Start by reading the Ultimate Real Estate Investing Guide: https://www.biggerpockets.com/guides/ultimate-real-estate-investing-guide/introduction2.

What do you mean by house hack though?

@Alex Sarnoff, Much of your uncertainty on these things can be easily addressed by your QI. 

"Traction" by Gino Wickman has been a game-changer for our company and my personal life.

I would like to grow my portfolio by 2-3 rental properties year over year.

You've earned $132,000 more by splitting your money and leveraging it.

If so, is that assuming that the builder builds at cost (and "proves" it by providing invoices/etc. by the subs)?

If the work is not 100% complete by the end of the Escrow period, may implement a .50% (on total loan balance) extension fee that will cover an additional construction term of 60 days.

Austin is increasing multifamily unit supply by 10% year over year, with more on the way next year. 

By moving to the SECT 8 model, we were able to increase the rents with $5-600 premiums per unit.