This approach aligns with my preference for immediate equity and the potential to replicate this strategy with a second property by year's end.House Hack a New Construction Duplex: I've spotted a duplex priced at $405k that's appealing for a live-in investment.

I prefer houses that have anything but wood siding.

Here's why.People are drawn to our area due to the absence of natural disasters, low property taxes, home prices close to the national median, and a thriving tech and research hub, coupled with the life sciences sector.Considering the ongoing influx of people and the likely rate adjustments announced by the Fed for later in this year, we anticipate prices actually  rising as buyers enter the market.

I prefer refinance to sell as why would you kill the goose that lays the golden eggs?

I have a couple properties that I don't use a property management company for.

Many sellers also prefer conventional offers as opposed to FHA due to the less strict guidelines when it comes to FHA offers.

So hearing everyone talking about doing cash out refi's to buy more property I did but it came back to bite me in the butt.I bought a rental house back in 2012 and naturally values went up so after a couple years I did a cash out refi and used the gain for the down payment on another rental property. 

But remember, there are more costs like closing fees (2-5% of the property price), money for renovations (depends on the property's condition), and holding costs (covering a couple of months' expenses during renovations and finding tenants).

I tried reducing the rent by $25 a couple of weeks ago but I still don't have a tenant.

I prefer to develop and build within 30 miles of an urban core so we have the highest amount of equity and rents possible.