You have multiple properties in a great market that are wonderfully placed for appreciation in the future.

This is according to multiple listings right now. 

You will certainly gets lots of different perspectives from the forums and most likely multiple people will have experienced a similar situation in their investing journey!

Without factoring in tax benefits and principal pay down, you're $1800 ahead of the game by house hacking.

We've done this multiple times and it should not be a costly endeavor. 

Mark down all the multis you see by looking for two or more doors in front or multiple air handlers outside or gas meters.

As an investor, I’ve had multiple sellers try to get out of an agreement after we had a legally executed mutually agreed upon sales/purchase agreement.

There is a reason we lenders require "skin in the game" and experience.

Should I re evaluate what strategy I should use and maybe look further out in places such as Rochester and BRRR properties out thereHey @Jared Leggett, I know I'm jumping in here late in the game, and I have to admit that I haven't read all the many comments you've gotten, but I wanted to provide what I imagine and glean is a contrary view.It is easy to dunk on NYC for young investors starting out, but if you are a first time homebuyer you can buy a $1M property with $35k down (+ closing costs which can be avoided with seller's concessions).

Finance was a combination of a few different vehicles and ultimately ended with a HELOC which was then used to fund multiple other projects over the years.