House hacking is a great way to get started, @Jose Botello!

As @Matthew Porcaro says, a big benefit of house hacking is that you are living in one unit and renting out the rest.

I bought a house-hack last summer in which the sellers made significant improvement to the property.

find a friendly agent and talk to them.start with a house hack if you can.

Start with house hacking, invest in credit and education, and leverage electrical skills.

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They can always pool money with others (arrange an exit plan in advance) and buy a house, or house hack.

have you looked into house hacking?

Your strategy with an FHA house hack is to live there for a year and then cash out refi into a conventional with the appreciation and do it again with an FHA on a new one.Keep saving and earning and meet real-life investors.

I would say do a house hack.