Now I am listening to bigger pockets DAILY and reading every book I can get my hands on.

It seems like you have the advantage of being local and monitoring trends and seeing improvement (or not) first hand.

Tenants have the upper-hand.

It sounds like you started with no money out of pocket, so by selling, you could pay back the investor, helping solidify that relationship for future deals, and will also hopefully have some cash in hand to allow you to go after the next project potentially on your own.

Don't over complicate it.I have a handful of multi family properties in eastern Washington and the numbers work for me out there.Good luck!

I'm hoping to close on this loan by October, and worried if I can't go FHA I won't have enough cash on hand to get the loan.

However working with so many investors and seeing the $$$$$ opportunity that they benefit from, I couldn't see myself living in a Single Family Home without being smacked everyday by large dollar sign of opportunity cost that would hover above me for not trying my hand at house hacking (I learned that term on the podcasts).

I've done a bunch of rehabs, so not afraid of them, it's just the time issue. 4) Willing to buy foreclosures or auction properties, but need a bunch of hand holding to get through it5) Need a lender who can work with investors.

House-hacking has allowed me to live for free, save money to purchase more properties, give me landlord experience, and allowed me to try my hand at performing maintenance/run a flip.

Now I'm starting to finally take action and am hoping to learn from the BiggerPockets online community as my partner and I take on this new journey.If you're in the VA Beach/Norfolk/Chesapeake area investor and need an extra hand painting walls at your rental place, need help with a project, or would like to pawn off some of your paperwork - I'm your person.