MOST REALTORs DON"T.   

2 is always better than 1, but make sure you follow the rules of your 1031 to a T. 

pack your sh*t and keep going..... that’s just my personal opinion on this.

House hacking is where you buy a du, tri, or quad plex and you live in one of them while renting out the others.Ok, then house hacking was what I meant as my initial strategy when saying I was intending to go the owner-occupied 2-4 multifamily route via FHA.

Originally posted by @Caleb Heimsoth:@Randal Remon in the absolute simplest terms to achieve your cash flow goals you will need minimum 200-300k.  25k probably gets you one nice property if you’re investing in a cheap market I mean 25k as a down paymennt (which I assume is what you meant)? 

I second @Levi T.  

Assuming the buildings cost increasing some over 5 yearish project, interest rates going up, and some "oh sh*t's".

@Mario BellaviaMario when I said finance the investment I meant using a bank loan to purchase the property right out of the gate. 

Thanks in advanceThat's my bad James, I meant "STR" as in Short Term Rentals 

3 reasons:1 - It quickly eliminates that debt completely2 - You've eliminated a monthly payment forever, which is the equivalent of buying a rental property but without the 3 T's...and, you reduce the amount of cash flow you need to pay your monthly bills.3 - The cash you were using for the monthly payments of debt you paid off you can now use to accelerate the payoff of the next in line of the "bad debts" you mentioned.You get the trifecta.