It depends on various factors, including your experience, market knowledge, financial situation, and the specifics of the property and location.

Here’s why:Transparency: Being upfront builds trust.

I get it, build a team, hire professionals, blah blah. 

@Simmy Ahluwalia I'm a builder in Atlanta and I'm starting to delve into the spec build market.

My options are:Sell: Maximize down payment in NC, reduce debt.HELOC+Rent: Keep NJ property as an investment, rent for potential $3,300/month.I'm interested in long-term wealth building.

I've done this 4 times and it has worked out great to build my rental portfolio.

After a brief search, the IRS says-For tax years 2018 through 2025, if home equity loans or lines of credit secured by your main home or second home are used to buy, build, or substantially improve the residence, interest you pay on the borrowed funds is classified as home acquisition debt and may be deductible, subject to certain dollar limitations.

My business partner and I have been coming across off-market deals and have a flip opportunity in Gresham and a lot in SE Portland for a new build.

I've progressed from owning fixer upper duplexes in the north end of Winnipeg where I would do the renos myself late into the night; to purchasing large apartment buildings to acquiring properties in 13 different cities across Canada and the United States. to now buying office buildings and institutional-grade grocery-anchored retail centers leased to national tenants and publicly traded companies like Walmart, Safeway, and Loblaws.Before 27, I achieved lean FIRE, all thanks to the inspiration and fundamental concepts from the BP podcast and the incredible people I've met along the way in this entrepreneurial journey by betting on myself, committing to lifelong learning, and nurturing an insatiable curiosity.If someone like me, who barely made it through high school and would be considered "unlikely to succeed" by my peers, can do it, so can anyone reading this.

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