I am not an insurance agent, but I would be curious to hear from someone in the field who could explain how this would have played out differently had the properties been in an LLC and not a personal name.

House hacking is often promoted as the easiest way to get into real estate—buy a property, rent out part of it, and let tenants cover your mortgage.

You need to find out the useful life of paint.

@Rocco NicolettaMy wife and I have done 2-3 flips/year on Oahu since 2020 (yes, we started in what turned out to be the start of a pandemic....). 

You'll want to focus on securing a favorable financing deal at the refinance stage—ideally, you want to pull out as much of your initial investment as possible while keeping monthly payments manageable.A big consideration is understanding your after-repair value (ARV) and ensuring the rehab costs add value in proportion to that.

I saw she was serious, unhappy, stressed out, and just plain sad.  

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I’m not trying to cheap out but I can do a lot with that.

Once you have that list go out and find a property.