Granted MFH are more common in rougher parts of central jersey and my purchasing power can't acquire me something in North Jersey here homes are much more desirable when it comes to appreciation and schools and safety.

If you have any tips about house hacking or real estate in general it would all be appreciated!

Purchase price: $900,000 Cash invested: $600,000 Purchased an existing short term rental fully furnished using equity from existing home here in Los Angeles.

In 2021, the most common reason people were investing was because there stock portfolio felt "too high" and wanted diversification, they were refi'ing their homes at 2.5% and redeploying that equity, or they had another syndication sell and they needed to redeploy the proceeds. 5.

Even from our HQ in FL I can likely outperform you on revenue for a few reasons:1 - We have partnerships with 15+ listing sites, including Marriot Homes + Villas, JetBlue and Allegiant Airlines, coming soon Amex Travel portal and Hyatt's VR site. 

Depreciation, mileage, home office, meals, 401k (assuming earned income a real estate biz) are all things to consider when wanting income higher so you can have more access to capital.Most decent lenders will give you credit for depreciation, however.

I've heard that traveling medics are generally not home much.

And as a hopefully new landlord soon, any other tips or ideas in regards to managing a multiunit would be greatly appreciated!

Do we just have escrow write us a check for the 25% of the proceeds after the sale, since that was our primary home portion? 

I have my primary residence single family home paid off in full Zestimate ~$500K, and no other outstanding loans for cars, schools, credit cards, and in good financial position with 2 years of reserves for expenses, etc.