If cash flow is hard to find, explore creative financing or strategies like house hacking.

But it is not a closed option as there are a few that do not have these restrictions.As an alternative, you might want to look into house hacking or buying a single-family home instead.

I'm super happy with BP as a great resource for more traditional real estate, but I'd like to do some exploration into land hacking as well.

It's a great book about how he became debt-free and started investing in house hacks.

I purchased a newly built duplex in August of 2021 to house hack.

im new to this just bought first duplex and am house hacking. been keeping up w bigger pockets and before that dustin heiner' podcast. being green, even i know that you never buy/acquire negative cashflow. thats just dumping money down the toilet. second, every real estate guru will tell you never bank on appreciation. thats gambling. home prices are at an all time high, if nything you bank on your property depreciating some and then returning to purchase price HOPEFULLY. you imagine your worst scenarios, lowest rents, longest imaginable time of vacancy, most drastic uncovered repair/situation, over estimate expenses. create your buffers. if the numbers still work then, then you buy. if the numbers work and you casah flow $250+/month i say go for it. it hard to get above that without significant down payments or finding a rare steal. at this time i think best value and only way to guarantee any kind of appreciation is to buy low and rehab. 

., Id love to work up to being able to afford a property to house hack one day but it is not in the cards right now.

I'm a product of BP through and through, was on these forums figuring out how to house hack after we already were in contract on a duplex, all the way through making it the foundation of my current business. 

I see this is posted in the house-hack forum so I'll make the assumption that you want to owner-occupy your next investment.To work more hands-on, you'll want to spend time searching for deals, analyzing deals, and networking/building a team.Before your property search, I'd recommend speaking with a lender to find out how much you'll qualify for.