It seems like if a flipper set up and remodeled BRRR deals they could avoid any market ups and downs (Flipper = Buy, Rehab). In BRRR planning you should start from refinancing the monthly rents backwards. I actually k...

We have done some on the ground research on Draper and Lehi and the towns seem to be growing communities, also SLC as a whole is trending in a great direction.

This is becoming very popular, I've heard more private lending/seller finance stories in the last 10 days than I did ever before.

I mean, every realtor I've ever discussed home improvements with has basically the same list of improvements, and all of them claim a negative ROI.

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Has anyone on here ever done a loan with Hilliard Lending?

You can see the effect on your equity position is of simply making the monthly mortgage payment using the rent payments.As others have said, there is no benefit to accelerating the pay down by adding extra payments no matter where they come from.Most RE investors will execute a cash out refinance at regular intervals to ensure that the equity stays in an acceptable range rather than growing too large.

Where ever you invest, have a boots on ground person to bounce ideas off of. 

Would love to connect and use one another for referrals if ever needed. 

I'm still pretty green here, I have one investment property in Texas that I was able to afford via house hacking, but now that my growing family needed to move into something bigger, it's time to get another investment property.