Getting Married in 1.5 Years- How to Take Advantage of FHA?

[Adam Lovell]

Hey all- we have a pretty complicated question and would love some input from you more experienced folks.

I am 29 and my fiancee is 24.  She is graduating nursing school next week, and plans to get a job in the Tampa area, so that area is going to be our target market. I work for a tech company and can work from home. We currently rent in Atlanta and neither of us have ever owned any property.  Financially, we will be out of student loan debt by summer next year (2018).  Our wedding is in March of 2019. 

We are both leaning towards a house hack (duplex/quad) then some BRRRR deals, with one stipulation of being in our own 'nice' house before we have kids in 4+ years.

We have no idea how to take the best advantage of FHA loans. What would you do?

Thanks!