I live with my parents house and my plan is to move out and house hack to get started and in 5 years my plan is to own at least four multifamily  rental properties that produce passive income 

If the house sells anywhere close to list price I should make a healthy profit.

That mixed with heavy competition has driven property values up, and rightly so in my opinion...competition is the key to a healthy (though frustrating) market.Also consider the situation of a cash investor who is just looking for a tax haven for his/her money.

The most common sniff test is the 1% rule, where the property can produce 1% of the purchase price every month, it's worth digging into and looking at the deal in more depth. 

Keep in mind this is assuming that the panels were actually efficiently producing electricity and significantly reducing the cost of power (solar panels are not always that good at reducing costs in some situations, but for this particular theoretical lets assume they are 100% efficient).Is anybody doing this?

I have a long term goal of income producing properties, but have no clue where to start for the short term and if I can start outside of FL while in VA. 

Wife's property management duties also included inspecting units, preparing units for rental, advertising vacant units, screening potential tenants, showing the units and processing rental applications.Wife produced two spreadsheets detailing her rental management activities.

With all the tax write offs including depreciation it is showing a loss despite healthy positive cash flow.The other LLC contains no properties yet.I should also mention my wife and I are in heavily taxed W-2 jobs.I’ve stumbled across a great flip.

I need to chat with someone who can help me understand the implications of these decisions on my financial health. I

Calling a reputable painter myself for instance has produced quotes literally half what they are charging me...