I 100% agree if i dump it now i will lose money.

as a break between living spaces.I'm not a builder but I imagine builders enjoyed a little savings by not having to budget for all the additional interior walls, but maybe that money had to go into costs anyway.Open floor plans are nice, but a bit too open for me.

I am planning in acquiring my first house hack within the next 3-5 months after I save enough for the downpayment and the capital expenditures. 

I didn't have a lot of money- but I could have been smarter about it.

That's not a lot money!

If you want to spend the money, you can split the water. 

I've managed to save up $20,000 and I'm considering investing it in real estate.

I trust my agent but I also would like to be able to verify what they told me was true especially when it cost me more money.

My idea was to establish myself with some paid-off, cash flowing properties to make leveraging them for more investments a lot easier.I'd like to flip some houses to generate some cash, but  even knowing what I know I'm struggling to see how to make money doing so. 

Hi Nam,The only way is creating systems that can help you navigate your project week by week.If the numbers make sense, you should place an add and see if you can hire a part time superintendent in the area that wants to make some extra money on the side, a construction superintendent will save you time and money, only doing this part time for you it will not be that costly, obviously you'll need to manage that super and you do that with preset forms and systems in place, if you need help with forms contact me directly with your email and I will send you what I have and what I use, that should help you Good luck!!!