Looking for a starting point so I can have an idea of what I want for the local designer.I would say have a realistic sense of your budget for the project.

But at the same time, I think of the old adage "Fortune favors the bold" and believe that in order to achieve wealth/goals you need to take some risk. 

While house hacking can offer immediate benefits in terms of offsetting housing costs, it's crucial to also think about long-term goals and how this investment fits into your overall wealth-building and real estate portfolio growth strategies.Good luck!

My goal is to save on my living expenses and pay less than I am renting right now (my fiance and I pay $1,450 and split it). 

Im 21 now and still live with my parents so expenses are low, but my goal is to make 50k in active income by Dec 31st, 2024 and I have been brainstorming about somehow wholesaling but also using my license as an agent to get clients and potentially find off market leads and instead of putting them under contract myself like a wholesaler and then assigning them, is there a way y'all can think of to just bring those leads as an agent to cash buyers and get a commission without them taking the deal from under me?

I had a rehab project to fix up a unit.

With some previous projects i did in the past.

Ultimately the goal is to build a great, creative relationship with the right lender whose in my corner and I can trust.

I have a W2 job in a high tax bracket, but we are planning on owning Airbnb’s that my wife actively manages along with her working as a real estate agent...Our goal was to have her materially involved so that we could write off potential losses against my W2 income.

Last project we did, it was 16k for water meter, $26k for underground electric meter.