Its B of A's responsibility to process these short sales and provide a trackable paper trail of data supplementing the decision they make to retain or liquidate.

My plan use the cash flow and use it to buy other properties to supplement my current income and scale up to multi-families to create sustainable wealth for my amazing family.We bought a condo (I know, I know, there are risks...).  

I just purchased my first property, so my capital to invest into another door needs to (ideally) be supplemented with another stream of revenue.

I don't plan on using an LLC yet so I can make financing into conforming loans easier and less hassle until I max out my 10 loans.I've read posts where most people mention getting liability coverage of around $300k to $500k and then supplementing it with a $1million or maybe $2million dollar umbrella policy on top of that.The insurance co.

Namely, open-end vs. closed-end.Our vision is to build a portfolio of longer-term rental properties to provide stable cash flow and supplement those with shorter-term flips. 

You've mentioned a few times that this is all supplemental, since you have the means to invest elsewhere without house hacking.

That should provide a nice little supplement to your big project and help you meet your end goals there.

Then if you had no supplemental heat the pipes in the house would freeze up as the temperature dropped.  

The solution to that is getting a second job to help supplement the income.

The only other thing I'd like to add is that it's a great idea to diversify your income and investments to minimize the chances of needing to go back to work in 10 years to supplement income.