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19 January 2025 | 7 replies
Applying that to RE investing, most would agree your first FHA loan should be a multi-unit house hack.
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21 January 2025 | 9 replies
Attend your local REI meet-ups and try to find someone who is currently house-hacking or has house-hacked in the past to learn from their experience.
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23 January 2025 | 165 replies
But that’s what is making embers fly across neighborhoods today.Water is an issue nationwide.
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7 February 2025 | 14 replies
A good way into it may be doing a house hack or live and flip then pulling the equity out in a refinance.Tons of ways to make money in this game!
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5 February 2025 | 3 replies
Sounds like you need to have a relationship with a couple of good contractors, 40k for vinyl siding sounds high, what was the material cost.
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24 January 2025 | 1 reply
@Jahniya Butlercan you start with a house hack instead?
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9 January 2025 | 28 replies
PS; I house-hacked with my brother for 2 years.
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2 February 2025 | 178 replies
So that’s what I did.
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16 January 2025 | 13 replies
My approach is to take a few minutes per quarter and make sure it is accurate by manually checking my true competition and adjustmenting prices accordingly.