Investment Info:

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

Purchase price: $360,000

We bought this stacked duplex, lived in one unit for 2 years and moved on. Didn't really put much into ...

Or buy a single family and house hack bedrooms or a portion of that property. 

House hacking is an excellent strategy, especially with the potential to use an FHA loan to secure a property with a low down payment. 

One of the units is currently rented, so it would probably be great for a house hack.

If you're just starting out, house hacking a duplex or SFH with an ADU can be a great way to reduce living expenses while building equity. 

The house hacks have worked out for me over the years to help lower my cost of living, while building new skills and equity.

Hey Brandon,I had good success by getting equity lines on properties to access the cash to invest again. 20% is certainly not essential if you want to go lower there are many lending options for lower down payments, especially if you are willing to house hack!

With your focus in using house hacking, Conventional or FHA loans would be your best options.

If you wanted to house hack I would stay where you are at and find one there.

If house hacking isn't the best option for me, how would you recommend starting out to build up some investments.