Just try to extract what value you can, then focus on scaling your own business based on your own personal circumstances... one deal at a time.

Try to find a property that enables you to stand out from the competition. 

However, it has been hard to extract the equity I have in my house to use on another property, I finally found a lender who will do an equity line of credit on an investment property and am currently going through that process.

We told the future guests they needed to send us an inquiry prior to booking so that we could unblock those calendar dates to enable them to book.   

They're a tech-enabled company that does soup to nuts PM (everything from marketing the listing, lease agreements, maintenance, handling evictions).

For sponsors, a fund enables them to offer speed/certainty in execution to sellers in what is an extremely competitive investment environment for most asset types. 

I was tired of renting and had heard about how house-hacking can totally change your financial status and enable financial freedom, so I set out to find a house-hack.

UPDATED STRATEGYBased on input thus far, here is my updated strategy:Use cash and a construction loan (if needed) to build and rent a 4th conventional unitRefi at conventional rates (original mortgage + construction loan + up to $900K cash out for a 4-plex)Build and rent 2 ADUs using cash outBuild and rent basement ADU with HELOC, construction loan, or cash outStart an ADU building business (there are at least 1,000 homeowners like me in Berkeley - I will meet each one) BRRRR small properties or syndications to cut my teeth with any remaining cash outConsider whether selling or exchanging makes sense once all rents are seasonedUse accumulated cash flow to buy smaller properties or syndications to establish teams in key citiesKeep my eyes peeled for jumbo cash out loans to enable much larger RE investments down the roadShield all RE investments from liability stemming from potential catastrophic losses to highly leveraged triplex in CaliforniaLastly, it will take a while but I intend to report back with successes and lessons learned as I move down my bucket list.  

Can the rent be raised to enable cash flow? 

@Cheryl Vargas Hi Cheryl, I don't provide any login details for my guests, I use ROKU TV's and devices and enable the family Netflix accounts for them.Best,Mike