It doesn't cost anything to attend RE meeting, introduce yourself and get contact of people who invest in properties.

I love that you rented two of your bedrooms as mid term and short term rentals and made enough to pay for the mortgage and now you are going to use the rental income to show you can qualify for another property.This is an excellent strategy and one more people should consider doing in this inflationary environment to offset the biggest cost in their budget--housing.As you rightly point out, you can use this strategy with every house you buy accumulating a portfolio of houses that you originally started out living in as a primary residence every two years.Well done and more people should consider doing the same, or rent their garage, or shed, or a boat, or an extra car.Love it!

That cost $2,300I went with a local artist who did the mural and the one by the pool for $4,200.Flooring is 4 large rugs with rug pads.Gaming systems are PS5 and Xbox One.You can see from my setup that a sofa/sleeper could easily add a queen bed capacity.  

Not to scare you - but we made one mistake on a flip - replacing old wooden windows instead of rebuilding them - and it ended up costing us $50,000 to our $175,000 profit margin.  

Partner Driven financed the Foss Ave deal using its own capital, covering the $215,000 purchase price and $35,000 in renovation costs.

The first is University Square, high in diversity low in cost of living, and it is ideal for new families and young students that are just getting started.

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That’s super helpful.my back up plans to that idea were to either.A. 1031 it into a new build with far less maintenance costs for another 3-5 years before recycling that same concept. 

I have a few partners, but went over budget and personally funded the remaining construction costs.  

Tools like BatchLeads and PropStream are great for direct-to-seller strategies, but keep in mind that they come with marketing costs depending on the method you choose, such as direct mail, cold calling, or texting and have to have good nurture campaigns.