YUP  I could have flipped this plat to DR for a quick 1 mil profit but we decided to build it out and that brought us an additional million plus in profit .. of course you have risk reward.. flipping to DR takes all the risk out.. but we were and are confident in this market and price points.. the over million market is slowing a lot of PDX or taking a breather as I like to say.. but the 350 to 500k is still robust and that's where we play

Funds would be extracted by active consultatoin fees charged by the Canadian entitie(s), and taken out by dividends.Considered a limited partnership for cleaner flow through pruposes, but was told that it is more difficult to get active consultation fees out of it and there is a withholding charge that could take up to a year to get back out to the Canadian entities.Your feedback is appreciated.

With HELOC funds my preference also would be for it to be a shorter term play (less than 18 months)  vs long term.

Hi @Natasha Richardson,I wish I could answer your question more directly but it all depends on the location, quality of property, recent sales activity, supply and demand.

Very boring place, nobody is moving here, not much real estate activity.

I do not own investment property here, but I'm actively looking. 

But don't do it if you're looking to simply earn a return on your money; you're house-hacking to make your cost to ante up to buy into the market less than the alternatives of either not playing or buying elsewhere with a higher ROI but still paying a variable rent for your own personal residence.

Not all lenders are into this kind of play, and you would want to make sure you could get your cash back after completing the value add.

I'm active duty military from Baltimore.

The plan of house hacking is a great play to make to lower your initial investment dollars.