The first house I bought was a 3/2.5 home in phoenix and I rented the other two rooms out by the room. 

Two notes:1) The solar company may give you the best interest rate.2) If the power goes out, you still don’t have power if you have solar. 

Expect, to only get about 8% (or lower) of the properties you buy redeemed.If you pay close attention to the type of property, and do research to protect your interests, the percentage does jump up to about 30%-50% on the properties eligible for two year redemption.

Not sure, but the way it was presented it seems like you were putting these two approaches in similar buckets. 

My current portfolio consists of 8 units, a fourplex, a duplex and two SFHs, in 3 different states.

We have a place almost completed, 5 mins away from a major Hospital.Thanks

There are two types of borrowers that fail at a much, much higher statistical rate than any other...1) borrowers with little experience, and 2) those putting nothing or very little down.

Appreciation Wins: - Two years appreciated enough to remove PMI. - Four years of appreciation -100k HELOC for investing.TakeawaysThis house hack worked because I chose a desirable home in a good area with strong appreciation potential.

The other two in my post I picked up from OOS investors who had the same property manager as I do.

That does not even include the one or two deals that happen daily or weekly between realtors who know the buyer/seller and make a deal happen as almost an off-market deal.