I do like the idea of house-hacking, but I'm pretty rooted in LA at the moment.

Message me on BP and we can set something up.Original BP post (check it out to see how much of a dream this was for me 9 months ago): https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/55/topics/1162005-first...Best, RyanOn a side note, if anyone's looking for a young, motivated, and incredibly knowledgeable agent in Grand Rapids and the surrounding areas, let me know and I'd be happy to connect you. 

You may make a quick return in a hot market, but the moment that market turns south (which it inevitably will) you will be scrambling to not lose everything you just gained;  2. 

Congrats on the momentous shift in you and your family's life!

Once somebody gets over 300,000 to 500,000 dollars you would think it would get hard to live paycheck to paycheck , but I have seen people finance incredibly expensive furniture for their mortgaged incredibly expensive homes and the money just runs out at the end of the month . 

If you buy them online in bulk they're really cheap and I think it makes a huge difference.Lastly, DoorDash and other apps like it are incredibly useful.

I'm an educator, a personal caocher and business advisor and since my kids has grown up 10 years ago I started doing real estae in Israel, where I live.A few years ago we went into some 3rd party investments in the USA, as part of an LLC group of investors- one in Manhattan and one in Atlanta.Based on the experince I have with those market (as well as Newtom MA, where I lived for 3 years) I lately decided to choose Milwaukee as my next market, focusing at the moment on single family houses.I'm looking into 3/2 single familiy houses to buy and will be happy to work with local agents and build a team.

As we already stated, given the amount I am approved for the inventory selection at the moment is already really low.

David Terbeek, is incredibly unprofessional. 

Conventional does not have this requirement at the moment, but there are rumors that Freddie will be updating guidelines soon to require 1 year of landlord/PM experience for investment property loans.