The taxes here are high, but the price to rent ratio is exceptional and there is a huge demand for quality housing in certain neighborhoods.   

Win, Lose or Draw he's still in the records from your filing;-)Housing Court Judge, speaks to us at MassRealEstate dot net annually.

I don't know a single person who regrets starting out with a quad and house hacking.

This means that your permanent residence is excluded (except if you are doing a house hack in which the part that is rented out is eligible for cost segregation).

I was able to get a private loan which I used to purchase the house then I used my own money to rehab the house.

@Joe Villeneuve around 300K of equity in the houseSell the house, take the equity, spend it or use it on your next house where you are moving to. 

A 50% LTV on a $120K house at 7%, 30 year Am results in a $400/mo interest payment.The cashflow on your existing duplex goes to $1,000 per month, but now you can buy another just like it so yoru cashflow goes to $2,000 per month.  

I do a heloc on the house and I am the only borrower on the heloc.

As a community I think we should focus on helping people who have had their housing situation negatively impacted recover as quickly as possible.

It's the concept of buying the debt attached to the mortgage rather than buying the house.