@Mario Malpelli I was in the same boat when looking for my first deal, had just signed a 2 year lease, this madr it hard trying to get that low down payment from owner-occupiedAnyway, I had a talk with my landlord about investing and long story short, bought the house from him, the one that I was already renting!

We're all in the same boat with rates going up... hopefully these next rate hikes are already priced in 

I’m in the same boat as you in CA and starting out.

In the same boat currently devouring all the info I can at an impossible rate!

That would leave us with around $70k liquid cash.We rent an apartment month-to-month until we find a good duplex to purchase (ideally within 1 year).We house-hack the duplex until we accumulate enough cash to buy a SFH for ourselves (3-5 years).We retain ownership of the duplex and rent out both units.In my mind, this approach could "get the ball rolling", considering we can't afford to buy an investment property with our current circumstances, nor would we be able to for many years.What would you do if you were in the same boat?

This is one of the ways liberals in the government  get all of us to agree to give them more money in the form of taxes, They tell us is not from you, the little guy is from the rich, we agree, then  next year they come back and say we want more and since we already took from the rich guess who is next, stand together people rich poor and so so we are all in the same boat, the private economy.

And I am in a similar boat.

I actually used to spend a lot of time in Hennepin and boating on the Illinois River. 

@Allison ChristineHi Allison, it’s funny this post is from 2020, almost a year later and I’m in the same boat lol the mls deals in my market is pretty much dry for multi family.

If your confident in the numbers dont work against yourself and rock the boat.