But if the Real Estate Investing is a side hustle for you then keep rolling the cashflow back into your investing so it becomes compounded. 

Netted a nice hefty sum that I rolled into another deal closer to home.Lessons learned?

The SFH helped get the ball rolling and from that my circle of influence grew.

Don't want this to happen again, so I have the following questions:Question 1: Is there any chance of getting the rent roll without having the property under contract?

Rolling around in 6 inches of water in a freezing rain storm, the only way I got through it without renting a bulldozer was to tell myself that all of the work would be worth it one day. 

Would anyone be able to help me run the numbers accurately from a buy and hold with hard money, Refi after a year and roll to a conventional loan?

We ended up buying a single family 4 bed 2 bath home on the north end of town in early may as we had been saving and i wanted to keep the ball rolling on investing and i was also trying to trust the system hoping that my manager would be able to get the other duplex unit rented as well as the single family. well here we are in late june and both are still vacant.

If not, pull that up, make sure your Podcast app settings are set to play oldest first and let it roll.   

The only way to get better at custom deals is practice so I'll roll up my sleeve! 

@Albano with Cost Segregation, Bonus depreciation, and accelerated depreciation, many investors roll their equity into large mf deals to avoid taxes and diversify their allocation!