I'm in the Marines.I have been extremely lucky to have a wife that makes a good paycheck and has been raised to save.Huge fan of the idea of house hacking.

One of the ideas we are batting around is to negotiate a lease purchase with the sellers, where we would finish the 3rd unit, and then purchase the property at a pre-negotiated price.

@Tony Akhigbe great idea!

Those new windows might be top of the line but i bet they'll break just as easily as the old ones.9) comps. i believe the general idea is if you can't find solid comps in the immediate area, you go with average price per sqft in the neighborhood.

I'm curious though, is it a bad idea to buy something that isn't a deal and won't cash flow that much if you're house hacking and just trying to get started?

If you can get in a see it and come up with a good repair estimate, you will have a much better idea of whether or not you can get it cheap enough. 

As well as other investors who seem to perk up at the idea of another lender.

The original idea was to house-hack using an FHA loan in addition to a down payment assistance program offered in my area.

You have the general idea of it down.

I reached out to him stating I'd like to get together with him to get his inputs on ideas I had for building wealth and what kind of advice he'd have to offer me.