Purchase price: $332,000 Cash invested: $32,000 House-hacking currently in a fully renovated duplex on the outskirts of quiet Bowmanstown.

Although in the long term I could see a good payout it seems you would have to have years of negative cash flow. 

If the seller is upside down, they would have to bring cash to the table to be able to get out of the property.

The only thing is that will not allow you to do it as a cash-out refinance, because they only allow you to directly invest the money given in a new property with financing from that bank.

Started an LLC with a best friend and putting a cash offer in on a bank owned property. 

As many of us are seeing, finding cash flow is more difficult these days. 

Purchase price: $390,000 Cash invested: $25,000 House hacking is a strategy that involves reducing or eliminating your housing costs by renting out a portion of your residence.

.* [Soon] Buy a condo with that cash, live on it, and pay the loan interest (as if it was my rent), basically making this an interest-only loan, where I can pay the premium whenever I want, deducting the "rent" as I go. * [6-24 months] Whenever I find a job and qualify for a FHA multifamily, get that property (with break-even cashflow most likely), and rent the condo at a cashflow loss for a couple years until rent increases (due to high-interest on underlying debt)* [Almost immediately afterwards] At this point, do a cash-out refinance on the condo to pay back the SBLOC (unsure if this is possible immediately after getting the multifamily loan), and secure a lower rate for the condo itself.I know this strategy sounds like loser, as it bleeds money all around, but my hypothesis is:* Underlying assets should grow more than 8.15% in a given year, and I would not pay short/long-term taxes on stock.

I'm not sure if you plan to rent out the entire house or do a rent-by-the-room but you should charge as much money as you can so that you can keep the extra cash. 

The cost of entry is low, and cash flow is high.