I would then plan to use this forced equity (since I plan to buy a fixer upper) to invest in another home.I have been constantly reading to househack right into the MFH, but this may take some time for me to acquire the money and purchasing power.

Hi BP,Im trying to figure out if I should look into using a HELOC on my parents home to buy a rental property in cash.

My personal privacy is not an issue for me but based on the American legal system, lawsuits being reduced to the status of a lottery, I understand why most prefer to hide.

I wanted to know if it would be wise to buy a reasonably priced home and do house hacking.

You will need to buy the tax certificate at the tax lien sale.

When running numbers to buy a place, I plug in$5,000.00 per unit to separate.

I just wanted to get some insight on how common it is to request mold tests prior to purchasing a property and testing for mold with long term buy and holds in this climate.Thank you in advance! 

Are you looking to get an investment property at 20% down or a primary residence you can house hack (rent the rooms in the house you are living in), or a primary residence (better for people who are married/have kids/don't want roommates) where you live in it for 12 months then rent it when you buy your next property to repeat the process.

As for overseas based investing, @Travis Watts has talked quite a bit about his experience of buying properties on his own then gradually transitioning over to syndication investing.

Unless you own the house cash, in addition to the advice you've received, you can't just transfer a house from personal to an LLC without risking the option of the loan being called since the LLC does not have two years of tax returns.For new investors without cash to buy, LLCs are about the biggest cause of analysis paralysis out there.