Believing you will begin hunting for bargain properties across the country where multiple qualified contractors will be kicking down the door wanting to bid the $25K rehab while also serving as a free home inspector is wishful thinking.

Have you set up financing and are looking for which type of investing you want to do, or are you now looking for financing?

Creative financing is usually the solution that opens the doors.

He lives next door to me and had more upgrades, 2 car garage.

Mainly, added a wall to officially make it a two bedroom, added two hardwood doors on the bedroom, a closet door, propane stand-alone heat stove (all it had for heat before was a mini-split which is still there), and added some new paint.

Sometimes I sell to get some cash and I'm just like you... trying to add more doors to my portfolio in the most profitable way possible. 2026 is going to be a BANNER year for real estate.

If you want to do this bootstrapping; door knock yourself, drive for dollars, cold call yourself, and go to as many meetups as possible!

➡️ How are rising rates and overhead impacting your deal flow and decision-making?

We assume that NVDA and AMD will keep rising from now own, because they did last month, last week, and today.

For me, aiming for around $250 a door and 10–12% cash-on-cash was a great starting point.