Focus on positive cash flow, high-quality neighborhoods, and properties you can effectively manage given your current situation and experience level.

I currently house hack a duplex in Bergen County and am wondering if any North Jersey folks here have successfully implemented MTRs and what worked/didn’t.

This influences your next step … stay with current first loan, bring in partners and payoff, refinance, assume.

Not easy to find a strong STR investment that cash flows down in our market with the low inventory and the number of competitive offers - Bravo!

I feel like I have WAY too much equity sitting and doing nothing for me across my 5 LTR properties:* Rental A: 235k (Market: 440k)* Rental B: 140k (Market: 210k)* Rental C: 130k (Market: 200k)* Rental D: 75k (Market: 150k)* Rental E: 100k (Market: 200k)But with the current HELOC/Refinance rates - it just doesn't seem to make sense?

You will be surprised how often that will get you more information...often critical information.Second, if at all possible, try to get on the phone with the landlord prior to the current landlord. 

Currently soaking in all things BP in hopes of learning enough to be an asset to any deal. 

There are some good options for cabin style properties if you have to time and funds to invest in upgrading a unit to the current standards. 

Mortgage rates declined to their lowest levels in over a year, a sample of more than a dozen industry professionals said they were quoting most borrowers in the high 5% to low 6% range on government loans and in the mid-6% range for conventional mortgages.

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