We currently are house hacking a duplex.

So I like to lean into a combination of house hacking and value add.

@Edwin Lopez House hack to start the portfolio in real estate since living in the property you can do low down payments. 

And, are you house hacking already?

you might spend 60 or 90 or 120 days or longer before you see a dime.i'd start with a house hack instead.good luck

We are pursuing a house hack (fixer upper) and turning the basement into an ADU which we rent on Airbnb.I had a theory that Airbnbs that performed needed to be walking distance to a metro.

It can be challenging to find ways to house hack in a market like this one for sure.

HI SAM,You can always start off by house hacking meaning you live in one UNIT or ROOM and renting out the other vacant units/rooms to offset your monthly mortgage payment.There are several ways to run and make sure you are maximizing your rental income while keeping your living expense as low as possible.

I had my first house hack go very well in a class A neighborhood.

Second Intellihost...we're about to sign on and it makes more sense to use their data points then so called "hack the system".