If you ever need the equity you can borrow against it tax free. 

For instance, a customer might be doing a ground-up spec build and we might say "Lesser of 80% of cost or 70% of ARV".

Leasing a Maytag laundry center from Wash.com would cost me $100/mo, but reviewers say they can take weeks to come out for repairs.A local place called Mission Laundry Equipment can lease me a Speed Queen laundry center for $110/mo, or sell it to me for $4,299 (actually $5,450 with all taxes and fees for delivery, installation, and setting up the credit card system).

Sounds like you need to work on that building of trust with other people.

(Purchase price somewhere in the $600k range)The property should bring in around $45-$55k/yr running as an STR and there's already a manager at the building if you want to be completely hands off.Add me and send me a DM if you're interested in submitting an offer on something like this.

I would love to continue to flip houses but now having two little boys makes the "live-in" part a little difficult.Outside of real estate and taxes, I enjoy spending time with my family, whether at the beach or in the backyard, and sharing new experiences with my 2 sons. 

House hacking will build skills and equity while staying at home would (ideally) save more money (utilities, food, consumables).

one almost hit the house after a storm.3. make sure when you run the numbers on Texas properties to account for the increase in property taxes year over year.4. before you buy in a new area be sure you establish some kind of relationship with an electrician, plumber, handyman, gardener, roofer Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

I’ve also known a few lenders who build in a fee for waiving a stipulation in the loan agreement - so if they discover a second lien they could issue a small fee (one time or monthly) for allowing the borrower to be outside of their loan agreement.

I I can get the build done for 275k.