It's great to hear about your successful house hack experience with your STR duplex in Charlotte, NC.

Is there anyone that has gone through NACA and got a multi-unit and was able to successfully refinance out of the loan after a year, or is it more realistic to plan to have to stay in the home for 3 to likely 5 years?

Have you had success networking locally?

Could one buy a pool of mortgages from FNMA, split that pool back up into individual mortgages,  then negotiate with the homeowner to purchase their own mortage at a discount, removing a huge stumbling block in the real estate market.

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Having a completely separate credit card just for this purpose, and even if you don't go for a specific software yet, since you are still on your first building, actually being diligent about tracking in a spreadsheet will set you up for success.

Something to consider if you would like to lock in an interest rate and payment.To your success!

Since we had successfully invested close by in neighboring Mexico, it made sense to at lease have a look at it. 

If you lived here and was going to get heavily involved in the management of your portfolio then your chances of success are much higher.

How did you find this deal and how did you negotiate it?