So if you're going to do it, either do it sooner rather than later OR go ahead and get that mortgage before you do so.

Take your time and do not rush it.

If they don’t plan to share resources then you’re only ahead on the design and drawing if you partner with them.  

I will provide the counter-argument to the prevailing consensus here...opening up the property to a wider audience of prospective tenants will more than likely get your property rented faster...if your property sits unrented for an incremental two weeks (and you forego one-half month of rent as a result), did you really come out ahead by not offering to pay one-half of the monthly rent to a realtor that would have brought a qualified tenant to the table?

Should I flip her unit after mine or go ahead and get a re-appraisal and refinance to move to the next property, or option 3 (unknown)? 

Happy new year BP fellows. Hope you had a great 2022 and an even better 2023. bit of a background, wife and I are investing out-of-state (AZ) for the past year, we have 2 properties/3 doors and all is pretty much runn...

Once in, I'd continue to save a decent reserve fund since I would keep my low cost of living.If I go with an apartment, I could do a house hack in 12-18 months depending on what kind of rent I could get.If you were in my shoes and needed to get a place, would you go ahead and go with the house hack or wait, get an apartment, pay of all debt and get a savings together and then do a house hack 1-2 years later?

One of them actually went ahead and did the work even though I had not hired them to.

I will go ahead and read "Mobile Home Wealth" as a starting point.

Thank you ahead of time,Ricardo :)