Are you doing a rental, house hack, or just a primary?

There are many conventional products for 2-4 units whether as a house-hack or an investment.

HI Jordan,You can always start off by house hacking meaning you live in one UNIT or ROOM and renting out the other vacant units/rooms to offset your monthly mortgage payment.There are several ways to run and make sure you are maximizing your rental income while keeping your living expense as low as possible.

The image attached is an example calculation I did and I had to push the appreciation to 25% to be able to pull a good amount for the next down payment.With these calculations, it made me realize that I might have to find alternative ways to go from house hack one to house hack two.

I would say option A has been successful for me, but my best ground rule double (I don't think I have a home run yet) was land hacking, essentially.

We house hacked it the first year, and maybe would have had enough equity to get a HELOC, but didn’t do it.

The very first property that I bought I house hacked, then rented entire house then sold 24 years later. 

House hack 

 - house hacking is one of the better current RE strategies. 

This is a duplex and this will be the first time I am renting both sides since I was house hacking.