I'm open to ideas on alternative real estate investing strategies so that I can get to goal faster.  

Personally, not into investing/flipping yet, more gearing towards building things, easier faster and more reward.

excuse my ignorance Thelma, but what is SFR And also I would love to get in developing properties with mixed income levels.

I am looking to get into real estate doing wholesaling and fix and flips once my capital reach the level to do so and then get buy and hold properties.

Could it bring a added level of security that could raise the rent 10-20 bucks a month?

Be flexible, a speed boat turns faster than a battleship, design your fleet with speed boats.

To me, this was "The One Thing" I could do by the end of this year to take my real estate business to the next level.  

Now after owning a few properties we have been snowballing faster and faster. 

The reason is often cited from judges ruling on the enforcement of those instruments has to do with recognizing that the buyer/borrower is actually earning equity and is granted a greater level of interest in the real property than that of a typical renter.  

You could still rent the rooms now, pay down the loan much faster, and when you move, just rent the full house out or keep doing it by the room.When my wife and I bought our first home (10 years ago), we ended up with a  smaller less expensive home than we had set out to get.