Hi, everyone,I am new to real estate investing and plan to start investing this year.

Welcome to BP Deepak,These forums are a great place to learn and meet people, whether you're just starting out or you're a seasoned investor.

I never would have been able to do it if I didn't start house hacking in Los Angeles. 

.), and send me invoices every week.However, they never sent me the invoices each week, and when I asked about the overall cost of the project toward the end of may (the project started in May), they told me $35,000 so far.

Starting in August, we can't do that.

my hypothesis:-new construction: developers will take the hit in New construction by adding incentives into the market to keep market presence -used homes: will remain unsold as long homeowners can hold it and any need for sale it will be opportunities for new buyers and -for investors who buy with traditional financing it will be a breakeven market until interest start to drop and market prices to increase what do you think?

@Chris Seveney I started similarly.

If they are currently listed - you may just need to take the listing down before starting the loan.

Lots of people complain about the "timeline" risk.Start looking for a replacement property during the marketing process of the property that you are selling.The 45 day ID period only starts on the day you sell your relinquished property.

As I don't have large down payment, I am thinking to start building a portfolio with finding off market deals that have equity and do bit rehab/renovate and later get refinanace to pay off HML with a traditional lender/DSCR loan. please share any thoughts on my plan and any lending resources.