If not, I highly recommend revisiting and considering the house hacking strategy before pursuing a rental.

Exit Strategy: When do you plan to sell the property?

With your background in cyber security and experience in the stock market, you’re already bringing a strong foundation of analytical skills that will serve you well in this space.It sounds like you’ve done your research and are ready to take the next step—do you have a specific market or strategy in mind for your first real estate investment?

I have a property that doesn't align with the rest of our portfolio's strategy and we are ready to sell it.

You'll likely also reduce your cost of living by moving to a stabilized apartment.Depending on the cashflow and debt paydown, you can use this strategy until you've built enough equity to reinvest.On the other hand, getting into a multi-family after refinancing will also help you build substantial equity to rinse and repeat in the coming years.

It's been an awesome strategy for us.

I know that I want to focus on LER with the brrr strategy. now my questions are:1. where to start?

However, co-living allows you to acquire properties with as little as 0%-5% down, drastically reducing the amount of cash required.Instead of needing $100K+ to buy a rental, a co-living strategy lets you start with a fraction of the cost while achieving higher returns.3.

But that's for another discussion.So in a roundabout way I was trying to get into the LA's commission, which I know isnt a popular strategy among Realtors.Thanks again all,TC

Also know that building a home seldom goes as expected - I have relatives that just built a nicer house… they thought it would take 9 months… it literally took 18-24 months between delays in permitting and the builder just not being able to get it done in a timely manner - often due to sub-contractor issues.