A partial purchase was a natural fit but due to the seller’s age they didn’t want to wait to receive payments on the back-end.The solution?

I will look for the area where the property tax is low, limited exposure to natural disasters (hurricane, wildfire, earthquake, etc.), and landlord friendly.

Every time it will get easier and faster, and more natural.

and the realization only came to me... that the money is truly there... after... i placed my mindset in the direction of financial freedom and started documenting my journey...Note... remember conventional loans, or HELOCs or anything else in that nature that can help you get your multi family house.. .if you have an existing home or no existing home... are nothing but the tools for you to get closer... but diving into these tools, causes hassle factor... and causes your brain to operate across different spectrum... making it frustrating and making it very tough to understand...However, it becomes a lot less difficult to understand things when you do have money... simply because your brain begins to think differently when you already place your self in the position that you actually already gathered that 100k.....  

The ultimate goal in determining whether the provider's account fees meet your needs should be the value provided, not just in fees you'll incur, but also including intangible factors such as highly experienced professionals and responsiveness to client needs.Funding Time Frame - I would argue that this is the most important factor, as moving quickly is the nature of the real estate investment community. 

I’ve had the idea of house hacking my first investment, Just to get a feel  and some skin in the game.  

They have more skin in the game then you do.Make sure you get clear title.

Equity is by nature a part of profit and therefore an investment. 

And typically lenders like working with 1031 investors because of the static nature of their exchange proceeds.  

Then I'm told by architects that duplexes are built to a different standard than three plexes, like requiring fire escapes, which by appearances change the nature of the neighborhood, often generating opposition.