I had been researching and studying for a few years before finally pulling the trigger but definitely a good decision. 

Now its just a matter of getting the courage to pull the trigger and to start looking for a place.

@Jacob Rothfield@Seth TeelI have not heard of this being pulled off successfully.

Most of these search companies all pull info from the same 2 or 3 databases. 

I’ve been talking to them and looking at pulling the trigger this year- but would definitely pause to hear your story!

I pulled a giant HELOC to pay off the first and used the rest to buy another property. 

I believe you can even pull the FHA Duplex Loan limit to turn a Single Family Home into a Duplex.My gut tells me this is a very powerful tool that I haven't cracked the code on fully, just yet. 

But the reason I go to the expense is actually to harden the rental.The shower tower covers the holes left by pulling the 3-handle valve, bypasses all the behind the wall plumbing, and if something happens down the line, a minimally-skilled handyman can turn off the water and pull the shower tower off the wall to unscrew the water leads, then replace the whole tower with another.

@Colleen FerrariThe two common choices for investing retirement funds into real estate (without paying taxes and possibly penalties on pulling funds out of the retirement account) are the self-directed IRA and the Solo 401k.

The trick was getting a really good grip on the slide's handle to pull the thing out.Then someone figured out that you could use the claw back of a regular hammer, rest it on the opposite side of the little coin's slide's push handle, and really go to town on pulling the slide out by getting a good grip on the hammer handle.