It's also how I find deals to buy as an investor as well.

Investment Info:Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment.

The work product was also very marginal for the price.

Buy: $284,900Rehab: $115,000Holding: $16,500 Points: $3,413 Selling fee: $30,000Insurance hold: $2,000-$2,500 (maybe get back $1,000-$1500 if you close quick)Other title/escrow purchase: $2,500ARV: $500,000Profit: $46,587 (9.25% approx) I would do the deal, especially if you get that gap for rehab closed 3-4 months and tighten up the rehab costs too ($100,000)   

I have completed multiple BRRRR (Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat) projects, and this latest deal unexpectedly came my way.

Now that house has been rented out for the past two years, and I want to buy another possible duplex or triplex to house hack.

Duplex can always add additional units via the ADU laws. 8) Related to number 1, purchasing a property with an existing ADU is cheaper than buying a property and adding an ADU.

So does that mean I can't buy from a related party at all?? 

I also got great value from a very expensive course on how to properly buy & manage residential real estate.Regardless of cost, the ones that offered low value were the ones where the founder wanted to sell education as their main business. 

I used a portion of my entitlements to buy a rental I still own at my first duty station.