I just read and enjoyed Paul Moore's "The Perfect Investment" (re: multifamily buildings), and also finished "Rich Dad, Poor Dad," which I thought was just so so.

They had 3 dogs, so I will clean the property, then get them the hell out of my life and continue on my RE journey!

FHA is good due to the low down payment but the up front MI is very expensive.... in addition, you have to add .8 to your rate which is going to be your monthly MI so it will eat into your monthly profits; you cannot drop the MI, you would have to refinance to get rid of it. make sure you properly calculate the payment with all escrows and re-run you numbers...

Like you are thinking, if you find another good multi-unit property to house hack then you may be able to absorb the slim or negative margins of the current property and get back into the black.Hope this helps some and good luck brother. 

My name is Robert and I am new to RE investing.

From reading previous posts on here over a few months I have seen that many people invest and then get the RE license to get ahead on MLS listed deals or save some money haha.   

@Michelle Jarreau I would purchase bunch of small multifamily properties in my market (Berwyn, Forest Park, Riverside) and then re-position them using the BRRR strategy.

If not remedied within the cure period, start eviction procedings....and be ready to scrub walls and re-paint.

There are tons of other RE strategies you can leverage.

,Welcome to the tribe of RE "addicts" ;-) There's probably not one RE question out there, that hasn't or can't be answered in this awesome community.So this challenge is more about finding the "right" partner with similar values and goals than just finding any realtor.