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Updated about 16 hours ago on . Most recent reply

1 deal down. Real estate investing with kids?
My wife and I bought our first property in 2021 for 65k. We spent 30k of our own money rehabbing, lived in the property for 3 years, did most of the work ourselves, and sold last summer for 195k. Obviously, we want to do that again.
My kicker is that we now have a toddler and another kid on the way. We bought a foreclosure and are living in it currently and are making it our forever home due to the location. We are on my income only now due to the kids, and have little to invest at the end of the month.
We have 40k in the bank and 100k equity in our current house (but we can't afford a larger payment on our current residence). We could make a decent down payment with the 40k, but due to us having little money left over at the end of the month, I'm worried about buying another deal with minimal cash left over after the down payment and not having two mortgages. I'd love to move into another fixer upper for two years so we could flip tax free or live in for long enough to use our FHA loan. However, my wife loves our current house and just isn't down with living in another fixer upper with two small kids (I still have hope of convincing her though!).
How do we get back in the game while minimizing our risks on one income and with two kids?
Most Popular Reply

The ideal situation is you guys updating and moving. Then set aside the equity to invest outside of a primary home. Then use the equity to continue investing without having to move into each property. This is not ideal but financially the best path. With 40K you can tackle a property using hard money(flip or BRRR) BUT 40K can be eaten up quickly. With you having experience that helps. Having 1 toddler and another on the way you'd want to have money set aside and financially safe. Other then that you can sit tight and let your primary appreciate, save more and explore pulling a HELOC to tap into it.
- Caleb Brown