I'd find a mortgage broker who understands your strategy well enough to advise on products designed to help you scale. 

@James Kiefer From what I understand Pittsburgh happens to have some decent underlying fundamentals so it may not be a bad place to invest but certainly speak with local experts.

There are many tenants for the rentals we own in this area, and I believe it will grow and appreciate significantly.

@Alex Powers I would probably agree with this.

With house hacking, I feel like you only need a few properties to be able to build cash flow and set yourself up for retirement.

Now, I'm looking to dive a little bit more into the buy-and-hold strategy.Could you expound more on what you mean by not having much competition on 4 - 8 units? 

She's an agent with Deacon and Hoover.

Baselane is easy enough to use that I can do it myself so I'm now saving by not paying those expenses and I prefer to be more hands on anyway so I have a better understanding of my expenses and profitability. 

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