How much of your free-time goes into research versus actual hands-on work on-site?

I was told to take out hard money loan and than told it not bad just would be better option to only use on  fix and flips. 

Thanks everyone for your feedback on this. 

You could explore a home equity line of credit (HELOC).Just have to be careful to NOT get in over your head in debt and go bust!

@Savannah Holzer- my current focus will be on LTRs for time being and due to geographical constraints.

You could pull some cash out to do the renovations and then refinance on the ARV once its done in 6 months and take out more cash to buy another investment home or rent that one out and buy a New primary home.If you have any questions on the steps or the process feel free to reach out or send me an email. 

I am looking forward to connecting with fellow lenders, accountants, and real estate agents to get more perspective and build my knowledge on real estate so that I can start to build wealth in my mid-20s and onwards.

Our strategic improvements and targeted marketing paid off, resulting in a successful sale on 10/25/2024 for $260,000.

They are the only home inspection company I’ve used that pulls permits to see all the work that has been done on the houses prior to inspection.

I did one on a doctors office I bought and my CPA did it..