However, as a result of the first two deals, I now had 2 bankers who I have a proven track record with, and have since acquired 4 single family homes on my own. 

Sorry I wasn't clear - my intent has always been to acquire investment property.

I'm looking to acquire a primary residence first and foremost and am here to get educated and develop a strategy. 

Acquiring the title will require the lien be paid prior to closing.  

If you want to acquire more property keep the cash reserves for another purchase.

San Antonio has a good variation of prices itself, towards the south you can still acquire properties for 40k and re-sell for 110k.

I call myself an accidental buy and hold investor as we've acquired properties for reasons other than investing: better neighborhood, more space.

I am actually interested in house hacking for my first investment and I'm wondering if anyone has used hard money loans to acquire capital for a down payment and rehab costs, then refinanced to pay the hard money loan off.

I've never done any kind of investing before.The obvious data to record would be the purchase price, market value, sale price, and associated fees for each parcel that I acquire.

I am planning to start acquiring rental portfolio of SFR in and around North West suburbs.