Hi Cody, the easiest way would be to house hack - if you're able to move into one of the units you can usually qualify for a much lower down payment.

The easiest ones to walk away from are the ones that act too busy to talk to their future clients and answer their questions.  

(I.e it’s STR for 2 years, LTR for 3 years and then you live in it for 5 years. 1/2 the time it was a rental and half it was your primary so you owe capital gains on half of it plus 100% of the depreciation.)

Responses were, under contract, I'll send you the numbers, and half of these would never cash flow, or a single family made out to be whatever or they simply would not respond at all. 

Those are my goals first the first half of the year.

I called a "we buy houses" number and the person on the phone offered me half of the city assessed value of the home at the time.

Also, I just confirmed with my lender (who has helped MANY house hackers) that you can do 3.5 percent down on FHA with a non-occupant co-borrower.The easiest, fastest, and best way to get answers to your questions will be to sit down with a lender (or 2 or 3). 

All while doing this, I would love to develop an impressive successful invest property portfolio for future long-term wealth (NOT get rich quick).My grandfather (who originally owned the masonry company) was also a fireman at one time he owned 26 properties which later down the road sold half to his son and the others to my dad.

All while doing this, I would love to develop an impressive successful invest property portfolio for future long-term wealth (NOT get rich quick).My grandfather (who originally owned the masonry company) was also a fireman at one time he owned 26 properties which later down the road sold half to his son and the others to my dad.

I just purchased a lake lot for half the price the neighboring lot sold for 6 months ago, so we will see how building goes!