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I'm more of a seller than buyer at this stage of the MF cycle. 

I know my appreciation cycle/rent to value ratio analysis was at least worthy.

I plan on first house hacking my first property, but then eventually transitions into doing BRRRR so I can pull out my equity can start the cycle. 

Investment Info:

Single-family residence buy & hold investment in Columbus.

Purchase price: $70,000

Cash invested: $3,600

Sale price: $196,000

The one that started it all, the OG, sold to sca...

Real estate is probably close to the top of the current cycle.   

This also gives some insulation when the market cycles.

I've heard (from my landlord dad with 30 years in the business) that normal cycle for new paint is every 10 years. 

Its not exactly BRRR but on each cycle of this process the generated equity from the new property would be converted into equity in traditional rentals which create cash flow.

I would not recommend paying down only student loans as you may fall into the cycle of thinking that you will learn more about real estate when all the student loans are gone.