A house hack could definitely be a good first step, allowing you to build wealth while maintaining your lifestyle.

They won’tfinance you, since bankruptcy laws allow you to keep your Residence.H.

I like both, but real estate allows you to control your investments much more personally.

Additionally, it feels the most appropriate approach for both profiles I described above and allows me to focus on learning one strategy.

However, in my state utility shutoffs are not allowed in winter and that gets people confused sometimes. 4.

Most importantly, I'm sure you would agree, this has been a huge learning experience that will allow you to be a more successful & savvy investor in the future based on this experience. 

While none of these options allow for immediate cash flow on the property (we are on the northern CA coast) the ARMS would allow us to break even.

This allowed us to close quickly and focus on adding value.

Potential for manipulation: Some agents may be using this argument to discourage sellers from allowing buyers and their agents to negotiate commissions directly.3.

While sophistication of your equity partners (private money lenders) will vary between residential and commercial, the principle of raising private capital is the same.You need to develop your own system which allows a constant stream of PML even when you don't need the funds and/or don't have an active deal under contract.For example; I raise private capital by offering free educational workshops for people with self-directed IRAs.