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Real estate investing has been a passion of mine for time with my mother also having invested early on where I likely have gotten the love and desire to follow similar foot steps.I have taken last 6 months to educate myself and currently own a single family home as primary residence and would like to expand to multi family properties (2-4 units) for additional stream of income, not to mention potential tax benefits for long-term investing.Based on current living situation, I have a fair amount of equity established in my primary residency along with having enough cash to either pay off house completely or use towards investing in a multi family property.Given that I'm the sole source of income for our household with my wife being the home maker for our two kids under 2, trying to weigh out risks with getting started now or perhaps waiting. 

With seller financing, you are already on the back foot so it seems like this would be a good time to make an asking price offer if your numbers suit it.

Find Brandon's videos on YouTube for the "four square" method of analyzing homes and practice.

You most certainly are starting on the right foot, and have reachable goals set. 

Should I use a co-host just to get off the ground on a good foot and rack up some solid 5 star ratings, then transition to self sufficient down the road?   

The issue is that if they say no, and no one else bites, I've shot myself in the foot. 

Yes, that's one of the motivations that bring us to BP we want to start with the right foot!  

I had similar with duplex and ended up having to foot the bill but it was determined the break was on my property and resolved with yard excavation and a fat repair bill. 

If it's net positive, then make sure to do it up to code, etc so the finished square space can count.