What it matter if I lose $200-300 a month when my property value is going up $25-40k per year.

When it comes to funding Ground Up Construction, what would your ideal financing solution look like?

Yes I'm up an willing to connect knowledge is power an I'm always willing to learn.

For example, a plumbing issue comes up, and Appfolio automatically creates an invoice from the property manager to me for the plumbing services provided by a vendor. 

I just bought my first home, so I don't really have the funds saved up at the moment.

Thank you for the thumbs up Marcus!

Wayne brought up a good point about the current occupants being able to pay the rent if they haven't been paying the taxes.  

This may be the best time to secure a property, live in it (and less than 20% as a primary), then move or reassess the plan in a year after your mortgage implication is up.

If you're not confident about your lender for whatever reason, I'd recommend looking for a new one.

I have an idea of what I want to do to get started but have a lot of questions and would love to pick someones brain about investing in NJ.I would like to get started by house hacking for a year or so and build up some equity and save some cash for another after that.