However everything I'm looking at is doing best and highest so anything over the numbers I'm sticking too I lose out on but I'll get a place eventually lol

I looked for about 6 months and couldn't find anything that met my numbers so eventually bought a single family down in Ocean County where it made more sense for me.Keansburg was mentioned, but from my experience that is a risky area. 

Equity will be split 50-50 either when we cash out refinance or sell eventually.

I plan on saving during this time to buy a two or three flat and eventually get another house for myself.

This can be a good option if the buyer is not yet ready to commit to a mortgage but is interested in eventually owning the property.Seller financing: In a seller financing arrangement, the seller of the property provides the financing for the purchase, rather than a traditional lender.

Will eventually invest in ca again for the appreciation if/when things stabilize.

If you plan to eventually do buy and hold, why not start now?

So whether I eventually do business with him or not, a tip of the hat must go to him for sparking the idea.   

Most people start with house hacks because you can put 3.5-5% down on a primary residence and then eventually move out and make it a rental property.2) You can find wholesalers by attending REAI meetings, meetups or finding them online.

If you plan to finance it, the plan I just described doesn't make much sense to me--because you would have to buy the property with an investment loan, which has much worse terms than an owner occupant mortgage...since you plan to move into the property eventually anyway, it would make more sense to buy it with an owner occupant mortgage and just move in immediately...If you're worried about the timing with your current lease, and you don't want to have holding costs of the new property while you continue to rent, I'd say that you can probably eliminate this problem by working out an early lease termination with your current landlord...what is the early vacate fee in your current lease?