There are several viable strategies available to you, you just have to pick the one that works best for your personality and follow through.Some say pay the highest interest debt off first, then the second highest and so on.Others say pay the lowest balance debt off first, the the second lowest and so on.With your free $1,000 a month you could choose to put it all towards debt pay down, or use less than all if it for debt payments and the rest for saving and investing.Personally I paid my lowest balance debts off first (now I only have one left) and I have always saved and invested so I have funds for opportunities that present themselves.

I am trying to venture other places in Georgia, or even Florida to seek an opportunity to invest!

Hi Deep / Adrià,Thanks for above posts.I am a newbie just starting out on REI path and glad to find other people interested in Valencia.I was in Valencia and Alicante cities recently and felt more inclined toward Valencia (bigger city; more diverse opportunities instead of mainly tourism in Alicante's case).It'll be great to know your thoughts about good neighbourhoods in Valencia for long term rental investment.

Hi all - I have a driveway issue and I under estimated the cost of a new driveway (learning opportunity!!).

We would like the opportunity to work our way through our first flip, but I'm nervous since it is our first one.

I'm happy to share the opportunity so I can learn from someone who's "been there, done that", and I know that this will be the first of many deals we can work on together!

I don't think the intended use of the HELOC should matter, however, I am hoping to use the credit line to finance new business opportunities . . .    

I do think it could be a high-end house hack, in the sense that the market is down right now and we're selling at the low end of the range for a house of this size, and there are some obvious improvement opportunities (e.g., kitchen, master bath). 

Other investment (non real estate) opportunities look more attractive as time goes on. 

Is there a creative workaround to start investing now, I feel like there are good opportunities that I am missing out on or is it a wait it out the type of situation?