A lot of our housing stock here has finished basements or in-law suites, so with something like that you can generate significant rental income for an inexpensive conversion. 

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The property is zoned as a SFR house and likely in a neighborhood of the same.Was the property not appraised by the bank when you got your mortgage?

Increased housing inventory as new developments hit the market.2.

I find that it's almost a one stop shop in that I can use it for my business checking and savings accounts, bookkeeping, for rent collection, I can issue virtual credit card, I can create all the financial reports I need to run my real estate business and prepare for tax filing and through their partners I can vet my tenants, develop state-specific leases and more.

Networking,  is mostly with rehabbers in the group that we sell houses to. 

Hey there @James Colgan - Love the idea of house hacking a duplex!

OKC has alot of opportunity mainly because of its low level of enforcement of housing codes, strong landlord laws and conservative judges in eviction court.

So I have my house that refinanced in 2020 for a 15yr 2.5% rate and we have about 56k equity.

I'm speaking of co-living in a typical A or B level neighborhood house, so instead of a 20-25% down payment, we are speaking of a 1-5% down payment.