Los Angeles is not the only place to gain appreciation - although it is really good - but you pay for it...Anyway, I have stories about people who focused on rentals before buying their primary home and they've done great.

I'm an architect and developer looking into buying houses to flip.

Hi community,As I think about the exit strategy for going from one house hack to the next, I have realized that it would be difficult to cash out refinance and buy the next house with a minimum down payment from a primary resident loan.

A lot of out of state investors are buying up the best opportunites. 

Have you considered buying a primary then converting that to a rental and repeating that as a strategy?

Hi Team,I have a property I would like to purchase for a buy and hold at $42,500.

I’m interested in transactional lending, wholesaling, flippin’, and buy and hold eventually. 

Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment.

While the support sounds nice, I can buy quite a bit of consultation and legal help for $60K, and that doesn't even figure the royalty.Nothing against the franchises, I spoke with PMI and was impressed with their business model, I just don't like the idea of paying fees to be restricted operationally. 

If the seller is offering zero compensation, that property could be out of budget from inception or drastically reduce the seller's potential buying pool as initially it might appear out of the buyer's budget or feasibility if required to compensate their side directly.