I plan to hold these properties FOREVER or at least 10+ years (because rehabbed and have management/operations all in place), so trying to reimburse my cash from rehabs, new roofs, etc and recapitalize the value for CASH injection…..instead of selling.

Fiance has very little desire to share space with tenants, so it looks like we'll be doing SFHs as opposed to multi-families (though I still have hope I can convince her to try it for the first property, but let's assume it's not going to happen).Tentative Plan:-Buy a SFH for $150,000-$200,000 in Phoenix area with a VA loan ($0 down), live in it for 2 years while aggressively forcing appreciation as much as possible, have one or more kids-Buy second SFH for $200,000-$250,000 in Phoenix area (upgrade reason: more space for kids) with another VA loan ($0 down) using remaining entitlement, rent out first SFH, live in this one for 1-2 years while aggressively forcing as much appreciation as possible-Buy third SFH for $200,000-$250,000 with an FHA loan (3.5-5% down), rent out second SFH, live in this one for 1-2 years, not going to try to force appreciation too much right away but instead will spend more time and money building equity in the first two houses-Refinance both VA loans into conventional loans once I have 25%+ equity in both, use the "one time restoration of entitlement" to free up all my entitlement again, rent out third SFH, buy permanent primary residence for as much as I can afford at the time (but not more than the VA maximum)  with a VA loan ($0 down) for my now large family to live in forever-Aggressively force appreciation and build equity in third SFH until I can refinance that one into a conventional loan as well to get rid of PMI, then continue on from thereSo, my main concern is affording the second SFH without the necessary two years of landlording experience.

The key is to have very low turnovers which cost a lot of $, so treat your tenants good and they’ll stay with you forever.

I will forever be greatful for my partner/sherpa to show me the way.

This is a 2 unit current house hack but I won't be here forever...

Thank you for the encouragement and for the reminder that it's more important to get a good deal than to wait around forever for a perfect deal!

Treat your PML like it’s your grandmothers money and you will have access to money forever.  

He is one of the few members of our team that I consider a forever member (meaning he can make multiple honest mistakes before I would consider using someone else).A good mortgage broker earns their fees and can get you the best loan without you having to find that loan.  

Part of the difficulty with fees is that there are there forever and likely to rise as a building gets older.

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