Rather than paying down your student loans faster, assuming they are at a low interest rate, save that money for a down payment for a rental.

I would like to build a castle with a modern twist, designed in mind for maybe 30+(eventually more) luxury rental units, by the water, great ammenities such as a farm to table restaurant which caters to the resort and cabanas, would like to make it more profitable faster by saving on construction by utilizing my network of friends and pros, long lasting green artistic construction, with attracting the highest paying exclusive guests in mind.

I would like to build a castle with a modern twist, designed in mind for maybe 30+(eventually more) luxury rental units, by the water, great ammenities such as a farm to table restaurant which caters to the resort and cabanas, would like to make it more profitable faster by saving on construction by utilizing my network of friends and pros, long lasting green artistic construction, with attracting the highest paying exclusive guests in mind.

If you are making extra payments, and therefore getting down to 80% LTC faster, you must formally write the lender and request that PMI be removed once you hit the target.

But the way I see it, people driving for dollars has no time or interest doing this way, rather make money faster with a quick flip or wholesaling.

Right now I would not recommend chicago area at all I’m no professional but as a life time resident of Illinois I can tell you right now is not a good time to be buying property there new taxes are coming out very soon on property, gas , cigarettes and many other things that are going to be having people run even faster the they already are.

It's close, it's much more affordable, and we have steady appreciation that is fueled by good job projections in coming years.

I’m torn between thinking I have to stay at this high stress/low paying job for 2 years just to meet that requirement or pursuing my career in brokering mortgages to kickstart and really ramp up my capital savings to obtain my house hack that much faster.

Really the key/only reason I'd like to get my license is to be able to react faster to see properties that go on the market. 

I understand I could cash out refi but with time lines extended, banks tightening standards on cash out, and our need for a faster solution I’d rather put the property, which has significant equity, down as the leverage for a new loan for purchasing a new property.We have a rent roll option with 25% down at 7% interestHard money at 8% but only for 6 month time frame.We’d like a more competitive option that uses existing assets rather than typical credit standards.