I think it’s vital to realize when to grow and when to slow.

The only thing that keeps me from owning a house for my personal use is the baggage it comes with like maintenance, time and overhead costs.But I understand It'll cut costs and is something I should really think about.Thanks

I personally have had amazing success with properties which are between 2 and 12 units, which most people would call “small multi-family.”

Work with your commercial lender/insurer/lawyer/personal banker and see if they know of any interested parties.4. 

Many folks would I bet…You do realize that you just defined the word "Politician"....

I just realized that section8 and forcing the value in a home "FOR RIGHT NOW" is not for me.

And then you can use that information to start to develop your own personal due diligence method: Crowdstreet.com, 1031 Crowdfunding, Akr7, Finresi etc.

You want this to be your backup plan if things take longer than anticipated, you do not want to dip into personal credit cards so i would use a heloc to help with down payment but try to keep a nice available balance on a heloc as your insurance policy. 

“ cash flow returns” almost always compare horribly to a simple bank CD after you deduct for insurance, prop taxes< vacancy, capex, prop management (or your personal time.) etc etc etc. 

My lease has a sublet fee (2 weeks is guest by lease more than 2 weeks in a year is sublet) that is costly enough ($100/night per person which is about what a cheaper hotel is here) that makes sure tenants do not have others move-in without informing us.