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Updated 8 months ago,
Travel Hacking - Duplex first home
Hi everybody,
I currently rent and want to start my real estate journey with a duplex. I'm a little concerned with the current high interest rates and property taxes (Texas). How do you minimize these factors? I'm a first home buyer, hoping to get lower than 6.5% with a 3.5 downpayment (FHA). Is that realistic? Also, how do you analyze future taxes, this is a new property so there's no info on last year taxes. I have an estimate but worry that they will significantly increase. Thank you!