Originally posted by @Ryan Chatman:@Luke Carl lol@Aaron Kerzner yes there are plenty of agents that can help you find these properties.

@Kar SunThere’s nothing wrong with you judging a book by it’s cover, that is your choice.

I am not sure how I feel about the various ADU rules (or SB9) (I have mixed feelings - I like them as an RE investor and hate them as it takes choice away for lower density areas), but if I was a law maker I would explicitly state a penalty for a jurisdiction collecting fees against the bill's direction. 

- Also, good choice in degrees - something practical.Talk to us a little more about the job you are looking for and why? 

My problem is too many choices! 

There are outs at many different points in the process.But in Fort Hood, for instance, my first choice would be an existing fourplex. 

@Ryan Blackstone thanks that’s super helpful!

All great advice but until you start to really understand and choose a strategy of choice that works for you, we really can't help much but give general advice. 

If it's not a good investment property the numbers will tell you.Jaron,We brought the present home in 2012 as our first home.Its a new construction.I did run the numbers on the existing home.As I mentioned we paid 212k in 2012.Took an FHA and refinanced to conventional a few yrs later.(3.5% for 30 yrs Balance on mortgage 160k).Mortgage runs to 1200/month.Our property can be rented out as is for 2000/month.Its a 4 bed 3 bath and rents in our community start with 2000 range for our sq footage.I want to pay off this house asap in next 5-6 yrs and free up money to invest in another house.The houses in our community are in 450k+ range.Hubby is preapproved is not the reason for another house.The other house is right opposite to our community  and is a 5 min walk from our house.So its not a big move.Except that I want to move closer to our kids friends.Our lender metioned Heloc maybe a good choice for further investments.I want to explore Home Equity Loan route to be safer.I am still a layman in Heloc route and dont want to burn fingers.Any advice.P.S.What is COC? 

-You could purchase another property and use your 25-30k combined with private/hard money to take it down.The choice is yours, stay hungry!