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All Forum Posts by: Nicholas Ziegler

Nicholas Ziegler has started 2 posts and replied 5 times.

Post: Alternative ways to find a great duplex to house hack

Nicholas ZieglerPosted
  • New to Real Estate
  • San Antonio, TX
  • Posts 5
  • Votes 3

@Mike Dorneman

Thanks, you are right. Thank you for the help and for spurring me on

Post: Alternative ways to find a great duplex to house hack

Nicholas ZieglerPosted
  • New to Real Estate
  • San Antonio, TX
  • Posts 5
  • Votes 3

@Mike Dorneman Thank you, that’s helpful... I suppose that if you are looking at CL you will mostly be talking to owners? I thought about calling rentals but my fear was that I’d just reach the property managers instead. 

Post: Alternative ways to find a great duplex to house hack

Nicholas ZieglerPosted
  • New to Real Estate
  • San Antonio, TX
  • Posts 5
  • Votes 3

My wife and I are looking buy a duplex in the San Antonio area. As I’ve looked on Zillow and other sights there are not a whole lot of properties for sale in the areas we would like to live. I have driven around and know that there are duplexes.

Does anyone have other ideas of how to find a houses for sale besides looking on the big websites? 

Post: First time buyer house-hack a Duplex... Financing Question

Nicholas ZieglerPosted
  • New to Real Estate
  • San Antonio, TX
  • Posts 5
  • Votes 3

@Betty Cruz thanks for the input. Are there any local lenders here in San Antonio that you would recommend?

Post: First time buyer house-hack a Duplex... Financing Question

Nicholas ZieglerPosted
  • New to Real Estate
  • San Antonio, TX
  • Posts 5
  • Votes 3

My wife and I are in our mid 20's and are looking for our first home. We want to house hack and live in one side of a duplex. It seems like an FHA loan is our best bet. We have about 3 grand saved and need to keep saving. My question is whats a good goal to save for before we start looking for a duplex. Obviously for the down payment and fees, but also for reserve cash? We are in the San Antonio area and from what I've seen a decent duplex goes for about $160,000.

Any thoughts on financing a first house and how to do that would be really helpful. 

Thank you