.+  Buy more, repeat.

We are planning to live in one unit and rent the other half out of a duplex, then rinse and repeat this process as many times as possible over the next 5-10 years.

Unless you've done substantial improvements to the building or used a large down payment when buying, it's unlikely this will work.Perhaps your best move is to find a new primary residence that is 2-4 units and repeat the process.

Once the year passes you can move out, rent and repeat or try something else. 

I'm a huge believer we can learn from each other and not repeat the same actions.

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There is no SST and makes it easier to house hack 3-4 unit properties and you can use that loan repeatedly while with FHA loans you can only have one at any given time.

Then they repeat that caveat several times throughout the course.  

Rinse and repeat.