Rain drainage water used to sit in crawlspace and did crawlspace water proofing for about 10k. 

It's a great place to ask questions and get different perspectives. 

I have been using RentRedi as a way to do all the screening and applications.

Now, these outfits hire lots of influencers and affiliates, with no expertise, no financial background, and apparently limited ethics, to put it kindly.

With a family and kids the best house hack is a house and cottage or duplex option.

Drive to MIT walk in and ask to speak with the professor of computer science and ask which student is the best programmer and hire that student, you will also have more power to negotiate because students are broke and they will do anything to get money so you will save.3: I would implement a map where I can see all the properties in the area and I would have filters in place so I can see what I want from comps, to prices, etc I would STUDY my competitors and take everything they have and create an all in one app.

I eventually tracked down the lady who owns it, gave her a call, and we had a friendly conversation about her house and real estate deals of her past.

House hacking is a great way to reduce living costs while building equity, and BiggerPockets is a great place to network and gain insights.Good luck!

I may pay off my current house (6.625%), pay off half and buy 1-2 rentals or just refinance it and buy 3-4 rentalSI’m interested to see what you decide to do as wellJustin 

@Jessica PriviteraBorn and raised here for 32 years.