Be sure to connect with other BP members and make some friends along the way. 

Hello everyone, hope everyone is well!

One of the things I love about being a CRE investors is when the 1st of the month comes and my tenants pay down debt for me.

@John SteffenInvesting in house hacking or purchasing a primary residence for rental can be challenging due to affordability, vacancy fear, high interest rates, maintenance concerns, and location analysis.

However, this must be paired with a dedicated and robust negative keyword strategy to prevent your ads from appearing for keywords that ARE NOT RELEVANT to your investing business.For the sake of this example have a look at this attached picture below:In this picture you can see that this ad shows up on the keyword “House for sale near me…” which is not something a seller would search for (not to mention a distressed seller).

What would be the best use or strategy with a 75K HELOC to fund an investment property? 

I understand wanting to save money on the monthly fees, but when it comes to maintaining an investment that can very easily be devalued by deferred or poor maintenance it's worth it. 

Glad to be taking real estate investing seriously. 

If we can avoid paying a "gift" tax that would be great!

We will have tenants for 3-6 weeks following closing so theoretically we could insure on a traditional policy in the beginning, as it would be much cheaper.