They are living a reasonable life style and are facing an unprecedented emergency. 

You do not have to have first property be 3plex you just need to make sure second property has a legitimate reason for moving in, an upgrade to your life style. 

Their life styles is what drives them into debt.  

It all boils down to your investing style, goals, and risk tolerance.

Purchase price: $70,000 Cash invested: $23,000 Ranch-style SFH 3bed/1 bath house on the Northside of PittsburghAttached Garage, front and back yard What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

I dont watch his "promo" style videos Ive been watching his older stuff from a few years ago called Cardone Zone where he has people call in and he analyzes their deals... 

Compare styles and figure out what seems best for your lifestyle.

So really the only part of DR style of investing is that it really harks on the fact that people need to have emergency funds in place to cover ALL expenses.

@Pavel Ushakov I'm fairly new to HELOC style debt.

Does anyone have any creative approaches in the direction of 'style' of house hacking.