Other types of investment (in land in private developments, or in a house in a place like PlayaCar) where the ticket price on the house is upwards of $500,000, financing through a mortgage broker like Mexlend or several others wouldn't be a problem. 

every RE empire begins with 1 property

Build a rental property empire by Mark Ferguson (read twice) 4.

For me, investing/living in places like the high desert or even the Inland Empire and commuting to Orange County for work defeats the purpose of why I invest in the first place.

You’ll hear how Bill went from ex-con to house hacker, how Jacob used some highly creative methods to find his first deals, and how David is building an empire from across the ocean.

Can you set up a HELOC on it prior to your next house hack to have capital to build your real estate empire?

Long, owners) requesting rezoningfrom GC and PSC to RM-8 for the purpose of Townhouses in Land Lots 35and 36 of the 18th District, and Land lot 1297 of the 19th District.

If you leverage your properties (properly) you can expand your empire much more quickly.

Maybe it would work in an area like the Inland Empire.  

I'm currently looking to buy multifamily (apartments) in Southern California 4.5-6+ cap or South/ Central Florida 6+ cap (LA, Inland Empire, South East Fl etc)I currently own manage a portfolio of about 40 units with some ownership.Search: 15-50 units (this varies a lot...currently we're looking at south LA versus Inland Empire.)So a little background on how I usually buy a property...