What if you had $100,000 in cash, a successful career, and a five-year runway?

But we're just getting started at 61 years old.

Or what if your first flip was nearly a $1 million property and you're trying to get it funded as a first timer?

Or maybe you're a high-income young couple sitting on $70,000 and a 3% mortgage, wondering if you should cash out, move out, or even go out of state.

Today we're answering three real high-state questions from our Bigger Pockets community, and every one of them touches on challenges we know many of you are facing today.

The of them touches on challenges we know many of you are facing today. This is the Real Estate Rookie Podcast. I'm Ashley Care.

And I'm Tony J. Robinson. And with that, let's get into our first question for it today.

So our first question here comes from Teresa. And this question says, first I'm on the'm 61 years old my husband is as well and we're just starting out in real estate investing truth be told if I knew earlier what I know now learning I could have started so much earlier but all I can do now is move forward I currently own a successful business with no plans to exit for at least

the next five years. My husband is a project manager with a local construction company.

With that said, what is the best strategy for building wealth and creating cash flow with real

estate in today's market? Is it buying a whole? Is it fix and flip? Is it burr? Is it wholesaling?

We're not really interested in house hacking. We have a good amount of equity in our current home and we've saved a good

nest egg and standard investments that we can tap into and we have $100,000 plus in cash. Is it too

late to really build wealth in a timely fashion so we can enjoy our golden years

eventually? She goes on to ask, what is the best type of loan to acquire funds to start? Is it a

he lock, a hard money loan, private money loan, no money down, sub two? We've reached out to an

investor realtor who has referred to us and who so far has been a wealth of knowledge. We'll be talking

loan and money strategies today as well, but would love has been a wealth of knowledge. We'll be talking loan and

money strategies today as well, but would love to hear from all of you. Everyone's input is

greatly appreciated. So a lot to unpack here. Well, first, I guess, let's just say, Ash,

like what a great position they're in. And I think, too, like something that caught my eye was,

if only I knew, then what I know now, I think

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