Using Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies to purchase real estate and, perhaps even more importantly, creating Smart Contracts or Tokenization to record real estate ownership etc… comes to mind.

Hi @Dylan Ritch sounds to me like house hacking may be a really smart and lucrative way to go. 

Tenant gave cry story they were wheelchair bound and couldn't go anywhere.

. :( As others' have said, it is smart to question what, if any, other opportunities there are with the portfolio.

By the time I get down to a candidate I like, I've already run extensive checks on her/him, verified their income, and the forty bucks for the check is just smart money spent.I also think a large part of it is being in the affordable-rentals sector of the business.

Is it smart to have your job, all your real estate, stocks and everything in one single country and at the whim of a single government?

Larry Wilkes Rookie in the game have been working W2 and utilizing the snowball debt paydown method, i have recently been thinking about my next step toward my real estate journey; I want to know if it would be a smart idea to start with a single-family home 203k that live in flip it or would it be a better idea to start with a multi-unit 203k that and possibly start out cash flowing from living in one unit and renting out the other units.

.- Consider liability protection: Look into forming an LLC or other business entity.Starting with cash is a smart move to minimize risk and learn the process.

The reason I ask is if the loan is near market rate (versus the rates available 2.5 years ago) then a refi to extract sweat equity could make this more worth the effort, risk, cost. to be blunt, with the numbers as presented and without any extract of value (refinance), I am unconvinced that the smart move was not to re-rent in current condition for $1k.  

Smart steps include studying the market, planning your money, thinking about law stuff, and looking after the property.