With the area’s growing popularity, house hackers can have half of their mortgage paid by tenants in just a few years.In this article, I will examine market trends to show how the two-family market in this landmark section of Northern Queens has fared over the last three years.2-family Property Values in AstoriaThus far in 2024, Astoria sellers seem to be anticipating a bit of a standstill on property value increases.

Most things sit on the market for a couple of years and it's relatively informal (i.e most houses found either by driving by or on Encuentra24, similar to Craigslist).

Driving for dollars and attending local real estate meetups can help you find motivated sellers and build relationships.

I doubt that you will want to drive 90 minutes to clean the unit every time it turns over.

I have found some lenders that will do a drive by valuation, meaning they don't look inside.

It just seems like the housing / banking system right now is driving toward fore-closures and you really have to fight for it these days.

Hey, I recently relocated to SW Virginia so I'm now about a 5 hour drive to the northern outer banks, which is a place we love.

They drive around looking for a place and they look where they look to buy other things which is FB Marketplace.

You’ve got lake activities in the summer, foliage drives in the fall, skiing, snowmobiling, ice fishing in winter, and of course great hiking year round.

Anybody over 50 driving a nice old car.