I had never been to any auctions and never bought any real estate, yet prevailed at the auction, buying a 17 year old brick 3 bedroom house with hardwood floors, ceramic baths, and a brand new roof. 

I am an experienced real estate professional who is expanding into investment properties.

Often when I work with real estate investors to create asset protection strategies, most tend to prefer a simple asset protection structure (something low-cost that does the job essentially).

My name is Chuck and I’ve been thinking about real estate investing for a long time and now ready to take the plunge.

Hi All,My investment partner and I are currently conducting some early research on strong areas to purchase a cash flow rental, likely in late 2023/early 2024 (our first foray into real estate investing).

998) in real estate investing.  

I would strongly recommend reaching out to a lender who understands investors and various loan types out there, there are a lot of great lenders on the lender finder tool here - https://www.biggerpockets.com/business/finder/lenders

I'm Ranil Fernando from Ottawa, ON, Canada, passionate about real estate investing for last 6 years.

Having worked in commercial real estate for nearly 20 years, and knowing many people that have been at it for 30+ years:1) no one ever goes bankrupt with no debt2) Most everyone I know in their mid-50s or older, that have built large portfolios (with debt, admittedly), seem to move from acquisition mode to debt pay down mode.

Then, products such as HELOC or 1031 exchange are not open to me as a foreigner so even though i have on paper $500k in equity I don't have a real way of tapping into it.Any ideas or suggestions what I can do now to keep growing would be much appreciated!