Consult a mortgage lender with experience in FHA loans to learn more about your financing alternatives and obtain a preapproval.Implement Your House Hacking Strategy: After locating a suitable property and obtaining funding, carry out your house hacking strategy.

While it is OK for the legalities, I feel that the safer the pool area, the better.

I personally like the exit plan options and alternate job creating industries of college/mid sized towns as long as the regulatory environment is favorable. 

Alternatively, if I left the unit as is, or added a bedroom for a much smaller cost by removing the dining room, I could rent the entire unit out on a short or medium term basis, for at or above the monthly cost, then look for a separate house hack with a bath already installed.

For myself, I think my ultimate goal is to have an alternate cash flow to offset my dependence on a day job, which would allow me to choose a job I enjoy rather than have to find a job based on salary and ultimately allow me to travel with family more and enjoy life rather than stress about money.Thanks in advance and hope to connect and gain wisdom!

I’ve previously posted about converting my garage into a studio ADU. The new cost to do this was estimated to be around $90,000. Yesterday I received a call from my contractor about a new solution. He has found someon...

Alternatively, if your going to be buying real estate, consider selling and trying to close early in the year, that way you can have the entire year to get properties and do cost segregation that can offset that gain. 

You should have the cell phone of anyone you deal with regularly and they should have alternate points of contact if there's a conflict that keeps them from handling your file personally. 

Option 3 suggests having another discussion with the credit union to negotiate terms or explore alternative loan options within the institution.

However, if there are better, safer deals to be had elsewhere, then maybe it is worth considering.