Figuring out the best areas to invest can be a game-changer.

For example I know many who are now just lending because they are getting 10-12% short term which is far better than any cap rate on real estate. you do not have the equity upside as you do real estate but its a way to play the short game to see what happens over the next 12-24 months and decide when you want to buy.

That is a game changer. 

In this game, there's always something! 

I have a few lenders who do but they still require some money from the borrower so they have skin in the game.  

The brother and his son had been living in the house, free of charge, for years, and were gaming the system.

If you understand the math of it all it should come very clear, the game is NOT best played (1) buying in all cash, (2) buying and sitting on a property for decades on end. 

This strategy can be a game-changer for building long-term wealth, as it enables you to leverage your gains without an immediate tax hit.Example: Sell a rental property for $300,000, reinvest in a new property of equal or greater value, and defer capital gains taxes indefinitely.5.

Common syndicator game of throwing out huge returns when other funds are going under because they want you to only look at that shiny number and not what their past performance has been

I am new to the game and using the FHA loan has just seemed to be the most common way to house hack (at least in terms of what the resources I have read have said).