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Pablo Barrientos
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Springfield, NJ
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First BRRRR, 100k in equity and Finally living for free

Pablo Barrientos
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Springfield, NJ
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In February 2015 my wife and i purchased our first duplex for $255K using an FHA loan at 3.5 down. We rented the second floor out and lived on the first floor(house hacking). As we payed our mortgage(debt reduction) , the house increased in value after 3 years it appraised for $360K. We had made a little over $100k in equity. In January 2018, we did a cash out refinance and received roughly $50k. We used the $50k plus additional savings to look for our next investment.

Now lets get to the numbers and i will explain how we own two homes and Live for free. Below you will see the current mortgages on both homes and what i collect in rent.

First home

Mortgage - $2600

Rent collected - $1600

Second home

Mortgage - $1400

Rent collected - $2950

Total mortgage - $4000

Total rent collected - $4550

= $550 profit each month and an extra $6,600 a year

Whats next?

God willing my wife and i will use the same method in 2019 and continue to add rental real estate to our portfolio.

Happy Investing my friends :)

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Pablo Barrientos
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Pablo Barrientos
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Springfield, NJ
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@Will Gates Yes it’s been amazing

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