Good morning everyone,I'm trying to get into real estate investments using the house hacking method for my first property.

The problem was that after I made that down payment of about $45,000, I had very little money to keep expanding.I had to use multiple lower money techniques in order to grow over the years including:-401K loan for down payments on three properties-FHA owner occupied 4 plex with 3.5% down-Conventional mortgages with 5% down on 2 single family homes that I owner occupied and later turn into rentals-BRRRR method on one home to get all my cash back and buy another propertyThe next thing I'm doing is either refinancing or selling a property in order to get way more units.

Make sure you follow up with the company on each and every step so that you can be informed and also learn stuff about rehabbingGood luck,Tim

I've read several articles, but still not sure of my next step.

I have a lot of free time in my new job and I want to get more into the real estate business, so any recommendations on what steps I should take now to get more involved in it.

@Alexander Felice I tried this method on my most recent purchase and was shut down by the closing agent.

They can help you put a plan together for acquiring the first one and the next steps to take to put you in the right position to buy more (although focus on the first before you get carried away). 

What's your method of gathering information on regulations?

For someone who is just starting this journey to time freedom and is looking for many methods to do real estate.

When the market changes and investors have the upper-hand again, I like this method of finding contractors.