I need credibility, either through working for a couple of years for a company or buying my own property, starting small, and scaling with time.Now, my plan is to graduate next year (Im a junior), and get a job in a firm as an analyst in order to build that experience and mainly cover my living expenses, while on the side buy my first small property and go from there.However, and this is where I start overthinking,  I still have 1 year left in school and I want to use it to my advantage as I don't have any expenses or responsibilities other than school yet, and I want to do my first deal.

I have spent the past couple years doing research and think its time to actually start.

My wife and I used to do flips in this area, and I have a couple listings along with long term rentals I manage in the area..For the co-host, they typically do not handle permitting and other items like that (this can be agreed upon between you and the co-host.

You would need to get at least a couple of stays under 7 days before year end. 

I'm ASSUMING (a bad idea, I know) that they were a married couple and had joint ownership. 

Given appreciation is typically where you are making most of your return in any real estate, having this additional appreciation helps create much higher returns.Additionally, my single family tenants, typically stay a couple years longer than my duplex tenants.  

Hi James,We are looking for our first house hack as well. 2 months ago, I would have been excited to get into any good multi-family with conventional financing, but in the last couple weeks, I have been learning a lot about creative financing options such as seller financing and subject to.

Hi Chad, my wife and I have been house hacking in the Twin Cities for the last few years and have a couple properties under our belt.

I used a combination of leveraging my business line of credit, HELOC and partnerships for my first couple deals before adding in private lenders. 

So if I was dealing with a seller who was insisting on handling the transfer this way, I would be wondering what the seller is trying to hide... and I would figure it out. noted, i already started contacting some title companies, and found a couple that seem trustworthy, do you have any recommendations>