Basically, you guys are saying I should cash in on the equity now and take advantage of the zero tax capital gains and later figure out how to invest that money to see it grow?

I found the more we grow in both age & knowledge, the clearer & more apparent the toxicity is visible.

@Anthony Bibbins "How to Win Friends and Influence People" by Dale Carnegie and "Think and Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill.

It's myself, my brother and best friend and we don't have that much between us but we're looking to be creative and get our first property and grow from there.

With such little capital I figured it is best to house hack until we can grow our capital large enough to do conventional loans.

Cash flow tends to grow over the years anyway.

If you plan to quickly grow the 401k in your own company, you could self-direct it.

Austin is still growing rapidly as are property values.Also, historically values rise, plain and simple.

The options can be he can buy the shares as the sponsor from the passive investor that wants to sell, the shares can be sold to someone else, the property can be refinanced and payoff some of the passive investors.So some sponsors I know buy to eventually sell and others buy to hold and grow the portfolio.

Last year I started a Property Management company with buildings in Twin Peaks, Redwood City, and Belmont. Everything is going great, and I'm looking to expand to find more Owners. There are a lot of expensive fixed c...