House hack another property with a low down payment loan and use the remainder or the proceeds to either renovate or purchase another investment property?  

Have you purchased a property yet? 

Actually, I would start maybe with smaller markets like Algarve, or Coimbra, but that's me...Best of luck!!

@Fed Finjap now you're better prepared if you continue to scale and eventually hire a PMC!

We do want to settle in a little bit here while continuing to do our homework, but hope to get into something in the next 6-12 months.With the way interest rates are looking now and what little I see on public listings, I think a smaller multi-family that needs a little rehab would be the best bet. 

Purchase price: $140,000 Cash invested: $22,000 Sale price: $180,000 Moratorium expired a few months before closing and I inherited 2 tenants couldn’t get into the property for 3 months!

The advantage is that rehab loans are based on the value of your home after the improvements.Since Home 1 will be the quickest to move on, please DM me the state where Home 1 is located, the purchase price and how much you have spent on rehabs to-date.

Super complicated and an absolute specialty I dont know how smaller players bust into this. 

Local banks and smaller credit unions are most aggressive in this space.

My advice would be to start small with your first deals to gain experience before scaling up.