The housing price is so high compare to the rent. 

After saving for years and being priced out of nearly all of our favorite neighborhoods here in the northeast, we decided to give up the American Dream of being house poor the rest of our lives and get into real estate.

I suggest looking into house hacking right now. 

Housing Market: 77008 features a higher percentage of family households (52.39%) and married-couple families (44.77%), suggesting stability and potential for property appreciation.Digital Advertising Demand: Houston Heights apartments (77008): 50,000 average monthly searches.

.”- Rick and Ricky, SFR gurus“We bought this house in Toledo for $31,500 and sold it 10 years later for $34,000”:-) sorry my Toledo friend :)

The first floor is a commercial space housing a pizza shop that grosses $800k annually.

You could start BRRRRing houses and maybe that would allow you to buy more and make more cash flow.As for the paying off the mortgages, I would make you minimum payments monthly and when rates go down in years, you could refinance but pay the same amount and that will help you to pay it off sooner while you are left in the same Cash flow position. 

I will give you the numbers then tell you mu strategy idea. house purchased for 415,000 in august of 2020 at a sub 4% rate but I treat it as 4% because I am not 100% sure what the rate is (I am getting into contact with realtor soon don't worry)The house could rent for 2,500 per month at minimum and I think I could get 2600-2900 but not 100% sure.It is now on the market for 600, 000 but I think I could get it to 575 since it has been up for a couple months.well 575,000 at a 7% APR is way higher than the rent so I was thinking I could do a seller financed route.

Debtors have 20 days to cure a homestead property, unless the deed of trust states otherwise.

So it all depends on your leverage position.We have still been able to find cash flow on LTRs here in the Denver metro and surrounding areas, however, it usually involves a big value add, or buying a very poorly operated 5+ multifamily property where you aren't competing with homeowners or house hackers.