design one for yourself. think about your market. like in columbus we have infill lots at 30x120 and so we developed and designed a house for ourselves. we build the same house and continue to Make modifications. it's the only new build we offer to build for clients. that's just my opinion. architects we didn't even use we looked at national builder Floorplans and decided. our typical lot is 3000-4000 square feet that we build on 

With my 40% down payment mortgage with property taxes and insurance comes out to $3600 a month.Current rents are 50% of market value, I'm looking to renovate and bump up to 1800 a unit which is still at least $400 below market value for a 2 bed 1 bath in Morris county.I strongly believe after replacing the roof, repainting the house, minor landscaping, minor kitchen and bathroom updates I could increase the value of the house to at least 580k.

HI, I own a part share of a nice recently renovated house in North London, with other members of my family owning the rest, left to me in my fathers estate, with probate granted in 1999, as a tenant in common.

Quote from @Brenden Sperl: @Greg Kasmer- I would live in the upstairs of the house and create 2 units downstairs.

House hacking is a great beginning step in investing.

I currently have 2 vacant houses I purchased just over a year ago listed for sale on the MLS but no bites as of yet.

You are free to build whatever you want, sell the house once is finished, and the lien-holder (original seller) is paid off through title when the new house sells.

From my experience working with over 400 investors, those who start with house hacking scale much faster.Good luck!

If you're house-hacking, you can put down as little as 5% (or even 3.5% for an FHA loan).

, and I look at houses that are $300,000 or so at a 7.25% rate, then I'd find my numbers would be significantly short of my revenue goals.