Hey everyone,Live in the Boston area and looking to getting start building a portfolio and have roughly $800k in equity sitting in our primary residence.   

Higher end homes will continue to see growth as wealth inequality continues.I like flex contractor industrial shallow bay.

I mean to be fair, I already have gap funders that are already willing to lend to me knowing I have little to no cash to put up and are requesting instead of provide them with a monthly pay back that the hard / private money lenders are asking they would like to be paid back in equity once the home sells.

I'm looking to utilize a portion of my $100k + in equity in my personal residence to use for acquisitions and short term holds.  

The best hedge is to dollar cost average into properties, kind of like if you invested in equities.

If you can get traditional financing(you should start talking to banks, to see if achievable) or get seller financing, you'll need to raise about $1MM in equity. 

If you have $300,000 in equity and you make a couple grand a year in cash flow you'd be better off selling and using that equity elsewhere to get a better return.

I started with about $20,000 and $50,000 in equity from my primary I purchased in 2017. 9 SFH 1 Duplex 2 Triplex about 3.5 million in total RE with about 2.6 in debt attached to it between first and second mortgages. 

I know two properties increasing in equity from appreciation will move faster than just one over time, but today's rates and my current cash flow are making me want to stall.

I still like the swap until you drop strategy, stripping equity as needed, and passing my heirs stepped up assets with tons of gains and unrecaptured depreciation.Then l I started looking at DST PPM's "use of proceeds" and "other compensation to sponsor" Current Example:  Sponsors buy a 300+ Class A  apartment built in 2021in Lexington, KY or somewhere for $91M with $42M debt and $49M in equity.