If there was a house of interest listed it was get there same day and make a strong offer to even have a chance, this doesn't seem to be the case at this moment.

For scaling your portfolio, consider house hacking another multi-family property to minimize living expenses while building equity.

Any one of us could give you our two cents on the math of it, but only you can decide if it makes sense based on what your specific goals are. personally, i paid points on my house because my goal was lowest possible monthly payment.

Tiny House Dreaming and Tiny Home Projects are currently working with a variety of investors on Pocket Communities and stacked Tiny Homes.

When I tried to get it when my side of the family found out and tried ti take over reverser mortgage payments to bank because she had died it was to late so they sold the house to Hud and then other reverse mortgage companies but a relative still lives there so they can't kick them out.

Sorry for the slow response had a wedding to prepare for at my house and just in recovery after being in the hospital.

As I'm sure everyone knows, the housing market is pretty locked up right now.

Only in this house your mom happens to be the tenant. 

And, we'll probably want to buy another house before then. 

Consider starting small with house hacking a duplex or triplex, and use tools like the BiggerPockets Rental Property Calculator to analyze deals.Good luck!