Hi Derek,Cashflow positive real estate will help your ability to qualify for a primary residence mortgage, not hinder, assuming an REI-friendly lender, and that you maintain adequate PITI reserves (if you have healthy retirement accounts, that'll typically do it). 

Good pay in the real estate field is obtained when one rises to investment decision making positions (for which one needs significant education, experience and talent), or on a commission basis by being a top "producer".  

At this point, I'm most interested in house hacking, but I have not yet seen any duplexes or four-plexes selling for a fraction of their value in areas with healthy rents.  

If done well you will see a healthy return, feel free to reach out if you need more assistance!

Thanks BP and guests for producing such great content.

So you know what's up.Download your HOA owners laws.. and figure that out.Get a copy of the tenants lease,, if they have one if not,, then I would venture to say they are month to month tenants if they can not produce a current lease document.Good luck,, sounds like a murder mystery.. :)

This produces a "mention" within the Bigger Pockets forum and alerts the person you're responding to that someone has said something to or about them. 

My new strategy is to rehab a "fixer upper" and turn it into an asset that produces positive cash flow.

A factory-built home, which conforms to this definition, and produced after June 15, 1976, is commonly called a manufactured home.

In a matter of a few minutes, I was able to identify the woman referenced above is a Producer at one of the local TV stations.