We are late in the game but hopefully we can catch-up leveraging the plethora of knowledge that exists on this platform. 

Our goal with this policy is to accomplish several things: - Encourage these "wholesalers" to bless some other real estate investing community with their presence- Stop the SPAM- Offset the several hundred thousand dollars per year in costs that spammers, too often "wholesalers" bring to the platform. 

Right now I house hack, but am looking to properly get in the game by end of next year, so I'm trying to be prepared.

This could be an opportunity to get into the game in the area.If you ever want to connect, grab a drink, and talk real estate, hit me up.

The real estate game is all about relationships and strategies, and this is one of the most important topics to get right early on!

Why don't you share your info and your background and how many deals you have done in the land game.

Hi @Tim Holt I think in general house hacking is usually a good move because it gets you off the sidelines and into the game with the most favorable financing possible (30 year fixed).There's a lot of value in getting started today vs waiting some undefined number of years until conditions are better, which could be a long time from now, because real estate is a business and the sooner you start actually learning about that business, the better.With all that said, I always recommend that people analyze any potential house hack as a pure investment that they aren't going to live in, because someday they may want to move out and you should know up front (before you commit) whether you're going to be able to do that, or whether you're overpaying and will be stuck in the property unable to move out because it'll be cash flow negative if you do.So you had it exactly right when you wrote, "the property would need to cash flow when I move out and rent out all units."

@Ben Trageser Stessa is an excellent platform for tracking investors' income and expenses; it is user-friendly.

They have more skin in the game then you do.Make sure you get clear title.

it's a volume game.