You could buy a 4 plex with 3.5% down, rent three units and live in the other with an FHA loan.

The difference with a PLoC is that it isn't using your house as collateral and the interest rate is likely higher than what you would get with a HELoC.Looking at the equity that I have in our first house, even almost three years later, we still don't have the equity required to create a HELoC based on that property. 

Damages include, but are not limited to, damages to floors, carpets, drapes, screens, landscaping, fencing, including odors due to the presence of pets.”At least three of the items on the list—landscaping, fencing, and screens—have the possibility of being damaged by an “outside dog”.

My 1st property was a house hack of a three family property where I have been enjoying living free for just about 9 months now.

There are several of us who can help you, do your due diligence, search for previous discussions, review references, then speak with two or three service providers.

In general, think of it in terms of the fact that this person is your tenant, whether the move in would be in three (3) weeks or one (1) day the process should be the same.   

As it turns out, three deals later with my lender resulted in a lunch with him and my now current business partner, Andrew.

We got market rent in two or three weeks.Re GC, I had a lot of trouble finding a good GC who wasn't booked out for months.

If you can NOT quickly get someone wanting the place in a few days, it will BE THREE MONTHs as after first of Labor Day it will be tougher to rent out to. 

She still has her brokerage license, so I plan on getting a real estate agent license to reduce costs on closing deals in the future and to get a stronger background in real estate.My short term real estate goals are:- Get my real estate license in the next three months- Purchase my first investment in the next year.