron area, to learn about neighborhoods, price, quality, etc.

The $7.36 I inherited didn't go very far.

This route also provides access to capital to fund some larger purchases in the next 5 years (roof, HVAC, siding, windows on rental property and last projects on primary residence) in the form of a HELOC if we were to go the route of a first lien HELOC/All In One mortgage.

All good reading and listening, education is best and if you want to learn you have to ingest as much information as possible.I read many books that helped me, but my go-to is listeining to at least 2hrs of podcast with real examples per day.One very important things that "want-to-be" fails is to understand that real estate has many different specialities, so you have to focus your time in your real project.

I was playing with the idea of selling my condo, taking 300k of the equity to put a down payment towards a house listed at 660k.I'm assuming the reno will run $300/sqft and going in with the assumption that phase 1 will run 750k (figure the expansion of the house will have to wait) for the gut reno.I assume/hope (but definitely not banking on) that I will be able to refi in 2-3 years at a lower interest rate; if not for a lower rate.This will likely be a family home for the next 5-10 years at LEAST so investment value isn't quite at top of mind ATM.Questions:Even if it's not for lower interest rate, do you feel it's advisable to refi to remove the 203 loan in the future?

You're always going to wish you started earlier, so it's best to start today!

You can go through the link below to file a BOI.

Sounds a lot like this that I hear from dead beats all the time “ I was going to pay you but now that you demanded payment I’m insulted and not going to pay”.  

I'd love to get more conversation going about the new MA ADU law going into effect Feb. 2nd.