Traditional 30 year fixed rate mortgage through a local credit union.

Read Rich Dad Poor Dad. 

For this deal, I used traditional vacation home financing and was able to get an interest rate in the low 3% range and put 10% down.

My twin brother and I left the accounting world after reading the famous "Rich Dad Poor Dad" and wanted to start investing in real estate to create long term wealth. 

Yesterday in Virginia Beach we put a full cash offer in on a home that would not qualify for traditional financing so it would only be investors bidding, it looks like we are going to lose that today as someone offered over 20 grand for that property.

@Rich Ramjatan I do have enough reserve for the other properties.

Originally posted by @Rich Ramjatan:Are you sure you want to do carpet?

@Victoria Hill I would read Rich Dad Poor Dad. 

Airbnb, ADU, student housing etc, are nice options to consider as part of the house hack as they bring in a bit more income than a traditional rental.You mention wanting to house hack your way into 3 properties at 1 per year.  

After that time, I could do a traditional loan and do a balloon payment to pay off the seller...