One play you could do is a cash out refi if it doesn't effect your debt service too much, and still cash in on additional appreciation in the CA market.

As stated above, as long as you get an experienced 203k lender on your team, and effectively compile a list of 5-7 licensed, insured, and bonded contractors to bid the project, it’s absolutely worth the endeavor.

Social media is a big player to market your brand and business. How do you utilize social media to increase engagement and promote yourself? How often do you post on the feed? How often do you post on stories?

Have you implemented a blog to your website? What did you notice about engagement after you started doing this – did it drive more traffic? Anything on the topic helps! I am debating starting a blog on our website, so...

My first property I’m planning on paying for myself by using an fha loan after that I want to use the brrrr strategy to build my portfolio quickly and effectively but that isn’t possible without using other people’s money.

Effectively, allowing you to amortize it over 30 years which is likely to result in a much lower mtg payment than paying monthly PMI.

Additionally, eliminating your monthly housing expense will greatly increase your monthly savings rate and accelerate your ability to get to deal #2!

There is also some effect from long term and short term rental conversions.

I then refinanced to a 30-yr 3.125% loan which effectively lowered my DP by $450/month!

A heat pump isn’t normally cost effective in my area, and I wouldn’t think so for your winters.