Let's start a dialogue

Would love to start a dialogue.

I’d love to start some dialogue on your experience. 

I would have your agent first start dialogue with the other side to verify they would do this. 

if you shell out a huge down payment with no way to get it back, it doesn't really matter whether your rate is 6.5 or 2.5 - that capital is trapped equity at least for a while.and it sounds like you might be saying principal paydown isn't powerful... but it is, over the long term, which is why i am in this.but maybe i'm not understanding your post.happy to dialogue further 

the flipside is, anything extra you put against the mortgage is cash you're not investing elsewhere, whether that's real estate or index funds or bonds or groceries.hope this helpshappy to continue the dialogue I will add a little to Nicholas’ good answer.Leverage is what historically has made real estate (RE) a good/great investment.  

happy to dialogue further or answer any questions you have.

i'm still buying, i'm just buying for equity right now.hope this helpshappy to dialogue further

Thanks for opening the dialogue.

and nothing says you can't house hack AND look into another market while you do so.hope this helps - happy to dialogue further / answer any questions you have