Now that house has been rented out for the past two years, and I want to buy another possible duplex or triplex to house hack.

It's going to be tough to buy a property without steady W2 income.  8k is a good start, but you might need to keep saving.  

If you had 150k you could buy one 400k property with 8k property taxes that rents for 2500/mo or you could buy two 200k properties with say 3k property taxes per month each renting for 1800.

It's unbelievable that anyone could be so bad at buying real estate.

I’m currently working towards getting my real estate license with a focus on helping investors buy 2-3 properties a month.

I buy houses in the Memphis market.Terry Clothier REI Nation

I  Income:  The amount of property you can buy will be dependent on your Debt to Income ratio.  

What makes you question to buying another house? 

Investors buying land to HOLD for either speculation or future development can just wait until the wholesaler’s contract with the seller expires and eliminate the wholesaler “markup”.  

I own one rental house in Cypress, but with the current market I have not been able to find another existing single family home to buy that looks like a good investment.