Living in My Investment

[James Trobaugh]

Hello, this is my first time on Bigger Pockets. I've been fascinated with real estate for nearly a year and made a promise to myself that I would own my first multi-family at the beginning of 2025 and utilize my current time to look for deals and educate myself. My question is, to finance my first property, should I finance it under an FHA and live in one of the units for the year? Or should I break my promise to get into real estate in 2025 and continue to work part-time while going to college to afford a conventional 30-year mortgage on my first SF and use the "Building Wealth Through Single-Family Homes" plan?