A great entryway to real estate investing is house hacking because 1. it gives you a place to live and 2 you're able to experience all the ins/outs of the process while being present which can ease your mind quite a bit especially the first go around.

Also, keep in mind that there are potential tax benefits related to investing in your primary home.

Thanks for the input Taylor, those are helfpul things to keep in mind.

Sorry I didn't have good news for you.Given that you've made that much in a relative short period of time I think you are great investor already and will be pursuing it in a future, but please keep in mind for your future investments that there only 3 options:1.

Keep in mind that ALL mortgage interest is tax deductible. 

This means that you may need to open up walls to expoise plumbing, electrical, hvac, etc. in order to show what was done, and if the work completed is Not up to current code standards, the work would need to be replaced.Work within any coach houses can still be a difficult process to manage with the City, but they are getting better with updates to the zoning ordinances.

All three houses cashflow and she is not interested in selling at all as this is her retirement plan and main source of income, however due to excess cc debt, a high DTI, low credit score and lack of financing options, she is extremely cash poor. she is at the point where she could and I think should declare bankruptcy on those cc's, and move the houses out of her name. in order to get financing, all houses need to be in LLCs, which they aren't.in order to kill a couple birds with one stone, my mind goes straight to 1.

Great restaurants, progressive-minded, large university. 

If you have an LLC you should be able to open a credit card in the business’ name and that will stay off of your personal credit report.

Keep this in mind.