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22 February 2020 | 6 replies
@Kellan MartzYou are doing it the logical way but the hacker way is to build relationships with other passive investors (not marketers) and go off those referrals for not only brokers but property mangers etc.
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5 October 2023 | 2 replies
As some have heard today - starting this November conventional loans now allow owner-occupant multi-family purchases with a 5% downpayment!
This is big news - something I wish I had an option of doing on my first 3 h...
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12 October 2023 | 6 replies
This is relevant to house hackers because the majority of duplexes in Austin are in low to moderate income areas.
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15 January 2023 | 4 replies
Hey Avree,My wife and I live in Tucson and are currently renovating our single family home to create a second unit that we will rent out hopefully soon (future house hackers).
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28 November 2017 | 24 replies
Scott Hacker / Superior Loan Servicin(818) 483-0027 Phone(888) 587-9757 Toll Free
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27 November 2023 | 5 replies
It was making it next to impossible to make the numbers work for house hackers.
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27 November 2019 | 6 replies
. :) I bet I wouldn't have to look very hard to find someone willing to sell me a guru course on this "new" method described above that DR was doing in the 1980s, and my grandmother was a "house hacker" in the 1960s before the term existed....
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15 March 2021 | 1 reply
Usually flippers are around 70-75%, but some BRRRR investors can go up to 80%, a house hacker could potentially go even higher!
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21 August 2023 | 6 replies
I am a house hacker/agent in Beverly, MA but there aren't a ton of meetups in the North Shore area.
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26 October 2023 | 3 replies
Belknap and Strafford county are affordable areas for multi-families. 3 Unit OverviewMost First time house hackers want a 3-4 unit.