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Pittsburgh is a popular market for house hacking and multifamily investing due to its affordability, strong rental demand, and diverse urban and suburban neighborhoods.

I am new to the game, but do homebuilders consider buying distressed properties, tearing down and rebuilding?

What's your strategy when you run into guests who are trying to game the system? 

A few people had rejections late in the game after the initial submission looked good.

With a diverse background that spans over 14 years in business ownership, sales, marketing, media, and business development, I'm eager to bring my skills and experience into the BiggerPockets community.Before diving into real estate, I spent 16 years in IT with the federal government, and I'm also a proud Air Force wartime veteran.

Our Lake House is close to Clemson and we have all the home game weekends sold out at our Lake House for top dollar, same as every year.

But as a short-term solution, playing the 0% credit card game can be an option, but from my experience, juggling from one to the next with no backup plan often ends in paying high interest in the long run.

I would be very interested in talking to you about where you are currently in the real estate game in Nova Scotia as I am 25 years old and trying to pursue a lot of the same goals. 

With a 0.65 (1st yr) & 3.5 (2-5 yrs) rate I can accelerate payments to stay ahead of the game.