You are posting from College Station so you know our winters in texas are fairly short ( less usage) but either way I would compare cost of the heat pumps to regular furnace before deciding.

I was able to pay back the private lender, and less than six months with the sale of the house Lessons learned?

A bunch of recent college grads moving to NYC or San Francisco or Austin don’t constitute a trend, they’re merely continuing a tradition that started years ago.  

Purchase price: $105,000 Cash invested: $10,000 Sale price: $210,000 While in college, I had enough money saved to put 3% down on a property and make some small improvements.

They learned their lesson and just use the property for their personal storage.

I no longer own the Huntsville property, but that house hack was the first step toward what is now a portfolio of 26 units here in College Station, TX.100% house hack!!!

Lesson learned!

I am a recent college grad and I'm looking to get started in real estate investing with a friend of mine who is also a recent grad.

That 24-hour delay cost him a $40,000 deal that was well within his grasp.The lesson here is simple: time kills deals.

Given I am in a college town and a lot of students find themselves between leases over the summer, during breaks etc.