In addition, Pace Morby's team could have systems in place to vet the deals for which loans are sought.

Quote from @Victor Yang:In addition, is it possible for me and my wife to gift 36k worth of equity per year of the house (under the annual exclusion limit) and therefore have none of the costs go towards the lifetime gift limit?

We plan to spend the next 6-12 months continuing to earn and save, as well as nail down a final market we want to househack in.

They yield results, but I understand a lot of other people have jobs where they cannot spend so much time on their listings. 

Additionally, are there any other factors I should be considering when purchasing a duplex or triplex?

Everyone knows who the new person is and the goal is always to mess with them and test them and try to get them to spend their money on the junk so we can get the good ones. 

@Joe Villeneuve around 300K of equity in the houseSell the house, take the equity, spend it or use it on your next house where you are moving to. 

Stop hanging out with your deadbeat buddies who spend all day drinking, talking sports, and otherwise wasting away.

My goal is to grow this business by expanding my investor network and seeking properties that will allow for additional scalability.

My dilemma has been that I've gotten a little behind on some revolving debt that selling this property now could eliminate in addition to giving me cash on hand to trade into some better value or start a new construction duplex project I've been wanting to start.