It was sufficient for its purpose but will not provide me with any additional equity with the bank down the road to be used as leverage for the future.

I would like to see if it is possible to scale using only conventional financing, and home equity loans, in order to maximize self-sufficiency with respect to financing. 

If you have sufficient income to max out your fica/se tax, then its really not "hurting" you. 

I was thinking perhaps good locations with a decent amount of properties would be sufficient. given that I was bringing in enough to make sure that I could pay everything off yearly and pocket a few thousand for savings or renovations. 

If anyone has a vast amount of experience in the field and would like to mentor me I'd be willing to learn.

However, without my knowledge, the sellers executed a new 12month lease on 2-20-24 for less rent than what is needed to sustain a self sufficient operation. 

However if you plan on buying 3-4units, there is a trigger rule for FHA, it is called the self sufficiency test.

Furthermore, if you have sufficient assets already, this could be an ideal way to further diversify your portfolio.

The NAR (National Association of Realtors) then established a partnership with Zillow, and now Zillow hides all the listings of forsalebyowner -- basically fsbo have no visibility whatsoever and the vast majority of buyers who use Zillow simply will never find them.

If you're looking to leverage a mortgage, plan on a 25% down payment for a condo/townhome... the vast majority here are non-warrantable.