Deciding on direction to go next

[Charles Salumn]

Hows it going guys I have decided to get out of my current residence right now I bought a year ago , but I bought on a whim. I'm not in love with it and the market is super hot. I wouldn't be able to rent the property bbn and I can sell for around 20-30k more then I bought for. Which will net in a 10k loss when all is said and done. I want to start building a portfolio. I am trying to get Into a multi family type setting. My question to you is what formula can I use in order to see if my figure purchase will be a good one being that I am going to live in it. Should my rents pay the whole mortgage or a portion? Would you pay more for a property you would much rather live in then worry about the cash flow ? Ultimately it will be a complete rental as I grow my buisness but wanted to check here