I would be interested in areas that would attract long-term tenants, but then there is a tradeoff with costs.

Maybe this isn't the neighborhood to be buying a bunch more in.I agree that yard signs attract a diverse crowd.

The small MFR is also of interest, as my main goal will be long term cash flow with the upside of appreciation, in the hopes of shortening the time that I will be a "W2 folk". 

I don't mind leaving, but I need the funds since that's one of the main reasons why my family decided to live in rent control housing for protection. 

Also those suburban metro stations are surrounded by lots of parking so they are mainly for people driving in from somewhere else, not so much for people on foot.On the plus side, they are affordable compared to other parts inside the beltway.

I don’t know the specific areas as I have’nt researched this area but I’ve seen it mainly in Bentonville, Rogers, Fayetteville, and Centerton.

HahahaThe main reason for using the partner was his experience—he’s been into this for close to 6 years now where as I don’t have any hands on experience.

Currently I’m in search of my first property which I plan to house hack, ideally in the Central Maine area.

@Dan Krupa I'm looking at pulling equity out of my main residence and we should have +$150k.

For this scenario, let's say the home we currently live in is worth $240k, the current warehouse rental is worth $350k, and the upcoming warehouse will be worth $300k.The new home price would be somewhere around $400k so I would like to have around $100k to use towards a deposit, and then once we get in, then we sell our current home and take that $240k and put it towards the new home (probably as a refinance to get the best rate/payment).I currently don't have a loan on the current warehouse mainly because I wasn't sure of any loan programs that I would qualify for at the time I bought it.