I understand that we can't always predict exactly when the market will rise or fall, but I would like to hear everyone's opinion on where we are right now, and also where we are headed in the near future.

I ran some numbers on a duplex with a lender and this is what it looks like:Property Price: $306,0003.5% Down FHA loan @4%Unit A Rent: $1,050 2 bedroom (We would live here)Unit B Rent: $1,350 3 bedroomTotal Monthly Payments ~$2,125 Includes: Principal & Interest, FHA mortgage insurance, homeowners insurance (estimated) and actual property taxNoted that tax and insurance can rise over timeLiving in the house, our monthly payments would be ~$775 ($2,125 - $1,350).Once we moved out, and are able to fill unit A with a new tenant, theoretically we would be cash flowing $275 ( - $2,125 + $1,350 + $1,050).

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I came across an amazing piece of land to develop a high rise and would like to hear from my Bigger pockets colleagues about their experience dealing with buyers and other agents for something like this.

Depending on your budget you will have more competition in Huntsville- the numbers are much higher and rising bc of the "anticipated" growth, so its very competitive.

My thinking is that interest rates could go up, so a floating rate loan could turn painful in a rising rate scenario. 

To clarify, any eligible taxpayer that recognizes capital gains for federal income tax purposes is eligible to defer capital gains by re-investing the gain amount into a Qualified Opportunity Fund within 180-days of the sale or exchange giving rise to the gain.

The markets around where I live are high in price and rising (doubled in the past 5 years in many nearby places from what I can see), and I want to get in as soon as possible.

@Justin Kane If you think the politicians are corrupt here, try living in a city that isn't on the rise. 

If I use a H.E.L.O.C and try to pay off that line credit with the brrr strategy, but with the brrr strategy when I refinance and pay the H.E.L.O.C back I'm not looking to sale but keep the cash flow and also if I could rise the rent to make a higher cash flow.