I'm being conservative by assuming minimal depreciation (1-2%) in a neighborhood that is desirable today in a great school district that is walkable to shopping center with a supermarket, restaurants.Current income dictates that an appropriate out of pocket cost for next house should less than $3K per month.Possible solutions:Take out second mortgage/HELOC to get the $100K I need to buy the next house?

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I am new on bigger pockets sites, but not podcast.  

I've done a lot of side by side comparisons, and the agent / MLS route almost always puts more money in the sellers' pocket.

These include, but are not limited to: residentially zoned land and house lots; three family homes; apartments and tenement houses; multi-family dwellings and housing developments; publicly assisted housing; and, single and two family residences intended for sale.All commercial space, for sale or for rent, and all land intended to be put to commercial use are covered by M.G.L. c. 151B, s. 4.(4) Property Not Covered By M.G.L. c. 151B, s. 4.

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Hello all,I am working on remodeling my first investment, and I need to have the old, thirty-year old carpets ripped up and replaced with laminate / vinyl to look like wood for the living room, dining room and kitchen, and the three bedrooms to have new carpeting.The house in question is ~1,500 square feet, but I have gotten some extremely high estimates for the job and am wondering if I'm either misunderstanding something or not approaching this job correctly. 

Hi Megan,I have a lot of Bigger Pockets clients from all over the US and as far away as Singapore.  

I was hoping to find someone here on bigger pockets who is familiar with investing and could also help me with my first few transactions. 

After having a couple of different banks run the numbers, the best I can do is a cash out refinance on the two properties with the most equity.This would allow me to pocket ~$45k and increase the combined payment by $136 per month.