I am 30 myself income is good and I love my job so I am not looking to replace my income, just looking to invest wisely and build wealth. 

If house hacking isn't the best option for me, how would you recommend starting out to build up some investments.

Honestly is better spent as a down payment on a second building. 

As a licensed Real Estate Broker in Maine, I managed the acquisition and renovation of 1272 Lakins Rd, Etna, leveraging my expertise and industry knowledge.

It’s awesome to see your passion for real estate and your clear goals for building a portfolio.

So as long as someone gets realistic with the TRUE cost to  own and maintain and the numbers work it can work but I am a big proponent if your going to have these types of assets they need to be paid for to really enjoy any financial benefit.lastly I can say the same thing about new builds.. over the long haul unless there is REAL appreciation more than just 2 or 3% if you sell within say 10 years your going to be lucky to break even as your going to have to spend 20 to 30k making the houses fresh again to get top dollar a 10 year old rental is not going to bring top dollar and the value at that point will only be what an investors will pay for a given cash flow..

Trust and reputation builds and deals just flow from that...

I don't recommend jumping into this world if you have no experience in the industry.4.

It will help build some knowledge and you will see more deals happening and how they do them.

I am looking to build up a network here on BP.