I've grown tired of my "9-5" and thought I'd revisit the idea of doing something real estate related.My immediate goal is to discover what opportunities exist that would be a good use of my technical background, but I'd also like to explore the rental and rehab aspects.I'm looking forward to interacting with all of you!

My goal is to invest in multi units (20-100) out in the south/ Midwest. 

My next step is to go through the inspection report when I receive it later today and determine what I will send back to the seller. 

The best way is to talk to others who have had an experience investing with the syndicator already. 

Total house value of 1 million with half million mortgage.2) I have 250,000 Home Equity Loan that I can borrow anytime from the bank to make real estate investment.3) My family annual income is between 200k to 250k, and my goal is to buy 10 properties in CT, and make $10,000 monthly passive income in the next 10 years. 4) Specifically, I would like to buy one multiFamily house at a year, and it will create a free $1000 cash flow each month. 

The first piece of advice I would recommend is to start educating yourself in the area of investing you would like to focus on.

However another option I've heard is to re-finance my principal mortgage to pull equity out and consolidate the downpayment and remaining mortgage amount. 

It is my understanding that with a dual agent (and i am the buyer) that the dual agent's duty/loyalty is to the seller, correct?  

The bank should provide some guidelines on that.All parties (contractor, bank, and homeowner) should draft the scope of work to be performed in as much detail as possible (example this type of carpet, this type of doors, etc.)Once the scope is agreed upon, the contractor is to provide you an estimate and a schedule (consider using a guaranteed maximum price type contract, this basically holds the GC to a ceiling). 

My goal is to own a cash flowing (obviously) rental property by the end of this summer.