So house for house, apartment building for apartment building.Have your parents considered renting the house they are living in for two years and moving back into the rental unit for 25 months.

Good on your friend for suggesting house hacking a duplex.

They make you an offer on your house on a 12 month lease.

I was broke enough that I couldn't afford rent at my apartment, but fortunately my landlord didn't notice, thanks in part or in whole due to some substance abuse issues.Anyways, when visiting my mom in the neighborhood where I grew up, I had noticed this construction van at a house on our street.

Not trying to scare you, but a lot of lawsuits happen because the landlord doesn't follow fair housing laws, or simply neglects repairs etc.

Portfolio loan against existing assets for immediate payment to investors.

It’s raw land and no house. 

@Marcus Stokescan you start with a live-in flip or house hack instead?

I’m hoping that once I do have enough saved I can buy the second property and continue house hacking.

And IMHO, the prices are dropping big time (on avg. 10K/month...houses that were above 300K a year ago are not selling at 250K now) and the available rentals saturation is worse than I seen during summer season (with rents dropping from 1$-1.08/sqft to 0.8$/sqft and very little contacts and applications...just go in Zillow and look how many rentals are on the market now in Kyle, New Braunfels or Converse).