Very knowledgeable,  local, and she has fun doing what she does. 

Its a lot of fun just throwing out ideas and analyzing them to see what would work.

I am also ready to partner with interesting people, as far as we have a good dynamic and fun.

The answer for me is that the return on my time is more valuable (financially and in terms of lifestyle) finding buy and holds, working my full-time job, and having time to relax and have fun.

It's fun!

Loan is now $225,000  with closing costs of 3% = $6750 This gives you a maximum loan potential cash out of $218,500$165,000 pays off the Hard Money Lender$35,000 pays off the contractorsYou can get up to $2000 limited cash out.New loan is about $202,000 plus new closing costs of about $6060 = $208,060 if you want your cash in less than 6 months.If you wait the full 6 months, you would get the loan Maximum loan and cash out the full $18,500.I hope this is clear, I have a lot of fun with numbers.  

I lived about a mile east of there for a couple years; very fun & nice area.

It's nice to see opinions from both sides of the issue :)When a tenant pays late once, I enforce and collect all late fees and...I take notice.When a tenant pays late twice, it's a trend.  

if you want to house hack, I would suggest moving to an area that rent to value allows for 2% or better for a while, cost of living is lower there too, and its fun to explore new palaces. besides the tax benefits of almost anyplace other than CA are huge. my rule is never leverage more than 60% LTV (after repaired) this allows a 20% market correction buffer and still keep 20% equity for conventional secondary market if you ever need to refi. you create this with a GREAT deal. for example I buy SFR's only, I like my all In after repairs to be $35K with a value of $70K and never borrow more than $42K.  

I'm taking a break on flipping cause it's 2 different types of renovation and since I do my own renovation as a contractor, I had more fun renovating and renting my rental properties than renovating my flips and selling it.Give me more time and I will reach your level of developing, that's like the highest level or real estate and would like to sit down and chat one day of our war stories lol or real estate.