I have always dreamed of owning and operating multifamily rental properties ever since I was a little kid.My mom has been in realestate ever since I could remember, everything from being a realtor, fix and flips, buy and holds, and long term rentals.

We have one other mobile home park and this property will determine my desire to buy more or sell.

Getting one property and cashflowing it will be a challenge. you can try seller financing but you are still going to be highly levered which just enhances the risk that you are taking on.The best way to grow is to focus on managing your rental, saving money through your W2 and crushing that - if you are a realtor you will make more crushing it as being a realtor than over leveraging real estate - then save for down payment and buy slowly. its not a rush.

Based on a quick answer from Perplexity it seems like there would be no issue with you buying the home and collecting passive income, but you may not be allowed to manage it yourself since that is considered active work.

I am 24 y/o and live in Fairfield County, CT looking to buy my first property...likely house hacking a multi-family.

Every market in residential zoning has an expiration date, we just don't know what it is yet.The obvious solution is to buy in already regulated areas with tourist/commercial zoning.The returns are lower, but at least they can't go to zero overnight.

Along the deal analysis I am looking to buy and use Deal Machine.Sounds like a great plan! 

As a broker in a wholesale market, I "buy" a loan from a lender at a discount and mark it up for my profit.

I just finished reading The ABCs of Real Estate Investing and ABCs of Buying Rental Property by Ken McElroy.

People come here, buy, move away and try to keep the house as a rental.