I had a similar strategy with my first few house hacks: buy in great A & B Chicago neighborhoods....get by with minimum cash flow, and wait...What's your plan for the next purchase Michael?

Required good credit, adequate reserves, full doc commercial loan with a personal guarantee.  

Typically someone who was communicative turns distant, unresponsive, blows you off when you're trying to talk to them in person, and the tall tale sign of boxes in the hallway.

House hacking and multi-family properties are great ways to start in real estate!

I'm currently in a rent to own house we are moving out of and will be renovating and renting.

@Taylor Smith if you are looking to buy a home for yourself as a primary residence, I have a video on my YouTube channel called "The Absolute Best Way to Buy a House."

To all of those providing rental housing in the Cedar Rapids market, I'm curious to hear from YOU!

Theres a lot of content on here about house hacking.

The house is priced as if it's a 2B, 1.5BATH but at some point someone has added a "bedroom" in the attic. 

I'd research how much the rich people from NYC are paying and see what kind of houses they're staying in.