Focus on those goals and don't lose sight and keep track of them. 

If your rate starts adjusting and you need to refinance to get another locked rate but the market is down, you may be out of luck unless you've achieved significant principle paydown. 

Even if your new payment is around the same amount at least you will have more going to principle and interest instead of the lender's pockets.  

I am not sure if this is normal (well, 2021 normal) or a sign of a huge problem.
My lender let me know that because my first home purchase (SF) is in a suburb 45 minutes outside of a hot market (Austin) that apprais...

Also, depending on how complex the rehab is, it could drag out 1 yr + as permitting can take a while.I think its a good idea in principle but there are a lot of variables, each being important enough that you need to properly plan/vet ahead of time. 

I would use my W2, money saved through house hacking, and income generated from wholesales to pay off the principle of the cheapest property in my portfolio.

Whether that entails using creative financing or physically adding value to the property in sight of increasing rents are all possible options. 

Hind sight and experience are 20/20.

I think it’s the principle of the matter.

The wholesaler had 10-20 people interested in coming up and seeing it the following weekend so I made an offer for $110k sight unseen ($10k higher than asking).