I first got started with real estate by buying a 3-flat on a whim 5 years ago and now I am back for more.Happy to meet everyone!

No General Contractor wants to do a remodel with the residents still living there....they will charge you more (they probably will not show it, but the prices will be higher because of the huge PITA factor and increased liability)I would wait until you have completely moved out and then just give them the house empty and ready to roll.....But you can get a Scope Of Work going and start getting bids...even plans and permits if you're going that far...

I've been investing in real estate with my wife since 2017, when we started with JV deals and small flips.

This starts early on with preventing what could potentially go wrong by attracting an awesome tenant and looking at what vulnerabilites currently exist in your property.  

Ask an investor to tell you their buy & hold or flip economic model and they start stuttering.

“Bad” if they lose all money, or if they lose some money but fail to communicate.  

The stats on my current property are as follows:I owe $170,000 on the original FHA and have a great rate at under 3% which I do not want to lose.

You never know how much damage the termites have done until you start tearing into walls/floors....can get expensive fast.Location is the only thing that cannot be fixed, and you said this property was in a "really good location". 

I started using it as a STR 4 years or so ago.

We dealt with rentals, flips, commercial, small apartment complex developments (~10 apartments), sport facilities, and a few government contracts.We are actually very open to different opportunities and investment approaches, but our plan was to start "smaller" with some cash deals in NJ (maybe somewhere in the area between Staten Island and Philadelphia, but staying in NJ), by flipping a few smaller properties and starting to generate some income.