This will ensure you have a pool of potential buyers lined up when you secure a new deal.

Instead of learning through on line propaganda and YouTube showmanship, where accuracy is hit or miss at best, obtain college textbooks on the above three areas to ensure the foundation your’e  building is based on accurate, time tested information, and not some fantasy put out by people selling $40,000 “mentorship’s” and who have been uniquely UNSUCCESSFUL in their real estate careers.  

For me this means using the line of credit for bridge loans that are back stopped by other cash coming in, cash to close on a deal before refinancing out, payoff of higher interest debt, etc. 

Unless you have more experience with the sales process than most agents do, know the sales contracts line by line,  and have a lot of experience working on houses, know which specialists to bring in and how to interpret what they tell you, etc. then you should have your own agent representing you. 

Problem is the 3% rates of yesteryear is now the line in the sand. 

Exactly where that line is drawn I don't know.

Your comment: "As a landlord or investor, this isn’t just a headline—it’s a direct threat to your ability to get your properties seen, fill vacancies, and protect your bottom line."

They are currently renting slightly under the market value. if we use a home equity line of credit at 6.25% with the first five years interest only payment and have an inflated estimate of $$4340 a month in expenses (which includes 1200 a month for maintenance 600 a month for management fee, 250 for miscellaneous such as rental license and a maintenance plan with the local utilities, etc., and an interest only loan payment of $3290). this produces a monthly cash flow of $1784. property values over the last 50 years have averaged just over 3% year to year increase.I am considering purchasing this property, and selling it in 4 1/2 years prior to the expiration of the five-year interest only payments.Over the 4 1/2 years we would collect $96,336 in cash flow, and estimate an increase in equity of $70,000, for a net gain of $166,000. with the repayment of the capital, we would restore the full equity value to both of our properties and pocket $166,000 that we gained and do it again. i’m wondering if folks would be willing to go through my analysis with me to help me consider anything that I’ve missed.Thank you for help with my first post to the forum.kind regards,Robert 

Cash flow exceeds what I intended, and there is plenty of room to increase the income by upgrading the bathrooms and kitchen.Additionally, it is my intention to use some sort of financing vehicle such as a home equity loan or home equity line of credit to withdraw equity from the property and use it to invest in an additional propertyMy wife also has a duplex with over $500,000 worth of equity.

Found out the home had foundation issues amongst no heat and air and main water line pipe break underneath Yep, he was one of the horror slum lords people hear about and was clearly taking advantage of the tenant.