Also, what do folks think about sacrificing a little cash-on-cash return to (1) get a first deal done and (2) live rent free? 

What's up y'all, I'm a newly beginning wholesaler and currently have the option to live rent-free in either California or New York City.

If I dont live in the property I can live rent free at my parents for a year or two.

Make sure the numbers work so that you can live "rent free." 

The tough part is I never saw a pandemic where government would shut down businesses and colleges, etc and let tenants live rent free.

After he passes or decides to leave, we would have options to Develop, live, rent, etc. 

You still have to pay for groceries, you still have to pay for gas, but you can live rent free forever apparently under Governor Dingus Inslee.

@John Neff live rent free first, house hack, then you can dive into anything that motivates you.

Longtime-lurker/seldom-poster here â recent transplant to PDX from the east coast, and my wife and I are in the process of closing on our primary residence, just north of OHSU, which has a fully separate ADU on-site.

@Jason BoritzAs an agent in Los Angeles (but a transplant of seven years from New Hampshire) I always smile when one of my client's rolls his eyes and states the "barrier to entry" for real agents is just so low.