I'm hosting a house hacking seminar in a few weeks for prospective buyers interested in multi unit buildings who want to live in one unit and rent out the others.

Should I max out what they will lend me so I can invest as much as possible in the next multi-family asset, or should I be conservative and just take out what is needed for the initial amount of capital that is required for the next deal. 

For my first deal, I would like to purchase a multi-family (likely a duplex) and house-hack.

If it becomes reality, all kinds of investments will benefit, single family, multi-family, flippers, land developers.

Then we setup other investment and savings vehicles like Roth IRAs and an HSA.  30% of our take home pay was being set aside.Then we read the @Scott Trench book Set For Life and a similar article he wrote (The Simple "Secret") about capital preservation, and it blew our minds. 

I am back on the pockets and hope to buy my first multi-family investment in the next couple of months. 

They listed every property for 40-45k lower than the zestimate making it to be instant equity even if one doesn't get a lower price than the asking price.9 - SFH and then Multi?

Specifically on multi-family, I can't see the income and expenses.

As far as 20k for investment a condo is likely your best starting point if you are convinced that a multi family house hack is not for you.

I have private money lender to finance 10% of my down payment and I am paying other 10% down. How do I get the rest of the 90% covered? I have the cash for half the down payment but don’t have the assets or anything f...