I have yet to listen to the BP Money podcastThanks for the warm welcome @Dmitriy Fomichenko, @James Wise and @Justin Windham I'm thrilled to be part of this community! 

And since the Lender doesn’t want to be in a position of gambling, they hedge their locked loans by shorting Mortgage Backed Securities.

I could possibly consider a flip after equity is built from forced appreciation, but as with renting, there comes an ethical issue; my grandparents have lived here nearly 50 years, and I'm not sure that my family members would be too thrilled if I were in it to make a quick buck. 

at that tax sale did you do research on the house before purchase or just gamble?

Compare that to if Hobo Bob somehow suddenly became employable and went to work making $120,000 a year as an executive for Proctor and Gamble.

Anyplace else is a gamble and having cash if it gets much worse would make you feel like you're shopping for deals at the dollar store.  

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I hope to an agent recently and he did not seem too thrilled with househacking, he advised I could lose the home if the lenders found out I was renting the home or most of the home. 

I'm thrilled to be a part of a growing real estate community.

I'm thrilled to be a part of a growing real estate community.