Once you're ready, create a goal (e.g., "I will buy at least one single-family home, duplex, triplex, or fourplex before the end of 2019") and then do it.

Purchase price: $424,500 Cash invested: $20,640 I purchased a small detached duplex that I plan on moving into one and keep the other as a rental.

@Jordan BrownSince Orange County and Santa Barbara have high housing costs, using an FHA loan for a house hack could be a smart move, allowing you to put less money down while securing a property.

I provided washer and dryer, and upon move out, realized the washing machine was completely different. 

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Our plan is to use the "Sneaky tactic" and for the next few years, the plan is to buy a house that needs a little TLC, fix it up as we live in it and move on to buy another house until were tired of doing it or reach a decent income.

Neighborhoods change and your right, tenants with Section 8 prefer the newer, nicer properties or to move out the the city into the surrounding counties.  

There are tons of investors on her with the same end goals. 

Although I wasn’t happy with this agreement because my goal is to evict them as soon as possible, my lawyer told me it was the best outcome we could achieve.However, the tenants didn’t honor the agreement.

Bonnie did you move from Redding Cottonwood ?