It requires some work—you’ll be a landlord after all—but the financial rewards can be significant.If you’re willing to live near your tenants, take on property management tasks, and want to grow your investment portfolio, this strategy could be a game-changer for your financial future.Final ThoughtsHouse hacking with a multifamily property is more than just a way to save on housing costs—it’s a proven method to accelerate your real estate investing journey.

My best advice, if your friend does move in, is to set up front what expectations you have (you mow the lawn every other week or first week of the months, whatever).

Playing an appreciation game can be risky.

Probably not much better time to try out the rental game and if it doesn’t work well, or we don’t like it we can still sell and keep the capital gains exemption.

To clarify, I'm not having trouble getting loans for my LLC, I just see posts and hear on the podcasts about people getting "up to 10" conventional mortgages for properties they buy as investments and don't live in. I

The marketing isnt that important in my opinion but the professional photo/ video is a huge game changer and I dont believe that someone is going to make much profit at .5% on the listing side.

This is why you need to do a ton of due diligence on them and make sure they have skin and the game and something to lose.

Maybe there are things I don't know and haven't factored in. I

Play the long game and focus on rent and home price appreciation.

@Liam AlvarezI’ll be a contrarian here.After 46 years in the industry, both as a SFR broker & investor and now as a MF operator with over 1000 units as a general partner…..The best market to invest in is the market YOU KNOW BEST.