@Madina Petashvili a 350k budget is definitely achievable in the burbs.

Define your investment goals, familiarize yourself with related terms, evaluate your financial situation, begin small, investigate markets, establish investment standards, cultivate professional connections, carry out exhaustive due diligence, investigate funding alternatives, and determine whether to manage the property on your own or by hiring a property management company.Decide what you want to achieve—stable cash flow, long-term growth, tax advantages, or all of these—and dedicate some time to learning about them by reading books, using the internet, taking classes, and attending seminars.

Your expertise and ideas could make a world of difference in helping me achieve my financial goals despite the obstacles I'm facing.Looking forward to hearing your thoughts!

I enjoy helping people achieve their goals. rather than share what i would do. 

You need to call multiple lenders, and have an idea what you are trying to achieve.  

If more people achieve this through success with house hacking then perhaps it could turn into one of the most popular investment strategies available today.

If I can be proven wrong I would LOVE that, becuase it means that there are a crap ton of creative ways of helping people with 2-3% mortgages achieve all sorts of things while keeping their loan that they don't think they can...

It will be beneficial to achieving your goals.

Obviously it can be done well or poorly, like anything.My experience is that buyers still have a somewhat negative preconception of them and you won't achieve a comparable value on resale even if building costs were the same.

Make sure to connect with local lenders and brokers as it's beneficial for achieving your real estate goals.