However, some investors don't mind this strategy if they prefer not to put a lot of liquid in up front and plan to refi out within a few years of closing (which seems to be a great option with the talks of the FED reducing interest rates this year).It really comes down to investing in a growing market, in a good neighborhood & building a great team to support you.

A lot of people tend to mingle these things when they talk about "break even" or "cap rate", but that leads to a lot of confusion.Let's use some real numbers which may be easier to understand. 

It's debt you'd still have to pay back, but at least you will not touch one of those two amazing interest rates. 

Currently living in our home and plan on renting to keep low interest rate while we house hack a duplex to start our investing in real estate.  

Hosts can get involved by either donating a portion of rents from their payouts or they can offer housing at a discounted rate.

Some areas still offer strong appreciation potential along with steady cash flow, and when working with trusted lenders, you can find competitive rates in places like Memphis, Little Rock, and Oklahoma City, which tend to perform well on both fronts.

This decision has been made due to record-high interest rates and the worst Real Estate economy since 2008.

There’s a lot of construction, which could hurt both prices and vacancy rates.

Admittedly, my properties were mostly in the path of gentrification, so overtime was moving effectively getting rid of my section 8 tenants and going with better qualified, higher rent paying market rate tenants. 

If have investment property, we are looking for relatively updated units (we are ok doing some work ourselves), class C+/B tenants, with rents either close to market rate or that can be increased.