Fannie Mae's reduction of the down payment requirement for 2-4 units to just 5% for conventional is a game changer and has allowed house hacking to be more attainable.

The BiggerPockets forums are a treasure trove of information—take advantage of it by asking specific questions as you progress in your journey.Plan for the Long Term: Multi-family investing is a long-term game.

Hey @Enrique Mendez - I am new to the real estate game as well (still in the personal finance organization stage), but I have read Real Estate Rookie and it provided some great nuggets of wisdom to get started.

Almost feel like a roll of the dice and you just gotta pray you don't run into a tenant that can game the system and this case even have more fuel to their fire since they are unpermitted. 

We don't allow access to our garage as we have a lot of stuff for the house stored there, but having some cool game area in there or more storage would be nice.

I’m new to the rental game as I’m sure my question shows my newbie status. 

So what happens in the 4th quarter of the game (Sept. 18th) when the FED decides to not cut rates?

That said, I wouldn't advise someone to get into the game if the goal is short term cash flow unless they were super savvy. 

Hi everyone,I recently moved to Ann Arbor from NYC - very excited to be here!  Really interested in networking and deciding what types of things to get involved with in the local market.  Considering airbnb's downtown...

Waiting for rate drops is not my idea of playing the game in a smart manner.