The beauty of the house hack model is that you’re able to get such low interest rates and put little down as opposed to investment properties.

I don't even know where to begin when it comes to real estate as a career (as opposed to as an investor).

If I buy a cheaper property between $300,000 and $400,000 I may be able to buy it in August as oppose to October.Would you guys wait until October and buy a more expensive property $500k-$525k and purchase in October or buy a cheaper property and purchase it in August ?

We waterproofed the one side from the outside, and put a cement based paint on all of the exterior walls hoping that it would help with moisture, which I think it has about 80%.

Our current home is a nice home in a nice neighborhood, but it was purchased as a family home to raise me and my sister as opposed to something that my parents truly loved.

I don't mean that to be rude I'm just pointing  it out to say you'll be able to see every possible risk/benefit associated with investing local as opposed to out of state.

When I am the listing agent, I generally just counter the offer with a number as opposed to use it so that I don't have to present anything.

@John Dean I would like to stick to <150k but not opposed to leveraging the cash@Bruce Lynn thank you for the info! 

Experian, Equifax, & Trans Union - mortgage lenders pull all 3 (as opposed to for a car loan, where they may just pull 1)Here's an article on how inquiries affect you by Experian:https://www.experian.com/blogs/ask-experian/credit-education/report-basics/hard-vs-soft-inquiries-on-your-credit-report/#:~:text=This%20type%20of%20inquiry%20appears,not%20impact%20your%20credit%20scores.According to Experian, you are entitled to one free copy of your credit report from each of the three bureaus every 12 months.https://www.experian.com/blogs/ask-experian/credit-education/report-basics/my-credit-report/Experian will give you 1 free for yourself here on their own site: https://www.experian.com/consumer-products/free-credit-report.htmlIf you have a hard copy of your credit reports today, & the scores go down a bit later you can show that EVERYTHING but the inquiries are substantially the same (assuming you're still paying all your bills on time, which you will be).  

Hi All,I’ve noticed a decent number of multi family units that are listed for sale on Zillow or Redfin etc will have all of two exterior pictures and then a very brief description of the units themselves and then say “Long term tenants.