However, this means forfeiting the potential future appreciation of your current property and could entail a time-consuming process of finding suitable replacement properties.

Ive recently started the process of looking for multi properties home in my area but soon come to realize that I would be losing and going into debt if I was to buy.

The IRS provides RE investors many options to minimize taxes.  

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Builder ends up screwing us over and we are out $250k which we are in the process of trying to get back.In the meantime, I'm trying to get a private or hard money loan to finish the buildsCurrent mortgage 273,000Rehab 1 - 150,000Rehab 2 - 150,000Current value for both places approx $350,000ARV $1,000,000 for bothPlan is to refinance and hold as STRI feel that these numbers are reasonable - am I missing something?

The truth is that finding the right contractor is a painful and expensive process.

If you follow the process you can make your investment back on one or two deals.

I was wondering about the rent control and eviction process in these two areas.

It is a time consuming process but if you hit on one it is worth it.

I was just looking to get away from the small drag of the CC processing fee for the DD but overall that may be the easiest/least hassle way to do this.