It’s great to have someone with your level of experience and diverse background here.

This could be an opportunity to get into the game in the area.If you ever want to connect, grab a drink, and talk real estate, hit me up.

Hi @Tim Holt I think in general house hacking is usually a good move because it gets you off the sidelines and into the game with the most favorable financing possible (30 year fixed).There's a lot of value in getting started today vs waiting some undefined number of years until conditions are better, which could be a long time from now, because real estate is a business and the sooner you start actually learning about that business, the better.With all that said, I always recommend that people analyze any potential house hack as a pure investment that they aren't going to live in, because someday they may want to move out and you should know up front (before you commit) whether you're going to be able to do that, or whether you're overpaying and will be stuck in the property unable to move out because it'll be cash flow negative if you do.So you had it exactly right when you wrote, "the property would need to cash flow when I move out and rent out all units."

So I require skin in the game (average is 5% to 15%) to offset this.

You actually have a pretty solid setup with your diverse degrees plus the one alumni so there's something there.

Why I would agree, it would be ideal to start one ourself but to be profitable at PM it seems to be a numbers game.

Thus, putting the money into something is the name of the game, when my Hard Money Note matures.

It was those 2022 delivered  projects where I became an accidental landlord that led me to focus more attention on building to researched housing needs rather than simply replicating the inventory other's bring to the market and it's been a game changer for me and my business. 

Right now I house hack, but am looking to properly get in the game by end of next year, so I'm trying to be prepared.

Why don't you share your info and your background and how many deals you have done in the land game.