The morale of the story is to not bid on 2nd position liens. 

I see a boost in a refi with that number of properties going on. 

You're off to a great start as a new investor by focusing in on House Hacking- we house hacked our way to 3 properties in Seattle and have 5 now, and I can't think of a better way to learn the ropes and really boost your net worth and cash flow. 

Our goal is to grow website traffic and boost our forum engagement.

Thanks for your response to @Carlos Morales-Benitez Account Closed.  

Yes, cost segregation boosts depreciation which creates losses which, in turn, keep the passive investors happy.

Sabrina Shaw I think reading @jscott book on rehab estimation might give you the confidence boost you're looking for to not feel like you're getting taken advantage of by contractors.

@Bruce Bloom, once you have invested in property, we can help you boosting your profits (www.thefloridahost.com).

It all depends on what you want as your niche I guess. we have one single family and we just bought our first Duplex all in the same area and all with VA. keep growing your funds so you could buy and rehab your own deals without HML. you could also get a MFH that you could live in and get VA financing and then keep that for when you move to continue buying more MFH where ever you go. use the 30K to fund repairs as you go to boost value slightly.

However there's the psychological boost of not having a mortgage and applying the full rent to future investments.