It’s not as hands-on as building your own portfolio, but it could be the perfect launchpad—cash flow now, experience later.What’s your gut telling you—slow and steady with SFHs, all-in on multifamily, or maybe a passive play with us?

I know enough about a lot of things to be dangerous, but lack detailed expertise and certifications.I will say that I was extremely disappointed with my last realtors lack of construction knowledge so you will have a leg up there for sure, and you should play up that as a selling point

A VA loan is a good play, but it needs to be considered a residential property, unless someone understands more than me on the commercial side and knows a way to use a VA loan for a commercial property. 

so Kristi this begs the question in Fort Meyers were you had land guys in the 50s plat literally 500k thousand lots  ( lehigh Acres etc) where is the development plays or is it all commercial development plays.. 

Play the long game and hold onto that equity. 

Quote from @Willie J Baxter: I used dealcheck on a multiunit in the area and played around with it till i could cash flow positive $250/mo.

The list goes on with the negotiations, and saying that you'll work with the agent in a dual agency role to get them to throw their commission into play for the seller to reduce from 1M to $975,000 is not that great when you can work with an agent that can get you a house for $925K and $20K back at closing while you are paying them $25K (typically not though).5.

Posted this on the Multifamily section, but realized after I should post it here.I am a current Senior at the  Catholic University of America playing Baseball and finishing up my accounting degree.

I hope the heck I've got more than a decade to go, but just have too many play things to do that are more important than buying another house.

Here's how each option plays out:Option A: Convert Back to a Rental and Use a 1031 ExchangeIf you re-rent the home for at least one to two years, you can defer capital gains taxes through a 1031 exchange by reinvesting in another investment property.