Or should I prioritize paying down principal on my loans while in school and pursue a debt avalanche-type strategy to pay down my loans faster after I graduate instead of saving for a house hack?

Another good comparison tool is the Gross Rent Multiplier, GRM. 

We are trained, and use the Gross Rent Multiplier (GRM) when looking at our deals, which is essentially the inverse, or cousin of the 1% calculation.

Time is your greatest resource and your best strength when it comes to multiplying money.

Take that number of needed properties, and multiply by the amount of time you think it will take you to find, fund, buy, rehab (if needed), and fill each of those properties with a tenant.

Once you know this, you can get a rough idea what any similar home in an area will sell for by multiplying the median price per square foot sold times the square feet of the house you’re interested in.

From there, I can either take the HELOC or the cash from the refinance (theres about 100K in equity opportunity) and multiply the initial money I had for a down payment to build up from there. 

Find your marginal tax rate and multiply your gain. 

It only takes 1 very intent flake of snow to build an avalanche.

Gross rent multiplier of 142.