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Here are some tips for getting started with home flipping:Start Small: To reduce risk and get expertise as a newbie, think about beginning with smaller, less expensive properties.

Accepting a reduced rent in lieu of making monthly payments to the water company would be one way as that would reduce my net rental income.

When the interest rates do go down, I should be able to reduce the deficit or may be even break even.

Also because my partner and I have family here, so we do not want to venture too far for our first property.We want to start off house hacking to reduce our living expenses, but specifically looking for properties that will cash flow once we move out of that unit.

Plus maybe you do a 1031 exchange 3 in to 1, save all the taxes and reduce the number of loans by 2.

This will reduce the cash flow, but it might be worth relieving the headache.

I would want to buy and hold/ rental (to help reduce my w2 income as well as cash flow).

Is there partial fixes (ie. new roof, wind resistive windows and doors, etc.) that will accomplish what you want on reducing the rates.

They give you multiple-income streams that help protect you against the threat of vacancy and non-payment, and you can often substantially reduce your cost of living by purchasing as an owner-occupant and living in one of the units while you learn to become a landlord and property manager.