Also have an understanding of housing demand versus supply for houses and apartment rents (I wish I considered those factors when buying my first home).Also, make sure you understand debt financing and you spending time modeling out your costs. 

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I wish I had done house hacking when I was living in Chicago (almost 10 years of rental living ugh).

Almost everyone here on BP will tell you that they wish they had started earlier, myself included.4.

I wish there was an easier way to do this.

You might wish to adjust how rent is paid and received.

I wish it would have been around years ago when we started investing.

Wanted to wish you the best of luck in putting that team together.

If you have a loan, you may wish to look into due-on-transfer clauses.