There is a shortage of quality homes in a reasonable price range and the cost to build is still high.

I am most comfortable with SFR but am intrigued by a duplex to quad unit, but at the same time they worry me if I ever had to get out quickly and quality of tenant potential.So my thoughts on my options are:--Take out both HELOC's and 401k loans and sit on that cash in a money market or similar vehicle along with what I have already to wait for the crash (whenever it arrives), using my personal and rental cash flow and redirecting the extra I'm paying on those existing mortgages to pay off the HELOC and loans quickly--Use my HELOC and stockpiled cash today to go into another, cheaper market somewhere else in the US, and buy up 3-8 more properties, either leveraged or outright. 

It's nice, so you should be able to attract quality tenants and get maximum rents.If you need someone to pull MLS data for you (like the listing) or other comps, etc. just let us know and we can help you get more information that may help you make a better decision.

Too bad, but I understand. 

As long as you don't spread yourself too thin and don't need to sell during the bad times, you should do okay.As a side note, I wouldn't trust anyone who tells you its a good time to do anything if they make money when you do it.

This is a bad deal...you should try to get out of it asap.

If your leases did not address such an issue, then do the best you can to keep your quality tenants happy.

Implication(s): Equipment failure | No heat for building

It’s not high earning, and maybe not the greatest fit from a passion or personality perspective, but it’s not bad either.

For that reason, aggressively building a buy and hold portfolio early in my career seems like a bad idea, but do you think that buying a duplex early to house hack is a bad idea?