If you're looking to scale and take full advantage of house hacking, look for a property on the larger end of the spectrum, ideally 4 units.

Other option would be to sell one of these homes and buy a single family home on a larger, flatter lot with more potential to build, but then I lose these great mortgages I've got.  

Landlord-tenant regulations are a bit complex in California and getting hands on is the best way to learn before expanding into larger investments. 

We just started managing 4 tiny homes on 1 lot with a shared pool and they are booking great at a rate commensurate with larger homes.   

So I'm very confused asking if there are any institutions that will take bitcoin as down payment (Which seems extravagantly easy because a bank or lender  could/would simply convert to USD) vs you stating that they take them as collateral, which seems like the more difficult task.

Tenant screening is a big task and extremely important.

Higher Credit Scores allow you to get larger loan sizes or higher LTV options.

Because I need cashflow proceeds to start being withdrawn in 2 years and not today, I'm looking for how I can build up the empire with a larger portfolio with continued investments beyond the initial $250k now.  

No point in paying someone to do a simple task (yet) so no it's not taken time from me - well maybe 5 minutes. repairs will come and we will fix, but that's why we do our due diligence before we buy so we aren't walking into major repairs 

I feel a loss of direction and that makes it really hard for me to focus and build.Do we keep at building a portfolio of small multi family (very abundant in my market, very rare to find anything above a triplex for sale), with plans of selling the portfolio and 1031'ing into larger properties?