New and Searching for a House Hack

[Matthew Grebeta]

Hey everybody. Hope this is being posted in the right location. My name is Matthew and I was turned on to House Hacking my Graham Stephan and then have learned Sooooo much more from the Bigger Pockets resources. 

My family and I will be moving to Sarasota County, Florida area in about a month. We’ll be staying in an apartment until we can find the right deal. 

We will be searching for a duplex for house hacking. I am pre approved and if anyone knows a wholesaler/owner/realtor that can connect me with a duplex for sale please let me know. It would mean loads to me and my family!! 

Looking forward to getting plugged in with this forum, looks like a great community! 

[Stephen David Smith Jr.]

Good Morning @Matthew Grebeta,

There are many duplexes in the area to select from, however in a cursory overview of your post it seems you may want to pick areas that fit your family best first as far as a safe location, etc. and slim down the investments from there (look for zoning districts that support duplexes and that will give you a selection of regions to slim down). Local wholesalers just send you the list and say good luck to you. I would recommend a Realtor who is familiar with the income side of the MLS as opposed to the residential side. The agents that seem most worth their salt in this field are ones that work primarily investments and commercial vs residential (they are used to working the numbers vs selling). Once you locate the Realtor you feel the best fit with ask to be set up on auto email for the income and residential side of MLS so you don't miss income properties improperly marketed by the listing agents and advise your Realtor you are comfortable with off market deals. I hope this is helpful and wish you much success on your journey. Reach out at anytime should you want to chat on a topic.