As far as prior experience, I would be a first time buyer.

It seems it was a temporary government sponsored play to help move Department of Veteran Affairs owned foreclosures off the books when there was a glut of them.  

I had more than one appraiser comment that the CLV market is a declining market in their reports and when lenders see that they often cut leverage.A lender will ask for your credit, experience, and maybe liquidity. 

In my experience having mutli-family properties have not been a factor in getting a loan for a single family.

I have a ton of experience working with HUD foreclosures. 

Hi Alya, I've personally done a lot of STR and MTR for my clients so I have a lot of experience with this.

Who can share their experience with Travel Nurses to house hack? 

If you or anyone else has personal experience with quantifiable evidence of successfully owning a small or medium size business on an absentee/passive basis I would be interested in learning about it.  

Hi Navid-To start, I am sorry to hear about your father's dementia.It is fortunate that you were able to sell his business and he invested in 6 investment properties in California 10-15 years ago and he and your mother are living on the cash flow from those.You now are thinking about expanding your father's investment real estate portfolio because California is so expensive to live for them but don't have the same experience and confidence being new to investing.This is an honorable goal and you are right to be cautious and thoughtful.You asked about whether you should cash out refinance each house or borrow against all houses to get downpayment for new properties.

Ask how many units they manage and how much experience they have.