On a personal level, I think the easiest way to start is by House Hacking so you live for free and that opens up some cash to get started on your second property. 

I was considering expanding home to due to mortgage balance being roughly 64k and property value around 393k , but with the cost of construction made more sense to turn it to assets if possible and house hack with my brother on multi family else where .

I just had my first offer accepted (a multifamily in Albany to house hack!)

Investment Info:

Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment.

Purchase price: $526,000

Cash invested: $56,000

Three unit that needed a rehab. Completely updated, living in one unit and r...

Purchase price: $750,000 Cash invested: $140,000 I house hacked and remodeled a fourplex.

My plan is to house hack a single family as multi’s seem to be a little out of my budget. 

Love your plan - I'm a huge fan of house hacking and have done it myself!

Honestly never thought about wholesaling always wanted to start out house hacking but I would hate to see this deal go to the bank.

In the surrounding area of Scranton PA and currently, house hacking a 4 bed/3 BR property with two other individuals.

Hi BP fam, After listening to the podcast and doing my research, I was able to secure my first property to do a house hack with.